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FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE Your Parish Newsletter in Print—APRIL 2018 Edition Sent Via Email to all Parishioners on The Parish Email List
SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 3233 PACIFIC VIEW DRIVE CORONA DEL MAR, CA 92625 www.stmikescdm.ladiocese.org 949-644-463
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WE WISH YOU A JOYOUS EASTERTIDE
a body, tangible yet gloriously transformed. The power of death and the fear it holds over our minds is ended because Jesus rose, revealing his total authority over death and everything else– every sin, every suffering, every fear in our lives. In the rising of Christ from the tomb, Isaiah’s prophecy of the death of death (Isaiah 25:6-9) is fulfilled, and that means we don’t have to be afraid any more.
WITH AN OCEAN VIEW By The Revd Michael Seiler IT’S EASTERTIDE! The alleluias are still ringing in my ears as I write this. After suffering betrayal, torture and execution, Jesus rose from the tomb, gloriously triumphing over sin, suffering and death. The power of death over us is ended, because Jesus rose, truly and actually, in 1
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So are you ready? Are you ready to believe in, to stake your death and your life on the glorious resurrection of Christ our God? Are you ready to face the death of death, and to accept the victory of Christ over the sins we all secretly treasure because they are so familiar and seem so comfortable?
But what about LIFE? What about the (hopefully) many years between today and the day we breathe our last? Christ’s power over death isn’t only for the moment when we die– it’s for us now. Christ is victorious over death, but not just when we breathe our last – Christ is victorious over all of our “little deaths,” too, those little deaths we die every day. The little daily deaths we impose on ourselves and on each other through our sinfulness, our self-absorption, our meanness of spirit toward each other and ourselves. The little daily deaths of the frustration and meaninglessness and loneliness and shamefulness and desperation we sometimes feel, even though it’s Eastertide. Those deaths too, no less than final, literal physical death, are vanquished by the Risen Christ, because he took them to himself on the Cross. We will never know the kind of loneliness Jesus knew on the cross. We’ll never know the kind of meaninglessness and shame and desperation Jesus endured on the Cross. We will never know the full costliness of our redemption – it is beyond our comprehension. And that costly price, paid for our salvation by Christ in his unimaginable mercy and generosity, is so great that Christ’s death and rising gives him victory over not just our physical, literal deaths, but over our daily, ordinary, all-too-familiar sins as well.
All you have to do is open your heart to the Risen Christ. Alleluia!
THE RECTOR SEARCH
The formal search for a new rector for our parish began on March 11 as the Revd Canon Joanna Sartorius, the transitions officer of the Diocese of Los Angeles, visited St. Mike’s to describe the search process to the congregation. Keeping the parish informed about the progress of the search is an important part of this process and we will publicize our progress and answer questions in a variety of communications including a monthly column in For the Love of Mike (of which this is the first), weekly notes in the St. Mike’s Messenger and a series of Sunday Forums with the interim rector to brief parishioners, answer their questions, and get their input. OUR HISTORY WILL INFORM OUR FUTURE An early step in the process is for the current parish membership to articulate our parish identity -- to ask ourselves “Who are we now and where are we going?” On June 9 (details will be announced shortly) we will celebrate our parish history and identity with a “Story Day” facilitated by a member of the clergy from the diocese of Los Angeles who is expert in leading congregations to prepare their “Story.”
We mortals, we sinners, thus stand in terrible, terrible danger. We stand in terrible danger– of being redeemed. We stand in terrible danger of newness, of freedom, of holiness and joy beyond anything we’ve ever known. We stand in terrible danger of coming to the place in our lives where we give God our death– and he begins to take our sins along with it! If we really give to God our death, he will take it, and our sins with it, and by the power of the Cross he will triumph over the lot of it. And in return he will give us his own freedom, his own holiness, his own joy and beatitude, his own new and unending life, now and in the world to come.
To give us a historical head start, we can review the text of our recently published parish history: “Saint Michael & All Angels Corona del Mar,” A Celebration of 50 Years” first made available in 2015. We plan to offer highlights of its decade history chapters in the upcoming issues of For the Love of Mike beginning with this issue. (If you’d like to have a full color printed copy of 2
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expect, that our chapters and discussions vary in style, expression and content and even somewhat in length. On the other hand, to help to make our coverage as unified as possible we begin with a timeline that identifies, over more than 50 years, the dates of significant parish changes and events. To help to make our coverage as thorough as possible, we end with a list by year of all the individuals who have held a Vestry position at Saint Michael & All Angels since its founding. We supplement our writing with an array of historical photographs that catch many of our fellow parishioners in notable church activities and happy moments.
