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 Regional forums set with coadjutor candidates
All are invited to sessions
planned for Oct. 7 - 9
Four regional forums with the soon-to-be-named candidates for bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Los Angeles have been scheduled by the search committee to provide opportunities to meet and confer with prospective nominees.
All in the diocese are welcome to attend the sessions, and to view the Saturday-morning plenary via webcast. The format will include break-out sessions with individual candidates following a plenary session at each site. The schedule is as follows:
- Orange County: Friday, October 7, 6 - 9 p.m., St. George's Episcopal Church, 23802 Avenida de la Carlota, Laguna Hills;
- Los Angeles County: Saturday, October 8, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Campbell Hall Episcopal School, Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood, with webcast of plenary session via the diocesan website, www.ladiocese.org;
- Ventura County: Saturday, October 8, 3 - 6 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 3290 Loma Vista Road, Ventura;
- Inland Empire: Sunday, October 9, 1 - 4 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 419 S. 4th Street, Redlands.
The forums will occur in advance of Diocesan Convention's Dec. 2 - 3 election of the bishop coadjutor, who, following the receipt of necessary consents from the dioceses and bishops of the wider Episcopal Church, will succeed Bishop Diocesan J. Jon Bruno upon his retirement. The search committee plans to announce the candidates in early September.
Inquiries related to the forums may be directed to the Rev. Canon Julian Bull, search committee chair and head of Campbell Hall, bullj@campbellhall.org.
Holiday observance at the Cathedral Center
Diocesan offices at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Most offices will re-open on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
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 Events & announcements ...
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 Francis Bridger to offer
lectures on Anglicanism The Very Rev. Francis Bridger, dean of the Diocese of Brechin, Scotland, and former professor of Anglican Studies at Fuller Seminary, will give a series of three lectures on "The Future of Anglicanism" on Thursday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Pasadena, 464 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena 91101. The lectures, presented by Fuller Seminary, are open to all at no charge. Lecture topics are:
- Lecture 1: When Cultures Clash: The Challenge of Anglican Identity
- Lecture 2: And How Shall We Decide? Authority and the Discernment of Truth
- Lecture 3: The Fork in The Road: Is Anglican Unity Possible? (with panel discussion)
Bridger (pictured) also will offer an introductory lecture with conversation on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 7 - 8 p.m. in the parish hall at St. Edmund's Episcopal Church, 1175 San Gabriel Blvd., San Marino. Bridger has worked for many years to build and repair relationships between Anglican churches in various parts of the world. His special relationship with the church in the African nation of Burundi was the subject of a 2007 article in The Episcopal News (a PDF is here). He also worked with Justin Welby, now Archbishop of Canterbury, to help build the Continuing Indaba Project in the Anglican Communion.
 Magazines and paperback books needed for prison ministry Prism, the diocese's restorative justice ministry, which provides chaplains for Los Angeles County jails and hospitals, is in need of magazines for distribution in the jails. Preferred magazines include Christian Century, Sojourners, Time, National Geographic, The Atlantic, Smithsonian, Oprah, Parents, Self, Glamor and Allure. Paperback books are also welcome, specifically those from important spiritual writers and theologians such as Thomas Merton, Joan Chittister, Brian McLaren, Richard Rohr, Rob Bell, Matthew Fox, Cynthia Bourgeault, etc. Any books on the mystics are needed, along with Practicing the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence, and books on domestic violence, addiction and recovery, and contemplative practice. Prism especially needs copies of God Believes in Love, by Bishop Gene Robinson, and God and the Gay Christian, by Matthew Vines. All books must be in paperback format. Books and magazines may be sent or brought to the Cathedral Center of St. Paul at 840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles 90026. For further information, contact the Rev. Dennis Gibbs, 213.482.2040 or dgibbs@ladiocese.org.
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This week around the diocese ...
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 7 p.m.
Dodger Night 2016
Dodger Stadium
1000 Elysian Park Ave, Los Angeles 90012
The Dodgers will play the San Diego Padres, and fireworks will follow the game.
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THURSDAY - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 - 11
'Into Silence' Contemplative Retreat
Mt. Calvary Monastery
505 E Los Olivos Street, Santa Barbara 93105
Information: 626.703.4474
The Community of Divine Love, an Episcopal monastery in the Diocese of Los Angeles, will offer "Into Silence," a guided contemplative retreat, at Mt. Calvary Monastery in Santa Barbara. It will be led by Brother Dennis Gibbs and Sister Greta Ronningen of CD, both of whom are chaplains to the incarcerated of the Los Angeles County jail system, as well as writers, retreat leaders and spiritual directors. Cost for the retreat is $400 per person for four days and three nights, including accommodations and meals. Space is limited to 15 participants.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Human Trafficking Seminar
Trinity Church
419 S. Fourth Street, Redlands
Information/Reservations: 909.793.2014
Opal Singleton, author of Seduced: the Grooming of America's Teenagers, president and CEO of Million Kids, and outreach coordinator of the Riverside Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, will speak at a program addressing the increasing problem of modern-day slavery in the local community and in the world. Officer Leslie Martinez of the Redlands Police Department's special victims division will also speak. Please call ahead for lunch reservations.
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This week in liturgy & the arts ...
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 6 p.m.
Evensong in Remembrance of 9/11/01
St. James' Episcopal Church
1325 Monterey Road, South Pasadena 91030
Information: 626.799.9194 or www.sjcsp.org
The St. James' Choir will sing. Child care provided. All are welcome.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 8 p.m.
Golden Bridge Consort
All Saints' Episcopal Church
504 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills 90210
Information: 310. 275.0123, ext.112, or www.allsaintsbh.org
This outstanding vocal ensemble, led by Suzi Digby, OBE, returns to All Saints' with a program exploring the relationship between the English and American choral traditions. Tickets available at the door, Music Guild members admitted free with season pass.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 11 a.m.
Concert Across America Mass
ProCathedral of St. John
514 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 90017
Information: 213.747.6285
Part of #Concert Across America, a nationwide effort to raise awareness about violence, specifically gun violence. The service, which will include a liturgy for victims of gun violence and a performance of Francis Poulenc's "Priez pour paix" ("Pray for Peace") by mezzo soprano soloist Christen Herman, will be recorded and distributed on the Cathedral's Facebook and Twitter accounts on Sept. 25 mark the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. Members of the ProCathedral congregation also have mounted a banner reading "Thou Shalt Not Kill - Control Guns NOW" on the front of the church.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 4 p.m.
A Cappella Concert: Chorus Profectus
Church of the Transfiguration
1181 South First Avenue, Arcadia 91006
Information: 626.445.3340
A benefit for Episcopal Relief & Development. A reception will follow the concert. Profectus Chamber Choir is a professional choral ensemble that specializes in choral music dating from medieval times through the present day. According to Transfiguration music director Bob Crocker, "This young and adventurous chorus was magnificent when they sang with us last year. If you like clean, muscular, and artistic unaccompanied singing of old and brand new repertoire of the first rank, you will want to run, not walk, to hear this group."
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 4 p.m.
Celebration! An Organ Concert
St. Gregory's Episcopal Church
6201 E. Willow Street, Long Beach 90815
Information: 562.420.1311
Director of Music and Organist, David Feit-Pretzer will be celebrating his many years of music ministry with a concert featuring several of his musical colleagues. This will be an afternoon of glorious music for the piano and organ.
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