The September 2015 issue of our parish newsletter "For the Love of Mike".
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The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael & All Angels Pacific View Drive at Marguerite < Corona del Mar < California 92625 < 949.644.0463 < www.stmikescdm.org FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE Volume 65 Number 8 SEPTEMBER 2015 ...From the Desk of the Rector BELOVEDS IN CHRIST - B B B UILDING OUR F UILDING OUR F UILDING OUR F UILDING OUR F UILDING OUR F AITH: AITH: AITH: AITH: AITH: L L L L L O O O VING CHRIST VING CHRIST VING CHRIST VING CHRIST VING CHRIST AND SER AND SER AND SER AND SER AND SER VING OUR COMMUNITY VING OUR COMMUNITY VING OUR COMMUNITY VING OUR COMMUNITY VING OUR COMMUNITY W hat a summer we shared, and what a fall lies ahead of us! At 9:00 a.m. on summer Sundays, those who otherwise worship at eight and ten o’clock have enjoyed and appreciated worshiping together. Our “Sundays-at-Ten ‘travels’” with beloved parishioners have taken us around the world without leaving our Davis Library. We have also had opportunities to learn about ministry through our Anglican Communion, our national church with General Convention in Salt Lake City in early July, and challenging developments in our own Diocese of Los Angeles. In June we celebrated the lives of five beloveds: Dr. John Johnson, Alix Perkins Magenheimer, Sally McCulloch, Professor Bob Hine, and Sue Ewers. Jazz Vespers with The Rev’d Norm Freeman on June 7 was wonderful, as always; it was a delight to be joined in our sanctuary by members of the World Vision Methodist Church who worshiped in Michael’s Room on summer Sunday afternoons. Independence weekend Sunday focused us on “humble patriotism,” which, in William Sloane Coffin’s words, “carries on a lover’s quarrel with our country, a reflection of God’s lover’s quarrel with the world.” On Friday evenings in July our Vacation Bible School had children and parishioners journey to the British Isles without leaving our campus. On July 19, we commissioned our new “Youth and Children Christian Education Committee” signifying effective growth with ministry among beloveds of all ages. On the first Sunday in August we pondered our campus anew, walking new paths, gawking as so many neighbors are doing and thanking Tom & Kati Mowat Nicholson and Don Henry, President of Village Green Landscape Management. We continue to support our Landscaping Project buying fruit trees, oak trees, Italian stone pine trees, rocks and lighting (but not the dog poop bag dispenser which I have given in thanksgiving for our golden retriever Luke!). We processed out of our sanctuary toward the corner of Pacific View Drive and Marguerite Avenue and thanked God for this planet, for our campus and its landscaping, for the water that will nourish it and the life- giving water of baptism that nourishes us, for making us stewards of creation and examples of creative environmentalism for our community, for the grace and desire to use our abundance to the benefit of others, and for God’s gifts of wisdom, humor and love. Thanks to our Senior Ministry (Murry McClaren, Ruth Poole, Judy Brady, Lynne Ruedy and their team: Shanel and Sandi Ames, Corinne and Louise Stover, Norm Ewers, Sharon Ferguson, Frances Fukuda, Myrna Ireland, Monty Pentz and Judy Barnes) we did something very special participating in the National Celebration “Honoring Our Veterans” on August 9th thanking with words, music and prayer: Don Alser, Sy Black, Harry Bubb, Suzanne Egloff, Norm Ewers, Zil Groux, Jim Jackson, Ray Pentz, Olive & Victor Rumbellow, Harry Selling and Hunter Sheetz. ST. MIKE’S TO HOST CONCERT SUPPORTING MIDDLE EAST REFUGEE CHILDREN New York Times Calls Pianist Alice Burla “an extraordinary talent” O n Sunday, September 13 at 7pm, Saint Michael & All Angels and MEDAIR, an international emergency relief and recovery organization, will present “Together for Hope” a concert featuring pianist Alice Burla playing works by Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Chopin. Our “youth” will read stories from children in Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. There is no admission charge, but donations will support MEDAIR’s work. A reception will follow the performance. Due to limited seating, please email [email protected] or call Graham Smith at 949-228-4025 to RSVP. Alice Burla, 18, has been called an “extraordinary talent” by the New York Times. She made her orchestral debut at five and was one of the youngest students ever accepted to the Juilliard School in New York. Since the age of 10, she has performed internationally. MEDAIR is a humanitarian organization inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places, bringing relief and recovery to people in crisis, regardless of race, creed or nationality. MEDAIR provides a range of emergency relief and recovery services: health care and nutrition, safe water, sanitation, and hygiene, shelter and infrastructure. As a signatory of the International Committee of the Red Cross Code of Conduct, MEDAIR believes that aid should be given to everyone who is in need, and not be used to further a particular political, Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3
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The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael & All Angels Pacific View Drive at Marguerite Corona del Mar California 92625 949.644.0463 www.stmikescdm.org
FOR THELOVE OF MIKEVolume 65 Number 8 SEPTEMBER 2015
...From the Desk of the Rector
BELOVEDS IN CHRIST -
BBBBBUILDING OUR FUILDING OUR FUILDING OUR FUILDING OUR FUILDING OUR FAITH:AITH:AITH:AITH:AITH: L L L L LOOOOOVING CHRIST VING CHRIST VING CHRIST VING CHRIST VING CHRIST AND SERAND SERAND SERAND SERAND SERVING OUR COMMUNITYVING OUR COMMUNITYVING OUR COMMUNITYVING OUR COMMUNITYVING OUR COMMUNITY
What a summer we shared, and what a fall lies ahead of us!
