FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE Volume 64 Number 7
SUMMER 2014
The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael Pacific View Drive at Marguerite
Corona del Mar
California 92625
...From the Desk of the Rector
oetry as summertime reading? Yes! Summer provides time and space for me to weigh words and savor wisdom such as: Two by Emily Dickinson: A something in a summer's Day As slow her flambeaux burn away Which solemnizes me. A something in a summer’s noon— A depth—an Azure—a perfume Transcending ecstasy And still within a summer's night A something so transporting bright I clap my hands to see— Then veil my too inspecting face Lets such a subtle shimmering grace Flutter too far for me— The wizard fingers never rest— The purple brook within the breast Still chafes it narrow bed— Still rears the East her amber Flag Guides still the sun along the Crag His Caravan of Red— So looking on—the night—the morn Conclude the wonder gay— And I meet, coming thro' the dews Another summer's Day! And … Summer-we all have seen— A few of us believed A few— the more aspiring Unquestionably loved
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PARISH NEWS AND NOTES
BELOVEDS IN CHRIST,
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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. Featured this month: "Belonging" is a brief summary of what membership in The Episcopal Church means. Becoming a member can mean many different things. "To become a Christian in a publicly recognized way; to 'belong' to the Episcopal Church in a general sense; to join a specific congregation, or to obtain the rights and privileges of a communicant (a contributing and voting member)." "Wherever you find yourself in your faith journey, the Episcopal Church welcomes you. Final affirmations or traditional categories of membership are less important than finding a tradition and a community that deepens your relationship with Christ."
* * * 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. Currently there is $5000 in this Fund. At one time there was more than $20,000 in the Parish Emergency Fund; so, if you are able to contribute, all gifts are welcome!
WE NEED ADULT ACOLYTE CAPTAINS. The ministry commitment is based on a rotation Sunday schedule and on “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.
* * * THE SAINT MICHAEL’S HISTORY GROUP is requesting photographs to accompany its soon to be published history of the parish. We particularly need photos dated before 1999, but are happy to look at others, too. Naturally we prefer digital images, so please mail your pictures to nbattin@gmail.com. If you have prints, please lend them to Susan Beechner in the parish office for a few days while we take digital images of them. We will return them unharmed when we have finished.
* * * 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 x10.
continued on page 5 BUILDING OUR F AITH: L OVING CHRIST AND SER VING OUR COMMUNITY FAITH: LO SERVING
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CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE RECTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND most recently were by Corinne Stover in gratitude; by Veronica Satero in thanksgiving for the life of her sister, Rita Helms; and by the Corbet family in thanksgiving for the life of Teri’s Mom, Pat. These funds extend our Parish’s mission of outreach, providing for such needs as can be helped by financial assistance.
* * * Journey with the Apostles 2014 Vacation Bible School Food Donations Needed 10 boxes of Kraft macaroni and cheese 8 bags of Tater Tots 4 crates of 25 individual bottles of water 4 cans of olives 2 bags of dried apricots 30 boxes of small raisins 1 bag of figs 1 bag of dates 4 packages of Fig Newton cookies 2 bags of pita chips 24 bagels 3 containers of cream cheese 2 containers of hummus 2 bags of pita bread 2 bags of carrots 1 stalk of celery 1 bottle of Ranch Dressing 1 bottle of honey Fruit-apples, bananas, grapes, watermelon FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE is a publication of Saint Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Corona del Mar, CA. Copy deadline is the second Wednesday of the month. We welcome letters and articles. Editor: Susan Beechner 949.644.0463
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SUMMER ANNIVERSARIES JULY
AUGUST
Birthdays
Birthdays
1st - Jeanne Rees 2nd - James Jackson 4th - Steve Caldwell Frances Haynes 7th - Marjie Blevins Bob Jenkins Chuck Vaughan 11th - Steve Morris Marshall Solomon 12th - Olive Rumbellow 19th - Richard Zevnik 24th - Anne Warmington 28th - Catherine Lee 29th - Suzie Peltason 30th - Peter Haynes+ 31st - Louise Stover
1st - Susan Stahl 3rd - Paddy Nelson Victor Rumbellow 9th - Bob Anderson 17th - Carole Leavelle 20th - Jack Keating Ruth Poole 23rd - Murry McClaren Barbara Stewart+ 26th - Sue Ewers 27th - Lynne Ruedy 28th - John Johnson Ray Johnson Stacy Stone 29th - Jack Peltason
Baptisms 16th - Anne Conover 22nd - Susan Caldwell
Baptisms 25th - Teri Corbet
Weddings
Weddings
7th - James & Marguerite Jackson 10th - Wally & Barbara Paulson 18th - Michael Boor & Marjie Blevins 27th - Ali & Gail Haghjoo 30th - Norm & Beth Bianchi
4th - John & Myrna Ireland 6th - Bob & Diana Brookes, Jr 20th - Richard & Cam Wallis 25th - Steve & Ann Morris 26th - Bob & Shirley Anderson
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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 Melinda Rader with questions: 949.230.3644.
