[ENS] Sudanese diaspora, religious leaders share stories of hope / 'Happiness is the purpose of life

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>Episcopal News Service
>October 18, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Sudanese diaspora, religious leaders share stories of 
hope
* TOP STORY - 'Happiness is the purpose of life': Presiding bishop
joins Dalai Lama, chief rabbi on interfaith panel
* TOP STORY - Bulletin inserts note new commemorations for November
and December from 'Holy Women, Holy Men'
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PITTSBURGH: Diocese begins search for next bishop
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Opposing women bishops, Anglican
parishioners vote to convert to Catholicism
* DAYBOOK - October 19: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "50 Ways to Help Save the Earth -
How You and Your Church Can Make a Difference"

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>TOP STORIES

Sudanese diaspora, religious leaders share stories of hope

>By Lucy Chumbley

[Episcopal News Service] When Manyok Khoc, one of the Lost Boys of
Sudan, arrived in Ethiopia as a 13-year-old refugee he was barefoot
and illiterate, speaking only his native language of Dinka.

Now a 36-year-old U.S. citizen, he stands in St. Paul's Episcopal
Church in Alexandria, Virginia, in dress shoes and a blazer, speaking
fluent English, with several years of higher education and a
successful career to his name. He has come to the parish with around
45 other Sudanese to hear an Oct. 17 presentation from an ecumenical
delegation of religious leaders from Sudan.

The delegation is in the United States to shine a light on the
precarious political situation in Sudan, which is poised to conduct a
historic referendum on Jan. 9 to determine whether the southern part
of the country will become independent from the north.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_125231_ENG_HTM.htm

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'Happiness is the purpose of life': Presiding bishop joins Dalai Lama,
chief rabbi on interfaith panel

>By Patricia Templeton

[Episcopal News Service] Their religious traditions are different, but
they all agree on one thing - true happiness is the purpose of life.

"Happiness is about right relationships; with God, with the self, and
with the other," Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, one of
four panelists, said Oct. 17 during an interfaith summit,
"Understanding and Promoting Happiness in Today's Society," at the
Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University in
Atlanta.

Besides the presiding bishop, the panel included His Holiness the
Dalai Lama; Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the United Hebrew
Congregation of the Commonwealth, based in the U.K.; and Seyyed
Hossein Nasr, professor at George Washington University and renowned
Islamic scholar. The panel was moderated by Krista Tippett, host of
the public radio show Being, formerly called Speaking of Faith.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_125224_ENG_HTM.htm

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Bulletin inserts note new commemorations for November and December
from 'Holy Women, Holy Men'

[Episcopal News Service] New commemorations on the Episcopal Church
calendar for the months of November and December from Holy Women, Holy
Men are the topic of Oct. 31 bulletin inserts from Episcopal News
Service. The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music is conducting a
year-long open forum on Holy Women, Holy Men, the first complete
revision of Lesser Feasts and Fasts in 40 years, and invites
participation from all church members through its website or by email
at sclm@episcopalchurch.org.

Inserts may be downloaded here: 
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

PITTSBURGH: Diocese begins search for next bishop

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] The process to elect the eighth bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has begun.

Delegates to the diocese's annual convention Oct 15-16 at Trinity
Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh agreed to initiate a search aimed at
choosing a bishop during a special election convention on April 21,
2012.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_125243_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

ENGLAND: Opposing women bishops, Anglican parishioners vote to convert
to Catholicism

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Parishioners at St. Peter's Church,
Folkestone, in the Diocese of Canterbury, may become the first members
of the Church of England to convert formally to Roman Catholicism
under controversial provisions set out by the Vatican in November
2009.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_125242_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

On October 19, 2010, the church remembers Henry Martyn, priest, and
missionary to India and Persia.

* 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 October 19, 1910, the General Convention passed
a resolution calling for a world conference with representatives from
all the Christian churches "for the consideration of questions
pertaining to the Faith and Order of the Church of Christ." The main
mover behind this was Charles Henry Brent, an Episcopal bishop who
served in the Philippines and Western New York, who earlier that year
had attended the Edinburgh Missionary Conference and came away
convinced that cooperation in the global mission field was not enough,
but that Christians needed to understand one another better.

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>EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK

"50 Ways to Help Save the Earth - How You and Your Church Can Make a
Difference" from Westminster John Knox Press, by Rebecca
Barnes-Davies, 125 pages, paperback, c. 2009, $14.95

[Westminster John Knox Press] This guide outlines fifty ways in which
you, your congregation, and your local community can help fight global
warming and enjoy participation in a vital part of Christian
discipleship. 50 Ways to Help Save the Earth makes a clear connection,
in a practical and unintimidating way, between stewardship of the
earth and living one's faith. This easy-to-follow book consists of
seven chapters on topics related to global climate change: Water,
Energy, Transportation, Food and Agriculture, People, Other Species,
and Wilderness and Land Planning. Each chapter begins with a statement
on how the content relates to global warming, followed by seven action
items ranging from individual efforts to activities that encourage the
involvement of the congregational and wider communities. With
illustrations throughout, Rebecca Barnes-Davies's book offers a
lighthearted way to address global warming while teaching us to
reshape our lives to honor rather than destroy God's creation.

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