Hands of the Angels September 13,
The Hands of the Angels Knitting & Handicrafts group meets on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays 10:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall Living Room. Everyone is welcome to join and if you’d like, learn how to knit. The next meeting will be Saturday September 13 10:00 a.m. Parish Hall Living Room
Food For Thought: Video Version
Sundays, 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.
Outreach Committee Meeting:
Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Parish Office
Outreach Committee Meeting
The Outreach Committee will hold its first meeting on Sunday, Sept. 15th at 8:45 am in Father Bob’s office. Open to any interested parishioner, the parish has given a suggested donation of $1.00 a working adult from the coffee hour and has tithed the income from movies (10%) to help fund outreach requests. The committee has been working on guidelines developed many years ago. They will look at these guidelines and our funding sources and begin to make suggestions about our current interests and needs. Please come if you have an interest in this important branch of our Christian tradition.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Taste and see that the Lord is good. Ps 34:8
In the CGS Level I atrium that is what we did this past Sunday. We gathered for a brief welcome snack, introductions, and then opened the atrium which had been at rest since June. For one, it was like seeing an old friend. For another, it was like a walk in a garden of possibilities.
We learned how to walk and speak in our garden sanctuary, lift up chairs, and address each other with respect. We visited the different areas of the atrium which include: the altar, flower arranging, baptism, preparation of the Eucharist, exploring liturgical colors, practical life for preparation for prayer enrichment, art materials for reflecting more about the atrium, kingdom parables, infancy narrative material, where Jesus lived, who Jesus is as the Good Shepherd, and the prayer table with the images of the Good Shepherd, a candle and Bible on top of a prayer cloth that reflects the color of the season. We saw a lot that is good: an old friend, a garden of possibilities.
Over the next few weeks, we will be working on personal space awareness, respect for others, restoration of materials to their proper place when finished, concentration work to for prayer preparation, to “be still” (Ps 46:10). This next Sunday, we will reintroduce the atrium to those children who could not make it this week. Then, they will have a choice to work with the material that was shown to them.
It is an honor to be in the presence of God with His children working on their relationship in the atrium.
A friendly reminder: please note the Level I atrium begins promptly at 10:00 am and remains open until just before the Eucharist in the main sanctuary.
Have a great week!
Ms. Georgie
Parent and Children Barbecue:
We had a smaller but wonderful gathering of Parents and Children at the Rectory last Sunday afternoon. Thanks everyone who came.
Emmaus Road Monday September 15, 7:00 p.m.
Emmaus Road resumes it’s reading of the book, Jesus, by James Martin S.J. We took a break from the book early in the summer to watch movies. Now the book discussion resumes. This week’s chapters will be 18 & 19, “Bethany” which looks at the raising of Lazarus, and “Jerusalem” which deals with Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week.
Our Final Celebration for our 125th Year.
Evensong and Parish Dinner
Sunday, September 28, 4:30 p.m.
We will close out our 125th Year with a special Evensong and Parish Dinner on Sunday September 28. This is one day before St. Michael and All Angels Day which is September 29 and was the day in 1889 when the construction of Church of the Angels was completed.
Evensong: Evening Prayer from The Book of Common Prayer set to music is one of the unique contributions to Christian Worship by the Anglican Tradition. Many of you have traveled to England and participated in Evensong liturgies in the different cathedrals and you know how wonderful it is.
We will do a special Evensong and our Choir will be joined by Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble. Jouyssance holds concerts here three times a year. It will be a wonderful service.
Dedication of the Organ and the Lytch Gate Thanks to the generosity of two parish families, we accomplished two major capital tasks in our 125th year. We completely restored the Roosevelt Organ and we reconstructed and the Lytch Gate so that it now has a slate roof to match the Church. The Lytch Gate was built in the 1950’s. So both the Organ and the Lytch Gate are set to last another 125 years.
Parish Dinner: Following the Evensong we’ll gather on the Church patio for a toast to celebrate our 125 years and hopes for our future. Then we’ll go to the patio behind the Parish Hall for an all Parish Dinner. It will be a nice setting.
Details:
Invitations: We’ve taken the current mailing list and prepared invitations for everyone on it. The invitations were on the table outside Church the last three weeks. Those that have not been picked up have been mailed out.
Why the RSVP is Important: We all know about “Californian Casual,” however we have two goals we’d like to attain. We are keeping the price low so everyone can participate. The actual cost comes to about $100.00 per person. The parish is picking up the added cost. We would like to not over-buy the food, an accurate count will prevent that.
Please send in your Card and Checks so we can keep everything straight.
If You Are New to the Parish: There are blank invitations in the box. Please pick one up and join us.
In Conclusion We are looking forward to a wonderful event. If the wine tasting event is any indication, we can see that we are in for a very good time. So please pick up your invitations and mail back the RSVP
Coffee Hour Sign Up
The Sign up Sheet for Coffee Hour for September and October will be on coffee table this Sunday.
Food For Thought
On the Food For Thought table this Sunday, two articles that relate to the Science and Religion DVD from The Teaching Company that is being shown at 9:00 a.m. Sunday mornings in the Parish Hall Living Room.
From the Journal of the Virginia Theological Seminary (Episcopal Seminary in Virginia) an article entitled Lies, Damned Lies, and Theology. It is written by Bishop Richard Cheetham who is Bishop of Kinston in the Diocese of Suthwark, England. Bishop Cheetham has a degree in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford University and he gives a survey of the relationship of science and religion through history.
From the magazine, Philosophy Now, Away with Scientism. The article is by Ian James Kidd who is a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Philosophy at Durham University. He argues against the idea held by some in the scientific community that science itself is the only means of ascertaining truth. Forget about the humanities. Stephen Hawking announced recently that “Philosophy is dead.” However the article shows well, not quite yet.
Music with the Angels: Con Goia Concert
Sunday, October 12, 4:00 p.m.
Con Gioia, directed by Preethi de Silva, acclaimed expert on the performance of the keyboard music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) will present a concert of chamber music and solo keyboard and orchestral works by the composer from the 1760s in Berlin until his death in Hamburg in 1788. The title of this concert is Focus on Hamburg: Music for “Connoisseurs and Amateurs.”
Ticket Prices: General Admission: $25.00
Seniors $20.00
Students with ID $15.00
Annual Parish Retreat: October 17-19 Camp Thousand Pines, Crestline.
What are God's hopes for my life? What would God enjoy seeing me become? What kind of fulfillment would God like to see me experience? How can I come to know this?
These questions can be summed up under the heading of "vocation." Vocation literally means "call." While we might first hear this word in terms of God's will, God's command, God's direction, what if instead it was really about invitation? Instead of "I command you to do this, this is my will for you," it was, "I'd like to invite you to consider this path, see if you feel drawn to it, and if so, begin to walk on it"?
Who am I in the sight of God, and what does God hope for me and the life he has bestowed?
This will be the topic for this year's Annual Parish Retreat. Fr. Bob will make use of various parts of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola as guides for how we might reflect on these questions for ourselves and how we can begin to hear God's invitation and respond to it. The goal is for each of us to acquire a frame of reference from which we think about, understand, pray over, and then decide how to go about finding and fulfilling the end for which we are created
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