the loveliness is everywhere
even
in the ugliest
and most hostile environment
the loveliness is everywhere
at the turning of a corner
in the eyes
and on the lips
of a stranger
in the emptiest areas
where is no place for hope
and only death
invites the heart
the loveliness is there
it emerges
incomprehensible
inexplicable
it rises in its own reality
and what we must learn is
how to receive it
into ours
Kenneth White, "Walking the Coast"
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Upcoming Events at a Glance
Renewal of Ordination Vows Tuesday, April 19 St. Paul's Cathedral 2728 Sixth Avenue, San Diego 10:30am Bishop's Noonday Eucharist Wednesday, April 20 St. Paul's Cathedral 2728 Sixth Avenue, San Diego 12:00pm Cursillo Weekend Thursday - Sunday, April 28 - May 1 Camp Stevens, Julian New Beginnings
Saturday - Sunday, April 30 - May 1 Episcopal Church Center 2083 Sunset Cliffs Blvd, San Diego Episcopal Refugee Network Dinner Saturday, April 30 Good Samaritan Episcopal Church 4321 Eastgate Mall, San Diego 6:00pm Communicators' Lunch Wednesday, May 4 St. Paul's Cathedral 2728 Sixth Avenue, San Diego 12:00pm - 1:30pm Camp Stevens Sunday Sunday, May 8 All churches
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Presiding Bishop's Easter Message
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Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
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The Resurrection must be understood in significantly different images and metaphors in the southern hemisphere, when Easter always arrives in the transition from summer to winter. Even as a hard, hard winter lingers on in northern climes, with unaccustomed April snow in many places, we yearn for the new life we know is waiting around the corner. As Christians, we're meant to have the same hunger for the new creation emerging all around us.
We can see the broken places of our world either as complete and utter disaster, or as seedbeds -- graves, even -- in which God is doing a new thing. ...
Resurrection is happening in many places, even if one must search for it, like looking for the first buds on the trees as ice and snow give way to the warmth of spring.
Read the full message
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World Malaria Day is April 25  | |
Every 60 seconds, a child dies from malaria.
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One of the most important initiatives in which the Episcopal Church has participated over the last five years is NetsforLifeŽ (http://www.netsforlifeafrica.org), a program partnership for malaria prevention in 17 countries across sub-Saharan Africa.
As the world prepares to commemorate World Malaria Day on April 25, we call on the Church to pray for those suffering from this deadly disease and take stock of those things done and those things left undone.
For the current triennium, NetsforLifeŽ is the centerpiece of our Church's prophetic response to the Millennium Development Goals.
More information on Nets for Life
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Write and Plan Your Fall Pledge Campaign in Just Six Hours  | |
The Rev. Laurel Johnston joins us from the Episcopal Church Center in New York.
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Plan your fall pledge campaign as part of a year-round stewardship program in this workshop style seminar. It's the perfect opportunity for your congregation to draft and finalize your 2011-2012 plan in just one day.
Learn from the inspiring stewardship expert, the Rev. Laurel Johnston, Staff Officer for Stewardship from the Episcopal Church Center in this one day ecumenical retreat designed for stewardship committees, teams, staff or chair people. Your team will come away with a complete and creative plan tailored for your specific congregation and situation.
Cost is $25 per person and includes lunch. Send registration and $25 per person registering to: St. David's Episcopal Church; 5050 Milton St.; San Diego, CA 92110. Questions? Contact the Rev. Suzanne Watson, 619-276-4567
Saturday, May 21
St. David's Episcopal Church
5050 Milton Street, San Diego, 92110
9:00am - 3:00pm
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Dorcas House Seeks Development Coordinator
Dorcas House, a foster home in Tijuana, is looking to hire a part-time development coordinator to oversee fundraising and communications efforts with a goal to sustain and expand the existing development program. For more information and a job description, please contact Canon Chris Harris, at St. Paul's Cathedral, 619-298-7261 x334 or Chris Harris.
