[ENS] Presiding bishop joins interfaith leaders in declaring 'new hope for the peace of Jerusalem';

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>Episcopal News Service
>September 29, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Presiding bishop joins interfaith leaders in declaring
'new hope for the peace of Jerusalem'
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - FLORIDA: On Barefoot Sunday, aka All Soles Days,
parish collects shoes for those in need
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - FORT WORTH: Diocese files trademark lawsuit in 
federal court
* WORLD REPORT - NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch bishop seeks $100,000 for
Haiti relief
* WORLD REPORT - Focus on gays not real issue for Africa, says 
Angolan bishop
* MISSION - Fund for Theological Education offers ministry internship 
grants
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS - October 3, 2010 - Nineteenth Sunday After
Pentecost, Proper 22 - Year C
* DAYBOOK - September 30: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "The Paraclete Treasury of Angel 
Stories"
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Forgive & Get Your Life Back"

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>TOP STORIES

Presiding bishop joins interfaith leaders in declaring 'new hope for
the peace of Jerusalem'

Baumgarten represents Jefferts Schori at White House, State 
Department meetings

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] Saying that they are people of hope who
"refuse ... to give in to cynicism or despair," a group of interfaith
leaders delivered a declaration to the White House and State
Department Sept. 29 uniting in support of "active, fair, and firm U.S.
leadership for Arab-Israeli-Palestinian peace."

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was among the 28 Jewish,
Christian and Muslim leaders who signed the statement.

Alexander D. Baumgarten, director of government relations for the
Episcopal Church, represented Jefferts Schori at the meeting with
General James Jones, United States national security adviser, and U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_124809_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

FLORIDA: On Barefoot Sunday, aka All Soles Days, parish collects shoes
for those in need

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] There were no signs saying "No Shoes, No
Service" Sept. 26 at St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville,
Florida.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124797_ENG_HTM.htm

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FORT WORTH: Diocese files trademark lawsuit in federal court

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth has asked
a federal judge to stop former bishop Jack Iker from using the
diocesan seal and name, according to a statement released by the
diocese.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124795_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch bishop seeks $100,000 for Haiti relief

>By Anglican Taonga, ENS Staff

[Episcopal News Service] Anglicans in the Canterbury region of New
Zealand are being asked to give at least $100,000 for earthquake
relief in Haiti.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_124744_ENG_HTM.htm

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Focus on gays not real issue for Africa, says Angolan bishop

>By Trevor Grundy

[Ecumenical News International, London] The 25, not-so-young, white,
Christian supporters of Africa met in an almost empty London church,
which had been partly destroyed in the Second World War, to hear the
Anglican bishop of Angola, Andre Soares, talk about, "the real issues"
facing his continent.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_124796_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

Fund for Theological Education offers ministry internship grants

[Episcopal News Service] The Fund for Theological Education will award
grants of up to $12,500 each to congregations and church-related
organizations for programs that offer pastoral ministry internships to
college students over the next three years.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_124803_ENG_HTM.htm

More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_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

October 3, 2010 - Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 22 - Year 
C

>By the Rev. Angela V. Askew

(RCL) Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10

[Sermons That Work] Even listening attentively to Paul's second letter
to Timothy, we are probably not going to want to go the distance with
Paul when he invites Timothy to "join with me in suffering for the
gospel ... relying on the power of God."

It's really easy to hear "Join with me in suffering" and then just
zone out. "Suffering" is an unappealing sound bite, even for those of
us who listen without Bible Attention Deficit Disorder. We do not want
to suffer any more than we already do; indeed, have we not come to
church precisely because we need to get away from suffering, or at
least hand it over to Jesus, who can do something about it?

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_124599_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

On September 30, 2010, the church remembers Jerome, priest, and monk
of Bethlehem.

* 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 30, 653, Honorius, archbishop of
Canterbury, died.

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>EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK

"The Paraclete Treasury of Angel Stories" from Paraclete Press, by
Mary Joslin, illustrated by Elena Temporin,47 pages, hardcover, c.
2008, $18.95

[Paraclete Press] Each of these stories highlights a key moment in the
Old or New Testament, from Creation to the Resurrection and on to
Revelation, where the veil between heaven and earth is pulled aside,
and the wonder of God shines through. The wonderfully warm
illustrations perfectly capture the angels' glowing grace and enhance
the beauty of the stories, making a book that will be treasured by
children, parents, and teachers years to come.

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"Forgive & Get Your Life Back" from Dionysus Publications, by Dennis
R. Maynard, 120 pages, paperback, c. 2001, $15

[Dionysus Publications] Forgive and forget are easily utteered words.
This book breaks these words into identifiable steps that will help
the person distinguish between forgiving, reconciling, and restoring.
We all know that we must forgive those who have hurt us. If we fail to
do so, we end up being prisoners frozen in our own pain. But do we
have to reconcile with them? Should we reconcile with them? Is it even
advisable? Dr. Maynard gives us some guidelines for answering those
questions for ourselves. Having reconciled do we restore them to the
relationship? Do we restore the unfaithful spouse to the marriage bed?
Do we give the employee that has stolen from us the new combination to
the office safe? Once again, Doctor Maynard gives us the needed
guidelines to make that critical decision for ourselves.

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