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The Evening’s Program

LENTEN PROGRAM 2015

Choral Evensong -3/1 at 4pm

“Vocation & Calling”The Rev’d Lisa Rotchford- 3/4

Stephen Caldwell - 3/11The Rev’d Brad Karelius - 3/18

The Rev’d Lynn Jay - 3/25

“You haul your ashes, and I’ll haul mine . . . ” “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

The first quote was originally used by “Sleepy” John Estes and initiallyrecorded by “Kokomo” Arnold. I take it as a “I’ll live my way, you live

yours!” statement, and it makes me smile.

The second is from Genesis 3:19, and has appeared in its current contextsince medieval times in our liturgy for the first day in Lent, Ash Wednesday.As always, saying it many times on February 18th shook my soul.

Usually my ministry is: to give the sign of God’s blessing of forgiveness andfavor; to place into hands the spiritual food of everlasting life; to anoint withoil and pronounce a prayer of healing.

To place on friends’ foreheads the mark of their mortality, the taste of ashes,and the memento mori that is dust, to put ashes on flesh-and-blood that willreturn to dust sooner than I wish, annually occasions a “Who am I to dothis?” moment for me.

In early Lent this year I have been reminded that the “dust” of which ourliturgy speaks is the very “earth” out of which the Genesis story tells us wewere first made. The Hebrew word is adamah, from which the word for“human,” for “adam,” is taken; and it literally means something like “red soil,”that rich loamy kind of earth out of which things grow. The dust we comefrom and to which we return is the “rich earth” that sustains all life.

Dirt, soil, earth may not seem very impressive; but consider what biologistEdward O. Wilson, nicknamed “father of socio-biology” and “bard ofbiodiversity,” says:

“Think of scooping up a handful of soil and leaf litter andplacing it on a white cloth.This unprepossessing lumpcontains more order, and richness of structure, andparticularity of history than the entire surface of all lifelessplanets. It is a miniature wilderness... the product of millionsof years of history having evolved under the most harshconditions of competition and survival.”

IN THE FORWARD MOVEMENTDISPLAY RACK ON THE WALL INMICHAEL'S ROOM you will find“Observing Lent.” This pamphlet offersa wonderful guide to your journeythrough the weeks of Lent.

“I invite you... to the observance ofa holy Lent, by self-examination andrepentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating onGod's holy Word” (“The Book ofCommon Prayer”, p. 265)

The Rev'd Canon Christine McSpaddencomments on the meaning of each of theabove disciplines, suggests an appropriateBiblical passage for reflection, and a "TryThis" idea. Her advice for "Self-examination, for example: ReadLamentations 3:40. "In the middle ofyour day, review the day so far. Whathas happened? What emotions came up?Choose an incident from this day so farand pray from your thoughts andfeelings."

Evening Prayer - 5:30pmSponsored Soup Supper - 6pm

followed by programCompline - 7:30pm

On March 4, join us for “EveningPrayer with Remembrances”

For those we lovebut see no longer

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CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE TOTHE RECTOR’S DISCRETIONARYFUND most recently by by the Rev’dDr. Barbara Stewart in gratitude forSaint Michael & All Angels and byAdam & Lisa and Isabelle Dooley inthanksgiving for the baptism ofFrancesca Anne. These funds extendour Parish’s mission of outreach,providing for such needs as can behelped by financial assistance.

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A REMINDER FROM YOUR SMAACOMMUNICATIONS TEAM. Youhave several options to publicize yourministry or event throughout theSMAA community: this newsletter, ourFacebook Page (facebook.com/SMAACDM) the weekly Sundaybulletin, the spoken word atannouncement time or even an emailto our “digital parishioners.” ContactNorris Battin for the newsletter andFacebook, Susan Beechner for thebulletin and email, and Fr. Haynes forannouncements (nbattin@gmail.com,s b e e c h n e r @ s t m i k e s c d m . o r g ;phaynes@stmikescdm.org.)

