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FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE Volume 66 Number 5

MAY 2016

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...From the Desk of the Rector

BELOVEDS IN CHRIST “Holy Spirit Day” comes this month. On the Day of Pentecost, May 15, we will pray: Come, Holy Spirit come.

Come as the wind and sweep clean Come as the fire and burn.

Come as the dew and refresh Convict – Convert – and Consecrate until we are wholly yours.

Who is the Holy Spirit for you?

The former warden of the College of Preachers, Canon Ted Wedel, didn’t have much confidence in what most people thought of the Holy Spirit. In his inimitable way he said that “most Episcopalians think that the Holy Spirit is some sort of ecclesiastical gas floating around.” That was said a generation ago; since then extraordinary interest in the Holy Spirit has been expressed throughout The Episcopal Church. But I would wager that for many Christians “Holy Spirit” remains a vague term, definitely less tangible than speaking of God as Creator, or Redeemer and Savior.

Jesus referred to the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Truth. This Spirit, he predicted, would lead his followers into all truth. He was going to leave this world, Jesus said, so that the Spirit of Truth might come and enlighten the Christian community in the way of truth. Truth is a plain thing. Unless Jesus was kidding, there is a Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit.

Why is there such nonsense about this Spirit? Why should the Spirit be given over to out-of-this-world enthusiasts? The Spirit is thoroughly worldly.

Why should the Holy Spirit - as though it were some other spirit - be propagandized as peculiar, investing the interests and enterprises of only “religious” people? How did the undisguised and unbeguiling Spirit of Truth ever get so misdirected?

Jesus got out of the way, he left this world, he ascended into heaven, so that the Spirit of Truth would have this world to herself, without Jesus as a person in time and space to limit or restrict provincially the Spirit’s operations.

Don’t we think churches, ecclesiastical organizations, and individuals should have the grace to do the same as Jesus, that is, get out of the way, cease being provincial, perhaps even ascend into heaven, which is the way to go rather than getting plowed under with minutiae as we too often do. The secret is that the Spirit is still, as always, free!

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A MUSICAL JUNE!

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aint Michael & All Angels will offer parishioners and the local community three worship opportunities featuring a range of musical experiences.

On Sunday, June 5, the musical group The Joshua Tree will offer a U2charist in the scanctuary at 9am (our summer worhip schedule will be in effect.) A U2charist is a service of Holy Communion accompanied by U2 songs in lieu of traditional hymns and as part or all of the service music.

The Joshua Tree is a tribute band for U2, an Irish rock group from Dublin that features popular singer Bono. U2’s lyrics are often imbelished with spiritual imagery and focus on personal themes and sociopolitical concerns.

The Joshua Tree performed a wellreceived U2charist at St. Mike’s in 2014, when proceeds from the concert were donated to the African Well Fund. Joshua Tree publicity material says, “With over 8 years together, The Joshua Tree has developed a national reputation as having captured a piece of that magic and being the premiere U2 experience.”

Folowing the morning’s U2charist, at 5pm on June 5, the Saint Michael & All Angels’ Friends of Music offers its June First Sundays’ program of Jazz Vespers, as we welcome back The Rev’d Norm Freeman (a recent visiting priest at St. Mike’s during Peter’s sabbatical) and his group.

On his website www.jazzministry.org, Norm says, “...Numerous jazz composers have secured a place for this art form within the living tradition of the church. In his Second Sacred Concert at New York's Church of St. John the Divine, Duke Ellington set Psalm 150 for jazz orchestra. Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, and Pat Metheny are among continued on page 5

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

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CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE TO THE RECTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND most recently by Pauline Benjamin in thanksgiving for her husband Joe and their son Jody; by Pauline Lemmon in thanksgiving for her husband, Richard; by Keith & Leonie Lumpkin and their family in thanksgiving for the life of Lillian Rickenbaugh Lunpkin; and by Pam & Phil Milner and Stacy & Jeff Stone in thanksgiving for the celebration and blessing of the marriage of Bradley & Jessica Milner Stone.These funds extend our Parish’s mission of outreach, providing for such needs as can be helped by financial assistance.

