[ELD] Anglicans invited to join Lambeth bishops, spouses in Bible study / 'Traces of the Trade' to premiere June 24 on PBS / Canterbury Cathedral is focus of July 20 bulletin insert

[Matthew Davies]

Episcopal Life Daily
June 23, 2008

Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Anglicans invited to join Lambeth bishops, spouses in Bible
study
* TOP STORY - 'Traces of the Trade' to premiere June 24 on PBS
* TOP STORY - Canterbury Cathedral is focus of July 20 bulletin insert
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - IOWA: Episcopal flood relief efforts take many forms
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PITTSBURGH: Bishop gets state approval for new
corporation
* WORLD REPORT - PAKISTAN: Christians 'living in terror' after kidnapping
* DAYBOOK - June 24, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Beloved: Henri Nouwen in Conversation

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TOP STORIES

Anglicans invited to join Lambeth bishops, spouses in Bible study

'Signs on the Way' now available on web

[Anglican Communion News Service] The faithful around the Anglican
Communion have a unique opportunity for Bible study with their bishops
during the upcoming 2008 Lambeth Conference of Bishops
(http://www.lambethconference.org/index.cfm).

"Signs on the Way" -- focusing on St. John's Gospel and complementing
the Bible studies in which the bishops and their spouses will take
part during the Lambeth Conference -- is now available on the web.

It is offered as a way for people throughout the Anglican Communion to
be "present in spirit at the Lambeth Conference, supporting their
bishops before, during and after the gathering."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_98179_ENG_HTM.htm

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'Traces of the Trade' to premiere June 24 on PBS

Documentary depicts an Episcopal Church family's role in the slave trade

By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Public Broadcasting System's (PBS) Point of
View (POV) documentary show begins its 21st season on June 24 with the
national broadcast premiere of "Traces of the Trade."

"Traces," one of three documentaries bought by POV at the Sundance
Film Festival in January, tells the story of the DeWolf family, the
largest slave-trading family in U.S. history and also a prominent part
of the Episcopal Church in Rhode Island. James DeWolf Perry was the
18th Presiding Bishop.

The film's release comes during the year that marks the bicentennial
anniversary of the United States' abolition of the slave trade.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_98168_ENG_HTM.htm

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Canterbury Cathedral is focus of July 20 bulletin insert

[Episcopal Life Weekly] In the last of nine bulletin inserts on the
Lambeth Conference and the Anglican Communion, Episcopal Life Online
editor Matthew Davies explores the history and new challenges facing
Canterbury Cathedral.

Bulletin inserts are available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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DIOCESAN DIGEST

IOWA: Episcopal flood relief efforts take many forms
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_98177_ENG_HTM.htm

PITTSBURGH: Bishop gets state approval for new corporation
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_98041_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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WORLD REPORT

PAKISTAN: Christians 'living in terror' after kidnapping
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_98176_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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DAYBOOK

On June 24, 2008, the Church calendar remembers The Nativity of Saint
John the Baptist.

* 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 June 24, 1579, the first Anglican service was
held in the Americas. Francis Fletcher, sailing with Sir Francis
Drake, read from the Book of Common Prayer in California.

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CATALYST

"Beloved: Henri Nouwen in Conversation" from Wm. B. Eerdmans
Publishing Co., by Henri J. M, Nouwen, 52 pages, hardcover, includes
audio CD, c. 2007, $20

[Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.] In this rare, previously unpublished
interview Henri Nouwen, one of the most deeply loved spiritual
teachers of recent times, reflects on themes that were central to his
life and thought.

Beloved records -- in both spoken and written form -- a treasured
conversation that took place in the summer of 1992 at a retreat center
in England. The CD enables one to listen to Nouwen's distinctive voice
as he speaks about such things as transforming our loneliness,
escaping the tyranny of busyness, and choosing to live in ways that,
moment by moment, remind us of who we are -- the beloved of God.

The book shows this conversation to be studded with gems of spiritual
wisdom that merit slow, contemplative reading. Including questions for
reflection or discussion, Beloved is perfect for individual or group
retreats or for personal listening and reading. Here is a depth of
wisdom to turn to again and again.

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http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800-903-5544 -- or visit
your local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm