Daily Scripture Readings; bookofcommonprayer.net/daily_office.php
See the different options. There is full morning and evening prayer. There is also the option of the readings only. There is also an app for receiving the daily readings by email, or on a mobile device
Sunday Scripture Readings: bookofcommonprayer.net/lectionary.php
Set it for 1979 Contemporary, and the Bible version used in Church is RSV
Parish Inreach: Assisting one another in times of need.
Last week parishioner Luc Peltier was injured in a car accident. He suffered two broken arms. You probably saw him in his casts on Sunday. Parishioners Gail Dearden and Sally Dungan have stepped in to give him some help organizing people bringing dinners, and driving his son Paul, and daughter Nova to school. Thanks so much Gail and Sally for jumping in.
Day Light Savings Time Ends This Weekend.
Set your clocks back 1 hour Saturday night
Saturday October 31
Eve of All Hallows Halloween
All Hallows is the full name for Halloween. It means All Hallows Eve, the day before All Saints Day. The fun of Halloween is an expression of the Christian faith’s conviction that Christ has vanquished all the powers of evil through his death and resurrection. You can read references to this in St. Paul’s Letters to the Ephesians and Colossians. He talks about Christ conquering all the “principalities and powers” and subduing them to the rule of the Father. So things that used to frighten people to death, ghosts etc. have been reduced by Christ’s victory to clowns and playthings. Christians have nothing to fear.
Sunday November 1
All Saints Day
Day Of
From its earliest days, the Church has recognized as its foundation stones those heroes of the faith whose lives have excited others to holiness and have assumed a communion with the Church on earth and the Church in heaven. Celebrating the Feast of All Saints began in the fourth century. At first it was observed on the Sunday after the Feast of Pentecost; this was to link the disciples who received the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the foundation of the Church, with those who were martyrs, giving their lives as witnesses for the faith. In the eighth century, a pope dedicated a chapel to All Saints in St. Peters at Rome on November 1 and within a century this day was being observed in England and Ireland as "All Saints Day."
Monday November 2
All Souls' Day
All the Faithful Departed
The commemoration of all the faithful departed (commonly known as All Souls' Day) on the day following All Saints' Day began as a monastic custom at the great abbey of Cluny. Under the influence of Abbot Odilo, who in 998 ordered its observance in Cluniac houses, the custom gradually spread until by the 13th Century it was universal throughout the Western Church. The medieval rite contained the famous sequence Dies Irae. Althought the observance did not survive the liturgical changes of the Reformation, it was restored in the proposed English 1928 Book of Common Prayer, largely in response to the huge weight of grief following the First World War. In recent years it has become increasingly customary to hold a service (either this day or at this season) for all the bereaved. In a society that has largely abandoned traditional patterns of mourning, the opportunity to express grief continues to have a valued place in the ministry of the Church in order to acknowledge the hard and painful reality of death, but "in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." In the words of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission: "The believer's pilgrimage of faith is lived out with the mutual support of all the people of God. In Christ all the faithful, both living and departed are bound together in a communion of prayer.
Our custom at COA is to combine both All Saints and All Souls on the First Sunday of November when celebrate the Sunday of All Saints
The Feast of All Saints:
Sunday, November 1
Stories of the Saints, Prayers for deceased loved ones.
This year All Saints Day actually falls on Sunday. So we will celebrate the Feast of All Saints on the day of Sunday, November 1. Once again we will have two “Saint Stories.,
Saint Stories for 2015
We have two Saint Stories this year.
St. Clare: given by Christina Ortega. St. Clare was a good friend and follower of St. Francis of Assisi. She founded a religious order for women following the charism of St. Francis.
Edward Bouverie Pusey. Given by Roberto Marquez. In the 19th Century, Pusey along with John Henry Newman and John Keble among others were responsible for the recovery of the Catholic tradition in Anglicanism. While Newman eventually converted to Roman Catholicism, Pusey and Keble remained in the Church of England. Their work and writings helped bring our Anglican Tradition to where it is today.
Prayers for our Deceased Loved Ones
We will also recite the names of those who have been buried from our parish since last All Saints Day, and as is our tradition, we will recite the names of our loved ones who have gone before us, all within the context of the Eucharistic Prayer. In the reciting of the names embedded in the Eucharistic Prayer, we not only remember those we love who’ve gone before us, but affirm our hope in their living in our Lord’s Risen life which the Eucharist makes present to us. All Saints is a profound event, of the most moving liturgies of the Church Year.
