[ENS] 'Moving on': Congregations, continuing dioceses celebrate growth, new life and ministry / Bull

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>Episcopal News Service
>November 29, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - 'Moving on': Congregations, continuing dioceses 
celebrate
growth, new life and ministry
* TOP STORY - Bulletin inserts continue list of new commemorations 
from
'Holy Women, Holy Men'
* WORLD REPORT - MELANESIA: Anglican religious get training in
social-justice, human-rights advocacy
* MISSION - Bringing Bethlehem alive at Advent, Christmas, year-round
* OPINION - Living into partnership in times of war and peace
* DAYBOOK - November 30: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History

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>TOP STORIES

'Moving on': Congregations, continuing dioceses celebrate growth, new
life and ministry

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopalians in the renewing dioceses of San
Joaquin, Quincy, Pittsburgh and Fort Worth say the challenges of 
living
through church divisions have also led them to new life, increased
mission and outreach, deepened community and an empowered laity.

Initially, property, financial and other struggles may seem daunting 
for
congregations starting up or starting over, but Grace Episcopal 
Mission
in Bakersfield, California, in the continuing Episcopal Diocese of San
Joaquin, is a reminder to "hang in there and keep hope and have faith
and work hard," said the Rev. Tim Vivian, vicar, during a recent
telephone interview from his office.

"We started from nothing," as a house church in 2007 with a dozen
members meeting in each other's living rooms, he recalled. Within a 
few
months the new congregation had doubled to 25 and was worshipping in a
nearby chapel.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_125923_ENG_HTM.htm

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Bulletin inserts continue list of new commemorations from 'Holy Women,
Holy Men'

New commemorations on the Episcopal Church calendar for the months of
January and February are the topic of Dec. 12 bulletin inserts from
Episcopal News Service. The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music 
is
conducting a year-long open forum on "Holy Women, Holy Men," the first
complete revision of "Lesser Feasts and Fasts" in 40 years, and 
invites
participation from all church members through its website
(www.psychdata.com/s.asp?SID=136205) or by email at
[email protected].

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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>WORLD REPORT

MELANESIA: Anglican religious get training in social-justice,
human-rights advocacy

[Episcopal News Service] Social justice, human rights and advocacy 
were
the topics of a Nov. 12-28 training gathering at Tabalia, West
Guadalcanal, in the Anglican Church of Melanesia.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_125932_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

Bringing Bethlehem alive at Advent, Christmas, year-round

Jerusalem diocese offers resources to companions everywhere

>By Lucy Chumbley and Bob Williams

Christians around the world can deepen their understandings of Jesus'
birth - and the current context of Bethlehem and the Middle East - by
making direct connections with Holy Land communities in Advent,
Christmastide and year-round.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_125922_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

Living into partnership in times of war and peace

>By Janette O'Neill

[Episcopal News Service] In early November, I was pleased to be 
invited
to a meeting called by the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) at its
headquarters in Juba.  The agenda was daunting -- it focused on how we
can all work together to help sustain the vision and grow the mission 
of
ECS.  All of the participants were committed to supporting Archbishop
Daniel Deng Bul and other ECS leaders as they deal with issues related
to the referendum of Jan. 9.  The referendum could potentially lead to
the secession of southern Sudan.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_125925_ENG_HTM.htm

More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On November 30, 2010, the church remembers the Feast of Saint Andrew.

* 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 30, 1729, Samuel Seabury, first bishop
of the Episcopal Church in the United States, was born in Groton,
Connecticut.