Dorcas House web site
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Last Chance to Take Strategic Planning Survey 
At Diocesan Convention, the Strategic Planning Committee shared a draft Preamble, Vision, Mission and interpretation of the Baptismal Covenant-- all unique to our context here in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. The committee would like to hear from those who were not at convention as well.
Please follow the link below, pray through their drafts, and give them feedback to three questions.
The survey will be live till April 13 -- today.
Read Draft
Respond to Survey
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Congregational Events & News
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J. S. Bach St. John Passion 
Soloists:
Evangelist, Aaron Sheehan
Soprano, Claire Fedoruk
Alto, Katherine Growdon
Tenor, Pablo Cora
Christus, Michael Blinco
Pilatus, Mischa Bouvier
Bach's St John Passion shows Bach's towering imagination at its most intensely dramatic, moving, and vivid.Criticized in its day for being too operatic, the work is now revered for its originality, for its faith and above all for its incomparable beauty of musical thought. This is the perfect opportunity to hear this work right at the onset of Holy Week.
For more information or tickets, visit the web site or call: 619-341-1726.
Friday, April 15
St James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
743 Prospect Street, La Jolla
6:45pm pre-concert discussion
7:30pm concert
Sunday, April 17
Point Loma Nazarene University, Crill Hall
3900 Lomaland Drive, San Diego
6:45pm pre-concert discussion
7:30pm concert
Monday, April 18
St Margaret's Episcopal Church
47-535 Highway 74, Palm Desert
6:15pm pre-concert discussion
7:00pm concert
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Three Club Golf Tournament  | |
Grab your friends and your golf clubs and have fun with St. Dunstan's!
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For more information, contact: Fred Dominico, 619-463-1022. Reserve your spot by returning a completed registration form, along with a check payable to St. Dunstan's by Friday, April 8 to: St. Dunstans's Three Club Golf Tournament, 6556 Park Ridge Blvd., San Diego, CA 92120. Attn: Fred Dominico.
Saturday, April 16
Sycuan Golf and Tennis Resort
Pine Glen Executive Par 3 Course
3007 Dehesa Road, El Cajon, CA 92019
8:00am Registration
9:00am Start
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Spring Festival and Craft Fair 
You're invited to St. David's annual festival and craft fair! Everyone is invited to enjoy yummy food, live music, cake walk, silent auction, games with prizes, jumper, and the biggest craft fair they've ever had!
100% of the proceeds benefit the preschool's education program.
For more information, please call, 619-276-7048 or 619-276-4567.
Saturday, April 16
St. David's Episcopal Church
5050 Milton Street, San Diego
11:00am - 3:00pm
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The Struggle to Live with Faith in the
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Runyeon speaks to young and old alike.
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Media Age
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church is presenting stage and screen star Frank Runyeon in a dramatic play; "The Struggle to Live with Faith in the Media Age." Over the last 20 years Frank has starred in over 1,000 television shows including As the World Turns, Santa Barbara, General Hospital and Melrose Place. Reviewers have said that "Frank will change the way you will view the mass media forever. Few people are speaking the language that captures the attention of both youth and adults that sheds new light and ignites laughter as does Runyeon." Cost is $10 per person, children and youth under 18 are free.
For more information, contact Louise Lawson.
Wednesday, April 20
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
16275 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA 92064
7:00pm
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How to Become a Locavore in San Diego: Developing an Ethical Diet
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Locavores love eating locally.
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Learn the benefits of eating foods grown and produced locally, and gain a clearer understanding of what an ethical food choice is and how to make those choices. Simpler Living members will share their research on where to find ethical sources for a whole range of foods-meat, cheese, produce, nuts, chocolate...be it organic, locally grown in San Diego, or Fairly Traded from across the globe. Enjoy various sample products from local farmers markets! For more information, contact Phil Petrie.
Wednesday, May 5
St. Paul's Cathedral
2728 Sixth Ave., San Diego, 92103
7:00pm - 8:30pm
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