Episcopal Life Online Newslink October 18, 2007
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Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - Episcopal Church Women's national board gathers at Church Center for business and service project * TOP STORY - ABC's Nightline to feature Arizona congregation in coverage of immigration debate * WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Ottawa synod followed 'due process' in same-gender blessings vote, says Primate * WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Duke of Edinburgh joins Archbishop of Canterbury for St. Luke's Hospital centennial celebrations * WORLD REPORT - JAPAN: New Hymnal published for Nippon Sei Ko Kai * FEATURE - Change in focus: A small congregation with a big vision
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TOP STORIES
Episcopal Church Women's national board gathers at Church Center for business and service project Handmade blankets to benefit homeless ministry at New York City's St. Bart's
By Daphne Mack
[Episcopal News Service] Members of the Episcopal Church Women's (ECW) national board are combining October 15-19 business meetings at the Church Center in New York City with making blankets for St. Bartholomew's Church homeless ministry.
"We visit all nine provinces before our terms are up and we try to do a service project in each location that we go to," said Deborah Anderson of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.
Board president Kay Meyer of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta said the idea of service projects began with the last board. When they gather in a particular area the ECW "women of that area are invited to join us" and help to identify different projects in which the board could be involved.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_91099_ENG_HTM.htm
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ABC's Nightline to feature Arizona congregation in coverage of immigration debate
[Episcopal News Service] Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church in Cave Creek, Arizona, will be featured October 18 during an ABC television Nightline segment on the immigration debate in the United States.
ABC television broadcasts Nightline in the 10:30 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. hour, depending upon the time zone. Check your local listings for time and channel.
Good Shepherd began a day-labor program seven years ago at the invitation of officials in Cave Creek, located about 35 miles north of Phoenix, the Rev. Glenn Jenks, the church's rector, told Episcopal News Service in June, but the program has since drawn protestors and the attention of local law enforcement.
The Nightline's segment describes the Good Shepherd program as offering "a safe place, no questions asked, for employers to meet laborers" and reporter Jeffrey Kofman says that local sheriff's deputies recently began random traffic stops of vehicles leaving the church, arresting any illegal immigrants found inside.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_91098_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
CANADA: Ottawa synod followed 'due process' in same-gender blessings vote, says Primate http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_91097_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Duke of Edinburgh joins Archbishop of Canterbury for St. Luke's Hospital centennial celebrations http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_91095_ENG_HTM.htm
JAPAN: New Hymnal published for Nippon Sei Ko Kai http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_91096_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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FEATURES
Change in focus A small congregation with a big vision
By Victoria Duncan
[Episcopal Life] They knew his name but not where he lived; from all indications he might even live on the streets. He was probably the most faithful of them all in attendance at Sunday worship, always on time. He often put something in the plate at the offertory, but sometimes he took some out. They welcomed him every week no matter what.
But then he didn't show up at church for a week, and then two.
They saw his name and description in the obituaries, and many of them showed up at the mortuary service. They learned he had a family in town he had not seen for years. His family said that he couldn't maintain relationships or keep appointments; they feared he had lost all connection with society after completing his service as a Marine Corps officer.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_91074_ENG_HTM.htm
More Features: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78936_ENG_HTM.htm