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.
* * * NURSERY CARE IS AVAILABLE on Sundays from 8:30-10:30am.
THE 2014 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 tqnicholson@aol.com......................949.872.9067 Communications...........................Clyde Dodge [clydedodge@cox.net.......................949.375.1530 Evangelism.................................Melinda Rader melinda.rader@roadrunner.com..........949.230.3644 Fellowship......................................Teri Corbet hbangel49@msn.com.......................714.932.6979
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 Worship...The Very Rev’d Canon Peter D. Haynes phaynes@stmikescdm.org...........949.644.0463x11
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CLERICAL DETECTIVES By Norris Battin
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ach year in our summer issue, I try to detour to the lighter side with some comments about what I’ve come to call “clerical detectives” named after a wonderful website that those with a similar interest will find at http://www.detecs.org/intro.html. I try to find popular fiction which includes hero/sheros (thanks, Norm!) who have some connection, at least tangentially, to The Episcopal Church or the broader Anglican world. This year, with thanks to Kirkus Review, I’ve found two that should help you suspensefully through the summer. Here’s the first one: “The domestic affairs of fictional sleuths are rarely as fascinating as their authors think they are. But you have to admit that Clare Fergusson, the Episcopal priest in Julia Spencer-Fleming’s mysteries, set in the Adirondacks of upstate New York, leads an eventful life. THROUGH THE EVIL DAYS finds Clare very recently married, obviously pregnant and back at her pastoral duties in Millers Kill after serving in Iraq. But because of the awkward timing of that pregnancy she’s been told to resign her post or be called up on charges of “sexual misconduct and conduct unbecoming to a priest.” Meanwhile, Russ VanAlstyne, Clare’s new husband and the local chief of police, has just learned the town council is proposing to shut down his department and outsource the work to the state police. Given all this Sturm und Drang, it’s amazing SpencerFleming manages to carry off a layered plot that opens with an arson, a double homicide and a kidnapping and expands into a broader picture of the drug use, domestic violence and desolation squeezing the life out of this small town.” And the second (a bit less on point but who can resist?) “NO MAN’S NIGHTINGALE is Ruth Rendell’s 24th Inspector Wexford procedural mystery in almost 50 years, so we’re naturally curious about how that venerable detective may have mellowed in retirement. Well, his mind is still sharp enough to solve a murder case bungled by Mike Burden, his old deputy and now detective superintendent of the Kingsmarkham constabulary. Always a tolerant man, Wexford is ever more alarmed by the racism and bigotry that have taken root in his little patch of England and were a factor in the murder of The Rev’d Sarah Hussain, a biracial single mother raising an out-of-wedlock child. And, if anything, he’s grown more caustic about barbaric insults to the mother tongue, like the Alternative Service Book that replaced the Book of Common Prayer in Anglican churches.
