FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE Volume 65 Number 6
JUNE 2015
The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael Pacific View Drive at Marguerite
Corona del Mar
...From the Desk of the Rector
California 92625
& All Angels
949.644.0463
www.stmikescdm.org
Bring a dirty car to church on June 7!
BELOVEDS IN CHRIST - EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT CAR WASH TO HELP he First Letter of John gave us FUND SECOND SIGN
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readings in this “Year B” of the Lectionary for Sundays during Easter Season. Because I used its texts for homilies, I gave this book in the Bible more attention than ever previously. 1st John is a treatise, or sermon, delivered in or around Ephesus in the early years of the 2nd century. It is advice, counsel and direction to a community of young in the faith Christians struggling to live in the midst of a society in which most people did not behave like followers of Jesus. So its context had similarities to our own even though it was written long ago and far away. Its basic instruction to our predecessors in Christian faith is: it is not your task to figure out the precise and exact position on political or moral issues; your task is to love one another. That God loves us so much that we, in turn, ought to love one another and all others God has created sounds so simple; but we all know that putting love into action is a lot easier said than done, don’t we? Face it, sometimes we don’t feel very loving; and, to be honest, some folks are a lot easier, and others a lot harder, to love than others. The key to tapping into the wellspring of a love that is both allencompassing and ever-enduring is “(only) love lasts forever” -1 Corinthians 13:a- because “God is love” -1 John 4:8b. Yet, many believe that the source of love is within us, that we have the capacity to love, separate and apart from God. This is the subject of number-less songs, movies, and romance novels. Continued on page 3
Matthew Kiper writes: “Hello Parishioners: I hope you will consider supporting my Eagle Scout Project fundraiser to create a beautiful sign for our church. I will hold a car wash fundraiser at our church on June 7th at 9:00 am. The fundraiser car wash will be held by me and some other fellow scouts who will do a great job on your cars. I hope you will consider supporting me in this endeavor.” The new sign will be placed on the corner of Marguerite Avenue and Pacific View Drive replacing the existing sign. Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). A Scout who attains this rank is called an Eagle Scout or Eagle. Since its introduction in 1911, the Eagle Scout rank has been earned by more than two million young men. Requirements include earning at least 21 merit badges and demonstrating Scout Spirit through the Boy Scout Oath and Law, service, and leadership. This includes an extensive service project that the Scout plans, organizes, leads, and manages. Eagle Scouts are presented with a medal and a badge that visibly recognizes the accomplishments of the Scout. Additional recognition can be earned through Eagle Palms, awarded for completing additional tenure, leadership, and merit badge requirements.
BUILDING OUR F AITH: L OVING CHRIST AND SER VING OUR COMMUNITY FAITH: LO SERVING
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CONTRIBUTIONSWERE MADETO THE RECTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND most recently by Ben Card and Bill Russell in thanksgiving and gratitude These funds extend our Parish’s mission of outreach, providing for such needs as can be helped by financial assistance.
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FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE is a publication of Saint Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Corona del Mar, CA. Copy deadline is the second Wednesday of the month. We welcome letters and articles. Editor: Susan Beechner 949.644.0463
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ATTENTION VETERANS: Saint Michael & All Angels will participate in the National Celebration honoring Veterans (especially WWII) "Celebrating the Spirit of ‘45" to take place on Sunday, August 9th. We want to honor all Veterans at the 9:00 a.m. worship service at church, followed by a brunch in All Angels’ Court. All families and guests are welcome to celebrate with us. The Senior Ministry at St. Mike’s is hosting this gathering. Please contact Murry McClaren at 714/ 979-6978 to let us know if you have a Vet in your family whom we can honor. We also would like pictures and memorabilia to share at the brunch. It will be a fun time to tell stories and relive those times with families and friends. We need people to help prepare the brunch on Sunday, August 9th and to clean up afterwords. Also needed are people who can transport our Veterans to church and return them to their homes after the brunch. Please Call Murry McClaren to volunteer!
* * * A REMINDER FROM YOUR SMAA COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. You have several options to publicize your ministry or event throughout the SMAA community: this newsletter, our Facebook Page (facebook.com/ SMAACDM) the weekly Sunday bulletin, the spoken word at announcement time or even an email to our “digital parishioners.” Contact Norris Battin for the newsletter and Facebook, Susan Beechner for the bulletin and email, and Fr. Haynes for announcements (nbattin@gmail.com, sbeechner@stmikescdm.org; phaynes@stmikescdm.org.)