You can email names in to the Church Office. Please specify whether you want them read at the 7:45 or 10:15 a.m. service.
Anglican Rosary: Saturday, October 31, 9:00 a.m
The Anglican Rosary devotional group meets Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. in the Church. Everyone is welcome.
Emmaus Road: New Book
The Emmaus Road Group concludes its reading of Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather. We will meet for our discussion on Monday, November 2, 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall Living Room.
The Financial Page
God Works in Collaborative Ways
Church of the Angels Annual Giving for 2016
We’ve begun our Annual Giving Drive for 2016. We ask everyone to make a pledge of financial support for our parish life for the year to come. Annual Giving is one of the Four Fields of Christian Giving, the four different ways Christian people support the life and ministry of the Body of Christ, of which every baptized person is a vital and irreplaceable part.
Annual Giving: A commitment of regular financial support that sustains the parish year by year.
Mission Giving: Making financial gifts beyond the parish for building the Kingdom of God through works of mercy and assistance to those in need through Episcopal Relief and Development, the Salvation Army, Hillsides Home, or other Church or secular organizations.
Capital Giving: Giving to improve, support, or expand the Church’s infrastructure.
Legacy Giving: Making a provision for the Church in one’s estate planning so that one’s giving extends beyond their life time. This is so those who come after us may have resources to continue the Church’s life and work, just as we have had resources from legacy gifts of those who came before us. (Church of the Angels is itself a Legacy Gift)
Highlights from Bill Wood’s talk to us last Sunday
Bill Woods, who is on the Finance Committee spoke to both services last Sunday about Annual Giving. Here are the main points.
1. Inviting those who have not been regular supporters of the Parish to join us in supporting the life and work of Church of the Angels
2. Sharing his own experience of doing his best to increase his pledge each year by 10%, Bill invited regular givers to consider doing the same thing.
3. Finally, Bill said he noticed that our Treasurer Leigh Torgerson looks happy when there is money. Let’s all make Leigh happy!
Thanks Bill for your talk.
Reprise: Day of the Dead Event
Last Saturday we had our first Dia De Los Muertos event. It began with an art show with music and wine and cheese at 5:00 p.m. The concert began at 7:00 p.m. The Church was full, the music was great, and everyone had a great time. We showed off well and people were impressed with the Church. We thank Christina Ortega for organizing this event and staring in the show.
Count Down to Advent
Two thing will be on the table outside Church this Sunday which are signs of the winding down of the Church Year.
Altar Flowers for 2016
There will be a sign up Sheet for Altar Flowers for 2016 outside Church this Sunday. Please pick a Sunday (or several) Sign your name, and write in the memorial or offering. Altar Flowers are $55.00 a Sunday.
Year of Grace Calendars
The Year of Grace Calendars for the Christian Year which begins on the First Sunday of Advent, November 29, will be available for purchase on Sunday. They come in three sizes: Laminated Poster, which is great for hanging on your refrigerator door, Laminated Notebook size which is 11 x 17, and Paper Notebook size. An envelope will be available for checks and cash.
Coffee Hour Sign Up:
November and December
It is time to sign up for Coffee Hour for the months of November and December. The Sign Up Sheet will be outside Church on Sunday.
However, you can sign up from the comfort of your own home as you sit before your computer. We need volunteers for Sundays November 8, 15, & 29: 7:45 & 10:15
We need volunteers for Sundays December 6, 13, 20, & 27: 7:45 & 10:15 a.m.
Sign Up at Church or email it into the Office.
Music with the Angels
Church of the Angels will host three concerts over the months of October and November. This continues our “Music with the Angels” outreach that began as part of our 125th Anniversary. We provide a venue for various music groups who need a place to perform.
November 8, 2015, 4 p.m. -- Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble.
Music for Two Harpsichords from Paris, Dresden, Leipzig, and Riga. Preethi de Silva, Ruta Bloomfield, Stephan Moss, harpsichordists. General admission $25; discounted tickets for seniors memebers of SCEMS, EMA, AMS, and Friends of Con Gioa, students, and children. Please Visit the Con Gioia website for more details.