At 9:00 a.m. on summer Sundays, those who otherwise worship at eightand ten o’clock have enjoyed and appreciated worshiping together. Our“Sundays-at-Ten ‘travels’” with beloved parishioners have taken us aroundthe world without leaving our Davis Library. We have also had opportunitiesto learn about ministry through our Anglican Communion, our national churchwith General Convention in Salt Lake City in early July, and challengingdevelopments in our own Diocese of Los Angeles.
In June we celebrated the lives of five beloveds: Dr. John Johnson, AlixPerkins Magenheimer, Sally McCulloch, Professor Bob Hine, and Sue Ewers.Jazz Vespers with The Rev’d Norm Freeman on June 7 was wonderful, asalways; it was a delight to be joined in our sanctuary by members of theWorld Vision Methodist Church who worshiped in Michael’s Room onsummer Sunday afternoons.
Independence weekend Sunday focused us on “humble patriotism,” which,in William Sloane Coffin’s words, “carries on a lover’s quarrel with ourcountry, a reflection of God’s lover’s quarrel with the world.” On Fridayevenings in July our Vacation Bible School had children and parishionersjourney to the British Isles without leaving our campus. On July 19, wecommissioned our new “Youth and Children Christian Education Committee”signifying effective growth with ministry among beloveds of all ages.
On the first Sunday in August we pondered our campus anew, walkingnew paths, gawking as so many neighbors are doing and thanking Tom &Kati Mowat Nicholson and Don Henry, President of Village Green LandscapeManagement. We continue to support our Landscaping Project buying fruittrees, oak trees, Italian stone pine trees, rocks and lighting (but not the dogpoop bag dispenser which I have given in thanksgiving for our golden retrieverLuke!). We processed out of our sanctuary toward the corner of PacificView Drive and Marguerite Avenue and thanked God for this planet, for ourcampus and its landscaping, for the water that will nourish it and the life-giving water of baptism that nourishes us, for making us stewards of creationand examples of creative environmentalism for our community, for the graceand desire to use our abundance to the benefit of others, and for God’s giftsof wisdom, humor and love.
Thanks to our Senior Ministry (Murry McClaren, Ruth Poole, Judy Brady,Lynne Ruedy and their team: Shanel and Sandi Ames, Corinne and LouiseStover, Norm Ewers, Sharon Ferguson, Frances Fukuda, Myrna Ireland,Monty Pentz and Judy Barnes) we did something very special participatingin the National Celebration “Honoring Our Veterans” on August 9th thankingwith words, music and prayer: Don Alser, Sy Black, Harry Bubb, SuzanneEgloff, Norm Ewers, Zil Groux, Jim Jackson, Ray Pentz, Olive & VictorRumbellow, Harry Selling and Hunter Sheetz.
ST. MIKE’S TO HOSTCONCERT SUPPORTINGMIDDLE EAST REFUGEECHILDREN
New York Times Calls Pianist AliceBurla “an extraordinary talent”
On Sunday, September 13 at 7pm, SaintMichael & All Angels and MEDAIR,
an international emergency relief andrecovery organization, will present“Together for Hope” a concert featuringpianist Alice Burla playing works byRachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Chopin. Our“youth” will read stories from children inJordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. There is noadmission charge, but donations willsupport MEDAIR’s work. A reception willfollow the performance.
Due to limited seating, please [email protected] or call Graham Smithat 949-228-4025 to RSVP.
Alice Burla, 18, has been called an“extraordinary talent” by the New YorkTimes. She made her orchestral debut atfive and was one of the youngest studentsever accepted to the Juilliard School inNew York. Since the age of 10, she hasperformed internationally.
MEDAIR is a humanitarian organizationinspired by Christian faith to relieve humansuffering in some of the world’s mostremote and devastated places, bringingrelief and recovery to people in crisis,regardless of race, creed or nationality.
MEDAIR provides a range of emergencyrelief and recovery services: health careand nutrition, safe water, sanitation, andhygiene, shelter and infrastructure.
