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Dear Friends, Neighbors and Members of St. Cyprian's,
Last night, Matt and I attended the U.S. premiere of a unique and inspiring new film by Al Pacino called Wilde Salome. It was part documentary, part dramatic stage performance, and part biography. There was a lot going on in this film about a play, about a biblical scene, and about a playwright. All of us at St. Cyprian's, I think, are getting more and more comfortable with complexity--the textured and layered tapestry that is our life on the corner of Turk & Lyon. We are a diverse church with a distinctive, inspiring history. We're striving with our neighbors to become a community hub, a center for the arts and resilience. We happen to have a kitchen, too, that we dream of sharing.
One of the gifts that we offer as a church is having deep roots. For almost 89 years, our congregation has lived through an enormous amount of cultural and political change. We have stories to share: together we've seen some unbelievably good things happen in our lives and the wider community. We know how to celebrate. We also know something about pain, grief, and sorrow. Recently, we added a few more photos and articles to our history wall down in the community hall. When you are there again please take a look. Don't miss this moving one by a former Rector's son. If these walls could talk!
As we enter the last few weeks of Lent and prepare for Holy Week, I hope you will take some time to think about how suffering and sorrow has shaped your life and faith. Last night's film reminded me of this short but profound sentence from Oscar Wilde's De Profundis (the whole letter well worth reading), "Where there is sorrow there is holy ground."
See you soon at Turk & Lyon!
Peace,
Will
St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church
415-987-3029
turkandlyon@gmail.com
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Deacon Eric posts...
Check out Deacon Eric Metoyer's latest post
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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.
We're excited that our new Cyprian's arc - a center for the arts, resilience and community is building momentum.
Kids meet in weekly drawing classes, folks gather to cook with lemons and make tamales, patrons return for concerts.
An advisory council guides the center's development and we've got a great collaboration going with local schools and neighborhood groups.
A sneak preview of a few April and May events:
- debut of a new choral ensemble
- sustainability-themed block party
- all-star ensemble with performance art, poetry and music
- painting classes for kids
- Community Kitchen BBQ
Follow Cyprian's arc events at cyprianscenter.org and on Facebook at cyprians arc
HELP PLAN SUSTAINABILITY THEMED BLOCK PARTYThe USF Environmental Studies Senior Capstone class has planned a meeting on March 28th at the San Francisco Day School. Our intention is to get to know other community members and to collaborate on bringing a block party to the neighborhood in late April. The block party will be on Golden Gate Ave. near Parker and will have a focus on sustainability, building community and simply having fun with the people we live and work near! We are looking for input and ideas on how to accomplish this and everyone is invited.
March 28 @ 7 PM
San Francisco Day School 350 Masonic Ave.
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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)
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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.
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from our neighbors & friends...
Saturday, March 31
Kidney Health Screening at Emmanuel Church on Hayes
Emanuel Church
1649 Hayes Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
To register, call 888-427-5653, x.117 or
e-mail samantha.morotti@kidney.org
PARKING: on the street- it will be tight - give it time
Public Transport: 21 Hayes, 5 Fulton, 43 Masonic
Walk-ins are welcome, but prior registration is encouraged. Must be 18 years of age or over. Join us if you have ● Diabetes ● High Blood Pressure ● Or a family history of these conditions or kidney disease
Saturday, April 14 UBE Day at the Races Fundraiser
Join the Northern California/Vivian Traylor Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians for our annual Day at the Races. This is our one major fund raiser. Saturday, April 14, 2012, Golden Gate Fields, 1100 Eastshore Highway, Berkeley, CA 94710
Tickets are $40 each and include Turf Club Buffet, Valet Parking, Racing Program. The facility is handicap accessible. Please let me know of any special needs so we can assure our group is seated together.
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Weekly E-Mail Archives
In January, 2011 St. Cyprian's began sending weekly e-newsletters. You can find an archive of all these messages here. Forward messages and invite friends, neighbors, and distant congregants to join our list. |
St. Cyprian's is a congregation emboldened by the opportunity to engage with our energized urban neighborhood to create a community
where everyone matters.
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