2011 Annual Parish Reports

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Rectors Annual Report for 2011

He not busy being born is busy dying.

Bob Dylan, Its Alright, Ma

Where is Don going to college? and When will Peter retire?

are the two most frequently asked questions of the Haynes

family these days.

Our most common answer is, Don doesnt yet know which

university he will attend, but because he is going to college

Peter wont retire for at least four years. A more complete

answer is that Don has applied to several universities and hopes

to attend one that has an excellent film program since that is

his love, interest and skill.

I reflect a lot about retirement and think about its meaning, not

timing. I regularly check with trusted friends and colleagues

as to whether or not I continue to be creative and productive in

ministry and am gratified by responses like, Youre sixty-

five? and You are a very young sixty-five! My physician tells

me that physically I am relatively fit and a bishop/friend said

in response to my usual question, I cant imagine you not being

creative and productive, energetic and childlike.

The ah-ha moment on this for me happened shortly after my

sixty-fifth birthday on July 30, 2011, when Bishop Bruno (who

later celebrated his sixty-fifth birthday on November 17, 2011)

asked, Peter, when are you going to retire?; without thinking

I immediately responded Four months before you do, Jon, my

friend!

I have celebrated their retirement with contemporaries in

2011: The Reverends Lynn Jay from Saint Stephens in Santa

Clarita, Reese Riley from Saint Pauls in Tustin, Brad Karelius

from the Church of the Messiah in Santa Ana and Ann Coburn from

the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) in

Berkeley. Like these beloveds, I anticipate living many years

after retiring and will retire when I am no longer beingcreative and productive in ministry, or when Canon Law says

I must. Until then I will hope and pray that I am busy being

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Long-term pastorate is the professional term for my having

been your rector since the First Sunday of Advent 1987, and there

is much helpful material in professional resources about making

such ministry productive and creative. For me the most

difficult ministry is burying those I have loved for almost

twenty-five years; in 2011 these included Gretchen Holland,

Barbara Hoff, Bob Sattler, Carol Berg, John Reed, Bette Moses,

Madonna Freyling, Janet Johnson, Bill Rowerdink and Russell

Rees. Their continuing presence, alongside that of friends and

colleagues George McClaren, Gordon Yeaton and John Davis, make

our Parish Church, and particularly our Memorial Garden just

outside my office window, a most precious place.

An advantage of long-term pastorate is trust. After years

together you know who I am and I know who you are. We trusted

sufficiently more than a decade ago to accomplish Building Our

Faith and have a first-rate Parish Center with classrooms,

multi-purpose space, places for youth, and state-of-the-art

kitchen, nursery and offices. For more than a decade we have

known that change was needed in our sanctuary: Would we repair,

or restore, or renovate, or remodel?

While I yearn to implement the full vision of Building Our

Faith II,I sincerely hope that soon we will clean and bring

that facility up to code, fix what is broken, paint, and re-

carpet (while eliminating carpeting wherever possible). Gladly

it seems to me that the challenge is of finances, not one of

trust.

2011 was a year of significant transitions: my friend and

colleague, our Associate Priest, relocated at the end of

January, I chose to replace our wonderful Interim Minister of

Music, and our beloved Minister of Religious Education retired

on June 30.

I understood Teri Corbets decision to retire and The Revd

Martha Korieneks acceptance of a call to the Episcopal Church

of Our Saviour in her hometown Chicagos Lincoln Park

neighborhood. The guidance of the committee (Pat Albers, Mary

Bailey, Norris Battin, Chris Hane, Steve Morris, John Stahr,Louise Stover) searching for our new Minister of Music encouraged

me that my choice on January 18 when we observed the Confession

of Saint Peter the Apostle of Stephen Black was right.

This has proved true as Stephen continues wonderfully our

cherished heritage of ministry with music here well-led during


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my tenure by David Clemensen, Tim Getz, Rodger Whitten, and

our Organist-Choirmaster Emeritus, Burton Karson.

A Busy Place: Saint Michael & All Angels was the title of

Cindy Christensons On Faith: Newports Congregations in

Action column in the January 21 issue of the Newport Beach

Independent. We were busy throughout 2011!

On January 23, Murry McClaren hosted a Greeters Lunch. Those

who are our Greeters/Hosts on Sunday mornings visited local

churches, synagogues and mosques to learn how other faith

communities welcome visitors and newcomers. While we discovered

how we can greet more hospitably, I was impressed by how well

our faithful already do this ministry among us.

Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce and The Revd Martha Korienek led

Expressive Spirituality for women of Deaneries Nine and Ten

here on January 29. Lynn Headley, Corinne Stover, Louise Stover,

Melinda Rader, Beth Bianchi, Mary Ellen Sindt, Ann Watt, Adelle

Yeaton and Rusty Vail Delafkaran were among attendees. What a

privilege it was to be able to host this day for direction in

discovering spirituality in life.

With Mike Ortts direction and supervision, Sean-Patrick

Harrison replaced thirty-four feet of wood benches with concrete

benches around our barbeque in the Parish Patio on February 4-

5. This involved twenty-five donors and sixty-one volunteers

working two hundred and fifty-five hours!

On my written material in the search process through which you

called me to be your rector, I said that I was a child of the

60s. By this I meant that I understood change to be lifes

characteristic; some here had other associations with the

l960s. So when Frances and I took Don to see Hair at the

Orange County Performing Arts Center on February 6, I was very

interested to learn his response. Don had two questions: the

first was Did you do that, Dad? And the second was Did you

really think you could change the world? My answers were no

and yes. It was a good revival and we were delighted

to find ourselves seated with The Revd Dr. Sarah Halverson ofnearby Fairview Community Church.

My spiritual director and mentor since l975, The Very Revd

William Power Clancey, Jr., died on January 26. So I especially

welcomed the retreat of CDSPs Board of Trustees at The Bishops

Ranch in Healdsburg in early February before being privileged to

preach at the two celebrations of Bills life: February 13 at


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the Camp Pendleton base chapel and February 19 in Trinity

Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose, of which Bill was the first

Dean. I attended another significant funeral the day after Ash

Wednesday. The star of our high school football team died

unexpectedly. My best friend from those days and I went together

to Saint Francis Roman Catholic Church in Sherman Oaks and sat

with other members of Notre Dame High Schools class of

1964. Dr. Keith Kenyons classic comment to me was Have you

ever seen so many old guys?

Our Wednesday evening programs in Lent 2011 programs were the

best ever, I think. They are detailed in the report of our

Adult Education Committee herein, but Anglican Spirituality

was presented beautifully and comprehensively. Attendance was

encouraging.

Attendance was discouraging, however, at our annual Vestry/Staff

retreat on the Saturday before Palm Sunday at Saint John

Chrysostom Episcopal Church on Via Con Dios in Rancho Santa

Margarita. Raising up new energetic and committed lay

leadership is among our challenges.

On May 16, our Cathedral Center of Saint Paul in Echo Park

overflowed as we celebrated the life of The Right Reverend

Robert Marshall Anderson. Bishop Anderson was most helpful to

us at Saint Michael & All Angels and a wonderful friend and

counselor with Frances and me.

As she and Bob often did together Mary Anderson read A.A.Milnes Us Two:

Wherever I am, theres always Pooh,

Theres always Pooh and Me.

Whatever I do, he wants to do,

Where are you going today? says Pooh:

Well, thats very odd cos I was too.

Lets go together, says Pooh, says he.

Lets go together, says Pooh.

Whats twice eleven? I said to Pooh.(Twice what? said Pooh to Me.)

I think it ought to be twenty-two.

Just what I think myself, said Pooh.

It wasnt an easy sum to do,

But thats what it is, said Pooh, said he.

Thats what it is, said Pooh.


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Lets look for dragons, I said to Pooh.

Yes, lets, said Pooh to Me.

We crossed the river and found a few -

Yes, those are dragons all right, said Pooh.

As soon as I saw their beaks I knew.

Thats what they are, said Pooh, said he.

Thats what they are, said Pooh.

Lets frighten the dragons, I said to Pooh.

Thats right, said Pooh to Me.

Im not afraid, I said to Pooh,

And I held his paw and I shouted Shoo!

Silly old dragons! and off they flew.

I wasnt afraid, said Pooh, said he,

Im never afraid with you.

So wherever I am, theres always Pooh,

Theres always Pooh and Me.

What would I do? I said to Pooh,

If it wasnt for you, and Pooh said: True,

It isnt much fun for One, but Two, Can stick

together, says Pooh, says he. Thats how it is, says Pooh.

