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>Episcopal Life Daily
>January 22, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Theological Education Sunday focus of February 1 bulletin
inserts
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - TEXAS: Historic Galveston churches awarded
Hurricane Ike recovery grants
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - MISSOURI: Deep Wells, Deep Relationships in Lui
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Archbishop meets with relief and development
practitioners
* PEOPLE - Barbara McCaulley appointed hospital's vice president for
mission and ethics
* OPINION - A young Episcopalian's dispatch from Washington
* ARTS - FILM: 'Slumdog Millionaire' highlights moral decisions
* DAYBOOK - January 23, 2009: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Those Episkopols

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>TOP STORIES

Theological Education Sunday focus of February 1 bulletin inserts

[Episcopal News Service] Inserts for February 1 mark Theological
Education Sunday and offer information about the Episcopal Church's 11
seminaries, the services they provide for the church, and the
challenges they face in a changing educational world.

Bulletin inserts are available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm.

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

TEXAS: Historic Galveston churches awarded Hurricane Ike recovery grants

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] Two historic Episcopal congregations were
among ten Galveston, Texas churches affected by Hurricane Ike that
received grants from Partners for Sacred Places and the Galveston
Historical Foundation.

St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church, founded in 1884, and Grace
Episcopal Church, which was established as a Sunday school mission in
1874, sustained significant damage. Hurricane Ike made landfall at
Galveston on September 13, 2008 with winds of more than 100 miles per
hour. Damage estimates are still being tallied but are expected to
reach into the tens of billions of dollars, according to a federal
government report released January 21.

Full story here: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_104302_ENG_HTM.htm

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MISSOURI: Deep Wells, Deep Relationships in Lui
By Joe Bjordal

[Episcopal News Service] Eight Missouri Episcopalians left family,
friends and holiday traditions behind to spend the Christmas season in
Sudan. The mission trip was the latest chapter in the companion
relationship between the Diocese of Missouri and the Diocese of Lui in
the Episcopal Church of Sudan, now rebuilding after more than two
decades of civil war. It has also provided the opportunity to develop
close and lasting relationships that are invigorating faith
communities in both dioceses.

The Venerable Robert Anton Franken, a member of the Missouri team,
helped launch the relationship between the dioceses in 2006, a time
when there was no running water, sewers, electricity or telephones in
Lui. During seven trips to Sudan in the past three years, he has seen
a lot of rebuilding in the war-torn country and notes that Missouri
Episcopalians have played a key role.

Full story here: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_104300_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

ENGLAND: Archbishop meets with relief and development practitioners

[Lambeth Palace] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, met
last week with an invited group of relief and development
practitioners and professionals at Lambeth Palace.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_104302_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_104283_ENG_HTM.htm

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>PEOPLE

Barbara McCaulley appointed hospital's vice president for mission and  ethics

>By Joe Bjordal

[Episcopal News Service] In an unusual appointment, an Episcopal
priest will join the senior management team of a major Roman Catholic
hospital.  The Rev. Barbara McCaulley, a priest in the Diocese of
Iowa, has been named vice president for mission and ethics at Mercy
Medical Center North Iowa, located in Mason City.

McCaulley says her new job is to "really be the conscience for our
organization" and to provide guidance and support for "mission and
values throughout Mercy Medical Center."

She will also directly supervise and coordinate several community
outreach efforts including the hospital's homeless shelter, free
dental clinic and several medical services to north Iowa's growing
Hispanic population.

Full story here: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_104306_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

A young Episcopalian's dispatch from Washington

>By Lily Watson

[Episcopal News Service] Editor's note: Lily Watson, who is 15 and an
active member of Christ and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Westport,
Connecticut, attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama in
Washington, D.C. on January 20 as part of a program sponsored by
LeadAmerica, a Boca Raton, Florida-based youth leadership
organization. She filed these impressions:

We got to our area on the Mall at about 5:30 a.m. to get a good spot.
We weren't in a ticketed area, but we were a lot further forward than
the Washington Monument, which is about a mile away from the Capitol.
Our best view was from a jumbo-sized video screen. My friends and I
spent the time before the speech huddled up close and playing games
like charades to pass the seemingly endless amount of time.

I noticed a lot of references to faith and religion during the actual
ceremony, the most obvious being the Rev. Rick Warren's opening
prayer. I was surprised at the bad reception when the prayer was first
announced -- most people looked around in a confused or tense manner
and I even heard a "boo" from over my shoulder. Once the prayer began,
I folded my hands and bowed my head, only to look up a few minutes
later to realize that I was the only one. I was surprised when the
crowd even cheered at the mention of President Obama's name during the
prayer, which I'm not used to.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_104273_ENG_HTM.htm

More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm

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>ARTS

FILM: Slumdog Millionaire highlights moral decisions

>By Donovan Jacobs

[Episcopal News Service] Slumdog Millionaire feels like an instant
classic because the film so deftly combines the distinctive visual and
storytelling styles of noteworthy cinema with characters and conflicts
that would be at home in great literature. (Indeed, Slumdog could be
described as an adaptation of a Dickens novel set in modern-day
India.)

A key reason why the three main characters are so timeless is that
over the course of the movie, each embarks on an emotionally
compelling faith journey. Slumdog's protagonist Jamal is primarily
defined by his faith (though he sees this faith as "destiny" instead
of the work of a specific higher power). Jamal's faith drives both his
success as a contestant on the Indian version of the TV game show "Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire" (a success so unlikely for the orphaned,
uneducated Jamal that it lands him in jail during his appearance on
the show) and his greater purpose: to atone for his past failures by
reuniting with his lovely childhood companion turned soulmate, Latika.

Full story here: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_104298_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On January 23, 2009...

* 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 January 23, 1893, Phillips Brooks, bishop of
Massachusetts, abolitionist, and author of "O Little Town of
Bethlehem," died.

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>CATALYST

"Those Episkopols" from Dionysus Publications, by Dennis R. Maynard,
70 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $13

[Dionysus Publications] Why do Episcopalians read their prayers? Does
God like all that ritual? Why do Episcopalians reject biblical
fundamentalism? Why are there so many different religions? Are there
any Episcopalians in heaven?

This book comes with a five session study guide and is a proven
resource for use with membership classes. Long-time Episcopalians like
it because it reminds them of all the things they love about the
Episcopal Church.

"We order Those Episkopols by the case for our inquirers and
confirmands each year. That little book makes far and away more sense
to me than many statements of purpose/faith. I am reassured in reading
it that yes, I am an Episcopalian -- and still want to be." -- The
Rev. Gale Cooper, Charlotte, North Carolina

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
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More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm

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