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“But while Wexford seems content to let a younger generation make its own mistakes, he does feel diminished by the loss of his professional status. He’s also become quite testy about the limits imposed by age and, more annoyingly, by restrictive social attitudes about age. “He was realizing how insignificant he had become in the great scheme of law and order . . . of having nothing to do in a society where doing things was all-important.” More philosophical? I’d say so. Mellow? Not on your life.” And while we’re at it, AnglicansOnline has some interesting comments about Anglican fiction -- detective and otherwise. “Some years ago we began a project of reading through the vast body of Anglican fiction, defined not as fiction by Anglicans -- as that would take several lifetimes of reading — but rather as literature with Anglican content, characters, themes, and settings. This endeavour has brightened many hours of commuting in subway, on bus, on bridge, and in tunnel. It has been an experience, much like checking an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, that always takes us someplace rather far afield from where we entered on the shelf. “We began with old standards, recognizable by their last names alone: Trollope, Howatch, Lewis, Sayers, Karon, Yonge, Pym, Kingsley and Brontë. It did not take long for friends to recommend writers whose full names trigger readier recognition: LouisAuchincloss, P.D. James, A.N. Wilson, Alan Paton, Robertson Davies, Compton Mackenzie, Rose Macaulay, Peter Carey, Joseph Henry Shorthouse. Volumes could be filled with the names of authors and titles less well known, but no less deserving or wonderful. The top of our list in this category would include Article Thirty-Two, by John Rathbone Oliver; Heathen Valley, by Romulus Linney; The Beloved Invader, by Eugenia Price; early work by Sheila KayeSmith; Cast on a Certain Island, by Roger Tennant; I Heard the Owl Call My Name, by Margaret Craven; Benton's Conviction, by Geoff Page; The Bell, by Iris Murdoch; and Burden of Desire, by Robert MacNeil. Thankfully, the list grows by the year with new writing by Kate Charles, Darcey Steinke, Dennis Maynard, Julia SpencerFleming and Reynolds Price. “This catalogue is not meant to show how much our Interlibrary Loan coordinator has been taxed chasing down Anglicana, nor how upsetting our bills withABEbooks.com can be. The hunt for this title or that one has oft taken well over a year, snaking its way from the Anglican Bibliopole to deaccession racks at theological-college libraries and back again. Not every sought-
after book has quite lived up to its promise, and, in truth and fairness, literary taste today has left some of our best lights far behind in the dust. “But reading through these many books, meeting their characters, attending their churches and working through their encounters with God has been a remarkably rewarding experience. It has, in a surprising way, been an antidote to the easy fascination with sepia-toned Anglicanism that can be a besetting propensity for those who find themselves keen on church history. Literature can often delve into the muck and matter of Anglican life on the ground in ways that the various fictions of our historical tradition usually do not. Whilst church polemicists and historians have tried their hands at novels, their work has not often entered the canon of good Anglican reads. “Far from being a kind of literary escapism, Anglican fiction fills in the living interstitial space between history's chronicles and the real, dialogue- and work- and emotion-filled days of real people in real parishes. Parish, rectory, seminary, mission field, and cathedral close all provide a tested palimpsest on which the genre is usually written; more readers will be attracted to a novel about eccentric vicars and parishioners than to a statistical or historical analysis of any number of actual parishes with all of the same characteristics. Social historians have themselves begun to take Anglican popular fiction seriously as a source for the reach and content of trends in church life. A fictional -- but really quite true and beautiful -- account of the life of a priest in a Kwakiutl community in northern British Columbia strikes us as often more worthwhile than twice- or thrice-digested ideas about the coterminous character of the Anglican Communion with the British Empire. By the same token, the depiction in Heathen Valley of the disastrous impact of Anglo-Catholicism in a remote Appalachian community tells us something more about the ritualist movement than the oft-told story of the triumph of the Oxford Movement in revitalizing church life during a period of alleged decay and lassitude. “Most of all, we find ourselves drawn to Anglican fiction because we can and do meet Septimus Harding, Mrs. Proudie, Frank Prescott, Aunt Dot, and Anson Greene Phelps Dodge, Jr. each week. They are our friends and a part of us. In print, we mourn their deaths, share their joys and sorrows, and wish there were sequels or different endings and beginnings.” Coming soon: Who are your favorite fictional Episcopalians?
