Bede s Journal

Bede’s Journal

The Monthly Newsmagazine of St. Bede’s Episcopal Church

Summer 2017

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Summer Soulwork

On July 2 and 9, we continue our series The Faith We Sing. There’s good theology in those hymns—and by singing parishioners’ favorites, we reflect

on the Good News present in our music.

On July 16, Meg Clark, executive director of Home & Hope, will orient St. Bede’s to hosting this ministry to families experiencing homelessness. We’ll hear about the realities of homelessness in San Mateo County and learn about volunteering with the program. New and experienced Home & Hope volunteers are encouraged to attend this session.

We begin a new series, Embracing Forgiveness, on July 23. Jesus’ command to forgive others as we have been forgiven is one of his more challenging teachings. Using a video series featuring noted author the Rev. Barbara Crafton, we’ll explore the meaning and practice of forgiveness. This series runs for five Sundays, July 23 and 30 and August 6, 13, and 20.

Soulwork meets on Sundays at 9:00am in Lehman Hall; childcare is available by advance request.

Summer at a GlanceSunday 2 July

Red, White, & Blue Pie Sales at coffee hours, benefiting our local charitable partners

(also no nursery care or Sunday Funday)

9:00am, Sundays, July 2 & 9 Soulwork: The Faith We Sing

Sunday 9 July Potluck picnic for all after the 10:15 service

welcoming new Children’s & Youth Minister, Pam Stevens

9:00am, Sunday 16 July Soulwork: Orientation to Hope & Hope Hosting

9:00am, Sundays, July 23 through August 20 Soulwork: Embracing Forgiveness

Sunday-Sunday, 6-13 August St. Bede’s hosts Home & Hope

Sunday 27 August Sunday school resumes

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Look Ahead and Save These Dates!Sunday 10 September

Fall Kick-Off St. Bede’s Choir returns

Sunday 24 September 4:00pm Arts at St. Bede’s presents a

Candlelight Evensong & organ recital with Rani Fischer

Friday 6 October Annual Gala Fundraiser

Three Cheers for theRed, White, & Blue Pie Sales

Sunday, July 2at both coffee hours

All proceeds benefit ourlocal nonprofit partners through

St. Bede’s Seccombe Outreach Fund.

Potluck Picnic for all

Sunday, July 9, 11:45am

Come meet & greet Pamela Stevens, our new Children’s & Youth minister.

Please bring a dish to share!St. Bede’s will provide

drinks and paper goods.

RSVP to parish office appreciated.

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mail, won’t you please take a moment to mark and return the postcard bound into your

issue, to let us know whether or not you’d like to continue to receive the print copy? We would be delighted to continue mailing it to you. But if the mailed copy does not suit your lifestyle, we will remove you from the mailing list.Current and archived issues of the Journal will continue to be available on St. Bede’s website, and a PDF is also emailed to pa-rishioners and friends. (Please let us know if you are not receiving an emailed version but would like to.) And paper copies of the current issue will still be available at St. Bede’s in both narthexes and in the courtyard literature box.

As you remember, our Vestry led a Soulwork series during Lent this year exploring how our community is called to live out our baptismal covenant. We explored a number of ministries we are already doing and some possibilities for new outreach ministry. While we mentioned Home & Hope during Soulwork, I confess that hosting the program was not on our radar screen at that time—but it turned out to be the opportunity the Holy Spirit has sent us. Our hospitality to these families

expresses our baptismal commitments “to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves” and “to strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being” (BCP, p. 305).

One of the factors that guided us to say yes is the manageable size of this commitment. Home & Hope has had two or three families in the program for the last few months, for a total of ten to twelve children and adults. We believed this number of guests was reasonable for us to host. Volunteer

From the RectorHosting Home & Hope

Sometimes we discern where the Holy Spirit is leading us, and we go in search

of her. Sometimes unexpected opportunities come to us, and we realize they have been brought by the Holy Spirit. This summer brings us one of these latter experiences.

