FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE Volume 65 Number 3
MARCH 2015
The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael Pacific View Drive at Marguerite
Corona del Mar
California 92625
& All Angels
949.644.0463
www.stmikescdm.org
...From the Desk of the Rector
BELOVEDS IN CHRIST “You haul your ashes, and I’ll haul mine . . . ” “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
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he first quote was originally used by “Sleepy” John Estes and initially recorded by “Kokomo” Arnold. I take it as a “I’ll live my way, you live yours!” statement, and it makes me smile. The second is from Genesis 3:19, and has appeared in its current context since medieval times in our liturgy for the first day in Lent, Ash Wednesday. As always, saying it many times on February 18th shook my soul. Usually my ministry is: to give the sign of God’s blessing of forgiveness and favor; to place into hands the spiritual food of everlasting life; to anoint with oil and pronounce a prayer of healing. To place on friends’ foreheads the mark of their mortality, the taste of ashes, and the memento mori that is dust, to put ashes on flesh-and-blood that will return to dust sooner than I wish, annually occasions a “Who am I to do this?” moment for me. In early Lent this year I have been reminded that the “dust” of which our liturgy speaks is the very “earth” out of which the Genesis story tells us we were first made. The Hebrew word is adamah, from which the word for “human,” for “adam,” is taken; and it literally means something like “red soil,” that rich loamy kind of earth out of which things grow. The dust we come from and to which we return is the “rich earth” that sustains all life. Dirt, soil, earth may not seem very impressive; but consider what biologist Edward O. Wilson, nicknamed “father of socio-biology” and “bard of biodiversity,” says: “Think of scooping up a handful of soil and leaf litter and placing it on a white cloth.This unprepossessing lump contains more order, and richness of structure, and particularity of history than the entire surface of all lifeless planets. It is a miniature wilderness... the product of millions of years of history having evolved under the most harsh conditions of competition and survival.”
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LENTEN PROGRAM 2015 Choral Evensong -3/1 at 4pm “Vocation & Calling” The Rev’d Lisa Rotchford- 3/4 Stephen Caldwell - 3/11 The Rev’d Brad Karelius - 3/18 The Rev’d Lynn Jay - 3/25 The Evening’s Program Evening Prayer - 5:30pm Sponsored Soup Supper - 6pm followed by program Compline - 7:30pm On March 4, join us for “Evening Prayer with Remembrances” For those we love but see no longer
IN THE FORWARD MOVEMENT DISPLAY RACK ON THE WALL IN MICHAEL'S ROOM you will find “Observing Lent.” This pamphlet offers a wonderful guide to your journey through the weeks of Lent. “I invite you... to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and selfdenial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word” (“The Book of Common Prayer”, p. 265) The Rev'd Canon Christine McSpadden comments on the meaning of each of the above disciplines, suggests an appropriate Biblical passage for reflection, and a "Try This" idea. Her advice for "Selfexamination, for example: Read Lamentations 3:40. "In the middle of your day, review the day so far. What has happened? What emotions came up? Choose an incident from this day so far and pray from your thoughts and feelings."
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 by the Rev’d Dr. Barbara Stewart in gratitude for Saint Michael & All Angels and by Adam & Lisa and Isabelle Dooley in thanksgiving for the baptism of Francesca Anne. These funds extend our Parish’s mission of outreach, providing for such needs as can be helped by financial assistance.
* * * NURSERY CARE IS AVAILABLE on Sundays from 9:30-11:30am.
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MARCH 2015
SOMETHING SPECIAL: Saint Michael’s will participate in the National Celebration honoring WWII Veterans – “Celebrating the Spirit of ‘45”, to take place on Sunday, August 9th. The Senior Ministry is looking for church members who were a part of WWII so they can be honored on that day. Also, if you are a family member of a deceased WWII Veteran you can bring photos and memorabilia to show after the service. There will be a brunch to follow the 9am worship service in August. Please call Murry McClaren at 714.979.6978 if you are a Veteran of the WWII. We want to honor you!!
