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>Episcopal News Service
>January 28, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Archbishop of Canterbury opens Trinity Institute  conference
* TOP STORY - Diocese of Haiti pledges to continue legacy of founder
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Bishops call for action to build a
sustainable future for Europe
* MISSION - Presiding Bishop, Peter K discuss wellness in Church
Medical Trust video
* ARTS - Interfaith arts festival in Cairo promotes understanding
between East and West
* DAYBOOK - January 29: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - 50 Ways to Help Save the Earth - How You and Your Church
Can Make a Difference

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>TOP STORIES

Archbishop of Canterbury opens Trinity Institute conference

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service] Theology's contribution to economic
decision-making goes beyond simply raising the question of "common
good;" it also offers a framework into what is being assumed - human
motivations -- promoted through economic practices, said the
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams during a Jan. 28 lecture at
the 2010 Trinity Institute.

"If we find, as a good many commentators and researchers have observed
in recent years, that working practices regularly reward behavior that
is undermining of family life -- driven or obsessional, relentlessly
competitive and adversarial -- we have some questions to ask," he
said.

Williams' lecture "Theology and Economics: Two Different Worlds?"
opened day two of the Trinity Institute's 40th National Theological
Conference --"Building an Ethical Economy: Theology and the Market
Place," exploring the intersection between economics and theology,
held at Trinity Wall Street in New York's financial district Jan.
27-29. The conference officially began Jan. 27 in the evening with a
Holy Eucharist, where Williams celebrated and Archbishop of Burundi
Bernard Ntahoturi preached.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_118930_ENG_HTM.htm

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Diocese of Haiti pledges to continue legacy of founder

Multi-year recovery will require entire church's gifts

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] The future of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti
may well look very much like its past in one very important aspect:
its service to the people of that impoverished nation.

"We have been here before, we are here now and we will be there
after," said the Rev. Canon Oge Beauvoir, a Haitian native and one of
four Episcopal Church missionaries assigned to work with the diocese
in the impoverished country, who spoke to ENS Jan. 27 via telephone
from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.

The Episcopal Church of Haiti, known locally as L'Eglise Episcopale
d'Haiti, will mark its 150th anniversary in 2011. Haitian
Episcopalians have preached and practiced a "gospel of wholeness"
since its founding in 1861, according to Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_118929_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

ENGLAND: Bishops call for action to build a sustainable future for  Europe

[Church of England] A panel of senior Church of England bishops has
told the European Union that its plans for the next decade fail to
reflect the needs of both the most disadvantaged and those "ordinary
citizens" who indirectly contribute to its financial and political
viability.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_118860_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

Presiding Bishop, Peter K discuss wellness in Church Medical Trust video

[Church Pension Group] As part of its 2010 initiative to help foster a
culture of wellness throughout the church, the Episcopal Church
Medical Trust has produced a 20-minute video featuring Presiding
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori in which she shares her views on
health and wellness in the church today. There are tailored versions
of the video for clergy and lay employees.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_118859_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>ARTS

Interfaith arts festival in Cairo promotes understanding between East  and West

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] Enhancing understanding and respect between
Muslims and Christians is the goal of an innovative interfaith art
exhibition and supporting events being held Jan. 28 - Feb. 3 at St.
John the Baptist Anglican/Episcopal Church in the suburban Maadi
district of Cairo, Egypt.

The CARAVAN Festival of the Arts exhibition, which brings together
more than 40 Middle Eastern and Western visual artists, follows the
success of a similar event held in January 2009.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_118914_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On January 29, 2010...

* 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 29, 1769, Thomas Middleton, first
Anglican bishop of Calcutta, was born in Kedleston in Derbyshire,
England.

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>CATALYST

"50 Ways to Help Save the Earth - How You and Your Church Can Make a
Difference" from Westminster John Knox Press, by Rebecca
Barnes-Davies, 125 pages, paperback, c. 2009, $14.95

[Westminster John Knox Press] This guide outlines fifty ways in which
you, your congregation, and your local community can help fight global
warming and enjoy participation in a vital part of Christian
discipleship. 50 Ways to Help Save the Earth makes a clear connection,
in a practical and unintimidating way, between stewardship of the
earth and living one's faith. This easy-to-follow book consists of
seven chapters on topics related to global climate change: Water,
Energy, Transportation, Food and Agriculture, People, Other Species,
and Wilderness and Land Planning. Each chapter begins with a statement
on how the content relates to global warming, followed by seven action
items ranging from individual efforts to activities that encourage the
involvement of the congregational and wider communities. With
illustrations throughout, Rebecca Barnes-Davies's book offers a
lighthearted way to address global warming while teaching us to
reshape our lives to honor rather than destroy God's creation.

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