[ENS] Presiding bishop addresses major ecumenical gathering on the interconnectedness of God's creat

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>Episcopal News Service
>November 10, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Presiding bishop addresses major ecumenical gathering on
the interconnectedness of God's creation
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Archbishop awards honorary Lambeth Degrees 
to
John Harper, John Harris
* PEOPLE - World Student Christian Federation names Christine Housel 
as
general secretary
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS - November 14, 2010 - Twenty-Fifth Sunday 
After
Pentecost, Proper 28 - Year C
* DAYBOOK - November 11: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History

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>TOP STORIES

Presiding bishop addresses major ecumenical gathering on the
interconnectedness of God's creation

NCC, CWS general assembly marks 100 years of ecumenical movement

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The National Council of Churches and global
humanitarian agency Church World Service are capping a year of
ecumenical anniversary celebrations with their annual general 
assembly,
welcoming religious leaders from the United States and beyond, 
including
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.

The Nov. 9-11 "centennial gathering" is drawing more than 400 people 
to
the Marriott New Orleans to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1910 
World
Missionary Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland -- an event widely 
regarded
as the beginning of the modern ecumenical movement -- and to discuss 
how
the churches might live and work together in the future.

"Ecumenism in the next century must consider the realities of the
contexts we inhabit and the changes to those contexts we can see 
quickly
arriving," Jefferts Schori said in her response to a plenary address 
by
the Rev. John M. Buchanan, editor and publisher of the Christian
Century, that focused on the theme of the gathering: "Witnesses of 
These
Things: Ecumenical Engagement in a New Era."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_125643_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WORLD REPORT

ENGLAND: Archbishop awards honorary Lambeth Degrees to John Harper, 
John
Harris

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has
awarded honorary Lambeth Degrees to the Rev. John Harris and Professor
John Harper, during a Nov. 9 ceremony at Lambeth Palace.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_125645_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

World Student Christian Federation names Christine Housel as general
secretary

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Christine Housel -- an Episcopalian from the
United States who has spent the last 12 years living and working in
Germany, China, France and Switzerland -- has been elected to serve as
general secretary of the World Student Christian Federation.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_125631_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS

November 14, 2010 - Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 28 -
Year C

>By the Rev. Dr. Frank Hegedus

(RCL) Isaiah 65:17-25 and Canticle 9 (Track 2: Malachi 4:1-2a and 
Psalm
98); 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19

>We live in scary times.

Millions of people in this country and around the world find 
themselves
unemployed or underemployed - in spite of the upbeat explanations of
some economists that the recession is already at an end. The housing
market, other experts tell us, has not stabilized. And the same is
probably true of the vital banking system. Meanwhile, war - or 
near-war
- continues unabated in many of the countries of the Middle East and 
in
other parts of the world as well. Terrorism lingers as an ever-present
danger. And global warming and critical environmental problems bring 
in
their wake the threat of famine and other hardships. We could go on 
and
on. The litany of problems facing the world today is seemingly 
endless.

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_125423_ENG_HTM.htm

More Spiritual Reflections:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On November 11, 2010, the church remembers Martin, bishop of Tours.

* 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 November 11, 1992, after a five-and-a-half hour
debate the General Synod - the Church of England's main legislative 
body
- passed legislation to allow women to be priests by a margin of only
two votes.