September 11, 17th 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 Version

Prayers for the Anniversary of the attacks of 9/11

Prayers for the observance of 9/11

For our enemies

Most merciful and loving Father, which hatest not any of the things which thou has made, but sufferest them and bearest with men’s misdoings, winking at them to provoke them to repentance:  We beseech thee most humbly, even with our hearts, to pour out upon our enemies with bountiful hands whatsoever things thou knowest may do them good, and chiefly a sound and uncorrupt mind, wherethrough they may know thee and seek thee in true charity and with their whole heart, and love us, thy children for thy sake.  Destroy them not, O Father, for their hatred towards us, but save them at our entreatance for them.  Amen.  

From the Elizabethan Prayer Book   1559

For those who have given their lives in the service of our country

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, in whose hands are the living and the dead:  We give you thanks for all your servants who have laid down their lives in the service of our country.  Grant to them your mercy and the light of your presence; and give us such a lively sense of your righteous will, that the work which you began in them may be perfected; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen. 

From the Book of Common Prayer 1979

Parents and Children Barbecue  Saturday, September 10 4:30 p.m. at the Rectory

Our end of Summer barbecue for Parents and Children will happen the second Saturday of September.  We’ll do the usual drill of Fr. Bob and Tracy providing the hamburgers and hot dogs and participants bringing appetizers, drinks, salads and desserts. 

Some Sunday Needs for September 4

We could use some help.

 Coffee hour.   Coffee Hour host for 10:15.   We welcome any volunteers.

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:

We have yet to choose a new book to read.  So to start off we will be reading an article from the recent Harper’s called, “The Watchmen, What Became of the Christian Intellectuals.”  It will be out on the Food For Thought Table on Sunday.  You can access it online at

http://www.albertmohler.com/2016/08/22/christian-intellectual/

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.” 

 We’ll be discussing this at Emmaus Road on Monday September 12.  You can also access the article online at the address above.

Pondering Miracles, Medical and Religious

This article was from Tuesday’s New York Times.  Jacalyn Duffin, a hematologist and historian at Queen’s University in Canada, and self proclaimed atheist recounts her experience of giving testimony at a Vatican Tribunal considering whether or not to declare a certain person a saint.   She wasn’t asked to confirm a miracle of healing, but whether the best science possible could provide any natural explanation for the phenomena.   She writes, “The Church finds no incompatibility between scientific medicine and religious faith.”  “Physicians as non partisan witnesses and unaligned third parties are necessary to corroborate the claims of hopeful postulant.  I never expected such reverse skepticism and emphasis on science within the Church.”   It is a very interesting piece. 

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.

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.