The Episcopal Theological Schools class of 1971 held our

fortieth reunion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 3-6. Being

with friends and colleagues of such long-standing was

wonderful. It was my privilege to be selected from the class of71 to celebrate the Holy Eucharist on Alumni/ae Day in Saint

Johns Memorial Chapel on Brattle Street, the place where I

first heard God the Holy Spirit telling me that

I belonged on the other side of that altar. Standing on the

other side of that chapels altar for the first time, I

understood that the altar in Saint Johns Chapel, which Ive

always held to be the essence of holy, is no more or less holy

as the altar in our sanctuary where I am privileged to regularly

be priest. As our celebration concluded, I startled the powers-

that-be of the Episcopal Divinity School by inviting all membersof ETS 71 to join me at the altar so that we could bless the

congregation together saying,


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The peace of God which passes all understanding, keep your

hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of Gods

Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. And the blessing of God Almighty,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit be with you now, and always.

On May 20, I vested in academic garb and processed as a Trustee

with members of the Board at CDSPs graduation ceremonies in

Berkeley. What a blessing it is to feel part of theological

education with our Episcopal seminaries in both Massachusetts

and California.

On May 26, Don Haynes won the award for best film production at

the ceremonies of Corona del Mar High Schools Performing Arts

and Multimedia Academy (PAMA), called the Pammy, for his mini-

morality play film titled What If?. I trust God approves

parental pride.

Our third annual Pentecost Day Brunch on June 12 was

sensational! We traveled around the world (culinary-wise) to

England, Russia, Spain, France, Austria, Germany, Greece,

Canada, Turkey, Israel, Italy, Sweden, China, India, Pakistan,

Ireland, Australia, Columbia, Mexico, the Sudan and the

Caribbean and more. And, proceeds benefited our mission

outreach! What could be better?

July 3-17, twenty-nine of us became pilgrims in the Holy Land,

led by Canon Iyad Qumri and The Very Reverend John L. Peterson.

Elizabeth Henry wrote a superb article on our Pilgrimage in the

September issue of our Love of Mike, and there were two pagesof photographs from it in out October Love of Mike. I could go

on-and-on . . . but here is {only} one highlight: On a hot

afternoon after long bus rides pilgrims appealed to Iyad to stop

for something cold and refreshing. We did. Several of us

headed for the parish in that city so that Lynn Headley might

present a plaque from the United Thank Offering to that churchs

health clinic. Other pilgrims met us on the way back with ice

cream cones in their hand. They said, This is great! What town

is this? When Iyad responded, Ramallah, the looks on our

faces were to be cherished as they realized we were in the

capital of the Palestinian National Authority.

Thanks to The Revd Fr. Jeff Hulet and whole-hearted THANKS! to

Jeff+ I was able to take time off in July and August after our

Parish Pilgrimage. Frances and Don and I went to Athens from

Jerusalem and enjoyed five wonderful days in that place at the

heart of our western civilization. In August I joined Frances


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and Don in Geneva for the wedding of the eldest daughter of

Frances business colleague and was most pleased to be asked to

assist the Roman Catholic priest, Father Bruno, with the

ceremony. On the two Sundays I was at home in July/August I

attended worship at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church and Corona

del Mar Community Church (United Church of Christ).

My only time officiating here during those two months was at

the celebration of Bob Sattlers life and his burial on August

20.

In July and August we tried coming together for worship on

Sunday morning with one service at 9:00 a.m. Though attendance

was significantly less than in previous years with both 8:00 and

10:00 a.m. worship services, I have heard only positive comments

about Sunday worship at 9:00 a.m. in July and August; we will

most likely regularize this practice.

The pace of activity here quadrupled after Labor Day, as it

always does. For me, Fall began with One Light, One Peace, One

World as Jews, Christians, Muslims and others gathered on the

steps of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday evening, September

10 to remember the tenth anniversary of 9.11.01 and embrace

future harmony.

I shared my enthusiasm after this event in our October Love of

Mike. On Sunday morning, September 11, I felt we were engaging

with Christs reconciling work in this world as Dr. Muzammil

Siddiqi preached and taught, and brought with him members of thecongregation of the Islamic Society of Orange County of which he

is Imam and Director. That Sunday evening I was pleased to

accompany my friend Rabbi Mark Miller from Temple Bat Yahm to

Perspectives on Peace and Mozarts Requiem at Newport Harbor

Lutheran Church.

Being the only priest on staff here has some advantages. One

was being privileged to bless all the critters as we honored

Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi on October 2, one of my very

favorite annual events.

On Sunday mornings from October 2 through November 13, our

Ministry Fair 2011 happened with our Commissions and

committees sharing descriptions of their ministries during both

eight and ten oclock worship services. This great idea was

Murry McClarens. I thought it was effective and productive and

hope we will offer our Parishs Ministry Fair similarly in the

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After Martha left and Teri retired, some of us met to consider

what ministries here needed to be stipendiary (i.e., paid for)

and which might be well met through volunteers. A committee

including Anne Conover, Cal McLaughlin, Jim Palda, Melinda

Rader, Louise Stover, Michael Strong and me published the job

description for a Director of Christian Education in the

October Love of Mike. We received many applications and

interviewed six candidates in October-November.

The only candidate who applied the only candidate we

interviewed who is ordained was The Reverend Elizabeth (Betsy)

Starbuck. After a thorough search process it was clear that

Betsy was most creative, well-organized, energetic candidate

for this new ministry and our committee enthusiastically and

unanimously encouraged me to call her. I rejoice that Betsy

accepted this call and look forward to her ministry among us

beginning in 2012. The challenge of a priest in the non-

sacramental/liturgical ministry of Director of Christian

Education will be a challenge for me, for us, and for The Revd

Betsy Starbuck, We will need mutual support and direction in

keeping our focus on leading the educational and youth programs

of the Church and focus on growth.

At the end of October I flew to England to attend the Partners

in World Mission (PWM) annual conference hosted by the Churchof England. I was one of six people representing the Episcopal

Church and, in my case, the Diocese of Los Angeles in particular

and the southwestern United States in general. My host for this

conference was The Revd David Copley, the Mission Personnel

Officer at our Episcopal Church Center in New York City.

Attendees from The Episcopal Church, The Anglican Church of

Canada and The Church of England spend five days in Derbyshire

exploring ways to collaborate in our respective mission

partnerships, especially in non-western contexts. We shared

respective best practices in mission partnerships and I wasproud of accomplishments in our Diocese and Province. I was

greatly inspired and encouraged by the speakers and so many of

the dedicated and mission-minded Christians I met in Swanwick

and Nottingham. God is at work in Christs Church throughout

the world and it is a great privilege to witness and be part of

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I arrived home just in time for our annual Chili Cook Off &

Square Dance on Saturday evening, November 5, and our solemn

observance of the festival of All Saints and All Souls on

Sunday, November 6, including Praying Our Goodbyes that

afternoon. Norris Battin has published his sermons from

Praying Our Goodbyes 2001-2009 in a wonder-filled book

titled Live As Children of Light; copies are available from

Norris and in our Parish Office.

On the first Monday in December, after a weekend including

Diocesan Convention in Riverside and The Revd Ann Coburns

final preaching here representing theological education at the

Church Divinity School of the Pacific, the group working toward

building a labyrinth near the main door of our sanctuary

met. This group includes Peggy Montgomery, Lynn Headley, Mike

Ortt and Mark Annerl. Watch for the creation of this labyrinth

soon.

Two highlights from our worship on Christmas Eve are fresh in my

{alleged} mind: Our Pageant produced by volunteers, Director

Anne Conover and her Wranglers: Marjie Blevins-Boor,

Elizabeth Henry, Kristy Kiper, Julie Kirsch, Allyson Arrigo and

Soni Valentine.

And a both traditional and untraditional-for-us Gift of Music

created before each of our two Festival Choral Eucharists by

our Minister of Music, Stephen Black.

So many more Thank Yous are due I cannot remember all. But .

. . Thanks! to Peggy Montgomery and Bill Leasure for stepping

up and in as Altar Guild for our Tuesday morning and Thursday

noon celebrations.

Thanks! to Ruth Poole for revitalizing our Phone Tree ministry

through which every parishioner is contacted once a month and

given opportunity to talk about needs and suggestions, to learn

about possibilities for serving and receiving ministry, and for

visiting.

Thanks! to Jim Palda for getting our Finance Commission

working with Donnie Lewis, our bookkeeper, for chairing the

committee searching for a Director of Christian Education, and

for providing Kahlil Gibrans On Giving on page 6 of our

December issue of For the Love of Mike.


