 Observing Diocesan Sunday:
May 18, 2014
Today is Diocesan Sunday, an annual observance marked by prayer and action on behalf of shared ministries within the six-county Diocese of Los Angeles. The occasion usually falls on the Sunday before Memorial Day weekend and marks the date of Diocesan Convention's first annual meeting, held in 1896. This year's focus for Diocesan Sunday is the "Horizons & Heritage" initiative that invites all congregations to provide for online posting of their current ministry priorities and vision statements, together with text and photos highlighting their history. New web pages will be assembled for this purpose and featured at Diocesan Convention's upcoming annual meeting Dec. 5 - 6. For more information, please see Bishop Bruno's column from the Episcopal News Weekly for Sunday, or email horizons@ladiocese.org.
Photo / Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service
Episcopal, Anglican and Lutheran church leaders
call for prayers for South Sudan and Sudan
With the reports of violence and casualties, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has called for prayers for South Sudan and Sudan. She joins with the heads of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada in issuing "A Message of Solidarity with the Church in South Sudan" (see below) Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby echoed the call: "We must be battering down the gates of heaven in prayer" for South Sudan, he said during a video interview with Episcopal News Service, reported here. Resources for prayer and education are here. Extensive print and video coverage of the crisis in the Sudan and South Sudan from Episcopal News Service is here.
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A message of solidarity with the Church in South Sudan
Friday, May 9, 2014
The situation in South Sudan continues to be extremely difficult, and news of it in North American media is minimal. Violence has been fomented and stirred by political leaders for their own ends. Although the mainstream media portrays the conflict as ethnic, its roots, as with any conflict, are varied and complicated. Regardless, there can never be a rationale for the suffering that has been wrought.
Our partners in South Sudan have suffered massive casualties. Their people have been murdered, raped, tortured, and burned out of their homes. Churches and entire villages have been destroyed. In spite of extensive displacement, Anglicans/Episcopalians and Lutherans continue to be active in relief and peace-making efforts through our partners in the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan, and the Lutheran World Federation.
We urge you to join in prayer for the people of South Sudan and Sudan, for a lasting and meaningful peace, and for immediate aid and response to the needs of the myriad of displaced persons.
As we celebrate the feast of the Resurrection, we urge you to help make the risen body of Christ evident to those who labor through the valley of the shadow of death.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church
Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Most Rev. Fred Hiltz
Primate
Anglican Church of Canada
Bishop Susan Johnson
National Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
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 Just Action
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 Just Action:
Resolution and moving forward
In this week's Just Action video, Bishop Jon Bruno announces the resolution of litigation regarding church properties and looks forward to the future work of the diocese.
For this and other videos in the Just Action series, click here.
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 Graduation Day at Bloy House Students, trustees, faculty and guests join in a hymn to conclude graduation Eucharist on May 10 at Bloy House, the Episcopal Theological School at Claremont. Bishop J. Jon Bruno, at right, presided and preached at the service, held in Kresge Chapel. Dean Sylvia Sweeney and the faculty presented diplomas and certificates to this year's class, pictured below. Graduates receiving diplomas in theology were Allison Cornell, Ann Dumolt and Annie Engstrom. Nathan Biornstad, Holly Cardone and Dennis Sheridan received certificates in Anglican studies, and Dianne Finnecy was awarded a certificate for special studies. Carolyn Anderson-Meadows and Johnna Dominguez completed Fresh Start for Lay Leaders.
Photos / Janet Kawamoto
 Bloy House professor releases new book on interreligious learning Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook, priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and professor at Bloy House and the Claremont School of Theology, is author of a new book, God Beyond Borders: Interreligious Learning Among Faith Communities, recently released by Pickwick Publications. Based on 10 years of research, God Beyond Borders is a comprehensive study of diverse religious communities in the United States, according to the publisher. "Kujawa-Holbrook details the many practices of interreligious encounters, religious education, shared sacred space, shared prayer and compassionate action. The book also surveys the field of interreligious learning and investigates some of the more common intentionally interreligious communities -- families, clergy groups, chaplaincies and community organizations."
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Events & announcements ...