ANNUAL GARY HALL RETREATAT CAMP STEVENS: May 8-10,Reserve a spot now for the All ParishRetreat scheduled at Camp Stevens inJulian, CA. The Very Rev’d Gary HallDean of the National Cathedral inWashington, D.C. will be the retreatleader.Accomodatiuons are in BlumLodge which sleeps up to six per roomwith a shared bathroom. The $200cost includes lodging, meals, activities,and programs. Please sign up with a$75 non-refundable deposit. ContactSusan Caldwell for more information.

LEST WE FORGET: There have been4,491 American military casualties inIraq and 2,356 in Afghanistan andother locations. "Lord hear ourprayers for those who are dead andfor those who mourn."

SOMETHING SPECIAL: SaintMichael’s will participate in the NationalCelebration honoring WWII Veterans –“Celebrating the Spirit of ‘45”, to takeplace on Sunday, August 9th. The SeniorMinistry is looking for church memberswho were a part of WWII so they canbe honored on that day. Also, if youare a family member of a deceasedWWII Veteran you can bring photos andmemorabilia to show after the service.There will be a brunch to follow the9am worship service in August. Pleasecall Murry McClaren at 714.979.6978if you are a Veteran of the WWII. Wewant to honor you!!

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Birthdays

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28th - Norm Bianchi

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Weddings

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WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP: Theirnext meeting will be Tuesday, March24th. The group meets at the homeof Beth Bianchi at 7pm. Pleasecontact the parish office for details anddirections to her home.

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Yours, In Christ -

It is from this amazing abundance ofliving process that we come, and it isinto this unfolding of life andinterconnection that we give ourselvesin every moment.

Remember the story of the professorwho decided that we no longer neededGod and prayed,

“God... we’re able to do miraculousthings now, so why don’t you just goon and get lost.”

God listened patiently and kindly to theman and his prayer, then responded,“Very well...

how about this: Let’s have a man-making contest.” The professoreagerly agreed.

God said, “Let’s do this just like I didwith ‘Adam’.” The professorresponded, “Sure, no problem” andbent down and grabbed himself ahandful of dirt. God just looked at himand said,

“No...No...No! You go make yourown dirt!”

To be a creature of God means to bea part of this teeming earth, thisincredible network of prolific life. God’sabundant creativity and surpassing loveare made evident in the very soil, thedust, from which we come and to whichwe are returning. Our life is begun,surrounded and ended in the larger lifethat is God’s gift. The ashes with whichwe began Lent are a sign of ourmortality and, more than that, they area sign of our creaturehood, a sign thatwe do not exist all on our own, left toour own devices and desires; but thatwe exist from...for...and toward God.Because Jesus has shown us the wayof humility and faithfulness by whichour creaturely mortality is transformedinto his glorious immortality, becausewe know that after the ashes of Lentcomes the new fire of Easter, we canaccept the reality that we are dust/soil/earth and look to life in Christ.

Can we but hear it, the dust on AshWednesday says to us throughout Lent,

“Remember that you are God’s, and to God you shall return.”

MISSION TO THEHOLY LAND

By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] Partnershipsand investment, especially in supportingfaith-based grassroots work, hold the keyto lasting peace in Israel and the PalestinianTerritories, a United States interfaithdelegation heard repeatedly from religiousleaders with whom they met during a Jan.18-26 pilgrimage in the Holy Land.

The 15-member delegation of Jews,Christians and Muslims from the U.S.found this prevailing message in all theirconversations, whether with rabbis, kadis(Islamic judges), priests or bishops.

Kadi Iyad Zahalka, head of the Shariacourts in Jerusalem, told the delegation thatit is through these kinds of partnerships“that we will achieve understanding amongall of the communities.”

Zahalka said that the politicians signdiplomatic agreements, “not the religiouspeople. But our job is to prepare the peopleto be ready for that moment, to accept thepeace process, to engage the peaceprocess, to encourage our leaders.”

But he acknowledged the concerns ofextremism on both sides, such as therecent stabbing of 11 people by a Palestinianman on a bus in central Tel Aviv and theburning of an Arab-Jewish school byJewish radicals.

Rabbi Ron Kronish, director of theInterreligious Coordinating Council in Israel,works closely with Zahalka in promotingdialogue and peace, especially amongreligions.

