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

>Episcopal Life Daily
>October 9, 2008

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - SOUTH DAKOTA: Pine Ridge church closings spark
controversy
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - WESTERN NEW YORK: Parish leaders say they will leave
without property
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - WYOMING: 'Mustard Seed Mission' initiative launched
at convention
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Thousands turn to online prayer and advice as
financial situation worsens
* PEOPLE - Bishop Caldwell of Wyoming announces retirement plans
* PEOPLE - Patricia S. Favreau joins CPG staff
* EDUCATION - Episcopal schools yearly celebration underway
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Presiding Bishop's 'Day of Repentance' sermon
* FEATURE - Bookshops open windows on new worlds
* DAYBOOK - October 10, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Orthodox and Modern: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

SOUTH DAKOTA: Pine Ridge church closings spark controversy
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_101477_ENG_HTM.htm

WESTERN NEW YORK: Parish leaders say they will leave without property
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_101476_ENG_HTM.htm

WYOMING: 'Mustard Seed Mission' initiative launched at convention
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_101487_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

ENGLAND: Thousands turn to online prayer and advice as financial
situation worsens
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_101481_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Bishop Caldwell of Wyoming announces retirement plans

[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Bruce El Caldwell, eighth Bishop
of the Diocese of Wyoming, has announced his plans for retirement.

The announcement was made at the diocese's convention, meeting in Rock
Springs, Wyoming, October 2 -- 5.

The Standing Committee of the diocese has called for the election of the
ninth Bishop of Wyoming, a transition process that is expected to be
complete in 18 months.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_101488_ENG_HTM.htm

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>Patricia S. Favreau joins CPG staff

[Church Pension Group] Patricia S. Favreau has joined the Church Pension
Group as senior vice president, to handle strategic marketing and client
outreach.

In this newly created position, Favreau will provide overall strategic
marketing leadership and client relationship management as part of the
CPG senior management team. "The addition of this outstanding executive
to our senior staff is an important next step in our continuing efforts
to better serve our constituents," said CPG president T. Dennis
Sullivan.

Prior to joining CPG, Favreau served as President of Redscout LLC, a
global brand strategy and new product development consultancy based in
New York City. Prior to that, she was chief marketing officer for the
U.S. Life Insurance & Annuity division of New York Life Insurance
Company, where she managed strategic new market development, product
positioning and launch, customer relationship management, and
innovation.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_101478_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>EDUCATION

>Episcopal schools yearly celebration underway

[ENS] More than 1,000 Episcopal schools in the United States, Caribbean,
Central America and the Pacific Basin, are in the midst of a week-long
celebration of their ministry. 

Sponsored by the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES),
Episcopal Schools Celebration (ESC) is the annual celebration of the
ministry of Episcopal schools, Early Childhood Education programs,
school establishment committees, and their sponsoring institutions,
throughout the Episcopal Church. "Whether at a school, parish,
cathedral, diocesan-wide service or event, ECS is the time for giving
thanks and proclaiming to the Church and the world the good news that is
the ministry of Episcopal schools," says an announcement on the NAES
website.

Each year, the gathering highlights a different aspect of Episcopal
school identity and mission through the event's theme, which this year
is "Last of All and Servant of All (Mark 9:35)".

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_101480_ENG_HTM.htm

More Education: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80263_93222_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

Video: Presiding Bishop Day of Repentance sermon

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
preaches at the October 4 Day of Repentance service in Philadelphia.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm

More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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>FEATURES

>Bookshops open windows on new worlds

>By Patricia Colby Nakamura

[Episcopal Life] When is a bookshop more than a bookshop?

When it is a gathering place, a ministry, an informal counseling center,
a showcase for local talent, an urban sanctuary, a small theater and
sometimes the pathway into Narnia.

Any bookstore serves as an entrance into new worlds, but Episcopal
bookstores also are extensions of the church.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_101474_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On October 10, 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 October 10, 1747, John Potter, Archbishop of
Canterbury, died.

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>CATALYST

"Orthodox and Modern: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth" from Baker
Publishing Group, by Bruce L. McCormack, 317 pages, paperback, c. 2008,
$32.99

[Baker Publishing Group] Almost 50 years after his death, Karl Barth
remains one of the most influential theologians of the last century. Of
late, much has been written attempting to reassess his philosophical
assumptions and theology from the perspectives of Anglo-American
postmodernism and post-liberalism. In this intriguing volume, Bruce
McCormack presents critical chapters that challenge the prevailing
trends and focus on Barth as a modern yet orthodox figure. 

As he notes in his introduction, McCormack self-consciously reads Barth
from a Continental perspective, and his essays will likely be
controversial in their challenge to contemporary American perspectives.
The first two sections of his study provide context for reading Barth in
relation to nineteenth-century German theology and engage recent
postmodern and post-liberal views. The third section focuses more
particularly on an aspect that McCormack believes is critically
important in the contemporary setting -- Barth's theological ontology.
The final section gathers together occasional writings that survey
several issues of continuing concern. 

This collection will be of great interest to those who already have some
knowledge of Karl Barth's theology, but it will also provide serious
readers with an approachable and thoughtful account of several areas of
critical concern for contemporary theology.

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
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