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Teens and families invited to join in
Memorial Day tribute to fallen soldiers
The Program Group on Youth Ministry invites young people of the diocese to meet at Riverside National Cemetery on Saturday, May 24 for a Memorial Day tribute to fallen soldiers. The young people, led by the Rev. Mark Hallahan, rector of St. Paul's Church, Pomona, and PGYM chair Shawn Evelyn, will plant flags on soldiers' graves beginning at 8:30 a.m.. A prayer service will follow at 10:30 a.m. at the Medal of Honor memorial wall. Families and friends are welcome to accompany the teens; those with mobility issues may bring lawn chairs and help distribute the flags. Participants should bring hats, sunscreen and water.; they also may bring a sack lunch or picnic, or visit one of the many local restaurants. For information and reservations (for planning purposes), contact Evelyn at shawnevelyn@gmail.com or Chris Tumilty at ctumilty@gmail.com. The cemetery is located at 22495 Van Buren Blvd, Riverside 92518.
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Bishop's Guild Garden Party is Oct. 4 Event will celebrate 100 years of ministry:
stories sought from clergy assisted by guild
The Bishop's Guild of the Diocese of Los Angeles will celebrate its 100th year of ministry at a Centennial Garden Party on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2 - 4 p.m. at the home of Bishop J. Jon Bruno and Mary Bruno, 3435 E. California Blvd, Pasadena 91107. Artwork by children from Episcopal schools in the diocese will be on display for show and silent auction, and many seminarians will be present to meet and talk to. As part of the centennial celebration, the Bishop's Guild is looking for stories of its past, from clergy who were assisted by the scholarship program, or from congregations that assisted seminarians. Let the Bishop's Guild know about the experience; contact Donna Keller, president, at dkeller68@yahoo.com or 951.545.4218.
 Bishops will celebrate at gay pride events on May 18, June 8 The bishops suffragan of the diocese will take part in gay pride events on May 18 and June 8. Bishop Mary Glasspool will preside and preach at the Communion on the Bluff at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 18 before the Long Beach Pride Parade, in which she and her partner Becki Sander will ride as guests of St. Luke's Church, Long Beach. Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce will celebrate the L.A. Pride Eucharist at 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 8 preceding the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade. The Eucharist will take place in the Bank of America parking lot at the corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and Crescent Heights, Los Angeles. Preacher will be Dr. H. Adam Ackley. All are invited to both events; pride tee shirts (shown in the photo at left) are available for purchase: contact Robert Brown at rjbrown0504@gmail.com.
Orange County LGBT ministry
invites all to garden party on June 7
GLEAM/OC, the new cooperative ministry with and to LGBT persons in Orange County, invites all LGBT persons and their friends to a garden party on June 7, 2 - 5 p.m. in the garden pavilion at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tustin. GLEAM (Gathering LGBT Episcopalians in Active Ministry) is the name adopted by the diocesan Commission for LGBT Ministry. Beer, wine and soft drinks and hors d'ouvers will be served. Cost will be $25 per person. The Garden Party will allow LGBT persons from Deaneries 9 and 10 to meet each other and support joint efforts for community outreach at the Orange County Pride event in Santa Ana in August, including an Episcopal Church booth at the event. The 2014 diocesan LGBT tee shirts will also be available (see photo above). St. Paul's is located at 1221 Wass Street in Tustin.
 Red Shirt Project will take 22 young people to Pine Ridge Reservation this summer Twenty young people from around the diocese, and two from Minnesota, are preparing to set out for the annual Red Shirt Project visit to the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, to live, work and learn with the Lakota-Sioux residents July 20 to Aug. 6. "We are putting together a one-day powwow in the village the first weekend we are there," says group leader Michael Cunningham, rector of St. Mary's Church, Lompoc. "We also are repairing and repainting the church door -- red, of course." The group also will clean and weed the graveyard and repair the community baseball field. "Our focus is on leadership training among the youth," explains Cunningham, who has led the group every year along with the Rev. Canon Robert Two Bulls, formerly a priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and now missioner of the Department of Indian Work and Multicultural Ministries for the Diocese of Minnesota and vicar of All Saints Indian Mission in Minneapolis. The group is working to raise funds for the journey and to buy materials for their projects there. The young people are never asked to pay to participate, according to Cunningham. Contributions are needed and welcome; to make a donation, make checks payable to Red Shirt Project or St. Mary's (RSP in the memo line) and send to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 2800 Harris Grade Road, Lompoc 93436. Make the check out to Red Shirt Project or St. Mary's and write RSP on the memo line.
