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

>Episcopal Life Daily
>August 5, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Presiding Bishop sends letter to Secretary of State
about eviction of Palestinian families
* TOP STORY - Record numbers accessed General Convention through church's
media
* TOP STORY - Triennial budget is topic of August 9 bulletin inserts
* ARTS - Cathedral choir from Buffalo, New York performs at Church Center
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* DAYBOOK - August 6: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Daily Devotions with William Barclay

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>TOP STORIES

Presiding Bishop sends letter to Secretary of State about eviction of
Palestinian families

>By ENS Staff

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine
Jefferts Schori sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton August 5 expressing sorrow over the Israeli
government's August 2 eviction of two Palestinian families from East
Jerusalem, and asked Clinton and the Obama administration to call for
the families' immediate return.

"This action undermines the quest for peace led by you and President
Obama and represents a step backward in the peace process and a likely
precursor to further violence," Jefferts Schori wrote.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_113059_ENG_HTM.htm

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Record numbers accessed General Convention through church's media

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] People from around the world spent a lot of
time following the 76th meeting of the Episcopal Church's General
Convention via the church's electronic and print media.
The gathering was held July 8-17 in Anaheim, California, at the city's
convention center.

A new addition to General Convention was the Office of Communication's
Media Hub website, which made it possible for people anywhere to
follow the convention in real time. The website offered live video
streams, on-demand videos, images, news links, Twitter and Flickr
streams, chat, blogging and more, all originating from Anaheim.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_113067_ENG_HTM.htm

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Triennial budget is topic of August 9 bulletin inserts

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Life Weekly continues its four-part
series of bulletin inserts reporting on the actions of General
Convention with an August 9 issue on the triennial budget passed by
bishops and deputies during the meeting in Anaheim, California, July 8
- 17.

The inserts outline the changes in priorities and programs made
necessary by a projected $23 million reduction in income for the
triennium caused by the current economic downturn.

Inserts may be downloaded here:

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

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

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>ARTS

Cathedral choir from Buffalo, New York performs at Church Center

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service] In their first time touring together, the
girls' and boys' choristers of St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in
Buffalo, New York, made a stop at the Episcopal Church Center's chapel
in New York City during their three city tour.

The choristers, led by choirmaster Abigail Rockwood, performed a
15-minute, mini-concert prior to the daily noontime Eucharist held in
the Chapel of Christ the Lord and performed during the Eucharist.

The prelude included the 10th century hymn "O Nata Lux" by composer
Thomas Tallis and "How Can I Keep from Singing" arranged by Tom Scott.
During the offertory, the choristers sang "Teach Me, O' Lord" by
Thomas Attwood and William Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus" during communion.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_113069_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>CALENDAR

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/calendar.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On August 6, 2008, the church calendar remembers The Transfiguration.

* 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 August 6, 1809, Alfred Lord Tennyson, English
poet and Anglican, was born in Lincolnshire, England. On August 6,
1821, Edward H. Plumptre, English divine, priest and hymnist, was born
in London, England. Plumptre is the author of the popular hymn,
"Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart" (1865).

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>CATALYST

"Daily Devotions with William Barclay" from Westminster John Knox
Press, by William Barclay, 387 pages, paperback, c. 2008, $19.95

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