this paperbound book with photographs and tables you can order it from Lulu Press using this link http://bit.ly/parishhistory. The cost is $15.00 and three dollars of that revenue goes to support the parish. Short excerpts of the history are on our website www.stmikescdm.org in the “Parish History” section.) The introduction, timeline (recently updated to 2017) and the chapter on the sixties are in this first installment. Saint Michael & All Angels Corona del Mar A Celebration of 50 Years A Project of the Saint Michael & All Angels History Group
It seems only proper that we choose to dedicate our volume to the vicar and two rectors who led us in the course of these five challenging decades—to Ed Allen, John Davis and Peter Haynes. It is also dedicated to the memory of the inspiring man we called our "parish historian," the late Samuel McCulloch. Sam, as a professor and former dean of humanities at UCI, wrote the history of the first 40 years of that campus. It is fitting that that book be matched with a comparable volume on the local Episcopal Church that he joined, supported and loved deeply.
Copyright © 2014 by the Saint Michael & All Angels History Group All rights reserved Introduction This small volume is an attempt on the part of five Saint Michael & All Angels parishioners to capture and describe some of the dedication, spirit and accomplishment that have built and sustained our church during the first 50 years of its existence. We have interviewed many people and surveyed many documents, but we make no claim to having explored every aspect of our subject matter. It is our primary intent to honor and appreciate all of those who participated—men and women, old and young, clerical and lay, named and unnamed—in the worship, mission, study, administration, fellowship, sorrow, and joy of our congregation's life.
Timeline Timeline of Saint Michael & All Angels Episcopal Parish Church, Corona del Mar, CA 1960 The Rev’d Edward Powell Allen appointed vicar; first worship service held at Community Congregational Church in Corona del Mar; Mission Council organized 1961 Services moved to the chapel of St. James’ Parish Day School at fifth and Marguerite, Corona del Mar; Sunday school held in their classrooms
We have chosen to recount the story decade by decade since the 1960s, each period described by an individual and identifiable author, with added chapters on the role of music and art at Saint Michael & All Angels and on our close connection with the Episcopal campus ministry at the neighboring University of California at Irvine. This means, as you might
1964 Women's group organizes for worship, mission, fellowship and Christian education studies; St. James Parish Day School becomes nondenominational Harbor Day School; first parish newsletter Judgment Day published 3
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1988 At rector's urging, Vestry commits to a goal of becoming a “60/40 church” with mission spending greater than operating expenses
1966 Fr. Allen leaves to begin chaplaincy at new University of California, Irvine; The Rev’d Canon Douglas Stuart becomes locum tenens 1967 Construction of the sanctuary begins at Pacific View Drive and Marguerite; The Rev’d John Rogers Davis called as vicar; first For the Love of Mike newsletter published
1990 Parish review committee analyzes parish's strengths and weaknesses 1993 Parish Emergency Fund established
1968 New sanctuary completed; Saint Michael & All Angels incorporated as a parish; Fr. Davis elected rector; Parish Vestry functions under bylaws with rector, wardens, clerk, commission chairs
1995 Parish initiates annual Metric Ton of Food for Children of the Americas 1997 Vestry creates endowment with major gift from a parishioner
1972 Parish dedicated by the Rt. Rev’d Robert Rusack, suffragan bishop of Los Angeles.
1999 First parish pilgrimage to the Holy Land; Building Our Faith capital campaign launched
1974 Abbot and Sieker pipe organ installed
20002001 Parish center remodeled and enlarged
1975 Deanery Ten’s refugee relocation program begins; Saint Michael & All Angels sponsors Vietnamese families
2001 Praying Our Goodbyes service for those experiencing loss inaugurated; Bishop Fred Borsch appoints Peter Haynes Honorary Canon of the cathedral center
1976 New parish center constructed with meeting and classroom space; Deanery Ten churches form Episcopal Service Alliance in Orange County; General Convention of The Episcopal Church approves the ordination of women and the new Book of Common Prayer.