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Thanks! to Peter Coppen for his regular and delightful

presence in our Parish Office working on communications and

our Parish Directory which is published quarterly thanks to

Peter. Thanks! to Susan Beechner who brightens days for all

who visit our Parish Office as well as for those or us who spend

a lot of time here.

Thanks! to guest homilists/preachers who enriched our life in

faith during 2011 including The Revds: Fr. Jeff Hulet, Fr. Ray

Fleming, Dean Sylvia Sweeney from Bloy House/ETSC, Ann Coburn

from CDSP, Krista Fregoso, Ed Sniecienski and Dr. Muzammil

Siddiqi.

Thanks! to all who contributed a total of $9,377 to our

discretionary fund in 2011: Fr. Jeff & DJ Hulet, Bill Leasure,

Peggy & Bob Montgomery, Frances Fukuda, the Stovers, Barbara &

Wally Paulson, the Batista family, Jack & Marilyn Towner, Adelle

Yeaton, Nancy Clancey, Rita & Charles Cole, Pauline Benjamin,

Norris Battin, Jeanne Rees, Michael & Roxanne Hammer Carpenter,

Eric & Molly Frisbie Amendt, Karl & Doris Palmaer, the Johnson-

Woodward family, the Morris- Freyling family, Sam & Sally

McCulloch, Nancy Sattler, Marlene Pope, Ruth Poole, Sam & La

Juan Horton, Don & Terry Nelson and The Venerable

Canon Terry Lynberg.

Chairing the Board of Canterbury Irvine was challenging in 2011.

The Revd Martha Korienek our campus minister for four and a-

half years left at the end of January, The Revd Krista Fregoso

was the Interim Chaplain, and The Revd Fennie Chang arrivedbefore Fall classes began. I represented Canterbury Irvine to

our Diocesan Program Group for Ministry with Higher Education

and to the Interfaith Center at UCI which observed its fifth-

fifth birthday/anniversary on June 4, 2011 with a festive

celebration.

I offered the invocation at City Council meetings on May 10 and

September 13, preached at Vespers for Regents Point residents

on February 27 and September 11, and regularly celebrated

Eucharist for Episcopalians there. Whenever I need to remember

why I am a priest I visit beloveds who are unable to come to ourcampus.

I belong to three groups which provide support and wisdom: a

group of local clergy meets for breakfast regularly, other

Episcopal clergy and I meet monthly for study and comraderie and

call ourselves Madres y Padres, and a sixsome including Keith

Nelson and Andy Guilford meets over lunch monthly. Thanks to my


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tennis partners, Jeff Rekoon and Jim Gray and Andy Guilford, and

to Luke my walking partner, for helping me stay healthy. And, of

course, invaluable love comes from Frances and Don and Luke!

Of all I wrote during 2012, a favorite is my letter on the cover

of our November Love of Mike on saying Thank you! I

concluded asking, There really is a lot to be grateful for,

isnt there? Yes, there really is a lot to be grateful

for. Thank you!

Respectfully submitted,

Yours, in Christ

Peter


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Senior Wardens Report for 2011

You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all

your strength, and with all your mind. And you must love your neighbor asyourself. [Luke 10:27]

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. [1

Corinthians 13:13]

All you need is love. [John Lennon]

Thank you to all of you, the members of St. Michael & All Angels, for generously contributing

treasure, time, and talent making our parish home a vibrant, faith-based community dedicated to

living Christ-filled lives and following His example as best we can. I am so grateful you allowed

me to serve each of you and the parish as a member of the Vestry for four (4) of the last five (5)years and as Senior Warden in 2011; however, my gratitude is tempered by my sadness as I leave

the Vestry and invest my time and talents in other activities at St. Michael & All Angels.

Other reports among these annual reports provide rich detail concerning the many activities of

our parish throughout the last year and the yeoman efforts of particular individuals, and I would

commend them to you for a thorough review of our parish life during 2011. While on the

Vestry, I was constantly reminded of the essential activities performed by many members of St.

Mikes regularly showing us their great love through their actions and I thank each of you who

so selflessly serve all of us; however, I refrained from including a long list of these folks and

their innumerable contributions in this report. Instead, I focused on certain, particulardemonstrations of love, service, and sacrifice from three (3) specific individuals within St.

Michael & All Angels illuminating the Grace of God, their outpouring of love of the Lord, and

their manifest love of each of us; not to ignore the efforts of those many others whose service is

essential to the parish (and is much appreciated), but to tightly focus a bright spotlight on these

singular labors of love. Its easy tosay I love you, but these three gentlemen proved their love

in their steadfast and selfless actions of parish stewardship.

Mike Ortt has been serving as the actual and/orde factobuildings and grounds commissioner

for many years. During extremely difficult financial times he exhibited great love for our parish

campus with a budget that must generously be characterized as meager, holding everythingtogether with duct tape and bailing wire. Despite these challenges our buildings and grounds

remain park-like and beautifully maintained. His personal dedication to this task is a constant

reminder of his great love for and sense of duty to St. Mikes and all of us. His pride in our

campus is ourshining pride. Mike also has shown his love for us by organizing the golf matches

and chili cook-offs providing warm fellowship for parish members and others, as well as raising


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a few dollars for buildings and grounds. Mikes love of the Lord and of us is palpable through

his many deeds on a daily basis and we are all blessed by it.

In order to take many of our parishioners on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and to visit Greece

with his family, Peter needed two months away from St. Mikes this summer. All of us were

blessed to have The Revd. Fr. Jeff Hulet step in for this entire period. He provided us withthought-provoking and educational homilies, keeping our parish ship afloat and sailing on course

throughout. We are especially blessed to have with us volunteer clergy with Jeffs talents and

his evident love and commitment to serve the Lord, our parish, and us, for which we should all

be very grateful.

As noted in his message, in Peter Haynes, our Rector, we have a long term pastorate. We are

blessed immeasurably by his loving service to our parish and to each of us. Throughout my

tenure on the Vestry, he has been our intrepid captain; has steered our parish ship through the

rough waters of challenging times, the shoals of extreme financial distress, and the submerged

coral reefs of internecine culture wars bloodying Anglicans worldwide; and has done all of thiswith great love for the Lord and each of us. When working with the Vestry, Peter knows when

to be a willow to bend gracefully with the wind on decisions with which he may disagree, but

does not believe to be too harmful and when to be an oak to stand firmly against any gale on

essential matters and issues where compromise deserves no quarter. As an acolyte and lay

reader, it is always a pleasure to serve with Peter, whose love for the beautiful ritual and desire to

do it perfectly is ameliorated by his humility, love, and understanding when things do not go

exactly according to the liturgy as planned. Although his preaching is always thought provoking

and relevant both to our times and to the texts of the day, I felt a renewed power in his preaching

after he returned from his summer break. Peters love for the Lord, for us, and for St. Mikes is

evident in everything he does. His long tenure here is a great blessing indeed.

Let us continue to rededicate ourselves to St. Michael & All Angels each day. It is our parish

home and we are the many members of its extended family, each one important to the whole.

Let our contributions to St. Mikes in time, talent, and treasure be at the very least

commensurate with all we are so blessed to receive from it.

Love to all

Craig Kennedy


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I have enjoyed my time as Junior Warden on our Vestry.Overall I feel our parish is alive, healthy and looking for new ways ofministry. I have the pleasure of visiting parishes around the diocese andthe country. This perhaps gives me a different perspective on our parishthan many. We are so fortunate to be as financially healthy as we are,have the Rector we do and the staff to support our life here. I look forwardto the next few years of spiritual life here with you at Saint Michael and AllAngels.

Please consider joining the Crown of Glory Society when creating yourtrust/wills. This endowment fund contains funds to continue the financiallife of St. Michael and All Angels.

Labyrinth: We have a renewed interest in getting the labyrinth installed on

our grounds. The placement will be to the left of the sanctuary door underthe trees. We are planning on a different design than the one we firstconsidered. This design will be simple and natural in nature. We have$11,000.00 for this project which was lovingly raised by Peggy Montgomeryover the years and we are close to that figure for the construction. Our goalis to get this installed in the coming months.

Attendance: First let me say, if we all (including me) came every Sunday,these figures would be very different. Just a few figures - provided byPeter Coppen who keeps them diligently every year.

In 2010 our overall yearly attendance at all services was 8924. In 2011our overall attendance at all services was 7880. That is a 11.6% decrease.

We all need to work to keep the members we have and to bring in newfamily and friends to worship and experience the spiritual life of SaintMichael and All Angels.

