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>Episcopal News Service
>September 22, 2010
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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:
>* TOP STORY - UN summit on MDGs closes with promises to speed 
>achievement
>* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop declines request to resign
>* DIOCESAN DIGEST - SOUTHERN OHIO: Diocese explores companion 
>relationship  with Church of Liberia
>* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PENNSYLVANIA: Standing Committee asks bishop to 
>heed ca ll to resign
>* DIOCESAN DIGEST - SOUTH CAROLINA: Group asks church leadership for 
>invest igation
>* WORLD REPORT - SUDAN: Churches' leader calls for Obama's help over 
>refere ndum
>* PEOPLE - Ben King appointed director of advanced degrees program 
>at Sewan ee's School of Theology
>* PEOPLE - Union of Black Episcopalians names Central Pennsylvania 
>Bishop B axter as honorary board chair
>* OPINION - Now is the time for prophetic action on the MDGs
>* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
>* SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS - September 26, 2010 - Eighteenth Sunday 
>After Pent ecost, Proper 21 - Year C
>* DAYBOOK - September 23: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
>* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Devociones del Pueblo de Dios"
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TOP STORIES

UN summit on MDGs closes with promises to speed achievement
Anglicans take active role in summit discussions, advocacy
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[Episcopal News Service] The United Nations' three-day summit on the 
Millen nium Development Goals closed in New York Sept. 22 with 
promises of more mo ney and more action to achieve the goals by their 
deadline.
The goals are a set of eight targets designed to reduce by half 
poverty, hu nger, maternal and child deaths, disease, inadequate 
shelter, gender inequa lity and environmental degradation. The 
world's leaders agreed in 2000 to a chieve the goals by 2015.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_124695_ENG_HTM.htm
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens
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DIOCESAN DIGEST

PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop declines request to resign
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[Episcopal News Service] Saying he has "always been, innocent of the 
charge s against me," Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Bishop 
Charles Bennison an nounced late Sept. 22 that he would not honor his 
colleagues' request that  he resign his position.
Bennison, via a statement e-mailed to Episcopal News Service by his 
publici st, said that he hoped "the suffering I have endured during 
the past three  years has strengthened me and will enable me to work 
for reconciliation wit hin the diocese."
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124705_ENG_HTM.htm
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SOUTHERN OHIO: Diocese explores companion relationship with Church of 
Liber ia
By Deborah Bressoud Parker
[Diocese of Southern Ohio] Laughter, common priorities, prayer and 
shared a dventures have punctuated the trip for Liberians seeing 
southern Ohio for t he first time.
During a two-week visit to the Diocese of Southern Ohio by a 
delegation for  the Episcopal Church of Liberia, a visit to the post 
office sparked a humo rous and bonding experience as Americans and 
Liberians worked together to f igure out the best way to ship 
materials.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124693_ENG_HTM.htm
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PENNSYLVANIA: Standing Committee asks bishop to heed call to resign
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[Episcopal News Service] The Standing Committee of the Episcopal 
Diocese of  Pennsylvania says that it is "deeply thankful for the 
supportive statement " of the House of Bishops on Sept. 21 asking the 
Rt. Rev. Charles Bennison  "to tender his immediate and unconditional 
resignation" as diocesan bishop.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124687_ENG_HTM.htm
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Group asks church leadership for investigation
By ENS Staff
[Episcopal News Service] Members of an Episcopal Church advocacy 
group in t he Diocese of South Carolina have asked the church's 
leadership to "investi gate" a series of actions which they say "are 
accelerating the process of a lienation and disassociation" of the 
diocese from the Episcopal Church.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124688_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT

SUDAN: Churches' leader calls for Obama's help over referendum
By Fredrick Nzwili

[Ecumenical News International, Nairobi] The head of the Sudan 
Council of C hurches has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to help 
ensure that the Janua ry 2011 referendum on self determination for 
southern Sudan is fair.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_124686_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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PEOPLE

