Episcopal Life Online Newslink December 13, 2007
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - ERD assists people affected by storms in the Pacific Northwest * DIOCESAN DIGEST - FLORIDA: Parish plans retreat for single adults * WORLD REPORT - INDONESIA: Al Gore backs Archbishop of Canterbury's 'moral' stand on climate * WORLD REPORT - RWANDA: Province approves name-change, affirms new Metropolitan diocese in Kigali * WORLD REPORT - UGANDA: Churches discourage handshakes due to Ebola battle * PEOPLE - World Council of Churches head to talk peace at Washington National Cathedral * FEATURE - Bor-Brasilia-Indianapolis: Walking together in companionship
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TOP STORIES
ERD assists people affected by storms in the Pacific Northwest
[ERD] Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) is providing emergency assistance to communities in the Pacific Northwest battered by powerful winter storms that devastated the region last week. High winds and heavy rains damaged homes and agriculture in large areas of the region, leaving at least eight people dead, hundreds in shelters and tens of thousands without power.
The extent of the destruction caused by the rain and winds is severe, an ERD release said. The storms produced wind gusts that were equal to those of a Category 1 hurricane. Receding waters destroyed homes, knocked down trees and washed-out roads in their wake.
The Chehalis/Centralia region of Southwestern Washington suffered the most damage from the storms. The Chehalis River overflowed its banks causing the closure of Interstate 5 between Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon for three days.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_92850_ENG_HTM.htm
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
FLORIDA: Parish plans retreat for single adults http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_92839_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
INDONESIA: Al Gore backs Archbishop of Canterbury's 'moral' stand on climate http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_92849_ENG_HTM.htm
RWANDA: Province approves name-change, affirms new Metropolitan diocese in Kigali http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_92840_ENG_HTM.htm
UGANDA: Churches discourage handshakes due to Ebola battle http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_92848_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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PEOPLE
World Council of Churches head to talk peace at Washington National Cathedral http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_92851_ENG_HTM.htm
More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm
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FEATURES
Bor-Brasilia-Indianapolis: Walking together in companionship
By Cate Waynick
[Episcopal News Service] When our partnerships with two Nigerian dioceses came to an end in 2000 we had some discernment to do. Several dioceses had approached us about partnership, and I wanted a partnership in Africa, but also something in this hemisphere. Sudanese Bishop Nathaniel Garang of Bor and I had shared small group Bible study during the 1998 Lambeth Conference, and our cathedral parish had a budding relationship with the Diocese of Brasilia.
We asked the dioceses of Brasilia and Bor about the possibility of partnership -- not only with us, but with each other. They agreed, and in April 2002 we made our first pilgrimage to Sudan, taking members of our own diocese, and the bishop and a translator from Brasilia. What we encountered was heartbreaking and immensely hopeful.
We stayed in a place called New Site, where men and women who had been injured in the war can learn skills to support themselves and their families. There was also a boarding school for boys and girls to learn basic reading and math, some English and Arabic, and a bit about representative government.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_92843_ENG_HTM.htm
More Features: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78936_ENG_HTM.htm