FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE Volume 65 Number 7
SUMMER 2015
The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael & All Angels Pacific View Drive at Marguerite
Corona del Mar
...From the Desk of the Rector
BELOVEDS IN CHRIST -
P
oetry as summertime reading appealed to many in this space last summer. As I had hoped summer provides time and space for me and others to weigh words and savor wisdom, such as: Summer Sun by Robert Louis Stevenson Great is the sun, and wide he goes Through empty heaven with repose; And in the blue and glowing days More thick than rain he showers his rays. Though closer still the blinds we pull To keep the shady parlour cool, Yet he will find a chink or two To slip his golden fingers through. The dusty attic spider-clad He, through the keyhole maketh glad; And through the broken edge of tiles Into the laddered hay-loft smiles. Meantime his golden face around He bares to all the garden ground, And sheds a warm and glittering look Among the ivy’s inmost noon. Above the hills, along the blue. Round the bright air with footing true, To please the child, to paint the rose, The gardener of the World, he goes.
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Great news! A check came via the Orange County Community Foundation with a covering letter which said: I have enjoyed the Christian neighborly kindness of your congregation for nearly 25 years, and I want to thank you by assisting in your landscape project. On many occasions in the 90s, Saint Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church generously shared your parking with my family and friends during Harbor Day School events, even when I am sure it was not always convenient for you. Additionally, I very much appreciate that you have provided a home for Goodwill collection for as long as I can remember. Now I see you taking a bold leadership and stewardship role, converting your landscaping to drought tolerant plants. Enclosed is a donation to support the cost of this project. I wish you God’s abundant blessings as you embark on your ‘next 50 years.” Thank you for being such a great neighbor. The enclosed check was for $25,000.00. Thanks be to this generous giver!! Thanks be to God!
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Our Parish History Now Available Directly from the Publisher and On Our Website Saint Michael & All Angels is pleased to announce that a printed copy of its new parish history -- “A Celebration of 50 Years” -- is now available for purchase directly from our publisher, Lulu Press, for $15, and that $3.13 of this is returned to Saint Michael's to supplement the working budget of the church. If you have not yet acquired this colorful book (51 pages of text, photographs, and tables on premier quality paper), we urge and encourage you to go on line at http://goo.gl/VKgp4K and order one from Lulu. Every Saint Michael's family should have a copy of our history. The volume also makes a splendid gift for relatives and close friends. This month we will also post the history as an attachment to our parish web-site, thus enabling you to read it on your computer, either in its normal size or in zoom magnification. BUILDING OUR F AITH: L OVING CHRIST AND SER VING OUR COMMUNITY FAITH: LO SERVING