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While saying Evening Prayer the other day, I prayed the words from Psalm 96, “Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” This set me thinking about beauty, not only the beauty of God’s holiness, but beauty itself. For we live in an area that is justifiably famous for its beauty.
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Many people flock to the greater Carmel area, especially during July’s Carmel Bach Festival. In addition to Festival performances taking place at the church, several Festival musicians will sing or play at the 10:30 a.m. liturgy this month. The children involved in our own Bach to the Future program will also offer beautiful music.
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Ironically, some of us local residents leave home this month, despite the beauty that attracts so many tourists and music lovers. It might be the beauty of other locales that attracts us. Or perhaps it is the beauty of family and friends that draws us temporarily away from our own dazzling environment. How do we respond to so much beauty, and how do we see it afresh, since we are constantly surrounded by it? And how do the psalmist’s words apply to our lives? First, it helps to look for God’s presence in the beauty we experience in our surroundings and our relationships. The Church teaches us to enjoy beauty as a gift from God. In fact, the early Church held beauty to be one of three approaches to God, along with truth and goodness. From this perspective, we are called to live as tourists, by looking with fresh eyes at the world though the lens of gratitude to God.
Our area provides people from around the world with a canvas of vibrant colors and pleasing images. This canvas reaches from Big Sur to the Salinas and Carmel Valleys, and details its stunning scenery, golf courses, galleries, restaurants, wineries, shops, and crowds of people from near and far. One of my favorite ways of participating in Second, and again like tourists, we the beauty that marks our area is by are called to seek out new events and environments to enjoy. We walking its beaches. Continued on page 2
Contents our Rector’s
Message..................2
our Worship...............................4 our Community.........................5 our Discipleship.........................6 our Stewardship........................7
our Outreach...........................10 our Youth
Ministry..................12
the Business
of The Vestry ......13
our Upcoming
Events...............13
our Mission
and Vision...........16
Continued from cover are called to take a vacation from our normal schedule in order to appreciate something unique and wonderful. God invites us to disrupt our comfortable routines, because there is much more beauty than we can normally perceive, even in an environment like our own. Sometimes we see God best in new, remote or unexpected places. Third, liturgy unites our common experience of beauty with the beauty of God’s holiness. For the liturgy permits us to stand before the ineffable Father, to participate in the incomprehensible beauty of the crucifixion and resurrection of the Son, and to dance with the renewing Spirit. In the liturgy our beauty-making and the beauty of God’s holiness come together. Worship is not just one more option for enjoying something beautiful, as if we came to be entertained. It is the source from which beauty emanates. The sacrament is the wellspring from which we experience God’s beauty, and it provides the inspiration to share it with others.
Mark Your Calendar • August 4 - Strategic Planning Committee All Day Meeting • August 5 - Evensong, 5:30 p.m. • August 7 - EM/EV Re-licensing, 6:00 p.m. • August 8 - Strengths Based Ministry Workshop, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. • August 25 - Three Diocesan Workshops on Safeguarding God's Children/People • August 26 - Anniversary Brunch
Regular Sunday Schedule 8:00 a.m. Eucharist, Rite I 9:00 a.m. – noon Nursery 9:30 a.m. Adult Education 10:30 a.m. Eucharist 10:30 a.m. Godly Play 5:30 p.m. Eucharist (Evensong on the first Sunday of the month)
In Christ Fr. Rick
Welcome to All Saints'
Welcome to All Saints' We've had many visitors and newcomers in the last four months. To welcome everyone and give them an introduction to the church and the chance to meet a few of our leaders, we have scheduled two "Newcomer Gatherings" one on Thursday, August 23rd, and another on Wednesday, November 11th, from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the church library. If you are new and have not yet participated in a Newcomer Gathering, Please join us. R.S.V.P. by calling the church office the week before either gathering or send an email to the office (information@allsaintscarmel.org).
