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The Martyrs of New Guinea
The Rev. Bob Woods, St. Sherrian's, Kernville
On this next Sunday, we will read stories emphasizing the need to be open to change, re-molding as was the clay in the lesson from Jeremiah. It is an easy concept now in the Kern River Valley, where 5 fires have occurred, two of which are still burning. Fire destroys, but also clears away making room for something new.
First a detour: Thank you to those churches which have responded to St. Sherrian's request for help. We have received $1,500 from other churches. We still have a long way to go, and there is still time to contribute as rebuilding awaits clean-up of the burn debris. Current estimates are that about $30-40,000 will be needed to get our two burned-out families back into their homes.
A wonderful tale of radical welcoming and sending, we shall read Paul's letter to Philemon. Paul has welcomed a runaway slave, Onesimus, and is sending him back to Philemon. To appreciate the gravity of this, consider that Paul, already a prisoner under house arrest, is harboring a runaway slave, a capital offense in Rome of his day. Despite that, he goes even further and asks Philemon to receive his slave as a child, not as a chattel. An unthinkable request in that era, indeed a call to new and better relationships. Read more...
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Handing over the Keys
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Current Total: $12,922.55
Our new Canon to the Ordinary,
The Rev. Anna Carmichael will start
September 6, 2016
If you have not yet contributed to the Canonball Express please prayerfully consider doing so. Canon Anna needs some wheels!
Blessings,
+David
Please send your donations to The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, memo Canonball Express,1528 Oakdale Road, Modesto, CA 95355
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¿QUÍEN ES MI VECINO? "Who is my neighbor?" In the last couple of issues of the Friday ReflectionBishop David has urged each Parish Family to includesome Spanish within the Liturgy in order to make ourParish Families more welcoming to individuals ofHispanic Heritage. If any of your parishes are like SaintMatthew's, I thought that would be a very difficult thingto do. As we grow older it becomes more difficult to tryto learn a new language. In response to Bishop David'srequest, our parish has begun with a very simple phrase in the Mass in Spanish, that we are all familiar with in English: THE LORD BE WITH YOU.......and our response,
AND ALSO WITH YOU. If we try to begin with small things, then we can grow into greater things. This is one way of "learning Spanish as church hospitality." We also have some Spanish language tracts along beside the tracts in English in both the Narthex and the Parish Hall. Welcoming our neighbor is welcoming Jesus Christ into our midst.
EL SEÑOR SEA CON USTEDES. Y CON TU ESPÍRITU.
The Rev. John Shumaker,
St. Matthew's, San Andreas
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| Call to The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin
57th Diocesan Annual Convention
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Radical, Welcome, and Sending
Call to The Episcopal Diocese of
San Joaquin 57th Annual Convention
October 28-29, 2016
ECCO
Episcopal Conference Center, Oakhurst
 Guest Speaker
The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers
Canon to the Presiding Bishop
for Evangelism and Reconciliation
Registration is online only this year!
Click here to go to registration site on our Diocesan Website And
find all reports and information about our annual convention.
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Faith in the Valley Event
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For More information contact:
Regional Organizer, Carmen Medrano -
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Modesto
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Climate Change Series
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Modesto
Way back in 1989, September 1st was proclaimed the World Day of Prayer for Creation by the Orthodox Church. Since then many other churches and councils - including the world wide Anglican church and the Roman Catholic Church - have joined them. Now this day of prayer has been extended to a month long Season of Creation, ending on the Feast of St. Francis, October 4th.
How appropriate that in September we at St. Paul's should be looking at, and praying about, climate change! For three Wednesdays in September - September 14th, 21st & 28th - from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm we will focus our attention on this frightening phenomenon.
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The Episcopal Church of St. Anne, Stockton
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20th Annual Sierra Aids Walk
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20th Annual Sierra AIDS Walk
Big Trees State Park
1170 East Highway 4, Arnold, CA 95223
Saturday, September 24th 2016
Bishop David and Deacon Carolyn Woodall will be walking in this event!!