2002 Jon Bruno elected bishop of Los Angeles 2006 Katharine Jefferts Schori elected presiding bishop 2007 Parish joins Anglican Communion Compass Rose Society
1979 New version of the Book of Common Prayer formally adopted; Friends of Music organized at Saint Michael & All Angels
2009 Parishioners join volunteers at 76th triennial convention in Anaheim; Diane Jardine Bruce and Mary Douglas Glasspool elected bishops suffragan of Los Angeles
1980 Ordination of women priests approved by diocesan convention 1982 Rose garden planted in front of the church; new hymnal adopted
2011 Second parish pilgrimage to the Holy Land
1985 Good Shepherd memorial garden completed; parishioners volunteer at 68th triennial convention in Anaheim
2012 Parish labyrinth dedicated 2013 Sanctuary of the church substantially refurbished with new floor tile and rugs
1986 Fr. Davis retires and moves to Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Rev’d Gene Lindusky becomes locum tenens
2014 Drought-tolerant and native friendly landscaping installed. Includes an orchard/edible garden
1987 Vestry calls the Rev’d Peter Haynes as rector from his campus ministry at UC Berkeley; he arrives on the first Sunday of Advent
2106 Stations of the cross plaques from Jerusalem installed in the sanctuary
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2017 Fr. Haynes retires; the Revd Michael Seiler named interim rector
Edward Powell Allen, day school director and vicar of the mission. The mission's first council met February 27, 1960, and at the direction of the bishop, named the church Saint Michael & All Angels. Regular worship began on June 18 in the upper room of the Congregational Community Church in Corona del Mar. The Rev'd John H. Parke, rector of St. James, appointed John Manypenny as the first mission council warden. Early lay leaders included Wally and Grace "Squee" Barnes, Henry "Hank" and Dorothea Riedel, Bob and Pat Hauk, Jack Broering, and Helen Reuter. Kathleen Gucken was a mostly hidden financial angel.
The Sixties Between Fifth Avenue in Corona del Mar and the county seat in Santa Ana one saw grassy hills, gullies, a small airport and vegetable farms growing peppers, lima beans, sugar beets and strawberries. Even in the early 1960s there were wranglers herding cattle just outside the chapel windows of Saint Michael & All Angels parish mission. However, as this new Episcopal parish was founded and grew, astonishing changes in the religious, social, and political fabric of the nation were occurring. Rock and roll transformed our music; a war was fought in Vietnam; a youthful president was assassinated on television; civil rights, counterculture, and antiwar movements appeared; women began to take their places in boardrooms, in management, and in conventions.
Construction of an administration building, six classrooms and a chapel began in January 1961 at property on the southeast corner of Marguerite and Fifth Avenue. Father Allen conducted the first services in the newly finished buildings on September 10, 1961. Thereafter, worship services were held at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Sundays and at 8 a.m. on Wednesdays. Before classes began there, John Killefer, St. James’ treasurer, planted olive and pine trees to mark and complete the grounds. Carol Prough, an early student, remembered Fr. Allen ringing the bell to call the students to chapel on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. As school chaplain, Fr. Allen was on campus to lead chapel each day. Nancy Sattler remembers how he changed into ‘street clothes’ to meet and greet kindergarteners, the newest students.
Between 1950 and 1960 the population of Newport Beach more than doubled as it was transformed from a summer vacation community into a substantial city of more than 26 thousand. By the late 1950s St. James Episcopal parish, located in the harbor area of Newport Beach, was feeling the strains of this growth. Home construction in the newly established Corona del Mar neighborhoods of Irvine Terrace, Cameo Highlands and Cameo Shores rapidly added families to the parish, families who soon found traffic to and parking at St. James very difficult. Responding creatively, the St. James Vestry decided to relocate the St. James Parish Day School to Corona del Mar and at the same time to establish a parochial mission church.
The vicar led Sunday worship, with volunteers filling roles for altar guild, lay readers, acolytes, choir and organist, and Sunday school teachers. We celebrated Holy Communion on the first Sunday of each month and every Wednesday and held Morning Prayer with sermon every other Sunday. Parishioners followed The 1928 Book of Common Prayer and The Hymnal 1940. Dorothea Riedel, Babs Harlan, and Audrey Ezzell established an altar guild for the new congregation. Boys from the EYC (Episcopal Young Churchmen) served as
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Martha Killefer started a Girls Friendly Society at St. Michael's for girls of elementary and junior high school age. More than a dozen girls quickly joined, to serve the church, have fun and fellowship, and enjoy their summer week at Camp Stevens with friends from throughout the diocese.
acolytes, their moms guided Rob Prough and Karl Killefer! Worship music featured a choir and a small electronic organ. Hank Riedel was the first organist, and subsequently, Alice Allen. The Cherub Choir, directed by Barbara Carson and Sally Knapp, had 25 members at one Thanksgiving service. The adult choir was organized under the watchful eye of Mary Keyes. Special brass, reed, and string instruments were added to the worship on occasion.