Kronish talked about the complexities ofidentity that exist throughout Israel and theWest Bank that often cause confusionwhen addressing issues of peace.

There are Palestinians who live in theWest Bank, Jews who live in Israel, butthere are also Arab Israelis, “that is ArabPalestinians with Israeli citizenship,” hesaid. “Their goal is not fighting occupationevery minute; their goal is integration inIsraeli society.”

Committed to deepening their ownpartnership, the interfaith group shared inone another’s faith traditions, includingservices at the Anglican cathedral in eastJerusalem, a Jewish synagogue in westJerusalem, and a rare, private tour insidethe Dome of the Rock and the Al-AqsaMosque, the third holiest site in Islam,which normally are strictly closed to non-Muslims

The group – led by Bishop JeffertsSchori; Rabbi Steve Gutow, presidentof the Jewish Council for Public Affairs;and Sayyid Syeed, national director ofinterfaith and community alliances forthe Islamic Society of North America –was welcomed for a Sunday morningservice at St. George’s AnglicanCathedral in east Jerusalem by its dean,the Very Rev. Hosam Naoum, andArchbishop Suheil Dawani of theEpiscopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

U.S.-based Episcopal Churchmembers have long been in partnershipwith the Jerusalem diocese and continueto support the ministry of its more than30 social service institutions throughoutIsrael, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and thePalestinian Territories.

Dawani told the interfaith group thatreligion needs to be part of the solutionand not part of the problem. “As thecenter of the three Abrahamic faiths, wepray that Jerusalem will be a model forfuture peace to the whole world.”

A source of major concern for theJerusalem diocese is the manyPalestinian and Israeli Christians who areleaving the Holy Land in search of betteropportunities overseas.

Dawani has said that “investment issomething we all need here in thehardships and difficult economicsituation. Investment really willencourage people not only to stay here,but to feel that they can take care oftheir families and the future of theirchildren.”

In response to such calls from theEpiscopal Church’s partners in the HolyLand, as well as to Resolution B019,the Domestic and Foreign MissionarySociety invested $500,000 for economicdevelopment in the Palestinian Territories.

Following the service, Dawaniaccompanied the group for a visit to HisBeatitude Theophilus III, Patriarch ofJerusalem and All Palestine. Thepatriarch is the senior leader of GreekOrthodox Christians in the Holy Land,and represents the longest continuinghistorical presence of any single religiousinstitution in Jerusalem today.

The patriarch talked about the landbeing connected with the sacredhistories of the three Abrahamic faithsand the conflict and misunderstandingsthat has caused.

Two days earlier, the group attendeda Friday evening synagogue service atKol Haneshamah, a center forProgressive Judaism in West Jerusalem.

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PRAYERS

THANKSGIVING

- for new adventures;

- in loving memory ofBob Montgomery and

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GUIDANCE

SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELSEPISCOPAL CHURCH

A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OFTHE ANGLICAN COMMUNION

The Very Rev’d CanonPeter D. Haynes, Rector

[phaynes@stmikescdm.org]Susan Caldwell

Director of Christian Education

[scaldwell@stmikescdm.org]Ray Urwin, D.M.A.

Minister of Music[rurwin@stmikescdm.org]

The Rev’d Fennie Chang, Ph.D.,Canterbury Irvine

The Rev’d Canon Ray FlemmingAssisting Priest

The Rev’d Barbara Stewart, Ph.D.,Assisting Priest

Susan Beechner, Parish Secretary[sbeechner@stmikescdm.org]Donnie Lewis, Bookkeeper

[dlewis@stmikescdm.org]

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

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WednesdayHoly Eucharist with Prayers

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ABOUT SAINT MICHAEL & ALLANGELS, CORONA DEL MAR

We are a Christian Community of theAnglican Communion who come tohear God’s word and receive and

share the Lord Jesus Christ.Our purpose is to have Christ live in

us in order that in Christ we may livefaithful and productive

Christian lives.Our commitment to the Gospel is

evangelical; our liturgical tradition,catholic; our theology orthodox but

open to thought, reflection, andspiritual endeavor.