As a signatory of the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross Code ofConduct, MEDAIR believes that aid shouldbe given to everyone who is in need, andnot be used to further a particular political,
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Finance......................................Julie Jenkinsjdfritz@aol.com.............................949.640.0134Mission...............................Barbara Stewart+barbarastewart001@gmail.com.........714.979.7449Stewardship.............................Matthew Shawmattjshaw@yahoo.com..................949.645.4942Ombudsperson..........................Louise Stoverlstover@volt.com..........................714.432.7371Worship...The Very Rev’d Canon Peter D. [email protected]
THE VESTRYSenior Warden.............................Myrna Irelandmireland6@sbcglobal.net....................949.759.1509Junior Warden.............................Donald Sheetzdonald.sheetz@gmail.com..................949.720.0700Christian Education.....................Barbara [email protected] of the Vestry........................Karlene [email protected]
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CHURCH NEXT: Our parish subscribesto the online learning program “ChurchNext” through our e-learning program“The Well.” If you are interested, pleasecontact Kathleen Peterson [email protected], or 949.378.5002; or Susan Caldwell [email protected].
OUR PARISH HISTORY NOWAVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROMTHE PUBLISHER A paperbackedition of our new parish history “ACelebration of 50 Years” is availablefor purchase directly from ourpublisher, Lulu Press, for $15; $3.13of the purchase price is returned toSaint Michael's to supplement theincome of the parish. If you havenot yet acquired this colorful book(51 pages of text, photographs, andtables on premier quality paper), weurge and encourage you to go on lineat http://goo.gl/VKgp4K and orderone. Every Saint Michael's familyshould have a copy of our history.The volume also makes a splendidgift for relatives and close friends.
A REMINDER FROM YOUR SMAACOMMUNICATIONS TEAM. Youhave several options to publicize yourministry or event throughout theSMAA community: this newsletter, ourFacebook Page (facebook.com/SMAACDM) the weekly Sundaybulletin, the spoken word atannouncement time, or even an emailto our “digital parishioners.” ContactNorris Battin for the newsletter andFacebook, Susan Beechner for thebulletin and email, and Fr. Haynes forannouncements ([email protected],s b e e c h n e r @ s t m i k e s c d m . o r g ;[email protected].)
THE SUMMARY OF ACTIONS ofthe 78th General Convention of TheEpiscopal Church is now available atwww.generalconvention.org.
Birthdays
1st - Linda Robertson
2nd - Peggy Jordan
4th - Libby Wallace
7th - Esther McNamee
8th - Beth Bianchi
9th - Ray Pentz
11th - Michael Boor
15th - Lynn Headley
21st - Shirley Anderson
22nd - Anne Conover
23rd - Marguerite Jackson
25th - Rebecca Welch
30th - Susan Zevnik
Baptisms
25th - Marguerite Jackson
25th - Jeff Stone
29th - Anne Logie
Weddings
8th - Bob & Julie Jenkins
8th - Craig & Leslie Kennedy
9th - Marshall & Maria Solomon
18th - Richard & Susan Zevnik
25th - Jim & Lynn Headley
COMMUNICATIONS NOTES
Database Expertise Needed – PeterCoppen has done a fabulous jobdeveloping the parish database,which is used to keep track of allsorts of facts about our parishioners.For years, though, his has been a soloeffort. We’d like to involve a newperson (or persons) in learning howthe database is structured and used.If you have some background incomputer use and would like tobecome a database trainee, pleasecontact Susan Beechner in the ParishOffice, or Clyde Dodge [email protected].
Social Media – Time to BranchOut? – Norris Battin and Kati MowatNicholson have carefully shepherdedour page on Facebook, which hasexisted for several years. Is it timeto branch out? Twitter? Instagram?If you would like to spearhead ourmovement into another sphere ofSocial Media influence, pleasecontact Clyde Dodge [email protected].
Blessing of The Animals – Get theWord Out! – One of our most popularworship events is the annual Blessingof the Animals, which will be held atthe 10am worship on Sunday,October 4th, this year. Do you havean animal-loving acquaintance? Pickup a couple of flyers from the Parishoffice or the rail at the back of thesanctuary, and distribute them toyour friends and neighbors.
Clyde Dodge,Communications Commissioner
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MEN’S GROUP: Meets on Thursdaysat 7:30am in the Davis Library todiscuss questions relating to theology,science and philosophy. All men arewelcome.
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We prayed,
“God of love, peace andjustice, it is your will for theworld that we may livetogether in peace.You havepromised prophetically (Isaiah2:4) that one day swords willbe beaten into plough-shares. Yet we live in a brokenworld, and there are times whenwar seems inevitable. Let usrecognize with humility andsadness the tragic loss of lifethat comes with war; even so,as we gather here free frompersecution, we give thanksfor those who have served withcourage and honor...”
A reception followed in All Angels’Court where we heard stories, viewedmemorabilia brought by veterans, andenjoyed comraderie and brunchprepared by members of our SeniorMinistry.
On August 16, we welcomed newparishioners among us: Ben &Yordanka and Neil Carter Benjamin,Valerie & Larry Casey, Dale (&Joanne) Woolley. Thanks to AnneWarmington, our EvangelismVestryperson, for making this happenso well!
We look forward to returning to our8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Sunday worshipschedule on September 13.
At 7:00 p.m. that evening, giftedpianist Alice Burla will offer a pianorecital including Rachmaninoff,Scriabin and Chopin, with readings byour youth (Caddie Annerl, CrystalM i l l a r , T e s s N i c h o l s o n ) o fstories from children in Jordan, Iraqand Lebanon. This concert will benefitMEDAIR USA’s ministries amongSyrian and Iraqi refugee children.Alice Burla benefitted fromMEDAIR’s ministries; now she isgiving back! Please come enjoy hergift of music.
Our revitalized Friends of Music willbegin their season with an elegantsocial event for their supporters onSeptember 19 in a private home inCorona del Mar with music by talentedyoung violinist Spencer Mangan andpianist Nathan Lewis and waters/wines/savories; watch for invitations.
morning we will celebrate HolyBaptism as well as Holy Eucharist.
We will celebrate Saint Michael &All Angels Festival Day on Sunday,September 27, with The Rev’d CanonRay Fleming. I will be in San Franciscoto celebrate the installation of TheRev’d Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young asthe 9th Dean or Grace Cathedral.Malcolm was a Berkeley Canterburystudent during my campus ministrydays. His middle name honors hisheritage with Mark Twain! I wasprivileged to preach at Malcolm’sordination and am looking forward toa once-in-a-lifetime experience ofparticipating in a long-time friendbecoming Dean of the Cathedral inwhich I was ordained priest on July11, 1973.
Of course we will honor all critterson the first Sunday in Octoberobserving the Festival Day of SaintFrancis (and Saint Clare) of Assisi.Please bring your pets ... and friendsand neighbors!
social or religious viewpoint. They savelives in emergencies and then stay tohelp people recover from crisis withdignity—working side by side withcommunities to leave a lasting impact.
While non-denominational, about 60%of MEDAIR’s internationally recruitedstaff is Anglican/ Episcopalian and itsstrongest relationships are within theAnglican communities.
Most of MEDAIR’s prayer networkand support comes from within theAnglican Diocese of Europe and UKcongregations. MEDAIR is a Swiss-based organization with offices inLondon, Germany, the Netherlands,France and Chicago.
At the beginning of 2015, MEDAIRopened an office in Southern California.Our rector has met with MEDAIR andsuggested Saint Mike’s as a venue forMs. Burla’s concert.
Since its foundation in 1989, MEDAIRhas served in 32 countries and iscurrently operating in Afghanistan, DRCongo, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Nepal,Syria, South Sudan and Somalia. In2014, MEDAIR served more than 1.5million people with relief and recoveryservices.
MEDAIR’s website, which can befollowed on Twitter and Facebook, iswww.medair.org. You can sign up fortheir prayer network here http://bit.ly/1Ks2yLo.
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PLEASE REMEMBER . . . SaintMichael & All Angels has a ParishEmergency Fund, funded byparishioners and available to parishionersfacing financial emergencies and needingeconomic assistance. Requests shouldbe directed to our rector or any memberof our Vestry. If you are able tocontribute, all gifts are welcome!
Yours, In Christ -
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During ten o’clock worship the next
PHONE TREE MINISTRY: NEWMEMBERS NEEDED. Our goal is tocontact every parishioner by phoneonce a month. This is a greatopportunity to get to know othersbetter and to share information, needsand suggestions about Saint Mike's.Please contact Ruth Poole at949.644.9263.
TIME AND TALENT If you arethinking about volunteering with oneof our Commissions at St. Mike’s,please review the “Parish Life” bookleton the back rail of the sanctuary,which describes these activities. Weneed greeters, acolytes, coffee hosts,and ushers, and have other interestingassignments as well. Volunteering is awonderful way to meet new peopleat St. Mike’s. Please call AnneWarmington with questions:202.550.4100.
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REMINDER: Please wear your namebadge on Sundays.