* * * MEN’S GROUP: Meets on Thursdays at 7:30am in the Davis Library to discuss questions relating to theology, science and philosophy. All men are welcome.
THE VESTRY Senior Warden.............................Myrna Ireland mireland6@sbcglobal.net....................949.759.1509 Junior Warden.............................Donald Sheetz donald.sheetz@gmail.com..................949.720.0700 Christian Education.....................Barbara Black bbblack56@sroadrunner.com...............949.640.7989 Clerk of the Vestry........................Karlene Miller karlenemiller@gmail.com...................949.336.6215
Building and Grounds..............Tom Nicholson tom@nicholsoncompanies.com.........949.872.9067 Communications...........................Clyde Dodge [clydedodge@cox.net.......................949.375.1530 Evangelism.............................Anne Warmington amwarmington@hotmail.com...... ...202.550.4100 Fellowship............................................OPEN
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JUNE ANNIVERSARIES Birthday 1st - Jill Draffin Gloria Oakes 6th - Tiller-John Stevens 8th - Cliff Corbet 12th - Annemaria Ballin Joe Crail 15th - Mark Valentine Kimberly Valentine-Poska 16th - Susan Brown 18th - Peggy Montgomery 21st - Monty Pentz 26th - Kate Yost 27th - Julie Jenkins 28th - Patrick Corbet 29th - Bob Cole Baptism 1st - John Johnson 15th - Barbara Stewart+ 16th - Laird Blue 29th - Melinda Rader Wedding 1st - Donald & Sandra Alser 9th - Joseph & Pauline Benjamin 15th - Jamie & Dina Mead 22nd - Bob & Gracemarie Dell Angelo 28th - Jack & Libby Keating 30th - Peter & Frances Haynes
* * * PARENTSAND GRANDPARENTS OF GRADUATES.:The Summer 2015 issue of “For the Love of Mike” will send our Parish congratulations to 2015’s crop of graduates. Please send information on your 2015 graduate to calcs1224@gmail.com or call 714-432-7371with name; school; major field; what’s next?
Finance......................................Julie Jenkins jdfritz@aol.com.............................949.640.0134 Mission...............................Barbara Stewart+ barbarastewart001@gmail.com.........714.979.7449 Stewardship.............................Matthew Shaw mattjshaw@yahoo.com..................949.645.4942 Ombudsperson..........................Louise Stover lstover@volt.com..........................714.432.7371 Worship...The Very Rev’d Canon Peter D. Haynes phaynes@stmikescdm.org...........949.644.0463x11
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Rector’s Desk from page 1 For those of no religious persuasion, and for some so persuaded, it’s as if God has nothing to do with it at all. L-O-V-E can refer to feelings powerful enough to cause us to do crazy things and to devotions deep enough to demand loyalty, fidelity, commitment and sacrifice. Love can be as fickle as a passing whim, as in “I love Peet’s new chocolate and caramel swirl Javiva;” and it can be as enduring as life itself, as in “Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven to earth come down,” Charles Wesley’s words of #657 in our Hymnal. Writers and poets and mystics through the ages have expressed the meaning of love in countless ways, but none more eloquently than the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a, Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. Love does not seek its own way. Love is not irritable or resentful. Love bears all things, believes all things, . hopes all things, endures all things Love never ends. It is great news that when we are willing to place God at the center of our lives, God fills our hearts and gives us the grace to love one another, not just in part and for the moment, but fully, intimately, completely, for all time. God’s love is anything but abstract. In literature, love is a concept, an ideal, a principal on which to base lofty philosophical notions. In Christian faith, when we feed a hungry person, we love; when we shelter someone without a roof over their head, we love; when we visit someone who is ill or lonely, we love; (thanks to Clyde Dodge for the following words) when we replace thirsty turf with drought tolerant plants...when we support our community by living in harmony with our environment...when we are good stewards of God’s creation, we love. The miracle is, the more we give the more God gives in return. So please remember and never forget: “Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.” -1 John 4:11
Yours, In Christ -
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THE LIFE OF BOB HINE WILL BE CELEBRATED IN OUR MEMORIAL GARDEN of The Good Shepherd at noon on Saturday, June 20, 2015. As Bob wished, Scripture will be read from the King James Version of the Bible, selections from his “Second Sight” will be read, and Ed Schell will read William Butler Yeats’ “Sailing to Byzantium.” Those wishing to make a memorial gift in thanksgiving for Bob Hine’s life are directed to the Braille Institute, 741 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90029.