Our Parish Emergency Fund has a balance of $4,999.64. It is available to

loan to anyone in the parish who needs a loan while experiencing afinancial emergency.

There has been some recent discussion regarding the need to install newcarpeting in the sanctuary - information to follow in the coming months.


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Thank you all for your continued support for our parish life here at St.Michael and All Angels our spiritual home. We all can look forward tocontinued interesting and stimulating worship, fellowship and ministry.

Sorry to not be with you for the Annual Meeting. I am traveling to ProvinceIX of The Episcopal Church - visiting Equador with the United ThankOffering National Board.

Lynn HeadleyJunior Warden


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Communications Report for 2011

I was elected to the Vestry for a two year term last year, taking over for Doug Little. I had served

on the Vestry previously as the clerk in two different terms. I had also served for a period of

several years as the church webmaster.

I set many goals for my two year term, and accomplished some of them. Many remain to be

tackled.

The membership of the Communications Commission includes Norris Battin, Peter Coppen,

Norm Ewers, Peter Haynes, Herb Hoffman, Karlene Miller, Darren Pavel, Ruth Poole, and myself.

Newspaper Advertising: One element of communications is advertising in various media.

Traditionally the church has advertised regularly in the Daily Pilot, and on special occasions in

the Register and LA Times. When Michael Boor was in charge of communications, he suspended

regular ads in the Daily Pilot, at a time when church finances were at their most grim. Somewhat

mysteriously, in 2010 the ads reappeared, but the Daily Pilot sent us no invoice. So we allowedthem to continue, unchanged from week-to-week. This summer, when it became necessary to

alter the schedule to announce the single 9:00 AM worship, the Daily Pilot administration noticed

this error, and began charging us again. We had not anticipated this expense returning. Now that

it has, we must consider whether to continue with regular weekly ads in the Daily Pilot. Your

input on this issue is welcome.

In addition to weekly Daily Pilot ads, we advertised Easter and Christmas worship schedules in

special sections of the Daily Pilot, Huntington Beach Independent, Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot,

and the OC Register. Additionally, we experimented with advertising Christmas worship in the

Newport Beach Independent. These ads make up the lions share of the Communications budget.

Online Advertising: A practice begun by Michael Boor, and continued by Doug Little and myself

through this past year, was to place a banner ad on YP.com. Whenever a search on certain key

words was conducted on YP.com, our banner ad would be displayed. This ad costs about the same

as the special advertising for Easter and Christmas in the newspaper. A report indicates how many

times the ad is viewed, and how many times it is clicked. The contract will come up for renewal

early in 2012, and we must consider whether it is worth renewing.

Banners: We purchased four new banners this year two for Easter and two for Christmas. One

of each set is a smaller 2 x 5 banner that fits under the wooden sign on the corner of Marguerite

and Pacific View Drive. The other of each set is a large 4 by 10 banner. A new removable displayfor these banners that faces out toward Pacific View Drive has been recently built by Mike Ortt,

and was in use for the large Christmas banner. I plan to order some other banners to advertise

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E-Mail Blasts: A practice I instituted this year is sending out email blasts to the entire parish

through the office. Susan Beechner and Peter Haynes receive, review and revise my draft email,

and then Susan forwards it to the entire parish. The frequency varies with the season.

Websites: We have had the same website design, what I refer to as version 3 of the Saint Michael

& All Angels website, for several years. Earlier this year Michael Boor resigned from the role ofwebmaster after many years of faithful service, building and maintaining the website. We have

been blessed to be able to find a new webmaster, Darren Pavel. As of this writing he is midway

through the process of producing a redesigned website, version 4.

For some time we actually had two websites, as Norris Battin maintained a separate website

devoted entirely to publishing the Love of Mike on the Internet. This past year Norris

discontinued the Love of Mike website. Access to the online version of Love of Mike is now

through the church website.

Love of Mike: Through the devoted attention of Norris Battin and Susan Beechner, The Love of

Mike continues to be produced monthly. A few copies are mailed out by Susan when it is

completed, and a link to the current publication is made available on our website. Printed copies

are available on the sanctuary railing, and in the Parish Center. Fewer authors are contributing to

The Love of Mike, however. Norris Battin encourages all parishioners who enjoy writing to

contribute to the publication.

Facebook: The dominant social media site of our time is Facebook. Norris Battin has been

managing the Facebook page for the church. To support the site, go to our Facebook page and

click on the Like button at the top of the page.

Church Computer Network: Peter Coppen provides weekly assistance in updating andtroubleshooting problems with the computers in the office.

Church Database: Peter Coppen has been continually improving a customized database for the

church using Microsoft Access. This database is kept up-to-date by Peter, Susan Beechner, and

Donnie Lewis.

Church Directory: The church directory is regularly updated. This is a function of the database,

and the directory updates are the work of Peter Coppen. Some of you have not had your pictures

taken, or provided us with a picture, for the directory. We strongly urge you to do so at the next

opportunity. It helps all of us get to know each other better when we can review our copies of the

directory and match faces to names.

Phone Tree: Ruth Poole runs the Phone Tree, an organization of 16 -20 parishioners that can call

everyone on their assigned pages of the church directory, as the need arises. They are always

seeking more members.

Davis Library: The Davis Library has evolved into a wonderful educational center. The computer

in the library is accessible to all parishioners, and can be used to access the Internet, and even to


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conduct Skype sessions. The computer is linked to the large HDTV screen, so it can be used for

computer-based presentations in Christian Education. There is also a blu-ray player available,

connected to the HDTV. For special televised events, we do get free over-the-airwaves HD signals

from all the local broadcast stations. So, consider the potential fellowship uses of the library as

well.

Surveys: We conducted one survey in 2011 using the Internet and an optional paper version. The

survey was put together by Karlene Miller. The summary of data was so easy to compile from the

Internet survey site we used, and it was so painfully tedious to compile the paper surveys, that we

have decided to make all future surveys Internet only.

Goals for 2012: Aside from completing the redesign of the website, and making prudent choices

about advertising commitments, the commissions goals for 2012 include revising the church

worship guide and the Vestry handbook.


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Christian Education 2011

2011 was a year of change for Christian Education at St. Michael and All Angels. Our faithfulMinister of Religious Education, Teri Corbet, directed her flock of Sunday School volunteers inteaching the children of the congregation about the Bible and the foundations of our faith for her last

year here. Classroom lessons and activities were taught using the curriculum which she haddeveloped specifically for us throughout her ten years of service. In particular, the Good FridayFamily service was especially interesting and effective this year. Teri and our Minister of Music,Stephen Black, presented a dramatic and meaningful service. The families gathered in thesanctuary with the children seated around the altar. They participated in recreating many of theevents from the last week of Christs life; including Jesus washing of the disciples feet, followingHim carrying the cross, and then were joined by the adults to walk into the darkened tomb (situateddramatically in the blacked out rooms of the east wing behind the choir), and then all were led bycandlelight out of the darkness into the light of day. Everyone was silent, emotionally and spirituallytouched by the experience. Easter Sunday service participants were given custom baked anddecorated cookies (courtesy of Courtney Falde), along with an invitation and encouragement to join

us again at St. Michaels regular Sunday School sessions.Before we knew it, it was June. Teris final Sunday with us and our children was over. It wasa sad day, but we were happy for her looking forward to new adventures. A reception was held thatday after the 10:00 oclock service at which the congregation expressed their appreciation andgratitude to her for all her hard work and loving instruction over the years. We bid her manyblessings and much fun in her retirement.

Starting in July, Elizabeth Henry, Marjie Blevins, and I became the committee responsible forSunday School lessons, seasonal events, volunteer coordination, and communication. During thesummer Sunday School, the children studied the Plagues of Egypt and the great faith of Moses. Inthe Fall we continued on with Joshua, Gideon, Ruth and Naomi, David-discovering more OldTestament stories of different people and their faith and relationships with God. Those lessons ledinto gratitude for Gods goodness and the Lords Prayer at Thanksgiving. Fall seasonal lessons andcelebrations were marked by Saint Michaels Day, Saints Francis and Clare Day, and culminating inthe Cavalcade of the Saints during which Fr. Jeff Hulet relayed a short biography of and introducedeach saint by name represented by the children in appropriate costumes and props. AdventSeason was soon upon us, during which the nativity story was read and reread and we prepared forthe Christmas pageant. The children and their families love being part of this traditional celebrationof Christs birth, which is the Sunday Schools gift to the congregation.

