The Second Sunday of Christmas

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Fr. Crean will lead the discussion about the Holy Eucharist on Sunday, 11 January following the High Mass.

On Sunday, 18 January at 7pm, Temple Israel of Hollywood will be commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's visit to the Temple with live music, exciting speakers, a dessert reception, and a chance to hear part of the live recording of Dr. King's 1965 sermon. 

Canon Ian Elliott Davies will be a guest of honor as well. 

Tickets are $5, and can be reserved by CLICKING HERE!

The St. Thomas Concert Series presents its second concert of the season: THE GREATS GREATLY GROUNDED, on Sunday, 8 Feburary 2015, at 1:30pm in the church. St. Thomas' Organist/Choirmaster, Jeffrey Parola, plays the St. Thomas Memorial Organ in an organ recital of works by Bach, Elgar, Messiaen, Mathias, and Widor, with interspersed humorous, dramatic readings of criticisms of, and by, the composers featured. While most of the composers on this program are considered to be "great" in hindsight, they all were subject to criticism in their day, and they, too, were often harshly critical of other artists. It will be an afternoon of great music humanized with humor. 

On Christmas Day 1864, when The Rev. Elias Birdsall, age 34, read morning prayer for 10 people gathered in L.A.'s Odd Fellows Hall, he most likely never dreamed that then-frontier town of about 5,000 people would grow to become the nation's second largest metropolitan region, with some 18 million residents today.

Since that Christmas morning, services have continued every week for the past 150 years, and the congregation - named for St. Athanasius, the 4th-century Bishop of Alexandria - today remains a vibrant center of prayer and service at the heart of our Cathedral Center of St. Paul. It is the oldest continuing Protestant congregation in Southern California.

In the spirit of The Rev. Elias Birdsall's original 1865 lecture series, the Diocese of Los Angeles presents the following lectures:

CATHEDRAL CENTER:

JERUSALEM EPIPHANIES: CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONSULTATION 

Friday, 23 January, noon

Midday Tri-Faith Prayer Service

Saturday, 24 January, 10am-3pm

Symposium, Lunch, Workshops

HISTORIANS' WEEKEND: THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Friday, 27 February, 6pm

Reception, Dinner, Video Preview

Saturday, 28 February, 10am-3pm

Symposium, Lunch, Workshops

CAMPBELL HALL:

CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH-LEADERSHIP FORUM WITH THE PRESIDING BISHOP*

Tuesday, 24 March, 11am

*Ticketed event co-sponsored by The Episcopal Church. Viewing site (open admission) at the Cathedral Center.

All families have difficulties. The Guibord Center strives to "turn religion inside out" with a panel discussion shedding light on some of the difficult and troubling texts regarding families. Three faith leaders, representing the major Abrahamic traditions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, will speak from authority about these passages. 

WHEN:

Sunday, 25 January 2015, 3-5pm

WHERE:

First Congregational Church of Los Angeles

540 S. Commonwealth Ave. Los Angeles, 90020

WHO:

The Rev. Dr. Scott Colglazier, Moderator

First Congregational Church, Los Angeles

The Very Rev. John Bakas

Dean, St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Cathedral 

Imam Jihad Turk

President, Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School

Rabbi Suzanne Singer

Temple Beth El, Riverside

RSVP:

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The Annual Parish Meeting will take place in the Large Parish Hall following the High Mass on Sunday, 18 January 2015. At this meeting, the Congregation will elect four new Vestry persons to serve a three-year term, and four delegates & two alternate delegates to represent St. Thomas at the Annual Diocesan Convention. Those interested in standing for the Vestry or representing the Parish at the Diocesan Convention must request a nomination form from and submit paperwork to the Parish Office on or before Thursday, 8 January in order to be nominated. Those seeking the Vestry need to meet with Canon Davies prior to the Annual meeting in order to understand the specifics of the ministry. 

On this day in 1569 Philip of Moscow, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, was martyred by Czar Ivan IV, also called Ivan the Terrible.

Regardless of what the signs read, parking on Gardner Street is now allowed on Sundays unrestricted between 7am and 1pm. There is no two-hour time limit! 

If you receive a ticket, contest the ticket by filling out the form found CLICKING HERE! Contact the Office if you have any issues.