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 November 23, 2013   
Accept, O Lord, 
our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us. 
We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, 
for the beauty of this world, 
for the wonder of life,
and for the mystery of love.
 
~ Book of Common Prayer
FEATURED PHOTO
The Church in San Diego: Recently the Episcopal Youth Event design team came to San Diego as they prayed and dreamed for the upcoming event. A trip to the beach was the weekend higlight and a first for many visitors from land-locked states. Special thanks to the Rev. Dr. Simon Mainwaring and St. Andrew's, Pacific Beach for their hospitality. Find out more about Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) and how you can get involved: www.facebook.com/EpiscopalYouthEvent. Or contact Greg Tuttle.

DIOCESAN BRIEFS
bishops appeal banner Support the Bishop's Appeal 

The annual Bishop's Appeal joins together hundreds of Episcopalians from all corners of our diocese to provide support to our 47 congregations. From nurturing fledgling ministries to growing clergy in their positions, together we can do more. Donate Here. If you're wondering what the Bishop's Appeal does, click here to find out.
 
Father Alex Nagy

The Rev. Alex Nagy has been appointed as the School for Ministry's new director of field education. Father Nagy comes to this appointment with a lifetime of experience in the Church, from Vatican II to his most recent parish work in the Anglican Church of Canada. In this new post, he will oversee both the parish placement and supervision of School for Ministry postulants and other clinical pastoral field placements. If you would like to know more, please contact him: nagyaf@yahoo.com.
Happy Thanksgiving
The Office of the Bishop wishes you a happy Thanksgiving. We will be closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29. We will reopen on Monday, December 2.

Thanksgiving Services
Our diocesan website features upcoming Thanksgiving services and projects here. If you would like to add your congregation's service information, please send it to Hannah Wilder.

UTO logo United Thank Offering Grants    
As of Friday, January 3 the application for United Thank Offering grants will be available. The focus for the 2014-2015 thank offering grants is "The Gospel of Love proclaimed by Jesus Christ." UTO will accept one grant application per diocese.For more information about the guidelines contact the Rev. Heather Melton, United Thank Offering coordinator.
 
Fall Messenger Posted  
The fall issue of the Diocesan Messenger has posted. This issue focuses on formation and education in general, and our new diocesan School for Ministry, specifically. If you would like to receive the Messenger, or to update your information, please send your mailing address to Hannah Wilder. View Messenger Online

Fearless Love T-shirts 
We have blue, Fearless Love T-shirts with the diocesan logo on the back available for $10 each. Soft, pre-washed and comfortable, these T-shirts make a bold statement about who we are as a diocese. Contact Hannah Wilder to purchase.
CONVENTION
prayer flags Participate in the 40th Convention 
Prayer Flags from Every Congregation 
As this convention celebrates our 40th anniversary, all congregations are invited to take part by creating prayer flags. Used for centuries as a means to give visual voice to our prayers, hopes and dreams, prayer flags express our prayerful nature through fabric and color. The convention planning committee invites each church to create at least 20 flags, which will adorn the courtyard at the dedication and blessing of the Episcopal Church Center on Friday, February 21. For instructions and materials, please contact Ann Wilson, 858-232-4762.

DioCon14 Logo Convention Registration 
Attention, convention delegates! All registration is online this year. Registration: $75 until December 31 and Late Registration: $95 until February 15. REGISTER HERE. Please contact Bobbi Hoff, 619-481-5454, if you have questions about convention registration.

DIOCESAN EVENTS
Advent Baby Shower
Please bring new baby items for ages 0-24 months including blankets, diapers, toys and bedding to St. David's Church, 5050 Milton Street, San Diego on Saturday, December 14. Items should be unwrapped. These gifts will bring joy to the people served by the Episcopal Refugee Network. Please drop-off between 10 a.m. - 2 p.m and let us know in advance what items you plan to drop off so we will know how many people to expect. Please contact Fred Conway for any questions or to RSVP. Items will be blessed at St. David's on Sunday, December 15 by the Rev. Tom Wilson, and Mr. Conway will deliver the items to the Network on Monday, December 16.

 

hard hat 2 Hard Hat and Brown Bag Tours
Saturday, December 21, 8 a.m. Join us for a hard-hat tour of the Episcopal Church Center, 2083 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., San Diego. Bring your brown bag lunch and get the nuts-and-bolts tour of the facilities that house dynamic servant ministries, the new School for Ministry and eventually, the Office of the Bishop. Transportation available. Other dates and times are available by appointment. RSVP to Canon Nancy Holland, 619-823-8998. All welcome!

Gary Davison
Anglican/Roman Catholic Dialogue                    "We're Going to Sing What? Our Shared Musical Heritage" on Saturday, January 25, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Avenue, San Diego. We will be featuring acclaimed composer and musician Gary Davison. All are welcome to attend. For more information, visit the diocesan website. Please RSVP to Registrar Keren Rodriguez, 619-481-5455.
Safeguarding God's People 
This one-day training is required for all clergy members, lay employees as well as some lay leaders. It teaches how exploitation and harassment occur, the awareness we need to prevent such occurrences and should it occur, how to respond. The registration cost is $35 and includes lunch and materials. Learn more about the training here. Saturday, February 8 at St. John's, Indio and Saturday, March 22 at St. David's, San Diego. Register.