Nursery care was provided with love and fun each Sunday by Courtney Falde.Finally, I must express my personal gratitude to the Lord God Almighty for guiding me

through these months of guiding the children in our close congregation, and especially for sendingme assistance in the human forms of Marjie Blevins, Michele Duncan, Chris Hane, Elizabeth Henry,Kristy Kiper, Julie Kirsch, Cal McLaughlin, MaryEllen Sindt, Maria Solomon, Soni Valentine, andSusan Beechner. I would also like to thank Fr. Peter Haynes for the trust and confidence heshowed me.

We look forward to 2012 with our new Director of Christian Education, The Reverend BetsyStarbuck. We are excited about the growth and evolution of our lively and vital Sunday School.

Anne ConoverVestry Commission for Christian Education


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ALTAR GUILD 2011

The Altar Guild is a ministry that contributes constantly and consistently to the beauty and harmony of

our worship experience. The Altar Guild is responsible for assisting the clergy in setting the physical

environment for worship to welcome both God and human participants. The Altar Guild provides and

prepares altar linens, candles, flowers, Eucharistic vessels, vestments and sacramental supplies for

worship at all services, including weddings, baptisms, celebrations of life, ordinations, etc. By tradition,

members are appointed at the invitation of the Rector. The Altar Guild membership serves on a year-round basis with special attention and time given to the celebrations of Christmas, Holy Week and Easter.

At Saint Michael & All Angels, our altar guild membership is divided into four regular teams, each of

which is responsible for setting the altar for regular worship service one week of the month. Each team

participates in a Saturday morning preparation session, followed by either an 8 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. altar set

up and clean-up on Sunday. The teams all work under the supervision of the clergy and the Director of

the Altar Guild, who is chosen to serve for a three-year term.

I have had the pleasure of serving as Director of the Altar Guild since 2008. Sue Ahearn assists as our

lead member in charge of supplies and Louise Stover is our lead member in charge of baptisms and

celebrations of life. This year we were blessed by the following additions to the Altar Guild: BillLeasure, Julie Kirsch and Jim Palda. We are still in need of at least 2 more members, particularly for the

first and second Sunday 10 a.m. services. We invite men and women of all ages to prayerfully consider

joining this worship ministry. I assure you it is very rewarding and well-suited to both timid as well as

outgoing parishioners and is completely "do-able" in everyone's schedule. Even if you only have time

for the once a month weekend set-up or after service clean-up, we desperately need you and will

appreciate your gift of time and care. There are many different commitment levels, including the

following options:

#1: 8:00 a.m. Sunday

-Arrive at 7:30 a.m. - set out Eucharistic elements for worship.

-Clean up after service and set out Eucharistic elements for 10:00 a.m. worship.-Set up on Saturday morning, restock candles, etc. (approx. 1/2-1 hour)

#2: 10:00 a.m. Sunday

-Arrive by 9:40 a.m. - attend to any last minute set-up needs

-Clean up after service and set out Eucharistic elements for Tuesday a.m. worship.

-Set up on Saturday morning, restock candles, etc. (approx. 1/2-1 hour)

#3 "AG-Lite" Option

- Clean up after 10:00 a.m. service and set up for Tuesday service (sometimes this takes no more

than 15-minutes and there's still time for coffee!)

We welcome you in 2011!

Pam Milner


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Adult Education

In 2011, Ruth Poole, Corinne Stover, Jay Launt, Lynne Ruedy,

Norris Battin, Bob Wolfe, Ann Morris, Lynn Headley, Sam

McCulloch,Stephen Black, Martha Korienek and Peter Haynes met asthe Adult Education Committee of our Christian Education

Commission. Our meetings were on the second Sunday of most

months at 11:30 AMish.

Ministries included:

Sundays-at-Nine

In the first quarter of 2011 we discussed the Anglican Communion

Covenant with leadership from The Revd Fr. Jeff Hulet and Canon

Richard Zevnik.

In Lent we discussed topics of our Wednesday evening series;

this was followed by discussions of various materials available

from our tract racks. In July and August, Sundays-at-

(approximately)Ten began with reading the commentaries

from Introducing the Lessons of the Church Year

by Frederick Houk Borsch (which are on the inside front cover of

each Sunday worship bulletin).

On 9/11/11, Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi led our program between worship

service at which he was our preacher/homilist.

From mid-September through December 4 we viewed and discussed

Questions of Faith, EcuFilms video series produced by United

Methodist Communications and the Episcopal Parish of Trinity

Church/NYC.

LouiseStover led two sessions on meanings of Advent on December

11 and 18.

Readers and Seekers

Read and discussed The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox, Reason and

Reality by John Polkinghorne (and some went to hear/see Dr.

Polkinghorne at All Saints in Beverly Hills on June 20), What is

Anglicanism? by Urban T. (Terry) Holmes, Christianity: The First

Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCullock, and History of

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WomanSpirit

Read The Meaning of Mary Magdalene by Cynthia Bourgeault,

and Wisdom Distilled From the Daily: Living the Rule of Saint

Benedict Today by Joan Chittister, O.S.B., using the lectio

divina.

Womens Discovery and Episcopal Church Women successfully hosted

a retreat for Deaneries IX and X with Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce

here on January 29.

We sponsored Wednesday evenings in Lent programs following

Evening Prayer: Celtic Spirituality: A People of Place led by

The Revd Professor Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook with dinner provided

by members of Readers and Seekers; Spirituality of Anglican

Mystics: Embracing the Mystery of God led by Fr./Br. Nick

Radelmiller, O.H.C. with dinner provided by members of our

adult choir; Prayer Book Spirituality led by The Very Revd

Sylvia Sweeney, Dean of Bloy House the Episcopal Theological

School at Claremont with dinner provided by members of our

Christian Education Commission; Spirituality of Anglican Poets:

The Beauty of Words led by The Revd Canon Warner Traynham with

dinner provided by members of Senior Ministry and

WomanSpirit; Current Voices of Anglican Spirituality led by

The Revd Canon Dr. Michael Battle with dinner provided by

members of our Vestry.

Jay Launt does wonderful ministry with the tract racks in theAdultEducation (NW) corner of Michaels Room.

The Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in July reported to our

Vestry throughthis Committee. Participants were: Lynn & Jim

Headley, Judy & Bill Brady,Ray & Monty Pentz, Don & Sandra

Alser, Larry Spang, Teri Corbet, Jim Gray & Grace Walker, Keith

Nelson, Karol Wilson, Joan Short, Frances Fukuda,Ruth Poole,

Lynn Gardner Multari, Tim Getz & Dale Loepp, Norris Battin,

Ann & Steve Morris, Bryant & Elizabeth and Evans Henry, Peter &

Frances and Don Haynes. Our leaders were Canon Iyad Qumri and

The Very Revd Canon John Peterson.

Our Church Historian, Professor Sam McCulloch, has a committee

(including Corinne Stover, Louise Stover, Ruth Poole, Keith

Nelson, Michael Strong,and Norris Battin) working on A History

of Saint Michael & All Angels,Corona del Mar for submission to,


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and support from, our Vestry. A parallel track may be through

our Dioceses Horizons & Heritage initiative.

We look forward to the arrival of The Revd Elizabeth (Betsy)

Starbuck as our Director of Christian Education on January 1,

2012.


The Very Revd Canon Peter D. Haynes

Interim Convenor of the Adult Education Committee


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Evangelism Commission Annual Report 2011

The Evangelism Commissions purpose is to motivate parishioners of Saint

Michael and All Angels to carry the good news about God in Christ andabout our Parish Church to our friends and neighbors in our community.

This commission has several groups whose goals and missions are to fill thisand other responsibilities.

The Senior Ministry Committees purpose is to provide assistance to Seniors

in our church. The Ride to Churchprogram headed up by Norm Ewers isthe leader of the group who provides rides to church for services throughout

the week as well as Sunday. This year we also had a church member whoneeded daily rides to the hospital, so we formed a group of volunteers who

provided the transportation. This was highly successful and a wonderfulway of keeping in touch with a member who was otherwise to frail to drive

herself. This continues to be an ongoing project until she can return to her

normal routine. Thank you to all who cheerfully pitched in to help. We

have a Monthly Dispatcher within the Senior Ministry who keeps in touchwith church members that are recovering from surgery and/or celebrating a

birthday. Cards and letter are sent or a telephone call is made to keep intouch. The Senior Ministry meets monthly to review the needs of the parish

with Father Haynes who comes to the meetings. We also receive feedback

from our Parish Secretary Susan Beechner who from time to time also mayknow of people who need help. The Senior ministry consists of Lynne

Ruedy, Ruth Poole, Deborah Newquist, Jay Launt, Norm Ewers CorrineStover, Alex Slonicki and Murry Mc Claren.

