October 2012 by Greg Troxell

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Disciples Glorifying Christ & Serving Others

All Saints’ Episcopal Parish

Ninth & Dolores, Carmel-by-the-Sea

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ourRector’s Message Our life in Christ inspires gratitude and that gratitude, in turn, inspires us to embrace life. As Christians, we acknowledge that all we are and all we have derives from God. Jesus Christ is God’s ultimate gift to us, and we respond to the sheer magnitude of grace by living a life of gratitude. No wonder that our principal service each week is called the Great Thanksgiving.

we showed our gratitude for All Saints’ with a special liturgy and luncheon. One month from now, on November 4, we will conclude our year of centennial celebrations with a “great thanksgiving” in which Bishop Mary blesses and commissions our missions and ministries. That evening, in a beautiful festal Evensong, we will offer gratitude for all of those from All Saints’ who have gone before us.

The second core value of the school, written long ago by Fr. Farmer, Fr. Hill, and other leaders, expresses this Christian value in this way: “inspiring our young people to live God-centered lives that are rich with gratitude and grace.” Michele Rench, today’s wonderful head of school, declared gratitude and grace to be the theme for this school year. She couldn’t have chosen more wisely. Among other things, the school community is grateful to the vestry and church for supporting the recent building project.

On a personal note, let me tell you how thankful I am for you and the entire All Saints’ community. It is a pleasure to serve as your rector. I am grateful for all of the leaders, team members, and solo servants who carry forward our ministries. As we look back on the first-ever Festival of Christian Spirituality, I am grateful for God’s inspiration and for all who have prayed about and discussed this ministry over the past five years. I am grateful for the long-time members who have faithfully served over the years. I am equally grateful for the newer members who have joined During this centennial year we the church, and for the wave of new have found a number of ways of arrivals. I honor all who serve in our expressing gratitude. Last month missions. Continued on page 2

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Contents ourRector’s Message................1 ourWorship..............................4 ourCommunity........................5 ourDiscipleship........................6 ourStewardship.......................7 ourOutreach..........................10

ourYouth Ministry.................12 ourUpcoming Events.............12 theBusiness of the Vestry .....13 theTreasurer's Desk .............13 ourMission and Vision..........16

SPECIAL EVENTS p2 Blessing of the Animals p2 Friends of Epiphany Dinner p3 Craft Faire p5 Fall Festival

Continued from cover We can all be grateful for the surprises that God sends us like manna from heaven. We are grateful for the Blyth family bequest that enabled us to embody the vision of excellence in music for all ages, for the donations of many to our several plant improvements, for the vestry’s courage and follow-through to provide funds for Robin Denney to serve as our youth minister. We are grateful for the most recent grace-gift of the restoration of the baptistery and the gift of the Resurrection Tapestry. The image of the figure with outstretched arms on this tapestry captures gratitude, for the person has clearly been transformed by grace through resurrection and embraces life with body, mind, and spirit. As we pray about how to respond faithfully to the pledge appeal in the centerfold of this newsletter, I ask you to let your decision flow from gratitude.

Strategic Development and Church Vitality Workshop On Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Greg Troxell will be leading a workshop here at All Saints'. This workshop is designed for those who are engaged in church leadership, both laity and clergy. The workshop will teach you the principles and strategies for cultivating vitality within the church and throughout the organization. It will begin with foundational review of your Personal Ministry Profile and your PDP® profile and provide practical inquiry and advice as to how you can work to build up your church and fulfill your mission. Visit his website to learn more: http://greg.troxell.com

In Christ,

Friends of Epiphany Dinner

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“We All Invite You!” is the theme for the 7th Annual Friends of Epiphany Dinner. The annual fund raising dinner is at All Saints' on Saturday, October 20. The reception will begin at 6:00 p.m. This will be a great evening. with Pebble Beach Chef Moises Robles, a silent auction and a dinner theater comedy provided by Saltshaker Theater Company. Tickets cost $65/person. To purchase your tickets please call Epiphany Lutheran & Episcopal Church 831-3846323 or send an email to contact@epiphanymarina.org. Please note that you are also welcome to support the ministries of our parochial mission with your financial gift, auction item, or by lending your hands in service during the dinner. Page 2 October 2012 a Generous