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SAINT MIKE’S ONLINE STUDY PROGRAM: Since May of 2014, our parish has partnered with ChurchNext, an online learing site that offers religion education courses, to bring individual and group education programs to our members. Ecumenical and international, ChurchNext is a great resource to our adult Christian education program.

Within the ChurchNext program, we have our own, unique school, which we named: “The Well: For Learning, Refreshment and Inspiration.”

One interesting course we offer is “Introducing Episcopal Worship with The Rev’d James Hamilton.” This is a great opportunity to get the “why” of our worship practice. The cost for this is $15 and scholarships are available.

If you are interested in learning more or need a scholarship, please contact Susan Caldwell 949.644.0463 Ext.12.

Through Pentecost 2016 you can try one of the ChurchNext courses free of charge by visiting their website http:// churchnextblog.wordpress.com.freecourses/. There they are offering a series titled “Building Racial Justice,” created in partnership with Trinity Institute with courses for both small groups and individuals. The presiding bishop begins the series with “Spirituality and Racial Justice.”

--by Melinda Rader and Susan Caldwell

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FINANCE REPORT: Parish income through February 2016 is slightly below budget even with some pledges paid in advance. Pledges in February fell nearly 40% below last year, but year-to-date, because of the accelerated pledges, are on track. We will continue to watch the monthly pledge figures closely and, if necessary, contact parishioners to discuss their individual situations so that we can make immediate budget adjustments.

Parish expense were on plan for February and year-to-date.

In other financial news, we discovered that our sexton did not have worker’s compensation insurance. She has now been added to the policy. In a bookkeeping adjustment, we now pay worker’s compensation insurance with each payroll. This is more accurate and eliminates previous audits of our estimates which have resulted in underpayment adjustments. We have also noted that we do not now carry employment practices liability insurance and are evaluating obtaining it. $100,000 coverage cost $130 a year with Church Mutual, the parish insurance carrier.

The endowment fund committee continues to evaluate our ability to free up any of our funds in the diocesan investment trust ($174,000) to help pay down the Building Our Faith debt ($153,000).

--Julie Jenkins, Finance Commissioner

* * * PLEDGE ENVELOPES: If you would like pledge envelopes for 2016, please leave a message for our bookkeeper, 949.644.0463, ext. 15.

* * * 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.

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....................Melinda Rader melindarader2244@gmail.com..............949.230.3644 Clerk of the Vestry...............................Jill Faller jjfaller@gmail.com...........................949.706.9495

Building and Grounds..............Tom Nicholson tom@nicholsoncompanies.com.........949.872.9067 Communications...........................Norris Battin nbattin+SMAA@gmail.com.............949.500.2442 Evangelism.............................Anne Warmington amwarmington@hotmail.com............202.550.4100 Fellowship............................................OPEN

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MAY ANNIVERSARIES Birthdays 2nd - Peter Coppen 2nd - Nancy Lyons 7th - Matthew Shaw 9th - Russ Hardt 10th - Teri Corbet 12th - Judy Brady 17th - Melinda Rader 18th - Mary Caldarone 21st - Mary Bowman 24th - Keith Nelson 25th - Sherry Crail 28th - Jamie Mead 29th - Harry Selling Baptisms 3rd - Constance Davidson 14th - Norm Bianchi 23rd - Richard Zevnik 25th - Chace Warmington Weddings

10th - Russ & Robin Hardt

* * * LEST WE FORGET: There have been 4,497 American military casualties in Iraq and 2,360 in Afghanistan, Syria and other locations. "Lord hear our prayers for those who are dead and for those who mourn."

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

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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HOLY MEN & HOLY WOMEN

NORM EWERS

Saint Barnabas The Apostle Prophet, Disciple, Apostle to Antioch and Cyprus, Missionary, and Martyr

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arnabus was born in Cyprus, of Jewish Hellenic parents of the Levite tribe (minor Temple officials) who settled in Cyprus following the Diaspora (dispersion of Jews in scattered colonies following the Babylonian exile). His birth name was Joseph. Becoming a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem, he sold his goods and gave the money to the apostles whereupon he was given a new name, BARNABAS, meaning “son of consolation,” or “son of encouragement.”