The Senior Ministry also provides speaker programs that may be of interest

to our church members. This year, rather than have a speaker, we had afamily nature walk at the Muth Center in the Back Bay. We had 10 people

who participated.

The Evangelism Commission also organizes the Hosts and Greeters whoare our front line for welcoming people at both Sunday services. We have

twenty-three greeters who introduce themselves, answer questions and assist

them on our campus. Greeters also have the honor of bringing the bread

and wine to the Lords Table prior to the Eucharist. After the service theychat with the visitors and invite them to join us for coffee as well as provide

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Directory. We encourage new people to sign our guest book so that we cansend a follow-up letter which is sent out by Peggy Montgomery and Susan

Beechner. Thank you for all you do in extending your friendship to ourvisitors.

This year we participated in the Stewardship Campaign during the Fall

Season to encourage people to pledge and share their time and talent. Wehave so many opportunities to become involved in our church it is a

wonderful way to meet people and find new friends. All commissions androosters have been updated and distributed to committee leaders.

The Evangelism Commission always welcomes those interested in serving

as Hosts/Greeters, Senior Ministry Dispatchers, Duty Drivers, Speakers onspecial subjects or Event Planning. We would love to have you join us.

Murry Kelso Mc Claren Evangelism Chairman


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Fellowship

January 2012 Report

Fellowship at St. Michael and All Angels for 2011

Fellowship is the sole ministry which begins each year with no budget, but miraculously

finishes with spreading goodwill and cheer in many tangible ways. For example, we

celebrated St. Michael's Feast Day in September with a chicken and hot dog BBQ,

featuring assorted salads, mouth-watering desserts and at the same time, raised fundswhich supported Rev. Orma's Care Point facilities in Swaziland.

Fellowship volunteers offer their services every Sunday to provide coffee and treats forparishioners after the 8 o'clock and 10 o'clock masses. They expend their energies

shopping, baking and cleaning-up so that new-comers and regular attendees alike may

deepen their friendships and commitments to each other.

Time spent in fellowship resulted in volunteers packing boxes filled with children's

clothes, children's paperbacks, yarn, knitting needles and crochet hooks for the

Swaziland's Mother's project.

The "Around-the-World" Sunday Brunch was another example highlighting the

exemplary planning, cooking, and flawless execution of the Fellowship Committeestriving to provide a convivial event for St. Michael's adults and children, while raising

money for a new dishwasher to improve our kitchen.

In a myriad of ways, Fellowship helps the other ministries at St. Michael's with support

and assistance. Thanks to all the volunteers who respond to the call of "round up the

usual suspects!"


Mary Ellen Sindt


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Stephen Black, Minister of Music

As I prepared to write this report, I went back and read some of the submissions from past Music

Ministers. I was particularly interested in Tim Getzs first report, written for the 2000 Annual Report. In

that submission, he noted the eighteen years of service by our beloved Dr. Burton Karson,

Organist/Choirmaster Emeritus. Dr. Karson had concluded his distinguished time at the helm of the music

program in July 2000, and Tim was his immediate successor. In his article Tim wrote, It is my hope thatover the coming years we will build on the wonderful music tradition at Saint Michaels maintaining a

high standard of excellence in what we already do well, and also continuing to expand into new and equally

wonderful forms of music in worship. I wanted to include this remark for two reasons. The first is that,

as I am still relatively new at Saint Michaels, I felt it necessary to acknowledge the work of those who

ministered before me and left such a fantastic history of music-making. The second reason is that Tim very

eloquently stated how I feel about being in this community. By the time you read this report I will have

been here a year (my first Sunday was on February 6, the date of the 2011 annual meeting), and I have

enjoyed that time immensely. It has been wonderful to get to know many of the parishioners at Saint

Michaels, and learn about the history of this church. I am so thankful for your generous welcome of me,

and all the little things many of you have done to ease my transition into the parish. Im very excited about

the potential for the music program to grow and prosper, and am encouraged by the support shown for what

my family of musicians and friends has done so far.

The Parish Choir of Saint Michaels has had a fun and productive year. The choirs first event outside of

regular Sunday morning worship was the Friends of Music evensong service on March 6. The choir then

prepared for the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter. For Easter Sunday the choir sang selections from

Handels Messiah, with accompaniment by a string quartet from USC. The choirs first Sunday back afterthe summer break was also the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and the group sang a piece written ten years ago on

September 12, 2001 by Abbie Bettinis entitledBlessed Be the Lord, My Rock. December, as usual, was avery active month, and began with the singers presenting a varied selection of carols and anthems for the

Lessons and Carols service on the 4 th. For Christmas Eve, the choir performed Star in the East by Malcolm

Dalglish, a setting of three American carols written for mixed choir and hammer dulcimer accompaniment.

My goals in developing the choir are to increase the level of musicianship, to foster fellowship in the spirit

of ministry, to explore new genres in sacred music, and to add to the numbers of the group. We have made

strides in all these areas. Singers from the choir sang at the home of an ailing choir member for herbirthday in the fall. We welcomed for the first time participation of the childrens choir and the handbell

choir in the Lessons and Carols service. Not only did the joint effort increase interaction among the

ensembles, it also resulted in an impressive attendance count for the service. To prepare for the Christmas

services we had an extra Saturday rehearsal followed by a potluck lunch in Michaels Room. We will

continue this new tradition as we prepare for Easter 2012. We had two new members join the choir this

past year, and as of Christmas 2011 had fourteen active singers on the roster.

The childrens choir sang for several services throughout 2011, and performed a variety of songs, both by

themselves and in conjunction with the Parish Choir. The group continues to be a small but plucky bunch,

and I have enjoyed teaching them and singing with them! My hope is that we can increase the numbers in

2012. Their ministry is a valuable one, and is a captivating reminder of how God can speak to us in a still,

small voice. (1 Kings 19:11)

The handbell choir also had an active year. Membership currently consists of seven participants, and

together we have enjoyed learning new pieces, as well as playing familiar ones. The group played at the

Lessons and Carols service in December, and they were an integral part of the liturgy, ringing four different

selections. I will include a reminder that any one is welcome to participate in this fun activity!

The Friends of Music had an active year. In February members of the group enjoyed the annual bus trip to

Disney Hall in Los Angeles to hear Symphony No. 8 by Antonin Dvorak. To fill out the 2010-2011 season

of activities there were concerts by the Triada Guitar Trio and a local student chamber ensemble, as well as

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in the fall was a success. The amount of donations matched the year prior, and more importantly, there

were several first-time donors. I am thankful to all those who give so generously of their time and

resources to support the musical endeavors of the parish.

Finally, I want to acknowledge David Clemenson, who served as the interim Minister of Music before my

arrival. I have served in an interim capacity before, and it is a thankless task, to say the least! I appreciate

his efforts to keep the music program running, and also the manner in which he aided my transition into theMinister of Music position.

I am reasonably happy with what we have done over the last several months, but see a good deal of room

for growth. I am excited and motivated to continue our progress. I hope that I might even have the wisdom

to discern those obscure blessings from the Almighty the ones that are always there but waiting to be

discovered which could perhaps aid in speeding our forward momentum.

With gratitude for all that the parishioners of Saint Michaels have done to support the music ministry, I

respectfully submit this report.

Stephen M. Black

Minister of Music


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Mission Commission Annual Report 2011

As with most other Commissions this year, the Mission Commission faced the challengeof trying to keep pace with the support of our chosen ministries, using less resources.

Instead of funding the Mission Commission with its regular budget, the Vestry chose togive the Commission seed money of $2000, to use as a platform to raise additionalmoney through brunches, events, BBQs and other activities.

During the year, the Mission Commission held three such events (Pentecost Brunch,and two BBQs) and raised an additional $2523.00 for our Mission outreach work. Mostof this money is now in a special account to use as needed in the future for outreach.

Because we were able to pay back all costs for these events, we were able to distributeour $2000 budget at the end of the year to worthy causes. In additional to this $2000,the generosity of our parishioners greatly expands the mission work we can do. We give

thanks to those of you who heeded our calls to help those in need, especially in thesetough economic times!

Below is a summary of our major activities this year.

A. Children of the Americas /Metric Ton of Food Project

Not surprisingly, donations to Children of Americas continue to go down. We are theonly Episcopal Church in Orange County that is involved with COTA at this time. Thisyear we sent them $600 to help fill backpacks with school supplies. These backpackswere delivered to the children in Mexico on Thursday, September 22 nd. Over 400 packswere distributed. We also sent $1,130 to them to buy Christmas gifts for the children,which were distributed to the kids on January 17 th, 2012.

