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To keep up with Episcopal Church news and how our church is faring in news coverage across the country, even around the world, you may find the following resources helpful: (1) Episcopal Life Online offers the most up-to-date info about the news, people, life and mission of the Episcopal Church. (2) epiScope, a news blog of the Episcopal Church’s Communication Office, features the latest stories in the media about the Episcopal Church plus links to resources and comment from insiders. It provides us with the capacity to see ourselves as others see us. (3) Episcopal Café,  Read about it here. (4) Anglicans Online, The first three are updated daily, at times hourly. AnglicansOnline is updated weekly, usually late Sunday evenings.

Communion Matters

A Study Document for the Episcopal Church

The Theology Committee of the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops, of which Bishop Paul is a member, has released a study document aimed at helping the bishops respond to the requests made to them by the Primates of the Anglican Communion. The 15-page Communion Matters: A Study Document for the Episcopal Church is available online. A four-color/graphics intensive PDF version of the document is available here. A black-and-white/stripped down PDF version is here. The ENS story on this document is available here.

The document is meant for bishops to use in conversation with the people of their dioceses prior to the September meeting of the House of Bishops in New Orleans.

If you wish to respond in any way to this document, please send your comments online by August 25 to Bill Lewellis who will present them to Bishop Paul.

Diocesan Life.July 2007

Cover: Anthony Poggo, Bishop of Kajo Keji, by Connie Fegley. Connie's story begins at the page linked immediately below and continues on page 6, linked  farther below.

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First Saturdays Yard Sales in West Pittston

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Donald Schaible to be received as Episcopal priest

Donald Schaible, a priest of the RC Diocese of Allentown from 1989 to 2003, will be received by Bishop Paul as a priest of the Episcopal Church at St. John's, Palmerton, on June 29 at 7:00 p.m.

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Memorial Service for Nancy Patton

July 21 at St. Alban's, Sinking Spring, 10:00 a.m. Download more infomation below.

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July 7 Race Street Run in Jim Thorpe

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No McDonald's in Kajo Keji

By Bishop Paul

When Diana and I made our 13 Kajo-Keji presentations around the diocese in 2005, there was a question period after we talked and showed our pictures. One of the questions we did not expect arose often enough that we finally just worked it into the presentation. That question about our Sudanese sisters and brothers was, “What do they eat?” In later presentations, we stressed that the food is radically different, and the hospitality is sincere and joyful.

The wisdom of the people who asked that question of us so often is striking. You don't really know people until you know what and how they eat, and that truth helps us understand from yet another perspective the gift Christ gives us in the Holy Eucharist.

Download "There is no McDonald's in Kajo Keji, but they eat the same food" below, Bishop Paul's Corpus Christi sermon given at Holy Cross Church, Wilkes-Barre.

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Trinity Institute 2008

Trinity Church Wall Street will present Trinity Institute’s 38^th National Theological Conference, Religion and Violence: Untangling the Roots of Conflict, on January 21-23, 2008. A panel of prominent Christian, Jewish, and Muslim theologians will explore the deeply rooted, seemingly inexorable union of religion and violence, illuminating the resources within each tradition for living together in peace, without losing the unique identities of each faith. Download more info below.

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Anne Kitch at Preaching Excellence Program

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