 Events in Pasadena to explore possibilities for Middle East peace The Middle East Ministry of All Saints Church, Pasadena, will offer two events in the first week of June. The first, on Sunday, June 1 at 3:30 p.m., will be a presentation by Miko Peled, author of The General's Son: An Israeli in Palestine, speaking on "Beyond Zionism: Peace in Palestine/Israel. Peled, son of an Israeli army general, advocates for one Israeli/Palestinian state with equal rights for all. A free-will offering will be taken, and books will be available for sale. Co-sponsored by Friends  of Sabeel L.A./O.C.
The second event, on Saturday, June 7 at 6 p.m., is a screening of "Al Helm (The Dream): Martin Luther King in Palestine," a documentary about an African-American gospel choir that joined with the Palestine National Theatre to put on a play in the West Bank. The film follows the choir as they get to know the Palestinian actors, struggle through competing visions of the play, visit holy sites and ultimately deliver the play throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The doors will open at 6 p.m. for appetizers and desserts; the film will begin at 6:30 p.m. with discussion afterward. Co-sponsored by COLORS (Christians Offering Love to Overcome Racism in Society. Childcare is available by advance arrangement (24 hours) at 626.583.2871. Both events will be held in the basement Forum at All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena.
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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 7 p.m.
Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
1145 W. Valencia Mesa Drive, Fullerton 92833
Information: 714.879.8070
Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves of the Diocese of El Camino Real will speak about her new book, Unearthing My Religion - Real Talk about Real Faith and its message of God's grace. Attendees are encouraged to buy the book before the class and bring it for autographs; a limited number of books will be available on that evening for purchase. Gray-Reeves is a former member of Emmanuel; the congregation sponsored her for ordination to the priesthood.
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 7:30 - 9 p.m. (first session)
Embracing All of Me: Affirming and Integrating
My Spirituality and Sexuality
Sponsored by GALAS, the gay and lesbian ministry at All Saints, continuing for 10 weeks (concluding July 17). The discussion group deals with issues surrounding acceptance and the life-long process of coming out. Each week topics that lend themselves to the sharing of personal stories, struggles, and successes in living life as a LGBTQ man or woman will be discussed. This will be a closed group, with no new admittances beyond the start date and only a limited number of spaces available for the 10-week program. Due to the limited size and nature of this group, interested persons must call and speak with the facilitator, Kelli Blanchfield, at 626.422.1974 in order to participate; more information will be provided at that time.
FRIDAY - SUNDAY, MAY 16 - 18
Men's Retreat: 'Face to Face'
Camp Stevens
1108 Banner Road, Julian 92036
Information: Steve Bruce, gsb.csd@gmail.com
Larry Budner, lbudner@sbcglobal.net
Led by Steve Bruce (spouse of Bishop Diane Bruce) and Larry Budner (Episcopal Church of the Messiah). Participants will hear and reflect on the words of St Francis; words about love, foolishness, dissatisfaction, self-sacrifice, poverty, risk, humor and nature. Co-presenter will be David Hoover of the Center for Spiritual Development, a ministry of the Sisters of St Joseph of Orange, who will provide an introduction to St. Francis through his one-man reader's theatre and subsequent discussion. There will be plenty of free time for reading, hiking, gardening, or just relaxing; evening and morning prayer and Eucharist on Sunday. The retreat will begin Friday evening and conclude after lunch on Sunday. Participants will stay at the new Wolterstorff Lodge. The cost per person is $160, which includes Friday evening meal, all meals on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Some scholarship help is available. FRIDAY - SUNDAY, MAY 16 - 18Desert Journeys Spring Camp Out Retreat
Rainbow Basin near Barstow, CaliforniaInformation: The Rev. Canon David Caffrey, 760.362.4670 or 951.314.2301, or desertfather@earthlink.net. Led by the Rev. Canon David Caffrey. The weekend activities will include the Daily Office, Sunday Eucharist, nature walks, stargazing, fellowship and fun. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 8:30 a.m.
