Episcopal Life Online Newslink December 4, 2007
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* WORLD REPORT - SRI LANKA: Colombo bishop deplores civilian massacres * WORLD REPORT - SUDAN: Christian and Muslim leaders hail British teacher's pardon * OPINION - Hidden hardship: Recognizing a friend's need can help prevent homelessness * TEACHING - Winterlight youth conference partners with Stop Hunger Now to teach teens about MDGs
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WORLD REPORT
SRI LANKA: Colombo bishop deplores civilian massacres http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_92418_ENG_HTM.htm
SUDAN: Christian and Muslim leaders hail British teacher's pardon http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_92420_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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OPINION
Hidden hardship: Recognizing a friend's need can help prevent homelessness
By Jan Johnson
[Episcopal Life] Carol never could catch up financially. Before she could pay for rent, food and child care, her purse was empty. As we became friends, I often found her staring into an empty refrigerator and crying over her broken marriage. Although she was a teacher, she didn't manage money well, and she was too devastated by her divorce to care.
In the summer, she taught summer school. But when it was over in July, she couldn't find a temporary job that coordinated with child care and bus schedules.
I tried to help. I paid her to watch my children. I brought her food. I encouraged her to study for a state teaching-credential test so she could get a job in a higher-paying public school. Beyond that, I was stumped.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_92412_ENG_HTM.htm
More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm
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TEACHING
Winterlight youth conference partners with Stop Hunger Now to teach teens about MDGs
[Kanuga Conferences, Inc.] Young Episcopalians in grades 9-12 will have the opportunity to "shine their light" into some of the world's poorest countries December 27-January 1 at Kanuga Conferences in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Kanuga's 32nd annual Winterlight conference will include an afternoon of volunteering with Stop Hunger Now, an organization that provides lifesaving meals to millions who are suffering from starvation. Conference participants will spend an afternoon packaging meals to be shipped to countries such as Haiti, Kenya, Ghana, Honduras and more. More than 200 young people from at least 15 states and dioceses are expected to attend.
"Our theme for Winterlight this year is 'You Are the Light of the World' and working with Stop Hunger Now gives us a really tangible opportunity to truly shine that light throughout the world," said Rebecca Nelson Edwards of Chattanooga, Tennessee. She and Tommy Koonce of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, are coordinating the conference.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_92421_ENG_HTM.htm