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>Episcopal News Service
>March 29, 2010

Episcopal News Service is available at  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens.

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Coalition of Episcopal Latinos is focus of April 11
bulletin inserts
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - NEWARK: Church mulling $2 million offer for Tiffany  windows
* WORLD REPORT - AFRICA: Religious leaders call for strong arms trade  treaty
* WORLD REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: President Bishop Mouneer Anis weighs in
on court case against former Jerusalem bishop
* MISSION - National Council of Churches USA calls for common Easter
date in all Christian traditions
* OPINION - This count counts
* DAYBOOK - March 30, 2010: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - "Constitution and Canons: For the Government of the
Episcopal Church Revised by the 2009 General Convention"

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>TOP STORIES

Coalition of Episcopal Latinos is focus of April 11 bulletin inserts

[Episcopal News Service] Leaders in the Episcopal Church have recently
taken steps to establish a coalition for Latino ministry, beginning
with a national assembly to take place in Arizona in September. In ENS
Weekly bulletin inserts for April 11, Bishop Leo Frade of Southeast
Florida and the Rev. Canon Carmen B. Guerrero of the Diocese of
Arizona explain the new coalition's goals and how they plan to
integrate their ministry with the work of the Episcopal Church's
office for Latino/Hispanic ministries, led by the Rev. Canon Anthony
Guillén, program officer.

Inserts may be downloaded here:  
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

NEWARK: Church mulling $2 million offer for Tiffany windows

>By Sharon Sheridan

[Episcopal News Service] The vestry of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in
Paterson, New Jersey, is scheduled to vote March 31 on whether to
accept an anonymous collector's $2 million offer to buy 13 of its
stained-glass windows.

The collector, who first made the offer about a year ago, also would
pay for removal, restoration and window-replacement costs, said St.
Paul's rector, the Rev. David Wolf.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_121185_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

AFRICA: Religious leaders call for strong arms trade treaty

>By Fredrick Nzwili

[Ecumenical News International, Kigali] African religious leaders
meeting in the Rwandan capital of Kigali have called on their
governments to support calls for a strong and comprehensive treaty
against arms trading so that funds can be redirected into development.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_121150_ENG_HTM.htm

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MIDDLE EAST: President Bishop Mouneer Anis weighs in on court case
involving former Jerusalem bishop

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] President Bishop of the Middle East Mouneer
Anis has expressed his sadness regarding an ongoing dispute between
the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and its former bishop and is urging
prayers that it may be resolved soon.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_121176_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

National Council of Churches USA calls for common Easter date in all
Christian traditions

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The National Council of Churches USA, of
which the Episcopal Church is a member, is renewing a call to all
Christians to set a common date for Easter, the celebration of Jesus
Christ's resurrection from the dead.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_121174_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

>This count counts

>By Sarah Eagle Heart

[Episcopal News Service] U.S. Census 2010 forms are zipping through
the mail system, yet many people have no idea how crucial an accurate
count is for Americans, especially American Indians and Alaskan
Natives. During these economic times with extreme poverty rates on
tribal reservations, the call to action has reached emergency levels.
An accurate count can ensure governmental assistance for important
services long promised but not delivered to American Indians and
Alaskan Natives.

The Census counts every resident in the United States and is required
by the Constitution to take place every 10 years. An accurate count of
the 4 million-plus American Indians or Alaskan Natives in the 2010
Census stands to make the most difference for these Americans who are
by treaty entitled to federal aid for schools, law enforcement, health
and housing. The history of broken treaties, broken governmental
promises, forced removal from ancestral lands and boarding school
abuse memories, however, remain vivid in the minds of many present day
American-Indian people, causing mistrust and increasing the prospects
for an inaccurate count.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_121155_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On March 30, 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 March 30, 1533, Thomas Cranmer was consecrated
archbishop of Canterbury. Cranmer granted Henry VIII's annulment
ending his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

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