The council's mission commission was admirably active. It conducted laity led worship services for patients at Fairview, and it organized members in local outreach programs. Different community needs would arise, and the parish would strive to meet them. Parishioners joined members of other churches to form the Episcopal Service Alliance, a food program in Santa Ana, which donated food, funds and service hours. Parish women prepared and delivered sack lunches once a week to a preschool lunch program in Santa Ana. The Prayers of the People honored members, friends and relatives serving in the Vietnam War. We also recognized antiwar events at a time when the country experienced deeply fractured politics.
Other fellowship events soon supplemented coffee hours following worship. “Lillian Dodd, who owned Dodd’s Malt Shop on Balboa Island, persuaded her husband to cook hot dogs for dinners, while we all brought baked beans and mixed them all together for a simple meal,” recalls Nancy Sattler. In those days, when there were “couples only” parties, divorced individuals, and singles were not invited. We taught Sunday school in several venues over the next ten years, first in parishioners’ homes under the direction of Helen Reuter and then at the St. James Parish Day School, which became Harbor Day School on February 1, 1964. Later, Lincoln School and the new Harbor Day School opened their doors to our children. We held special events for Sunday school children (Christmas party, Twelfth Night party, Pancake suppers) in the school chapel. Until the parish center opened in 1976, Sunday school coincided with worship. Among the most diligent teachers were Herb and Rita Hoffman and Bill and Marge Pemberton.
In the mid 60’s, shortly after Fr. Allen had informed the women of the parish that it was no longer necessary to wear hats to church, Pat Hauk and Nancy Sattler asked Fr. Allen if they could start a women's group to expand fellowship, study and service. His response was, "Great! But be sure to keep it from becoming the fundraising arm of the church. Please remember, it is no longer necessary to wear hats to church.” One of the first of its many projects was to knit and crochet pot holders for Native American missions in Bluff, Utah. Parish women published a cookbook and met with other women in the diocese’s Episcopal Church Women group to worship, read the Bible and study The Cup of Trembling, a play about Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Bob and Pat Hauk organized the parish EYC. They met weekly for food and fellowship, visited other churches, helped at Fairview Hospital and Developmental Center and took trips to the mountains. One Saturday, they took a group of Fairview children to the beach at Bob and Nancy Sattler’s home. These children had never before experienced beach sand.
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committee member Pat McNamee asked parishioners to sign their names on bricks they set in the walls of the south wing.
Polynesia. Saint Michael & All Angels joined in fellowship with a parish in Suva, Fiji, and Squee Barnes traveled there as a parish representative. Later, she joined others from the diocese to walk in the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The mission congregation offered its prayerful support.
The cruciform shape of the church offered varieties of space for events. In the east wing, the sacristy and acolytechoir room found themselves next to the parish and rector’s offices. The small half kitchen in the south wing served as a central place for fellowship, education and Episcopal Church Women (ECW) meetings: everything from Sunday coffees, confirmation classes, lectures, and dinners took place there. The Vestry regularly met in the north wing, which was used for nursery care on Sundays and served as a “Bride’s Room” for weddings. At the top of the building was “a cross visible for all.”
In 1965 planning for a permanent church on the Fifth Avenue property suddenly stopped when the California Division of Highways announced plans to build a freeway along the coast through Corona del Mar. In March 1966, the state bought the property for $384 thousand. Meanwhile, the Irvine Company proposed a site at Marguerite and Pacific View Drive for the church's relocation, an offer that the St. James Vestry gladly accepted. The renamed Harbor Day School, in a bid for wider support from the community, dropped its affiliation with Saint Michael & All Angels and moved to property one block east, next to Pacific View Memorial Park.
The mission council’s search for a new vicar soon brought the Rev’d John Rogers Davis to southern California from the Church of the Good Shepherd, Fort Defiance, Arizona. St. James’ rector and Vestry approved his selection in February 1967. After his appointment, Fr. Davis chose Bruce Carson to be mission council representative on the St. James’ Vestry.
In early 1966 Fr. Allen announced his appointment as Episcopal chaplain at the new University of California, Irvine, and by midyear he had left us. Parish members supported Fr. Allen’s UCI chaplaincy, attending programs and contributing time and talent. In any case, Allen was not about to forget Saint Michael & All Angels. Before leaving, he urged the congregation to build a spacious and beautiful sanctuary, with a cross visible for all!