Metric Ton of Food

Through Lent we raised the money and supplies to take a Metric Ton of Food to Mexico.On May 5th Frances Haynes, Lynne Reudy, Lynn Headley, Tammy and Caitlin Haneand Ruth Pool took the food to Tijiuana. The trip went very well. There was almost nofood in the pantry when we arrived, but we were able to successfully fill the food pantrywith the needed nutritional essentials for the children for a month. The dining room atPedro Gante School was in need of dishes and kitchen supplies and we purchasedapproximately $360.00 worth of the necessary items with the surplus from the MTFproject. All the money for the MTF project was raised from our generous parishioners!

B. Alternative Christmas Market

The Alternative Christmas Market was a huge success again this year. We thankFrances Haynes for doing a superb job in organizing it, and we thank all those whohelped on the day of the market: Mary Ellen Sindt, Lynn Headley, Murry McClaren,


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Lynne Ruedy, Ray and Monty Pentz, Jennifer Pulford, a representative from Habitat forHumanity, Jose from Our Saviour Youth program (greens), and one vendor with holidaydecorations who donated 15% back from their sales. We also thank all the parishionersfor their continued support despite the downturn in the economy. Our numbers werenot quite as good as last year in many cases, but we were delighted with the overall

donations to these important ministries.

Below is the list of amounts for each ministry, with the total outreach at slightly over$5000.00

Alternative Market 2011 Summary

Distributions were made to:

Jose Vega (Greens) $ 474.00 (Numbers Rounded)Habitat for Humanity $ 665.00

Heifer Project $ 635.00Free Wheelchair (24 Chairs) $1538.00Loaves and Fishes(Gift Cards) $ 310.00African Team Ministries $ 700.00SERRV $ 423.00Children of the Americas $ 130.00Sub-Total $4875.00

Transfers were made to:Labyrinth Project $ 20.00Aids Africa Project $ 90.00The Rev. Ormas Account - Swaziland $ 87.00

Total Distributed from Alternative Market 2011 $5072.00

The money was sent off before the year ended providing much needed support for allthe good these ministries do in our world. Thank you to everyone for your generoushearts!!

C. Loaves & Fishes

The Loaves & Fishes (L&F) Soup Kitchen, operated at St. Joseph School in Santa Anaand headed by Maria Dzida, remains an important ministry for our parish.It provides its patrons with many forms of assistance in the forms of goods and services,like volunteer dentists. Jennifer Pulford heads up this important ministry for us.

This year Loaves and Fishes experienced significant support in the form of donationsboth financially and in-kind from our congregation. We began the year with thecollection of Valentine classroom packs to be given out the children. Other in-kind


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donations included peanut butter and strawberry jam, cereal and coffee. The greatestsupport was received was for collections of used items, specifically small toys and adultouterwear.

In addition to monthly financial donations from parishioners, we offered a couple other

opportunities to financially support to Loaves and Fishes. Souper Bowl Sundayyielded $412.55 in donations. The Alternative Gift Fair yielded $310.00, which wasturned into gift cards to Burger King to be given to homeless patrons. We also supporttheir scholarship fund for young students.

D. Orphans in Swaziland

Our ministry with The Reverend Orma Mavimbela, the first women priest ordained in theAnglican Church of Swaziland, Africa, continued this year with Mary Ellen Sindt leadingthe effort. Official estimates say 42% of the people in Swaziland have HIV/AIDS,

although the true number may be much higher. Thus the number of children missingone or both of their parents is astounding. The Revd Orma operates 5 Care Points thatserve orphan and at-risk children, where she provides a hot meal each day, a monthlynurse visit, medical care and financial help for the neediest children to attend school.One care point is specifically for mothers and newborns.

We continue to collect childrens clothing to send to The Revd Orma. We sent clothesthis year at a cost of approximately $530.00. Parishioners interested in sponsoring aspecific child can contact Mary Ellen Sindt for details.

E. United Thank Offering

Many parishioners give thanks to God daily by putting coins in United Thank Offering(UTO) blue boxes. UTO annually awards over $2 million in grants to projects that meetcompelling human needs throughout the US and the worldwide Anglican Communionwith the money collected in these blue boxes. This year our two UTO In-Gatheringsraised a total of $826.01. UTO is one of the programs in our larger church, which bindsus together at home and abroad. The Mission Commission thanks Mary Ellen Sindt,who is the point person for our parishs UTO ministry, and Lynn Headley, who has beenour diocesan representative to UTO in the past.

F. A New Opportunity for Service in 2012

Episcopal Relief & Development launched its "Forty Days, Forty Thousand Nets,"campaign to raise funds for its "Nets for Life" Inspiration Fund at Diocesan Conventionin Riverside last December.

The Nets For Life Inspiration Fund began at General Convention in 2009 with the aim ofraising $5 million for mosquito nets to prevent malaria by General Convention2012. "Everyone in the diocese is invited to participate -- parishes, schools, college


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campuses, youth groups, women's groups -- uniting the diocese in a common goalduring Lent and helping to save millions of lives in 17 countries in Africa," said The Rev.Wilma Jakobsen, diocesan coordinator for the churchwide relief agency. "Each netcosts $12 and saves at least two to three lives. Every net purchased makes adifference.

Lynne Ruedy has agreed to be our parish representative for this worthwhile project.The Mission Commission has agreed to purchase the first 50 nets in 2012 and start afundraising campaign at the church to purchase more nets. Our guest preacher onFebruary 26th, will talk to us about this worthwhile project. A fundraising event willoccur in the first few months of 2012. Details will be announced in the Love of Mike.

G. Theological Education

We supported three seminaries from the Theological Education budget this year: TheEpiscopal Theological School in Claremont/Bloy House received $500, $500 went to the

Episcopal Divinity School (Cambridge, MA) and $1,000 to the Church Divinity School ofthe Pacific (Berkeley CA). Those gifts are much appreciated by these schools, whicheducate the future leaders of our faith.

H. Canterbury Irvine

Our parish continues its close relationship and financial support to Canterbury Irvine,the Episcopal ministry at the University of California, Irvine. We supported CanterburyIrvine with a donation of $2,000 from our parishs program and budget this year.

This year we spent our budget as follows:

$1730.00 to Children of the Americas for backpacks/Christmas toys$ 150.00 annual dues to Newport Mesa Interfaith.$ 36.00 for Bus Passes$ 11.00 for mailing in January of clothes to Afghanistan

The Mission Commission thanks all of you who have donated your time, talent andtreasure to serve those less fortunate. With your help, we are truly doing Gods workhere at home and abroad.


Michele Duncan,Vestryperson for Mission

Frances Haynes


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From the Parish Secretary/Office Manager, Susan Beechner

As Facilities Manager here at Saint Michael & All Angels, my goal was to raise $31,000 in Parish Center Donations.

But this year was a banner year , and contributions of nearly $44,000 were received from the following sources:

Whiz Kids Preschool, meets 3-4 days a week in Sunday School rooms $13,840

Volleyball classes three evenings a week $12,800

NJB Basketball, all day Saturdays plus other times $5,355

Use for ceremonies, weddings, funerals, receptions $1,450

2 AA groups (Fri. evening & Womens Wed. a.m.) $1,140

Yoga classes (Roberta Smith) $1,050

Spyglass Hill Homeowners Board monthly meetings $1,100

St. Mikes Monday Night basketball players $1,205

His Speed (helps children improve athletic ability) $2,490

Misc: (rainy day soccer, music recitals, PEO group meetings,

UCI Town & Gown Book Club, 2 Life Line Health Screenings,

Rogers Gardens/parking lot use, ukulele classes) $1,931

Community outreach use of our facilities this past year, for which we dont charge, included two Brownie Troops,

Hutchins Consort Board meetings, UC Irvine Canterbury Board, Women of Deaneries 9 & 10 planning committee &

Womens Retreat held here in January. Our parking lot is used by Harbor Day School, Newport Center United

Methodist Church, Lincoln School, and Pacific View Cemetery for overflow parking. We also permit Goodwill to

have their very popular donation center in the corner of our parking lot. This fall we had no requests for Brownie

or Scouts meetings, but at the beginning of January 2012 we were pleased to host the Eagle Scout Court of Honorfor Sean-Patrick Harrison, whose project had been the construction of new benches for our outdoor barbecue.