* * * THE LIFE OF SUE (SUSAN ELISE) EWERS WILL BE CELEBRATED WITH A CHORAL EUCHARIST and her family here on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. The Committal in our Garden of the Good Shepherd will be followed by a reception in Michael's Room, Child care will be available from 1:30-4:00 p.m. Persons wishing to make a memorial gift in gratitude for Sue Ewers are encouraged to do so with The Episcopal Church Foundation, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017, 800.697.2858.
* * * PLEASE CHECK THE FORWARD MOVEMENT DISPLAY RACK ON THE WALL IN MICHAEL'S ROOM Pick up a pamphlet or two to share with family and friends. A donation box is provided. Featured this month is the pamphlet "Patience for Patients", a twenty-page pamphlet written by Bertha P. Rodger, M.D., who was secretary of the Joint Commission on Religion and Health of The Episcopal Church. The author makes a number of suggestions to help those who are going to be hospitalized. She tells ways to relieve tension and anxiety. "You can harness your imagination and put it to work for you. These include physical, mental, spiritual, artistic, creative and scientific energy reserves." Doctor Rodger suggests using the seven images of Psalm 23, gives examples of affirmations to recite while breathing deeply, uses meditation of the Jesus prayer, etc., and follows through with suggestions after surgery. I believe that many of these ideas can help visitors as well as patients.
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PARISH FINANCIAL NOTES FOR JUNE 2015
Total parish income through April 30 is $213,394, 20.4% ahead of our budget for this period. Total parish expenses are $198,702, $1,834.44 under our year to date expense plan. Pledge income to date is $180,911 about $34, 000 ahead of the year to date plan. Plate and Easter giving are ahead of budget. Donations from facility use total is $16,565, also ahead of plan year to date.The expenses for grounds and landscaping is around $500 below the year to date budget. Most commissions are under budget, except the worship commission who reported unplanned music expenses. At the May meeting, the Vestry voted to move funds from labyrinth designated gift and memorial donation fund to help fund the landscaping project. We plan to first use the $110,000 rebate from the City, and then fund other smaller projects (ie. orchard, community garden) with donations. --Julie Jenkins
JAZZ VESPERS -- June 7 at 4pm presented by the Saint Michael & All Angels Friends of Music. (For Friends of Music membership information, please contact Jim Palda at 626.533.8037.)
WE NEED Greeters, Ushers and Altar Guilders. Please contact Canon Haynes if interested.
* * * HOW WE CARE FOR OUR WORLD MATTERS. AND, RIGHT NOW, WATER IS FRONT AND CENTER IN OUR CONCERNS. Here’s a way to use water responsibly and help someone else: be a water-tither. We’ve all been asked to cut back on our use of water. Decrease your water usage by 10%; the money that you save goes to St. Michael’s, where it will be kept in a separate fund. At the end of the year, the water-tithers will have the opportunity to choose a global water project, helping people who have no access to clean water. There are congregations throughout the diocese participating in this project under the sponsorship of the Program Group on Global Partnership. Questions? Please talk with Barbara Stewart, or email her at (barbarastewart001@gmail.com)
FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
JUNE 2015
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
3233 Pacific View Drive Corona del Mar, CA 92625 949.644.0463 949.644.9247 FAX www.stmikescdm.org The Very Rev’d Canon
Peter D. Haynes, Rector [phaynes@stmikescdm.org] Susan Caldwell Director of Christian Education [scaldwell@stmikescdm.org] Ray Urwin, D.M.A. Minister of Music [rurwin@stmikescdm.org] The Rev’d Fennie Chang, Ph.D., Canterbury Irvine The Rev’d Canon Ray Flemming Assisting Priest The Rev’d Barbara Stewart, Ph.D., Assisting Priest Susan Beechner, Parish Secretary [sbeechner@stmikescdm.org] Marybeth Waniek, Bookkeeper [mwaniek@stmikescdm.org]
WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sunday Holy Eucharist at 9am Nursery Care from 8:30-10:30am Sunday School 9am Adult Education 10am
Wednesday Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing-12 noon
ABOUT SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, CORONA DEL MAR We are a Christian Community of the Anglican Communion who come to hear 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 live faithful and productive Christian lives. Our commitment to the Gospel is evangelical; our liturgical tradition, catholic; our theology orthodox but open to thought, reflection, and spiritual endeavor. We care about the world and strive to serve Christ in it.
PRAYERS HEALING
A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION
Our mission is to seek and share Jesus Christ as spiritual food for life’s journey.