When the future Apostle Paul returned to Jerusalem the apostles were afraid to receive him, Barnabas told them of Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus and introduced him to them. As Jews of the dispersion, Paul and Barnabas had much in common.

(They could well have been fellow students in the school of Rabbi Gamaliel.) The successful preaching of Christianity at Antioch (coastal city in modern-day Syria) led the church in Jerusalem to send Barnabas there to oversee the movement. He found the work so extensive and weighty that he went to Tarsus (coastal city in modernday Turkey) in search of Paul (still referred to as Saul), “an admirable colleague,” to assist him in leading the Antioch church.

Barnabas and Paul were sent by the disciples in Antioch to carry famine relief to the church in Jerusalem. Upon their return, the church in Antioch sent them on their missionary journey beginning at Cyprus. At Lystra in Asia Minor, the superstitious people took them to be gods, supposing the eloquent Paul to be Mercury, the messenger of the gods, and Barnabas to be Jupiter, the chief of the gods in testimony to his commanding presence.

The association of Barnabas and Paul was broken after their missionary journey by a disagreement about Mark, who had left the mission to return to Jerusalem. Paul made a return visit to the churches he and Barnabas had founded in Asia Minor. Barnabas and Mark went to Cyprus, where Barnabas continued his journeys for the gospel.

Even though their association had come

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to an end, Paul mentions Barnabas several times in his letters to the Galatians, the Corinthians and the Colossians.

Following our Lord Jesus was not an easy task. Jesus was seen as the Messiah by a growing number of Jews and gentiles; he was also seen by both Jewish and Roman leaders to be a threat to be eliminated, and was martyred in the cruelest way possible (crucifixion). Barnabas and Paul were also seen as threats to the established order and martyred; Barnabus at Salamis, Cyprus in 61, and Paul at Rome in 64.

Barnabas is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches, The Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Church. His Feast Day is June 11.

References: Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 1997 ed.

Wickipedia encyclopedia, 2016 ed.

New English Bible, Oxford Study Edition, 1976

NEWS FROM AROUND THE DIOCESE Amy-Jill Levine will discuss understandings of Scripture and the Middle East at Guibord Center The Guibord Center will host "On Different Grounds: Jewish and Christian Biblical Understandings of the Middle East" on Saturday, May 14, 4 - 6 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal ProCathedral, 514 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles 90007, presented by Amy-Jill Levine.

According to the announcement, "The divisions within and between Jewish and Christian communities in discussions about Israel and Palestine are based on more than contemporary political views; they are also grounded in select understandings of Scripture.

How does biblical interpretation necessarily lead to conflicting views, and how might an historical approach to the Bible help advance collaborative work for peace in the Middle East?"

Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences. Events at the Guibord Center are offered at no cost; however, registration is required.

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UC-Irvine Canterbury Spring Garden Party To benefit Campus Ministry The party will be held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 4400 Barranca Parkway in Irvine on Saturday, May 21, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Special Guest Speaker will be Beth Bojarski, Executive Director of Camp Stevens. There will be a silent auction, and music, food & drink. Plan to join us that afternoon, and please make your reservation to canterburyirvine@gmail.com. If you have questions, please contact The Rev’d Fennie Chang at 626.274.3092 or hsinfenchang@hotmail.com.

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Youth Ministries launches new website The Program Group on Youth and Young Adult Ministries has launched a new website with news about events, educational and service opportunities and upcoming pilgrimages at http:// www.pgym.la. Current featured events are: the Pentecost Youth Eucharist, which will bring together youth from around the diocese to help in the development and implementation of a new creative Eucharist, on May 21 at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul; and the L.A. Youth Pilgrimage, in which young people spend a week in community in an urban immersion program of service and Christian formation, June 26 - July 1. The site also includes a new prayer list for youth, young adults and youth workers in the diocese.