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All Saints’ presents: Bach to the Future, 2012 Bach to the Future is a Summer program for youth and children in elementary and middle school grades. Carteena Robohm will be the director and Todd Samra, D.A. will be the associate director. Children and youth are invited to attend both sessions. Registration is on our website and online at: http://bit.ly/IV00Hz. Building on seven years of talent and tradition, these two weeks offer music and fun for children and youth in kindergarten through grade eight. Each week the children and youth will sing and make music, draw, dance, explore history and language, interact with singers and instrumentalists from the Carmel Bach Festival, and even learn to cook some of J.S. Bach’s favorite foods! Week I: July 16-20, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Special presentation at All Saints' on July 22, 10:30 a.m. Cost: $150 Week II: July 23-27, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Special presentation at All Saints' on July 29, 10:30 a.m. Cost: $150 Bach to the Future coincides with the Carmel Bach Festival and we are privileged to serve as one of its venues.
Welcome Newcomers at the Welcome our newcomers at the church potluck BBQ on Friday, July 20th. The BBQ will start at 5:30 p.m. on the patio outside Seccombe Hall and is open to all our newcomers and parishioners. Bring your own meat, beverages, and something to share (salad, dessert or appetizer ). The church will provide the BBQ, plates, cups and napkins. Step away from your daily routine during the weekend of September 28-30 and come to the Festival of Christian Spirituality. The 2012 theme is The Gift of Poverty and Abundance. The festival will allow people to build deep friendships, and engage in spiritual disciplines new and old. Learn more and register online: http://www.allsaintscarmel.org/the-festival-of-christian-spirituality.
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our Worship Votive Candles
Worship:
The Joy of Music
You will find the votive candle stands Music this month will provide We glorify Christ by in the front of the nave on the south, something different each week. enacting liturgies or Gospel, side. They were moved in steeped in beauty, order to restore the baptistery to the mystery, and creativity July 1. Special hymns to commemorate our hundredth year and our national vision of its designer, Mark Adams. that refresh like independence, featuring the Band at You can read a description of that springs of living water. 10:30; and Evensong at 5:30. vision in the Stewardship section of this Patter. For those who wish to July 8. Special guest violinist Ann kneel while praying before the votive candles, Duggan, from the Bach Festival, will be featured we recommend that you use the front pew. We will keep the votive candles in this place for the at 10:30; Richard Wilson playing organ at 8:00; remainder of this year as a trial, and hope that and Pam Lawrence on piano at 5:30. it will provide a satisfactory long-term location. July 15. Special guest Patricia Thompson, Bach Festival Chorale member, will be featured at Sunday 5:30 p.m. Services 10:30; Richard Wilson playing organ at 8:00; and Evensong, a contemplative service warmed by Pam Lawrence on piano at 5:30. candlelight, is celebrated the first Sunday of each month. Music is led from the organ, with prayers, July 22. Special guests Tim Krol and the Bach to and meditation. A light supper reception follows the Future Choir will present music at 10:30, also featuring the Band. Piano at all three services. in Seccombe Hall. Holy Communion is offered on the remaining Sundays. This candlelit service is ideal for busy people of all ages, including sports enthusiasts. Enjoy the beauty and peace as you are refreshed by the simplicity of prayers and music. Be renewed with hope to share the love of Jesus Christ in the coming week.
A Celebration of Confession The General Confession, like both silent and sacramental confession, is more than apologizing to God. Confessing our sins affirms God to be Lord, and ourselves to be servants who fall short of the love of Jesus Christ. Confessing our sins in the liturgy is an act of adoration that creates a new beginning; it is neither a wallowing in sinfulness nor a way of dodging God’s anger. Because confession is an act of love, we include it in each liturgy, not only at the principal feast of the Sunday Eucharist, but also in the daily prayers outlined in the Prayer Book.
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July 29. The Bach to the Future Choir will present music at 10:30, featuring the Band. Piano at all three services. Coming in August: the annual summer choir, and exciting soloists of the parish! Coming in September: a new choir called the Palestrina Ensemble (auditions required); and the return of the All Saints' Singers!
our Community Healthy Saints Hike Hike in the Santa Lucia Preserve on July 12th.
