[ENS] ALASKA: Mark Lattime consecrated eighth bishop in multi-cultural celebration / TEXAS: East Aus

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Date Wed, 8 Sep 2010 05:34:15 -0400

>Episcopal News Service
>September 7, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - ALASKA: Mark Lattime consecrated eighth bishop in
multi-cultural celebration
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - TEXAS: East Austin Episcopal pre-school offers
wealth of diversity
* WORLD REPORT - NEW ZEALAND: Canterbury's heritage churches hammered
in earthquake
* MISSION - Education is foundation of mission in Belize
* DAYBOOK - September 8: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Abwenzi Means Friends - A
Child's Exploration of the Millennium Development Goals"

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

ALASKA: Mark Lattime consecrated eighth bishop in multi-cultural 
celebration

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] The Very Rev. Mark Lattime of Geneseo, New
York, was consecrated Sept. 4 as eighth bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Alaska during a multi-cultural celebration at the First
United Methodist Church in Anchorage.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124349_ENG_HTM.htm

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TEXAS: East Austin Episcopal pre-school offers wealth of diversity

>By Bob Kinney

[Texas Episcopalian] St. James' Episcopal School third-year student
Imani becomes very upset if she arrives to school late because she
feels the tardiness will "interrupt her work," reports her mother
Brook Davis.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124364_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

NEW ZEALAND: Canterbury's heritage churches hammered in earthquake

>By Taonga staff

[Episcopal News Service] A significant number of Canterbury's oldest,
most iconic and best-loved churches are among the buildings most
seriously damaged by the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck New
Zealand's South Island Sept. 4.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_124346_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

>Education is foundation of mission in Belize

>By Jimmy and Barbara Hemphill

[Episcopal News Service] Miriam's mother needs a miracle. Every
morning the first thing she thinks about is what she can sacrifice to
help assure that her daughter finishes high school. The second thing
she does is pray for a family at Good Shepherd, Kingwood (in the
Diocese of Texas) -- a family that donated the scholarship for
Miriam's first year of high school.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_124339_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On September 8, 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 September 8, 1795, William White was
consecrated the fourth presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. On
September 8, 1845, Anglican priest John Henry Newman converted to
Roman Catholicism. Newman had been a leading member of the Oxford
Movement, which aimed to reform the Church of England.

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>EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK

"Abwenzi Means Friends - A Child's Exploration of the Millennium
Development Goals" from Church Publishing, Inc., by Carol Chew & Peter
Sipple, illustrations by Carol Chew, 48 pages, paperback, c. 2009, $10

[Church Publishing, Inc.] Through the eyes and ears of Peter Sipple
and his church's African Children's Mission, children ages 7-10 see
and learn about the lives of children in the African country of
Malawi. Thanks to the beaitful illustrations from artist Carol Chew,
they can visualize the coniditions faced by the families of this
stricken land.

Through Abwenzi Means Friends, children also learn firsthand of the
eight United Nations Millenium Development Goals. Developed in 2000 by
leaders from 189 countries, the goals aim to end poverty, hunger and
disease in poor countries around the world by 2015.

Along with the detailed daily journal of Peter Sipple and the
illustrations of Carol Chew, the book also includes:

- Ideas for how your church, families and individuals can reach out to
children in Malawi
- Glossary of important words in the Chichewa language of Malawi
- Listing of helpful Websites to learn more about Malawi and
organizations try to make a difference there

To order, please visit Episcopal Books and Resources online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, call 800-903-5544, or visit your
local Episcopal bookstore.