In March 1968 Saint Michael & All Angels was granted parish status. In celebration, a King James Bible, a Book of Common Prayer (1928), and historical documents were put in a strong box set in the cornerstone at the northeast corner of the sanctuary. Clerk of the Vestry Keith Nelson remembers holding the cornerstone in place as the cement was laid around it. The first service in the completed sanctuary took place on Easter Eve, April 1968. Worship followed a schedule of Eucharist on Sundays, with organ and choirs; Morning Prayer on weekdays. The central altar, with congregants circling it to receive Holy Communion, was a new and radical change in the liturgical space. Fr. Davis insisted that an altar rail was unnecessary, even after a parishioner offered to donate one.
Much that was new now came at once. The Rev’d Canon Douglas Stuart became locum tenens. The Irvine Company sold us the present 3.6 acres site for $125 thousand. We selected Carleton Winslow and Hank Howell as architects to plan a sanctuary and guide its construction, and we held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 10, 1967. Visiting the sanctuary building site became a regular activity for members following worship each Sunday. (San Miguel Drive was still a dirt road and home for owls and jackrabbits.) Building 7
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gym supporting a student "sit-in" against the Vietnam War.
The parish held its first patronal festival on September 29, 1968. Guests from The Church of the Epiphany, East Los Angeles, joined us, establishing a tradition of close fellowship that lasted many years. The two parishes planned, cooked, and worshiped together as diocesan friends.
From its very beginnings, the parish of Saint Michael & All Angels has consistently encouraged its members to be leaders in facing new challenges. Vestries, commissions, committees and individuals joined Fr. Allen in doing this and actively supported Fr. Davis as we worked our way from liturgical renewal through rapid social change and finally to the full participation of women. High-quality homilies and sermons by Fr. Allen and Fr. Davis informed and built up the necessary confidence for leadership. –Corinne Stover
Fr. Davis’ leadership in studying the revisions of the Book of Common Prayer was inspiring. There were numerous editions for him to lead us through before The Episcopal Church finally adopted the red book in 1979. Tracing the various changes in a loose-leaf book, the green book and the zebra book, we developed a new understanding of our faith and ministry.
The second installment of the SMAA history will appear in the May issue
Bishop Bloy’s directive to parishes to study and explore racial tensions after the Watts riots increased the interaction between parish members, students, and the greater community. At one point, in order to stimulate more dialogue, the Christian education commission employed two black students at UCI to discuss issues with us. This strengthened our efforts to maintain a significant social mission in the parish, one that focused on lay leadership in Christian education at all levels. The association between UCI and Saint Michael & All Angels began during Fr. Allen’s tenure, and continued to grow. Among faculty members who came to worship at Saint Michael & All Angels were Sam and Sally McCulloch, Jack and Suzie Peltason, Alex and Peggy Maradudin, Cam and Richard Wallis, Lamar and Ellen Hill, Ed and Deborah Schell, Keith Nelson, Mary Keyes and Lorie Reed.
OUTREACH AND SHARING
Fundraising opportunities: Amazon Smile (5% of qualifying purchases donated to Saint Michael & All Angels), Youth Car Wash, Paint Night Out, and Kids Learn to Knit. To volunteer, contact Kati Mowat Nicholson at 949.300.3164, or kmowat22@gmail.com. We currently sponsor: Canterbury Irvine (UCI), HomeAid Orange County, Compass Rose Society, Share Ourselves (SOS), United Thank Offering, Camp Stevens, and Theological Education
The “radical 60s” challenged lay and clergy and led to heated arguments both at the diocesan convention and within our parish. Diocesan delegates reported annually on a variety of resolutions and slim budgets. Parishioners maintained an avid and sometimes controversial engagement. At one point, the Los Angeles Times featured a front-page picture of our senior warden Victor Rumbellow and his wife Olive sitting on the floor in the UCI
NEWS, EVENTS AND APPEALS
THE SIXTH ANNUAL CANTERBURY CUP held by Canterbury-Irvine in support of the Episcopal chaplaincy at UC Irvine, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the 8
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beautiful Bella Collina golf course in San Clemente. Last year over 60 golfers from over a dozen Orange County parishes, including our own, competed for the golden trophy. This year St. Michael’s will be represented by at least one excellent foursome — Jackie Dodd (our captain), Myrna Ireland, Don Sheetz, and Bob Wolfe —, and we hope that there are other parishioners who will want to play. If you are a golfer and are interested in participating or know of a golfer who might be, please get in touch with Jackie Dodd.
Professor Luke Timothy Johnson: "Jesus and the Gospels." This course will run for six weeks. WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP We met in February and listened to a sermon delivered at the National Cathedral by Brenee Brown, author, Episcopalian, and well-known-to-us TED talker. Her topic was "Why I Attend Church" and, as always, her honesty and engaging style stimulated our own thoughts and conversation. We will meet again on March 27th in the home of Beth Bianchi. Call Beth, 949-636-3418 with questions or directions. All are welcome!