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION
Holy Saturday
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 Jefferson Hulet 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 9am Nursery Care from 8:30-10:30am Sunday School 9am Adult Education 10am Tuesday HE, MP, alternating Tues. at 7:30am 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.
Susan Caldwell
By Susan Caldwell and Elise Caldwell
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he liturgical calendar turns swiftly, and we now find ourselves in Ordinary Time. It is July, the middle-month in a season of resting, relaxing and reflecting. Wasn’t it just Easter? Are the potted lilies still in need of being planted in the flower bed? Is the Palm Cross still in the coffee mug tray in the car or on the desk? Have Easter cards long been taken off the refrigerator? The clearance shelves and markeddown of seasonal items no longer include rabbits and plastic eggs. We have moved on. We’ve moved past the season of spring and shift to focus on summer and a chance to spend time with family and friends. As we take our annual visit to Disneyland with grandchild, child, niece or nephew in hand, a Biblical message awaits us in the places we’d never think to look. At the end of the watery boat tour of Pirates of the Caribbean, a furry dog with a metal set of keys in its mouth stares provokingly at prisoners vying for his attention. What do prisoners have to do with a happy vacationer? Everything in the world. As a matter of fact, without Christ and His work, there would be little vacationing going on. As I said before, the summer season is a time to reflect and perhaps take a second look at Holy Week. Which brings me to Holy Saturday. What in the world is Jesus doing on Saturday? Holy Saturday is unique for the past, present and future generations. It is here we see Jesus making a visit to the prisons and prisoners. He came to set the captives free. My thoughts are these, that while we sleep and rest and enjoy all of life’s freedoms on the Saturday,. Jesus is working. He dealt with sin for all time.
PRAYERS HEALING John Sally Sam Rosemarie Nancy Norm Bob Mary Betty Patricia Robin Joan Sue Hannah Bill GUIDANCE Sue Esther Mitzi Vicky Phil Lorri Mark Kimberly REPOSE Rita Helms Marjorie Janet Wilson (Symonds) Dottie Valentine Hull THANKSGIVING - in loving memory of Edith Coppen, Muriel Ferguson, George Short, George McClaren; - for birthdays of Louise Stover, Brad Sevier, Lynne Ruedy; - for wedding anniversaries of Nathan & Katherine Eaton, Myrna & John Ireland, Ann & Steve Morris
Call Esther McNamee for prayer requests 949.640.1749
UPDATED PARISH DIRECTORIES now available in Michael’s Room. Continued on Page 6
Thanks to Peter Coppen!
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Rector’s Desk from page 1 But Summer does not care— She goes her spacious way As eligible as the moon To our Temerity— The Doom to be adored— The Affluence conferred— Unknown as to an Ecstasy The Embryo endowed— “In Summer" by Alcaeus (7th-6th century B.C.E., translated by Walter Peterson) Come, wet thy chest with wine: the dog-star now Is rising high, the oppressive sultry glow Of summertime brings parching thirst to all. Now from the leaves the locust its loud call, Its sweet shrill song, pours out from 'neath its wings. The blazing heat, which withereth all things, O'er all the earth is spread; the blooming thistle Holds up its head; now womankind doth bristle With passion most, and man is haggard worn; For Sirius his head and limbs doth born. “To Summer" by William Blake O thou who passest thro' our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O Summer, Oft pitched'st here thy golden tent and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair. Beneath our thickest shades we oft have heard Thy voice, when noon upon his fervid car Rode o'er the deep of heaven; beside our springs Sit down, and in our mossy valleys, on Some bank beside a river clear, throw thy Silk draperies off, and rush into the stream: Our valleys love the Summer in his pride. Our bards are fam'd who strike the silver wire: Our youth are bolder than the southern swains: Our maidens fairer in the sprightly dance: We lack not songs, not instruments of joy, Nor echoes sweet nor waters clear as heaven, Nor laurel wreaths against the sultry heat. “The Sun" by Czeslaw Milosz All colors come from the sun. And it does not have Any particular color, for it contains them all. And the whole Earth is like a poem While the sun above represents the artist. Whoever wants to paint the variegated world Let him never look straight up at the sun Or he will lose the memory of things he has seen Only burning tears will stay in his eyes. Let him kneel down, lower his face to the grass, And look at light reflected by the ground. There he will find everything we have lost: The stars and the roses, the dusks and the dawns.