* * * Anglican Pilgrimage June 13 -24, 2016 Featuring: Worship in Canterbury, Ely and St. Paul's Cathedrals. Visit Shakespeare's church in Stratford, and Coventry Cathedral, a center of reconciliation since WW2. Arundel Castle and England's oldest wooden church. Possible visit to Lambeth Palace in London and lunch with Bishop Rowan Williams at Magdalene College, Cambridge (pending). Theater nights, including Shakespeare at the Globe on London's South Bank, a current London show, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford. Travel by air-conditioned coach, with a driver and guide. Entrance fees, hotel porterage and most meals are included. For a full itinerary with details, contact Canon Colville Smythe, cssmythe@charter.net or 626.791.3111.

FOR THE LLO OVE OF MIKE SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

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 Fleming 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 8am & 10am Nursery Care 9:30am -11:30am Sunday School 9:45am Adult Education 9am

Wednesday

Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing-12 noon

Beginning May 29 Sunday worship schedule includes Holy Eucharist 9am, Sunday School 9am Adult Education 10am Nursery Care from 8:30am 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.

Susan Caldwell

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Vacation Bible School 2016

HEALING

Journey with the Saints on Pilgrimage

Teri Brad Nadine Suzie Mary Betty Michele Ben Fred Joanne Helen

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his year, our Vacation Bible School will be on pilgrimage!

Travel with us to Spain, France, Italy and Egypt. We will be welcoming Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi, Joan of Arc of France, Saint Augustine and Saint Monica and Saint Anthony. We will be traveling the Camino Santiago from France to Spain, and ending our time together in Alexandria on the Mediterranean.

Vacation Bible School will start on Friday night, July 8. Meeting again on three more consecutive Friday nights, July 15, July 22 and July 29.

5:30pm-7:45pm. The cost is $60 per child, $70 for a family. This cost includes dinner and a T-shirt.

Our program begins with a welcome invitation and registration with Murry McClaren. Once the new T-shirt, nametag and pilgrimage backpack are handed out, the children will have a special music session in the sanctuary with Barbara Black. At 6pm, together, we then move into the North Wing for a time of teaching with guest presenters. At 6:30pm, the pilgrims make their way along paths of the parish grounds, enjoying the scenic tour of the newly planted landscape that boasts of fruited lemon and lime trees. Anne Conover leads our pilgrims each year across the campus.

Entering into All Angel’s Court through the double doors, the pilgrims find there are the Saints waiting to talk with them and share about their lives. Also in All Angel’s Court, the pilgrims will find the tables set for dinner. A delicious bill of fare is always served. After eating dinner, the pilgrims have a choice to do a special craft or to play a game with the other children. There are plenty of prizes in the treasure box. The evening closes with a signing out and exit.

Many happy memories are made at Vacation Bible School each summer. If you would like to participate please contact me, Susan Continued on page 5

GUIDANCE Co and Colette Esther Whitney Scott, Samantha, Shelby Polly Cliff Dale REPOSE Chuck Spence Richard Lemmon THANKSGIVING - for The Spirit at Pentecost; - with Sy Black for his parents; - with Richard & Susan Zevnik

Call Esther McNamee for prayer requests 949.640.1749

FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE - ADS NEEDED: Our newsletter is printed

by C & M Publications at no cost to St. Mike’s, thanks to the support of the local businesses whose ads are found on the back of the calendar each month. If you or someone you know might like to become a sponsor, please call Susan Beechner in the parish office for more information. 949.644.0463 Ext.10.

NURSERY CARE IS AVAILABLE on Sundays from 9:30-11:30am.

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I am the Vine

by Malcom Guite this decade's proponents of religious music within a jazz context. The I am the vine, ye are the branches: He United Methodist Hymnal (1989) that abideth in me, and I in him, the offers a setting of Duke Ellington's same bringeth forth much fruit: ‘Come Sunday.’ St. John's African for without me ye can do nothing.