* * * 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.)
* * * ANNUAL GARY HALL RETREAT AT CAMP STEVENS: May 8-10, Reserve a spot now for the All Parish Retreat scheduled at Camp Stevens in Julian, CA. The Very Rev’d Gary Hall Dean of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. will be the retreat leader.Accomodatiuons are in Blum Lodge which sleeps up to six per room with a shared bathroom. The $200 cost includes lodging, meals, activities, and programs. Please sign up with a $75 non-refundable deposit. Contact Susan Caldwell for more information.
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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MARCH ANNIVERSARIES Birthdays 5th - Bill Brady 9th - Patricia Zorn 28th - Norm Bianchi Baptisms 13th - Ruth Poole 24th - Ann Morris 28th - Julie Jenkins Weddings 20th - Doug Little & Linda Moorman WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP: Their next meeting will be Tuesday, March 24th. The group meets at the home of Beth Bianchi at 7pm. Please contact the parish office for details and directions to her home.
* * * DO YOU HAVE A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS? Please contact sbeechner@stmikescdm.org with changes or additions.
* * * 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.
* * * 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." 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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(continued from page 1 ) It is from this amazing abundance of living process that we come, and it is into this unfolding of life and interconnection that we give ourselves in every moment. Remember the story of the professor who decided that we no longer needed God and prayed, “God... we’re able to do miraculous things now, so why don’t you just go on and get lost.” God listened patiently and kindly to the man and his prayer, then responded, “Very well... how about this: Let’s have a manmaking contest.” The professor eagerly agreed. God said, “Let’s do this just like I did with ‘Adam’.” The professor responded, “Sure, no problem” and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt. God just looked at him and said, “No...No...No! You go make your own dirt!” To be a creature of God means to be a part of this teeming earth, this incredible network of prolific life. God’s abundant creativity and surpassing love are made evident in the very soil, the dust, from which we come and to which we are returning. Our life is begun, surrounded and ended in the larger life that is God’s gift. The ashes with which we began Lent are a sign of our mortality and, more than that, they are a sign of our creaturehood, a sign that we do not exist all on our own, left to our own devices and desires; but that we exist from...for...and toward God. Because Jesus has shown us the way of humility and faithfulness by which our creaturely mortality is transformed into his glorious immortality, because we know that after the ashes of Lent comes the new fire of Easter, we can accept the reality that we are dust/soil/ earth and look to life in Christ. Can we but hear it, the dust on Ash Wednesday says to us throughout Lent, “Remember that you are God’s, and to God you shall return.”
Yours, In Christ -
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MISSION TO THE HOLY LAND By Matthew Davies [Episcopal News Service] Partnerships and investment, especially in supporting faith-based grassroots work, hold the key to lasting peace in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, a United States interfaith delegation heard repeatedly from religious leaders with whom they met during a Jan. 18-26 pilgrimage in the Holy Land. The 15-member delegation of Jews, Christians and Muslims from the U.S. found this prevailing message in all their conversations, whether with rabbis, kadis (Islamic judges), priests or bishops. Kadi Iyad Zahalka, head of the Sharia courts in Jerusalem, told the delegation that it is through these kinds of partnerships “that we will achieve understanding among all of the communities.” Zahalka said that the politicians sign diplomatic agreements, “not the religious people. But our job is to prepare the people to be ready for that moment, to accept the peace process, to engage the peace process, to encourage our leaders.” But he acknowledged the concerns of extremism on both sides, such as the recent stabbing of 11 people by a Palestinian man on a bus in central Tel Aviv and the burning of an Arab-Jewish school by Jewish radicals. Rabbi Ron Kronish, director of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel, works closely with Zahalka in promoting dialogue and peace, especially among religions. Kronish talked about the complexities of identity that exist throughout Israel and the West Bank that often cause confusion when addressing issues of peace. There are Palestinians who live in the West Bank, Jews who live in Israel, but there are also Arab Israelis, “that is Arab Palestinians with Israeli citizenship,” he said. “Their goal is not fighting occupation every minute; their goal is integration in Israeli society.” Committed to deepening their own partnership, the interfaith group shared in one another’s faith traditions, including services at the Anglican cathedral in east Jerusalem, a Jewish synagogue in west Jerusalem, and a rare, private tour inside the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, which normally are strictly closed to nonMuslims