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PRAYERS
THANKSGIVING
- in loving memory ofBerdel Bubb,
andPat Schreiber;
- for Susan’s health;
- with the Zevniks,and
with Lynne Ruedyfor Jill & Ric;
- in honor of the marriage ofAshley & Robert
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CHRISTIANEDUCATION
SusanCaldwell
ABOUT SAINT MICHAEL & ALLANGELS, CORONA DEL MAR
We are a Christian Community of theAnglican Communion who come tohear God’s word and receive and
share the Lord Jesus Christ.Our purpose is to have Christ live in
us in order that in Christ we may livefaithful and productive
Christian lives.Our commitment to the Gospel is
evangelical; our liturgical tradition,catholic; our theology orthodox but
open to thought, reflection, andspiritual endeavor.
We care about the worldand strive to serve Christ in it.
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LOAVES & FISHES: In September weare collecting large boxes of kids’ favoritecereals (such as Cocoa Puffs, FrostedFlakes, Lucky Charms, etc.--Believe it ornot, these days kids’ cereals aren’t all sugar!)Monetary donations are always welcome,too. Please make checks payable to SaintMichael’s, with Loaves & Fishes on thememo line. Tax ID #95-2123746).Attention Travelers: We are alwayscollecting hotel/travel-size toiiletries forshower kits for the homeless patrons.
Vacation Bible School 2015Journey with the Saints
Part I: The British Isles
Vacation Bible School was a lotof fun this year! If you were
able to make it to one of the fourFriday nights in July, 10, 17, 24 andor 31, thank you for being part ofthe adventure. If you weren’t ableto make it, then there is always nextyear, Journey with the Saints, PartII Italy, Spain and France.
A big thank you to Anne Conover,Barbara Black, Murry McClaren,Clyde Dodge, Canon Haynes, StacieTibbetts, Myrna and John Ireland,Louise Stover, Corinne Stover, LisaDooley, Dale Wooley, Emily and RiesFaller, Elizabeth Henry, Michael andMatthew Kiper, Julie Sheffield, Mattand Danielle Shaw, Michele Duncan,Melinda Rader, Esther McNamee,Peggy Montgomery, Clare Wheatley,Mary Ellen Bowman, Norm Ewers,Rebecca Welch, Ann Watt and SaraHyatt.
Once again, Saint Michael and AllAngels’ parish worked together tosupport, through, time, talent andtreasure, Vacation Bible School,which not only reaches our parishchildren but touches the lives of thechildren in the community. ManyVBS children brought their friendsand family members. Thank you somuch for all your support.
On July 10, we began our serieswith “Journey with the Saints ofIreland.”
John Ireland spoke about hischildhood growing up in Ireland. Hetold how the whole Irish communityworked to bring in the harvest foreach farm. Myrna passed outpotatoes so each child was able toexperience the weight of carrying apotato in his or her knapsack. In theskit portion of the evening, AnneConover became Saint Brigid andMichael Kiper became Saint Patrick.Michael told how God led Patrick toshare the Gospel with the Irishpeople.
As is our custom, history, cultureand geography play a big part in theVBS teaching time. The children
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MOVEMENT DISPLAY RACK ONTHE WALL IN MICHAEL’S ROOM.Pick up a pamphlet or two to share withfamily and friends. A donation box isprovided.
“Keeping Sabbath” by The Rev’dDr. Donna Shaper is a helpful aid forall of us in the twenty-first century.“Sabbath keeping is a way for us tolive more deeply, within the constraintsthat are clear in our lives. Those whoobserve a regular Sabbath say that itbrings greater presence and depth totheir work and the rest of their lives.Sabbath is an invitation to grace andpeace, each with its source in God’soriginal time and ways.”
The author offers ten options toguide us in fashioning our ownSabbaths. Here are a few:
- Give yourself permission to takesome Sabbath time.
- Tell yourself that you may keepSabbath, not that you must.
- Practice living intentionally in thepresent moment.
- Empty the mind of its obligationsand let the non-obligated or seeminglyuseless flow in.
- Turn off your cell phone and stayaway from other technology while onyour custom-designed Sabbath(s).
made jeweled swords during crafttime and were able to enjoy the fun ofbowling in All Angels’ Court. Thisgame was a hit or should I say,“Strike!”
Week Two on July 17, we had theguest bagpiper, Andrew Scott.Dressed in kilt and Clan Scottmemorabilia, Andrew played severaltunes on his bagpipes. He then tookthe time to take the instrument apartand explained the whys andwherefores of how the instrument isput together the way that it is. Did youknow a reed, somewhat like that ofan oboe, exists inside the pipes andcasing?
Andrew went ahead of our“pilgrims” and played a tune out onthe “moors” near the east facing doorsto All Angels’ Court, as Anne Conoverled the group across the paths on ournew landscape project. Upon passingthe nursery playground, where thepiper stood, the children stopped towatch and listen with respect untilAndrew had finished his song. I wasvery proud of our VBS children forbehaving so nicely!