We care about the worldand strive to serve Christ in it.

Our parish subscribes to the onlinelearning program “Church Next.” Ifyou are interested, please contactKathleen Petesron who will give youaccess details.(continued on page 5)

Lenten Suppersand Finding God on the Metro

Lenten Suppers are a wonderfultime of teaching and fellowship.

Make sure that you put the dates on yourcalendar to come to Saint Michael &All Angels on Wednesdays, March 4,11, 18 and 25 6-7:30pm.

For many, participating in LentenSuppers is a routine event. Eachyear at this time, you wonder howyou will journey in Lent this year?You also think about how nice it isnot to have to cook dinner on fiveWednesday nights, but venture outalong Pacific View Drive and makea right turn into the church parkinglot. The way is familiar and the pathis lighted. At 5:30pm in thesanctuary, Evening Prayer willbegin. Different parishioners will beleading the Evening Prayer. Pleasebe sure to make this part of yourLenten practice. It is a lonely timeto be the leader of Evening Prayerand look longingly out the sanctuarydoors to an empty parking lot. Youknow the leader will have practicedand have come prepared! EveningPrayer will last one-half hour.

After Evening Prayer, you will seeyour friends and fellow parishionersmilling about in Michael’s Room, waitingfor the Lenten Supper event to begin.Once the blessing has been said, andyou have gotten your paper plate filledwith two mystery salads and bowl ofhot soup, you will settle intoconversations around the tables. Wateris poured into paper cups. LentenFellowship Hour at its best takes placefrom 6-6:30pm. At 6:30pm the guestspeaker promptly begins. Dr. PhilJohnston will have started our LentenSupper Series out on February 25th. Soif you weren’t there, then you wouldhave missed it! On March 4th, TheRev’d Lisa Rotchford will begin herpresentation and “take” on this year’stheme, Vocation and Calling. SteveCaldwell, M.Div. will follow on March11th, and The Rev’d Brad Karelius willspeak to the topic on March 18th . Ourseries will finish on March 25th withThe Rev’d Lynn Jay. The Rev’d LisaRotchford and Steve Caldwell will followup their Wednesday, Lenten Supperpresentations with a visit to Sundays-at-Nine class the following Sunday.

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Sally & GeorgeJohn

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Charles+ Mary Betty

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DianneDougNancy

Julie & BobEstherHarryMitzi

BarbaraPat

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Alexandra Perkins/MagaenheimerJoseph Hirka

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LOAVES AND FISHES: This monthwe will collect individually wrappedEaster candy (for example, foil eggs,mini/fun size candy bars) for theirEaster celebration. All donations needto be received by Sunday, March 22ndbecause the event is the followingSaturday. Monetary donations arealways welcome, too. Checks shouldbe made payable to Saint Michael &All Angels, with Loaves and Fishes onthe memo line. (Tax ID #95-2123746)

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PLEASE REMEMBER . . . SaintMichael & All Angels has a ParishEmergency Fund, funded byparishioners and available toparishioners facing financialemergencies and needing economicassistance. Requests should bedirected to our rector or any memberof our Vestry. If you are able tocontribute, all gifts are welcome!

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PLEDGE ENVELOPES: If youwould like pledge envelopes for 2015,please leave a message for ourbookkeeper, Donnie Lewis,949.644.0463, ext. 15. For those ofyou who have already requestedpledge envelopes, they are availablein Michael’s Room in alphabeticalorder.

If you are looking for a way to go aboutyour Lenten journey, you might considerthe Jesuit practice of the Daily Examen.By practicing The Daily Examen you willbegin to see how God works daily to yourbenefit and shows up in your daily life.

“The Daily Examen is a technique ofprayerful reflection on the events of theday in order to detect God’s presence anddiscern his direction for us. The Examenis an ancient practice in the Church thatcan help us see God’s hand at work in ourwhole experience. The method presentedhere is adapted from a technique describedby Ignatius Loyola in his Spiritual Exercises.St. Ignatius thought that the Examen wasa gift that came directly from God, andthat God wanted it to be shared as widelyas possible. One of the few rules of prayerthat Ignatius made for the Jesuit order wasthe requirement that Jesuits practice theExamen twice daily—at noon and at theend of the day. It’s a habit that Jesuits, andmany other Christians, practice to this day.”