The group – led by Bishop Jefferts Schori; Rabbi Steve Gutow, president of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs; and Sayyid Syeed, national director of interfaith and community alliances for the Islamic Society of North America – was welcomed for a Sunday morning service at St. George’s Anglican Cathedral in east Jerusalem by its dean, the Very Rev. Hosam Naoum, and Archbishop Suheil Dawani of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. U.S.-based Episcopal Church members have long been in partnership with the Jerusalem diocese and continue to support the ministry of its more than 30 social service institutions throughout Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Territories. Dawani told the interfaith group that religion needs to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. “As the center of the three Abrahamic faiths, we pray that Jerusalem will be a model for future peace to the whole world.” A source of major concern for the Jerusalem diocese is the many Palestinian and Israeli Christians who are leaving the Holy Land in search of better opportunities overseas. Dawani has said that “investment is something we all need here in the hardships and difficult economic situation. Investment really will encourage people not only to stay here, but to feel that they can take care of their families and the future of their children.” In response to such calls from the Episcopal Church’s partners in the Holy Land, as well as to Resolution B019, the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society invested $500,000 for economic development in the Palestinian Territories. Following the service, Dawani accompanied the group for a visit to His Beatitude Theophilus III, Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine. The patriarch is the senior leader of Greek Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, and represents the longest continuing historical presence of any single religious institution in Jerusalem today. The patriarch talked about the land being connected with the sacred histories of the three Abrahamic faiths and the conflict and misunderstandings that has caused. Two days earlier, the group attended a Friday evening synagogue service at Kol Haneshamah, a center for Progressive Judaism in West Jerusalem. (continued on page 6)
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FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION
Our mission is to seek and share Jesus Christ as spiritual food for life’s journey.
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] Donnie Lewis, Bookkeeper [dlewis@stmikescdm.org]
WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sunday Holy Eucharist at 8 & 10am Nursery Care from 9:30-11:30am Sunday School 9:45am Adult Education 9am 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.
MARCH 2015
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Susan Caldwell
Lenten Suppers and Finding God on the Metro
L
enten Suppers are a wonderful time of teaching and fellowship. Make sure that you put the dates on your calendar to come to Saint Michael & All Angels on Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18 and 25 6-7:30pm. For many, participating in Lenten Suppers is a routine event. Each year at this time, you wonder how you will journey in Lent this year? You also think about how nice it is not to have to cook dinner on five Wednesday nights, but venture out along Pacific View Drive and make a right turn into the church parking lot. The way is familiar and the path is lighted. At 5:30pm in the sanctuary, Evening Prayer will begin. Different parishioners will be leading the Evening Prayer. Please be sure to make this part of your Lenten practice. It is a lonely time to be the leader of Evening Prayer and look longingly out the sanctuary doors to an empty parking lot. You know the leader will have practiced and have come prepared! Evening Prayer will last one-half hour. After Evening Prayer, you will see your friends and fellow parishioners milling about in Michael’s Room, waiting for the Lenten Supper event to begin. Once the blessing has been said, and you have gotten your paper plate filled with two mystery salads and bowl of hot soup, you will settle into conversations around the tables. Water is poured into paper cups. Lenten Fellowship Hour at its best takes place from 6-6:30pm. At 6:30pm the guest speaker promptly begins. Dr. Phil Johnston will have started our Lenten Supper Series out on February 25th. So if you weren’t there, then you would have missed it! On March 4th, The Rev’d Lisa Rotchford will begin her presentation and “take” on this year’s theme, Vocation and Calling. Steve Caldwell, M.Div. will follow on March 11th, and The Rev’d Brad Karelius will speak to the topic on March 18th . Our series will finish on March 25th with The Rev’d Lynn Jay. The Rev’d Lisa Rotchford and Steve Caldwell will follow up their Wednesday, Lenten Supper presentations with a visit to Sundays-at -Nine class the following Sunday. (continued on page 5)
PRAYERS HEALING Russ Brad Judy Sue Norm Ron+ Sally & George John Joanna Andrew Steve Don Bob Charles+ Mary Betty Charline Brett GUIDANCE Dianne Doug Nancy Julie & Bob Esther Harry Mitzi Barbara Pat Kathleen Ruth REPOSE Alexandra Perkins/Magaenheimer Joseph Hirka Douglas Stewart THANKSGIVING - for new adventures; - in loving memory of Bob Montgomery and Guy Conover
Call Esther McNamee for prayer requests 949.640.1749
Our parish subscribes to the online learning program “Church Next.” If you are interested, please contact Kathleen Petesron who will give you access details.
