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>Episcopal Life Daily
>November 24, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - NAVAJOLAND: Leadership workshop helps area mission
move forward
* WORLD REPORT - BRAZIL: Archbishop responds to the Vatican's Apostolic
Constitution
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Anglican coalition writes Canterbury, bemoans
church's absence from Stockholm consecration
* MISSION - ERD receives largest bequest in organization's history
* OPINION - New Episcopalian looks back
* DAYBOOK - November 25: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Waiting in Joyful Hope - Daily Reflections for Advent &
Christmas 2009-2010

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

NAVAJOLAND: Leadership workshop helps area mission move forward

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] More than 80 participants attending a
leadership workshop held by the Episcopal Church in Navajoland(ECN)
heard their new "co-leader" the Rev. Canon David Bailey say that it is
time for the area mission to move forward.

The Nov. 21 workshop at All Saints Episcopal Church in Farmington, New
Mexico, was attended by President of the House of Deputies Bonnie
Anderson and all members of the ECN Council.

Anderson said there was a "vibrant expression of hope, enthusiasm,
support for service and real commitment" at the workshop.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_117357_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

BRAZIL: Archbishop responds to the Vatican's Apostolic Constitution

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop Mauricio Andrade of the Igreja
Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil) has
responded to the Vatican's Nov. 9 release of an Apostolic Constitution,
a document that outlines provisions to accept groups of former Anglicans
who wish to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
The constitution came as a surprise to many Anglicans when its planned
release was announced by the Vatican in October.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117334_ENG_HTM.htm

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ENGLAND: Anglican coalition writes Canterbury, bemoans church's absence
from Stockholm consecration

>By Matthew Davies and Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] A coalition of British Anglican organizations
that supports the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) people in the life of the church has written to
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Church of Sweden Archbishop
Anders Wejryd expressing its "dismay" that the Church of England was not
officially represented at the recent consecration of lesbian priest Eva
Brunne as bishop of Stockholm.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117303_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

ERD receives largest bequest in organization's history

[Episcopal News Service] In early November, Episcopal Relief and
Development (ERD) received the largest bequest in the agency's history
from long-time donor, Ella Brigham. A donor for more than a decade,
Brigham has contributed to various funds including Hurricane Relief and
Clean Water. Her bequest, an undesignated gift, has furthered her legacy
of generosity while enabling ERD to continue supporting those
communities most in need worldwide.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_117304_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

>New Episcopalian looks back

Once discovered, faith became as natural as breathing

>By Stacey Carmody

[Episcopal News Service] It's almost Advent. This is a season for
reflection on birth, incarnation and connection.

I now have been an Episcopalian for more than three years. I am still a
"new" Episcopalian, yet I am able to look back and reflect on my "birth"
as an Episcopalian.

My entrance into a denomination was surprising. I never had been
religious growing up; to my peers, my religious affiliation was
nonexistent, or ambiguous at best. I never let others know what I
believed, perhaps because I still was trying to figure that out myself.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_117301_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

On November 25, 2009, the church remembers James Otis Sargent
Huntington, priest and monk.

* 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 25, 1820, English poet and Oxford
Movement leader John Keble wrote the words to the hymn "Sun of My Soul."
On November 25, 1877, William H. Bathurst, Anglican priest and hymnist,
died at Lydney Park, England.

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>CATALYST

"Waiting in Joyful Hope - Daily Reflections for Advent & Christmas
2009-2010" from Liturgical Press, by Bishop Robert Morneau, 105 pages,
paperback, c. 2009, $2

[Liturgical Press] Based on Scripture, these brief daily meditations and
prayers for each of the days of Advent and Christmas 2009-2010 make an
excellent companion and guide for one of the Church's most holy seasons.

This pocket-sized book is a popular gift for churches to provide for
each of their parishioners during the Advent season to encourage them to
prepare spiritually for the feast of Christ's birth.

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