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
Music with the Angels:
April 10, 2016, 4 p.m. -- Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble. Love is in the Ayres.
An exploration of a multi-faceted topic and in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the death of of William Shakespeare. Harriet Fraser, soprano; Jon Lee Keenan, tenor; Jason Yoshida, lute/theorbo; Preethi de Silva, fortepiano. More information at the Con Gioia website.
Anglican Rosary: Anglican Rosary: Saturday, March 9, 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 resumes it’s reading of Marilynne Robinson’s book, The Giveness of Things, on Monday, April 11. , in the Parish Hall Living Room. Anyone is welcome to join in. The book is readily available at Vroman’s in Pasadena. For Monday April 11 we will read chapter 10,
The Land Use Committee
Back in Lent we had a visit from Joe Costa, Executive Director of Hillsides Home. Joe came to the 10:15 Liturgy and spoke to the congregation of the work of Hillsides and thanked us for our support of their work. Managing this relationship is a bit tricky. Hillsides makes extensive use of our land to meet its needs for parking.
Hillsides is now about to embark on a major building program. Prior to their getting approval from the City of Pasadena, a group of parishioners under the leadership of Bill Woods, met to work out conditions for their permit and engaged in serious negotiations with Hillsides with the intention of both supporting their work, and making sure that the parish’s needs were met. Because of these efforts, we came to a good agreement and were able to give support to Hillsides when it went before the city.
Now that they are about to commence the construction, members of the Land Use Committee, the Wardens, Fr. Bob and Tim Down will meet with Hillsides and their construction supervisor to work out procedures for construction mitigation and coordinate their activities with ours such as movie shoots and being a polling place among other things. We anticipate a good discussion and an amicable relationship that will enable us to not step on each other’s toes, at least too much.
Deanery 5 Clergy Lunch and Meeting: Tuesday, April 12, 12:00 Parish Hall
Speaking of elections as we mentioned in the above article, Fr. Michael Bamberger, Rector of Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre for got he had a city election on April 12. He was to
originally host the monthly meeting of Episcopal Clergy in Deanery 5, that is the West San Gabriel Valley. So in desperation he called Fr. Bob, and so the clergy will gather here next Tuesday for lunch and discussion.
Das Boot Nursery Upgrade
Thanks to Gisa Nico, we are in the process of upgrading the Nursery in the basement. As always happens in churches, stuff “collects.” Over time a lot of stuff has collected downstairs and a lot of that stuff has outlived its usefulness. Gisa has found us some new toys that will help the children make the transition from the nursery to the Atrium. We’ve gotten a new table and chairs for the children and have cleaned and restocked the changing table. In addition we’ve gotten a special rug that the children can play on. It will be kept rolled up and only laid out on Sunday so that the children’s play surface has not been walked on by adults leaving what their shoes picked up. We’ve had the carpet cleaned and as we said last week, the stains have been removed. We’ve also dry cleaned the drapes that are used to close off the brides from people wanting to use the restroom before weddings. It looks good.
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
Music with the Angels:
April 10, 2016, 4 p.m. -- Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble. Love is in the Ayres.
An exploration of a multi-faceted topic and in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the death of of William Shakespeare. Harriet Fraser, soprano; Jon Lee Keenan, tenor; Jason Yoshida, lute/theorbo; Preethi de Silva, fortepiano. More information at the Con Gioia website.
Anglican Rosary: Anglican Rosary: Saturday, March 9, 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 resumes it’s reading of Marilynne Robinson’s book, The Giveness of Things, on Monday, April 11. , in the Parish Hall Living Room. Anyone is welcome to join in. The book is readily available at Vroman’s in Pasadena. For Monday April 11 we will read chapter 10,
The Land Use Committee
Back in Lent we had a visit from Joe Costa, Executive Director of Hillsides Home. Joe came to the 10:15 Liturgy and spoke to the congregation of the work of Hillsides and thanked us for our support of their work. Managing this relationship is a bit tricky. Hillsides makes extensive use of our land to meet its needs for parking.