As in earlier years, Canterbury-Irvine will be holding a $400 raffle in conjunction with the tournament, the drawing to be held at the Bella Colina course clubhouse on April 28. Keith Nelson and Susan Brown will be selling raffle tickets at St Michael’s after each church service on both Sunday, April 15, and Sunday, April 22. Tickets will cost $5 each, or three for $10. If you can't play, or even if you can, please buy a raffle ticket (or three) and help to finance our Episcopal chaplain at UCI, the Reverend Dr. Glenn Libby. Your participation is crucial to our success!!
FELLOWSHIP Girls Friendly Society Our initial meeting was a Tea Party on February 4th. We will continue to meet monthly on the first Sunday of the month in the Red Room, following Godly Play. All girls are invited. Foyers groups are being formed, with the opportunity for fellowship and food in small groups. Singles, couples, cooks and non-cooks-there's lots of flexibility! If you haven't yet signed up, please call Beth Bianchi. 949-6363418. ST. MIKE’S COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION is looking for volunteers to help in the parish’s marketing, advertising, and public relations efforts, especially a database manager. Social media skills desired. If interested, please contact Norris Battin at 949.500.2442, or via email nbattin@gmail.com.
SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE IN 2018 Pledge payments can now be scheduled using web banking. You can set up regular, recurring payments for your annual pledge, and leave your checkbook at home on Sundays. This payment method is completely optional. You can continue to place pledge envelopes in the collection plates if you wish (empty or with a note saying you gave online). Note that regular, recurring payments help the church maintain a healthy cash flow, especially useful during the summer months when many are on vacation. For details and instructions call our bookkeeper, Maile, in the Parish Office, 949-644-0463, ex. 15. She will be happy to help you simplify your life!
TIME AND TALENT If you are thinking about volunteering with one of our Commissions, 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 email smaa@stmikescdm.org with questions or to volunteer. INKLINGS Meets monthly on the third Thursday, 9:30-11am, at Julie Sheffield’s house. Currently
SUNDAYS AT NINE The next series starts on April 8. It is a Great Courses DVD series with 9
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reading and studying C.S. Lewis “Mere Christianity.” Susan Caldwell leads the discussion. Call her for directions.
mercy; comfort him with a sense of thy goodness; preserve him from the temptations of the enemy; and give him patience under his affliction. In thy good time, restore him to health, and enable them to lead the residue of their lives in thy fear, and to thy glory; and grant that finally they may dwell with thee in life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
READ BISHOP TAYLOR’S AND BISHOP BRUCE’S POSTS to the diocese at our Daily Mike Facebook page, the Daily Mike, hashtag #7bp. Bishop Bruce’s hashtag is #bpsuf. A DAILY DEVOTIONAL FROM The Living Church magazine is published on the Daily Mike Facebook page. You can also read the day’s morning and evening prayer there.
GUIDANCE O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light rise up in darkness for the godly: Grant us, in all our doubt and uncertainties, the grace to ask what thou would have us to do, that the Spirit of wisdom ma save us from all false choices, and that in thy light we may see light, and in thy straight path may not stumble; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS APRIL 2 Easter Monday -- Office Closed; Friends of Music Piano Recital April 27 -- Canterbury Cup MAY 27-- Summer schedule: one service 9am May 28 Memorial Day -- Office Closed JUNE 9 Parish History Day and Lunch JULY 4 Independence Day -- Office Closed
FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE Is a monthly publication of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopa Church, Corona del Mar, CA. 92625 Copy deadline is the second Wednesday of the month. We welcome letters and articles. Editor: nbattin@gmail.com Parish website: www.stmikescdm.ladiosese.org
THE 78TH CONVENTION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH --July 5 to 13, Austin TX. September 2 -- Fellowship Brunch SEPTEMBER 3 Labor Day -- Office closed SEPTEMBER 9 Resume two service schedule
THANKSGIVINGS AND INTERSESSIONS THANKSGIVINGS
For all the blessings of this life
HEALING
O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need: We humbly beseech thee to behold, visit, and relieve thy sick servant N. for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon him with the eyes of thy 10
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OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH
and to not connect with strangers on the internet. Now there is UBER.”
