Episcopal Life Online Newslink December 20, 2007
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - Seafarers' ministries, Korean peace talks, call to proactive evangelism featured in newest 'Episcopal Life Focus' multicast * TOP STORY - CBS special 'In God's Name' to feature Archbishop of Canterbury, other faith leaders * DIOCESAN DIGEST - PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia Regional Fund for Sacred Places announces grants * DIOCESAN DIGEST - SAN JOAQUIN: Atwater vicar asks bishop to clarify planned visit * WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Every child is precious, Canterbury says on BBC Radio's 'Pause for Thought' * FEATURE - Lui-Missouri: Walking together in companionship
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TOP STORIES
Seafarers' ministries, Korean peace talks, call to proactive evangelism featured in newest 'Episcopal Life Focus' multicast
[Episcopal News Service] The December edition of "Episcopal Life Focus" -- a half-hour video "multicast" featuring church mission, ministries and news -- is posted for online viewing at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_89777_ENG_HTM.htm.
Ministries aiding seafarers -- who typically work for months at a time away from home and family -- are outlined in a "One Episcopalian" interview with lay leader Doug Stevenson, director for advocacy and law at the New York-based Seamen's Church Institute.
Anchored by Episcopal Life Media executive editor Jan Nunley and produced by Michael Collins, the December Focus edition also includes a conversation with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori on her participation in a recent Anglican Communion international peacemaking conference with segments held in both North and South Korea.
Also featured is an interview with the Presiding Bishop's new canon, the Rev. Dr. Charles Robertson, who comments on the Church's mission and his own new ministry.
An additional segment includes the Episcopal Church's director of mission, the Rev. Dr. James Lemler, and its director of congregational development, the Rev. Charles Fulton III commenting on mainline church attendance trends and steps for proactive evangelism.
This edition of Episcopal Life Focus is sponsored by Episcopal Books and Resources, with online captioning for the hearing impaired provided by the Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of Los Angeles.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_93025_ENG_HTM.htm
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CBS special 'In God's Name' to feature Archbishop of Canterbury, other faith leaders
[Episcopal News Service/CBS] In God's Name, a CBS Television Network primetime special produced in association with the acclaimed French filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet, will explore complex questions through the intimate thoughts and beliefs of 12 of the world's most influential spiritual leaders, including Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
The two-hour special will be broadcast Sunday, December 23 (9-11 p.m., ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. A promotional trailer is available as a Windows Media Video at http://cbsmediagroupftp.com/clips06/inthename_STREAM.wmv or on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv9Pkoev-KQ.
"These diverse and powerful voices offer provocative, compelling and enlightening perspectives on myriad issues in our post-9/11 world, including the rise of terrorism, fanaticism, intolerance and war," a CBS news release said.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_93007_ENG_HTM.htm
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia Regional Fund for Sacred Places announces grants http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_92997_ENG_HTM.htm
SAN JOAQUIN: Atwater vicar asks bishop to clarify planned visit http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_93026_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
ENGLAND: Every child is precious, Canterbury says on BBC Radio's 'Pause for Thought' http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_92996_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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FEATURES
Lui-Missouri: Walking together in companionship
By Sandra Coburn
[Episcopal Life] More than a year ago, the Diocese of Missouri formed a Companion Covenant with the Moru people in Lui, Sudan, a southern diocese of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, to share the mutuality of vision, knowledge, wisdom, expertise, and resources. We have built meaningful relationships among congregations, clergy, and lay people in Sudan and Missouri, while attempting to create awareness that southern Sudan is still recovering from the "Darfur conditions" its people have experienced during the genocidal civil war of the last several decades.
"It is not possible to hear the stories of the Moru people, and see how their deep faith has sustained them -- during this conflict in the face of every atrocity -- without being humbled and transformed," said Missouri Bishop George Wayne Smith. "We are dedicated to trying to advance the Millennium Development Goals while serving Christ alongside our Sudanese brothers and sisters. Meanwhile, we share with the Diocese of Lui the challenges facing God's people in the American Midwest, as we strive to live the gospel imperative in a society struggling with so many issues including materialism and consumerism."
The Diocese of Missouri has sent more than 20 missioners at different times to this village of 6,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa. This companion diocese relationship has transcended a lot of other mission-based relationships because it has gotten the people of Missouri and Sudan involved not only in prayerful congregation to congregation pairings and fundraising for education, computers, and three successfully drilled wells in Lui, but also we are both participating with the AFRECS (American Friends of the Episcopal Church in Sudan) and other national organizations, according to Smith. In April 2007, the diocese hosted the AFRECS conference to bring together supporters and representatives from the Episcopal Church of Sudan: Sudanese refugees, U.S. churches, non-governmental organizations, and individuals who care deeply about the struggle for peace and justice in Sudan.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_92992_ENG_HTM.htm
More Features: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78936_ENG_HTM.htm