September 18, 18th Sunday after Pentecost

 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

Outreach Committee:  Sunday, September 18, 4:30 p.m. at the Rectory

Fr. Bob and Tracy  will host a barbecue for the Outreach Committee at the Rectory, Sunday afternoon September 18.  A meeting was held early in the summer to reflect on the outreach work the parish has done in the past and to think on what we might do for the future.  Anyone is invited to participate.  An email went out to the members of the Outreach Committee, but any interested parishioner is welcome to join in.  Speak to Fr. Bob or send an email.

Sign Up Sheets

The sign up sheet for coffee hour for September and October will be on the Coffee Table this coming Sunday.  Please sign up to take a turn.

Emmaus Road:  Monday September 19, 7:00 p.m.

Beginning Monday, September 19 we will begin reading Fr. James Martin’s book Between Heaven and Mirth.  Fr. Martin has been a favorite author for the Emmaus Road Group.  We’ve read his books, The Jesuit Guide to Everything,  Jesus, and My Life with the Saints.  The book is available from Amazon.  We will read the Introduction and Chapter 1

 Below is a description

 Between Heaven and Mirth will make any reader smile. . . . Father Martin reminds us that happiness is the good God’s own goal for us.” —Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York

 From The Colbert Report’s “official chaplain” James Martin, SJ, author of the New York Times bestselling The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, comes a revolutionary look at how joy, humor, and laughter can change our lives and save our spirits. A Jesuit priest with a busy media ministry, Martin understands the intersections between spirituality and daily life.  In Between Heaven and Mirth, he uses scriptural passages, the lives of the saints, the spiritual teachings of other traditions, and his own personal reflections to show us why joy is the inevitable result of faith, because a healthy spirituality and a healthy sense of humor go hand-in-hand with God's great plan for humankind.

Food For Thought: 

The Watchmen

On the Food for Thought Table this Sunday is an amazing article in the current Harpers.  It is amazing in that it appeared in a magazine so thoroughly anti-religious, especially anti-Christian.  Lewis Lapham, the former editor had nothing good to say about faith.  Yet what I always find interesting is when an article like this appears in publications like The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, or The New Yorker.  It gives me a bit of hope because the placement of such articles assumes that well educated and informed people know about these things and are conversant with the issues.

 The article is sobering in that it outlines what we are up against in speaking in and to the culture.  We have no Reinhold Niebhurs anymore.  And the zeitgeist is captures when the article quotes the late philosopher Richard Rorty, “The theists can talk, but that doesn’t mean we have to listen.” 

Santa Maria Barbecue :

Saturday ! September 24 4:30 p.m.

Parish Hall Lawn.

Coming up Saturday, September 24 is our annual Santa Maria BBQ, for over a decade now one of our most popular and best-attended parish events.   On the Parish Hall lawn we grill tri-tip and chicken over red oak fires using a time-honored Santa Maria recipe, and add a simple salad, barbecue beans and grilled French bread.  You bring drinks and desserts and your family and friends and it all adds up to an all-you-can-eat feast of great food and great fellowship. 

Still Looking For Help:

People to Bring Drinks, Appetizers, and Desserts!

None of this happens without the many helping hands each year who do everything from purchasing to grilling, setup to cleanup.  No experience necessary!  If you'd like to be part of this year's happy crew, say so on the sign-up sheet after church, or contact coordinator Chris Askew directly at

626 200-5209  or,  christopher.askew@gmail.com.

What we need

Sign ups

Beer Wine: 

Dessert  

Set Up

Prepare Food                  Really Need  help!

Clean Up                         Really, Really, Really need help!

You can email your sign up for contributing food and helping with setup/cooking/clean up to the Church Office

Church of the Angels

Annual Parish Retreat for 2016

October 14-16, 2016

Being Together

In a Beautiful Place

The mailing has gone out for our Annual Parish Retreat coming up in October.   Our Annual Parish Retreat is an opportunity for parishioners to spend some quality time with one another, deepening our fellowship. 

There are several ways parishioners can participate.

1.  Onsite cabins staying Friday through Sunday.   This is especially good for parents and children.

 2.  Couples and singles can stay in several different lodges or bed and breakfasts in Crestline and then come into camp for the program.

3.  People can also just drive up for the day, since the camp is only an hour and fifteen minutes from COA. 

Our presenter this year is our own Kelly Brandt  Taking a cue from St. Paul’s 1st Letter to the Thessalonians where he writes, “We would not have you ignorant concerning those who have fallen asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope,  Kelly will cover the different kinds of grief in loved ones and in ourselves, how to help others through loss, healthy and unhealthy grief, and lastly, grief as a transforming gift.

  Kelly recently received her Certified Bereavement Facilitator, (CBF) certificate through Glendale Adventist Medical Center, and she will be leading a program called Reignite, a two day grief support workshop in January 2017 for women who are childless by circumstance, not by choice.

 We are very fortunate to have some one in our own parish who can help us move through this universal human experience.