When to Talk to Strangers
On my 405 freeway SuperShuttle excursion to LAX, surprising to me, I found myself with two people who were very interesting. One was a woman who was going back to Sydney. She said she has traveled back and forth from Australia to California for over 50 years. She was bringing back tortillas and going to a place called Manly Beach in Sydney Harbor. I remembered well Sydney Harbor and having camped on the north side during Christmas vacation when I lived in Australia. It was there that a kookaburra swooped down to eat the breakfast sausage we were cooking. I also remembered how in Manly Beach my daughter Jacqueline, came across a blue ringed octopus in a shell while swimming in the water. I digress, as these are all poignant memories that this stranger was helping me to reminisce about. Not that I shared with her these details. I just sat pleasantly listening to her talk about her childhood and how she said that it was a delight to grow up in such a location as Manly Beach in Sydney Harbor.
By Susan Caldwell The magnificence of Easter is that God raises Jesus Christ from the dead. And the Eastertide stories subsequently following read like the first part of a good novel. We see “the intruder” enters the story and it behooves the main characters to take note of and enter into a conversation with this supposed stranger. We see this with Mary Magdalene at the tomb as she mistakes Jesus for the gardener. We see this again on the Road to Emmaus as the two disciples traveling on their journey, the “Big Exit,” do not recognize at first the One who bore their sins on the Cross. And then, the tender breakfast story on the sea of Galilee, post resurrection sans fish to become a lot of fish. This story where the weary fishermen are soon to be made “fishers of men” for the rest of their lives by this stranger/ guest asking questions on the shoreline. Why don’t they recognize Jesus? Why don’t they recognize him sooner? Perhaps, for the same reason that we don’t recognize Jesus in our daily lives or on the faces of other people. We are focused on other things.
Then the other stranger boarded the SuperShuttle. He said he was a pilot. He was wearing his typical pilot’s uniform, a short sleeve white shirt with brocade on the shoulders, black slacks. But since I haven’t spoken to an airplane pilot in my life recently about the scope of their vocational experience, hard to believe I know, but I really wasn’t very conversant. I was too preoccupied and concerned about the fifteen-hour flight I had ahead of me and thinking about my daughter. There had been a storm off Baja and I was worried about turbulence. The pilot spoke of the scenic geography that he had seen from the air, the volcanoes and beauty of Iceland and how times had changed and how people spend more time on their phones.
I remember something that happened last summer, when I ventured to Melbourne, Australia to visit my daughter Elise who was there on a work visa and had become sick. I had never taken a SuperShuttle to the airport before. So, the thought of getting on an unfamiliar form of transport to LAX, to be honest, was not my ideal method of getting there. Who wants to travel with strangers? As my 20-year-old nephew has reminded me, “We were raised and told not to talk to strangers, not to get in the car with strangers 11
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INSPIRING DISCIPLES
When we arrived at LAX, this stranger, a kind soul, helped me with my luggage to the Qantas check in.
By Ruth Poole
Later I reflected. Pilots basically steer rockets that launch into the sky and carry people to other destination, day in and day out. And there is a certain amount of faith that comes with flying airplanes. Faith in the mechanical world. Faith that a ground crew cares about other people’s lives more than their own. And faith that weather will behave as it should. But at the time, I did not think about how these two people were experienced and seasoned air travelers. I may have looked worried. But the two strangers on the SuperShuttle talked freely and light heartedly with each other, as if it were another ordinary day in the life for air travel, just like walking a dog at a park.
The daily message from the venerable Episcopal Church publication, “Forward Day by Day,” appears each morning on our Daily Mike Facebook page. A ministry of The Episcopal Church, Forward Movement has been inspiring disciples and empowering evangelists around the globe since 1935 through offerings that encourage spiritual growth in congregations and individuals. Please check our Forward Movement display rack on the wall near the patio door in Michael’s Room. Pick up a pamphlet or two to share with family and friends. We provide a donation box for your convenience. Or order online. “The Disciples Way” was the first tract published by Foreword Movement. It is based on an essay by Gilbert P. Symans that, “called upon church members to put discipleship into practice in seven specific ways: Turn, Follow, Learn, Pray, Serve Worship, and share. Those who make decisions as Christians, and those who must carry them out, are the church, Christ’s disciples and who follow him as their leader.” There is no substitute for discipleship, the full commitment to his way of life. Lent is a perfect time as Christians to carry out the steps as revealed in this vital tract.
I do not know their names. Their companionship on the journey as strangers was one of kindness. Their calm nature and demeaner was reassuring. Sometimes we can see the manifestation of the risen Lord in the acts and manners of others-be it courage, faith, kindness, or generosity. As it has been said, “We are the hands and feet of Christ.” Looking back, I wish I had said more to them on that SuperShuttle journey. They might have been angels! In our parish hall in Michael’s Room, we have a lovely art piece on the wall. The calligraphy reads, “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” Hebrews 13:2 May your Eastertide be filled with the face of Christ and strangers who are angels unawares.