Annual Orange County AIDS Walk / Eucharist
Orange County Great Park
Irvine
A fundraiser for the AIDS Services Foundation. The coordinating committee for GLEAM/OC, the diocese's LGBT ministry in the Orange County area, encourages Episcopalians to join the 5K walk, or to sponsor people who are walking. Church members will be walk as an identified group, and will gather for a pre-walk Eucharist at the Great Park at 8:30 a.m. The Rev. Kay Sylvester will celebrate. To join the walk or sponsor a walker, visit the AIDS Walk Orange County website here and select the Sponsor or Walker buttons to the right. AIDS Walk Orange County began in 1985 to raise money to provide critical services for people with the disease and awareness to prevent its spread. Funds are raised by individual walkers and walk teams by soliciting pledges from their friends and colleagues. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.DOK Spring Assembly
St. Mark's Episcopal Church 330 East 16th Street, Upland Daughters of the King in the Diocese of Los Angeles will meet for their annual Spring Assembly. Sara Macdonald, diocesan and Province VIII DOK president and a member of St. Peter's Church, Santa Maria, will be the keynote speaker on the assembly theme, "Shining the Light of Christ." Registration and meeting events will be held in the parish hall. Eucharist will begin in the church at 9:15 a.m. A business meeting a roll call will begin at 10;34 a.m., followed by the keynote address at at 11:15 a.m. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Registration is $20 per person at the door. The Sancta Sophia chapter of the order, based at St. Mark's, will host the meeting, which will be photographed and filmed for a new national DOK video. Participation in filming is voluntary, but those wishing to take part - including opportunities to tell what being a Daughter means to them - should dress in blue, if possible, and wear their crosses. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 7 p.m.
Anti-Torture Videos/Discussion with Andy Griggs
Church of the Messiah
614 N. Bush Street, Santa Ana 92701
Information: 714.543.9389
National Religious Campaign Against Torture will sponsor a discussion with Andy Griggs, anti-torture activist and Program Director of Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace. A selection of short videos on the problem of torture in the world and at home will be screened. Meeting in the Upper Room.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 7 p.m.
Anti-Torture Videos/Discussion with Andy Griggs
Church of the Messiah
614 N. Bush Street, Santa Ana 92701
Information: 714.543.9389
National Religious Campaign Against Torture will sponsor a discussion with Andy Griggs, anti-torture activist and Program Director of Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace. A selection of short videos on the problem of torture in the world and at home will be screened. Meeting in the Upper Room.
FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 23 - 24, 8 p.m.
Chamber Opera Players of Los Angeles: Two Short Operas
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
1020 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale
copola@copola.org or 213.260.0007
"Saturday Excursion" by Alec Wilder and "The Man on the Bearskin Rug" by Paul Ramsier. Performers are Ariel Pisturino, E. Scott Levin, Jessica Mamey, Ryan Thorn, and Robert Norman. Daniel Gledhill will be the pianist; David Rentz is the conductor. Directed by Josh Shaw, co-founder and artistic director of Pacific Opera Project. Admission is free; stay after the performance for a reception and an opportunity to meet the performers. COPOLA is a performance troupe in residence at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Glendale, focused on performing free, short, quirky, fun operas that are accessible for all ages. Information: copola@copola.org or 213.260.0007.
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2:30 - 4 p.m.
'But the Bible Says ..' Liberating Ourselves
from the Bible as a Weapon of Exclusion
All Saints Episcopal Church
132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena
"We owe the precious gift of the scriptures that are our heritage as Christian people too much to allow them to be hijacked and used as weapons of oppression rather than as means of grace," writes Russell in an invitation to the event. "And it has perhaps never been more important for us to know our story in order to both claim it and to proclaim it." Russell will lead a presentation and discussion of the Bible in general -- and what she calls the "clobber passages" in particular -- designed to equip participants to respond to Bible questions with love, compassion and information.
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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 7:30 p.m.
