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Image above by Cyprian's Artist-in-Residence Kyle Brunel part of her Urban Organic Series

 

Dear Friends, Neighbors, and Members of St. Cyprian's,

 

I have really been appreciating the challenging invitation of our Lenten Series book author Stephanie Spellers to explore what "Radical Welcome" may mean not just to me but to us as a congregation in the middle of 21st century San Francisco. As I have explored this text I have thought a great deal about our congregation's complex story, our deep practice of hospitality and the ways that our diverse members over the years have experienced and engaged in both exclusion and embrace. My hope is that as our congregation reads and discusses this book together we will be inspired by the stories of our sister and brother Episcopal churches across this country who have experienced and embraced inspiring change. That we recognize how we are unique but also how we have much to learn from and share with the wider church. The book shares stories from eight welcoming congregations in the north, south, east and west. You may be interested in visiting the websites of these communities between now and our next gathering Wednesday night. (by the way we have a few more copies of the book in the office if you'd like one) 

 

Grace Church - Lawrence, Massachusetts 

 

St. Mary's - West Harlem, New York  

 

St. Philip's - Harlem, New York 

 

St. Bartholomew's - Atlanta, GA  

 

St. Paul's - Duluth, Minnesota  

 

Holy Faith - Inglewood, California  

 

All Saints - Pasadena, California 

 

Church of the Apostles - Seattle 

 

You can also view a video of the author sharing more about why she wrote the book on YouTube by clicking here.  

Youth of The Village Project learning a new dance
in Cyprian's Hall, March 1, 2012

As I reflected on last night's conversation, I noticed that one of St. Cyprian's neighbors posted on Facebook a link to a short film about "Sacred Economics" which shares the work of teacher, speaker, and writer Charles Eisenstein. The film opens up the history of money and talks about the ancient tradition of gift giving. I'm not entirely sure how these two concepts of Radical Welcome & Sacred Economics are connected but my guess is the Spirit might have a reason for the coincidence and serendipity. Check out Sacred Economics here, maybe you have the answer to how these two topics intersect.  

 

See you soon at Turk & Lyon!

 

Peace,

Will Scott 

St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church

415-987-3029

turkandlyon@gmail.com 

Deacon Eric posts...
Check out Deacon Eric Metoyer's blogs from the Episcopal Urban Caucus happening in Atlanta on the  
St. Cyprian's blog.
 
Stations of the Cross
in St. Cyprian's Sanctuary Lent 2012


Image above Station 1

With this cross are the portraits of nine 20th century martyrs, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Maura Clarke, Elizabeth Feodorovna, Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel, Martin Luther King, Jr., Maximilian Kolbe, Janani Luwum, and Oscar Romero. The text in the background is, from bottom to top, the article from the U.S. Constitution permitting the death penalty, the Federal law about the death penalty, and the Anglican Church's statement about the death penalty.



Image above is of Station #4 "Jesus meets his Mother"

ABOUT THE ARTIST  Nathaniel Lewis

 

Nat Lewis was born in 1970, and grew up in Davis, California. He has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz, and is a self-taught sculptor, working with found objects. He has shown in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Oakland.


Nat began making crosses and crucifixes as a Lenten discipline in the early aughts. He feels that reusing something discarded by our society is an important action environmentally, and spiritually represents our chance at a new life through our faith. The Stations of the Cross, commissioned by All Souls Church in Berkeley in 2010, were an opportunity to broaden the scope of Nat's regular creations from a snapshot to a story.

 

Nat teaches middle school mathematics on the Peninsula, where he also finds the time to share the art of bending wire with his students.

 
St. Cyprian's Lenten Series -
being made new
Wednesdays, February 29th - April 4th 
6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
 

Each week during Lent,share a meal, book, practices & prayers. Join us as we read together, Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other, and the Spirit of Transformation by The Reverend Stephanie Spellers.  This book is a theological, inspirational, and practical guide for congregations that want to move beyond diversity and inclusion to present a vision for the church of the future: one where the transforming gifts, voices and power of marginalized cultures and groups bring new life to the mainline church.

  

Read more about the author the Reverend Stephanie Spellers and the faith community she leads "The Crossing" in Boston, by clicking here.

 

Our theme for the season, "being made new" comes from a prayer said during the Good Friday & Easter Vigil liturgies,

 

O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquillity the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

(BCP, p. 285) 

Tamale Night @ Cyprian's

 

Tamale Night
Tuesday, March 20th
7PM - 9PM 

 

USF Garden Project and Environmental Studies Capstone, in association with Cyprian's ARC will be teach the surrounding community of St. Cyprian and USF how to make homemade vegatarian tamales.  Please bring your favorite produce items to put into the tamales.  We will provide husks, (compostable!) masa and all other materials needed to make the tamales.  
 
To RSVP and for more information please contact
 
Bazaar 
SAVE THE DATE
Bazaar BBQ -
a fundraiser for
Cyprian's Community Kitchen
Saturday, May 5th  

 

Cyprian's arc is a community-based,  

volunteer-driven hub of collaboration  

that connects artists, advocates

for a more resilient and sustainable future, and anyone seeking  a deeper sense of community.   

 

Cyprian's is an initiative of  

St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church 

 

Space Use Inquiries: spaceatcyprians@gmail.com

 

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Cyprian's arc presents

Shakespeare on Tour's

MACBETH

Shakespeare's Gripping Tale of Misguided  

Ambition and its Terrible Consequences

2 pm to 3 pm, Q & A to follow, all ages

FREE ADMISSION

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Wednesday March 7

Cyprian's arc presents

Kids Drawing Classes with Kyle Brunel

2nd to 7th graders, 2 teachers for 8 students

6 pm to 7:30 pm Wednesdays in March

$10 - $15 sliding scale

Inquiries & Registration:

Kyle.brunel@sbcglobal.net

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Thursday, March 8

Cyprian's arc presents

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's

Urban Bicycling Workshop:  

Introduction to Safe Biking

Perfect for starting biking: choose right  

bike &helmet, tips on safe riding in SF

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm (all in classroom)

FREE ADMISSION to anyone over 14

Pre-registration required at sfbike.org/edu

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Friday, March 9

SF Live Arts presents

Election Year Satire & Music:

Will Durst & Roy Zimmerman

Top political pundit and musical satirist present  

"Live from the Starving Ear," a re-creation of  

San Francisco's seminal nightclub The Hungry I.

8 pm, $16 adv/$18 door/$14 seniors, kids, students

www.brownpapertickets.com

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Tuesday, March 27

Cyprian's arc and University of San Francisco  

Garden Project & Environmental Studies Capstone  

present TAMALE-MAKING NIGHT

Make them, taste them, take some home

Learn how to make the best or share your  

favorite tips

7pm to 10 pm

FREE ADMISSION, all ages

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New Art at Turk & Lyon

Community Hall:

Sky David's Mysteries of Water and Light,

#25 and #34, original watercolors present  

the magic of a medium with a life of its own

Sanctuary & Performance Hall:

Nat Lewis's Stations of the Cross,  

artistic representations of the  

cross during St. Cyprian's observance of Lent  

 

Check out Kevin Barnard's event flier for Cyprian's

 

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