Community:
We rejoice as a community that You are invited to join another group drinks from the chalice of Christ’s love. hike on Thursday July 12th. Claudia Ward will be our host; she will lead the hike and invites you to stay after the hike for a picnic. Bring your own lunch or buy something at the poolside "café." The hike is 1.7 miles flat, easy to moderate walking. We will meet in front of the church at 8:45, so we can carpool. We will leave promptly at 9:00 a.m. and be back no later than 12:30 p.m. unless you are staying for lunch. Bring water, wear shoes good for walking; bring a sweater or jacket, a hat. The hike will be rescheduled if it rains. Please let us know ahead if you can come by sending an email to Claudia Ward at Claudiajo@redshift.com.
Centennial Birthday Party We will celebrate All Saints' 100th Birthday on July 1 at all three services, and on August 26 we’ll enjoy a birthday party luncheon. Mark your calendars and invite a friend.
Book Club Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is the July All Saints’ Book Club selection. Unbroken is a biography of World War II hero Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who survived for more than two and half years in several brutal Japanese internment camps as a prisoner of war. Zamperini, a disciplined champion racer who ran in the Berlin Olympics, is portrayed as a wit, a prankster, and a reformed juvenile delinquent who put his thieving skills to good use in the POW camps. The young Italian-American from Torrance, Calif., was expected to be the first to run a four-minute mile. After an astonishing but losing race at the 1936 Olympics, Zamperini was hoping for gold in the 1940 games, but war ended those dreams forever. In May 1943 his B-24 crashed into the Pacific. After a record-breaking 47 days adrift on a shark-encircled life raft with his pal and pilot, they were captured by the Japanese. Zamperini landed in the cruelest of the Japanese POW camps: Omori and Naoetsu, under the control of a pathologically brutal sadist who never killed his victims outright—his pleasure came from their slow, unending torment. Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit. The All Saints’ Book Club regularly meets in the church library the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. The review leader/presenter brings lettuce for a salad, and the other participants bring something to place in the salad or food to share.
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our Discipleship Adult Formation for Faith
Discipleship:
Women’s Retreat: Saturday August 11th
We follow Jesus Throughout the month of July, Fr. Rick “Go and get the rain; God’s women will lead the Sunday morning bible Christ and lead study series based on the lectionary. others into the deep of courage” is an all day retreat for women, led by The Rev. Cynthia M. Participate in the discussion. Dig deep waters of faith. Spencer. It will be held at the Santa into the meaning of each passage for Lucia Campground in Big Sur from daily living today and the history of 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday August 11th, ending why the message was relevant to the original with a Communion Service from 5:30-6:30 p.m.. audience. The retreat is free. It will include lunch brought You are also invited to join the Wednesday by participants, presentations interspersed with Morning Bible Study Group every week from time to be silent in the beautiful redwoods, walk 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.. or participate as you are along the Big Sur River and the company of able. The group is now studying the book of others striving to be God’s women in our world. Acts. Bring a study bible if possible. This class Advanced registration is required. To register or is led by Greg Troxell. for any questions, please email Mother Cynthia at CMS614@me.com or call 520-260-5158. EFM: Education for Ministry EFM is a mentored four-year course of study in a small group setting. This training comes out of one of our Episcopal seminaries, and is especially designed to equip lay leaders for ministry. Even though the entire course is four years long, you need only make a one-year commitment. The first year focuses on the Old Testament, and connects the story of salvation with our personal stories of faith. The Rev. Wendy Howe will serve as mentor, and the group will meet at St. Dunstan’s. There will be an introductory class on August 5 that will give you an idea of what to expect. Contact Betty Kasson (betty@kasson.us) if you are interested.
Family Faith
Commissioning of Robin Denney and Louis Powell
You are invited once again to participate in a series of Christian yoga classes on Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. from June 27 through August 1. Beth Lefebvre will welcome you, whether you are a longtime practitioner or a first-time explorer.
We commissioned Robin and Louis to discern God’s calling for their ministries. We also commissioned the congregation to help them discover whether that calling includes serving as a priest of the Church. The commissioning took place on June 17, after the two of them completed a Day of Discovery and entered the diocesan discernment process. We are equally charged to discern their calling, because the Church raises up its leaders, both lay and ordained. Page 6 July 2012 thePatter
Parents involved in the Family Faith Conversations enthusiastically favor having their children participate in the liturgy on Sundays. This summer Maria is offering children's sunday school as well as nursery for our younger members and visitors from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Each Sunday you will find special bulletins (The Sunday Paper and The Sunday Paper, Jr.) for younger and older children at the back of the church.
