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>Episcopal News Service
>April 19, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Missionary writes of 'strong faith and hard realities'
in Haiti in bulletin inserts for May 2
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - CONNECTICUT: Douglas becomes diocesan bishop in
weekend of worship
* WORLD REPORT - CENTRAL AMERICA: Armando Guerra of Guatemala elected  primate
* WORLD REPORT - SINGAPORE: Fourth Anglican Global South to South
Encounter commences
* MISSION - Celebrate the Easter Season with online Bible study
* MISSION - Anglican-Lutheran International Commission meeting
proceeds despite air travel ban
* PEOPLE - Former Georgia Bishop George Paul Reeves dies at 91
* OPINION - Strong faith amidst 'hard' realities
* DAYBOOK - April 20: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - "Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light - The Private Writings
of the Saint of Calcutta"

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>TOP STORIES

Missionary writes of 'strong faith and hard realities' in Haiti in
bulletin inserts for May 2

[Episcopal News Service] "Every time I speak about Haiti, I am asked:
'What is it like there?' The only word I know is 'hard,' writes the
Rev. Lauren Stanley, Episcopal Church-appointed missionary to Haiti,
in ENS Weekly bulletin inserts for Sunday, May 2.

Stanley writes of the massive difficulties still faced by the people
of Haiti some three months after the Jan. 12 earthquake, their faith
and courage, and the efforts - some of them misdirected - of others to
assist in reconstruction. "I believe that our role in the rebuilding
of the kingdom of God in Haiti ... is to demonstrate our faith first by
listening, then by partnering with the Haitians," she writes.

To download the inserts, click here:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

CONNECTICUT: Douglas becomes diocesan bishop in weekend of worship

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] In a service featuring participants from all
over the world, the Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas, was ordained and
consecrated April 17 as the 15th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
Connecticut.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_121712_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

CENTRAL AMERICA: Armando Guerra of Guatemala elected primate

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Armando Guerra of Guatemala was
elected presiding bishop of the Anglican Church of the Region of
Central America during an April 15-17 provincial synod meeting in
Panama.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_121694_ENG_HTM.htm

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SINGAPORE: Fourth Anglican Global South to South Encounter commences

[ACNS] Most of the 130 primates, bishops, clergy, senior lay leaders,
associates and observers expected to participate in the Fourth
Anglican Global South to South Encounter have arrived in Singapore for
the April 19-23 meeting.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_121740_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

Celebrate the Easter Season with online Bible study

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Celebrate the season of Easter by joining a
Bible study group -- online.

The Episcopal Church invites online visitors to participate in Bible
study by posting comments and thoughts on each week's Sunday readings
from the Revised Common Lectionary.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_121732_ENG_HTM.htm

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Anglican-Lutheran International Commission meeting proceeds despite
air travel ban

[ACNS] Clouds of ash from Iceland's erupting Eyjafjallajokull volcano
may have grounded planes across Europe, but it won't stop members of
the Anglican-Lutheran International Commission (ALIC) meeting this
week.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_121737_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Former Georgia Bishop George Paul Reeves dies at 91

[Christ Church Savannah] The Rt. Rev. George Paul Reeves, the seventh
bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, died on April 15 in
Asheville, North Carolina, after suffering from a prolonged illness.
He was 91.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_121696_ENG_HTM.htm

More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm

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>OPINION

>Strong faith amidst 'hard' realities

>By Lauren Stanley

[Episcopal News Service] Every time I speak about Haiti, I am asked:
"What is it like there?"
The only word I know is "hard."

The devastation from the Jan. 12 earthquake has not suddenly gone
away. It has not been cleaned up, and the people are not yet better.
There truly is no word in any language to adequately describe the
scope and horror of this tragedy.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_121721_ENG_HTM.htm

More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

>On April 20, 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 April 20, 1718, David Brainerd, missionary to
New England's Native Americans, was born in Haddam, Connecticut.
Brainerd was expelled from Yale University for attending a revival
meeting. Brainerd attained fame after his death when Jonathan Edwards
published his journal.

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