January 31, The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

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 Revised Standard Version

Anglican Rosary:  Saturday, January 30,  9:00 a.m

The Anglican Rosary devotional group meets Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. in the Church.  Everyone is welcome.

 Emmaus Road

Emmaus Road takes a break and Will NOT Meet Mondays January 26 and February 1  It will resume its reading of Marilynne Robinson’s book, The Giveness of Things, on Monday, February 7.  , in the Parish Hall Living Room.  Anyone is welcome to join in.  The book is readily available at Vroman’s in Pasadena.  For Monday February 7,  we will read chapter 4,  “Servanthood.”

Fr. Bob’s Annual Long Retreat

On Monday, January 25, Fr. Bob will leave for his Annual Long Retreat.  This is a spiritual practice he adopted from the Jesuits and has done all the years he’s been ordained.  The retreat covers four areas:  God’s overall purpose in creation and salvation history, Sin and sinfulness personal and corporate, the life of Christ as paradigm for human choice, the Passion, and the Resurrection.  The 8 day retreat is a shortened version of the 30 day retreat that Jesuit’s make when they first enter the order, and again when they complete their training.  The 8 day retreat is a an annual exercise of reflection on, and renewal of, one’s core commitments.  There is only one other priest in the Diocese of Los Angeles who makes this kind of retreat each year:  Fr. Ed Bacon, Rector of our neighboring parish, All Saints.  Fr. Bob will return February 2. 

 Guest Celebrant and Preacher Sunday January 31

We welcome, and in real sense, welcome back Chitra Rao, now The Rev. Chitra Rao to celebrate and preach on Sunday January 31 while Fr. Bob is away on his Annual Long Retreat.  Chitra spent a year with us as a Ministry Study Year Intern in 2013-2014.  She was ordained deacon in January and priest in June of 2015.  Chitra continues her work as a chaplain in the Oncology Ward at UCLA Medical Center and assists on Sundays at Church of Our Savior in San Gabriel.  We look forward to having her with us. 

Music with the Angels  January 31, 4 p.m. –

Oboe Quartet featuring Catherine Del Russo, oboe; Marina Manukian, violin; Karie Prescott, viola; and Paula Hochhalter, cello. Music by Mozart, Britten, Argentinian tango-influenced music, and more! Suggested donation is $15.00. Find more information at Deliziaquartet.com.

Lent?  Did someone mention Lent? 

 Lent begins with Ash Wednesday:  February 10.

 The day before is Shrove Tuesday, February 9. 

 So Mark on Your Calendar:

Shrove Tuesday Dinner:  Tuesday, February 9 6:00 p.m.

Ash Wednesday Liturgy:  Wednesday February 10, 7:00 p.m.

Imposition of Ashes & Holy Eucharist

Shrove Tuesday Dinner  Tuesday February 9,  6:00 p.m.

This year we’re in a sense changing locations for our Shrove Tuesday dinner.  For the last several years, while the location of the dinner itself was in the Parish Hall, the food came from “South of the Border,” as we had Mexican Pancakes, build your own Tostadas. 

 This year, while still being in the Parish Hall we move to two places: Northern Europe and New Orleans.   Parishioner Briony James will head up the making of pancakes:  Swedish, Appalachian, and the ordinary variety.  That’s the Northern Europe part.  From New Orleans, she will prepare what she calls, “A Mean Gumbo.”

So don’t miss it.  Plan to come.  A sign up sheet will be outside Church the next three Sundays.