From The Daily Examen:1.Presence: Remember that you are

in the presence of God in a special waywhen you pray. Ask God to help in yourprayers

2. Gratitude: Recall two or three thingsthat happened today for which you areespecially grateful. Savor them. Thenthank God for these gifts.

3.Review: Review your day from startto finish, noticing where you experiencedGod’s presence. Notice everything fromlarge to small: from enjoyable interactionwith a friend to the feel of the sun onyour face. When did you love? Whenwere you loved?

4.Sorrow: You may have sinned todayor done something you regret. Expressyour sorrow to God and ask forforgiveness. If it’s a grave sin, pray aboutseeking forgiveness from the personoffended, or the sacrament ofreconciliation.

5.Grace: You may want to return to ameaningful part of your prayer and speakto God about how you felt. At the closeof the prayer, ask for God’s grace forthe following day.

Over time, as you pray the Examen,you’ll notice God’s presence in the moment,rather than just at the end of the day. You’llsee that your whole day can be a kind ofprayer. Soon you’ll discover that you’vebecome, as Jesuits like to say, acontemplative in action.

--James Martin, SJ.

If you would like to be a contemplative inaction, try going through the 5 steps ofreflection and prayer each day. I will closewith an excerpt from William Blazek, piece“Finding God on the Metro”. It is withinthe structure of The Daily Examen that hewrites:

“I love riding Washington’s subwaysystem, known locally as the Metro. I lovethe speed, the crush of people and the crazynoise of it all. I love the idea of being in motiontowards. Most of all I love the Metro becauseI see God there almost every time I ride. Ilook for signs of the Almighty’s presence,and because it pleases the Creator that Hiscreated subjects should know Him, I seeHim. Not too long ago, on a commute to aclinic for the homeless, I hopped on thecampus shuttle bus and met God at theRosslyn Station escalator. We rode it deepinto the earth, and on the first traindowntown, I had a powerful experience ofHis love.

I am a member of the Society of Jesus, aJesuit. Meeting God in the everyday is oneof our great pursuits. It is part of thespirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola and isopen to all: Jesuit and non-Jesuit, Christianand non-Christian alike. When our eyes areopen, all of us can see God everywhere, inpeople, places and things, in ideas, actionsand chance meetings.

Examining the day for traces of God’spresence is a Jesuit’s twice-daily duty, butthe discipline can enter into anyone’s routine.With practice, it becomes more a respitefrom hectic everyday life than a burden, away of being more than a particular effortor task. These exercises ask, “Where isGod?” in any particular experience. Ignatiuswould suggest we request a hefty dose ofGod’s aid each time we undertake such aself-review.

How did I find God that sunny Fridaymorning? How did God find me? As on anycommute, I asked God to help me while Iwaited for the shuttle in front of the studentdining hall in Georgetown University’sSouthwest Quad. Beginning a Rosary, Imuttered the Apostle’s Creed as we bouncedeastward on Prospect, and signs of Godstarted popping out all around me. The broadrose-lit arches of the Key Bridge shimmeredin the early dawn. A coed clad in curiouslypajama-like attire dragged a roll-on suitcaseaboard, presumably en route to the airport.I was forced to squint as, across the river, aKrypton-red sun painted a fireball in themirrored windows of a Rosslyn skyscraper.Looking down the hill to the old towpathalong the B and O Canal, I knew that runningshoes were crunching in the gravel as faithfuljoggers’ took their morning exercise. Belowon the Potomac, two four-seat sculls

TIME AND TALENT If you arethinking about volunteering with one ofour Commissions at St. Mike’s, pleasereview the “Parish Life” booklet on theback rail of the sanctuary, whichdescribes these activities. We needgreeters, acolytes, coffee hosts, andushers, and have other interestingassignments as well. Volunteering is awonderful way to meet new people atSt. Mike’s. Please call AnneWarmington with questions:202.550.4100.

FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE - ADSNEEDED: Our newsletter is printedby C & M Publications at no cost toSt. Mike’s, thanks to the support ofthe local businesses whose ads arefound on the back of the calendar eachmonth. If you or someone you knowmight like to become a sponsor, pleasecall Susan Beechner in the parishoffice for more information.949.644.0463 x10.

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TOSPONSOR the Sanctuary Light orAltar Flowers in memory of a lovedone or in thanksgiving for a birthday,anniversary, or other special event,please sign up on the board in theParish Center and indicate the personor occasion to be remembered. Thesuggested donation for flowers is $35,the sanctuary light is $15. Please markyour check for the Altar Guild.

emerged from the mist: the rowers’backs steamed as they pulled in rhythmat their oars. The quiet beauty of all thesethings assured me of God’s certainpresence.”

The complete reading of this articlecan be found at http://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/the-examen.

The reason I have suggested theThe Daily Examen as a Lentenjourney practice is for the purposeof heightening your awareness to theworld around you and to see God’shand at work in daily living. Mightyou be developing your own spiritualvocation and calling? With acompilation of these experiences,perhaps you will find that God iscalling you in a particular way or ifanything stands out, you can ask atrusted friend or friends, what dothey make of this? “I’m seeing apattern here as to how God isactively seeking me out with Hisprovidences and miracles in themoment.” Taste and see the Lord isgood. His mercy is new everymorning. Great is his faithfulness.

I hope to see you at every one ofthe Lenten Supper Series 2015!

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NEW RESOURCE FORPERSONALREFLECTION: DAILYPRAYER FOR ALLSEASONS

[Episcopal Church Office of PublicAffairs press release] Daily Prayer forAll Seasons is now available for freedownloading on the website of TheEpiscopal Church here: http://bit.ly/dailyprayers.

Developed by the StandingCommission on Liturgy and Musicand authorized by the 77th GeneralConvention in 2012 (Resolution A055here), the prayers in Daily Prayer forAll Seasons are presented accordingto liturgical season beginning withAdvent and progressing throughChristmas, Epiphany, Lent, HolyWeek, and Easter. In addition, twosections are offered for OrdinaryTime: Creation and Rest.

In each, all prayers are groupedaccording to eight particular themes:praise, discernment, wisdom,perseverance and renewal, love,forgiveness, trust, and watch.

Daily Prayer for All Seasons “wascompiled and written by a diverseteam of people from all over theUnited States,” according to theIntroduction of the book.

The Introduction continues: “Wecame together periodically over fouryears to create a set of prayers thatacknowledge in their brevity both theneed to pray and the short time wehave to pray.”

Included in Daily Prayer for AllSeasons are explanatory pages ofhow to best utilize the prayers.

PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LANDDECEMBER 26, 2015 - JANUARY 5,2016: Join Lutheran Bishop Guy Erwinand tour organizer The Rev’d CanonJim Newman in the Holy Land. Sitesinclude Bethlehem, Nazareth andJerusalem, the Mount of Olives, theGarden of Gethsemane, the JordanRiver, and the mysterious stone city ofPetra. Space is limited: send inreservation form and deposit as soonas possible. Eleven days, departingfrom Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec.26, 2015, and returning on Tuesday,Jan. 5, 2016. The cost from LosAngeles is $4148. For moreinformation, please contact Newmanat 310.391.5522, 888.802.6722 (toll-free) or stbedesla@yahoo.com.

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PLEASE CHECK the lost and foundbox in Michael’s Room.

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Following the service, they werewelcomed for Shabbat dinner at the homeof Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman, a 10thgeneration rabbi whose congregation iscommitted to social justice and often leadspeaceful demonstrations against violence,including whenever a mosque, synagogueor church is attacked.

Following Kelman’s reflection, JeffertsSchori said that she is invigorated by thebridges that have been built during theweeklong pilgrimage.

Earlier in the week, Rabbi David Rosen,Jerusalem-based international director ofinterreligious affairs for the AmericanJewish Committee, spoke about a new ageof interfaith relations particularly throughthe Council of the Religious Institutions ofthe Holy Land.

