[ENS] Episcopal Relief & Development head finds cause for hope during recent trip to Haiti / NEW YOR

>Episcopal News Service
>August 3, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Episcopal Relief & Development head finds cause for hope
during recent trip to Haiti
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - NEW YORK: Trinity Wall Street awards $1.4 million in
grants
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - RIO GRANDE: Bishop-elect Michael Louis Vono
completes consent process
* MISSION - The Episcopal Network for Stewardship meets in Indianapolis
* VIDEO - Rob Radtke speaks about rebuilding, recovery programs in Haiti
* DAYBOOK - August 4: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's
Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia"

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>TOP STORIES

Episcopal Relief & Development head finds cause for hope during recent
trip to Haiti

Agency supports efforts for new houses and cash-for-work programs

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Despite the enormous challenges still facing
Haiti nearly seven months after the magnitude-7 earthquake of Jan. 12,
the president of Episcopal Relief & Development says he returned from a
recent visit there with "tempered hope" for the country's future.

"I went to Haiti prepared to be horrified and depressed and heartbroken,
and I came away from Haiti feeling hopeful," Robert Radtke told ENS July
29. "That is not to minimize the plight of hundreds of thousands of
people who are living in woefully inadequate shelter or struggling in
other ways, but I came away feeling convinced the Haitians are
determined to help themselves. We owe the Haitians -- and anyone else
for that matter who wants to help themselves -- our support."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_123855_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

NEW YORK: Trinity Wall Street awards $1.4 million in grants

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Trinity Wall Street awarded $1.4 million in
second quarter grants to programs aimed at supporting micro-lending, job
development and telecommunications in Africa; young adult leadership
programs in America; education advocacy efforts in New York; and
strengthening the bonds of the Anglican Communion, according to an Aug.
3 press release.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_123843_ENG_HTM.htm
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RIO GRANDE: Bishop-elect Michael Louis Vono completes consent process

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's
office announced Aug. 3 that Bishop-elect Michael Louis Vono of the
Diocese of the Rio Grande has received the required number of consents
from bishops with jurisdiction and diocesan standing committees to his
ordination and consecration.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_123857_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship meets in Indianapolis

>By Kathy Copas

[Episcopal News Service] About 180 people from throughout the Episcopal
Church attended "Grace, Gratitude, and Generosity," the 2010 conference
of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS), held July 30-31 in
Indianapolis.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_123837_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>VIDEO

Rob Radtke speaks about rebuilding, recovery programs in Haiti

[Episcopal News Service] Rob Radtke, president of Episcopal Relief &
Development, speaks about his recent visit to Haiti and programs the
agency is supporting for long-term recovery.

Video:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm#ooid=NmdGtmMTpQIMs4MJ0I
JtKGaqxyE34svd,5qZjRtMTrSGNxqyjM3GcxINKR8W-hrqE

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On August 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 August 4, 1980, Rustin Ray Kimsey was consecrated
fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon.

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>EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK

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