Christian Yoga
Youth Ministry News is featured on Page 12
our Stewardship The Resurrection Tapestry and the Bapistery
Here are some opportunities:
Stewardship:
Festival Production Team - Join a volunteer team to serve during The Festival of Christian Spirituality on September 28–30. Some roles have tasks to complete prior to the event. Please contact Robin Reyes through the parish office to learn more.
We offer our all so that The design subcommittee of Christ may change Buildings and Grounds was asked water into wine. to recommend to the vestry whether or not to accept the gift of a tapestry by Mark Adams, the artist who designed our baptistery. As you will read below, we recommended accepting the Resurrection Tapestry, and hanging it on the north wall of the baptistery. The beginning of our report describes Mr. Adams’s vision for the baptistry, and calls us to restore this unique and beautiful area to its original configuration. Here is the beginning of our report to the vestry, submitted by Susan Britton, Charlyn Brown, and Fr. Rick. Seeing the photo of the baptistery in a book featuring the art of Mark Adams helps us to view this space with new eyes. We observe that the vision of Mr. Adams for the baptistery was for the entire space to serve as an architectural canvas. Most especially, the floor and east wall are designed to capture the beautiful colors of the stained glass. The east wall displays brushstrokes of color, and the shiny floor shimmers with intense pools of colored light. We note that the relatively thin base and delicate shape of the font were designed to permit the eye to enfold the font with the colors on the wall and floor, as they continuously move with the sun. With Mr. Adams’ vision for this work before us, we recognize that over the years the parish has lost that vision. This once stunning and original liturgical space has become cluttered with objects that distract from the message of beauty and mystery. We recognize in the possibly of acquiring Mr. Adams’ Resurrection Tapestry a wonderful opportunity to recapture that original vision.
Altar Guild - Prepare the church altar for communion. Tidy up afterward. Flexible schedule. Contact Valerie Warren through the church office. Welcoming Team - Welcome visitors and members on Sunday Morning and introduce them to other members and leaders after the services. Contact the office or Bonnie Bufkin on Sunday to learn more. Bach to the Future - Join the team of volunteer adults serving the middle school and elementary school students enrolled in Bach to the Future for one or two weeks during the Bach Festival. Contact Todd Samra for more information.
Thank You We expressed our generosity in a big way at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 24. In response to the youth sermon on their mission trip, we sponsored their thirty-hour famine by pledging $2,250. Thank you Marilyn Burke for telling us of God’s faithfulness in both your struggles with cancer and multiple surgeries, and in your blessed remission. Thank you Ari and Lexie for sharing your story of faith and joy on Sunday, June 24. We admire your faith and learn from the example set by you and your youth group friends.
