<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>A blessed Epiphany to you.</div><div><br></div><div>Please remember the Sudan referendum this Sunday in your prayers, referenced below.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, the Episcopal Church is officially launching the Rebuild My Church in Haiti campaign on January 12. The Convocation is still leading the way so far!</div><div><br></div><div>See <a href="http://partnerswithhaiti.info">partnerswithhaiti.info</a></div><div><br></div><div>All good blessings following the Star.</div><div><br></div><div>Bishop Pierre<br><div><br><div>Début du message réexpédié :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>De : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:nrfox@episcopalchurch.org">nrfox@episcopalchurch.org</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">5 janvier 2011 23:12:47 HNEC<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Objet : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Prayers for Peace in Sudan: Friday Vigil, Weekend of Prayer/Fasting preparing for January 9 referendum</b><br></span></div><br><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region">
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<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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Episcopal </span></font></b></a><st1:personname w:st="on"><b><font size="5" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:black;font-weight:bold">Church</span></font></b></st1:personname><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:black;font-style:italic">Office
of Public Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
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12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic">Prayers for Peace in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold">Friday
Vigil, Weekend of Prayer/Fasting <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold">preparing
for January 9 referendum<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic">Episcopal Church to post new video on Friday<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sudan">http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sudan</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">[January 5, 2011] An interreligious prayer vigil on Friday, January 7
will kick off the weekend of <i><span style="font-style:italic">Prayers for
Peace in Sudan</span></i> in anticipation of the January 9 referendum. The prayer
vigil will be held at the United Nations Chapel, First Ave. and <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">44th St.</st1:address></st1:street> in New
York City at 11 am Eastern.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">“The prayer vigil will include Episcopalians, Lutherans,
Presbyterians, Methodists, Catholics, Quakers, and the Salvation Army,”
noted the Rev. Canon <st1:personname w:st="on">Petero Sabune</st1:personname>,
Episcopal Church Africa Officer. “It will also include Native American,
Muslim and Jewish prayers for peace.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">The vigil will conclude with a closing prayer and candle lighting at
the Isaiah Wall, located across from the United Nations. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Following the vigil on Friday afternoon, the Episcopal Church Office of
Communication will post a new video reflecting on the importance of prayer in
approaching the referendum: </span></font><a href="http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sudan">http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sudan</a>
This video joins the other informative pieces which focus on the
importance of the referendum.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">The Weekend of Prayer and Fasting for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place>, Friday to Sunday, January 7
– 9, will be shared throughout the world. “We shall join in prayer
and fasting in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place>,” Sabune said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">The January 9 Sudanese-wide referendum will, if successful, establish a
separate <st1:place w:st="on">Southern Sudan</st1:place> with full rights to
self determination. Voting will continue through January 15. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic">A Season of Prayer for Sudan</span></font></i>,
with comprehensive information to better understand the situation and to engage
in the process is available here: <a href="http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sudan">http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sudan</a><i><span style="font-style:italic"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">About <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sudan</span></font></st1:country-region>
is <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>’s largest country in area and
is the tenth-largest country in the world, touching nine other countries.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">In the recent past, the north and south were governed separately. Civil
wars lasting about 40 years came to an end in 2005 with the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA), which gave the south political autonomy for six years, to be
followed in 2011 by a referendum on secession. That referendum is slated
for January 9.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">The Episcopal Church of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region>
is based in the southern city of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Juba</st1:city></st1:place>
and claims 4 million members. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">The Episcopal Church has maintained strong ties to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place> for many years. Currently,
there are four missionaries from The Episcopal Church posted in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
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12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold">Episcopal Church in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place>: </span></font></b><a href="http://www.sudan.anglican.org/"><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold">http://www.sudan.anglican.org/</span></font></b></a><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
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10.0pt;font-style:italic">www.episcopalchurch.org</span></font></i></a><i><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic">Facebook: </span></font></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/episcopalian"><i><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic">http://www.facebook.com/episcopalian</span></font></i></a><i><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic">Twitter: </span></font></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fiamepiscopalian&h=61363ece26486364538f948b8d6a6688" target="_blank"><i><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic">http://twitter.com/iamepiscopalian</span></font></i></a><i><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic">YouTube: </span></font></i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/TECtube"><i><font size="2"><span style="font-size:
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