Susan Caldwell
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A Monastic Life
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hilip Yancy, in his book on Prayer, retells the story about a man who hoping to get away from the busyness of life went to a monastery for a retreat. “I hope your stay is a blessed one” said the monk as he showed the guest to his cell. “If you need anything, let us know and we will teach you how to live without it.” I thought of this story when I ventured to Camp Stevens, in Julian, San Diego County, for the Gary Hall Retreat over Mother’s Day Weekend. At Camp Stevens, the weather had turned very cold and the mattresses were unyielding, added to the fact that I had forgotten to take a pillow and enough blankets. And I had inadvertently left behind one of my tennis shoes, so I spent the weekend in my rain boots, even long past when the rain and mud puddles were gone. I was thankful I had brought along this second pair of footwear! How to live without things? If only for a couple of hours? How to live without things for a short while can be an inconvenience, but perhaps it can also be a time to move to a different path for thoughtful consideration and contemplation of what I have and do not have at present. Is the camp experience somewhat touching the hem of the monastic life? We ate together in community, sharing in setting the tables, the delivery of food and in cleaning up. Our time at The Gary Hall Retreat was central to the theme of Thomas Merton. I was not familiar with Merton when I arrived but I knew him much better when I left. The Dean of the National Cathedral, The Very Reverend Gary Hall led our time together. He and his wife return each year to Camp Stevens to lead this particular category of retreat for the purpose of education and enrichment. Prior to attending the retreat we were given a fifty seven page packet of readings, essays and commentaries to read. Having less than thirty people in a room to share time with the Dean of the National Cathedral was very special. The hand that greets the President of the Nation, greeted ours. (continued on page 5)
Russ Brad Hannah Norm John Andrew Beth Cathy Mary Betty Nadine GUIDANCE Julie & Bob Esther Ray Nancy Kathleen Jim Sarah Whitney REPOSE Evangeline Urwin Alix Perkins Magenheimer Bob Hine Sue Ewers THANKSGIVING - in loving memory of Alice Dodge, Clyde Dodge, Jim Ferguson, Susan Battin, Madonna Freyling, Steve Smith, and Donald Fifield Bolles
Call Esther McNamee for prayer requests 949.640.1749
PHONE TREE MINISTRY: NEW MEMBERS NEEDED. Our goal is to contact every parishioner by phone once a month. This is a great opportunity to get to know others better and to share information, needs and suggestions about Saint Mike's. Please contact Ruth Poole at 949.644.9263.
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LOAVES AND FISHES: This month we will collect large jars of peanut butter and strawberry jam for the kids’ lunches during the summer. Checks are always welcome, too. and should be made payable to Saint Michael & All Angels, with Loaves and Fishes on the memo line. (Tax ID #95-2123746) Attention travelers: We are also always collecting hotel/ travel-size toiletries for shower kits for the homeless patrons.
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TIME AND TALENT If you are thinking about volunteering with one of our Commissions at St. Mike’s, please review the “Parish Life” booklet on the back rail of the sanctuary, which describes these activities. We need greeters, acolytes, coffee hosts, and ushers, and have other interesting assignments as well. Volunteering is a wonderful way to meet new people at St. Mike’s. Please call Anne Warmington with questions: 202.550.4100.
* * * PLEASE REMEMBER . . . Saint Michael & All Angels has a Parish Emergency Fund, funded by parishioners and available to parishioners facing financial emergencies and needing economic assistance. Requests should be directed to our rector or any member of our Vestry. If you are able to contribute, all gifts are welcome!
* * * NEW ACOLYTES WANTED: Do you have one hour to offer this parish each month? Would you like to participate in the worship service on Sundays by carrying the Cross or lighting the candles? Acolyting is a valuable ministry in the life of Saint Michael & All Angels. Please contact Susan Caldwell if you are interested in learning more about this ministry, or to volunteer! 949.644.0463 x 12.
