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>Episcopal News Service
>May 6, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Receding Tennessee flood waters reveal death, damage
* TOP STORY - Haitian and U.S. Episcopal schools form partnerships for
next generation
* WORLD REPORT - ZIMBABWE: Supreme Court dismisses church's appeal;
property case still pending
* MISSION - Episcopal Relief & Development receives 4-star rating from
Charity Navigator
* MISSION - Credo Institute, Church Pension Group offer 'Strength for
the Journey' for reorganizing dioceses
* MISSION - Jubilee: Episcopal Church documentary chronicles
transformation in Dallas neighborhood
* DAYBOOK - May 7: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - "The Rule of St. Benedict"

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>TOP STORIES

Receding Tennessee flood waters reveal death, damage

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Bill and Mary Frances "Frankie" Rutledge
apparently were on their way to St. George's Episcopal Church in the
Belle Meade neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, on May 2 when their
car was swept up in the torrential rains that were pounding the area and
flooding large portions of the city.

According to news reports, family, friends and church members first
found their car with the doors closed and the windows rolled up. The
Rutledges' bodies were found the next day behind two different grocery
stores in the area.

"While it is not our custom to conduct funeral services on Sunday, given
the unusual circumstances of this week, as well as the nature of when
and how these two beloved members perished, it is felt that this Sunday
morning will be a very special time and way to honor the Rutledges," the
Rev. R. Leigh Spruill, St. George's rector, told the congregation via
the church's website. The 11:15 a.m. service on May 9 will follow the
Rite II Burial of the Dead with Eucharist, Spruill said. There will also
be two services earlier in the morning.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122090_ENG_HTM.htm

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Haitian and U.S. Episcopal schools form partnerships for next generation

>By Pat McCaughan and Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] A slight tap and the trail of dominoes -- about
27,500 of them -- toppled one by one, sparking cheers from students,
staff and faculty recently in the gymnasium at St. George Episcopal
School in San Antonio in the Diocese of West Texas.

"For every dollar we raised we put a domino on the floor of our gym,"
explained Jennifer Wickham, director of religious education about the
April 26 event. The ripple effect of the cascading dominoes was intended
"to show that little efforts and little bits of money add up to make a
big difference," she said.

Dubbed the "Chain of Love," the trail of dominoes leads to hope for
another school, St. Benoit in Mombin-Crochu, a village of about 25,000
located in Haiti's mountainous central plateau region. St. Benoit, a
partner school of St. George, is among 250 schools that were operated
through the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti prior to the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122077_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

ZIMBABWE: Supreme Court dismisses church's appeal; property case still
pending

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] Zimbabwe's Supreme Court May 3 dismissed a
Church of the Province of Central Africa appeal that challenged a 2009
High Court decision recognizing excommunicated Diocese of Harare bishop
Nolbert Kunonga and his breakaway faction as legitimate Anglicans.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_122081_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

Episcopal Relief & Development receives 4-star rating from Charity
Navigator

[Episcopal Relief & Development] Episcopal Relief & Development has
received its third consecutive 4-star rating from Charity Navigator.
Awarded annually, ratings reflect an organization's accountability,
transparency and quantifiable results in comparison with other
non-profit organizations.

"Only 14 percent of the charities we rate have received at least 3
consecutive 4-star evaluations," said Ken Berger, Charity Navigator's
president and chief executive officer, in a press release.  This rating
indicates that "Episcopal Relief & Development consistently executes its
mission in a fiscally responsible way, and outperforms most other
charities in America.  This 'exceptional' designation from Charity
Navigator differentiates Episcopal Relief & Development from its peers
and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_122091_ENG_HTM.htm
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Credo Institute, Church Pension Group offer 'Strength for the Journey'
for reorganizing dioceses

[Episcopal News Service] CREDO Institute and the Church Pension Group
will launch a series of conferences in May in the four reorganizing
Episcopal Church dioceses of Pittsburgh, San Joaquin, Quincy, and Fort
Worth.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_122088_ENG_HTM.htm
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Jubilee: Episcopal Church documentary chronicles transformation in
Dallas neighborhood

[Office of Communication] Jubilee, a new documentary chronicling a
12-year relationship that comprehensively transformed both an affluent
Episcopal Church and a Dallas neighborhood located in a high-crime area,
is now available online at
http://episcopalchurch.org/multimedia/jubilee.

The 30-minute documentary, depicting the changes in a 62-block area
"that had been forgotten by the city of Dallas," debuted on Wednesday,
April 28 at a special conference, Called to Serve: The Episcopal Church
Responds to Domestic Poverty, held in Newark, New Jersey.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_122083_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On May 7, 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 May 7, 1577, Puritan meetings were forbidden by
Elizabeth I of England.

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>EBAR PICK

"The Rule of St. Benedict" by Timothy Frye, paperback, 112 pages, c.
1998, $12.95.

[Random House] Composed nearly fifteen hundred years ago by the father
of Western monasticism, The Rule of St. Benedict has for centuries been
the guide of religious communities. St. Benedict's rules of obedience,
humility, and contemplation are not only prerequisites for formal
religious societies; they also provide an invaluable model for anyone
desiring to live more simply. While they presuppose a certain detachment
from the world, they provide guidance and inspiration for anyone seeking
peace and fulfillment in their home and work communities. As prepared by
the Benedictine monk and priest Timothy Fry, this translation of The
Rule of St. Benedict can be a life-transforming book. With a new Preface
by Thomas Moore, author of The Care of the Soul.

To order, please visit Episcopal Books and Resources online at
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local Episcopal bookstore.