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* * * LOAVES AND FISHES: This month we will collect individually wrapped Easter candy (for example, foil eggs, mini/fun size candy bars) for their Easter celebration. All donations need to be received by Sunday, March 22nd because the event is the following Saturday. Monetary donations are always welcome, too. Checks should be made payable to Saint Michael & All Angels, with Loaves and Fishes on the memo line. (Tax ID #95-2123746)
* * * 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.
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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!
* * * PLEDGE ENVELOPES: If you would like pledge envelopes for 2015, please leave a message for our bookkeeper, Donnie Lewis, 949.644.0463, ext. 15. For those of you who have already requested pledge envelopes, they are available in Michael’s Room in alphabetical order.
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Lenten Suppers continued from page 4 If you are looking for a way to go about your Lenten journey, you might consider the Jesuit practice of the Daily Examen. By practicing The Daily Examen you will begin to see how God works daily to your benefit and shows up in your daily life. “The Daily Examen is a technique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence and discern his direction for us. The Examen is an ancient practice in the Church that can help us see God’s hand at work in our whole experience. The method presented here is adapted from a technique described by Ignatius Loyola in his Spiritual Exercises. St. Ignatius thought that the Examen was a gift that came directly from God, and that God wanted it to be shared as widely as possible. One of the few rules of prayer that Ignatius made for the Jesuit order was the requirement that Jesuits practice the Examen twice daily—at noon and at the end of the day. It’s a habit that Jesuits, and many other Christians, practice to this day.” From The Daily Examen: 1.Presence: Remember that you are in the presence of God in a special way when you pray. Ask God to help in your prayers 2. Gratitude: Recall two or three things that happened today for which you are especially grateful. Savor them. Then thank God for these gifts. 3.Review: Review your day from start to finish, noticing where you experienced God’s presence. Notice everything from large to small: from enjoyable interaction with a friend to the feel of the sun on your face. When did you love? When were you loved? 4.Sorrow: You may have sinned today or done something you regret. Express your sorrow to God and ask for forgiveness. If it’s a grave sin, pray about seeking forgiveness from the person offended, or the sacrament of reconciliation. 5.Grace: You may want to return to a meaningful part of your prayer and speak to God about how you felt. At the close of the prayer, ask for God’s grace for the following day. Over time, as you pray the Examen, you’ll notice God’s presence in the moment, rather than just at the end of the day. You’ll see that your whole day can be a kind of prayer. Soon you’ll discover that you’ve become, as Jesuits like to say, a contemplative in action. --James Martin, SJ.