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Susan Caldwell continued from page 4 Gary Hall let us know that it was the one hundred year anniversary of Thomas Merton’s birth. Thomas Merton was a Trappest Monk who wrote over 60 books and was a considered a contemplative man, visionary and spokesperson for interfaith dialogue. He opposed war. On our first night, we watched an hour long DVD on Thomas Merton which was made in 1984. Many of the men and women who had known Merton personally were interviewed. It was useful to me to view a vibrant black and white clip and hear Merton’s voice and see him behind the podium at the Bangkok Conference in 1968. He spoke to a gathering of priests, monks and nuns. Their starched habits and stoic faces were void of expression. This was in contrast to “Father Louis” or as we know him, Thomas Merton who was animated and expressive. His theme resonated as, “Each will need to stand on his own feet.” I took this as a call to stand wisely on one’s own faith. To gain strength from one’s own convictions and beliefs. I thought about today and how living in Irvine, which is very multicultural, has persuaded me to think about cultures in a new way, especially when spending time with neighbors who have a Muslim faith and speak Arabic, or having dinner with my Hindu friends from Nepal. Thomas Merton tried to be a bridge and demonstrate interfaith dialogue at a time when such conversations were not flowing easily. I saw his desire to push through the ceiling of the institutional structures of his day. In this sense, he was prophetic. Our interfaith discussions today stand on the ground broken and foundations laid by Merton in 1940 and 1950. Merton was born in 1915, to parents who were artists and painters. They enjoyed the European landscape. When Thomas was six his mother died of cancer. He had one brother, John Paul. When Merton was fifteen, his father died and Merton was left in the custodial care of a grandfather. In his 20’s, Merton’s lifestyle was lush and extravagant, worldly and expensive, and this led to a crisis which resulted in his finding God in the Catholic Church. He confessed his former life to the Franciscans, but they denied his entry to their order. However, the Abbey of Gethsemane, a Trappist Monastery in Louisville, Kentucky received him, and he served this order for 27 years. continued on page 6
GENERAL CONVENTION INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE Another General Convention summer! And much of the information is already available on line. There has been a concerted effort to make more information available through the General Convention web site before the Convention itself. So, if you'd like to look ahead here are some suggestions. First, from the General Convention web page you can link directly to the two reports that have been getting the most attention: the Task Force for Reimagining the Episcopal Church (TREC) and the Task Force on the Study of Marriage. With an additional click, you can link to the Blue Book reports (formally, the Reports to Convention of Committees, Commission, Agencies, and Boards). Instead of waiting for a printed version, these are being loaded to the web site. And, instead of waiting for one complete publication, reports are being added as they are submitted. So, if there's a report you're interested in and don't see yet, keep checking back. The same thing is happening with resolutions to General Convention. If you link to the Legislative Resources page, you can link through to all the resolutions that have been submitted. Once again, these are being added as they are submitted, so keep checking to see if your particular interest is addressed. With the Reports from the Task Force for Re-imagining the Episcopal Church and the Task Force on the Study of Marriage, and also the election of the next Presiding Bishop, this should be an interesting General Convention. You can go ahead and start your review, and so be better able to keep informed about all that happens in and around this year's General Convention. YOU CAN FIND THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES “State of the Church” report prepared for the 78th Episcopal Church Convention here: extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/ files/download/12702.pdf. The convention begins on June 23rd in Salt Lake City. The hashtag for the convention is #GC78.
* * * DO YOU HAVE A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS? Please contact sbeechner@stmikescdm.org with changes or additions.
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Susan Caldwell continued from page 5 During his stay, his overseer, the Abbot Frederic Dunn encouraged him to write his life story. “The Seven Story Mountain” became a best seller and was translated into many languages. The proceeds of this book, as well as his other published works, helped to sustain the monastery over the years. Merton was energetic and passionate. From his monastic cell, he contemplated his relationship with God, and expounded upon views of the cultural conflicts of his time. He opposed war and violence. He spoke about race relations, economic .injustice and nuclear war. During the upheaval of the sixties, Merton did not shy away from controversial issues, but addressed what was going on in the outside world around him. He found himself often in controversy. Toward the end of his life, Merton reached out to the Buddhists and Hindu monks to learn about and show respect for their traditions. Thomas Merton died from a freak accident of electrocution while in his hotel room at the Bangkok Conference in 1968. He was 53 years old. Here is an excerpt from his 1950 book, “What is Contemplation?” “There are so many Christians who do not appreciate the magnificent dignity of their vocation to sanctity, to the knowledge, love and service of God. There are so many Christians who do not realize what possibilities God has placed in the life of Christian perfection-what possibility for joy in the knowledge and love of him. There are so many Christians who have practically no idea of the immense love of God for them, and of the power of that Love to do them good, to bring them happiness. “Why do we think of the gift of contemplation, infused contemplation, mystical prayer, as something essentially strange and esoteric reserved for a small class of almost unnatural beings and prohibited to everyone else? It is perhaps because we have forgotten that contemplation is the work of the Holy Ghost acting on our souls through His gifts of Wisdom and Understanding with special intensity to increase and perfect our love for Him. These gifts are normal equipment of Christian sanctity. They are given to all in Baptism, and if they are given it is presumably because God wants them to be developed.