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CALENDARS
EVERY MONTH Sunday
Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday
The Holy Eucharist at 8am. & 10am Sundays-at-Nine, 9am, Davis Library Nursery Care from 9:30-11:30am Sunday School, 9:45am Godly Play, children 4-11, Yellow Room Formation, 5th-8th grade, Green Room Youth Group, high school 1st & 4th Sundays, Blue Room Senior Fit, 12 noon to 1pm, South Wing AA Meeting, 7pm., South Wing AA meeting, 7-8am, South Wing Staff Meeting, 9:30am, Davis Library Liturgy Meeting 10:30am, Fr. Michael’s office The Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing, Noon The Wednesday Lenten Evening Program continues on, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21 SAA meeting, 7:30-9pm., South Wing Men’s Group, 7:30-9am, Davis Library Choir Rehearsal, 7-8:30pm Sanctuary AA meeting, 7-10p.m., South Wing Coptic Christian Church, 7am-11am, Church
PUBLIC CALENDAR AVAILABLE SOON It’s a work in progress. A link to a Google calendar listing all key parish activities for several months going forward will be published shortly. We’ll let you know. Thanks for your patience.
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PARISH INFORMATION
(Underscores indicate an internet or email link. Issues in pdf format and the email addition have live links.) 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.
THE 2018 VESTRY
CLERGY AND STAFF
Senior Warden Mark Peterson markpeterson@catespeterson.com 949.252.2622
Interim Rector The Rev. Michael Seiler mseiler@stmikescdm.org Associate Rector The Rev. Dr. Barbara Stewart barbarastewart001@gmail.com
Junior Warden Clyde Dodge clydedodge@cox.net 949.375.1530
Director of Christian Education Susan Caldwell, M.A.Ed. scaldwell@stmikescdm.org
Christian Education Anne Conover annabananacaddie@aol.com 949.375-3048
Director of Music Ray Urwin, D.M.A. raywurwin@gmail.com
Clerk of the Vestry Jill Faller jjfaller@gmail.com 949.706.9495
Canterbury Irvine The Rev. Glenn Libby
Building and Grounds Michael Kiper Islandmd1@aol.com 949.350.2884
Assisting Priest The Rev. Canon Ray Fleming
Communications Norris Battin nbattin+SMAA@gmail.com 949.500.2442
Assisting Priest The Rev. Norm Freeman
Fellowship Beth Bianchi bethebianchi@gmail.com 949.721.0192
Bookkeeper Maile Jansen MaileJansen@stmikescdm.org
Finance Frank Olsen flolson@me.com 949.494-6990 Worship The Revd. Michael Seiler mseiler@stmikescdm.org 949.644.0463 Mission Kati Nicholson mailto:kmowat22@gmail.com 949.300.3164.
STAY CONNECTED to St. Mike’s:
Stewardship Stacie Tibbetts sltibbet@uci.edu 714.544.8490
website: stmikescdm.ladiocese.org email: mailto:smaa@stmikescdm.org
Evangelism Daryl Stevens darrly.stevens@cox.net
www.facebook.com/SMAAdailymike
Ombudsperson Jim Headley jrheadly@earthlink.net 741.719-0620
www.facebook.com/SMAACDM Instagram: stmikessocal
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ONLINE RESOURCE LINKS Parish website 2018 Annual Parish Report Episcopal News Service The Anglican Communion News Service Episcopal Church Liturgical Calendar The Daily Mike online newsletter The Daily Mike Facebook Page (TEC, AC, Diocese) The Lectionary Page The Bible (NSRV) The Message
Los Angeles Diocese The Bible (NRSV) Forward Movement Publications The Anglican Communion Episcopal News (Diocese of Los Angeles) Episcopal Daily Parish Facebook Page (local news) The Lectionary The Book of Common Prayer
PARISH VIMEO CATALOG LINKS
Homilies The Blessing of the Animals The Parable of the Bridegroom and the Bridesmaids The Book of Jonah and the Gospel of Mark Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Third Sunday after Epiphany Second Sunday After Epiphany The First Sunday After Epiphany First Sunday After Christmas Christmas Eve Sermon The Fourth Sunday in Advent The Third Sunday in Advent The Second Sunday ij Advent The First Sunday in Advent Jazz Vespers My Foolish Heart Cute Let it Flow Pennies from Heaven Early Autumn Amazing Grace
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