“Summer" by Nellie Seelye Evans The pollen on a bee's wing, His hum against the pane, Are hints that Summer thinks of us, Would woo us back again To old beliefs we had in dawns, In sunsets, and in dew— Before this hurry blotted out The primal me and you. Finally, Wendell Berry's caution in "The Vacation" Once there was a man who filmed his vacation. He went flying down the river in his boat with his video camera to his eye, making a moving picture of the moving river upon which his sleek boat moved swiftly toward the end of his vacation. He showed his vacation to his camera, which pictured it, preserving it forever: the river, the trees, the sky, the light, the bow of his rushing boat behind which he stood with his camera preserving his vacation even as he was having it so that after he had had it he would still have it. It would be there with a flick of a switch, there it would be. But he would not be in it. He would never be in it.
How will you "be in" every day of this summer 2014?
Yours, In Christ,
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.
* * * LOAVES AND FISHES: THIS SUMMER we will collect school supplies, specifically 8 to 12 count markers, spiral notebooks & filler paper. 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)
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“Holy Saturday” Continued from page 4 In 1 Peter 3:18-20: “For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built”. In Luke 4:16-21, Jesus stood up to read in the synagogue in Nazareth. “He was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and . found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. “He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord. “And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’ ” And another reflection. Isaiah 42:6-7: “I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.” There it is again, that notion of a prisoner. One summer, twenty-five years ago, when I was completing my teaching credentials through UC Irvine, I worked for The Department of Education, Orange County. I worked inside the Juvenile Court Schools and went into the prisons as a teacher. When in the prison, I felt the confinement and limitation. Each day, that I walked freely out of the compound, I valued my ability to choose the foods that I ate, the clothes that I wore and how I was to spend my time. FREEDOM was very evident and clear to me. And among those souls that had found themselves behind bars, I will never forget the young teen, with tears in his young eyes. He was there because he
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had run away from home. I had walked the halls to the inner prisons of those teens who had committed murder. And I knew that their lives were changed forever from one impulsive and unthinking resolve. But for those who were locked behind because of the law, I truly had pity. Their circumstances seemingly beyond their control. What dire circumstance had made them make a break for the unknown, only to find themselves in jail and behind bars and in prison? Summer is a time of reflection. Are we somehow stuck in the prison of our own culture and circumstances? As Episcopalians we hold to the mantra, All are Welcome. As if to say, step aside fellow traveler, ease your burden, rest here awhile in this oasis, camp of liberty called our Church. This is the exact opposite of a prison. Please take time and juxtapose the thought of prison and Redeemer. Jesus, the Redeemer. I find peace on Holy Saturday, because I know Jesus is at work and I can truly rest. Can you hear the sound of cell doors unlocking? And His blessed proclamation, “Go in peace, to love and serve…the Lord.” And in turn, we exalt with jubilation and skip toward the heavenly light of day, “Thanks be to God! I am free.”
MEN’S GROUP: Each week we discuss a chapter or two of a book, typically on theology, philosophy and science. We meet 7.30-9am each Thursday in the Davis Library. All men are welcome regardless of faith or lack of it.