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Thank You

We thank David and Mona Munson for the generous donation to underwrite the Festival of Claudia Ward & Remy Ryan Christian Spirituality and to help us launch this We would like to thank the following people new ministry. They are hoping to attend a festival for speaking at the Centenniel luncheon. Their next year. stories gave us all a sense of how much the world has changed since the parish was founded one Thank you, Robin Reyes for the stellar job you did hundred years ago. Dr. James Rodda told us coordinating the festival, including the hospitality about life 100 years ago when horses were more team of the Rev. Joan Anderson, Jon Showalter, common than cars. Elizabeth Barratt, having David McClendon, Larry Osborne, Valerie Warren. researched the parish history, was able to tell us Thank you, Marcia Jeiroudi, Andrea Matters, and about events in the 20's and 30's. Alan McEwen Larry and Sophia Osborn for offering their homes and Alison Craig, having grown up in the parish, to participants of the festival. shared stories from their growing up years. Hans Lehmann told us about working with the high Thank you, once again, Rodney Warren for school youth group and Jim Shillinglaw spoke creating the beautiful and inspiring letterhead about the final days of Fr. Hill's tenure among for the festival. We are eager to see the logo other things of the era. Heidi Zamzow shared her you will be creating for the Center for Christian love of the time when Fr Carl, Fr Paul, and Holly Transformation! led the alternative Eucharist at 9:15; Ed Fincke regaled us with puns to wind up the narratives and Fr. Rick gave us a vision of the future. Thank you; thank you.

The annual Fine Arts & Crafts Fair The annual Fine Arts & Crafts Fair is scheduled for the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and this year that Saturday is November 17th. It will be held in and around Seccombe Hall from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and a light lunch will be available at a reasonable price. There will be many different vendors offering their wide range of handmade goods for your shopping convenience and pleasure. Several parishioners are numbered among the vendors. There are still a few indoor and outdoor booth spaces available if any of you want to sell your handmade items please contact Elaine Stanton at 633-8454. Begin your Christmas gift purchasing and enjoy the fun of this exciting event in the life of our parish. Proceeds are distributed by the Craft Faire executive team to support the ministries of All Saints'. a Generous

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our Worship In preparation for All Saints' Sunday

Worship:

We glorify Christ by enacting liturgies steeped in beauty, mystery, and creativity that refresh like springs of living water.

Pictures of our family members and friends who have died will adorn the church on November 4, All Saints’ Sunday. Write your name on the back, so that no pictures are lost. Pictures will be collected starting October 21 in the back of the church and in the office. Let us fill the church with the faces of the saints!

Training for Lectors If you are currently serving as a lector, or are interested in reading at a service, please join us for a training session on Saturday, October 13, at 9:00 a.m. If you are interested, but unable to attend, please contact the office.

Episcopal School Sunday Our annual Episcopal School Sunday celebration will be observed on October 14, 2012 at All Saints’ Church. All Saints' Episcopal Church will host students from All Saints' Day School and York School in leading worship on October 14, 2012, at the 10:30 a.m. service. Student musicians and readers will add to the beauty of this service, with choirs from both schools combining to sing two Mass movements by composer Alice Parker. Please come support our local Episcopal schools in worship.

All Saints' Singers We welcome back our children's choir, the All Saints' Singers, who will sing at the 10:30 a.m. service on October 7, 2012.

Season Two

Our parish concert series begins its second season with spice and style. the Brasil Guitar Duo is coming November 16, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. The highly acclaimed pair of virtuoso guitarists are at home in the classical and world styles. The program for this concert will feature works by: Rameau, Joao Luiz, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Marco Pereira. Tickets will be available in the church office and online: $30 general admission, $45 premium seating.

Evening Services for Contemplation

Regular Sunday Schedule

A candlelit service of Evensong will be presented on Sunday, October 7, at 5:30 p.m. featuring the Chancel Choir, singing "Set me as a seal" by William Walton conducted by Dr. Todd Samra. A light reception will follow in Seccombe Hall.

8:00 a.m. Eucharist, Rite I 9:00 a.m. – noon Nursery 9:15 a.m. Youth and Adult Education 10:30 a.m. Eucharist 10:30 a.m. Godly Play and Nursery 12:00 p.m. Limitless (Youth 6-8) 5:30 p.m. Eucharist (Evensong on the first Sunday of the month)

Then on October 21, at 5:30 p.m. The the Palestrina Ensemble will be singing "Super flumina Babylonis" by G.P. da Palestrina during the Rite II Holy Eucharistic service. Page 4 October 2012 a Generous

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our Community All Saints' in the Carmel Parade Come out for the parade on October 27 and cheer on the All Saints’ representatives. They will be riding in Don Britton’s elegant convertible car. Watch for information about the route and time in the local papers.

Community:

answers to the questions about her friend's death, her company's future, and her own past.