Our Faithful Friday Folders who volunteer time and expertise to help prepare our numerous Worship Bulletins

and the many all-parish and For the Love of Mike mailings sent out by the office. My grateful thanks to Peggy

Montgomery, Polly Benjamin, Joan Wilcox, Julie Jenkins and her son, Russ, and Marcia Last. Drop-in helpers,

Ruth Poole, Peggy Strong, and Murry McClaren, deserve thanks, too! Special thanks to Frances Haynes for her

proofreading help with For the Love of Mike and for her beautiful two-page photo spreads which add so much to

our monthly publication; and to Norris Battin who puts the paper together each month. Also, many, many thanks

to Peter Coppen for his never-ending work keeping our database up to date and for the St. Mikes Picture

Directories he produces four times a year.

Thank you to Don Nelson who lovingly cares for our beautiful rose garden, and to Terry who brings me blossoms

for my desk. Special thanks again to Mike Ortt, Building & Grounds commissioner on the Vestry. Its a great luxury,

with a campus this large, to have such a knowledgeable person so readily available for advice and repairs! My

thanks, as always, to our staff: Peter Haynes, Stephen Black, to Teri Corbet (gone now and I miss her!), and

Donnie Lewis (were a good team!). Betsy Starbuck has just arrived at St. Mikes, and I look forward to having her

here with us and working with her. And lastly, I greatly appreciate the help and support provided by Fr. Jeff Hulet

while Peter was traveling last summer. It was a comfort knowing there was someone that I could contact

whenever a problem or question arose. Thank you, Jeff!


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Worship Commission - Annual Report for2011

Your 2011 Worship Commission was attended by leaders of its

constituent groups: Pam Milner (Altar Guild), Myrna

Ireland (Lay Eucharistic Ministers, Subdeacons, Readers/Lectors

and Litanists), Jim Headley and Clyde Dodge (Ushers), Teri

Corbet (Christian Education and Sunday School), David Clemensen

and Stephen Black(Music), Jay Launt and Louise Stover (Prayers

of the People), The Revd Martha Korienek and Darryl Stevens

(Acolytes/Youth), Fr. Jeff Hulet, Norris Battin (Praying Our

Goodbyes), and Lynne Ruedy, Corinne Stover, Cal McLaughlin and

The Very Revd Canon Peter Haynes (Chair).

Our Acolytes included: Caddie Annerl, Ben Blevins-Boor, Katie

Draffin,Ryan Hane, Don Haynes, Herb Hoffman, DJ Hulet, Craig

Kennedy, Michael Kiper, Jack Kirsch, Matthew Poska-Valentine,

Nate Sindt, Colette Spence, Jack Stafford, Desmond Stevens,

Tiller-John Stevens, Darryl Stevens, Scott Stone, Anna-Lisa

Stonehill, Louise Stover, Grace Vandervort, Will Vandervort,

Harrison Vandervort, Libby Wallace and Grant Wallace. Possible

additions include: Samantha and Shelby Duncan, Evans Henry and

Matthew Kiper.

Our Altar Guildincluded: Pam Milner, Louise Stover, Frances

Fukuda,Sue Ahearn, Mary Ellen Bowman Sindt, Ann Clawson, Nancy

Conklin, Sherry Crail, Cathy Dunlap, Jackie Dodd, Peter Haynes,

Myrna & John Ireland, Julie & Bob Jenkins, Peggy Jordan, Julie

Kirsch, Jay Launt, Bill Leasure, Esther & Pat McNamee, Peggy

Montgomery, Terry & Donald Nelson, Jim Palda, Barbara & Wally

Paulson, Melinda Rader, Jeanne Rees, Wendy Salter, Nancy

Sattler, Verda & Dick Schroeder, Darryl & Deb Stevens and Ann

Watt.

Our Ushers included: Jim Headley, Steve Dulson, Bob Babbe,Norris Battin, Norm Bianchi, Laird Blue, Bill Brady, Clyde

Dodge, Russ Hardt, Don Haynes, Bryant Henry, John Hollern, Jack

Keating, Julie Kirsch, Peggy Maradudin,

Michael Ortt, Jim Palda, Ray Pentz, Mark Peterson, Don Sheetz,

Joan Short, Chris Smith, Chuck Spence, Bob Wolfe.


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Our lectors/layreaders/litanists included Myrna Ireland*, Norris

Battin**, Bruce Bennett*, Beth Bianchi, Barbara Black*, Judy

Brady, Ann Clawson**,Bob Cole, Cliff Corbet*, Jackie Dodd, Clyde

Dodge*, Jill Draffin, Steve Dulson*, Norm Ewers, Chris Hane,

Elizabeth Henry, Julie Jenkins*, Craig Kennedy*, Julie Kirsch,

Jay Launt**, Doug Little**, Peggy Maradudin*,Ann Morris**, Steve

Morris**, Keith Nelson, Mike Ortt, Kathleen Peterson**, Ruth

Poole*, Jennifer Pulford, Melinda Rader, Lynne Ruedy*, Mary

Ellen Sindt*, Colette Spence, Darryl Stevens**, Corinne Stover*,

Louise Stover, Peggy Strong**, John Strong, Daphne Sweeney*,

Joan Wilcox**, Richard Zevnik*.

* denotes licensed Lay Eucharistic Ministers (LEMs)

** denoted licensed LEMs to homebound parishioners

We welcome more and more parishioners to become worship leaders:

acolytes Altar Guilders, ushers, readers/lectors/litanists/Lay

Ministers/subdeacons.

Thanks to Louise Stover and Jay Launt, we continue to appreciate

weekly forms for each Sundays Prayers of the People. All

worshipers are encouraged to add thanksgivings and petitions and

thereby enrich and revitalize ourcorporate life in prayer, an

attitude of gratitude.

In 2011 there were one hundred and seven public celebrations of

the Holy Eucharist on Saturday evenings and Sundays and one

hundred and seven celebrations on weekdays; there were fifty-six

private offerings of Holy Communion/Eucharist. There weretwenty-three daily offices held on Sundays and one hundred

fifteen held on weekdays.

We celebrated two baptisms on the Eighth Sunday after The

Epiphany (Lucy Quigg McCray and Ford Charlie Eric Thomas), three

baptisms at The Great Vigil of Easter (Catherine Elizabeth

Conover Annerl, Alexander Scott Inman Annerl and Robert Bishop

Rothwell), one baptism on Saturday in Easter Week, and two

baptisms as we observed Saint Michael & All Angels Festival

Sunday (Evelyn Arnette Pavel and Bridget Lage Matusiak). We

celebrated the marriages of: Roxanne Laura Hammer & MichaelGregory Carpenter and Molly Kristine Frisbie & Eric Matthew

Amendt. We celebrated the lives of, and buried: Richard

Russell Rees, II, Gretchen Kaufmann Holland, Marena Lillian

Mathews, Janet Adams Johnson, Madonna Stewart Freyling, Jean

Mallow Boyd, Sandra Elizabeth Price, Robert Lewis Sattler, Helen

(Chin) McLaughlin, Kenneth O. Eberhard, Carol Ann Berg and

Patricia Friend Hauk.


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In 2011, our Worship Commission spent $18,619.61 on music and

choir, organ repair and piano tuning; this included our section

leaders, instrumentalists on special occasions, substitute

organists and soloists, copyright licenses and memberships in

musical associations and organizations. $1,925.56 was spent on

worship bulletin covers and lectionary inserts, palm crosses,

liturgical calendars, liturgical bread and wine, and gifts such

as Books of Common Prayer and New Revised Standard Version

Bibles for candidates for baptism, confirmation and reception as

well as to other parishioners.

This Commissions responsibilities include the ritual, ceremony,

and liturgical choreography of this Parish Church. An

established schedule of worship opportunities is augmented for

festivals. In 2011 it came to our attention that Saint Michael

& All Angels is the only Episcopal congregation in coastal

Orange County (Deanery X/10/Ten) with more than one regularly

scheduled weekday celebration of The Holy Eucharist. The

Worship Commission has encouraged our rector to schedule (only)

one weekday celebration on Wednesday using A Public Service of

Healing; but he is hesitant to do so because our current

schedule is important to some parishioners and because he enjoys

celebrating on weekdays as well as on Sundays.

Thanks to The Revd Fr. Jeff Hulet we successfully celebrated

one Sunday Eucharist at 9:00 a.m. during July and August 2011.

This Christian community gives primary importance to ouropportunities for worship which continue to be the central focus

of our life together in Christ.

Thanks be to God!


The Very Revd Canon Peter D. Haynes

Rector/Senior Pastor

Documents

2011 Annual Parish Reports