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[ENS] Voting as a Christian duty is topic of Aug. 15 bulletin inserts / WYOMING: John Sheridan Smyli
>Episcopal News Service >August 2, 2010 >Episcopal News Service is available at >http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens. >Today's Episcopal News Service includes: * TOP STORY - Voting as a Christian duty is topic of Aug. 15 bulletin inserts * DIOCESAN DIGEST - WYOMING: John Sheridan Smylie consecrated bishop in joyous celebration * WORLD REPORT - PAKISTAN: Churches launch emergency relief program following devastating floods * DAYBOOK - August 3: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History * EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Contemporary Office Book NRSV" >_____________________ >TOP STORIES Voting as a Christian duty is topic of Aug. 15 bulletin inserts [Episcopal News Service] A major election will take place in November in the United States. Many voters may be tired of electioneering and increasingly frustrated by politics, but Lily Ickow, an intern for Episcopal Public Policy Network, suggests in ENS Weekly bulletin inserts for Aug. 15 that voting can be seen as an act of faith and a Christian duty, and that now is the time to register. "If we listen, and speak, and vote," Ickow writes, "we can choose the world we want, and choose leaders who will work with us to create it." Inserts may be downloaded at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm. More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens >_____________________ >DIOCESAN DIGEST WYOMING: John Sheridan Smylie consecrated bishop in joyous celebration >By Pat McCaughan [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. John Sheridan Smylie was consecrated as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming during a joyful ceremony July 31 at the Casper Events Center. Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_123813_ENG_HTM.htm More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm >_____________________ >WORLD REPORT PAKISTAN: Churches launch emergency relief program following devastating floods >By ENS staff [Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Peshawar has launched an emergency relief and rescue program for families affected by the recent monsoons and flooding in Pakistan as the death toll from the natural disaster rose above 1,200. Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_123826_ENG_HTM.htm More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm >_____________________ >DAYBOOK >On August 3, 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 August 3, 1785, Samuel Seabury, first American bishop and second Presiding Bishop, was recognized as bishop of Connecticut in Convocation at Middletown.