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“Their development will always remain the free gift of God and it is true that His wise Providence sees fit to develop them less in some saints than in others. But it is also true that God often measures His gifts by our desire to receive them, and by our cooperation with His grace, and the Holy Spirit will not waste any of His gifts on people who have little or no interest in them.” At Camp Stevens, the time spent with other parishioners from All Saints’ Pasadena and other Episcopal churches in the LA Diocese was a good time to learn what other fellow Diocesan Christians are up to. Outreach to the poor is at the forefront of their minds. For me, the time away from cell phones and computers gave my brain a rest. I enjoyed looking at the many different birds that frequent the Julian Hill Country. I enjoyed the “mud pie pizza” with the decorative blade of grass placed neatly in the center for artistic flare, given to me by Elliot, Camp Steven’s Director Beth Bojarski’s six year old son. He had made several “pizzas” in between digging for earth worms. These worms squirmed in the dirt on the palms of his hands. “No, I don’t think we can bring any more animals home, Elliot,” Beth said as she encouraged him to walk with her. Beth, now with four month old baby James in a carry sling around her neck, brings a joyful and visionary leadership to Camp Stevens. I think the camp experience helps build community and church relationships. Corinne Stover, Louise Stover, Bob Wolfe, Melinda Rader, Ann Watt, Harry Bubb, Steve Caldwell, Barbara Black and Beth Bianchi attended this retreat. Saint Michael and All Angels was the biggest contingency. Next year, can we hope for even more from Saint Mikes? Maybe even 20? Gary purchased the Julian apple pies Saturday night. Regular or Dutch Crumb? He asked and took a vote as to the preference. It was even, so he bought one of each kind. The pies were served hot. If you weren’t there in time to accept the slices he offered, there was no chance at “saving”. He said, “You snooze, you lose!” I hope that next year, for all those who snoozed past the Camp Stevens All Parish Retreat date, sign up. You may leave behind a few comforts from home, but adventures away are well worth the elements of surprise.
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TRAVELS WITH SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS’ PEOPLE Sunday’s @ 10 to Highlight Parishioner Adventures Our summer 2015 adult education program, Sundays-at-Ten, featuring travelogues by parishioners who have been to (and lived in) some very interesting places will continue through September 6th. The series, under the direction of Ruth Poole, began on Pentacost with Ruth’s “Scotland,” and will continue through September 6. We meet in the Davis library folliowing worship. Pick up a cup of coffee and join us! The meeting dates and topics: May 31 & June 7 - Lynne Ruedy Iran & Saudi Arabia June 14 - Annemaria Ballin - India June 21 - Frances Fukuda, Susan & Steve Caldwell Australia June 28 - Ann & Steve Morris England July 5 - The Rev'd Canon Peter Haynes General Convention July 12 - Barbara Black - Hungary July 19 & 26 - Norris Battin - Africa (Compass Rose Society Communion Visit) August 2 -War-time Memories All in attendance August 9 - NO MEETING (Honoring Veterans, Reception, etc.) August 16 & 23 Keith Nelson - Sweden August 30 - Barbara Stewart Mexico September 6 - Lynn Headley - Israel
Calendar of Ev ents At Saint Mic hael & All Ang els Events Michael Angels
AA meeting, 7:00-8:00 a.m., SW Yoga class, 9:00-10:00 a.m., NW (not 6/17, 6/24) Whiz Kids, 9:00-5:00 p.m., AAC Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing, Noon Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC
Men’s Group, 7:30-9:00 a.m., DL Whiz Kids, 12 noon-5:00 p.m., AAC Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC
Senior Ministry, 2:00 p.m., CR Wed., July 8th Yoga class, 9:00-10:00 a.m., NW (not 6/19, 6/26) Fridays, July 10, 17, 24, 31 -Vacation Bible School Whiz Kids, 9:00 a.m.-12 noon, AAC 5:30-7:45 p.m., AAC, Sanctuary, NW Basketball, 1:30-2:30, 3:00-4:00, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC AA meeting, 7:00-10:00 p.m., SW ( World Vision Korean Methodist Church, 7:30-9:00 p.m., CR Meeting Rooms:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
5Basketball
Basketball, 8:00-10:00 a.m., 10:00-3:30 p.m., AAC
Whiz Kids, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., AAC Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC
Tuesday
Saturday
Whiz Kids, 1:45-2:45 p.m., AAC Volleyball, 3:30-6:30 p.m., AAC St. Mike’s Basketball, 7:00-9:00 p.m., AAC
AAC - All Angels’ Court MR - Michael’s Room CR - Conference Room
Fri., June 26th Sun., June 28th
Sun., June 21st Mon., June 22nd Tues., June 23rd
Wed., June 17th Sat., June 20th
Wed., June 10th Thurs., June 11th Fri., June 12th Sat., June 13th Sun., June 14th
DL - Davis Library NW - North Wing GR - Blue Room, AAC
SW - South Wing YR - Yellow Room, AAC RR - Red Room, AAC
IN THE COMING MONTH