If you would like to be a contemplative in action, try going through the 5 steps of reflection and prayer each day. I will close with an excerpt from William Blazek, piece “Finding God on the Metro”. It is within the structure of The Daily Examen that he writes: “I love riding Washington’s subway system, known locally as the Metro. I love the speed, the crush of people and the crazy noise of it all. I love the idea of being in motion towards. Most of all I love the Metro because I see God there almost every time I ride. I look for signs of the Almighty’s presence, and because it pleases the Creator that His created subjects should know Him, I see Him. Not too long ago, on a commute to a clinic for the homeless, I hopped on the campus shuttle bus and met God at the Rosslyn Station escalator. We rode it deep into the earth, and on the first train downtown, I had a powerful experience of His love. I am a member of the Society of Jesus, a Jesuit. Meeting God in the everyday is one of our great pursuits. It is part of the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola and is open to all: Jesuit and non-Jesuit, Christian and non-Christian alike. When our eyes are open, all of us can see God everywhere, in people, places and things, in ideas, actions and chance meetings. Examining the day for traces of God’s presence is a Jesuit’s twice-daily duty, but the discipline can enter into anyone’s routine. With practice, it becomes more a respite from hectic everyday life than a burden, a way of being more than a particular effort or task. These exercises ask, “Where is God?” in any particular experience. Ignatius would suggest we request a hefty dose of God’s aid each time we undertake such a self-review. How did I find God that sunny Friday morning? How did God find me? As on any commute, I asked God to help me while I waited for the shuttle in front of the student dining hall in Georgetown University’s Southwest Quad. Beginning a Rosary, I muttered the Apostle’s Creed as we bounced eastward on Prospect, and signs of God started popping out all around me. The broad rose-lit arches of the Key Bridge shimmered in the early dawn. A coed clad in curiously pajama-like attire dragged a roll-on suitcase aboard, presumably en route to the airport. I was forced to squint as, across the river, a Krypton-red sun painted a fireball in the mirrored windows of a Rosslyn skyscraper. Looking down the hill to the old towpath along the B and O Canal, I knew that running shoes were crunching in the gravel as faithful joggers’ took their morning exercise. Below on the Potomac, two four-seat sculls (continued on page 6)
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Lenten Suppers continued from page 4 emerged from the mist: the rowers’ backs steamed as they pulled in rhythm at their oars. The quiet beauty of all these things assured me of God’s certain presence.” The complete reading of this article can be found at http:// www.ignatianspirituality.com/ ignatian-prayer/the-examen. The reason I have suggested the The Daily Examen as a Lenten journey practice is for the purpose of heightening your awareness to the world around you and to see God’s hand at work in daily living. Might . you be developing your own spiritual vocation and calling? With a compilation of these experiences, perhaps you will find that God is calling you in a particular way or if anything stands out, you can ask a trusted friend or friends, what do they make of this? “I’m seeing a pattern here as to how God is actively seeking me out with His providences and miracles in the moment.” Taste and see the Lord is good. His mercy is new every morning. Great is his faithfulness. I hope to see you at every one of the Lenten Supper Series 2015! PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND DECEMBER 26, 2015 - JANUARY 5, 2016: Join Lutheran Bishop Guy Erwin and tour organizer The Rev’d Canon Jim Newman in the Holy Land. Sites include Bethlehem, Nazareth and Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Jordan River, and the mysterious stone city of Petra. Space is limited: send in reservation form and deposit as soon as possible. Eleven days, departing from Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, and returning on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. The cost from Los Angeles is $4148. For more information, please contact Newman at 310.391.5522, 888.802.6722 (tollfree) or stbedesla@yahoo.com.
* * * HELP FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE: We are once again in need of donations for replenishing our food cupboard. Please call Murry McClaren with any questions or to learn what types of food are currently needed; and THANK YOU ALL for your help!
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NEW RESOURCE FOR PERSONAL REFLECTION: DAILY PRAYER FOR ALL SEASONS [Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs press release] Daily Prayer for All Seasons is now available for free downloading on the website of The Episcopal Church here: http://bit.ly/ dailyprayers. Developed by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music and authorized by the 77th General Convention in 2012 (Resolution A055 here), the prayers in Daily Prayer for All Seasons are presented according to liturgical season beginning with Advent and progressing through Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. In addition, two sections are offered for Ordinary Time: Creation and Rest. In each, all prayers are grouped according to eight particular themes: praise, discernment, wisdom, perseverance and renewal, love, forgiveness, trust, and watch. Daily Prayer for All Seasons “was compiled and written by a diverse team of people from all over the United States,” according to the Introduction of the book. The Introduction continues: “We came together periodically over four years to create a set of prayers that acknowledge in their brevity both the need to pray and the short time we have to pray.” Included in Daily Prayer for All Seasons are explanatory pages of how to best utilize the prayers.
* * * IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR the Sanctuary Light or Altar Flowers in memory of a loved one or in thanksgiving for a birthday, anniversary, or other special event, please sign up on the board in the Parish Center and indicate the person or occasion to be remembered. The suggested donation for flowers is $35, the sanctuary light is $15. Please mark your check for the Altar Guild.
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Holy Land Mission continued from page 3 Following the service, they were welcomed for Shabbat dinner at the home of Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman, a 10th generation rabbi whose congregation is committed to social justice and often leads peaceful demonstrations against violence, including whenever a mosque, synagogue or church is attacked. Following Kelman’s reflection, Jefferts Schori said that she is invigorated by the bridges that have been built during the weeklong pilgrimage. Earlier in the week, Rabbi David Rosen, Jerusalem-based international director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, spoke about a new age of interfaith relations particularly through the Council of the Religious Institutions of the Holy Land. Established in 2005, the council facilitates the ongoing engagement of the leadership and representation of the official religious institutions of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith communities in the Holy Land. Towards the end of the pilgrimage, Kronish of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel echoed much of what Rosen had said. “The 1990s was a period of high hopes for peace, but since 2000 the situation has been deteriorating,” he said, noting that the last significant peace agreement between Israeli and Palestinians leaders was the Wye River Memorandum in 1998. The greatest obstacles to peace are political despair. Nobody feels like there is a resolution in sight,” he said. “Where we have found hope is working with youth, young adults, women, with religious leaders at the grassroots levels, with educators, with the people who are doing hard educational and spiritual work in the trenches and not in the political arena.” Gutow, reflecting on the pilgrimage said: “We must stand with those who can both understand and speak with integrity about the differing narratives of the regular people who make their homes there. We must provide them with the platforms and the financial support and the validation they need to succeed. “The job of our pilgrimage is to serve as an interfaith witness to the truths of both sides and to help the good and kind people who dwell there find the peace and wholeness and calm they so desire and so deserve.”
– Matthew Davies is an editor/reporter PLEASE CHECK the lost and found for the Episcopal News Service.”The article has been edited for length, box in Michael’s Room.
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Tuesday
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Sunday
Whiz Kids, 9:00-5:00 p.m., AAC Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC
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
Holy Eucharist at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Nursery care from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sundays-at-Nine, DL Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Godly Play, children 4-11, Yellow Room Formation, 5th-8th grade, Green Room J2A Youth Group, high school, Corner Room 2nd & 4th Sundays
EACH WEEK
Wednesday
AA meeting, 7:00-8:00 a.m., SW Yoga class, 9:00-10:00 a.m., NW Whiz Kids, 9:00-5:00 p.m., AAC Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing, Noon Evening Prayer, 5:30 P.M., Sanctuary
Lenten Evening Program, MR (3/ 4, 11, 18, 25) 6:00 p.m. Simple Soup Supper & program 7:30 p.m. Concludes with Compline Thursday
Men’s Group, 7:30-9:00 a.m., DL Whiz Kids, 12 noon-5:00 p.m., AAC (not 2/19) AA Big Book Study, noon-1:00 p.m., SW Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC Parish Choir Rehearsal, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
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Tues., Mar. 17th Wed., Mar. 18th Sat., Mar. 21st Sun. Mar. 22nd Tues., Mar. 24th Wed., Mar. 25th Sun., Mar. 29th Mon., Mar. 30th Tues., Mar. 31st
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Fri., Apr. 3rd SW - South Wing YR - Yellow Room, AAC Sat., Apr. 4th RR - Red Room, AAC
Friday