Rainbow Reflections of Pride:
Choral and Spoken Works by LGBTQ composers
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
7th Street and Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach
Information/Reservations: Katie, 562.436.4047
A $10 in-advance donation is requested ($15 at the door). A reception hosted by the St. Luke's LGBTQ & Friends Ministry will follow the performance. Proceeds will benefit the Long Beach LGBTQ Center's Youth Services Programs.
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 8 p.m.
Cabaret Night: Red Car Trolley Vocal Quartet
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
1020 N. Brand Boulevard, Glendale 91202
Information: 818.240.3860, ext. 107
"What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play..." The Saint Mark's Cabaret series continues with Red Car Trolley, a top notch Los-Angeles-based vocal quartet that performs a wide range of music from Renaissance to jazz, from classical to contemporary. The cabaret series is a fund-raiser for the Sacred Arts Ministry of Saint Mark's. Tickets: $30 a person, $200 for a table for 8.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 9 a.m.
Communion on the Bluff: Gay Pride Parade
Ocean Blvd. at Temple Avenue, Long Beach
Information: TomCroweLB@gmail.com
Bishop Suffragan Mary D. Glasspool will be the celebrant at the service. A reception at the nearby home of parishioners and community activists Stephanie Loftin and Reba Birmingham will follow the service. Glasspool and her spouse Becki Sander will be guests of honor in St. Luke's contingent in that day's Pride Parade, and the parish will sponsor a booth at the Pride Festival.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 4 p.m.
Choral Evensong for the Season of Easter
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
100 N. Third Avenue, Covina 91723
Information: 626.967.3939 or www.holytrinitycovina.com
Featuring "Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis" (Mt. St. Alban) by David Hogan and "Blessed be the God and Father" by Samuel Wesley. A reception in the parish hall will follow the service.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 4 p.m.
Jazz@George's
St. George's Episcopal Church
23802 Avenida de la Carlota, Laguna Hills 92653
Information: www.jazzministry.org
A jazz vespers service with music by the Rev. Norm Freeman and friends, on the third Sunday of each month.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 4 p.m.
Natur Early Music Ensemble
St. Gregory's Episcopal Church
6201 E. Willow Street, Long Beach 90815
Information: 562.420.1311
Now in its third season, Natur is a professional historical music ensemble specializing in music written prior to the 1800s. This diverse group of singers and instrumentalists performs on a variety of instruments characteristic to the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 4 p.m.
Organ Concert with Stephen Karr
St. Clement's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
202 Avenida Aragon, San Clemente 92672
Information: 949.492.3401
Stephen Karr is music director and organist of St. Clement's, as well as co-founder, music director, and principal conductor with Pacific Opera Project in Los Angeles, a vocal coach and accomplished solo organist. The May 17 program will include "Variations on 'America'" by Charles Ives; Prelude and Fugue in G minor by Marcel Dupré; and Sonata in A Major (on piano) by W. A. Mozart. $15 donation suggested.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 4 p.m.
Organ Recital: Robert Hovencamp
St. Edmund's Episcopal Church
1175 San Gabriel Blvd. San Marino 91108
Information: 626.793.9167
St. Edmund's own organist Robert Hovencamp performs on the church's magnificently restored and enlarged Aeolian-Skinner/Rosales pipe organ, set in St. Edmund's beautiful sanctuary and vibrant acoustics. A reception of wine, soft drinks, and snacks will follow the recital. Ample parking is available on St. Edmund's campus. A free will offering will benefit the Friends of St. Edmund's Music.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 5 p.m.
Romantic Melancholy: Music for Viola and Piano by Byron Adams and Ralph Vaughan Williams
All Saints' Episcopal Church
504 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills 90210
Information/Tickets: 310.275.0123, ext. 112
Byron Adams' Illuminations for Piano and Sonata for Viola and Piano. Ralph Vaughan Williams' Six Studies on English Folksongs. Cindy Wu, viola, and Gary Barnett, piano. Tickets: $20 ($10 students and seniors). Admission free with Music Guild donor season pass. Reception for Music Guild donors to follow.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 5 p.m.
Children & Youth Choir Spring Concert:
Strength for the Journey
All Saints Episcopal Church
132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena 91101
Information: Isabel Leus, ileus@allsaints-pas
The Mastersingers, Troubadours, Youth Chamber Choir, Trouveres and guest instrumentalists will offer music and quotes about life's journeys and where we can find strength to help us along the way. $5 suggested donation to help defray expenses. Childcare is available.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 6 p.m.