Elizabeth Henry gave a grandperformance as Saint Margaret ofScotland. She spoke to the childrenwith a nice Scottish brogue andanswered rightly when an older anddisbelieving VBS pilgrim asked, “Ifyou lived so long ago, then why areyou here?” And Elizabeth repliedassuredly and without hesitation,“Because I am a Saint. I was asleepand then woke up and here I am.” Ourvery clever Elizabeth kept up theamusing banter throughout herpresentation.
In Michael’s Room, Dale Wooley,was ready and waiting to tell of hislife as Saint David of Wales. The grandmiracle of the ground rising up beneathhim was reenacted in the imaginationof all, and how the dove came to restwhile Saint David was preaching. Daleblessed the children as they venturedonward to the Conference Roomwhere they would meet The VenerableBede.
Matthew Shaw, dressed in blackcassock, gave a strong and historicalpresentation. Daughter, Ally looked onin admiration. Vacation Bible School
Week Three, July 24th, Barbara Blackled with music. This thirty minutesegment is a much loved activity eachweek. Barbara had brought out theConga drums as well as her autoharpand allowed the children to experienceplaying these instruments.
After this, in the North Wing, LisaDooley, a British citizen and native ofCoventry, talked to the children aboutwhat it was like growing up in England.She told about English breakfast, andBonfire Night, fish and chips withsquishy peas, BH sauce and marmite.Second grader, Chapman Warmington,became very interested when shementioned the British game of Cricket.The children were able to taste a bit ofmarmite if they wanted to.
Canon Haynes talked to the childrenabout the Island of Lindesfarne and howFrances, Don and he almost becamecaught on the outgoing bridge when thetide was coming in. We then venturedto All Angels’ Court to have a look atLindisfarne. Louise Stover had becomethe Abbess of Lindesfarne. The BlueRoom had been transformed into thetidal island. The pilgrims foundthemselves stranded for a time. Thosechildren who had swim lessons orjunior life guards volunteered to “swim”across to the shore. But they werestuck. Ries Faller, as Eadfirth, theilluminator of the Lindesfarne Gospelsshowed the children his latest works.The children set to work on a craftproject of scraping off the black waxto reveal a cross or colorful angelbelow. Abbess Louise presented a realfish and crusty rye crackers as a snack.There were no takers!
Week Four, on July 31st, MatthewKiper, dressed in a Roman solidercostume, spoke to children about SaintGeorge and the dragon. He also talkedto the children about Ephesians 6: 10and the Armor of God. FollowingMatthew Kiper’s presentation, thechildren were given time to color onthe 4th VBS banner, Journey with theSaints. After their final pilgrimage acrossthe new landscape grounds with AnneConover, the children enjoyed listeningto Stacie Tibbets as Julian of Norwich.
Dinner was an “English High Tea”,Myrna Ireland talked to the childrenabout manners and how to go aboutholding a tea cup. Classical music playedin the background until all eyes weretransfixed by the surprise appearanceof the Dragon in All Angels’ Court. ClydeDodge, (in a most convincing dragoncostume) made his way across the gym
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HELP FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE: Weare once again in need of donationsfor replenishing our food cupboard.Please call Murry McClaren with anyquestions or to learn what types offood are currently needed; andTHANK YOU ALL for your help!
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WE NEED Greeters, Ushers and AltarGuilders. Please contact CanonHaynes if interested.
also helped with the cooking and clean up.
parents have been amazing in theirinput, time and dedication to thisprogram. Danielle and Matthew Shaw
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SAINT EPHREM THE SYRIAN(c.306-373)
Harp of the Spirit, Deacon,Teacher, Confessor and Doctor of
the Church
By Norm Ewers
Ephrem was born around the year306 in the city of Nisibis (now
Nusaybin, Turkey) a busycommercial center on the border withSyria, in Roman Mesopotamia. Bothhis parents were part of the growingChristian community in that city.Numerous languages were spoken inthe Nisibis of Ephrem’s day, mostlydialects of Aramaic, the languageJesus spoke, The culture includedpagan religions, Judaism and earlyChristian sects.
Ephrem grew up under theleadership of Jacob, the second bishopof Nisibis and a recorded signatoryof the First Council of Nicea.Ephrem was baptized as a youth, andalmost certainly became a Son of theCovenant, an unusual form of Syrianproto-monasticism.
Jacob made Ephrem a “Teacher,” atitle that still carries great respect forSyriac Christians. He was ordaineda Deacon and began to composehymns and write biblicalcommentaries as part of hiseducational office. Ephrem ispopularly credited as the founder ofthe School of Nisibis, which, in latercenturies was the center of learningof the Syriac Orthodox Church.
The Syriac Orthodox Church is partof the Oriental Orthodox group ofchurches that broke away followingthe controversy created by the Councilof Chalcedon in 451. The SyriacOrthodox Church, itself, traces itsbeginning to the church in Antiochwhere its members, in AD 37, werethe first outside Jerusalem to beknown as “Christians.”