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Lenten Choral Evensong, 4:00 p.m., Sanctuary Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m.Sanctuary Evening Lenten Program 6:00-7:30 p.m., MR Staff Meeting, 9:30-11:30 a.m., DL Citizens’ Climate Lobby, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., DL DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS - SPRING AHEAD Commissioning Sunday Adult Christian Education Commission, 11:30 a.m., CR J2A Youth Group, 10:00 a.m., Corner Room Vestry Meeting, 5:00-7:00 p.m., CR Hutchins Consort Board, 5:00 p.m., DL Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m.Sanctuary Evening Lenten Program 6:00-7:30 p.m. Deadline for April 2015 For the Love of Mike Senior Ministry, 4:30 p.m., CR Polling Place here at Saint Michael’s Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m.Sanctuary Evening Lenten Program 6:00-7:30 p.m.,MR Vestry/Staff Retreat & Bishop Bruce’s Walkabout, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The Bible Challenge, 7:30 a.m., DL J2A Youth Group, 10:00 a.m., Corner Room Friends of Music Executive Committee, 11:30 a.m., CR Women’s Fellowship, 7:00 p.m., Bianchi’s Home Spyglass Hill Homeowners Board, 6:00-9:00 p.m., CR Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m.Sanctuary Final Lenten Evening Program, 6:00-7:30 p.m., MR Palm Sunday, Blessing of Palms, Procession Evening Prayer (said) 5:30 p.m., Sanctuary Monday in Holy Week - Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m., Sanctuary Tuesday in Holy Week - Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m., Sanctuary Tenebrae, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary
IN THE COMING MONTH
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MARCH 2015
Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori: On Healing and Wholeness By Public Affairs Office of The Episcopal Church
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o you know where this bit of colored glass is in our church? I really noticed it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It had remained hidden to me probably because I tend to sit in the same place week by week. However, there was a worship service not so long ago when I sat somewhere different. Perhaps it was the light that was just right that meant I saw this splash of color that I hadn't noticed before. It reminded me that someone had worked on designing this window to the glory of God, even though for most of the time the handiwork is not noticed or commented on. It made me think about how easy it is to sit in the same place week by week, to feel comfortable with the same routine day by day, to be happy to greet the same people, and so on ... and without realizing it to miss out on seeing a new bit of the glory of God. What do you think about sitting somewhere different to discover something new about God? --Louise Stover
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.
* * * 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.
Healing is the primary work of people of faith and the communities of which they are a part. Christians, as disciples of One who came to save (rescue, heal, make whole) the world and its inhabitants, seek to heal their relationships with one another and with all that is. Episcopalians believe this is God’s mission and we are its ministers or servants. We are meant to seek to repair what is breached and broken, to stitch up what is torn, to heal what is sick, to release what is imprisoned and oppressed, to comfort the dying, to encourage the ignored, forlorn, and grieving. Our life finds meaning in responding to the cries around us and within us, as individuals in community. We follow One who was himself vilified, tortured, and finally executed for proclaiming the possibility of reconciled relationships in communities divided by poverty, violence, and religion. The tragic death of Thomas Palermo challenges us all to attend to the work of healing. We cannot restore what is past, but we can seek reconciliation and wholeness for all who have been affected – the Palermo family, Heather Cook, the biking community and others in Baltimore, the Diocese of Maryland, bystanders and onlookers who have witnessed any of these traumatic events. We begin in prayer – lament and wailing at loss and at human frailty. We continue in prayer – for succor and comfort, for compassion, for transformation and healing. Episcopalians worship a God who came among us in fragile human flesh and suffered pain and death at the hands of other human beings. We understand his resurrection to mean that death does not have the final word – and that healing and wholeness transcend the grave. That healing is never quick or easy, it does not “fix” what has already happened, but it does begin to let hope grow again. Our task is that hard work of healing. It requires vulnerability to the pain of all involved – victims, transgressors, onlookers, friends and families and coworkers and emergency responders and community members.A violent death often divides communities, yet ultimately healing requires us all to lower our defenses enough to let others minister to us, to hear another’s pain and grief, to share our own devastation,
