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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Daily
>June 9, 2008

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Zimbabwe's oppressed Anglicans embody hope and courage,
Massachusetts bishop says
* TOP STORY - Everyone, Everywhere mission conference concludes with  call
for continued, deeper engagement
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - LOS ANGELES: Holy Nativity parish dedicates  community
garden; produce to go to food bank
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - NEW HAMPSHIRE: Bishop enters into civil union with
partner
* WORLD REPORT - BURUNDI: Church leaders hail cease-fire as end of war
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: New Westminster diocese sends warning to clergy  at
breakaway parishes
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Government 'moral without a compass,' says  report
into Church and Welfare
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Religious leaders call for cooperation to  combat
poverty
* WORLD REPORT - ITALY: Religious leaders call on U.N. to act now on  food
crisis
* WORLD REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: Tutu says only Gaza solution is for both  sides
to sit down and talk
* WORLD REPORT - SOUTHERN AFRICA: Archbishop urges election monitors  after
Zimbabwe visit
* FEATURE - Mission from all to all: Five Marks provide for inclusive
ministry
* DAYBOOK - June 10, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment

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>TOP STORIES

Zimbabwe's oppressed Anglicans embody hope and courage, Massachusetts  bishop
says

>By Lisa B. Hamilton

[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, bishop of  the
Diocese of Massachusetts says it was "a privilege" to spend a week with
Anglican Zimbabweans in the Diocese of Harare, which encompasses the
nation's capital and outlying areas. "Zimbabweans are a gentle people of
tremendous resilience," Shaw reports, and he contends that those who are
being oppressed for being Anglicans have much to teach us.

Shaw returned to the United States June 4, after a week-long visit  during
which he met with 49 priests, 40-50 laypersons, human rights attorneys  and
U.S. Embassy staff. He describes a grim situation: "One million percent
inflation, 80-90% unemployment, empty shelves at the grocery stores,  long
lines for fuel, short lifespan, high HIV-AIDS rates, and oppression of  those
who are not aligned with President Mugabe, including Anglicans."

Shaw noted that "amidst all this suffering, it was when their lives were
upended that they [Zimbabwe Anglicans] stood up and said, 'Nobody's  going to
touch my relationship with God or my community of faith'."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_97722_ENG_HTM.htm

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Everyone, Everywhere mission conference concludes with call for  continued,
deeper engagement

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] During the second half of the June 5-8  Everyone,
Everywhere World Mission Conference participants heard calls for deeper
engagement with the gospel, people of other faiths and issues beyond the
hoped-for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

The conference, which was held at the Conference Center at the Maritime
Institute near Baltimore, Maryland, was also a joint meeting of the  Global
Episcopal Mission Network (GEM) and the Episcopal Partnership for Global
Mission (EPGM).

Some 300 people from more than 60 dioceses of the Episcopal Church and  six
provinces of the Anglican Communion gathered to worship together, tell  their
mission stories, learn effective ways to build relationships throughout  the
world, and share mission interests and experiences. The church-wide
conference included participants from across the theological spectrum.
Conference organizers say they hope to run a similar gathering every  three
years.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_97717_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

LOS ANGELES: Holy Nativity parish dedicates community garden; produce to  go
to food bank
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_97719_ENG_HTM.htm

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Bishop enters into civil union with partner
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_97720_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

BURUNDI: Church leaders hail cease-fire as end of war
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_97709_ENG_HTM.htm

CANADA: New Westminster diocese sends warning to clergy at breakaway
parishes
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_97705_ENG_HTM.htm

ENGLAND: Government 'moral without a compass,' says report into Church  and
Welfare
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_97707_ENG_HTM.htm

ENGLAND: Religious leaders call for cooperation to combat poverty
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_97713_ENG_HTM.htm

ITALY: Religious leaders call on U.N. to act now on food crisis
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_97721_ENG_HTM.htm

MIDDLE EAST: Tutu says only Gaza solution is for both sides to sit down  and
talk
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_97711_ENG_HTM.htm

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Archbishop urges election monitors after Zimbabwe visit
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_97708_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>FEATURES

>Mission from all to all
>Five Marks provide for inclusive ministry

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal Life] The Five Marks of Mission were "considered radical when
they first appeared in 1984," notes a recent issue of the Church Mission
Society's Yes magazine. "Now they are effectively the official mission
agenda of the Anglican Communion."

The marks "show that God's mission is bigger and wider than we sometimes
understand it, and in this sense they provide for an inclusive  ministry,"
says the Rev. John Kafwanka, Anglican Communion research/project officer  for
mission and evangelism.

They also have influenced the planning for this summer's Lambeth  Conference
of bishops and feature prominently in a proposed Anglican covenant  designed
to strengthen the unity of the Anglican Communion amid differing  viewpoints
on biblical interpretation and human sexuality.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_97723_ENG_HTM.htm

More Features: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78936_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On June 10, 2008, the Church remembers Ephrem of Edessa, Syria, deacon
(c.036-373).

* 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 10, 869, Patriarch Photius I of  Constantinople
was condemned by a Roman synod and later by a general council at
Constantinople. But the various rulers of the area began choosing up  sides,
leading toward the split of the Eastern and Western churches within the  next
two hundred years.

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>CATALYST

"Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment" from Paraclete Press,  by
J. Brent Bill, foreword by Richard J. Foster, 191 pages, hardcover, c.  2008,
$19.95

[Paraclete Press] How do you discover God's will for your life -- every  day?

Sacred Compass offers a fresh and deeper way of living a God-directed  life.
J. Brent Bill draws on the quiet beauty of the Quaker path to show how
spiritual discernment is more about sensing God's gracious presence than  it
is about making the right decisions. As you use this book to chart your  own
spiritual course, you will find yourself led to unexpected places,  comforted
by the knowledge that God uses all of our experiences to bring us close.

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
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local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

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