Ben King appointed director of advanced degrees program at Sewanee's 
School  of Theology
[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Benjamin J. King has been appointed 
direc tor of the advanced degrees program at Sewanee: The University 
of the South 's School of Theology, effective Sept. 1, according to a 
press release.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_124684_ENG_HTM.htm
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Union of Black Episcopalians names Central Pennsylvania Bishop Baxter 
as ho norary board chair
By Daphne Mack
[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Nathan Baxter of Central Pennsylvania 
has b een appointed to serve as honorary board chair for the Union of 
Black Episc opalians for a three-year term.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_124670_ENG_HTM.htm
More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm
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OPINION

Now is the time for prophetic action on the MDGs
By Devon Anderson and Ian Douglas
[Episcopal News Service] This week the eyes of the world turned to 
the U.N.  Summit on Millennium Development Goals, where world leaders 
have spent the  last few days considering a "global, results-oriented 
action plan" to acce lerate progress toward achieving the goals -- 
which include cutting extreme  poverty in half, reducing child 
mortality rates, and increasing access to  education -- over the next 
five years.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_124689_ENG_HTM.htm
More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm
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CALENDAR

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

September 26, 2010 - Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 21 - 
Year C
By the Rev. Dr. Amy Richter

(RCL) Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 and Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 (Track 2: Amos 
6:1a, 4 -7 and Psalm 146); 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31
[Sermons That Work] What do you think heaven is?
A man told this story of his experience just before his father died. 
The ma n and his sister were taking care of their father who was in 
the last stage s of cancer, the man staying with their bed-ridden 
father during the day an d his sister staying with their father 
through the night.
It had been a hard day. The man and his father had not always gotten 
along  well, and on this particular day his father was especially 
irritable and gi ving him a hard time. The man was impatient, waiting 
for his sister to come  for the night shift. He had his coat and 
shoes on so he could leave as qui ckly as possible when she arrived. 
But he heard his father call to him from  the other room. He went in, 
and his father asked, "What do you think happe ns to us after this 
life?"
Full reflection: 
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_124345_EN G_HTM.htm
More Spiritual Reflections: 
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm
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>DAYBOOK
>On September 23, 2010...
>* Today in Scripture: 
>http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm
>* Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: 
>http://www.anglicancommunion.o rg/acp/index.cfm
>* Today in History: On September 23, 1571, John Jewel, bishop of 
>Salisbury,  died at the episcopal manor house of Monkton Farleigh.
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EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK

"Devociones del Pueblo de Dios" from and by Forward Movement 
Publications,  102 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $6
[Forward Movement Publications] Este devocionario recoge unas 
trescientas o raciones, la mayoría de ellas del Libro de Oración 
Común. Son oracion es y devociones apropiadas para casi toda 
situación en la vida. Son vál idas para todo hispano o latino de 
cualquier tradición.
El devocionario tiene ocho secciones, devociones tradicionales (el 
rosario  y el vía crucis); una selección de salmos; oraciones por los 
enfermos y  en el momento de la muerte; por la nación, la sociedad y 
la creación;  por la vida familiar y personal; y varias acciones de 
acción de gracias,  además de una letanía.
Al inicio del libro, un amplio índice ayuda al lector a encontrar 
fácil mente la oración que busca.
This Spanish-language devotionary collects over 300 prayers and 
collects fr om various devotionals, missals, and catechisms -- chief 
among them the Epi scopal Church's Book of Common Prayer--for a 
comprehensive guide to persona l prayer.
It is modeled after a typical Roman Catholic missalette to appeal to 
the re ligious heritage of many Latino-Americans, with prayers 
appropriate for Spa nish-speaking Christians of all backgrounds.
Included are sections on traditional prayers and devotions such as 
the Rosa ry and the Stations of the Cross; selected Psalms; prayers 
for the infirm a nd dying; prayers for the nation, society, and 
creation; personal and famil y prayers; and numerous thanksgivings.
An index at the beginning of the book provides an easy-to-use guide 
for loc ating the various prayers.
To order, please visit Episcopal Books and Resources online at 
http://www.e piscopalbookstore.org, call 800-903-5544, or visit your 
local Episcopal boo kstore.
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