Please Support them both!
The Sierra AIDS Walk is the main fundraiser for Sierra HOPE. We hope that you will enjoy the time you spend here with us in this beautiful forest.
You can help make this year's walk for AIDS a success:
Form a team with family members, friends, co-workers or church members. You can contact them in person, through email or through Facebook or other social media.
Set a goal to raise....$100..$200...$500 or more.
Please call us or email us, and we will send it to you. Our office is open Monday - Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm. Call 209 736-6792 or email aidswalk@sierrahope.org. On the day of the walk, bring your donor checks made out to Sierra HOPE (or cash) with the completed form.
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Orders are coming in! Order yours today!
"The Advent Calendar to Color" is
being sponsored as Diocese-wide fundraising project through the office of our Bishop, David Rice. It's a great way to help celebrate the month-long season of anticipation which precedes Christmas.
An entirely novel concept, "The Advent Calendar to Color" combines the current craze for coloring books containing complex and interesting images with a traditional Advent calendar. The idea is for adults and children together to color one page each day. Pages cover the five "candle Sundays" on specifically religious themes which are traditional in the Episcopal church, while images for weekdays and Saturdays cover a wide variety of seasonal, Christian, and ecumenical themes. Each page is packed with detail: there are Christmas trees, Santa Claus and Old St. Nick; winter fun going ice skating and building a snowman; gratitude for the beauty of nature and for wild animals; the abundance of field and garden. Bells give tongue, angels appear, and there are packages tied with ribbons. The idea is to foster dialogue between children and adults, provide "teachable moments", counter "Xmas commercialism", and provide a guide to the deeper meanings of the season. Coloring the pages is also just plain FUN.
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For More coloring pages and information on how to order the Advent calendar click here now.
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School for Deacons/Center for Learning
September 16-17, 2016
Holy Family, Fresno
(Possibly St. James', Cathedral)
Called to Be...
Life Long Learners!
For Class Schedule Click here.
For more information and to sign up email The Rev. Michele Racusin here: rector@holyfamilyfresno.org
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Native Vendor Event, Tulare
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Native Vender Event
September 24
9am-3pm
St. John's Episcopal Church
1701 E. Prosperity Avenue
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Thanksgiving at ECCO
November 24-25
Reservation Deadline is
November 10
Festivities include:
Holy Eurcharist with
Bishop David Rice
Appetizers and Dinner
Social, Games and Relaxation
Click here for more information
and registration
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A steward is not one who owns, but one who makes the best
use of everything he/she
have been given
If you have yet to start your Stewardship plan, start now!
Contact the Diocesan Office for the TENS password.
Stewardship is a year long program!
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The Five Marks of Mission
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The Five Marks of Mission
Click here for poster to post
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Safeguarding God's Children
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Safeguarding God's Children!
Please review your Safeguarding God's Children program in your parish. Are all volunteers working with children current with the training or have gone through the program?
Please contact Stephanie Gilmer, Diocesan Coordinator at mzgilmer@att.net.
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Southern Deanery
Pre-Convention Meeting
Saturday, September 17, 11am,St. Michael's, Ridgecrest
Northern Deanery Pre-Convention Meeting
Saturday, October 1, 10am,
St. John the Evangelist, Stockton
Central Deanery Pre-Convention Meeting
Sunday, October 9, 3pm
St. Paul's, Visalia
57th Diocesan Annual Convention
October 28-29, ECCO
Episcopal Conference Center, Oakhurst
Day of Discovery
November 12
10am-2pm
St. Paul's, Bakersfield
Thanksgiving at ECCO
November 24-25
Register deadline November 10
Advent Clergy Retreat,
December 6-8,
St. Anthony, Three Rivers
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Send your donations to The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, 1528 Oakdale Road, Modesto, CA 95355. Please write Yellow Bags in the memo line. Thank you.
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Important: Friday Reflection Update
All submissions are due MONDAY for the following Friday Reflection.
Submission requirements:
pictures -JPEG format
articles- word document
linked documents- PDF
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