We rejoice as a community that drinks from the chalice State of Wonder is a study of personalities, loyalties and ethics. of Christ’s love. Is a hot pharmaceutical commodity

Fall Festival at All Saints' School Stop by the school from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 20. Games and Prizes, Great Food, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo, Haunted House, and Handmade Crafts! BBQ, Allegro's pizza, Earthbound Farm salads, and Baja Cantina specialties. Live music performed by The Wharf Rats. Don't miss the new Wrecking Ball and Extreme Tug 'n' Dunk. Free Entry.

worth the human price exacted for its potential distribution? Is scientific innovation worth taking down an entire self-sustaining society? State of Wonder cautions against easy answers to these questions. Part scientific thriller, part engaging personal odyssey, this novel is a suspenseful jungle adventure with an unexpected ending and other assorted surprises. 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 add to the salad or food to share.

Games and attractions require wristband: $20 per wristband for play all day. Children 3 and under play for free. All ages are welcome; youthful enthusiasm will be honored. Also, it is not too late to donate handcrafted items to be sold in the Country Store at the Fall Festival. Contact Susan Bianchi at sansberry@ comcast.net for details.

Book Club October for the All Saints’ Book Club has us visiting the primitive world of the Amazon. State of Wonder, the sixth novel by prize winning author Ann Patchett, is set deep in the Amazon jungle. Research scientist and pharmacologist Dr. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor the rogue scientist Dr. Annick Swenson who seems to have disappeared in the Amazon while working on an extremely valuable new drug. The last person who was sent to find her died before he could complete his mission. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey into the insect-infested jungle in hopes of finding

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our Discipleship CSUMB Campus Ministry

Discipleship:

Spiritual Growth and Christian Living

If you are interested in working with We follow Jesus college students, or if you might Fr. Rick is teaching a series of classes Christ and lead like to serve on a support team others into the deep on Monday evenings. These classes for this campus ministry, please will blend four traditional spiritual waters of faith. contact Fr. Rick. We are opening up practices from our tradition: centering opportunities to serve and finding prayer, conversatio, study, and a ways of strengthening this ministry. Fr. John Perez rule of life. In the section on study we will read will continue serving as official chaplain of the passages from a seventh-century mystical writer university, and there is plenty of room for helpers. named Isaac the Syrian, sometimes known as Isaac of Nineveh.

Godly Play

Tracy Haack, Joy Hunter, Molly Wolf, and Madeline Fortenay lead our younger children through Bible stories. Children ages four through grade two are welcome to attend from 10:30 a.m. to approximately Godly Play 11:15 a.m., when they may join the congregation for Holy Communion. We invite children and their parents to join us!

Marriage Encounter Marriage Encounter is a forty-four hour experience where married couples can get away from jobs, kids, chores, and phones - and focus on loving and learning more about each other. If you'd like greater depth, growth, and enrichment in your relationship, you'll like the difference an Episcopal Marriage Encounter weekend can make! The next local weekend is October 12-14. You may register for the weekend online at www. episcopalme.com, and select “Bay Area”. For more information, please contact: Curt & Arlene McClelland, 408-371-5581, or curt@sbcglobal.net. Registration is limited so a quick response is encouraged.

The class runs from September 10 to November 12; you will not need to purchase a book. Feel free to contact Fr. Rick for more information.

Exploring the Vera Millis Library It is great to see so many of our parish saints using our wonderful little library. Our theme for the next month or so is Women (of Faith), Yesterday and Today. The following books are displayed atop the bookcase and were selected from the biography section. Help yourself. Foremothers: Women of the Bible, Old and New Testaments, the good and the bad, by Janice Nunnally-Cox Great Women of the Christian Faith, through all traditions, from Perpetua to Evelyn Underhill, by Edith Deen Therese of Lisieux, Autobiography of a late 19th century Carmelite nun with introduction by Pere Francois de Ste Marie, OCD Portrait of a Woman, Meditations of the Mother of our Lord, by Herbert O’Driscoll Maker and Craftsman, the story of Dorothy Sayers Womanpriest, The story of one of the first ten women ordained to the priesthood, 1974, by Alla Bozarth-Campbell Together and Apart, A memoir of the religious life by an Episcopal nun, Ellen Stephen, OSH

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our Stewardship Centennial Celebration of Ministries and Missions

Stewardship:

We offer our all so that

expand our hospitality ministry would be greatly appreciated. Interested people should contact Greg Troxell in the church office.