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and indeed to look for the possibility of a new and different future. Healing also comes through a sense of restored order, which is the role of processes of accountability. Healing requires hope for a redeemed future for the Palermo family as well as Heather Cook. Many have been changed by this death, yet their lives are not ended. They can be healed and transformed, even though the path be long and hard. Our work is to walk that path in solidarity with all who grieve and mourn. May we pray with the psalmist, “Yea, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you are with me.” May we also be that companioning presence, the image of God in the flesh, for those who walk through that valley. The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church
Canterbury Welcomes New Bishops The Archbishop of Canterbury met revently with new bishops of the Anglican Communion at Lambeth Palace, The bishops came from all over the world, including Kenya, Nigeria and the Church of England. Two new female bishops from the Anglican Church of Southern Africa were also in attendance. Their visit to Lambeth Palace to meet with Archbishop Justin Welby and his wife, Caroline, was part of the annual Canterbury Cathedral Course for new Anglican bishops. The Archbishop spoke to the new bishops about the Anglican Communion and how he saw its future. He based his talk on his visits to the 37 Provinces of the Communion, and spoke of his hopes for the worldwide Church, which he said is primarily "a church of the poor for the poor". Mrs Caroline Welby also spoke about her own impressions of the visits she undertook with the Archbishop, and on the calling that spouses have alongside bishops. TheArchbishop answered questions and spoke of his role as Archbishop, and as a bishop of the importance of "proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ", before chatting informally with the bishops over tea. Later the bishops joined the Archbishop for Evening Prayer in the Crypt Chapel at Lambeth Palace.
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WINTER IN JERUSALEM: CAN THERE BE PEACE? By The Rev’d Canon Malcolm Boyd In the winter of 1972 I was invited to live as a guest of Mishkenot Sha’ananin in the legendary city of Jerusalem. It proved to be a rare opportunity to engage in a dialogue with Israeli and Palestinian writers and artists involved in a search for peace. “It is tragic that, in effect, Arabs and Jews are in the Alamo now killing each other,” was an oft-heard remark. The wife of an Arab scholar told me: “I’m still tense when I talk to a Jew. I can’t accept any real relationship with Israel. But I’m not against them as human beings.” In the midst of this dialogue came a few prophetic words from Israeli writer Amos Oz. He said, “If an occupation should continue, it would bring about a corruption of Israeli society. You cannot have a double standard, with first-class citizens and second-class ones.
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“If a blow-up occurs in 25 years, it will come from my son.” Someone else involved in this scenario was Teddy Kollek, who was the legendary mayor of Jerusalem for many years. Teddy often rode in Israeli garbage trucks with Arab workers, to show solidarity with them. This is where we first made our acquaintance. I engaged in a lot of solitary walking in Jerusalem, and he would stop and talk to me. Often we met and talked at the Garden of Gethsemane. After I returned to the United States, Teddy and I continued to correspond. In 1983, he wrote, “How good it was hearing from you about your writerpriest activities. Surely better than my mayor-garbage collector." Kind words from my friend! Teddy Kollek seems to have been at his prophetic best when he came to Jerusalem. “The only city that may be compared to Jerusalem is Montreal,” he once said. “There you have the French and the English, and neither intends to become the other. Here we have no intention of making a goulash. Arabs will remain Arabs, and Jews, Jews. Neither wants assimilation. We
do not wish to let the dividing lines vanish. You will find the same situation here in a hundred years. People want to stick to their roots. This is a positive and not a negative thing.” Americans are able to comprehend this situation because of the its traditional melting-pot mentality, but does that apply here? The American notion of “e pluribus unum” has recently come under sharp attack from many quarters. Ethnic and social groups in the U.S. now take new pats in their differences, origins and varied social aspirations. This has radically altered the makeup of American society. I wonder sometimes: should our mayors consider riding on garbage trucks? The Rev’d Boyd is s priest in the Diocese of Los Angeles. See page 3 for more about peace in the Holy Land.
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