[ENS] Chaplain to be ordained among those she serves

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>Episcopal News Service
>December 2, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Chaplain to be ordained among those she serves
* CHURCHWIDE - Christmas cards to president initiative launches
year-long campaign for Middle East peace
* WORLD REPORT - KOREA: Churches say global prayers needed after 
military clash
* WORLD REPORT - PAKISTAN: Persecution of Christians could threaten
future of church leadership
* DAYBOOK - December 3: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History

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>TOP STORIES

Chaplain to be ordained among those she serves

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service] On Dec. 3 in Chicago, hospital chaplain Carol
Reese will become the Rev. Carol Reese in an ordination service at
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, the former Cook County Hospital, where
she has served as a chaplain in the trauma department since 2005.

For Reese, formally entering the priesthood at the hospital -- her
parish, really -- is an opportunity to call attention to the plight of
the medically underserved: She is the first paid chaplain in the
history of Stroger Hospital, and the only paid chaplain in the Cook
County system.

"This is a public hospital -- probably half or a little more than half
of patients are uninsured -- a hospital like this is always
scrambling," said Reese in a telephone interview. "To think about
doing something nonmedical, even though people thought it was a good
idea, when some of the basic services are hard to provide, can seem a
bit over the top.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_126005_ENG_HTM.htm

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>CHURCHWIDE

Christmas cards to president initiative launches year-long campaign
for Middle East peace

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Churches for Middle East Peace is urging
Christians throughout the United States to send Christmas cards to
President Barack Obama to highlight their prayers for his efforts
towards ending the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80263_125997_ENG_HTM.htm

More Churchwide stories: 
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WORLD REPORT

KOREA: Churches say global prayers needed after military clash

>By Hisashi Yukimoto

[Ecumenical News International, Tokyo] The head of the Seoul-based
National Council of Churches in Korea has urged global prayers during
Advent for peace on the peninsula following a North Korean military
attack on a South Korean island.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_125998_ENG_HTM.htm

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PAKISTAN: Persecution of Christians could threaten future of church 
leadership

[ACNS] Pakistan's first and only female Anglican priest, the Rev. Jane
Shaw, has warned that persecution of Christians in the country is
prompting talented potential future church leaders to settle abroad.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_125983_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On December 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 December 3, 1988, John Shelby Spong ordained
Australian Caroline H. Pearce to the priesthood. Pearce came to the
United States to study at General Theological Seminary because the
Anglican Church of Australia did not ordain women to the priesthood.