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>Episcopal News Service
>August 12, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* WORLD REPORT - SYDNEY: Tribunal rejects move to allow deacons to
preside at Eucharist
* PEOPLE - Integrity USA appointments new executive director, 
reveals
expansion plan
* OPINION - Episcopal clergy 'very stressed,' but 'very happy'
* DAYBOOK - August 13: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Give Us This Day - The Lord's
Prayer"

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>WORLD REPORT

SYDNEY: Tribunal rejects move to allow deacons to preside at 
Eucharist

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service]  The Anglican Church of Australia's 
Appellate
Tribunal says it disagrees with the Diocese of Sydney's decision 
that
people other than priests may preside at Eucharist.

Sydney's diocesan synod in 2008 overwhelmingly agreed that lay 
people
and deacons could be permitted to preside at Eucharist and 
consecrate
the communion elements-- a role that is usually limited to priests.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_124018_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Integrity USA appointments new executive director, reveals expansion
plan

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Integrity USA announced Aug. 12 the 
selection
of W.R. "Max" Niedzwiecki as its new executive director in an e-mail
message sent to members, partners and friends.

Niedzwiecki, 43, a longstanding social justice advocate and builder 
of
national network organizations, told ENS in an Aug. 11 telephone
interview that the grassroots organization dedicated to the full
inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the
Episcopal Church is also undergoing an organizational restructuring.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_124045_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

Episcopal clergy 'very stressed,' but 'very happy'

>By Herb Gunn

[Episcopal News Service] In early August, New York Times religion 
writer
Paul Vitello touched an ecclesial nerve when he launched a story,
"Taking a Break From the Lord's Work," and raised a range of 
important
questions on clergy wellness. His reporting, based on studies of 
clergy
health, cut across the interfaith spectrum and resonates with lay
professionals in the church, as well. It concluded that self-care,
sabbatical rest and time for re-creation help church leaders lean 
into
rising levels of stress, depression and fatigue.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_124048_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

On August 13, 2010, the church remembers Jeremy Taylor, bishop of 
Down,
Connor, and Dromore.

* 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 13, 1587, members of Sir Walter 
Raleigh's
expedition to Roanoke baptized a Native American named Manteo, this 
was
first recorded Anglican baptism in the American colonies.

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>EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK

"Give Us This Day - The Lord's Prayer" illustrated by Tasha Tudor,
hardcover, 32 pages, Oct 1987, $12.99.

[Penguin Publishing] The best known of all Christian prayers is
illustrated here in sensitive watercolors by one of America's 
foremost
artists. Tasha Tudor's interpretation captures the reverent 
simplicity
of the familiar and beloved prayer. Although the images are drawn 
from
her own surroundings in rural New England, they bespeak a universal
faith. The text is taken from the Book of Common Prayer. Tudor's
illustrations eloquently express the faith and wisdom of the words. 
Here
is a book to share with all members of the family, a book to be
cherished by young and old alike. Reading level: Ages 4-8.

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