Established in 2005, the council facilitatesthe ongoing engagement of the leadershipand representation of the official religiousinstitutions of the Jewish, Christian andMuslim faith communities in the Holy Land.

Towards the end of the pilgrimage,Kronish of the Interreligious CoordinatingCouncil in Israel echoed much of whatRosen had said. “The 1990s was a periodof high hopes for peace, but since 2000the situation has been deteriorating,” he said,noting that the last significant peaceagreement between Israeli and Palestiniansleaders was the Wye River Memorandumin 1998.

The greatest obstacles to peace arepolitical despair. Nobody feels like there isa resolution in sight,” he said.

“Where we have found hope is workingwith youth, young adults, women, withreligious leaders at the grassroots levels,with educators, with the people who aredoing hard educational and spiritual workin the trenches and not in the political arena.”

Gutow, reflecting on the pilgrimage said:“We must stand with those who can bothunderstand and speak with integrity aboutthe differing narratives of the regular peoplewho make their homes there. We mustprovide them with the platforms and thefinancial support and the validation theyneed to succeed.

“The job of our pilgrimage is to serve asan interfaith witness to the truths of bothsides and to help the good and kind peoplewho dwell there find the peace andwholeness and calm they so desire and sodeserve.”

– Matthew Davies is an editor/reporterfor the Episcopal News Service.”Thearticle has been edited for length,

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Do you know where this bit ofcolored glass is in our church? I

really noticed it for the first time acouple of weeks ago. It had remainedhidden to me probably because I tendto sit in the same place week by week.However, there was a worship servicenot so long ago when I sat somewheredifferent. Perhaps it was the light thatwas just right that meant I saw thissplash of color that I hadn't noticedbefore. It reminded me that someonehad worked on designing this windowto the glory of God, even though formost of the time the handiwork is notnoticed or commented on. It mademe think about how easy it is to sit inthe same place week by week, to feelcomfortable with the same routine dayby day, to be happy to greet the samepeople, and so on ... and withoutrealizing it to miss out on seeing a newbit of the glory of God. What do youthink about sitting somewheredifferent to discover something newabout God?

--Louise Stover

Presiding Bishop JeffertsSchori: On Healing andWholeness

By Public Affairs Office of TheEpiscopal Church

Healing is the primary work of people offaith and the communities of which theyare a part. Christians, as disciples of Onewho came to save (rescue, heal, makewhole) the world and its inhabitants, seekto heal their relationships with one anotherand with all that is.

Episcopalians believe this is God’s missionand we are its ministers or servants. Weare meant to seek to repair what is breachedand broken, to stitch up what is torn, toheal what is sick, to release what isimprisoned and oppressed, to comfort thedying, to encourage the ignored, forlorn,and grieving. Our life finds meaning inresponding to the cries around us and withinus, as individuals in community. We followOne who was himself vilified, tortured,and finally executed for proclaiming thepossibility of reconciled relationships incommunities divided by poverty, violence,and religion.

The tragic death of Thomas Palermochallenges us all to attend to the work ofhealing. We cannot restore what is past,but we can seek reconciliation andwholeness for all who have been affected– the Palermo family, Heather Cook, thebiking community and others in Baltimore,the Diocese of Maryland, bystanders andonlookers who have witnessed any of thesetraumatic events.

We begin in prayer – lament and wailingat loss and at human frailty. We continue inprayer – for succor and comfort, forcompassion, for transformation andhealing. Episcopalians worship a God whocame among us in fragile human flesh andsuffered pain and death at the hands ofother human beings. We understand hisresurrection to mean that death does nothave the final word – and that healing andwholeness transcend the grave. Thathealing is never quick or easy, it does not“fix” what has already happened, but it doesbegin to let hope grow again.

Our task is that hard work of healing. Itrequires vulnerability to the pain of allinvolved – victims, transgressors,onlookers, friends and families andcoworkers and emergency responders andcommunity members. A violent death oftendivides communities, yet ultimately healingrequires us all to lower our defenses enoughto let others minister to us, to hear another’spain and grief, to share our own devastation,

and indeed to look for the possibility of anew and different future. Healing also comesthrough a sense of restored order, which isthe role of processes of accountability.