Festive Eastertide Evensong
St. Bede's Episcopal Church
3590 Grand View Blvd., Los Angeles (Mar Vista)
Information: 310.391.5522 or www.stbedesla.org/music.htm
The St. Bede's Choir and soloists sing music of John Biggs, Halsey Stevens and others.
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 7 p.m.
Sacramentum
St. James' Church
1325 Monterey Road (at Fremont), South Pasadena
Information: 626.799.9194
A monthly, candlelit Eucharist that blends ancient liturgy with new music, media, reflection and prayer. Sacramentum is on the third Sunday of each month at 7 p.m.
MONDAY, MAY 19, 7 p.m.
Centering Prayer
St. James' Episcopal Church
1325 Monterey Road, South Pasadena
Information: 626.799.9194
The centering prayer group meets each Monday evening, except holidays.
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 6:15 p.m.
Centering Prayer
The Church of Our Saviour
535 W. Roses Road, San Gabriel 91775
Information: 626-282-5147
No previous experience is necessary. Centering Prayer group meets every Tuesday in St. Luke's Chapel.
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 7 p.m.
Contemplative Prayer
Church of the Messiah
614 N. Bush Street, Santa Ana 92701
Information: 714.543.9389
Contemplative Prayer meets every Tuesday evening for an extended period of silent meditation and prayer in the Upper Room. Those unfamiliar with this method of prayer are welcome to join others who have practiced contemplative prayer before.
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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 7:30 p.m.
Centering Prayer
St. Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
1227 Fourth Street, Santa Monica
Information: 310.395.0977
All are welcome; no previous experience needed. The church is located on Fourth Street between Wilshire and Arizona. Parking is available in the public parking garage across the street. Centering Prayer is offered at St. Augustine's on the second and fourth Thursday of each month (except Thanksgiving Day).
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 7:30 p.m.
Contemplation & Prayer in the Style of Taizé
All Saints' Episcopal Church
504 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills 90210
Information: 310.275.0123, ext. 112
Music led by the Parish Choir.
FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 23 - 24, 8 p.m.
Chamber Opera Players of Los Angeles: Two Short Operas
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
1020 N. Brand Blvd. Glendale
copola@copola.org or 213.260.0007
"Saturday Excursion" by Alec Wilder and "The Man on the Bearskin Rug" by Paul Ramsier. Performers are Ariel Pisturino, E. Scott Levin, Jessica Mamey, Ryan Thorn, and Robert Norman. Daniel Gledhill will be the pianist; David Rentz is the conductor. Directed by Josh Shaw, co-founder and artistic director of Pacific Opera Project. Admission is free; stay after the performance for a reception and an opportunity to meet the performers. COPOLA is a performance troupe in residence at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Glendale, focused on performing free, short, quirky, fun operas that are accessible for all ages. Information: copola@copola.org or 213.260.0007
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 4 p.m.
Concert: Dulcis Memoria
St. Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
1227 Fourth Street, Santa Monica
Information: 323.662.5007 or www.cantoridomino.org
Music of sweet remembrance. Tickets: $25 ($20 seniors/students).
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 5 p.m.
Dwight Trible Plays Jazz Vespers
All Saints Episcopal Church
132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena 91101
Information: jazz@allsaints-pas.org or www.allsaints-pas.org.
In addition to performing with his own group, the Dwight Trible Ensemble, Trible is the vocalist with the Pharaoh Sanders Quartet and also vocal director for the Horace Tapscott Pan Afrikan Peoples' Arkestra. He has worked with Oscar Brown Jr., Harry Belafonte, Della Reese and Norman Conners, as well as contemporary soul artists L.A. Reid and D.J. Rogers. There is no charge. No reservations required.
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 7:30 p.m.
Compline
St. James' Episcopal Church
3903 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90010
Information: 213.388.3015
Schola Cantorum of St. James', James Buonemani, director. There is no charge.
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 6:15 p.m.
Centering Prayer
The Church of Our Saviour
535 W. Roses Road, San Gabriel 91775
Information: 626-282-5147
No previous experience is necessary. Centering Prayer group meets every Tuesday in St. Luke's Chapel.