Orthodox Church in San Francisco John 15:5 regards John Coltrane as its ‘patron saint.’ Founded by jazz musicians, this Church includes Coltrane's music in How might it feel to be part of the vine? their Sunday liturgies.”

Not just to see the vineyard from afar June’s musical events conclude with the 36th annual Baroque Music Festival, Or even pluck the clusters, five concerts over eight days, the press the wine, second of which will be played at St. Mike’s on Monday, June 20 at 8pm.

But to be grafted in, to feel the stir St. Mike’s minister of music emeritis, Dr. Burton Karson was a founder of Of inward sap that rises from our root, the festival and its conductor for many years.

Himself deep planted Running from June 19-26, the in the ground of Love, festival begins with its opening Sunday afternoon program of Baroque To feel a leaf unfold a tender shoot, instrumental concertos, this year focusing on works by Johann As tendrils curled unfurl, Christian Bach (“the English Bach”) as branches give and other composers of North Germany who took England by storm.

A little to the swelling of the grape, Monday, at St. Mike’s, is “An Evening in Britain,” a recital of music In gradual perfection, round and full, for harp and voice featuring traditional ballads. This is followed by Britishthemed chamber concerts on To bear within oneself the joy and hope Wednesday and Friday nights in the Of God’s good vintage, Sherman Library and Gardens. The till it’s ripe and whole. festival concludes the following Sunday afternoon with the Festival Finale for soloists and orchestra, which What might it mean to bide and to abide this year will be a full concert In such rich love performance of Purcell’s dramatic as makes the poor heart glad? opera King Arthur to mark this milestone work’s 325th anniversary.

Festival details are here: Ayodeji Malcolm Guite (born 1957) www.bmf-cdm.org. < is an English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest, and academic. Born Some relevant links: in Nigeria,Guite earned degrees from U2charist Cambridge and Durham universities. http://bit.ly/U2charist His research interests include the intersection of religion and the arts, and the examination of the works of J. The Jazz Vespers Channel R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and British http://bit.ly/JazzVespersChannel poets. He is currently a Bye-Fellow and chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge and associate chaplain of St. Edward King and Martyr in Cambridge.

The Best of Baroque Guite is the author of five books of http://bit.ly/BestofBaroque poetry, as well as several books on Christian faith and theology. He performs as a singer and guitarist June is Bustin’ Out All Over! fronting the Cambridgeshire-based https://bit.ly/JuneBustinOut blues, rhythm and blues, and rock band "Mystery Train." <

VBS from page 4 Caldwell at 949-644-0463 Ext. 12. We are in need of character actors and actresses. We are also looking to see who has been on pilgrimage in Europe.

If you would like share about your pilgrimage experience, please let me know. Youth who are in need of Community Service hours may also participate.

If you would like to make a donation of food, we will welcome it! We are looking for frozen fish sticks, chicken McNuggets, mac and cheese, fruit, cheese slices, veggie trays, raisins and dates. We are also in need of small bottles of water.

Each year, Vacation Bible School reaches out not only to our parish children, but also into our local community. Children from the surrounding neighborhoods attend.

Can you think of a way you can be involved in or support Vacation Bible School this year? RSVPs are much needed and appreciated!!

See you on July 8th!

As they say in France, Italy, Spain and Egypt……

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EPISCOPAL HAIKU The Church, Its Ways, and Its People, Seventeen Syllables at a Time Stand, sit, kneel, stand, kneel: It's quite a good workout for a Sunday morning.

Blessing animals is a joyous day at church.

Who has ugly pets?

A summer Sunday.

Men forsake twelve apostles for golf’s eighteen holes.

Pews haven’t been sold for at least a century, but this is my pew.

Sarah Goodyear and Ed Weissman (Available at Amazon.com) (Thanks to Corinne Stover)

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SAINT MICHAEL’S SUNDAY SCHOOL IS IN FULL-SWING THIS SPRING From our youngest little angels to adults, there is a place for everyone each week

by Melinda Rader For Adults Davis Library, 9am Sundays at Nine continues after Easter with themes of “What is a church?” The format for this series is a combination of video and discussion.

