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JUNE 21, 2 0 0 9
THE NEWSLETTER OF ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
VOLUM E X V lI N U M B E R 25
Happy Father’s Day
Some Thoughts from a New Father
from JoN NEff, CoVENANT iii LEADEr
M
y introduction to fatherhood came ceived an avalanche of gifts from family and
when I tried to install an infant car friends: pacifiers, towels, bibs, and enough
seat in the back of our 2001 Co- blankets to open a trading post. And, oh my
General rolla. When our social worker told us that she gosh, the Girl Clothes. People LOVE to buy
Convention might have a baby for adoption, it seemed un- Girl Clothes. A steady stream of visitors helped
of the real. When she called us two weeks later and us take care of Rosalie. God bless those who
help new parents, es-
told us to come to the
Episcopal hospital, and don’t for- pecially those who
Church get an infant car seat, it bring food.
July 8 - 17 became very real. So I I am amazed at
this outpouring of
Anaheim ran to Target, bought a
car seat, and spent the generosity. This is
Convention next two hours trying very meaningful to
Center to install it. I discov- Susan and me, since
For more informa-
ered two things about our families live so
tion please see the
All Saints website at fatherhood that day: it far away. It really
allsaints-pas.org is hard work, and it is does take a village
even harder when you to raise a child, and
Summer Choir have to do it on your our village is rallying
Begins in Two own. around us in ways
Weeks!!
July 5 marks the beginning of Fortunately, we we never expected. I
this exciting adventure that were not on our own Jon and Rosalie wish that I had done
continues through Septem- for very long. The nurses at the hospital were more to help new parents, since so many have
ber 6. All tuneful voices are
welcome to sing any or all of great, showing us overeducated, overaged par- done so much for us. I can never pay it back,
the Sundays. Simply come to ents how to feed, diaper, and soothe little Rosa- but that’s okay. As the Bible says, we drink
the Choir room (downstairs lie. Our social worker walked us through the from wells we did not dig and eat from trees we
in regas House) promptly at
10:00 a.m. to prepare for the mountains of paperwork. The All Saints com- did not plant. Our responsibility is to pay it for-
11:15 a.m. service. for more munity prayed for us while we waited a week ward, to pass on the knowledge and resources
information call melissa (a week!) for Rosalie’s jaundice to go away. that we have received to those who come after
Hayes in the Music Office,
626.583.2725 or mhayes@ Once we finally got our baby home, we re- us. That’s what keeps life going.
allsaints-pas.org.
Sunday
JUNE 21, 2009
eUCHARIST AT 7:30, 9:00, 11:15
A.m. And 1 p.m.
The rector will preach on Peace
T H I R D S U N D AY A F T E R P E N T E C O S T
Versus Pride at 7:30, 9:00 and 11:15
A dULTS AT 10:15 FOR CHILdRen a.m. The Rev. Abel Lopez will preach
at the 1 p.m. Spanish-English service.
RECTOR’S FORUM preschool (ages 2–4), SCOTT HALL
9:00 infant and Child Care with Bible Stories At 9 and 11:15 a.m., Canter-
Excusing Torture in the Name of 10:30 Rooms 2 and 3: Summer Sunday School bury Choir offers The Lord Is
National Security My Light and My Salvation by Bill
with John Dean Grade School (K–5), LeARnInG CenTeR Cunliffe and Set Me as a Seal
from the vantage point of many years’ experience in 9:00 Children’s Chapel: Children go to church Upon Your Heart by rene Clausen.
with their parents, leave after the Gospel,
Washington, John Dean examines President obama’s
and return before the offering.
about-face regarding the prosecution of individuals who 10:15 Grades K—5: Summer Sunday School SUndAY’S SCRIpTUReS
committed war crimes over the past eight years. The Job 38:1-11
President’s decision not to release incriminating photos 11:15 Children’s Chapel: Children go to church 2 Corinthians 6:1-13
shortly after saying that he would relates to the huge with their parents, leave after the Gospel, Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32
shift between the presidency and the national security and return before the offering. mark 4:35-41
bureaucracy which occurred during the Bush administra- F O R YOUTH, JR. HIGH And HIGH SCHOOL
tion. in an unprecedented move, Vice President Cheney 10:15–11:00 JR. HIGH & SR. HIGH SCHOOL
bypassed the professionals and created his own National Summer Sunday School The Next “Second Saturday” Celebration
Security Council, placing personal emissaries throughout is Saturday, July 12, at 5 p.m.
the national security structure to control it. According to JUnIOR And SenIOR HIGH ROOmS Join us for a fabulous, family-friendly, informal
eucharist. Come Saturday, July 12, at 5 p.m. in
Dean, Cheney’s style of leadership resulted in a bat- the Learning Center
tered-by-the-White-House feeling, which is now creating
a climate of suspicion for the new commander in chief.
How is President obama to proceed at this point? Dean
suggests answers to this and many other questions this Join Us On The All Saints on the bus, ETA 10:00pm.
