[ELD] Archbishop of Canterbury calls conservative Anglicans' proposals 'problematic' / Eugene Sutton consecrated as Maryland's first African American bishop / Idaho elects Brian Thom as 15th bishop; consecration set for October 11

[Matthew Davies]

Episcopal Life Daily
June 30, 2008

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

Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Archbishop of Canterbury calls conservative Anglicans'
proposals 'problematic'
* TOP STORY - Eugene Sutton consecrated as Maryland's first African American
bishop
* TOP STORY - Idaho elects Brian Thom as 15th bishop; consecration set for
October 11
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Archbishop of York delivers Zimbabwe plea
* PEOPLE - Liberia Bishop Jonathan Hart visits Episcopal Church Center
* DAYBOOK - July 1, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - The Plot to Save the Planet

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TOP STORIES

Archbishop of Canterbury calls conservative Anglicans' proposals
'problematic'

Presiding Bishop says 'Anglicanism has always been broader than some find
comfortable'

By Matthew Davies
 
[Episcopal News Service] Describing their proposals as "problematic in all
sorts of ways," Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams responded June 30 to
a statement released by a group of conservative Anglicans that announced a
new movement to uphold traditional Anglicanism within the Communion's
structures rather than to break away from it.

The announcement that the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans had been
launched came in a statement released at the conclusion of the June 22-29
Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) meeting in Jerusalem, where more
than 1,100 conservative Anglicans, including some 280 bishops, gathered to
discuss the future shape of Anglicanism.

Also on June 30, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said "much of
the Anglican world must be lamenting the latest emission from GAFCON."

"Anglicanism has always been broader than some find comfortable," her
statement continued. "This [GAFCON] statement does not represent the end of
Anglicanism, merely another chapter in a centuries-old struggle for
dominance by those who consider themselves the only true believers.
Anglicans will continue to worship God in their churches, serve the hungry,
and needy in their communities, and build missional relationships with
others across the globe, despite the desire of a few leaders to narrow the
influence of the gospel.

"We look forward to the opportunities of the Lambeth Conference for
constructive conversation, inspired prayer, and relational encounters."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_98458_ENG_HTM.htm

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Eugene Sutton consecrated as Maryland's first African American bishop

By Daphne Mack

[Episcopal News Service] Thousands gathered at Washington National Cathedral
on June 28 to be part of history as the Rev. Canon Eugene Taylor Sutton, 54,
became the first African American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
Maryland.

"The significance of this consecration goes beyond the Diocese of Maryland,"
said Joseph Overton, a member of St. James Church in the Kingsessing
neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "It is a statement as to who we
are beyond the color of our skin."

Adding to the significance of Sutton's consecration is the fact that Thomas
John Claggett, the first Bishop of Maryland and the first bishop consecrated
on American soil, owned slaves while serving as the rector of St. James'
Parish in Ann Arundel County. Sutton is a descendant of slaves.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_98423_ENG_HTM.htm

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Idaho elects Brian Thom as 15th bishop; consecration set for October 11

By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Brian Thom was elected the 15th bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho at a special convention June 28 at St.
Michael's Cathedral in Boise. 

Thom, rector of the Church of the Ascension in Twin Falls, Idaho, was
elected on the sixth ballot from a slate of four candidates.

Thom was elected with 65 lay votes and 32 clergy votes. He needed 60 votes
in the lay order and 27 in the clergy order to be elected, according to the
Rev. Canon Karen Hunter, diocesan canon for Christian education and
spiritual formation.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_98356_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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WORLD REPORT

ENGLAND: Archbishop of York delivers Zimbabwe plea
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_98448_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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PEOPLE

Liberia Bishop Jonathan Hart visits Episcopal Church Center

By Daphne Mack

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Jonathan Hart of the Episcopal Diocese of
Liberia, during a recent visit to the Episcopal Church Center in New York
City, described his diocese as being in need of "additional funds to
operate."

Accompanied by G. Patrick Kanneh, the new financial comptroller for the
diocese, Hart spent June 25-26 visiting the Church Pension Group (CPG) and
various offices at the Church Center.

Hart, who was consecrated in March, succeeded Bishop Edward Neufville who
retired in November 2007. Neufville was 70, the mandatory retirement age for
a bishop in this West African diocese.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_98453_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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DAYBOOK

On July 1, 2008...

* 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 July 1, 1643, The Westminster Assembly convened for
the first time in London in the Henry VII Chapel of Westminster Abbey. The
assembly was appointed by the Long Parliament and sought to restructure the
Church of England.

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CATALYST

"The Plot to Save the Planet" from Random House, Inc., by Brian Dumaine, 279
pages, hardcover, c. 2008, $25.95

[Random House, Inc.] American entrepreneurs, corporate tycoons, and
financiers are plotting what they do best-creating new industries that
change the world and making billions in the process-a plot that will
ultimately save the planet.

The Plot to Save the Planet is an illuminating and inspiring look at the
"conspiracy" to make green technology the Silicon Valley of the twenty-first
century -- the creator of massive numbers of jobs and huge amounts of
wealth. Suddenly, the ugly mudslinging between environmentalists and big
business has abated, and these two previously opposed forces are now strange
bedfellows in a race to head off climate change.

How is this new frontier being shaped? Brian Dumaine is your guide in this
intriguing look into the very near future filled with colorful and
informative stories about the entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate
mavericks who are managing to pull off the feat of combining economic growth
and environmental protection to battle global warming. You'll read about:

. The savvy investors: Why Warren Buffett is investing heavily in wind
power; and why John Doerr, the venture capitalist and early backer of
Google, is saying that "green tech is bigger than the Internet and could be
the biggest economic opportunity of the twenty-first century." 

. The cars of the future: The competitively priced plug-in hybrids that will
get 60 miles to the gallon, and the battle being waged by fifteen start-ups
competing to capture the electric car market.

. The fuels without fossils: New sources of energy from plants such as
prairie grass and algae that could capture a big chunk of the $300 billion
U.S. wholesale gasoline market.

. The corporate mavericks: Companies such as Duke Energy and GE who are
creating the low-carbon business models of the future, as well as cleaner
ways to provide our power needs.

. The energy-miser homes and buildings: The new Bank of America Tower in New
York City and the green low- and middle-income homes being constructed by
visionaries who were told it couldn't be done and still be affordable.

. The "thin film" solar energy: How it is making the cost of heating a home
comparable to traditional methods without emitting greenhouse gas. 

Plenty of obstacles still exist-among them resistance from the rich and
powerful owners of the world's oil supply, developing nations such as China
with their reliance on coal, and an American public reluctant to give up
their McMansions, SUVs, and extreme air-conditioning. But the battle cry has
been sounded. The green overhaul of the utility, energy, construction,
shipping, and automobile industries is well on its way and-contrary to
prevailing fears-the ultimate solutions will sustain the environment without
demanding huge sacrifices to our contemporary comforts and lifestyles.

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