CONGREGATIONAL EVENTS 
Rabbi Laurie Coskey
Reclaiming Our Women's Voice
Join Women Together at St. Paul's Cathedral on Thursday December 5, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., at 2728 Sixth Avenue, San Diego. Rabbi Laurie Coskey will explore new ways of reading ancient biblical texts. Visiting with Lilith, Lot's wife, and Vashti we will begin to reclaim the experience of women in the Biblical tradition.  We will explore their stories, learn how they were written out of history and how their experiences, as archetypal women, connect with our own today. For more information and to RSVP, call 619-298-7261 x324 by Monday, December 2 .

Father Ivor Kraft
Advent Quiet Day 
Saturday December 14, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at St. Alban's, 490 Farragut Circle, El Cajon. This will be an opportunity for worship, meditation, reflection and fellowship. Our leader will be the Rev. H Ivor Kraft from St. Michael's-by-the-Sea. Light soup and salad lunch will be served. Please RSVP before December 7 by calling 619-444-8212 or through the new website: www.st-albans-church.org.
MUSIC
Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols
Join the St. Cecilia Choir of girls and men as they make their annual Advent pilgrimage throughout the Chapel and Cathedral. The choir's journey throughout the cathedral symbolizes the great season of preparation in anticipation of Christ's coming. This service includes the music of Charles Wood, Herbert Howells, Palestrina, and singing of the "Great O Antiphons." It is one of the treasures of Cathedral music. All welcome. Sunday, December 1 at 5 p.m. at St. Paul's Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave., San Diego.

Advent Choral Celebration
Relax this holiday season and experience the presence of Jesus through music. Come, join others in waiting for the Christ child in Good Samaritan's Advent Choral Celebration. Saturday, December 7 at 4321 Eastgate Mall, San Diego. Listen to the combined choirs of Good Samaritan, the Newman Center, the handbell choir and a small orchestra. A reception of cider and cookies follows. Free.

A Festival of Lessons & Carols
St. Margaret's Choir is joined by the organ, instrumentalists and readers to re-tell the story of Christmas through scripture and song. Prelude begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free, however, cans of food to benefit St. Margaret's Outreach Center are welcome and appreciated. Sunday, December 15 at 7 p.m.

 Afternoon Tea and Lessons and Carols
Sunday, December 22 Afternoon tea begins at 3 p.m. followed by Lessons and Carols. St. Lucy and St. Nicholas will be honored. Storyteller Gertrud Nelson will bring them to life. All are welcome. For more information, or to RSVP, contact Canon Nancy Holland, 619-823-8998. Transport to and from the Episcopal Church Center is available upon request. 

EMPLOYMENT
+ Music Director for St. David's, Clairemont
 
+Administrator for the School for Ministry
 
+ Bookkeeper for St. David's, Clairemont
 
+ Director of Children's Ministries for St. James, La Jolla
 
 
REST IN PEACE
+ Mrs. Juanita Miller died peacefully on November 1 at the age of 97. 
 
Rest eternal grant to her, O Lord, and may light eternal shine upon her.
 
BEYOND OUR DIOCESE
Human Rights Violations in El Salvador
[Episcopal News Service] In the aftermath of a Nov. 14 attack on a human rights organization that has worked to find children separated from their families during El Salvador's 12-year civil war and the abrupt closure in October of the country's largest war-crime records depository, organizations engaged in social justice and human rights fear a systematic campaign is underway to eliminate the historical record of human rights violations perpetrated during the war. Link to article. A special trip to El Salvador in January is being organized. For more information, contact Alexandra Howard.

Respond to Devastation in the Midwest 
On November 17, over 80 tornadoes touched down in 12 midwestern states, destroying homes and changing lives forever.  Episcopal Relief & Development, the worldwide relief agency of the Episcopal Church, has already mobilized resources and supplies to local Episcopal churches. Contribute to ERD's US Disaster Fund to help communities that were destroyed by these powerful tornadoes.


sixteen daysAnglican 16 Days Against Gender Violence
Anglican Women's Empowerment (AWE), the Episcopal Women's Caucus (EWC), and Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) have teamed up to promote this year's Episcopal 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, November 25-December 10. The 16-day period begins on International Day Against Violence Against Women and ends with International Human Rights Day, to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. For more information, visit the website: http://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu/.
 
In This Issue
Bishop's Appeal
Alex Nagy
Fall Messenger
UTO
Fearless Love Tshirts
Prayer Flags
Convention Registration
Advent Baby Shower
ECC Tours
Anglican/RC Dialogue
Safeguarding
Rabbi Laurie Coskey
Advent Quiet Day
Music
Afternoon Tea
Employment
Rest in Peace
El Salvador
Midwest Tornadoes
Against Gender Violence
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