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Every Member an Evangelist by Melinda Rader “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” You know Teddy Roosevelt’s meaning, try seeing it another way . . . . . The Episcopal Church’s proper, legal name is Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. We are often thought of as uncomfortable, “speak softly,” evangelists. But, we can be seen giving time in hospital auxiliaries, community organizations, teaching, serving the homeless, serving our country, providing financial resources at home and in distant lands, and more... and more.... and more. We carry a “big stick” as we lead, prod, open the way for new ideas in our communities, nation and our world. Episcopalians make things happen and keep things steady. Quiet commitment in faith is our force. Here are two short videos that give a slice of the scope of our mission, and who we are: 1. “The Missionary Society” is on The Episcopal Church website. Just click on the video: www.episcopalchurch.org/page/ missionary-society 2. “The Episcopal Church: Who We Are” went viral a couple of years ago on YouTube with it’s humorous, loving look at the Episcopal Church. It always makes me smile. www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vJ_lUoloW4M As we move forward, inviting a friend to join a mission project may make sense. You may already know someone who is looking for the opportunity to give locally, where the time and gifts go directly to the need. You may find someone who wants to “carry a big stick” for the good of others. The Rev’d Barbara Stewart leads our Mission Commission if you need more information. “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” Theodore Roosevelt was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, and he was also involved with the Episcopal Church, the denomination of his wife. In retirement they regularly attended Christ Church of Oyster Bay Episcopal Church. After reading a little about him, I suspect he would have been happy at Saint Michael & All Angels as well. (See http://hollowverse.com/theodoreroosevelt/ for more information.)
Calendar of Ev ents At Saint Mic hael & All Ang els Events Michael Angels
Holy Eucharist, Morning Prayer, alternating on Tuesdays, 7:30 a.m. Whiz Kids, 9:00 -5:00 p.m., AAC J.Derus Chorale Practice, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Sanctuary (7/ 8, 15) Basketball, 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., AAC
Tuesday
Saturday
Friday
5Basketball
DL - Davis Library NW - North Wing GR - Blue Room, AAC
Basketball, 8-10:00 a.m.
Mon., Sept. 1st Wed., Sept. 10th SW - South Wing th YR - Yellow Room, AAC Sun., Sept. 7 Sun., Sept. 28th RR - Red Room, AAC
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AA meeting, 7:00-8:00 a.m., SW Yoga class, 9:00-10:00 a.m., NW Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing, 12:00 Noon Whiz Kids, 9:00 a.m.-noon, AAC Basketball, 5:00-10:00 p.m., AAC
Meeting Rooms: AAC - All Angels’ Court MR - Michael’s Room CR - Conference Room
Thursday
Sun., July 13th Tues., July 22nd Sun., July 27th
Tues., July 8th Fri., July 11th
Tues., July 1st Fri., July 4th Sun., July 6th
August
Women’s Fellowship, 7:00 p.m., Bianchi’s Home Office closed for Independence Day Summer Sunday School begins, 9:00 a.m., YR Red, White & Blue Breakfast, 10:30 a.m., AAC Hutchins Consort, 5:00 p.m., CR Vacation Bible School begins: “Journey with the Apostles” 5:30-7:45 p.m., AAC, Sanctuary Adult Christian Education Committee, 10:30 a.m., CR Spyglass Hill Homeowners Board, 6:00-9:00 p.m., CR The Bible Challenge, 8:30, DL
July & August: Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m. only July
IN THE COMING WEEKS
Office closed for Labor Day Holiday Deadline for October 2014 For the Love of Mike Sunday Worship returns to 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. Saint Michael & All Angels’ Festival Day
IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH
Fri., Aug.1st Vacation Bible School, 5:30-7:45 p.m. Sun., Aug. 3rd Fiesta Breakfast, following Worship, AAC Mon.-Fri., Aug. 4-Fri.- Aug. 29, Camp of Creative Minds, 9:00 a.m.-noon, AAC Thurs., Aug. 7th Staff Meeting, 9:30-11:00 a.m., DL Sun., Aug. 10th Adult Christian Education Commission, 10:30 a.m., CR Tues., Aug. 12th Hutchins Consort, 5:00 p.m., CR Wed., Aug. 13th Senior Ministry, 2:00 p.m., CR Men’s Group, 7:30-9:00 a.m., DL Vestry Meeting, 5:00-7:00 p.m., CR AA Big Book Study, noon-1:00 p.m., SW Deadline for September 2014 For the Love of Mike Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC J. Derus Chorale Practice, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Sanctuary (7/10) Sun., Aug. 17th Worship Commission, 10:30 a.m., CR Mon.-Fri., Aug. 18-29th Volleyball, 3:00-4:00 p.m., AAC Yoga class, 9:00-10:00 a.m., NW Tues., Aug. 25th Spyglass Hill Homeowners Board, 6:00-9:00 p.m., CR Vacation Bible School, 5:30-7:45 p.m. (7/11, 18, 25, & Aug. 1) Sun., Aug. 31st The Bible Challenge, 8:30, DL AA meeting, 7:00-10:00 p.m., SW
Basketball, ., 4:00-5:00 p.m., AAC Whiz Kids, 9:00-5:00 p.m. AAC House of Speed, 5:00-6:30 p.m., AAC J.Derus Chorale Practice, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Sanctuary (7/14) St. Mike’s Basketball, 7:00-9:00 p.m., AAC
Monday
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Holy Eucharist at 9:00 a.m. only (through August 31) Nursery care from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Sunday School at 9:00 a.m., YR Sundays-at-Ten, DL Basketball, 2:00-5:30 p.m., AAC
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Barbara Stewart
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ST MIKE’S CAMP STEVENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND INCREASES
W
e know it’s summer time, but your Mission Commission is planning ahead for the Alternative Market this year, which will take place on December 7th. Due to the success of last year’s “Michael’s Market”, we are going to try it again. Michael’s Market will be the place to buy goodies and gifts made by our own parishioners. All proceeds will be used to support our outreach ministries. How can you help? Donate one or more items of something you have made; it can be food items, crafts, small gardens, Christmas ornaments, something you’ve knitted or crocheted, pictures you’ve taken....anything at all....as long as it’s homemade. Please consider donating an item or two! And then, on December 7th, come and join us at the market and buy an item or two! Contact Frances Haynes at fbhincdm@aol.com or Barbara Stewart at bstewart@ca.rr.com with questions. In other Mission News: In September, we will once agin undertake the Metric Ton of Food project. It’s time for us to collect 2,500 pounds of food and take it to our friends in Mexico. We will begin the collection on September 14th and end on October 19th, with delivery during the week of October 20th to 25th. Please plan to give generously and come along with us when we deliver the food. You will be glad you did! You can make a difference! For July and August, we are focused on school supplies for the children who come to Loaves and Fishes. They need filler paper (either college or wide ruled), spiral notebooks (either college or wide ruled), markers (812 packs, thick/broad line; Crayola works best), 7-8" adult sized scissors. As you travel, keep those toiletry items. They are always needed at Loaves and Fishes, as well as regular ground coffee, men’s crew socks, men’s disposable razors, and $5 gift cards for McDonalds and Burger King.
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generous donation from the Russell Family Foundation has increased our church camp scholarship fund for our children and youth attending Camp Stevens, the diocesan camp in Julian. These additional funds give our families some assistance with tuition for a session at the camp. What a fine opportunity for vacation in the beautiful setting of Julian and environs! Along with his donation, Mr. Russell spoke of how much he enjoyed Camp Stevens as a youth and how it enriched his faith -- an unbeatable combination. We are most grateful to Mr. Russell for his generosity and his tribute. Informational brochures for Camp Stevens, are available from Susan Caldwell, director of Christian education, or at www.campstevens.org/summer. Happy trails!