Vestry Meeting, 5:00-7:00 p.m., CR Staff Meeting, 9:30 a.m., DL Citizens’ Climate Lobby, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., DL Youth Sunday Jazz Vespers, 4:00 p.m., Sanctuary Senior Ministry, 2:00 p.m., CR J. Hassett Student Recital, 5:00-8:30 p.m., Sanctuary Diocesan Concert at Disney Hall Alex Perkins CoL/BoD, & Reception in MR, 2:00 p.m. Adult Christian Education Committee, 10:30, CR J2A Youth Group, 9:00 a.m., Corner Room Deadline for Summer issue of For the Love of Mike Bob Hine’s Committal, 12 noon, Memorial Garden Sue Ewers CoL/BoD, & Reception in MR, 2:00 p.m. Worship Commission, 10:30 a.m., CR Baroque Music Festival Organ Recital, 8:00 p.m. Women’s Fellowship, 7:00 p.m., Sara Hyatt’s Home Spyglass Hill Homeowners Board, 6:00-9:00 p.m., CR Whiton’s Renewal of Marriage Vows, 5:00 p.m., Sanctuary J2A Youth Group, 9:00 a.m., Corner Room Friends of Music Executive Committee, 10:15 a.m., CR
Monday
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FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE
THOMAS MERTON AND OUR HYMNAL by Ray Urwin, Minister of Music
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ecently a group from St. Mike’s spent a weekend at Camp Stephens with The Rev. Gary Hall, Dean of the National Cathedral, where the topic was the late Thomas Merton. I know a bit about Merton, and named my hymn tune “Surely it is God who saves me” in honor of him. Susan writes about the weekend elsewhere in this issue, and my article is the result of several text messages between us while they were there, which she shared with the group and with Dean Hall. Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was quite an interesting fellow - just google his name to learn the basics of his life and work. My interest and discovery of Merton began with a course on him at Yale taught by priest, theologian, and author Henri Nouwen, which my wife at the time sometimes attended (we were rather busy: she was dealing with cancer, I was trying to complete a three-year graduate program in two years as well as care for her, and we both had out-of-town church positions). She told me that he was an intellectual/literary type, to whom I might be attracted. Later I did some reading and indeed got hooked on him, both his life and work. The first and so far only time I heard his name mentioned in an Episcopal church was in a sermon back East given by The late Rev. Joseph Frazier, a colleague at the cathedral I served in Delaware. Later he was rector at parishes in Menlo Park and Torrance, and in retirement was the Caldwells’ priest when they lived in Big Bear (ironically, I played for Joe’s memorial service in Hermosa Beach in April last year). I decided that the Episcopal Church, other than Joe, needed to learn something about Merton, and when the time came, years later, to name my hymn tune, I chose “Merton” in honor of him. My hymn tune (No. 679 in our book) had started life as a choral piece, and when abbreviated words arrived in the mail on a Thursday, I basically dashed off the music for the second half, wrote out a fair copy by hand and typewriter (this was in ancient times, before software) and mailed it on Friday, as the following Monday was the deadline!
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After it was accepted the General Editor of the hymnal wrote to me asking me to pick another name for the tune, as “Merton” was already taken by the great Advent hymn ‘Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding’ (each piece of hymn music has to have its own unique name besides the first words it’s commonly sung to, so the music can be used with other words of the same meter. This is up to a composer, but it must have a name for cataloguing purposes, and if a composer doesn’t name a tune, an editor will). So I named it “Thomas Merton.” Hymns, including their tune names, are a fascinating subject, and I’ll be writing an article or two about that in a future For the Love of Mike, and maybe a “Sundays at 9:00” presentation. The Editor’s last sentence of my acceptance letter said “In a few weeks the Service Music acceptances will be in the mail, and I have good news for you on that front, too!” I spent the next couple of months pondering which music of the 20 or so pieces I’d sent were accepted; the good news turned out to be my Fraction Anthem ‘My flesh is food indeed,” No. S-169. I remember when I mailed in my service music pieces (before the hymns) hoping that if they accepted only one that it would be that one, as it was far better than the rest. I have no idea whether Thomas Merton would have liked either my hymn tune; or fraction anthem; I suspect not, though I’d like to think he would have been honored to have a hymn named after him. But, since the hymnal was published in late 1985 both the hymn and fraction anthem became two of the most popular and frequently sung pieces of the new music in the hymnal, used to introduce the new book and sung by many in churches around the U. S. and overseas every weekend. The hymn also appears in the hymnals of the Anglican Church and the United Church of Christ in Japan, and in two other American hymnals. ADULT ACOLYTE CAPTAINS NEEDED: The ministry commitment is based on a rotation Sunday schedule and on an “as needed” basis depending upon the liturgical calendar year. Contact Susan Caldwell, Director of Christian Education 949.644,0463 Ext.12 if you would like to take part in the Acolyte Ministry at Saint Michael & All Angels.
