Legislative news today

So pretty much all the buzz here in Columbus is the thrill (or for some, the shock/disappointment) of our next Presiding Bishop.

I don't want to ignore several developments on the legislative front today.

• The House of Deputies joined the House of Bishops June 18 in supporting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and urging parishes, missions, congregations and dioceses across the Episcopal Church to work for their implementation. The MDGs are an eight-pronged declaration that has at its core the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by the year 2015. [ENS] Read the whole story.
  
• The Title IV disciplinary revisions are likely to be referred to an interim body (that's church-speak for a committee that meets between Conventions) for consideration at the next GC in 2009. Pretty much no one liked the proposed revisions, which I covered earlier. Here's the story from today.
• The Rev'd Canon Naim Ateek, director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, Jerusalem, delivered a keynote address June 17 at Trinity Church, Columbus, during which he and four other Anglican peacemakers received awards from the Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF). Ateek, who received one of EPF triennial John Nevin Sayre Awards, is well known for his advocacy of non-violence. In his address, he praised the partnership of the Episcopal Church and EPF, affirming "our shared work and hope for peace and reconciliation for all the people of Israel and Palestine." [ENS] Read the rest.

All the big action, in terms of mainstream news attention, will be the next two or three days, as the Houses take up the Windsor Report responses. Look for all the scoop here.