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>Episcopal News Service
>May 26, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - RIO GRANDE: New Mexico parishioners seek creative
solutions for building drive
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - WEST TEXAS: Christ Church rector resigns citing
'crisis of conscience'
* WORLD REPORT - SOUTH AFRICA: Anglican bishops call for release of
gay couple in Malawi
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS - May 30, 2010 - First Sunday After Pentecost
/Trinity Sunday - Year C
* DAYBOOK - May 27: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - "Episcopal Shield Neck Tie" and "Episcopal Shield Web
Leather Belt"

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

RIO GRANDE: New Mexico parishioners seek creative solutions for building  drive

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] Parishioners at a growing New Mexico parish
are praying for a miracle and hustling to raise a final $75,000 to
build a much-needed sanctuary.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_122496_ENG_HTM.htm

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WEST TEXAS: Christ Church rector resigns citing 'crisis of conscience'

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Charles Collins, rector of Christ
Church in San Antonio in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, has
announced his intention to retire Sept. 1, 2010.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_122501_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

SOUTH AFRICA: Anglican bishops call for release of gay couple in Malawi

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The bishops of the Anglican Church of
Southern Africa are calling on their government to take measures to
secure the release of Stephen Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, a gay
couple who were recently sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in Malawi
after they shared a traditional ceremony of engagement.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_122475_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>CALENDAR

A round-up of upcoming special events, services, concerts and diocesan
conventions taking place throughout the Episcopal Church is available
at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/calendar.htm

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>SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS

May 30, 2010 - First Sunday After Pentecost /Trinity Sunday - Year C

(RCL) Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8 or Canticle 2 or 13; Romans
5:1-5; John 16:12-15

>By Jason Sierra

>Does not wisdom call,

>and does not understanding raise her voice?
>On the heights, beside the way,

>at the crossroads she takes her stand;
>beside the gates in front of the town,

>at the entrance of the portals she cries out

That passage from today's reading in Proverbs invites us to consider
wisdom, understanding, and mystery.

In 1968, the crew of the Apollo 8 circled the moon time and again,
scanning its surface for possible future landing sites. Needing to
gather their bearings and recalibrate, they lifted their view (and
their camera) to catch what has become an iconic image: Earthrise. A
crystal blue drop, hovering in the blackness of space, it peaks over
the horizon of a desolate and grey lunar landscape, its leading edge
flooded in light, glinting off the surface of the water, the lower
half disappearing, seemingly melting away into the blackness that
surrounds it. With the snap of a shutter, our image of the world would
never be the same.

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_122220_ENG_HTM.htm

More Spiritual Reflections:  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On May 27, 2010, the church remembers The First Book of Common Prayer.

* 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 27, 1799, George Washington Doane, Bishop
of New Jersey and hymnist, was born in Trenton, New Jersey.

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