Hillsides is now about to embark on a major building program. Prior to their getting approval from the City of Pasadena, a group of parishioners under the leadership of Bill Woods, met to work out conditions for their permit and engaged in serious negotiations with Hillsides with the intention of both supporting their work, and making sure that the parish’s needs were met. Because of these efforts, we came to a good agreement and were able to give support to Hillsides when it went before the city.
Now that they are about to commence the construction, members of the Land Use Committee, the Wardens, Fr. Bob and Tim Down will meet with Hillsides and their construction supervisor to work out procedures for construction mitigation and coordinate their activities with ours such as movie shoots and being a polling place among other things. We anticipate a good discussion and an amicable relationship that will enable us to not step on each other’s toes, at least too much.
Deanery 5 Clergy Lunch and Meeting: Tuesday, April 12, 12:00 Parish Hall
Speaking of elections as we mentioned in the above article, Fr. Michael Bamberger, Rector of Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre for got he had a city election on April 12. He was to
originally host the monthly meeting of Episcopal Clergy in Deanery 5, that is the West San Gabriel Valley. So in desperation he called Fr. Bob, and so the clergy will gather here next Tuesday for lunch and discussion.
Das Boot Nursery Upgrade
Thanks to Gisa Nico, we are in the process of upgrading the Nursery in the basement. As always happens in churches, stuff “collects.” Over time a lot of stuff has collected downstairs and a lot of that stuff has outlived its usefulness. Gisa has found us some new toys that will help the children make the transition from the nursery to the Atrium. We’ve gotten a new table and chairs for the children and have cleaned and restocked the changing table. In addition we’ve gotten a special rug that the children can play on. It will be kept rolled up and only laid out on Sunday so that the children’s play surface has not been walked on by adults leaving what their shoes picked up. We’ve had the carpet cleaned and as we said last week, the stains have been removed. We’ve also dry cleaned the drapes that are used to close off the brides from people wanting to use the restroom before weddings. It looks good.
Food For Thought
Do you ever wake up in the morning, open the paper with the latest news about the election and are reminded of Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes, who cried out, “It’s a mad house! A madhouse!” Besides the antics of the candidates, there is also the talking heads pontificating on terms like “conservative, liberal, libertarian, social justice, inequality” among others. What do all these terms really mean?
Well to help with that, on the Food For Thought Table this Sunday is a article from the most recent issue of The New York Review of Books, entitled, “The Enemies of Roger Scruton.” This is a review of Scruton’s latest book, Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left. Roger Scruton is a British philosopher who has taught in universities both in Britain and the US and has authored several books on conservative political and social thought.
What makes this article both interesting and informative is that in reviewing Scruton’s latest book, the article gives a survey of social and political thought from the Enlightenment to the present. Consequently we see the different nuances of the terms we throw around, like conservative, liberal, etc. It’s a good survey and might be helpful as we navigate the tangle of words that will keep coming at us until November, and probably after as well.
Food For Thought
Do you ever wake up in the morning, open the paper with the latest news about the election and are reminded of Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes, who cried out, “It’s a mad house! A madhouse!” Besides the antics of the candidates, there is also the talking heads pontificating on terms like “conservative, liberal, libertarian, social justice, inequality” among others. What do all these terms really mean?
Well to help with that, on the Food For Thought Table this Sunday is a article from the most recent issue of The New York Review of Books, entitled, “The Enemies of Roger Scruton.” This is a review of Scruton’s latest book, Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left. Roger Scruton is a British philosopher who has taught in universities both in Britain and the US and has authored several books on conservative political and social thought.
What makes this article both interesting and informative is that in reviewing Scruton’s latest book, the article gives a survey of social and political thought from the Enlightenment to the present. Consequently we see the different nuances of the terms we throw around, like conservative, liberal, etc. It’s a good survey and might be helpful as we navigate the tangle of words that will keep coming at us until November, and probably after as well.