When Bishop Mary visits at 10:30 Christ may change on November 4, we will present our water into wine. Serving in our Diocese - If you might ministries organized around their five wish to serve Christ at the diocesan areas, as well as our several missions. level, please contact Fr. Rick right Bishop Mary will bless these ministries and commission us for service. We will hold a away. There are positions available on the Board special reception in honor of our bishop and in of Trustees, the Commission on Ministry, and the Standing Committee. Each is a three-year term. thanksgiving for our missions and ministries. Visit the diocesan website for more information.

Service is Essential to Spiritual Health Our souls are like lakes and rivers that thrive with movement, the entrance of fresh water and pouring out of waters to nourish other lands. Service and ministry are sure ways to stimulate your faith and new growth. Express your talents, build new friendships, and serve others while relying on the Spirit of God and you will be filled with new energy. Here are some opportunities for those of you who sense the need to join a ministry team or perhaps lead one: Altar Guild - Prepare the church altar for communion and tidy up afterward. The schedule is flexible. Contact Valerie Warren through the church office. Welcoming Team - Bonnie Bufkin has led the newcomer ministry team for the last year, and will now help strengthen our paths of discipleship. This creates the need for a new team leader. The role calls for someone who enjoys welcoming folks, listening, and connecting them with other church members. The leader is also responsible for scheduling, training and supporting the team. Contact Greg Troxell in the office to learn more about the role, or to volunteer as a team member. Hospitality - Members who enjoy welcoming folks and sharing a few snacks are asked to sign up to host coffee hour once every five to ten weeks. A team leader who will schedule and

Nominations for Vestry Might God be calling you to serve as a spiritual leader through the vestry? Speak to a current vestry member (Ed Fincke and Nan Walker are your wardens), or Fr. Rick. Also talk to others if you think God might be calling them. Vestry members provide spiritual leadership, especially by carrying the vision, aligning us to our mission or purpose, and following a strategic plan. The vestry also raises money and watches over the operating budget and the care of our buildings and grounds. They support our missions and ministries. They pray for our staff and members. There are a number of committees of the vestry that help make these tasks more manageable.

Deciding How Much to Pledge You decision is personal, of course, and is based on your financial means, informed by your faith and desire to make a difference. Before making your decision, you might read St. Paul’s teaching on giving in 2 Corinthians, chapters 8 to 10. Another teaching of the Bible is the standard of tithing. This teaching reminds us that all we have comes as a gift from God, and we respond by first giving back to God in gratitude ten percent of our income in service to God and others. Thinking by percentage helps frame our stewardship by gratitude, and proportions our pledges around God’s grace. Although ten percent is the biblical standard, you might find Continued on page 11 a Generous

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• Events and Classes

OCTOBER 2012

• Meetings

LITURGICAL READINGS

October 7 19th Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 2:18-24 Psalm 8 Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16

Sunday

10:30am 10:30am 10:30am 12:00pm 4:00pm 5:30pm

EVENSONG Psalm 145 Hosea 13:4-14 Matthew 14:1-12

October 14 20th Sunday after Pentecost Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 Psalm 90:12-17 Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31

EPISCOPAL SCHOOL SUNDAY

October 21 21st Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 53:4-12 Psalm 91:9-16 Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45

October 28 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Psalm 1 1 John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19

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Holy Communion (Rite I) Nursery Care Youth & Adult Education All Saints’ Singers Rehearsal Holy Communion Sunday School Band Rehearsal Limitless (Youth 6-8) Evensong Rehearsal Choral Evensong & Reception

8:00am 9:00am 9:00am 9:15am

Holy Communion (Rite I) Nursery Care Music Rehearsal Youth & Adult Education

10:30am 10:30am 12:00pm

Sunday School Holy Communion Limitless (Youth 6-8)

5:30pm

Holy Communion

8:00am

Holy Communion (Rite I)

9:00am 9:00am 9:15am

Nursery Care Music Rehearsal Youth & Adult Education

10:30am 10:30am 12:00pm

Sunday School Holy Communion Limitless (Youth 6-8)

12:00pm

Choir Rehearsal

4:00pm

Palestrina Ensemble

5:30pm

Holy Communion

8:00am

Holy Communion (Rite I)

9:00am 9:00am 9:15am

Nursery Care Music Rehearsal Youth & Adult Education

10:30am 10:30am 12:00pm

Sunday School Holy Communion Limitless (Youth 6-8)

12:00pm

Choir Rehearsal

5:30pm

Holy Communion

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Monday 10:00am

Outreach Commission Meeting

4:00pm

Strategic Planning Committee

3:30pm

The Elements: High School Gathering

6:00pm