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Daybook -- Today is Monday, August 21, 2006.
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation http://eds.libsyn.com * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1887, the first Episcopal worship service in Walnut Creek, California, was held in the public school house. http://www.stpaulswc.org/history.htm
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Remembering Katrina: Volunteers still needed on Gulf Coast
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[ENS] Long-term recovery efforts continue on the Gulf Coast a year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region on August 29, 2005. Volunteers are still needed to help in that work.
Camp Coast Care (CCC) on the campus of Coast Episcopal School in Long Beach, Mississippi (http://www.campcoastcare.com), operates a recovery and reconstruction ministry to those in need on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as well as considering itself to be a "Christian community of faith that provides welcome and hospitality to any volunteer wishing to serve in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort," according to the camp's website. The camp's operations are about to move into a new facility that will be fully air conditioned and will accommodate up to 100 volunteers a night.
Although there is a critical need for skilled construction laborers, there are ample opportunities for participants at all levels of skill. Opportunities include rebuilding homes damaged by Katrina, building one- and two-bedroom cabins for those still needing permanent housing, working with the camp's case-management in-take system and working at the CCC site, in the kitchen, tool shed, office, and other places.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77303_ENG_HTM.htm
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Grace Cathedral to host Middle East peace concert
[Source: Grace Cathedral] Grace Cathedral in San Francisco will welcome four internationally known Middle Eastern musicians, along with composer Gary Malkin, guest poets and performers, all dedicated to working for peace in the Middle East. The fundraising event on Thursday, August 31, at 7:30 p.m. will benefit peace-building organizations on the Lebanese/Israeli/Palestinian borders.
The concert will feature: Yair Dalal, an Iraqi-Israeli Jew, international peace worker and teacher, oud, violin, and voice performer; Naser Musa, a Palestinian-Jordanian Muslim, specializing in percussion and voice; Souhail Kaspar, a Lebanese Christian, oud and voice performer; and Dror Sinai, an Israeli-American percussionist.
Naomi Newman, co-founder of A Traveling Jewish Theater, and other poets and performers from the U.S. and Middle East, will join the musicians.
The concert is co-produced and co-directed by Malkin and Julia Gilden for Wisdom of the World Productions, a new media company dedicated to using the performing arts to meet life's challenges. For more information, visit http://www.wisdomoftheworld.com.
Suggested donation is $20. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Tickets are available online at http://www.wisdomoftheworld.com.
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Catalyst: "Fertile Soil in a Barren Land" from Morehouse Publishing, by Renée Miller, 145 pages, paperback, $15.95
[Source: Morehouse Publishing] From the earliest days of the church, seekers have gone to the desert and found -- in the barren terrain -- a richer relationship with God. Following in this tradition, Renée Miller makes connections between the physical landscape of the desert and the landscape of the soul. Using the rhythm of the natural world as a common thread, Fertile Soil in a Barren Land evokes images of the desert and links them to the spiritual practices of the ancient desert fathers and mothers.
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