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From <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>
Date Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:42:52 -0400

>Episcopal News Service
>March 30, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - LOS ANGELES: Appellate court grants Episcopal
Church's, diocese's petitions in Newport Beach property case
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - SOUTH CAROLINA: All Saints Pawleys Island factions
settle dispute
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - VIRGINIA: State Supreme Court will hear Episcopal
Church's, diocese's appeals April 13
* WORLD REPORT - SOUTH AFRICA, SWEDEN: Church leaders say arms deal
weakens new democracy
*WORLD REPORT -- ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury offers Holy Week  reflections
* MISSION - Liturgical programming set for Good Friday, Easter Day
* DAYBOOK - March 31: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - "The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality - A Resource
to Enable Listening and Dialogue"

>_____________________

>DIOCESAN DIGEST

LOS ANGELES: Appellate court grants Episcopal Church's, diocese's
petitions in Newport Beach property case

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] The California Court of Appeal has told a
lower trial court to enter an order enforcing the interests of the
Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Los Angeles in the real property
and other assets claimed by St. James Anglican Church, a breakaway
congregation in Newport Beach.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_121190_ENG_HTM.htm

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SOUTH CAROLINA: All Saints Pawleys Island factions settle dispute

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Breakaway members of All Saints' Episcopal
Church in Waccamaw in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and those who
wished to remain in the Episcopal Church have negotiated an end to
what had been one of the Episcopal Church's longest-running property
disputes.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_121189_ENG_HTM.htm

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VIRGINIA: State Supreme Court will hear Episcopal Church's, diocese's
appeals April 13

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] The Supreme Court of Virginia has told the
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and the Episcopal Church that it will
hear arguments April 13 in two cases concerning church property,
according to the diocese.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_121188_ENG_HTM.htm

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

>_____________________

>WORLD REPORT

ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury offers Holy Week reflections

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is
giving three Holy Week lectures in a series entitled "The beginning of
the Gospel -- reading Mark's life of Jesus."

In the March 29 lecture, titled "History and Memory," Williams talked
about Mark, the origins of his work and how the Gospel of Mark "has an
exceptional impact." He also spoke about the purpose and the goal of
the book and what scholarship has been doing with Mark's gospel for
the last century. A questions and answers session followed the
lecture.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_121200_ENG_HTM.htm

>_ _ _ _ _

SOUTH AFRICA, SWEDEN: Church leaders say arms deal weakens new democracy

>By Munyaradzi Makoni

[Ecumenical News International, Cape Town] South African and Swedish
church leaders have reiterated grave concerns that a 10-year-old arms
deal that involved Sweden with South Africa threatens the fledgling
African democracy.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_121191_ENG_HTM.htm

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

>_____________________

>MISSION

Liturgical programming set for Good Friday, Easter Day

[Office of Communication] Two seasonal liturgical programs -- the
penitential Stations of the Cross on Good Friday and a live festive
Easter Day service -- will be offered online by the Episcopal Church's
Office of Communication.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_120942_ENG_HTM.htm

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

>_____________________

>DAYBOOK

>On March 31, 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 March 31, 1999, Bishop Jim Ottley officially
left his post as Anglican Observer at the United Nations.

>_____________________

>EBAR PICK

EBaR Pick: "The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality - A Resource to
Enable Listening and Dialogue" by Philip Groves, paperback, 352 pages,
c. 2008, $29.95.

[SPCK Publishing] The Lambeth Conference 2008 included a listening
process where people could hear the views of others and listen to the
experience of homosexual people. This book includes items from all
parts of the world, from individuals and groups, to give a spectrum of
views under 8 different chapter headings. Background information on
homosexuality, advice on the process of dialogue and case studies are
included.

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


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