From August 6 to 13, for the first time ever, St. Bede’s will host Home & Hope. You may have heard of this program, which provides shelter for families experiencing homelessness. It is hosted by churches and synagogues up and down the Peninsula. The host site sets up tents indoors, usually in the hall, where the families sleep on cots. Volunteers from the congregation serve dinner, play with children, stay overnight in case of emergencies, and help the families pack lunch before they go to Home & Hope’s day center for showers. St. Bede’s has sent volunteers to other host sites for a number of years, but we haven’t been able to host because of our commitment to Trinity School. Home & Hope contacted us looking for a host site for a week that our campus happened to be available. Emilee Wilhelm-Leen, Carol Brink, and Jeanne Cooper led a conversation with the Community Service committee about the possibility of our hosting Home & Hope, and the parish staff and vestry also discussed it. Together we discerned that the Holy Spirit was calling us to do this.

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Bede’s Journal

The Monthly Newsmagazine of St. Bede’s Episcopal Church

September 2017

coordinators from other host sites, including Congregation Beth Jacob and Trinity Church, offered their expertise and support, so that we have wisdom on which to draw as we learn how to do this. The Seccombe Outreach Fund remains well funded thanks to your generosity at last fall’s gala, giving us the financial resources to cover hosting expenses. In addition, this is a one-time engagement. St. Bede’s has not committed to anything beyond one week this August. This allows us to try this on and see how it goes. Perhaps we will decide to host the program next summer too; maybe we’ll determine that sending volunteers to other sites is best for us.

There are a number of ways you can support our hosting Home & Hope, from praying for our guests to serving dinner to staying overnight. Please see the article on page 6 for details. I do not expect this to be easy. Following the call of the Holy Spirit, living the faith of our baptism is never easy. We will make at least one major mistake and probably dozens of smaller ones. What matters to God, however, is not how perfectly we execute this task, but the love with which we carry it out. I hope you will join me in volunteering with Home and Hope this August, in putting our love of God and love of neighbor into action.

Peace,Gia+

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sided tents to allow for some privacy. We plan to set up these tents in the Sunday school classrooms so as not to disturb the 12-step meetings that happen in Lehman Hall throughout the week. The primary opportunities for St. Bede’s volunteers will be to prepare, serve, and clean up after dinner (5:30-7pm); play with children and socialize with adults after dinner (6:30-8pm); and/or spend the night on campus and share breakfast with families before they depart (8pm-7am). A St. Bede’s

coordinator will be on site nightly and St. Bede’s and other congregations’

volunteers will offer support.Please check your calendar and plan to volunteer if you are able. And don’t worry at all if you’ve not volunteered with Home & Hope before—as

always, an experienced volunteer or coordinator will serve alongside

each evening’s team and there’s no easier time to jump in than when Home & Hope happens on our home turf. If you have questions, please do contact any of:

Emilee Wilhelm-Leen, Carol Brink, or Jeanne Cooper.

– Emilee Wilhelm-Leen Community Service co-Chair

Community ServiceHome & Hope at St. Bede’s

Exciting news! After many years of vol-unteering with Home & Hope at partner

congregations, St. Bede’s will take our first stab at hosting this summer during the week of August 6-13. We are so excited to wel-come Home & Hope families to our parish. This decision was not taken lightly, but in prayerful conversation with anchor Home & Hope volunteers, the Community Service committee, as well as the Rector and Vestry. It’s a big commitment but we believe St. Bede’s is up to the task. And we will plan to lean on our partner congregations as well for expertise, loaned equipment, and additional volunteer support.For those not familiar with Home & Hope, the program is a transitional family shelter that aids up to four or five thoroughly vetted, re-cently homeless families who spend days at work, nursery/school, and/or the day center, where they receive job placement assistance, financial planning, and other counseling to help them get back into permanent housing. In the evening, enrolled families eat, relax, and sleep in a host church or synagogue. The host congregation offers the dinner meal each day as well as overnight space, use of bathroom facilities, and continental breakfast. Families sleep on cots in canvas-

Stanford ChaplaincyAn Opportunity to Offer

Spiritual Care

The Episcopal Chaplaincy at Stanford Hospital, one of our nonprofit partners

in community service, is seeking applicants to become spiritual care volunteers at the hospital. Volunteers typically serve once a week, visiting Episcopal patients (typically one to four) for friendly conversation and, if requested, prayers.

