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>Episcopal News Service
>June 16, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Executive Council begins four-day meeting
* TOP STORY - Lambeth Palace tells presiding bishop not to wear symbol  of 
office
* TOP STORY - Protestants, Evangelicals and Catholics form atypical
alliance on immigration reform
* TOP STORY - Communion secretary general due to attend Executive
Council meeting
* TOP STORY - Presiding bishop speaks at prayer breakfast on Capitol  Hill
* TOP STORY - June 27 bulletin inserts continue story of 'resurrected
church' in Haiti
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - WESTERN NEW YORK: Diocesan ministry center to be  
established
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - NORTH CAROLINA: Parish plans VIGILance 2010 for
oil spill, creation
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - HAITI: Ecumenical delegation expresses solidarity
towards Haitians
* WORLD REPORT - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Joseph Kopapa elected as archbishop
* MISSION - One is a whole number: Solo Flight plans Labor Day weekend
conference
* PEOPLE - Sidney McClendon III of Texas remembered for dedication,
servant leadership
*MULTIMEDIA - Video: Presiding bishop preaches at Southwark Cathedral,  London
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS - June 20, 2010 - Fourth Sunday After
Pentecost, Proper 7 - Year C
* DAYBOOK - June 17: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - "Tudor City"

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>TOP STORIES

>Executive Council begins four-day meeting

Council gets updates on Haiti, San Joaquin dioceses

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service - Linthicum Heights, Maryland] The Episcopal
Church's Executive Council began its three-day meeting here June 16 by
hearing about the efforts to rebuild two dioceses: Haiti and San
Joaquin.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122972_ENG_HTM.htm

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Lambeth Palace tells presiding bishop not to wear symbol of office

Jefferts Schori carries mitre during recent visit to Southwark Cathedral

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service -- Linthicum Heights, Maryland] When Presiding
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached and presided at a Eucharist
June 13 at Southwark Cathedral in London, she carried her mitre, or
bishop's hat, rather than wear it.

She did so in order to comply with a "statement" from Lambeth Palace,
the London home of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, that said
"that I was not to wear a mitre at Southwark Cathedral," Jefferts
Schori told the Executive Council June 16 on the first day of its
three-day meeting here.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122968_ENG_HTM.htm

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Protestants, Evangelicals and Catholics form atypical alliance on
immigration reform

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service -- Washington, D.C.] The unusual alliance
among Evangelicals, Catholics and Protestants pushing Congress and the
Obama administration for comprehensive immigration reform has
social-science researchers scratching their heads.

"The cause of immigration reform has given rise to one of the broadest
alliances of religious groups ever assembled in our history - it cuts
across left and right, it cuts across denominations and traditions, it
cuts across theological orientations, said E.J. Dionne Jr., a senior
fellow at the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit think tank.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122958_ENG_HTM.htm

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Communion secretary general due to attend Executive Council meeting

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service -- Linthicum Heights, Maryland] The Rev. Canon
Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, is to
speak to the Episcopal Church's Executive Council here on June 18.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122931_ENG_HTM.htm

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Presiding bishop speaks at prayer breakfast on Capitol Hill

>By Lynette Wilson, June 15, 2010

[Episcopal News Service - Washington, D.C.] Presiding Bishop Katharine
Jefferts Schori June 15 reminded more than 80 people gathered at the
Russell Senate Office Building here for a prayer breakfast that the
Episcopal Church's call for a "just and secure two-state solution" for
Israel and Palestine dates back to 1973 and the Yom Kippur War.

"Through our General Convention and Executive Council we have more
than 30 times repeated our belief that a two-state solution is the
only viable avenue to a just peace," she said.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122911_ENG_HTM.htm

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June 27 bulletin inserts continue story of 'resurrected church' in Haiti

[Episcopal News Service] "We are a resurrected church," Bishop of
Haiti Jean Zaché Duracin tells other Episcopalians in ENS Weekly
bulletin inserts for June 27. The inserts report on progress that the
Diocese of Haiti is making towards establishing a master plan for
rebuilding its facilities, most of which were damaged or destroyed in
the Jan. 12 earthquake that also devastated much of Haiti's
infrastructure and its already-precarious economy. Duracin also speaks
of a renewed sense of ministry and vision among his people as they
work to overcome the devastation.

