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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Daily
>July 2, 2008

Episcopal Life Online is available at  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Nuevo Amanecer represents 'A New Dawn' for Hispanic and
Latino ministries
* WORLD REPORT - ASIA: ERD responds to disasters in India, Philippines
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Primate responds to GAFCON statement
* WORLD REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: Human rights group warns of 'grave'
water shortage in West Bank
* LAMBETH CONFERENCE - Australia's primate to be Lambeth bishops'  spokesman
* PEOPLE - Anne Van Dusen of Alban Institute dies at 47
* PEOPLE - Gordon Kwong-Sum Lau of Oakland, California, retires
* PEOPLE - Frank Chun of Hawaii to celebrate 40 years of service
* WEEKS AHEAD - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTION - Eighth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 9 - Year  A
[RCL]
* DAYBOOK - July 3, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS

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>TOP STORIES

Nuevo Amanecer represents 'A New Dawn' for Hispanic and Latino  ministries

>By Nan Ross

[Episcopal News Service] An Episcopal Church conference on Hispanic
and Latino ministry underway this week near Atlanta has gathered more
than 200 people from diverse Spanish-speaking communities in eight
countries to share in the challenges and blessings of their ministries
and chart a course for continued growth.

"A New Dawn -- Nuevo Amanecer -- Together We Grow and Are
Strengthened," represents the first time in six years that
Episcopalians engaged in Hispanic and Latino ministries have come
together. The entire program is offered in Spanish, with English
translation available throughout.

At the opening Eucharist June 30, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts
Schori encouraged participants to examine "Why are we here? What is
our mission? What is our vocation as Christian brothers and sisters?"
And she reminded them, "Jesus' ministry belongs to all people who are
baptized, not just bishops and clergy."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_98512_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife

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>WORLD REPORT

ASIA: ERD responds to disasters in India, Philippines
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_98519_ENG_HTM.htm

CANADA: Primate responds to GAFCON statement

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_98539_ENG_HTM.htm

MIDDLE EAST: Human rights group warns of 'grave' water shortage in West  Bank
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_98527_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>LAMBETH CONFERENCE

Australia's primate to be Lambeth bishops' spokesman

[ACNS] The Most Rev. Phillip Aspinall, archbishop of Brisbane and
primate of the Anglican Province of Australia, will act as principal
spokesman for the Anglican Communion bishops attending the 14th
Lambeth Conference which meets July 16-August 3 in Canterbury,
England.

Aspinall acted as spokesman for the primates at their meeting in Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania in February 2007. He will chair a daily press
conference during the Lambeth meeting at which he will be joined by
bishops with specialist experience in the theme of the day. The themes
to be covered by the bishops in their discussions range from climate
change and the Millennium Development Goals to Anglican identity and
the role of Covenant in the future of the Communion.

Aspinall said it will be both a privilege and a challenge to
articulate the voice of the bishops of the Communion at a time of
enormous challenge for the church and the world.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_98517_ENG_HTM.htm

More Lambeth Conference news:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/97360_ENG_HTM.htm

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>PEOPLE

>Anne Van Dusen of Alban Institute dies at 47

[Episcopal News Service] Anne Van Dusen, a senior research associate
with the Alban Institute of Washington, D.C., died unexpectedly of a
heart attack in her sleep on June 25 while attending a conference for
the American Association of Theological Librarians in Ontario. She was
47.

An active member of the Episcopal Communicators since 1995, Van Dusen
previously served as director of communications for Trinity Parish,
Copley Square, Boston, where she was a member and choir singer for
many years. She was also an accomplished flautist.

Anne Wilbur Van Dusen was born February 21, 1961 in Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania, She graduated from Weston High School in 1979 and Smith
College in 1983.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_98509_ENG_HTM.htm

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Gordon Kwong-Sum Lau of Oakland, California, retires

[Episcopal News Service] Church of Our Savior in Oakland, California,
held a retirement dinner on June 29 to celebrate the ministry of the
Rev. Dr. Gordon Kwong-Sum Lau, who is retiring after 24 years as the
parish's rector.

Born in China, Lau earned master of divinity and doctor of ministry
degrees from Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He was awarded an
honorary degree from CDSP in October 2007.

He began his ordained ministry in Hong Kong, then served as vicar of
St. James of Jerusalem Church in Seattle. In 1984, he became the
rector of the Church of Our Saviour.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_98521_ENG_HTM.htm

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Frank Chun of Hawai'i to celebrate 40 years of service

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Canon Frank Chun will celebrate 40
years of service to the Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i with an August 9
luau at 'Iolani School Student Center.

Chun, who chairs the diocesan Commission on Ministry, was ordained a
priest in 1968 and has held many posts within the diocese, including
rector of St. Peter's Church and director of Camp Mokule'ia. He also
helped translate the New Testament of the Bible in to "Da Jesus Book"
which is a Hawai'i English Creole (Pidgin) version of the text
translated from Greek.

A 1960 graduate of Roosevelt High School, Chun holds a degree in
psychology from the University of Hawai'i and is married to his
college sweetheart, Norma. The Chuns have three children and two
grandchildren.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_98525_ENG_HTM.htm

More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WEEKS AHEAD

A round-up of upcoming special events, services, concerts and diocesan
conventions taking place throughout the Episcopal Church is available
at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_1669_ENG_HTM.htm

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>SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS

Eighth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 9 - Year A [RCL]

Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Psalm 45: 11-18; Romans 7:15-25a;
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

>By Debbie Royals

[Sermons That Work] "Come to me, all you that are weary and are
carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon
you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light."

Come to me, take my yoke, learn from me; I am gentle, humble in heart;
you will find rest for your souls.

Hearing these readings on a day when many are still engaged in
celebrating American Independence Day certainly brings to mind the
symbolic freedoms associated with the signing of the Declaration of
Independence. Along with these celebrations there is a time for rest.
It is a long weekend - three days of rest rather than the usual
two-day weekend. This weekend brings to mind picnics, fireworks, and
parades with patriotic overtones. Even though our country is made up
of a diverse mix of people, nations, cultures, and languages, these
readings and this holiday challenge us to engage in a full
understanding of power and a complete surrender to God. They challenge
us to question where our loyalties lie, but more importantly, we are
challenged to understand that sin sometimes comes from inaction as
surely as it comes from action. On this day we might even say that we
are being challenged to free ourselves from the sinfulness of the
world and to declare our lives in dependence to our God.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82478_98389_ENG_HTM.htm

More Spiritual Reflections:  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

>On July 3, 2008...

* 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 July 3, 1999, 25th Presiding Bishop Frank T.
Griswold began his official visit to Russia and the Russian Orthodox
Church.

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>CATALYST

"The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS" from HarperCollins
Publishers, by Jonathan Engel, 388 pages, hardcover, c. 2006, $28.95

[HarperCollins Publishers] From the Castro bath houses to AZT and the
denial of AIDS in South Africa, this sweeping look at AIDS covers the
epidemic from all angles and across the world. The story of AIDS is
one of the most compelling human dramas of our time, both in its
profound tragedy and in the extraordinary scientific efforts made in
order to find treatments and a cure. For gay Americans it has been the
story of the past generation, redefining the community and the
community's sexuality. For the third world, AIDS has created endless
devastation, with the worst yet to come; AIDS is expanding quickly
into India, Russia, China, and elsewhere while still raging in
sub-Saharan Africa. Writing with vivid immediacy, Engel allows us to
relive the short but tumultuous history of a modern scourge.

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More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm