Sunday September 7
A Big Day!
Lots happening.
Louise Macatee Begins her Ministry Study Year: Sunday September 7
Last month 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.
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. Catechist Georgie McAdams would like to meet with the Parents and Children of the Level 1 atrium in the Parish Hall Living Room at 10:00 a.m. This will help everyone get oriented to the atrium and get the Level 1 off to a smooth start
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.
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 are in alphabetical order and will be on the table outside Church for the next two weeks. You can pick up your invitation before or after church and do your RSVP at the same time. Or you can take the invitation home and mail the RSVP card back.
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.
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.
Emmaus Road Monday September 8, 7:00 p.m.
Emmaus Road will meet Monday September 8.
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
On the Food for Thought Table this Sunday two interesting articles that talk about the discipline of self regulation. The first one is a reprise of an article put out last Sunday that was scooped up after the 7:45 service. It was in last Friday’s New York Times, and was by columnist David Brooks. The article is entitled: The Mental Virtues and it was about cultivating habits of the mind that lead to good character. The second article is from the current issue of Pacific Standard, and is entitled, A Feeling of Control. This article looks at the issue of what’s involved in food, drink, and other pleasures. The key to this turns out not to be will power, but rather having a sense of gratitude, as well as compassion and empathy. These articles are both worth pondering.
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