In 337, Emperor Constantine I,who had legalized and promoted thepractice of Christianity in the RomanEmpire, died. Seizing on thisopportunity, Shapur II of Persiabegan a series of attacks into RomanNorth Mesopotamia. Nisibis wasbesieged in 338, 346 and 350. In thethird siege Shapur rerouted theMygdonius River in an effort toundermine Nisibis’s walls. The
Nisibenes quickly repaired the wallswhile the Persian elephant cavalrybogged down in the wet ground.Ephrem celebrated what he saw as themiraculous salvation of the city in ahymn that portrayed Nisibis as beinglike Noah’s Ark, floating to safety onthe flood.
In 359 Shapur attacked again; thecities around Nisibis were destroyedone by one and their citizens killed ordeported. Constantius was unable torespond to Shapur’s attack; Julian waskilled in battle, and the Roman soldierselected Jovian as the new emperor,who surrendered Nisibis to Persia inorder to save his troops and to permitthe expulsion of the entire Christianpopulation.
Ephrem, with the other NiceneChristians, eventually settled in Edessa(modern Sanliurfa) in 363. Ephrem,now in his late fifties, applied himselfto a new ministry and continued hiswork as a teacher, perhaps in theSchool of Edessa, which had alwaysbeen at the heart of the Syriac-speakingworld.
The city was full of rival philosophiesand religions; Arians, Marcionites,Manichees, Bardaisanites and variousgnostic sects who proclaimedthemselves the “true” church. In thisconfusion, Ephrem wrote a greatnumber of hymns defending the Niceneorthodoxy.
After a ten-year residency in Edessa,Ephrem, now in his sixties, succumbedto the plague on June 9, 373, as heministered to its victims.
During his lifetime Ephrem wrote awide variety of hymns, poems, andsermons in verse, as well as works ofpractical theology for the education ofthe church in troubled times. His worksare hailed by Christians throughout theworld, and many denominations hailhim as a saint. He is venerated in theEastern Orthodox Church, the Churchof the East, the Oriental Orthodoxy, theRoman Catholic Church, and theAnglican Communion. His Feast Dayin the Episcopal Church is June 10.
Sources: “Lesser Feasts and Fasts,” 1997;Wikipedia Encyclopedia, 2015.
floor. An alarmed princess scurried intoour newly created “dinner theater” to tellof the dragon and the need for help.Emily Faller was herald of the possiblecalamity about to unfold. Saint George,the noble soldier (Matthew Kiper)appeared to fend off the fiend. Threeswords snapped in two before SaintGeorge was able to apprehend theDragon. The Dragon was found to bemost ticklish under the arm and wasbanished to the garden to be with thecaterpillars. Hurray for Saint George!
On this very fine note of victory, VBS2015, Journey to the British Isles, Part Iended. All revenues from recycled waterbottles and VBS UTO monies will go toLynn Headley, UTO representative.
Thanks again to all who participatedand helped in this year’s VBS!
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Why I Am (Still) AnEpiscopalian
I'm not Episcopalian because I thinkthe Church needs me; I amEpiscopalian because a faithfulcommunity from this tradition savedme.
By Greg Garrett
I'm deeply committed to my faith,not because of what I imagine I canbring to it, but because of what itbrings out in me. I am not Episcopalianbecause it seems to me be the onlyway to pursue a spiritual life, butbecause the Anglican tradition is thebest way for a spiritual life to pursueme.
I'm not Episcopalian because I think I'ma smart person — although this tradition,which values intellectual exploration andthe asking of questions makes use of myreason in ways other traditions did not.Great thinkers from Thomas Cranmer toRowan Williams offer encouragement thatI too can know God in some fashionthrough the use of my intellect.
I'm not Episcopalian because I'm anartistic person — although this traditionloves beauty, boasts such creators as C.S.Lewis, R.S. Thomas, Ralph VaughnWilliams, Barbara Brown Taylor, and P.D.James, and honors that side of me thatcreates as being a reflection of God's owncreativity. I'm not seen as an anomaly inthis tradition, but as someone in themainstream of Christian imagination.I amnot Episcopalian because I care about theBible — but I value how every three yearswe do a grand tour of the scriptures, howscripture is read or sung in all of ourservices, and how our exposition ofscripture is not centered on the favoritepassages of our preachers, but on thelectionary. Every week, God is allowed tospeak into our lives through scripture thatthe Spirit has ordained we read, not throughthe strained vision of someone's pettheological peeve.
