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>Episcopal Life Daily
>November 7, 2008

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Bulletin: Quincy members vote to leave Episcopal Church,  align
with Southern Cone
* TOP STORY - Primates Meeting set for February 2009 in Alexandria,  Egypt
* TOP STORY - Design Group hails Lambeth Conference's success
* TOP STORY - Jerusalem's Bishop Dawani seeks to rebuild confidence  among
U.S. supporters
* WORLD REPORT - SOUTHERN AFRICA: Archbishop criticizes political  leaders
for 'vocabulary of violence'
* WORLD REPORT - ZIMBABWE: Church leaders say they failed their  suffering
nation
* MISSION - Lutherans host exploration of food and faith
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Ian Douglas on the Lambeth Conference Design  Group's
final meeting
* ARTS - Chaplain reflects on how war affects body, soul
* DAYBOOK - November 10, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - An Anglican Covenant: Theological and Legal Considerations  for
a Global Debate

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>TOP STORIES

Bulletin: Quincy members vote to leave Episcopal Church, align with  Southern
Cone

>By Joe Bjordal

[Episcopal News Service, Quincy, Illinois] A majority of deputies to  the
131st annual synod of the Diocese of Quincy
(http://dioceseofquincy.org/index.html) voted on November 7 to leave the
Episcopal Church and realign the diocese under the jurisdiction of the
Anglican Province of the Southern Cone, which covers the southern  portion of
South America. 

The action was carried out by the passing of two resolutions. The  first
formally annulled accession to "the constitution and canons of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America."

The resolution stated that the General Convention and leaders of the
Episcopal Church "have failed to uphold the teaching and authority of  Holy
Scripture, have challenged or belittled core doctrines of the Christian
faith, have refused to conform to the agreed teaching and discipline of  the
Anglican faith, have refused to conform to the agreed teaching and
discipline of the Anglican Communion, and have rejected the godly  counsel of
the leaders of the Communion."

Full story here: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_102247_ENG_HTM.htm

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Primates Meeting set for February 2009 in Alexandria, Egypt

Episcopal Church Executive Council dates rescheduled

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the  Middle
East will host the primates and moderators of the Anglican Communion for  a
February 1-5, 2009 meeting in Alexandria, Egypt.

In light of these dates and at the request of Presiding Bishop Katharine
Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Church's Executive Council's January  meeting
is being rescheduled one day earlier and will now begin on the morning  of
January 29 and end on January 31.

While an agenda for the Primates Meeting is still in its early stages,
topics expected to be addressed include the proposed Anglican covenant,  the
Windsor Process, and international concerns, especially relating to the
Millennium Development Goals. The meeting is expected to be preceded by  a
pilgrimage, the details of which have yet to be finalized.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_102229_ENG_HTM.htm

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Design Group hails Lambeth Conference's success

Budget shortfall less than expected, members hear

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service, London] The Lambeth Conference Design Group,
meeting one last time to review last summer's gathering of Anglican  bishops,
was unanimous in its assessment that the 2008 conference was an  overwhelming
success, says the Rev. Ian Douglas, the group's only U.S.-based  Episcopal
Church member.

Underscoring the missiological focus of the July 16-August 3 Lambeth
Conference, Douglas said that the design group's work had been "led by  the
Holy Spirit" as its members "asked prayerfully what God wanted us to do  ...
It gave the group a fortitude of spirit and confidence that sustained us
throughout the planning."

"The design group felt that the vision they had, along with that of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, had played out well," said Sue Parks, Lambeth
Conference manager, who noted that the group was "very conscious of all  the
people around the communion who had held the Lambeth Conference in  prayer
and the prayerful way the bishops had approached the gathering."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_102228_ENG_HTM.htm

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Jerusalem's Bishop Dawani seeks to rebuild confidence among U.S.  supporters

>By Solange De Santis

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Suheil Dawani of the Episcopal Diocese  of
Jerusalem (http://www.j-diocese.org) is visiting the United States for  two
weeks at the invitation of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori,
seeking to regenerate confidence in and support for the Middle Eastern
diocese's humanitarian ministries.