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• Events and Classes
JULY 2012 LITURGICAL READINGS June 30 and July 1 5th Sunday after Pentecost Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Psalm 30 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Mark 5:21-43
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Evensong Independence 107:1-32 Micah 4:1-5 Revelation 21:1-7
July 7/8 5th Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 2:1-5 Psalm 123 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Mark 6:1-13
July 14/15 6th Sunday after Pentecost Amos 7:7-15 Psalm 85:8-13 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29
July 21/22 7th Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 23 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
July 29 8th Sunday after Pentecost 2 Kings 4:42-44 Psalm 145: 10-19 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21
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Holy Communion (Rite I) Nursery Care Choir Rehearsal Adult Education Holy Communion Children’s School Evensong Rehearsal Choral Evensong & Reception
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Holy Communion (Rite I) Nursery Care Choir Rehearsal Adult Education Holy Communion Children’s School Holy Communion
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Holy Communion (Rite I) Nursery Care Music Rehearsal
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Adult Education Children’s School Holy Communion Youth Group
5:30pm
Holy Communion
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Holy Communion (Rite I)
9:00am 9:30am 10:30am 10:30am
Nursery Care Adult Education Children’s School Holy Communion
5:30pm
Holy Eucharist
Annual All Parish Campout 8:00am
Holy Communion (Rite I)
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Nursery Care Adult Education
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Children’s School Holy Communion
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Holy Communion
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Outreach Commission Meeting Strategic Planning Committee
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Executive Staff Meeting
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Music at All Saints’ Planning Meeting
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Buildings & Grounds Committee
10:00am
Executive Staff Meeting
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Center for Christian Transformation
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Conversatio
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Book Club
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Strategic Planning Committee
Bach to the Future (week two, July 23 - 27)
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Executive Staff Meeting
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Center for Christian Transformation
5:00pm
Conversatio
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Finance Committee Meeting
Bach to the Future 10:00am
Executive Staff Meeting
4:00pm
Center for Christian Transformation
5:00pm
Conversatio
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Foundation Trust Meeting
10:00am
Executive Staff Meeting
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Liturgy Planning
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Santa Lucia Chapel Service (Big Sur)
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Worship Commission
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Liturgy Planning
5:30pm
Santa Lucia Chapel Service (Big Sur)
10:00am
Strategic Planning All Day Meeting
4:00pm
Liturgy Planning
5:30pm
Santa Lucia Chapel Service (Big Sur)
Christian Yoga
Bach to the Future 10:30am
Bible Study
4:00pm
The Friends of St. Benedict
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Christian Yoga
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Bible Study
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Liturgy Planning Meeting
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Vestry Meeting
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Staff Planning Day
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Church Potluck BBQ
Bach to the Future Annual All Parish Campout 4:00pm
I-Help
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Annual All Parish Campout 1:00pm
Liturgy Planning
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Santa Lucia Chapel Service (Big Sur)
6:30pm
All Saints’ Parish Annual Picnic, Santa Lucia (Big Sur)
Please find current updates to calendar events online at www.allsaintscarmel.org
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our Outreach Friends of St. Patrick
Outreach:
realized how much we enjoy helping others. So we got really excited when we heard about the Nevada trip, and when Robin told us that we would be helping others to build houses, also that we would be working as a team, and that we would get to meet new people.”
We serve others with We sent $4,000 for teacher and staff the compassion of salaries to cover the remainder of the Christ by offering school year, from March through July 2012. We also sent $1,000 for school sustenance to operating expenses, such as replacing those in need. broken tables, adding chalkboards, or providing books for the students. In addition, and in accordance with the agreement During the service the youth launched their between our national leaders and the Diocese Sponsored Famine campaign to raise money for of Haiti, we sent two checks of $400 and $100, the mission trip. They, along with other members which represents ten percent support for the of the youth group and adult chaperones, will be Diocese Partnership Program. Please keep Fr. going hungry for thirty hours July 22-23. During Ajax and the people of Saint Patrick, Locorbe, that time they will have educational programs in your prayers. about hunger, they will pack food bags for the hungry, and they will write to their sponsors You are welcome to attend our next planning about the experience of going hungry. meeting, which takes place on July 9. We will carpool to St. Jude’s in Cupertino for this year’s “We decided to do the sponsored famine because one off-campus meeting of the California Friends we wanted to know what it is like to be hungry, of Saint Patrick. Contact Rosemary Smith through so we can relate to the kids all over the world the parish office if you are interested. who don’t have enough food. This is also an opportunity for us to share with the people who All Saints' Food Bags sponsor us about what the experience of going hungry is like for us and what we learn. The The food pantry is running smoothly. Rosemary fasting is also an opportunity to get closer to Smith recruited and trained Dave McClendon God.” and Charlie Grauling to help load food bags and restock the shelves. Of the $1,280 they needed to raise to cover the cost of the trip, they received pledges for just over In May 37 households were distributed, helping $2,000. The excess money will go to support 77 people in total (12 children, and 26 seniors). scholarships for other youth from the diocese Another 26 men in the I-HELP program were who are not able to afford the trip. The All Saints’ served in May. youth are so excited to receive enough pledges both to go on the trip themselves, and also to Sponsored Famine be able to help others go on this life changing Ari Milan and Lexie Rodriquez, two of the youth service experience! going on the summer diocesan mission trip to Nevada with the Sierra Service Project, preached If you would like to support the sponsored the sermon on June 24, excerpts are below. They famine and summer mission trip, sponsorship talked about their experience with the youth and sheets are at the back of the church. You can family service days, and the reason they want to also donate to the church, memo: SSP summer mission, or contribute on the church website. go on a mission trip. “Going to Dorothy’s Kitchen and cooking for the homeless was a life changing experience for everyone. After going to Dorothy’s Kitchen we Page 10 July 2012 thePatter
Annual Parish Gathering in Big Sur Every year we schedule at least one week of events at Santa Lucia, our parish campgound and chapel in Big Sur.