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OUR 2014 GRADUATES! By Corinne Stover Devon Ahearn graduated from the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall).Her proud mom is Altar Guild Directress, Sue Ahearn. Devon is currently a clerk for a Federal Judge in Reno, Nevada. Jacqueline Caldwell, June graduate from Woodbridge High School in Irvine, received recognition in Science and English at the Sentinel Award Ceremony, and was awarded a medal of distinction in English. She will attend UC Santa Barbara in September. Jacqueline’s proud parents are Susan and Steve Caldwell. Catherine Helen Conroy, graduated in May from Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law, cum laude. Catherine is a granddaughter of Monty and Ray Pentz. Madeline Jenkins, granddaughter of Julie & Bob Jenkins, graduated from Corona del Mar High School with Honors. She will attend University of Oregon and has been accepted into the Robert D. Clark Honors College. Will Peterson graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature. His parents, Kathleen and Mark Peterson, report Will is working in digital advertising in New York City. Michael Kiper, graduate of Mariners Christian School, will attend Corona del Mar High School in the Fall. He received the Presidential Award for having a GPA of 3.9 or higher his entire time at middle school. His proud parents are Kristy and Michael Kiper. James Patterson McCann, grandson of Esther & Pat McNamee, graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in Economics & Business Management. He played NCAA basketball four years, as point guard, and was named Athlete of the Year in Basketball all four years. James will play professional basketball in England, as he works for his MBA at Leeds-Carnegie University. Jessica Elizabeth Pehrson graduated from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and received two bachelor degrees: Drama and French. She is a niece of Corinne Stover. Douglas Watt graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelors degree in Political Science, with Honors. Doug is a son of Ann Watt, the very proud parent.
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HOLY WOMEN HOLY MEN
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ndependence Day (July 4) is the National Day of the United States of America; it is the day Americans, in parades, fireworks, concerts, speeches and private events, celebrate the history, government and traditions of their country. During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain actually occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution declaring the thirteen united colonies independent of Great Britain. After unanimously voting for independence, the Congress then appointed a committee under the chairmanship of Thomas Jefferson to prepare a Declaration of Independence explaining what had just occurred. On July 3, 1776, John Adams, thrilled by what the diverse members of the Second Continental Congress had just done, wrote his wife, Abigail: "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most remarkable epoch in the history of America. I believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival...commemorated as
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a day of deliverance by acts of devotion to God...solemnized with pomp and parade, shows and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more." Adams was a day early in his prediction. It was the next day, July 4, 1776 when Congress voted to adopt Jefferson's eloquent Declaration of Independence. Adams was right on, however in his prediction of how the day would be celebrated "forever more." Its second sentence is one of the best known sentences in the English language containing the most potent consequential words in American history: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The Declaration was immediately published in broadsides, newspapers and public readings, and soon followed by wide dissemination throughout Europe. It was praised, used and condemned. While most colonists rejoiced in being free from the British tyranny, tens of thousands of black American slaves saw it as their manumission, leaving farm and plantation to join British lines or demand freedom in other ways; many white loyalists
saw fit to migrate to Nova Scotia or other places that remained part of Great Britain. Celebrations predominated, however, and have continued to this day. In 1777, Philadelphia celebrated the Declaration's First Anniversary by hosting an official dinner for the Continental Congress, a 13-gun salute, speeches, parades and fireworks. In 1778, General George Washington marked July 4 with a double ration of rum for his soldiers and an artillery salute. In 1781, the Massachusetts General Court became the first state legislature to recognize July 4 as a state holiday. In 1786, the Proposed Prayer Book of the Episcopal Church appointed proper Psalms, Lessons and Prayers for the national observance of Independence Day. The General Convention of 1789 deleted these changes because Bishop William White believed that such an observance would be inappropriate since the majority of the Church's clergy had, in fact, been loyal subjects of the British crown. It was not until the 1928 revision of the Book of Common Prayer that that provision was again made for the liturgical observance of Independence Day. Sources: Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 1997 Wikipedia Encyclopedia, 2014
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