Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, September 25, 2007. The Church calendar remembers Sergius, abbot of Holy Trinity, Moscow (1314-1392).
* 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 in 1643, The Solemn League and Covenant, drawn up by the Scottish General Assembly in London at Westminster Abbey, was submitted to the English Parliament. This agreement guaranteed Presbyterians equal rights with Anglicans.
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TEACHING
Small church conference set for Kanuga fueled by international/ecumenical seminar
By Daphne Mack
[ENS] The exploration of different models of sacramental leadership in churches with an average Sunday attendance of 70 or less will be the topic of the Episcopal Church's Office of Congregational Development conference for bishops, diocesan staff, clergy, and lay leaders.
"Creative Models of Sacramental Leadership in the Small Church" is set to run October 7-10 at Kanuga Conference Center, in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Conference keynote presenters include Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori; Archbishop David Moxon of New Zealand; Bishop Don Phillips of the Episcopal Diocese of Rupert's Land, Canada; Bishop Frank Neff Powell of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia; and the Rev. Stephen M. Kelsey, missioner/superintendent of Greater Hartford Regional Ministry.
"The number of leaders from different organizations, dioceses, and provinces of the Anglican Communion coming together is truly phenomenal," said the Rev. Suzanne Watson, congregational development staff officer for the Episcopal Church.
Further information and registration is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/smallchurch_51588_ENG_HTM.htm
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_90448_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-led Resistance to Corporate Globalization" from Augsburg Fortress, by Sharon Delgado, 284 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $20
[Source: Augsburg Fortress] Shaking the Gates of Hell proposes a way for people of faith to respond to the growing power of corporations and their domination of the world's cultures, governments, and global institutions.
Reflecting on her participation in nonviolent direct resistance against these Powers, and describing movements for global justice, such as they have emerged in Chiapas, Cochabamba, Nigeria, Argentina, India, and Kenya, Delgado prepares Christians for faith-led resistance as a way of life.
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