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

>Episcopal Life Daily
>August 14, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Summaries of General Convention actions now available
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - SOUTH CAROLINA: Diocese asked to consider
withdrawing from church's governing bodies
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Indigenous Anglicans urged to pursue their
dream of self-determining ministry
* PEOPLE - Alyson Barnett-Cowan named communion's director for unity,
faith and order
* DAYBOOK - August 17: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary - Year C

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>TOP STORIES

Summaries of General Convention actions now available

[Episcopal News Service] The 76th General Convention, meeting in
Anaheim, California, July 8-17, acted on or referred every one of the
419 resolutions it considered.

An unofficial, unaudited, abbreviated summary of some of the
resolutions passed by both the House of Bishops and the House of
Deputies is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_113303_ENG_HTM.htm.

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

SOUTH CAROLINA: Diocese asked to consider withdrawing from church's
governing bodies
By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal Life Online] Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina Bishop
Mark Lawrence wants the diocese to "begin withdrawing" from all
Episcopal Church governing bodies that have taken actions he terms
contrary to the Bible, to "the doctrine, discipline and worship of
Christ as this church has received them," to Lambeth resolutions, to
marriage rules contained in the Book of Common Prayer, and to the
church's canons "until such bodies show a willingness to repent of
such actions."

Lawrence and the diocesan Standing Committee have called a special
diocesan convention October 24 to consider this and other proposals.
Lawrence issued the call during an address to the diocesan clergy
August 13.

Full report: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_113306_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

CANADA: Indigenous Anglicans urged to pursue their dream of
self-determining ministry

>By Marites N. Sison

[Episcopal News Service] A native Hawaiian from the Episcopal Church
has strongly encouraged indigenous Anglicans gathered in Port Elgin,
Ontario to pursue their dream of building a self-determining
indigenous Anglican church in Canada.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_113301_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Alyson Barnett-Cowan named communion's director for unity, faith and order

[Episcopal News Service/ACNS] The Rev. Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan of
the Anglican Church of Canada has been appointed as director for
unity, faith and order at the Anglican Communion Office in London.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_113299_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On August 17, 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 August 17, 1853, a convention, called by
missionary Bishop Jackson Kemper, formed the Episcopal Diocese of
Iowa.

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>CATALYST

"Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary - Year C" from
Church Publishing, Inc., edited by Carl P. Daw, Jr. & Thomas
Pavlechko, 175 pages, paperback, c. 2009, $30

[Church Publishing, Inc.] Completing the three-book series for
Lectionary Years A, B, and C, this new book includes selections from
The Hymnal 1982; Lift Every Voice and Sing; Wonder, Love, and Praise;
Voices Found; and My Heart Sings Out.
Hymn selections are also keyed to two other books: Crowning Glory:
Descants for Church Choirs and Trumpet Descants for 101 Noteworthy
Hymns.

The first lines of hymns and songs include their page number and book
location. Each selection is coded for its appropriate use at the
entrance, before the Gospel, at the offering of gifts, communion, or
at the end of liturgy.

All selections are listed along with their relationship to the texts
appointed for the day with indications which texts are direct quotes
or paraphrases of the appointed scripture.

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