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

WESTERN NEW YORK: Diocesan ministry center to be established

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of Western New York has
decided in principle to move its diocesan offices, according to a news
release from the diocese.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_122941_ENG_HTM.htm

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NORTH CAROLINA: Parish plans VIGILance 2010 for oil spill, creation

[Episcopal News Service] St. John's Episcopal Church in Charlotte,
North Carolina, on June 17 will initiate VIGILance 2010. A release
from the parish says the event will be a prayer vigil for the
stewardship of God's earth with a special emphasis on the U.S. Gulf
Coast and oceans and waterways of the earth.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_122942_ENG_HTM.htm

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HAITI: Ecumenical delegation expresses solidarity towards Haitians

[World Council of Churches] In an effort to express solidarity and
learn of churches' work in providing support and relief to victims of
the Haiti earthquake, the Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary
of the World Council of Churches (WCC), is visiting Haiti, accompanied
by an ecumenical delegation of six church leaders from different parts
of the world.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_122943_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Joseph Kopapa elected as archbishop

[Episcopal News Service] The provincial council of the Anglican Church
of Papua New Guinea has elected the Rt. Reverend Joseph Kopapa, bishop
of Popondota diocese, as its new archbishop and primate.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_122993_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

>One is a whole number

Solo Flight plans Labor Day weekend conference

>By Emily Cherry

[Episcopal News Service] Since 1990, a unique and innovative ministry
has drawn single Episcopalians together for weekends of fellowship and
worship. Led by a group of dedicated faculty, Solo Flight is a
self-sustaining program that allows attendees to explore issues common
to the single life.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_122944_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Sidney McClendon III of Texas remembered for dedication, servant  leadership

Gulf coast beach preservationist was second-generation diocesan  chancellor

>ENS Staff

[Episcopal News Service] A memorial service for Sidney Smith McClendon
III, a former chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, is planned
for Friday, June 18 at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston where
he had been a member for 55 years.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_122969_ENG_HTM.htm

More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

Video: Presiding bishop preaches at Southwark Cathedral, London

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preaches June 13 during a
service of Holy Eucharist at Southwark Cathedral in London, England.

Video:  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm#ooid=NmdGtmMTpQIMs4MJ0 
IJtKGaqxyE34svd,J1ZTdoMTrKhKoIAH3gMJ2-BkRgLX5NlX

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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

June 20, 2010 - Fourth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 7 - Year C

>By the Rev. James Liggett

(RCL) 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a and Psalm 42 and 43 (Track 2:
Isaiah 65:1-9 and Psalm 22:18-27); Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39

[Sermons That Work] Let's look for a minute at the story of the
Gerasene demoniac; it's about time somebody did. The story doesn't get
a lot of attention in preaching these days, and that's a shame.
There's some really good stuff here, and it's pretty funny if you come
at it from the right angle. Also, it's very handy to have it coupled
with Paul's words in Galatians. The two readings help each other.

First of all, let's look at the issue that seems to get in the way of
engaging it the most these last few centuries - those poor doomed
demons. The fact is, the New Testament world had a different way of
seeing reality than we do, or than the 10th century did, or than the
17th century did. And I'm confident that in just a handful of decades
there will be a still different way of seeing the world - different
categories, different ways of naming and organizing the stuff we
experience. And so on. That changing never changes.

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_122502_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On June 17, 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 June 17, 1993, members of the General Synod of
the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) approved by a substantial margin
the first stage of legislation to allow the ordination of women to the
priesthood.

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>EBAR PICK

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a chord with their 2007 Avie debut, I Sing the Birth. For their second
release, the all-male foursome delivers their signature fusion of
historically informed performances in a range of styles. The disc
explores the sacred music of the Tudor England. Integrated among
masterpieces by Tye, Taverner and Tallis, four new works by
British-Norwegian composer Andrew Smith add modern harmonic richness
and complexity. The result is a compelling synthesis of ancient and
contemporary vocal music.

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