"It is very important to restore the good image of the diocese. We want  to
work together with our brothers and sisters who pray and care for the  work
of the church in that land, to invite [visits from] dioceses with  companion
relationships. It is very important so we can work together to promote  peace
and reconciliation in Palestine, Israel and the Middle East," said  Dawani in
an interview with ENS.

He was speaking after a meeting October 28 at the Episcopal Church's  General
Theological Seminary in New York that included representatives of the
American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
(http://www.americanfriends-jerusalem.org), the Episcopal Church Center  in
New York (including Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori), and  bishops
from the dioceses of Washington (D.C.), New York, Massachusetts, Olympia  (in
the Pacific Northwest) and Colorado. Los Angeles, Olympia and  Massachusetts
share companion relationships with Jerusalem, and Washington will become  a
companion diocese in January.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_102226_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Archbishop criticizes political leaders for 'vocabulary  of
violence'
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_102222_ENG_HTM.htm

ZIMBABWE: Church leaders say they failed their suffering nation
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_102223_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

>Lutherans host exploration of food and faith

>By Phina Borgeson

[Episcopal News Service] Exploring relationships between science, food  and
faith, more than 100 participants traveled to Faith Lutheran Church in
Clive, Iowa October 31-November 2 for the "Food and Faith: Making the
Connection" conference.

Scientists from many disciplines, members of clergy, and persons  involved
with all aspects of food systems -- as well as exhibitors from relief,
development and advocacy organizations -- attended this fifth annual  Sunday
Scientist Symposium sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America's (http://www.elca.org) (ELCA) Alliance for Faith, Science and
Technology (http://archive.elca.org/faithandscience).

"We call it 'Sunday Scientists' because we don't leave our science at  the
door when we come to church," explained Kevin Powell, a pediatrician  from
St. Louis, Missouri and an Alliance Steering Committee member who  chaired
the three-day event.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_102214_ENG_HTM.htm

More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

Video: Ian Douglas on the Lambeth Conference Design Group's final  meeting

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Ian Douglas speaks about the findings  of
the Lambeth Conference Design Group, which met one last time November  3-5 in
London to review the 2008 gathering of Anglican bishops. Douglas is the
design group's only U.S.-based Episcopal Church member.

Multimedia files are available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm

More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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>ARTS

Chaplain reflects on how war affects body, soul

>By Jerry Hames

[Episcopal Life] Surviving war is more than assuring one's physical  safety,
claims Colonel Frank Wismer III (ret.), an Episcopal priest who in his
25-year career as chaplain in the Army Reserve served with troops in  Saudi
Arabia, Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, Haiti, Bosnia, Iraq and Kuwait.

His personal concern, expressed in a new book about his experiences in  Iraq,
is for the many who meet death either psychologically or spiritually.
"Returning from war alive is not merely an issue of the body; it is an  issue
of the soul," he says, relating incidents during which he counseled  those
suffering from "the long night of the soul."

In War in the Garden of Eden (Seabury, 184 pp., $22.), Wismer  undoubtedly
will bring some readers to tears while he will anger others as he  chronicles
his experiences in Iraq between 2003 and 2004, when he served as senior
chaplain for the Coalition Provisional Authority, and reflects on the  U.S.
Administration's actions since then.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_102224_ENG_HTM.htm

More Arts: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On November 10, 2008, the Church calendar remembers Leo the Great,  Bishop of
Rome, 461.

* 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 10, 1889, Edwin Hatch, Anglican Old
Testament scholar, died in Oxford, England. Hatch was best known as the
author of the paper "Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages Upon the  Christian
Church," which he presented during the 1888 Hibbert Lectures.

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>CATALYST

"An Anglican Covenant: Theological and Legal Considerations for a Global
Debate" from Canterbury Press Norwich, by Norman Doe, 259 pages,  paperback,
c. 2008, $24.99

[Canterbury Press Norwich] This book offers a practical, simple and
introductory guide to the proposed Anglican covenant, its theological
context and legal implications, and the arguments for and against it. It
aims to inform ordinary Anglicans who will be contributing to this  debate in
local synods everywhere. Essential reading for all who will contribute  to
the 2009 vote on the covenant -- locally, nationally, and globally.

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800-903-5544 -- or visit your
local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

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