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>Episcopal News Service
>February 11, 2010

Episcopal News Service is available at  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens.

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - New multimedia resources on Haiti earthquake available
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - LOUISIANA: Cathedral's artist-in-residence wins  Grammy
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - Diocesan gatherings consider finances, ministry  challenges
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Local churches roll out the welcome mat
during Winter Olympics
* WORLD REPORT - INDIA: Activists hail Church of England's decision to
sell mining venture shares
* WORLD REPORT - SCOTLAND: Police upset with monks' high-powered wine
* MISSION - Buildings for a new tomorrow
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Presiding bishop reflects on visit to Haiti
* MULTIMEDIA - Image Gallery: Episcopal Church responds to Haitian quake
* DAYBOOK - February 12: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - What We Do in Lent: A Child's Activity Book

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>TOP STORIES

New multimedia resources on Haiti earthquake available

[Episcopal News Service] Close to a month after a Jan. 12 earthquake
hit the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, images and descriptions of
the damage continue to emerge, including two new multimedia resources
that have been added to the Episcopal Church's website.

In a new video message, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
shares her experiences from her Feb. 8 visit to Haiti where she
witnessed the destruction caused by the quake and its impact on the
Diocese of Haiti.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_119403_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

LOUISIANA: Cathedral's artist-in-residence wins Grammy

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service] Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz
Orchestra received a Grammy for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" for
their debut album, Book One, at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Jan. 31.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_119404_ENG_HTM.htm

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Diocesan gatherings consider finances, ministry challenges

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church's Epiphanytide season of
diocesan conventions and councils continued Feb. 5-7 with gatherings
in the dioceses of East Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi.

While snow and ice storms affected diocesan gatherings the previous
weekend, the Super Bowl figured into the plans of at least one
diocese. Mississippi Bishop Duncan Gray III announced prior to the
start of that diocese's gathering that the closing Eucharist on Feb. 7
would begin at 9 a.m. so participants would have time to drive home
before the 6:25 p.m. EST kickoff.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_119400_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WORLD REPORT

CANADA: Local churches roll out the welcome mat during Winter Olympics

>By Marites N. Sison

[Anglican Journal] Downtown Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral, the
mother church of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster, will open
its doors 12 hours a day from Feb. 11-27 to welcome visitors and offer
them a place of "sanctuary, peace and prayer" during the 2010 Winter
Olympics.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_119357_ENG_HTM.htm

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INDIA: Activists hail Church of England's decision to sell mining  venture shares

>By Anto Akkara and Martin Revis

[Ecumenical News International] Indian Christian activists have
welcomed a decision by the Church of England to sell its shares in
Vedanta Resources, whose planned bauxite mine in north-east India has
taken flak from local residents and conservationists.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_119356_ENG_HTM.htm

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SCOTLAND: Police upset with monks' high-powered wine

>By Al Webb

[Ecumenical News International/Religion News Service] A small band of
Benedictine monks in the south of England has come under fire for
producing a fortified wine that critics describe as the "scourge of
Scotland" for its high alcohol content.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_119355_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MISSION

Buildings for a new tomorrow

Episcopal Church Building Fund offers symposium

[Episcopal Church Building Fund] As dioceses and parishes struggle
with spiraling costs and shrinking budgets, the church's most
significant physical assets - its buildings - are in serious
disrepair. Crumbling buildings are in many cases the single biggest
barrier to mission and ministry; every month more than three
congregations close their doors for good, according to the Church
Insurance Company.

An April 7 symposium hosted by the Episcopal Church Building Fund at
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, will equip
church leaders to solve this problem in ways that make both financial
and pastoral sense, empowering the church to shift its focus to the
vitality of its ministry.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_119402_ENG_HTM.htm

More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

Video: Presiding bishop reflects on visit to Haiti
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/haiti.php

Image Gallery: Episcopal Church responds to Haitian quake
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81991_119363_ENG_HTM.htm

More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

>On February 12, 2010...

* Today in Scripture: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

* Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer:

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm

* Today in History: On February 12, 1733, Anglican presence in Georgia
was established with Christ Church in Savannah.

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>EBAR PICK

"What We Do in Lent: A Child's Activity Book" from Church Publishing,
Inc., written by Anne E. Kitch, illustrations by Dorothy Thompson
Perez, 48 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $8

[Church Publishing, Inc.] Filled with interactive puzzles,
color-by-number pages, word finds, mazes, and more, this fun-filled
activity book can help children ages 4 to 7 grow to a deeper
understanding of the true meaning of the holy season of Lent. Draw the
loaves and fishes Jesus used to feed the multitude, help Jesus find
his way through the desert, and follow Jesus on the way of the cross
-- this book is a treasure trove for children and their families.

With more than forty activities, a glossary, and a guide filled with
tips and suggestions, What We Do in Lent is a great resource for
parenting in the pews.

To order, please visit Episcopal Books and Resources online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, call 800-903-5544, or visit your
local Episcopal bookstore.