I am not Episcopalian because I striveto be a compassionate person — althoughI decided to be confirmed an Episcopalianbecause I appreciated the brave earlystance Episcopalians took on theinclusion of gay and lesbians in the lifeof the Church, the powerful witnessfor peace and justice of Episcopalianslike Presiding Bishop John Hines in the1960s, and the many ways I sawEpiscopalians involved in feeding thehungry, caring for the sick, and loving
the least of these. I discovered that Icould be a faithful progressive Christianin this tradition where service was anecessary adjunct to faith.
I am not Episcopalian because I imaginewe're ever going to be on top of theculture again — but I am encouraged bythe fact that the Episcopal Church hascome out on the far side of many of theCulture War questions still dividing otherChristian denominations and causingthose outside the Church to considerChristians prejudiced, homophobic,paranoid, or fixated on morality at theexpense of justice. The recent electionof the dynamic preacher — and our firstAfrican-American presiding bishop —Michael Curry even makes me believewe might have a major role in addressingone of the crucial questions of our time,race in America.
I'm not Episcopalian because I thinkthe Church needs me — but I amEpiscopalian because a faithfulcommunity from this tradition saved me,and I know many others could tell similarstories. God spoke to me in the words,love, and actions of Episcopalians whenI had no hope and the future seemed, atbest, impossible. As much as I love thegreat gifts of common worship, love ofbeauty, and thoughtful explorationhanded down to us from the Anglicantradition, I am Episcopalian — still —because in the faces of otherEpiscopalians, I saw — and see — theFace of God.
For that, for this life I did not expectto continue living, for the joy I find now,I thank God.
And because of that, I will love andserve God through the Episcopal Churchfor as long as I am allowed to walk thisplanet.
Greg Garrett is (according to BBCRadio) one of America's leading voiceson religion and culture. He is the authoror co-author of over twenty books offiction, theology, cultural criticism, andspiritual autobiography. His most recentbooks are The Prodigal, written withBrennan Manning, EntertainingJudgment: The Afterlife in PopularImagination, and My Church Is NotDying: Episcopalians in the 21st Century.A contributor to Patheos since 2010, Gregalso writes for the Huffington Post,Salon.com, OnFaith, The Tablet, Reform,and other web and print publications inthe US and UK
This article is from the July 15, 2015issue of Patheos (Progressive Christian)www.patheos.com.
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Site cleaning begins atHaiti’s Holy Trinity
Cathedral
[Episcopal News Service] More thanfive and a half years after acatastrophic earthquake destroyed HolyTrinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince,workers have begun cleaning the site,sectioning off the work area, removingbricks, terracotta tiles, sections of thecathedral’s walls and other remnantsthat eventually will be incorporated intothe construction of a new cathedral.
“This is a great sign of hope for theHaitian people. I started to say for theEpiscopalians of Haiti, but in truth, thesignificance of Holy Trinity Cathedralgoes far beyond our own faithcommunity to the larger society,” saidBishop Stacy Sauls, chief operatingofficer for the Domestic and ForeignMissionary Society, the legal andcanonical name under which TheEpiscopal Church is incorporated,conducts business, and carries outmission.
began marking off sections of the oldcathedral, making an inventory of remnantsand their locations with the intention ofrestoring sections of standing walls, bricksand other surviving architectural details to theiroriginal places in the new design.
Workers must also exhume bodies fromcrypts under the cathedral’s footprint forreburial within in the complex..
Long seen as “spiritual and cultural soul ofHaiti,” the Holy Trinity Cathedral complex ishome to a temporary worship space, aprimary and secondary school, and a world-class music school that now is operating outof what was the Convent of the Sisters ofSaint Margaret.
On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti suffered amagnitude-7 earthquake that killed more than300,000 people, left as many wounded, anddisplaced more than 1.5 million people in whatwas one of the world’s worst natural disastersin recent history. In a matter of seconds, thediocese lost 80 percent of its infrastructurein Port-au-Prince and Léogâne, the epicenterof the earthquake less than 20 miles west ofthe capital.
It’s unclear when construction on the newcathedral will begin.
Church’s 109 dioceses. Almostimmediately following theearthquake, the church began afundraising campaign to rebuild HolyTrinity Cathedral, a major spiritual,educational and cultural centerlocated in the heart of downtownPort-au-Prince. Architectural plansfor the estimated $25-million projectwere released in 2013.
“The cleaning-up process at thecathedral site is a pleasant first stepin the building of the most importantholy structure in the Diocese ofHaiti,” said Haiti Bishop Jean ZachéDuracin, adding that he’s thankfulfor the generous donors who’vesupported the rebuilding effort overthe last five years. “It is a big sighof relief on my part and all of usinvolved in the rebuilding process,indeed, we are all involved.”
The diocese moved an income-generating parking lot usedweekdays by a bank opposite thecathedral complex to make way forthe site clearing. On the first day ofthe 45-day project, workers built a red-metal fence to secure the work site and
The Episcopal Diocese of Haiti isnumerically the largest of The Episcopal