Applicants who complete a background screening (including letters of reference and a phone interview), TB test, and online classes will be invited to join in a series of three training classes on Mondays, Septem-ber 11, 18, and 25 from 6:30 to 9pm at Our Lady of the Rosary, 1350 Cowper Avenue, Palo Alto.

The training reflects the many faiths and spiritual paths of patients at Stanford Hospital. Episcopal applicants who com-plete the training will then be mentored by Rev. Thomas C. Jackson, the Episcopal chaplain at Stanford Hospital (who was ordained to the priesthood while a member of St. Bede’s). Attending all three classes and several mentoring sessions are required to successfully complete the free training program.

Applications will be accepted up to 5pm on September 1, but it’s best to apply early to

be able to complete the online coursework and other requirements before the train-ing classes begin. To apply, please call Stanford Hospital’s Spiritual Care Office (650)723-5101 to receive an application link and reference link.

For more information, contact Rev. Tom at his office at St. Cyprian’s Church in San Francisco, (415) 567-1855. If you’d like to speak with one of our recently trained parish-ioners, talk with Jeanne Cooper, Bertita Graebner, or Irene Lawrence.

– Jeanne Cooper Community Service volunteer

+ Rites of Passage +Life is marked by significant cycles and events: we are born, baptized, confirmed; some of us are married, families are raised, illness comes, death occurs. Such are the Rites of Passage and such are marked by special prayers in the church.

+ Baptism +Layla Adélie AzemMaya Élise Azem

Teach them to love others in the power of the Spirit.

+ Marriage +Megan Ancker & Edward Perez

17 June 2017Make their life together a sign of Christ’s love.

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Spread, O spread, thou mighty word, spread the kingdom of the Lord,

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7:30a Sunrise AA* 9:00a Alcoholics Anonymous*

Altar Guild work

4 Pentecost 2 Pie Sales at coffee hours 8:00a Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:00a Soulwork: Sing Faith 10:00a Nursery 10:15a Sunday Funday 10:15a Holy Eucharist Rite II noon Altar Guild meeting

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9:00a Counting Crew

Independence Day 4 Parish office closed

8:00p Narcotics Anonymous*

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8:00a Holy Eucharist noon Bldgs & Grounds mtg

7:30p Highland Pipe Band*

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noon Alcoholics Anonymous*

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Altar Guild work 7:00p Folk Dance*

5 Pentecost 9

8:00a Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:00a Soulwork: Sing Faith 10:00a Nursery 10:15a Sunday Funday 10:15a Holy Eucharist Rite II 11:45a Potluck Picnic

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9:00a Counting Crew 9:00a Trinity School camp

Benedict of Nursia 11

9:00a Trinity School camp

7:00p Finance Cmte mtg 8:00p Narcotics Anonymous*

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8:00a Morning Prayer 9:00a Trinity School camp


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9:00a Trinity School camp noon Alcoholics Anonymous*

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9:00a Trinity School camp noon Parkinson’s Caregivers*

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Altar Guild work

6 Pentecost 16

8:00a Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:00a Soulwork 10:00a Nursery 10:15a Sunday Funday 10:15a Holy Eucharist Rite II

William White 17

9:00a Counting Crew 9:00a Trinity School camp

18 9:00a Trinity School camp noon Parkinson’s Caregivers* 2:00p Staff meeting

7:00p Vestry meeting 8:00p Narcotics Anonymous*

Macrina 19

8:00a Holy Eucharist 9:00a Trinity School camp


Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 20 Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman

9:00a Trinity School camp noon Alcoholics Anonymous*

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9:00a Trinity School camp

5:00p Event planning mtg*

St. Mary Magdalene 22


Altar Guild work 5:00p Rehab benefit event*

7 Pentecost 23


Thomas à Kempis 24

9:00a Counting Crew

St. James 25

2:00p Staff meeting


Joachim and Anne, 26 Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8:00a Holy Eucharist


William Reed Huntington 27


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Mary and Martha 29 of Bethany


Altar Guild work

8 Pentecost 30 8:00a Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:00a Soulwork 10:00a Nursery 10:15a Sunday Funday 10:15a Holy Eucharist Rite II

Ignatius of Loyola 31

9:00a Counting Crew

that to earth's remotest bound all may heed the joyful sound. Hymn 530, Hymnal 1982

*use of St. Bede’s facilities in outreach to the broader community

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

We will recount to generations to come the praiseworthy deeds and the power of the Lord,

and the wonderful works he has done.

Joseph of Arimathaea 1

2:00p Staff meeting


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8:00a Holy Eucharist noon Bldgs & Grounds mtg


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Altar Guild work 7:00p Folk Dance*

The Transfiguration of 6 Our Lord


Home & Hope move-in 5:30p Home & Hope hosting

John Mason Neale 7

9:00a Counting Crew

5:30p Home & Hope hosting

Dominic 8

2:00p Staff meeting

5:30p Home & Hope hosting 7:00p Finance Cmte mtg 8:00p Narcotics Anonymous*

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5:30p Home & Hope hosting 7:30p Highland Pipe Band*

Laurence of Rome 10



Clare of Assisi 11

noon Parkinson’s Caregivers*


Florence Nightingale 12


Altar Guild work


10 Pentecost 13 Home & Hope move-out


Jonathan Myrick Daniels 14

Parish hall floor refinished (hall closed 1 week)

9:00a Counting Crew

St. Mary the Virgin 15

noon Parkinson’s Caregivers* 2:00p Staff meeting


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8:00a Morning Prayer


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William Porcher DuBose 18

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Altar Guild work

11 Pentecost 20 Coffee hours outdoors 8:00a Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:00a Soulwork 10:00a Nursery 10:15a Sunday Funday 10:15a Holy Eucharist Rite II

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9:00a Counting Crew

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2:00p Staff meeting


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St. Bartholomew 24


Louis of France 25

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Altar Guild work

12 Pentecost 27

8:00a Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:00a Soulwork 10:00a Nursery 10:15a Sunday school 10:15a Holy Eucharist Rite II

Augustine of Hippo 28

9:00a Counting Crew

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2:00p Staff meeting


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Aidan of Lindisfarne 31

8:30a Trinity School year begins


He gave his decrees to Jacob and established a law for Israel,

which he commanded them to teach their children. Psalm 78:4-5

*use of St. Bede’s facilities in outreach to the broader community

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[You’ll want to read this online…]Blessings of Infinite Variety—

Unexpected musical treats from the Anglican Communion throughout the world

Summer is traditionally a time for travel, but not all of us have the means and opportunity to explore as much as we might like. I took an armchair tour to see

what kind of music might be found in Anglican/Episcopal churches in places we might not think to look.

Paris, FranceThe American Cathedral Choir Burial Sentences by William Croft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxtr4RFw8tY

Weisbaden, GermanySt. Augustine of Canterbury Church has a concert series called Kultur in die Kirche. The lovely pianist Erika le Roux plays Widmung by Robert Schumann on the impressive Bechstein.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dbz5IwBVm0

Frankfurt, GermanyIt’s a long way from home for Virginia-born gospel singer Nehemiah H. Brown. Christ Church, Frankfurt hosts this master singer and conductor in some choral workshops. The piano is DEFINITELY not a Bechstein, but this man’s pipes more than make up for it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHmg8znOkeUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu1w64XrDfwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BkhqB66lBw

Rome, ItalySt. Paul’s-within-the-walls Gypsy chorus from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi—complete with dancers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv5rOCdg-7o

Florence’s St. Mark’s English Church, ItalyAustralian-born soprano Michelle Buscemi sings Violetta’s famous aria Sempre Libera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X8-6s0EIR4

