August 24, 11th Sunday after Pentecost
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 10:16AM 125 Anniversary Activity
Church of the Angels Wine Tasting and Architectural Tour
Saturday, August 23, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Our next activity to celebrate our 125th Anniversary will be a afternoon of tasting wine and exploring, admiring, and understanding the architecture of our church.
Dwight and April Bond have arranged for San Antonio Winery to bring a variety of wines for us to taste. The wines offered for tasting will be:
Maddelena Pinot Grigio, white Monterrey
Heritage White, dry white
Madellena Red Zinfindel, Rose, Paso Robles
Madellena Pinot Noir – Red, Monterrey
Moscato di Asti – Italy.
In addition, the San Antonio Winery is creating special label for Church of the Angel’s 125th Anniversary. The special label wine will be Maddelena Pinot Grigio – White. This is will be a fund raising activity and the Church of the Angels special label wine will sell for $25.00 per bottle. These will be available at the event
We hope that all of you will attend. We would also like you to invite friends and family for a very fun activity.
April and Dwight sent out an paperless Evite to the parish email list awhile back. Don’t put it in your Spam file, but come and enjoy a great time.
Emmaus Road Monday August 18, 7:00 p.m.
Emmaus Road continues its summer activity of viewing movies with religious themes. This Monday’s movie will be a surprise. It will be either, Dead Poet’s Society, Do the Right Thing, or Shindler’s List.
Good Help is Actually Not So Hard to Find.
Last week we had some news from Deacon Chitra Rao. Chitra started her life at COA as a Ministry Study Year person. This is a part of the ordination process whereby one seeking ordination is embedded in a different parish than their own in order to observe and participate in the life and tasks of parish ministry. Chitra is now a deacon and she plans to hang out with us for the time being.
Having had a positive experience the Commission on Ministry has assigned a new person to Church of the Angels for a Ministry Study Year for 2014-2015. Her name is Louise Macatee and she is Director of Counseling at Campbell Hall, the Episcopal High School in North Hollywood. Louise is being sponsored for ordination by Campbell Hall. Here is some information about her.
An LA native, Louise Macatee grew up in the San Fernando Valley and attended UCLA, where she earned a BA in English. Her first teaching job was at all-girl Argyll Episcopal Academy, now Campbell Hall High School. During her long career at Campbell Hall, Louise has taught high school English, served seven years as K - 12 chaplain, acted as Director of Parent Education, and for the last 21 years has held the position of Director of Counseling. She has Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Fuller Seminary, as well as an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. She is currently a postulant for the priesthood in this diocese. Louise has one child, Jordan, who has just started his freshman year at St. Genevieve High School in Panorama City.
Louise will begin with us on September 7. We look forward to having her and we’ll show her a good time.
Coffee Hour Sign Up
The Sign up Sheet for Coffee Hour for September and October will be on coffee table this Sunday. From the calendar you can see we have some Sundays open in August. We thank our new parishioners, Adrian and Jacqueline Beltran for jumping in several times this summer. Also thank you to Raheleh and Raffi, who will be married here on August 30 for jumping in this Sunday.
Food For Thought: Video Version
Sunday, September 7, 9:00 a.m.
Starting Sunday September 7, we’ll offer a video course on Science and Religion. This is a course from The Teaching Company which makes videos of lectures from outstanding college professors. The lectures are a half hour in length and the presenters are very good. You wouldn’t find yourself nodding off in their class even if it was after lunch!
This video series is titled, Science and Religion. It is twelve lectures, 30 minutes each. The lecturer is Dr. Lawrence Principe: Professor of History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, and professor of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. For Professor Principe, what he calls, “The Warfare Thesis” as a paradigm for thinking of science and religion is false. He will walk us through the history of the development of science and theology as disciplines of inquiry seeking truth and show their assumptions, methods, and how they fit together. There will be time for discussion following the video. Everyone is welcome to attend any or all.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd to begin:
Sunday, September 7.
Being Post-Labor Day, we hope everyone will be back from summer trips. This seems like a good day to open the Atriums and begin the Catechesis again. We’ll make it a full welcome back with …(see below)
Parent and Children Barbecue:
Sunday, September 7, 4:30 p.m. at the Rectory
Fr. Bob and Tracy will host a cook out at the Rectory for all the parents and children of the parish. They do this at both the beginning and the end of the summer. It is a chance for everyone to connect and enjoy each other’s company while engaged in the most difficult and important work any of us ever does. A notice went out to the parents this week. More details will follow as we get closer.
Looking Further Ahead
All Parish Evensong and Dinner
Sunday, September 28, 4:30 p.m.
Plan to attend a special event to conclude our 125h Anniversary celebrations. This event will be a service of Evensong, followed by a Parish Dinner. September 28 is the day before St. Michael and All Angels Day, September 29. It was on St. Michael and All Angels Day in 1889 that the construction of Church of the Angels, begun Easter Eve of that year, was finished.
We will celebrate this by having a service of Evensong. Church of the Angels choir will be joined by the Early Music Group Jouyssance to lead the service. Jouyssance holds three concerts a year at Church of the Angels and also holds their rehearsals here.
Following the Evensong will be a dinner on the patio behind the Parish Hall. This dinner will be catered. More details and invitations will follow shortly. Put it down on your calendar. We hope the entire parish will participate.
Annual Parish Retreat
October 17-19 Camp Thousand Pines, Crestline.
This will be our fourth year at this site. We’ve had wonderful times here. Participation can happen in several ways. One can stay the weekend at Camp Thousand Pines. This is especially good for families with children. There is lodging in nearby Crestline as well, and people can come on the site for the program and activities. Third, the Crestline is only an hour and a half away and people can easily drive up for the day on Saturday. The Retreat is especially good for new people to get to know parishioners better.
Allen Woolery has some pictures that people can see to get a sense of things. Check the link below.
Photos:
https://churchoftheangelsretreat.shutterfly.com/pictures/5
Short Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDDq_E0gSlM