We hope you can join us on this
Sunday in the forum. former White House counsel to
President Nixon and best selling author, Dean writes a
Saints Fieldtrip To fabulous fieldtrip to General Conven-
tion and the Integrity Eucharist on July
bi-weekly column for findLaw. Copies of his books will General Convention! 10. Bus sign ups will be available on
A
be available. Forum ll Saints will be visiting the Na- the lawn on Sundays at the GALAS
tional Church’s General Con- table and at the General Convention
Farm Worker Ministry vention in Anaheim on Friday, Table. Contact Norma Sigmund at
with leaders of local United Farm July 10. 626.583.2734 for bus reservations or
Workers We will gather here at the Church more information.
Current efforts in the labor justice movement, and how about 12:45 p.m. and leave together at
we can influence the enforcement of labor laws and
practices in our own home state. Sweetland Hall
1:00 p.m.. We have a comfy, no-stress A Healing and
charter bus. Contributions of $10.00
will be appreciated for the round trip Wholeness Service
Y
Transformational Journeys: bus extravaganza; no one will be left ou can be healed without being
Middle East behind due to a lack of funds. cured and cured without being
with Randy & Doni Heyn-Lamb We will arrive at the Convention at made whole. During General
Guild Room around 2:30 p.m. and will enjoy the ex- Convention, please join us on Mon-
hibit hall (also a ten dollar admission day, July 13, at 7 p.m. at St. Michael’s
for the day, no exceptions on this one- Episcopal Church, 311 West South
out of our hands!), have a bite to eat St., Anaheim 92805, for this special
and then attend The Integrity Eucha- service which includes extemporane-
rist at 6:30 p.m. at the Anaheim Hilton ous prayers, Holy Oil anointing and
Ballroom. Integrity Eucharist is a high- Prayer-shawl blessings. All are wel-
light of each general convention and come. The Rev. Zelda Kennedy will be
this year will feature the music of our officiant and homilist. St. Michael’s is
own Canterbury and Coventry Choirs only two miles from the Anaheim Con-
led by James Walker. vention Center, and there is parking at
Barbara Harris, the first woman or- the church. This is sponsored by the
Memorial flowers are a beautiful way to remember a loved one, dained Bishop in the Episcopal Church Los Angeles Diocese Program Group
celebrate a special event, or to give thanks for someone who will preach, and Gene Robinson will On Disability (PGOD). For more infor-
has touched your life. To donate flowers for the altars, please celebrate. After Eucharist we will at- mation please contact Karen Robles at
call 626.796.1172 tend a reception and then return to All Karen_isnow@hotmail.com.
music and Faith:
The Sacredness Of Food
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Variations on a Theme + Lunch o many of us, June means summer vacation. But to the poor on our doorstep, June is
on Sunday, June 28, All Saints Staff Lori Kizzia (Peace just more blank squares on the calendar. Hunger doesn’t take a vacation.
& Justice) and Christina Honchell (Parish Administra- Every Monday morning all summer long, hungry men and women will continue
tor), both avid music fans, will share their faith journey, to show up outside the church office waiting for the Food Ministry to open its door and
their love of music and how it inspires and moves their offer them something to eat for the day.
hearts. Keyboardist russell ferrante and trio will accom- Each guest is welcomed into the office and greeted by
pany them. Luncheon, drinks, and socializing will begin a volunteer. Diane Williams appears with a warm smile
and a paper sack of food -- typically a sandwich, a boiled
at 12:30 p.m. in Sweetland Hall followed by this original
egg, a juice drink, fresh fruit and a cereal bar. Some will linger and chat. Others simply take
and jazzy program of stories and music that promises
the sack and go on their way.
to open our hearts and minds to the universal language These days Diane is handing out more bags – anywhere from 50 to 90 each Monday –
of music in our own lives. Admission is $20.00 and in- and noticing more new faces. No surprise there. A recent survey shows food banks across
cludes lunch, drinks, stories and music! Sign up at the the country struggling to feed hungry Americans. In L.A. County, demand at food banks
Women’s Council lawn table, or contact Gerry Puhara is up 43%. Food stamp enrollment is at its highest level in history as people find them-
at 818.790.7564 or gdpuhara@earthlink.net for reserva- selves squeezed in a double bind of rising unemployment and rising costs for groceries.
tions. Volunteers are also needed to staff this event. for What does surprise Diane Williams in these hard times is that donations of food by All
child care, please phone the Child Care Coordinator at Saints members are up, not down. Some is purchased, like the case of individual fruit cups
from Costco or the flat of fresh strawberries she lovingly doles out into sandwich bags.
626.583.2781 one week in advance.
Some is homegrown, like the big bag of oranges from someone’s tree. “A good source of
fresh fruits and vegetables,” she notes approvingly, dropping an orange into each of the
eden Goes Camping sacks lined up in the hallway outside her door.
