Praying the Anglican Rosary
Hosted by Kelly Brandt and Briony James Saturday June 13 at 9:00 a.m.
Some twelve people attended the first Anglican Rosary gathering at the Church last Saturday morning. People had a really good time and expressed a desire to continue and to meet regularly. The Anglican Rosary gathering will again take place this coming Saturday, June 13, in the Church at 9:00 a.m. If you haven’t come before, you are more than welcome. Everyone will be happy to show you how to participate.
Young Adult Barbecue: Saturday, June 13, 4:30 p.m.
A number of young adults have started attending COA. In an effort to help connect them to each other and the parish as well, Fr. Bob will host a barbecue at the Rectory on Saturday June 13. We look forward to a nice gathering and deepening fellowship.
Summer Reading; The Late History of Israel
Sunday June 14 is “Proper 6.” It is the way we number the weeks after Pentecost for moving through the Sunday and Daily Lectionary readings. It will be the Third Sunday after Pentecost. That is the title of the Sunday. The Proper is the sequence of readings and it changes depending on the date of Easter. The same thing happens with the Sundays after Epiphany. We can have as many as 9 or as few as 4 depending when Easter falls. (Hint: Usually on a Sunday!)
Once we get to Proper 6, the Daily Scripture readings settle into a pattern. In Year 1 (An odd numbered year as in 2015) The Daily Old Testament readings will be the late history of Israel. It opens with the First Book of Samuel and continues on into the time between the Old and New Testament periods with the Maccabees. We get the late history of Israel from Samuel and Saul to the later kings, (Ahab, who was named after the sea captain in Moby Dick) on to the Exile and return and then the conquest by the Greeks and the revolt. This late history is where most of the famous and familiar Bible stories come from. If you haven’t read this before, or you want to refresh your memory of some famous stories, (David and Goliath, Solomon and the two women and the baby, Ahab, Jezebel, Elijah and Elisha etc) doing the Daily Scripture readings posted in the bulletin insert each week is an easy way to do this. Consider taking it up. You’ll really enjoy it.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Level 2
June 14, Pentecost 2
During the past several months, Catechist Georgie McAdams has written articles for By Way of Reminder on what was happening in the Level 1 atrium. Over the summer Georgie will be writing about the Level 2 atrium. This will give us all an appreciation of what our catechists do and what our children experience. Her first article follows
Introduction to Level II
Welcome to Level II. It will be impossible to cover all of the material in Level II during this short summer break, but I hope to choose a few interesting ones that may enrich your understanding of how we “listen to God with children” in Level II.
The foundation of Level II (and III) is the introduction and differentiation of one God who designed one Sacred History or plan for the purpose of uniting all creation with God. This plan is progressively unfolding in three principle moments: Creation, Redemption, and Parousia. Collaborators with this plan are God (of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) and humankind. The Sacred History is written in the Holy Bible.
In The Religious Potential of the Child, part.2 Sofia Cavalletti describes biblical history as a ‘cumulative history;’ that is each event or story in the bible moves the plan forward. If viewed superficially the events appear haphazard and disconnected, but in reality are bound together by a ‘golden thread,’ which is God’s plan. Unlike other histories, this one tells how the story will end; i.e., that “God may be all in all.” (1 Cor 15:28)
We are living in the time of waiting and hope in the fulfillment of this plan. The children in the Level II atrium discover, as collaborators within God’s plan, they have a unique work to complete that will be written on the “blank page” of history, leading toward the Parousia and the fulfillment of the plan. There are a number of possibilities in the atrium that encourage the development of the child’s unique contribution.
Over the weeks of Summer I will highlight a few of the works in the Level II atrium, beginning with La Fettuccia. This is one of my favorite works in Level II. I like it for its intro-explanation on the concept of biblical time but also because I believe it shares a somewhat peaceful co-existence with science. The purpose of the work is to introduce the children to the names of the three principle moments of the Sacred History: Creation, Redemption, and Parousia. The principle material we use is made up of 162 feet of grosgrain ribbon; the following scriptures for reference - Genesis 1-2; Eph 1:3-14; 1 Cor 15:1-28; Ps 8, Luke 2:11; 24:5. It is a lengthy work, but I hope to write a suitable Reader’s Digest version for you and still make it meaningful.
