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>Episcopal News Service
>June 3, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Phoenix's Trinity Cathedral at the center of Arizona's
immigration debate
* TOP STORY - Anglicans express hopes for global Christianity as
missionary conference opens in Edinburgh
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - ARIZONA: Faithful participate in immigration rallies
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - VIRGINIA/SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: Faith leaders push
senators on climate legislation
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: John Kafwanka, Anglican Communion mission
director, explains the Edinburgh 2010 conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Andy Thompson of Connecticut at the
Edinburgh2010 conference
* PEOPLE - Bishop suffragan for federal ministries consecration to be
webcast live
* DAYBOOK - June 4: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - "Jerusalem Always"

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>TOP STORIES

Phoenix's Trinity Cathedral at the center of Arizona's immigration  debate

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] Trinity Episcopal Cathedral sits on a divide
in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, between the city's oldest Hispanic
barrio to the southeast and the first wave of Anglo suburbs to the
northwest. Its location also puts it at the center of the nation's
immigration debate.

"That the cathedral lives on that fault line physically seems to be
too good an opportunity to pass up," said the Very Rev. Nicholas
Knisely, Trinity's dean, in a May 31 telephone interview. The
opportunity, for the church and the Diocese of Arizona, lies in being
"a crossroads ministry and inviting people in from different
directions. My hope is that what we're trying to do at the cathedral
can spread into the larger community."

Two years ago, Trinity added a midday Spanish-language service and
watched its membership grow from 600 to 900 members. On May 30,
Arizona Bishop Kirk Smith received and welcomed 20 new Episcopalians
to the congregation during the service.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122647_ENG_HTM.htm

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Anglicans express hopes for global Christianity as missionary
conference opens in Edinburgh

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service, Edinburgh] Anglicans attending the World
Missionary Conference in Edinburgh say that the June 2-6 gathering
promises to be a pivotal moment for the global Christian community in
discerning its future and exploring how different denominations can
work together in partnership.

"I expect we will begin to see a Christian identity emerge out of this
conference that will transcend what we've been before ... This is
really building the relationships that will carry the worldwide church
to a new level," said the Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald, national indigenous
bishop for the Anglican Church of Canada and one of nine official
Anglican delegates attending the gathering.

The conference, dubbed Edinburgh 2010, "is going to give a real sense
of the trajectory of God's work for the future of the church," he
added.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122629_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

ARIZONA: Faithful participate in immigration rallies

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] Witnessing tens of thousands of people from
across the country join a May 29 Phoenix protest of Arizona's
immigration law brought Juan, a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral,
renewed hope for equitable immigration reform.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_122644_ENG_HTM.htm

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VIRGINIA/SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: Faith leaders push senators on climate  legislation

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] More than 100 religious leaders from across
Virginia June 2 signed on to and delivered a letter to U.S. Democratic
Senators Jim Webb's and Mark R. Warner's Richmond staffs in advance of
the Senate's upcoming consideration of climate and energy legislation,
according to a news release issued by Virginia and Greater Washington
Interfaith Power & Light.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_122639_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Bishop suffragan for federal ministries consecration to be webcast live

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop-elect James "Jay" Magness will be
consecrated June 19 at 10 a.m. EST during a service webcast live from
Washington National Cathedral.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_122641_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MULTIMEDIA

Video: Andy Thompson of Connecticut at the Edinburgh 2010 conference

Andy Thompson, an Episcopalian from West Hartford, Connecticut, and a
former Young Adult Service Corps volunteer, speaks about the Edinburgh
2010 conference. Thompson was selected as the winner of the Edinburgh
2010 youth writing contest and his prize is a sponsored trip to the
conference.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm

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Video: John Kafwanka, Anglican Communion mission director, explains
the Edinburgh 2010 conference

The Rev. John Kafwanka of the Anglican Communion Office's mission
department talks about Edinburgh 2010, a global summit to mark the
centenary of the 1910 World Missionary Conference that is widely
recognized as a major milestone in the modern ecumenical movement. The
2010 event is being held June 2-6 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and includes
about 300 participants from various Christian traditions. The Anglican
delegation selected to attend the conference includes nine men and
women, ordained and lay, drawn from seven provinces of the Anglican
Communion.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm

More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

>On June 4, 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 June 4, 1996, Bishop Winston Njongonkulu
Ndungane was chosen to succeed Desmond Tutu as Anglican Archbishop of
Cape Town.

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>EBAR PICK

"Jerusalem Always" by Marcelo Bendahan, Hardcover, 182 pages, full
color, c. Feb 2010, $50.

[Maestro Books] While most of the world thinks of Jerusalem as a
violent, war-torn city, Marcelo Bendahan has captured the essence of
the city through his camera lens.

Bendahan, in his new book Jerusalem Always, photographed the new
Jerusalem full of life, love and peace. Unique to today's photography,
Bendahan allows his pictures to tell their story without computer
generated enhancements. Written in English and Spanish, he touches on
all aspects of life in today's Jerusalem including the Old City, the
Art Garden of Israel Museum, the Western Wall and more.

"The city's vitality and colorfulness constantly enchanted and amazed
me," says Bendahan, "My hope is Jerusalem Always brings the awesome
beauty of the city to life."

Jerusalem is a holy city to Jews, Christians, and Muslims as well as
the capital of the modern State of Israel. Known as the "city of gold"
due to the hue of its ancient walls at sunrise and sunset, it is a
fascinatingly unique place where history rubs shoulders with modernity
and where picturesque old neighborhoods nestle against glistening
office towers and high-rise apartment buildings. It is one of those
places which must be seen to be believed.

To order, please visit Episcopal Books and Resources online at
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local Episcopal bookstore.