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YOUTH SUNDAY JUNE 7TH: Teen, Youth, children and preschool Christian Education programs and ministries (Godly Play, Formation and J2A) will be highlighted. Sunday School teachers will be recognized with a big ‘Thank you!’ The Acolyte Team, comprised of both youth and adults will also be recognized and thanked for their dedication and service to the Acolyte Ministry. The homily time will be apportioned into five segments with five designated speakers: Kati Mowat Nicholson (J2A), Anne Conover (Godly Play), Susan Caldwell (Formation/Tweens and Nursery), Barbara Black (Special Events/Boy Scouts and Camp Stevens) and Ray Urwin (Children’s Choir). An Eblast will be sent out to the Parish as a reminder for all to come and celebrate in support of our youth and volunteers.
United Thank Offering (UTO) is a ministry of the Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church. Through United Thank Offering, men, women, and children nurture the habit of giving daily thanks to God. These prayers of thanksgiving start when we recognize and name our many daily blessings. Those who participate in UTO discover that thankfulness leads to generosity. United Thank Offering is entrusted to promote thank offerings, to receive the offerings, and to distribute the UTO monies to support mission and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church and in Provinces of the Anglican Communion in the developing world. So pick up a Blue Box in Michael’s Room and use it prayerfully every day!
* * * LEST WE FORGET: There have been 4,491 American military casualties in Iraq and 2,356 in Afghanistan and other locations. "Lord hear our prayers for those who are dead and for those who mourn."
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BAROQUE FESTIVAL CONCERT DEDICATED TO BOB & NANCY SATTLER By Pat Albers
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he 35th Baroque Music Festival’s second concert in its 2015 season, “Bach at Work, Bach at Home” will be dedicated to the memory of long-time parishioners Bob and Nancy Sattler. The Sattlers were early supporters of the Festival, patron subscribers and hosted several suppers at their home for musicians following the concerts. The performance takes place on Monday, June 22nd at 8pm at Saint Michael & All Angels. The concert, subtitled “Keyboard masterworks by Bach”, features organist and harpsichordist Ian Pritchard performing Bach preludes and fugues for organ, and sonatas and suites for harpsichord with violinist and Festival artistic director Elizabeth Blumenstock. Pritchard and Blumenstock in their notes about the works they will play said, “Improvisation was a major component, if not the foundation, of the organist’s art in the Baroque period.
Johann Sebastian Bach, heir to the tradition of Northern European organ-composers often referred to as the “North German Organ School,” was no exception. As improvisation played such a major role in Bach’s art, and the boundary between improvisation and composition was a very thin one, why would Bach write down his major organ works? “We know that written-down praeludia in the North German tradition were often composed as teaching models; surely some of Bach’s works fall in this category. It is also possible that Bach wrote down certain preludes and fugues as “fixed” versions — as opposed to the ephemeral versions he undoubtedly extemporized — for the major public organ recitals held periodically throughout his life.” More notes about the concert can be found at www.bmf-cdm.org. Tickets and Festival subscriptions may be purchased online, by mail at
the website, or at the door for individual concerts on a space-available basis. Concerts are often sold out, however, so early ordering is recommended. Doors open 20 minutes prior to the concert. Concert brochures are available in Saint Michael’s Parish Office.
FESTIVAL CONCERT -- ORGAN, BRASS, AND CHOIR: Friday June 12, 7:30pm at Walt Disney Concert Hall celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Los Angeles. Bus leaves from the church; free tickets. Contact Lynn Headley: lynnheadleygc@earthlink.net or 714.920.7981. Our parish subscribes to the online learning program “Church Next”through our elearning program “The Well.” If you are interested, please contact Kathleen Peterson at kathleenopeterson@gmail or (949) 378-5002 or Susan Caldwell at scaldwell@stmikescdm.org.
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