. Ms. Georgie
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd “Level 4”
Last week we looked at the end of King David’s reign and the rise of his son Solomon to succeed him. We explored how this led to the development of the Wisdom Tradition in the Old Testament. Better a dry crust of bread eaten in quiet, than a sumptuous feast among fools!
Level 4 will not meet this coming Sunday, June 14.
Music with the Angels
Jouyssance Concert: The Song of Songs
Sunday, June 14, 4:00 p.m.
The evocative poetry of the Song of Solomon inspired composers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance to produce some of their most beautiful music. Enjoy songs of love from Josquin, Victoria, Palestrina, Dunstable, Guerro, and selections from the Montpeillier Codex
$25.00 General Admission
$20.00 Seniors and SCEMS members
$15.00 Students
www.jouyssance.org
Reprise: Parents and Children Barbecue Sunday June 7, 4:30 p.m.
We had a huge crowd at the Parent and Children’s Barbecue last Sunday afternoon. We hosted 23 adults and 20 children. Everyone had a great time. Thanks to everyone who came and brought food to share. We’ll do our “end of the summer “ barbecue in September
Emmaus Road: Finishing the book, beginning the summer movies.
Emmaus Road concludes its reading of The Imitation of Christ. It was a challenge to transcend the cultural distance between the Middle Ages and our own time, yet contained within it was wisdom that is of perennial relevance.
With the beginning of summer, Emmaus Road will shift its focus from books to movies. We find movies that contain religious/spiritual themes and watch them and then discuss them. It’s great fun. Monday Nights at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall Living Room.
Sunday June 28th
One Service at 9:30 a.m.
Parish Potluck Follows
Disaster Preparedness talk by Jim Goltz
Disaster Preparedness & Recover for COA.
We continue our work toward developing a Parish Recovery Plan in the event of a major disaster. The plan will cover four areas.
1. Communication with members of the parish to make sure people are alright. We will be asking parish members to supply us with contact information for people out of the area. Sometimes if local phone service is not working, long distance does. It’s important that people have an out area, out of state preferably person who can be contacted. We’ll be looking at other forms of communication by means of social media etc.
2. Continuity of Worship and Operations. This will involve what some call “Church in a Box.” That is having the accoutrements prepared to do worship either outside, or in the Parish Hall, should the Church be unusable. Fr. Michael Bamberger who is the Episcopal Relief and Development Disaster Coordinator for our diocese says that the Churches that hold worship after a disaster are the ones that recover. We intend to be one of those.
The Finance Committee will put in place procedures that enable continuity of business for our parish.
3. The Integrity of our Building. We’ve got the engineering drawings of the Church, Parish Hall, and Rectory. We will be talking to the structural engineer who worked on the Church Tower Restoration so that we can quickly evaluate the structural integrity of the building and prevent a premature closure of the building by temporary building inspectors who just want to be on the safe side. This was important for Fr. Bamberger’s Church, Ascension Sierra Madre after the Sierra Madre Earthquke.
4. Our being of assistance to the surrounding community. In all likelihood most of our outreach efforts after a disaster will be directed toward Hillsides Home. We’ll be working with them to find out their plan and their needs.
Parish Potluck for June 28
The sign up sheet for the Parish Potluck will be on the table outside Church the next two Sundays. Please sign up. Our potlucks are always fun.
Disaster Preparedness Talk by Jim Goltz
Jim recently retired from the California Office of Emergency Services. Jim is an expert in Disaster Planning and Recovery. He will be talking with us about our own personal preparedness in terms of our homes, our cars, etc. It will be practical, down-to-earth and doable.