Come wa r m your hear t a nd spend tim e wit h f ri ends
July 25-29 Come and Relax: Come with your family up to five days and four nights or simply come on Saturday to enjoy the river and participate in the Eucharist and Picnic. The Eucharist: Join us at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 28th for the Eucharist. Our Eucharistic service will be in our outdoor Santa Lucia Chapel under the trees, overlooking the river. The band will lead our worship in song, and after we will enjoy the Picnic. The Picnic: Gwynn Romano, Susan and Don Britton will prepare and the BBQ chicken, their famous beans, and bring soda and water. You are asked to bring a side dish, appetizer, dessert, or salad and your preferred beverage. RSVP using the form in the back of the church or call the church office. The Campout: Wednesday, July 25 - Sunday, July 29. Enjoy some time on the banks of the Big Sur River, jump in if you dare. Bring your own camping equipment and personal supplies including: chairs, games, towels and wading shoes. The campground has bathrooms. If you are able, bring a few logs to fuel the fire. There is no fee for this campout, but because space is limited it is important to make a reservation by calling the office so that we know how many to expect each
Our New Treasurer Jackie Graham is now our new Treasurer, assisting the church and vestry by providing oversight of our expenses, and recommendations to our finance team, and vestry. Jackie works for Santa Barbara Bank & Trust. Her professional experience has also included work as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch and an investment representative for Massachusetts Mutual/MML Investors. In both cases, she developed individual client portfolios, prepared financial plans and assisted with estate planning in conjunction with attorneys and CPA’s. Her professional career also included ten years in banking (Internal Auditor and Manager, Records Management) and twelve years with Weyerhaeuser Company (in records management, personnel, statistical analysis and business division planning). night and make room in the campsite for every family. Maria Medina, our child care provider, will provide two hours of activities and crafts for the children each morning and afternoon. Most days there is an excursion on one of the nearby trails, or to Julia Pfeiffer Beach. When you decide to set up your tents/pop-ups, please try to place it near another family or far enough apart so a later arriving family can set up in between. We will plan to keep the cars near the picnic tables, with food inside the cars overnight. If necessary we will move the cars up the driveway further and add tents around the tables where there is a sink, power plugs, a large BBQ pit and trash cans. RSVP by calling the church office, send an email or place your name on the reservation sheet in the back of the church. Earliest arrival: Wednesday July 25 at 3:00 p.m. Latest departure: Sunday, July 29 by 2:00 p.m..
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our Youth Ministry All Saints' Youth Ministry News Robin Denney Youth Group will continue at the regular time, the first and third Sundays of the month following the 10:30 service (11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.). At youth group we have team building games, bible study, singing, and discuss life and spiritual topics.
God Outdoors: Youth Camping and Hiking Adventures We enjoyed our first hike on June 20, to Middledorf Preserve on the Big Sur Land Trust. It was a fourmile hike through a beautiful redwood grove along a stream. Mtr. Cynthia Spencer and Robin Denney led the hike, along with three youth participants. They had a picnic lunch and communion together on the preserve near the biggest redwood tree in the region.
Youth Group: July 1, July 15, August 5, August 19 To learn more about our youth ministry please email Robin Denney at redenney@gmail.com or call Robin on her cell phone 805-835-8538.
