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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

December 06, 2005 - Tuesday to Note & To Read

Bibles and 2006 calendars needed for seafarers New Rosenthal book featured
on St. Nicholas Day

[Episcopal News Service] Bibles in English and other languages, and 2006
calendars-from pocket to wall size- are currently being collected by
Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) of New York & New Jersey for distribution
to seafarers.

"The monotony of life at sea can become unbearable," said the Rev. Andy
Moore, director of SCI's International Seafarers' Center in Port Newark.
"It is so easy for a seafarer to lose track of time and their connection
to those of us on land. A calendar helps to link them to events at home
and enables them to create a diary of their travels."

The donation of Bibles is part of SCI's cross-cultural ministry to
seafarers.

"Reading God's Word is a comfort for seafarers who spend weeks at sea,"
said Moore. "Reading a Bible, especially in their own language, brings
them out of desperate loneliness and into God's loving presence."

The top three nations supplying the world's seafarers are the Philippines
(Tagalog), Russia, and Ukraine.

Foreign language Bibles can be purchased at Amazon.com; or the American
Bible Society Store (800-32-BIBLE) http://www.bibles.com

Mail all calendars and Bibles to: The Rev. Andy Moore, director
International Seafarers' Center, 118 Export Street, Port Newark, NJ 07114.

To learn more about SCI, visit http://www.seamenschurch.org

The Seamen's Church Institute advocates for the personal, professional,
and spiritual well being of merchant mariners around the world. Founded
in 1834, the Institute is a voluntary, ecumenical agency affiliated with
the Episcopal Church.

Note: The following title is available from the Episcopal Book/Resource
Center, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY  10017; 800.334.7626;
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org/

On this St. Nicholas Day, Episcopal News Service refers its readers to
a new title this year featuring the popular patron saint.

TO READ: ST. NICHOLAS: A CLOSER LOOK AT CHRISTMAS by Jim Rosenthal and
Joe Wheeler, 2005, published by Nelson Reference & Electronic. ISBN
#1-4185-0407-6.

This beautiful, fully illustrated coffee table book provides a closer
look at Christmas and the St. Nicholas of history and legend. Full of
historical information and rare illustrations from Christian traditions
around the world, this book will entertain, inform, and inspire readers
as it teaches the true meaning of Christmas giving.

Joe Wheeler and Jim Rosenthal use stories and pictures to reclaim the
historical St. Nicholas that inspired the Santa Claus story. Ultimately
the authors show that the tradition of St. Nicholas can make the
celebration of Christmas more meaningful.

Jim Rosenthal is director of communications of the Anglican Communion,
Anglican Episcopal World/ACNS. He is based in London, England.

Joe Wheeler is general editor for Focus on the Family and is considered
one of America's leading story anthologizers. He and his wife Connie
live in Conifer, Colorado.

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