For Infants & Pre-school Nursery, 9:30am Nursery provides two nursery care workers who engage children in play, story and music.

Kindergarden - 4th Grade Yellow Room, 9:45am Godly Play uses story-telling and handmade artifacts to engage students in stories from the Bible and Episcopal church rites.

Upper Elementary - Middle School Green Room, 9:45am Formation engages older students in Bible stories with video and personal response activities.

8th Grade - High School Corner Room, 9:45am J2A (Journey to Adulthood) connects teens with discussions of Bible lessons and contemporary applications. The class also has special community service projects and may adjust the regular Sunday schedule.

We know there are many ways for you to spend your Sundays, and we are ready for you to spend them with us!

Which class is for you?

For information or questions: Please contact Director of Christian Education Susan Caldwell, 949.644.0463 Ext.12, or scaldwell@stmikescdm.org. <

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Rebekah

by Frederick Buechner

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ebekah's marriage to Isaac was a family arrangement rather than a love match, and all the love she had in her to give she seems to have lavished on her son Jacob.

When she overheard old Isaac say that he was going to give Jacob's twin brother, Esau, the paternal blessing and make him his heir, she was almost beside herself. She ran and told Jacob what was up and said he'd better get to Isaac before Esau did or Esau would get the blessing and everything that went with it and Jacob wouldn't get a blessed thing. Jacob objected that, blind as Isaac was, he would still be able to tell the brothers apart because Esau was a hairy man whereas he, Jacob, had all he could do just to raise a toothbrush mustache. Just one touch, Jacob said, and the old duffer would know that something fishy was going on.

Rebekah thought fast and, after dressing Jacob up in one of Esau's best suits, produced some bearskin gloves for him to put on his hands and an extra pelt to wrap around his neck. The trick worked beautifully. Isaac thought it was Esau kneeling before him, and Jacob carried the day.

When the cat was finally out of the bag, Esau first burst into tears and then announced that, by the time he got through with Jacob, not even his mother would recognize him. But again Rebekah thought fast. She told Jacob what his brother had in mind and persuaded him to get out of town while he could still walk. Jacob took the advice, and the bitter irony of it is that if Rebekah ever saw the apple of her eye again, it is at least not so recorded.

It is also not recorded when or where or in what state of mind Rebekah finally died, but there is a note to the effect that when the time came, they buried the lonely old woman in a cave at Machpelah. Years later Jacob was buried there too, and if she had any way of knowing about it, one can imagine her happy at last to be lying there side by side with the beloved boy for whose sake she had betrayed not only Isaac, her husband, and Esau, her son, but God himself, in whose name the fateful blessing had been given. Genesis 24-27

Originally published in “Peculiar Treasures”and later in “Beyond Words” The Rev’d Frederick Buechner is a Christian theologian and author of 36 books, including an autobiography, essays, sermons, quotes, fiction, and other nonfiction. <

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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.

This month’s pamphlet is of special interest to parents. “Family Prayers” is a delightful offering with many helpful examples of ways that daily prayer can become part of a family tradition. Here are just a few suggestions: Grace for a Meal on the Go God, we are in a hurry but help us not to forget you. We give you thanks for this food and for the hands that prepared and served it to us. Whether we eat on a plate or from a bag, at home or in the car, help us to remember that you are the one who feeds us. Amen.

For a Family Pet Dear God, we give you thanks for ______(name of pet) and for giving him (her) into our care. May our life together bring us joy and may the love we share be a sign of your love for us. Amen Before Playing Sports God, we give you thanks for our bodies and all that we can do with them. Be with us as we play (soccer, baseball, etc.). Help us to be good sports and gracious competitors whether we win or lose. Keep both us and our opponents from injury or despair. And help us to remember that we represent you in all we do. In Christ’s Name, we pray. Amen. ....Ruth Poole

* * * HELP FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE: If you wish to donate food for replenishing our food cupboard, please call Murry McClaren with any questions or to learn what types of food are currently needed. (714.979.6978) THANK YOU ALL for your help!