Youth and Family Service Days The June Youth and Family Service Day took place at the Thomas Carman pantry at Epiphany Church in Marina. We had six participants who packed and served grocery bags for the hungry, and did some painting jobs in the building. The youth and adults who participated had fun, and were touched by the experience of interacting with and serving those who do not have enough to eat.
The next event is an overnight camping trip at Please join us for the next youth or family service Paul’s Meadow in Big Sur, July 15-16. We will meet at the church at 1:00 p.m., and carpool. days! We will be hiking at Andrew Molera State Park. July 21 – Youth and Family Service Day, location RSVP by July 10. to be announced (9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.) Contact August 6 will be a day hike, (please note this is a Robin Denney redenney@gmail.com date change from the previous announcement). August 18 - Youth and Family Service Day, location October 19-21: Diocesan youth camping trip at to be announced (9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.) All Saints’ Big Sur Camp Ground
Summer Mission Trip Bake Sale
Invite your relatives, friends and neighbors. 6th As part of their fundraising efforts to support the to 12th graders welcome. RSVP to Robin at: diocesan summer mission trip with Sierra Service redenney@gmail.com project, the youth will be having a bake sale at Save-Mart in the Carmel Rancho shopping center. June 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., or as long as supplies last. The three girls who are going on the trip will be doing the baking and then selling their baked goods. Page 12 July 2012 thePatter
the Vestry of All Saints' Vestry Liaisons • Worship: Harrison Shields • Community: Bill Mattmiller • Discipleship: Mike Carter • Stewardship: Allan Groves • Outreach: Nancy Jones • Buildings and Grounds: Mike Carter and Ed Childs • Strategic Planning: Ed Fincke • Finances: Nan Walker (chair), Ed Fincke, and Dave McClendon
Ed Finke
Nan Walker
Nancy Jones
Allan Groves
Michael Carter
Dave McClendon
Bill Mattmiller
Harrison Shields
Ed Childs
Jackie Graham
Marcia Jeiroudi
Fr. Rick Matters
Officers of the Church • • • • •
Fr. Rick Matters, Rector Jackie Graham, Treasurer Marcia Jeiroudi, Clerk of the Vestry Ed Fincke, Sr. Warden Nan Walker, Junior Warden
the Business
of the
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Good News from the Vestry
Vestry Forum
Our four-month (February through May) campaign to fully fund our ministries is a success. The budget gap of $71,000 has been closed through the generosity of many. During our mid-year budget review conducted in June by the Finance Committee and Vestry, we projected a balanced budget for 2012, assuming pledges will all be paid and donations are made as expected, and new members join us in giving.
The vestry is holding a forum on Sunday, July 8, at 9:30 am. Join other parishioners in hearing about the progress of various ministries and projects. You are encouraged to bring any questions, or concerns. Also bring stories to add to the Telling the Great News at All Saints'.
We continue to experience wonderful energy and growth. We have created doors for people to join our community, such as through our enhanced website, Music At All Saints', Small Bites for Big Hunger, Christian yoga, Sunday and Wednesday bible studies, etc. Invite your friends through these doors, and, of course, we are open on Sundays, too.
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The Gift of Poverty and Abundance When we separate the one divine gift of poverty and abundance, our life is fragmented and we become distracted and anxious. When we lose touch with the simplicity and satisfaction of true poverty and true abundance, we find it difficult to respond to the needs of others. Jesus is the perfect example of the reconciliation and integration of poverty and abundance. He possessed everything, but owned only one coat. With the poverty of a few loaves he fed many, and in the poverty of his broken body he continues to feed the world.