Healing requires hope for a redeemedfuture for the Palermo family as well asHeather Cook. Many have been changedby this death, yet their lives are not ended.They can be healed and transformed, eventhough the path be long and hard. Our workis to walk that path in solidarity with allwho grieve and mourn. May we praywith the psalmist, “Yea, even though I walkthrough the valley of the shadow of death,you are with me.” May we also be thatcompanioning presence, the image of Godin the flesh, for those who walk throughthat valley.

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop and PrimateThe Episcopal Church

The Archbishop of Canterbury metrevently with new bishops of the AnglicanCommunion at Lambeth Palace,

The bishops came from all over theworld, including Kenya, Nigeria and theChurch of England. Two new femalebishops from the Anglican Church ofSouthern Africa were also in attendance.

Their visit to Lambeth Palace to meetwith Archbishop Justin Welby and hiswife, Caroline, was part of the annualCanterbury Cathedral Course for newAnglican bishops.

The Archbishop spoke to the newbishops about the Anglican Communionand how he saw its future. He based histalk on his visits to the 37 Provinces ofthe Communion, and spoke of his hopesfor the worldwide Church, which he saidis primarily "a church of the poor for thepoor".

Mrs Caroline Welby also spoke abouther own impressions of the visits sheundertook with the Archbishop, and onthe calling that spouses have alongsidebishops.

The Archbishop answered questions andspoke of his role as Archbishop, and as abishop of the importance of "proclaimingthe good news of Jesus Christ", beforechatting informally with the bishops overtea.

Later the bishops joined the Archbishopfor Evening Prayer in the Crypt Chapel atLambeth Palace.

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WINTER INJERUSALEM: CANTHERE BE PEACE?

By The Rev’d Canon Malcolm Boyd

In the winter of 1972 I was invited tolive as a guest of Mishkenot Sha’ananinin the legendary city of Jerusalem. Itproved to be a rare opportunity toengage in a dialogue with Israeli andPalestinian writers and artists involvedin a search for peace. “It is tragic that,in effect, Arabs and Jews are in theAlamo now killing each other,” was anoft-heard remark.

The wife of an Arab scholar told me:“I’m still tense when I talk to a Jew. Ican’t accept any real relationship withIsrael. But I’m not against them ashuman beings.”

In the midst of this dialogue came afew prophetic words from Israeli writerAmos Oz. He said, “If an occupationshould continue, it would bring about acorruption of Israeli society. You cannothave a double standard, with first-classcitizens and second-class ones.

“If a blow-up occurs in 25 years, itwill come from my son.”

Someone else involved in thisscenario was Teddy Kollek, who wasthe legendary mayor of Jerusalem formany years. Teddy often rode in Israeligarbage trucks with Arab workers, toshow solidarity with them. This iswhere we first made our acquaintance.I engaged in a lot of solitary walking inJerusalem, and he would stop and talkto me. Often we met and talked at theGarden of Gethsemane.

After I returned to the United States,Teddy and I continued to correspond.In 1983, he wrote, “How good it washearing from you about your writer-priest activities. Surely better than mymayor-garbage collector." Kind wordsfrom my friend!

Teddy Kollek seems to have been athis prophetic best when he came toJerusalem. “The only city that may becompared to Jerusalem is Montreal,”he once said. “There you have theFrench and the English, and neitherintends to become the other. Here wehave no intention of making a goulash.Arabs will remain Arabs, and Jews,Jews. Neither wants assimilation. We

do not wish to let the dividing linesvanish. You will find the samesituation here in a hundred years.People want to stick to their roots.This is a positive and not a negativething.”

Americans are able tocomprehend this situation becauseof the its traditional melting-potmentality, but does that apply here?The American notion of “e pluribusunum” has recently come undersharp attack from many quarters.Ethnic and social groups in the U.S.now take new pats in theirdifferences, origins and variedsocial aspirations. This has radicallyaltered the makeup of Americansociety. I wonder sometimes:should our mayors consider ridingon garbage trucks?

The Rev’d Boyd is s priest in theDiocese of Los Angeles. See page3 for more about peace in theHoly Land.