Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, October 23, 2007. The Church calendar remembers Saint James of Jerusalem, brother of our Lord Jesus Christ, and martyr.
* 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 1994, Bishop James Ottley of Panama assumed the role of Anglican Observer at the United Nations.
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TEACHING
Church Divinity School of the Pacific announces annual Epiphany West conference
'Sacred Text as Window' set for January 28-February 1, 2008
[Church Divinity School of the Pacific] The theme of Church Divinity School of the Pacific's (CDSP) annual Epiphany West Interfaith Conference for 2008 is "Sacred Text as Window -- Seeing one's self through the eyes of another."
Conference classes will be held January 28-30, with presentations January 30-February 1.
The popular annual event will be held on the CDSP campus in Berkeley, California, and is organized by the Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership (CALL) at CDSP, in partnership with the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies, and the Center for Islamic Studies -- both at the Graduate Theological Union -- and the Episcopal Church's Office of Interfaith and Ecumenical Relations.
To register, or for more information, call 510-204-0720, or visit http://www.cdsp.edu/call
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_91196_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Beyond Business as Usual: Vestry Leadership Development" from Church Publishing, Inc., 132 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $13
[Source: Church Publishing, Inc.] This volume is full of resources for forming the vestry as a learning community. It deals with the "soft" side of leadership that enables the pastor and vestry together to journey along the leadership path. Each chapter can be read and reviewed at a series of vestry meetings or as part of a vestry retreat, and includes questions for group and individual discussion. Includes resources for vestries, based upon different preferred learning styles, for the formation part of the vestry meeting or retreat.
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