All Saints’ Episcopal Parish
All Saints’ Church All Saints’ Day School Epiphany Lutheran & Episcopal Church Santa Lucia Chapel
Eucharist & Picnic, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28, 2012
Main course and beverages provided. Bring side dish or dessert. Located at Santa Lucia, Big Sur
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All Saints’ Episcopal Parish www.allsaintscarmel.org. information@allsaintscarmel.org Office Hours: Monday—Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. - noon All Saints’ Episcopal Church
All Saints’ Episcopal Day School
Epiphany Lutheran & Episcopal Church
Santa Lucia Chapel & Campground, Big Sur
Ninth and Dolores PO Box 1296 Carmel, CA 93921
8060 Carmel Valley Road Carmel, CA 93923
425 Carmel Avenue Marina, CA 93933
PO Box 1296 Carmel, CA 93921
Phone: 831-624-9171 www.asds.org
Phone: 831-384-6323 www.epiphanymarina.org
Phone: 831-624-3883 www.allsaintscarmel.org
Phone: 831-624-3883 Fax: 831-624-1459 www.allsaintscarmel.org
PARISH LEADERSHIP Clergy
Vestry
Commission Chairs and Ministry Leaders
Senor Warden Ed Fincke (2013)
Deacon The Rev. James Booth
Junior Warden Nan Walker (2013)
Missioner The Rev. Jon Perez, Epiphany
Allan Groves Nancy Jones
(2012)
Deacon The Rev. Joan Anderson, Epiphany
Mike Carter
(2013)
Assisting Priests The Rev. Holly Hudson-Louis The Rev. Mtr Cynthia Spencer
Ed Childs
Parish Staff
Treasurer Jackie Graham
Gardener Pedro Cabrera Sexton Raul Garcia
(2012)
Dave McClendon
Festival of Christian Spirituality The Rev. Rick Matters
Altar Guild Valerie Warren
Wednesday Bible Study Greg Troxell
Acolytes Robin Denney
Sunday Morning Adult Education The Rev. Rick Matters
Band Dr. Todd Samra (2015)
(2013)
Bill Mattmiller
Altar Flowers Mila Murphy
Worship
Rector The Rev. Richard Matters
(2015)
Harrison Shields
(2015)
Clerk Marcia Jeiroudi
Drama Troupe Nancy Bernherd
Ministry Discernment Greg Troxell
Eucharistic Ministers TBA
2012 Pledge Team Nan Walker
Liturgical Arts Susan Britton
Endowment Ministry Allan Groves
Ushers Bill Mattmiller & Mike Raggett
Committees of the Vestry, Liaisons
Nursery Maria Medina
Buildings & Grounds Mike Carter
Director of Music Dr. Todd Samra
Finance Nan Walker
Parish Administrator Greg Troxell
Human Resources Dave McClendon
Organist Richard Wilson
Strategic Planning Ed Fincke
Memorial Teas Gwynn Romano
Parish Office Volunteers
Investment Committee / FTF Al Alvarez
Book Club Kathy Nielsen
Parish Contractors
Bookkeeper Lin Sponsler Campground Caretaker Duane Fissell
Outreach Food Pantry Rosemary Smith
Wedding Coordinators Diane Ellis & Elaine Stanton
Youth Leader Robin Denney
Marcia Jeiroudi Jim & Izzi Shillinglaw Dave McClendon
Stewardship
Community
I-Help Hans Lehmann Aliceon Jones
Caring Ministries Robin Reyes
Santa Lucia Campground Jim & Izzi Shillinglaw
Prayer Team Izzi Shillinglaw
St. Patrick’s, Haiti Rosemary Smith
Eucharistic Visitors The Rev. Rick Matters
Epiphany Church, Marina The Rev. Joan Anderson
Welcoming & Newcomers Bonnie Bufkin
All Saints’ Day School Dennis Sharp
Discipleship The Friends of St. Benedict Bill Reed Godly Play Tracy Haack Library Claudia Ward
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All Saints’ Mission:
Disciples Glorifying Christ and Serving Others
All Saints’ Vision:
By God’s grace and mandate, our future honors and carries forward the sacred heritage of All Saints’ Parish. We are called to be a diverse community filled with vitality and enthusiasm that celebrates together around the wellspring of Holy Communion, in order to be refreshed and equipped by the Holy Spirit. Living God’s future today, we attract more and more people of all ages into our fellowship of love and Christian formation. From this place we send forth members and establish missions that glorify Christ, serve others, and offer God’s hope to the world. Phone: (831) 624-3883
www.allsaintscarmel.org | information@allsaintscarmel.org
Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymen of
All Saints’ Parish Dolores and Ninth–PO Box 1296 Carmel, CA 93921
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