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FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE Volume 67 Number 6

JUNE 2017

The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael & All Angels Pacific View Drive at Marguerite

Corona del Mar

California 92625

949.644.0463

stmikescdm.ladiocese.org

...From the Desk of the Rector

BELOVEDS IN CHRIST Come, Holy Spirit, come! Come as holy fire and burn in us. Come as holy wind and cleanse us. Come as holy light and lead us. Come as holy truth and teach us. Come as holy forgiveness and free us. Come as holy love and enfold us. Come as holy power and enable us. Come as holy life and dwell in us. Convict us,. Convert us,. Concecrate us, until we are wholly yours For using, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

READ ABOUT OUR 50 YEARS Our parish history, “A Celebration of 50 Years,” is available for $15 from Lulu Press bit.ly/SMAAhistory. Twenty percent of the purchase price supports our parish budget. 51 pages of text, color photographs, and historical tables.

Pentecost is the day we share this ancient prayer as we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Christian church. This year, on June 4, we will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of our Episcopal Parish Church, Saint Michael & All Angels and my (close enough to count it as) 30 year “watch” as your rector. I invite you to read the “Holy Spirit Day” story in Acts 2:1-47 and Saint Michael & All Angels Corona del Mar – A CELEBRATION OF 50 YEARS. There is a table in our Conference Room with books and “stuff’ from my office that you are welcome to take; there will also be an opportunity for you to leave a written account of your most memorable experience in our life together here in our Parish Church. As we celebrate, the inevitable question we must ponder is: “How is God’s Spirit clearly present at Saint Michael & All Angels?” When we leave worship and “Go in peace to love and serve the Lord” (BCP 366), how is the Holy Spirit evident? Where we live, where we work and play, where we shop, where we do whatever it is we do, how is God’s Spirit clear to others?

CELEBRATE

You have heard me tell the story of a family taking their annual vacation at Big Corona beach. They would settle in on the beach and cover themselves with sunscreen and clothing. Finally, they would venture to the water’s edge, take deep breaths to work up their courage, carefully extend one foot slowly until a big toe was submerged and repeat that process with the other foot. Then, having satisfied their annual urge for a minimal but different experience, they would retreat to chairs under an umbrella and spend the remainder of their vacation curled around books.

PENTECOST

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JUNE 4, 2017 9:00 a.m.

50TH ANIVERSARY OF THE PARISH PETER HAYNES’ RETIREMENT CELEBRATION LUNCHEON FOLLOWS 9 AM WORSHIP

BUILDING OUR F AITH: L OVING CHRIST AND SER VING OUR COMMUNITY FAITH: LO SERVING


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