* * * SENIOR FITNESS: An exercise class for seniors, using chairs, has been formed by Peggy Montgomery. It meets for an hour every week on Tuesdays at 1:30pm in the South Wing.

If you are interested and would like more information, please contact Peggy at 949.644.2239.

Calendar of Ev ents At Saint Mic hael & All Ang els Events Michael Angels

Whiz Kids, 9:00-3:00 p.m., AAC Senior Fit, 1:30-2:30 p.m., SW Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC AA Meeting, 7:00 p.m., SW

Holy Eucharist at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

(9:00 only beginning May 29th) Nursery care from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

(8:30 on beginning May 29th) Sundays-at-Nine, DL (Sundays-at-Ten beginning May 29th) Sunday School at 9:00 a.m.

(Sunday School at 8:45 beginning May 29th) Godly Play, children 4-11, Yellow Room Formation, 5th-8th grade, Green Room J2A Youth Group, high school, Corner Room 2nd & 4th Sundays Volleyball, 3:30-6:30 p.m., AAC St. Mike’s Basketball, 7:00-9:00 p.m., AAC

Whiz Kids, 9:00-5:00 p.m., AAC Men’s Group, 7:30-9:00 a.m., DL Basketball, 4:00-5:00, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC Parish Choir Rehearsal, 7:00-8:30 p.m., NW

Whiz Kids, 9:00-11:30 a.m., AAC Yoga class, 9:00-10:00 a.m., NW (not 5/20, 27) Sports, 1:15-2:45, 3-4:00, 4:00-6:00 p.m., AAC AA meeting, 7:00-10:00 p.m., SW

Coptic Christian Church, 7:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., Sanctuary Basketball, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., AAC (5/28 last one until Sept.)

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Wednesday AA meeting, 7:00-8:00 a.m., SW Yoga class, 9:00-10:00 a.m., NW (not 5/18, 25 Whiz Kids, 9:00-5:00 p.m., AAC Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing, Noon Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC SAA meeting, 7:30-9:00 p.m., SW

Tuesday

Monday

Sunday

EACH WEEK

MAY 2016

Meeting Rooms: AAC - All Angels’ Court MR - Michael’s Room CR - Conference Room

Sun., June 5th

DL - Davis Library NW - North Wing GR - Blue Room, AAC

SW - South Wing YR - Yellow Room, AAC RR - Red Room, AAC

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U2Charist, 9:00 a.m., Sanctuary Jazz Vespers, 5:00 p.m., Sanctuary Mon., June 6th J.Hassett’s Student Piano Recital, 5:00-8:30 p.m., Sanctuary Tues., June 7th Polling Place in All Angels’ Court - Vote today!

Wed., June 8th Senior Ministry, 2:00 p.m., CR th Wed., June 15 Youth Group staying here until Tues., 6/21 Mon., June 20th Baroque Music Festival Concert/Reception, 8:00 p.m.

Tues., June 21st Youth Group leaves

IN THE COMING MONTH

Beginning Sunday, May 29th One Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m., Sanctuary (Through September 4th)

Host/Greeter Meeting, 11:30 a.m., CR Hutchins Consort Board, 5:00 p.m., CR Vestry Meeting, 6:00-8:00 p.m., CR Staff Meeting, 9:30 a.m., DL Youth Sunday - Mother’s Day Wed., May 11th Senior Ministry, 2:00 p.m., CR Sat., May 14th Citizens’ Climate Lobby, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., DL th Sun., May 15 Pentecost - Wear Red! Worship Commission, 11:30 a.m., CR Wed., May 18th Deadline for June For the Love of Mike, 5:00 p.m.

Thurs., May 19th Inklings, 9:30-11:00 a.m., DL Sun., May 22nd The Bible Challenge, 7:30 a.m., DL Friends of Music Executive Committee, 11:30 a.m., CR Tues., May 24th Spyglass Hill Homeowners Board, 6:00-9:00 p.m., CR Women’s Fellowship, 7:00 p.m., Bianchi’s Home

Sun., May 1st Tues., May. 3rd Wed., May 4th Thurs., May 5th

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FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE

LOAVES & FISHES: This month we will collect large jars of peanut butter and jelly or jam. Monetary donations are always welcome too.