See one of California’s coastal treasures on a July Diane’s food budget comes from the general
24-26 car camping trip to montana de oro State Park, fund and from cash contributions to Sunday
near to both San Luis obispo and morro Bay. The Park morning refreshments. With food costs up and
features rugged sea cliffs and eroded marine terraces, more people to feed, Diane must make every
sandy beaches, streams, canyons and hills, with a wide penny count on her shopping trips to buy gro-
variety of trails, including the popular Bluffs Trail. We ceries. Every weekend she makes fifty or more
sandwiches and boils several dozen eggs. Her
have reserved three sites at the main campground,
husband helps by spooning peanut butter from
which has drinking water, tables, pit toilets, and fire a large economy tub into individual containers.
pits. Camping fees at our three reserved sites (up to Volunteers help pack and hand out bags. When
8 occupants each) are $15/night/site. To get to the a woman with children to feed arrives, Diane
campground (about 215 miles total distance), take asks if she has cooking facilities, then goes to the
101 north, exit and turn left on Los osos Valley road, shelves and cupboards that line her small crowded office where she keeps large boxes of
which becomes Pecho Valley road, which ends at the cereal, pasta, and canned soup and beans and vegetables and beef stew.
Park. Contact Tom Brady (tbrady@ci.glendale.ca.us, A former teacher and librarian, Diane says she’s always been interested in food. For five
818.957.3673) or michael rhine (michaelrhine@pac- years before taking the Food Ministry job at All Saints she was Director of Food Services
at Union Station. She passionately believes in the sacredness of food, and insists it goes
bell.net, 626.795.4630) if you are interested.
hand in hand with hospitality. “The very act of handing it off is saying ‘Welcome. You’re
welcome to come here.’ And it’s a real challenge, because some of the people don’t dress
Fiction Fun! for June Reads the same way, don’t have a shower, but we have to welcome them to church.”
Trollope’s Barchester Towers Eighty percent of her clientele are men, mostly single. Most are chronically homeless
our June book for Fiction Fun! this year will be Anthony and chronically in need; nearly all have unmet mental health problems and are home-
Trollope’s classic satire of Anglicanism, Barchester less because there’s no adequate mental health safety net. She sees them as “really nice,
Towers. High church and low church face off and we friendly people, who have just never been able to figure out how to have a life.”
On a recent Monday I was visiting with Diane when a 68-year-old homeless woman, one
so hope you’re able to take part in our discussion. We
of Diane’s “regulars”, came through the door. A vegan, she faces special challenges living
will gather in the Guild room and begin at 7:30 p.m. on
on the street. But Diane is ready for her. The woman’s face lights up as Diane reaches into
friday, June 26, and continue until 9:00. All are wel- the sack to show what she has for her today: a two-liter jug of apple juice; a small tub of
come. Please call rusty Harding at 323.662.3614 for peanut butter, a couple oranges, some cereal bars; containers of applesauce and raisins.
more information. “I can’t imagine being out there, and walking around the streets all day,” Diane muses af-
ter the woman leaves. “We don’t give them very much, but just the act of smiling and saying
Upcoming Baptisms hello and handing them food – it’s so important that they feel welcome. People don’t have
our next Baptism date is Sunday, July 19th. if you would very much. They don’t have very much in their life, or they wouldn’t be where they are.”
I realize I am watching Grace in Action. Diane’s observation about the sacredness of food
like to have your child baptized or need more informa-
brings to mind the many Gospel stories that link Jesus to food and feeding. Reading my mind,
tion please contact Laura Thornton, 626.583.2764 or Diane explains, “Christ told his disciples, ‘Feed my sheep.’ That’s what we are to do, emotion-
lthornton@allsaints-pas.org. ally and spiritually. I’m just really passionate about that kind of hospitality – and giving some-
body something they can’t get any other way, you know? – all bound up with love.”
We’ll be leaving soon on our summer vacations. It’s good to know that while we’re
gone, Diane Williams and the Food Ministry – and the dozens of other ministries at All
Saints – will still be at work, making God’s love tangible 24/7. They’ll be counting on our
Kids’ Summer Adventure continuing support – on us keeping our pledges current through the summer months,
Save the Date: Planet Earth: Conservation, Preservation bringing in the abundance of our gardens, and putting something extra in our shopping
& Appreciation for Our Island Home, August 10 - 14! carts to drop off on Sunday mornings. ~from Christine Berardo
shorts prayers FOR THE PARISH COMMUNITY
Remember those for whom prayers have been requested: Christopher &
Clifford Browne, Ruby DeLaTorre, Georgianna Donnelly, Mung Liu, Paul David
Matz, Kingsley Nelson, Barbara Oberle, Linda Schnell, Ed Shafranske, Rick, Ian
& Aubin Schuler, David Shaler, Frank Slesinski Sr., Rian Watts, Naomia Yinger,
Chris, Myrtle, Jallon and Deidra, Mykaila, Vivian
prayers of thanksgiving for: the marriage of Jannette Hill and Jesse Roderick
and the marriage of Ngozi Everts and Davidson Ezinwa
For those who have died: David Carradine, Jimmie Franklin, Clare P. Hutto,
Elena Martinez, Carla Schuler, Fred Tenorio
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