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

>Episcopal Life Daily
>November 3, 2008

>Episcopal Life Online is available at
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>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - All involved in Pittsburgh split are saints, Presiding
Bishop tells Pittsburgh Episcopalians
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - ATLANTA: Priest ordained during ritual on the street
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: 'Large majority' of bishops agree to moratoria
* DAYBOOK - November 4, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Light to the Darkness

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>TOP STORIES

All involved in Pittsburgh split are saints, Presiding Bishop tells
Pittsburgh Episcopalians

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Preaching to a much-larger-than-usual
congregation at Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh on All Saints
Sunday, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said that people on
all sides of the tension in the Episcopal Church are saints.

"There are saints among the folk who voted to leave The Episcopal
Church," she said November 2. "There are saints among those who have
clearly stayed. There are saints who haven't yet made up their minds.
They are saints because they've been baptized into this fractious Body
of Christ, and there are saints among them whose holiness of life is
abundantly evident. We dishonor them and God when we refuse to see their
blessedness."

Jefferts Schori's sermon was the first of a three-part visit to Calvary,
a parish that has been a leader among those Episcopalians who opposed
efforts to lead the Diocese of Pittsburgh out of the Episcopal Church.
The Presiding Bishop also spent about an hour answering questions from
an estimated 350 people who returned to Calvary's nave for the session
after a reception that followed the Eucharist. About 645 people attended
the Eucharist compared with the average 250 who attend a typical 11 a.m.
Sunday service at the parish in the Shadyside section of Pittsburgh.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_102120_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

ATLANTA: Priest ordained during ritual on the street
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_102118_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WORLD REPORT

CANADA: 'Large majority' of bishops agree to moratoria
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_102104_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On November 4, 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 November 4, 1740, English priest Augustus
Toplady, author of the hymn "Rock of Ages," was born. On November 4,
1826, Timothy R. Matthews, priest and hymn writer, was born in
Colmworth, England.

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>CATALYST

"Light to the Darkness" from Church Publishing, Inc., by Katerina
Whitley, 140 pages, paperback, c. 2008, $18

[Church Publishing, Inc.] Light to the Darkness is a fresh
interpretation of the well-loved Advent tradition of Lessons and Carols.
Replacing the usual scriptural readings from the Old and New Testaments
are first-person dramatic monologues based on these and other passages
of scripture. Special emphasis is given to the role of the prophets,
pointing the way to the Messiah and offering guidance to the Hebrew
people, while providing very contemporary guidance for the 21st-century.

With a reading for each day of Advent, churches can choose pieces for
their services of Lessons and Carols, while individuals can use the book
for private devotions. Suggested music for these services is also
included, encompassing a broad range of selections to accommodate
parishes' needs and abilities.

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
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local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

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