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 7 p.m.
Taizé Worship Service
St. Francis Episcopal Church (chapel)
2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes Estates
Information: 310.375.4617
A meditative Taizé service of healing and wholeness that includes candlelight, periods of silence, chants and intercessory prayer with a prayer team leader. Followed by a reception with light refreshments. Taizé is a calming and beautiful form of sung contemplative prayer developed in an ecumenical monastery in France. Taizé services are offered throughout the year on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Donations are welcome.
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What happened when
I wrote a best-seller
by Malcolm Boyd
The year was 1965. The book was Are You Running With Me, Jesus? It was a collection of contemporary prayers that wasn't supposed to be a best seller at all. There was little or no advance publicity. Also it became apparent reviews would be scarce. There didn't appear to be another book quite like it. So I was unprepared to open the New York Times one morning and find an enthusiastic lead review of my unheralded tome. Clearly my life was changing, and abruptly.
Read more here.
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The Portugal Way of St. James
September 19 - 29, 2014
Sponsored by Christ Church of the Ascension, Phoenix, Arizona, and let by the Rev. Phillip Jackson, rector. Visiting sites in Portugal and Spain, concluding at Santiago de Compostela. Cost: $3,300 per person (double occupancy), including 9 nights' accommodation, daily breakfast, six lunches, three dinners; tour guide, day cruise on the Douro River, air-conditioned tour coach, all entrance fees and gratuities. Airfare, insurance, additional meals not included. Information and tour brochure here. Contact: Bonnie Waite, 480.899.8006 or bonnie@yourcruise.com.
Pilgrimage: The Holy Land
December 1 - 11, 2014The Rev. Nancy Crawford, ECW national board president invites all to join this spiritual pilgrimage -- women, men, couples and youth. Organized by Lynn Headley of the Diocese of Los Angeles. Pricez $3,300 (double occupancy), which includes roundtrip nonstop flight from JFK (New York) to Tel Aviv, meals, lodging, entrance fees, tips. ($520 additional for a private room). A brochure with detailed information is here. |
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EMPLOYMENT
New listing:
ALTADENA: Director of Children, Youth and Families Ministry. Saint Mark's Church seeks a dynamic, energetic person to build on their successful program for children, youth and families. Full job description and application information here. Contact: the Rev. Carri Patterson Grindon, rector, at carripg@saintmarksaltadena.org or 626.798.6747.
COSTA MESA: Music Director (Organist/Choir Director). St. John the Divine Episcopal Church. Part time (8 hours/week) Sundays, one weekly rehearsal, plus additional holy day services. Full job description and application information here.
New listing:
IRVINE: Office Manager, part time. St. Andrew's Church, Fullerton, is looking for a self-starter with strong organizational skills and attention to detail. A full job description, with application information, is here.
HOLLYWOOD (LOS ANGELES): Church Administrator, St. Stephen's Church. Full time. Responsible for managing the business affairs and operations of the church, preschool and partner organizations. Job description here. Qualified applicants should email resume and references to employment@ststephenshollywood.org by Friday, May 30, 2014,
or mail to: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Attn: Human Resources Manager, 6128 Yucca Street, Los Angeles, CA 90028.
LOS ANGELES: Bilingual member service representative, Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union. Requires at least an AA degree and some accounting knowledge. Salary plus medical, dental and life insurance, paid vacation and pension. Job description and application instructions here.
SANTA BARBARA: Coordinator of Shared Ministry. Trinity Episcopal Church seeks a part-time person, 20 hours a week with benefits and pension, to oversee the development and support of lay ministry. The position begins in June of 2014. Full job description and application instructions here.
UPLAND: Kindergarten and K-5 Classroom Teacher (2104-2015 school year). Saint Mark's Episcopal School. Applicants must be knowledgeable in planning and implementing a strong academic program and have a teaching credential in their field of study. An advanced degree is preferred but not required. Previous experience at an independent school is a plus. Competitive salary and benefits package and an inviting, professional, and collegial working environment. Send a cover letter and resume to Mark J. Ravelli, Head of School at mravelli@stmarks-upland.org.
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