Please make checks payable to Saint Michael’s with Loaves & Fishes on the memo line. Tax ID #95-2123746).

Attention Travelers: We are always collecting hotel/travel-size toiletries for shower kits for the homeless patrons.

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St. Mike’s Social Media For parish events and activities www. facebook.com/ SMAACDM

WE NEED Greeters, Ushers, Tellers, and Altar Guilders. Please contact Canon Haynes if interested.

For news from our diocese, The Episcopal Church, the Anglican Communion, and religion news around the world

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The Daily Mike

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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.

* * * ST. MIKE’S COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION is looking for volunteers to help in the parish’s marketing, advertising, and public relations efforts. Please contact Norris Battin at 949.500.2442 or nbattin+SMAA@gmail.com if interested.

On Facebook: www.facebook.com/ SMAAdailymike/timeline On the Web: http://bit.ly/DailyMike SMAA Friends of Music On Facebook: www.facebook.com/ SMAAFriendsofMusic and, of course The recently updated St. Mike’s website: www.stmikescdm.ladiocese.org

DO YOU HAVE A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS? Please contact sbeechner@stmikescdm.org with changes or additions.

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.

* * * IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SEEN OUR NEW WEBSITE, please check it out! It is refreshed and features beautiful design and up-to-date information! Click on http:// stmikescdm.ladiocese.org.

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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 to this fund, all gifts are welcome!

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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.

A REMINDER FROM YOUR SMAA COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. You have several options available to you 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,and phaynes@stmikescdm.org.)

SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE! SET UP DIRECT GIVING TO SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS: 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 Marybeth Waniek, our bookkeeper, in the parish office 949.644.0463, Ext. 15. She will be happy to help you simplify your life!

FOR THE LLO OVE OF MIKE

DR. URWIN TO PLAY AT DURHAM CATHEDRAL

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ur Minister of Music Ray Urwin will be the accompanist for the choir of St. Matthew's, Pacific Palisades during their residency at Durham Cathedral and Hexham Abbey in northern England in August and early September.

He will be playing solo voluntaries, hymns, Anglican chants, and choral accompaniments, including music by Herbert Howells, Peter Aston, USC composer Matthew Brown, and other American music.

The cathedral, a World Heritage Site, is one of the greatest buildings in Europe and contains the tombs of two saints, the Venerable Bede (673-735), the earliest English historian, and St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (634-687), the patron saint of northern England.

The choir will be singing a concert and four Evensong services at the cathedral, and a Sunday Eucharist at the Abbey.

Some history of Durham Cathedral from Wikepedia follows.

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About Durham Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St. Cuthbert of Durham, usually known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England, the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093. The cathedral is regarded as one of the finest examples of Norman architecture and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with nearby Durham Castle, which faces it across Palace Green.

The present cathedral replaced the 10th century "White Church," built as part of a monastic foundation to house the shrine of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne. The treasures of Durham Cathedral include relics of St Cuthbert, the head of St Oswald of Northumbria and the remains of the Venerable Bede. In addition, its library contains one of the most complete sets

of early printed books in England, the pre-Dissolution monastic accounts, and three copies of the Magna Carta.

Durham Cathedral occupies a strategic position on a promontory high above the River Wear. From 1080 until the 19th century the bishopric enjoyed the powers of a Bishop Palatine, having military as well as religious leadership and power. Durham Castle was built as the residence for the Bishop of Durham. The seat of the Bishop of Durham is the fourth most significant in the Church of England hierarchy, and he stands at the right hand of the monarch at coronations. Signposts for the modern day County Durham are subtitled "Land of the Prince Bishops."

There are daily Church of England services at the cathedral, with the Durham Cathedral Choir singing daily, except Mondays and when the choir is on holiday. The cathedral is a major tourist attraction within the region; the central tower of 217 feet (66 m) giving views of Durham and the surrounding area. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Durham_Cathedral

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