Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Monday, June 25, 2007.
* 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 this day 1115, Bernard founded a monastery at Clairvaux, France, that would soon become the center of the Cistercian religious order.
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MISSION
United Thank Offering announces 2007 mission grants Contributors help meet 'compelling human needs' throughout Anglican Communion
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[Episcopal News Service] The United Thank Offering (http://www.episcopalchurch.org/uto.htm) (UTO) Grant Committee (http://www.episcopalchurch.org/uto_8754_ENG_HTM.htm?menupage=56685) has approved nearly $2.44 million in grants for this year.
The committee approved 104 grants totaling $2,439,342.46. The average grant amount was $23,455.22. The two largest grants were $79,722 to the Diocese of Sialkot in Pakistan to finish a hospital and $68,000 to the Diocese of Alaska to build a new church for St. Augustine's congregation in Homer. The smallest grant was for $750 to the Diocese of Mississippi to start a Sunday school program at St. Mark's in Jackson.
Each UTO grant is made in response to needs identified by dioceses and provinces throughout the Anglican Communion. UTO Coordinator JoAnne Chapman said grants help Anglicans meet "compelling human needs." Sometimes the way UTO can help, she said, is by aiding organizations with their infrastructure needs in ways that will allow them to increase their ministry.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_87202_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Tokens of Trust: An Introduction to Christian Belief" from Westminster John Knox Press, by Rowan Williams, 159 pages, hardcover, c. 2007, $16.95
[Source: Westminster John Knox Press] Engaging the classic statements of the Nicene and Apostles' creeds, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams guides readers through the central elements of Christian faith. What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and disaster? How am I to understand the meaning of Jesus Christ's ministry and resurrection? To what purpose is the church called? And what does it really mean to follow Christ in today's broken world?
Tying together the answers to all of these questions and addressing perplexities such as the possibility of miracles and how to read to the Bible, Williams demonstrates that each of the basic tenets of Christian faith flows from one fundamental belief: that God is completely worthy of our trust.
With vast knowledge of Christian history and theology and characteristically elegant prose, Rowan Williams is a superb and compassionate guide through the richness and depth of Christian faith.
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