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

>Episcopal Life Daily
>June 8, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - OHIO/SOUTHERN OHIO: Bishops urge state assembly to  raise
taxes
* WORLD REPORT - BRITAIN: Churches 'appalled' at European Union election
gains for extremist party
* MISSION - World Refugee Day focus of June 19 live webcast, panel
discussion
* EDUCATION - Episcopal students awarded FTE national leadership  development
fellowships
* DAYBOOK - June 9: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - The Trinity - A Guide for the Perplexed

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

OHIO/SOUTHERN OHIO: Bishops urge state assembly to raise taxes

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service] In a jointly written opinion column, the state  of
Ohio's Episcopal bishops last week urged state officials to raise taxes
rather than cut social services at a time when more than 10 percent of  its
citizens are unemployed.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_109393_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

BRITAIN: Churches 'appalled' at European Union election gains for  extremist
party

>By Martin Revis

[Ecumenical News International, London] Christian leaders in Britain  have
deplored gains made by the extreme right-wing British National Party in
elections to the European Union parliament.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_109343_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

World Refugee Day focus of June 19 live webcast, panel discussion

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] The plight of the world's refugees will be the
focus of a June 19 Eucharist and panel discussion, webcast live from the
Episcopal Church Center in New York City.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_109340_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>EDUCATION

Episcopal students awarded FTE national leadership development  fellowships

[Fund for Theological Education] Fourteen Episcopal students have joined  the
ranks of rising young Christian leaders in North America as recipients  of
2009 Fund for Theological Education (FTE) fellowships.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_109316_ENG_HTM.htm

More Education: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80263_93222_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On June 9, 2009, the church calendar remembers Columba, Abbot of Iona
(521-597)

* 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 June 9, 1536, the clergy of England agreed to
petition for the right to read the Bible. On June 9, 1549, England's  first
Act of Uniformity, passed by Parliament in January, took effect. The act
ordered that religious services be consistent throughout the country,  using
Thomas Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer.

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>CATALYST

"The Trinity - A Guide for the Perplexed" from Continuum International
Publishing Co., by Paul M. Collins, 194 pages, paperback, c. 200, $24.95

[Continuum International Publishing Co.] Although the doctrine of the
Trinity is a core Christian belief, it remains contested in terms of how  it
is conceptualized and expressed. This essential guide expounds different
conceptual models and the technical language used to express these  models.
Providing a complete overview, as well as new insights into the area,  The
Trinity - A Guide for the Perplexed is an essential read for students of
Christian Theology.

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

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