Gaborone, BotswanaA celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Diocese of Botswana with singing (and a little preaching)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PMsB4sYB9Qand an ordination service

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaMofPdsmJc

Mthatha, South AfricaThe Diocesan choir singing at a fundraiser!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjF8uXX5xDs

Chennai, India Our Methodist sisters and brothers put together an amazing interdenominational choir to sing The Church’s One Foundation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0hieUU_jz4

Rotorua, New Zealand St. Faith’s, where Anglican worship takes place in the Maori language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBov7Rkhfqk

Bridgetown, BarbadosSt. Leonard’s Boychoir performing The Lord Bless you and keep you by John Rutter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGKeXyoRog

Port-au-Prince, HaitiLes Petits Chanteurs from Holy Trinity—a little something serious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUFzB_Xmj50and a little something just for fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK_b3sEUFW0

Happy travels!– Katherine McKee

Music Director

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxtr4RFw8tY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dbz5IwBVm0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHmg8znOkeU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu1w64XrDfw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BkhqB66lBw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv5rOCdg-7o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X8-6s0EIR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PMsB4sYB9Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaMofPdsmJc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjF8uXX5xDs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0hieUU_jz4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBov7Rkhfqk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGKeXyoRog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUFzB_Xmj50

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In the Month of

AugustIn the Month of

JulyBirthdays 2 Luke Pisani Alexandra Spath 4 Elaine Kriegh 5 Alex Coleman Jeanette Latta 7 Mathai Mammen Rosemary Reynolds 8 Julie Backlund David Chu 9 Doug Ross Megan Sell 17 Peter Nunn 19 Christopher DiGiorgio Albert Pisani 22 William Wenstrand 23 Elena Barrett 25 Judith Paulus 26 Abigail Machemer 27 Tanya Brugh 28 Ian Oden 31 Bill Harris Allison Mintz

Birthdays 1 Chris Talbot 4 Cristina Harris Marcel Hayden-Gephart Tina Talbot 8 Ann Mason Nancy Stork 10 Toffie Kopczynski 15 Jeanne Cooper Stephen Oden 16 Cyrus Hayden-Gephart 17 Eileen DiGiorgio Jack Wenstrand 19 Brian DiGiorgio 20 Clark Barrett Curtis Grisham 21 Ray Ross 23 Taylor Whitney 24 Will McDowall Marge Posthauer 25 Isabel Gable 28 Ed Chrapla 29 Dave Sell Emilee Wilhelm-Leen

Anniversaries 3 Bertita & Michael Graebner Melville & Gia Hayes-Martin 6 Kathy McKee & Colby Roberts 9 Matt & Melanie Hayden-Gephart Brian Leen & Emilee Wilhelm-Leen 23 Anne & Wes Poulson 26 Elaine & Randy Kriegh 27 Diane & Mike Spath 29 Tim & Tanya Brugh Dora Ho & Pedro Lo 31 Chris & Linda Brown

Anniversaries 5 Fred & Julia Klasson Langhorst 6 Jon & Julie Backlund 7 Jay McCullough & Albert Pisani 13 Doug & Vicki Blayney 24 Jeanne Cooper & Ian Hersey

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The purpose of Bede’s Journal is to keep members and friends of the congregation informedof activities and opportunities for education, worship, and fellowship within the parish and beyond.The Rev. Gia Hayes-Martin Rector

Pamela Stevens Children’s & Youth Minister

Katherine McKee Music Director

Rani Fischer Organist

Carol Shedlock Parish Administrator

Angela Sherry Bookkeeper

Fred Langhorst Sexton

Sunday ServicesHoly Eucharist 8:00am, 10:15am

Sunday ProgramsAdult Education 9:00am — childcare available Nursery 10:00am Children’s Sunday school 10:15am

WeekdaysHoly Eucharist Wednesday 8:00am

Parish Office Hours M-F 9:00am-5:00pm 650-854-6555

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