For The Love of Mike Summer 2012

The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael & All Angels Pacific View Drive at Marguerite Corona del Mar California 92625 949.644.0463 www.stmikescdm.org

FOR THELOVE OF MIKEVolume 62 Number 7 SUMMER 2012

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PEGGY MONTGOMERY WRITES: Have you wondered what the patch ofdirt by the North Wing will hold? (See above.) It will become a labyrinth, modeledon a very ancient seven spiral design for meditative walking. Not to be confusedwith a maze, a labyrinth is "unicursal", a single entrance to a single path thatleads to the center, no dead ends, no tricks.

For 5000 years labyrinths have been an important part of many cultures andfaiths. Mosaics from Pompeii show labyrinths; fishermen long ago walked thelabyrinth before going to sea to shed evil spirits that might sink their boat.

Walking the labyrinth is a journey of spiritual reflection where there is healingfor anxieties and grief, where joys and gratefulness may be experienced.Weintend it as a community resource. When it’s finished, invite your friends.

Editor’s note: To Lynn Headley and Mike Ortt, "Thank you" for starting uson our way! And thank you to Peggy Montgomery, who first envisioned alabyrinth at Saint Michael's many years ago." (see more photos inside)

TO CELEBRATE THE START OFTHE SUNDAY SUMMER WORSHIPSCHEDULE ON JULY 1ST, WEWILL BE SERVING BREAKFASTFOLLOWING THE (ONE) 9AMWORSHIP SERVICE. The AllAmerican Breakfast Buffet will offerall your favorite breakfast treats: therewill be a waffle bar, an egg bar, Frenchtoast, potatoes, fruit, Mimosas, BloodyMary's, and lots of other wonderful treats.Entertainment, too! Tickets $20.00presale, $25.00 at the door. Childrenunder 12 eat free.

PLEASE REMEMBER . . . SaintMichael & All Angels has a ParishEmergency Fund funded byparishioners and available toparishioners facing financialemergencies and needing economicassistance. Requests should bedirected to our rector or JuniorWarden, Paul Multari, or anymember of our Vestry. Currentlythere is $5000 in this Fund. At onetime there was more than $20,000 inthe Parish Emergency Fund; so, ifyou are able to contribute, all giftsare welcome!

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLFOUR Fridays, 5:30 - 7:45 PM July13, 20, 27, & August 3. Ages 3-12.For more information, contactSusan Caldwell 949.644.0463,ext. 12.

PARISH NEWS AND NOTES

(More News and Notes on pages 2,6)

“Give me a candle of the Spirit, O God,as I go down into the deep of my own being.

Show me the hidden things...” -- Bishop George Appleton

Dear Lord,There is no greater feeling of liberation than to experience this freedom from sinand death that you have provided for me through Jesus Christ. Today my heartand my soul are free to praise you. For this I am very thankful. On thisIndependence Day, I am reminded of all those who have sacrificed for myfreedom, following the example of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Let me not take myfreedom, both physical and spiritual, for granted. May I always remember thatmy freedom was purchased with a very high price. My freedom cost others theirvery lives. Lord, today, bless those who have served and continue to give theirlives for my freedom. With favor and bounty meet their needs and watch overtheir families. Help me to live my life in a way that glorifies you, Lord. Give methe strength to be a blessing in someone’s life today, and grant me the opportunityto lead others into the freedom that can be found in knowing Christ. Amen.

A PRAYER FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY

From St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Raleigh, NC

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(MORE) PARISH NEWS AND NOTES

FOR THE LOVE OF MIKEFOR THE LOVE OF MIKEFOR THE LOVE OF MIKEFOR THE LOVE OF MIKEFOR THE LOVE OF MIKE is a publication of

Saint Michael & All AngelsEpiscopal Church,Corona del Mar, CA.

Copy deadline is the secondWednesday of the month.

We welcome letters and articles. Editor: Susan Beechner

949.644.0463

Finance.......................................... Jim Palda[[email protected]] 626.533.8037Mission...................................Michele Duncan [[email protected]] 949.888.1314Stewardship...................................Joan Short[[email protected]] 949.644.0719Worship..The Very Rev’d Canon Peter D. Haynes[[email protected]] 949.644.0463

VESTRY MEMBERS 2012Senior Warden................................Lynn Headley[[email protected]] 714.963.5932Junior Warden.................................Paul Multari[[email protected] 949.760-1454Christian Education...................... Anne Conover[[email protected]] 949.721.1050Clerk of the Vestry...........................Gail Haghjoo[[email protected]] 714.966.0314Building and Grounds.........................Mike [email protected] 714.323.8189

Communications............................Clyde Dodge[[email protected] 949.375.1530Evangelism.............................Deborah Newquist[[email protected]] 949.854.2675Fellowship......................................Teri Corbet[[email protected]] 714.964.5505

CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE TOTHE RECTOR’S DISCRETIONARYFUND most recently by Cece Presleyin thanksgiving for Randy; byMaureen and Tim, Ann Clawson’sdaughter and son, in thanksgiving fortheir mom; by Nancy Mowry inthanksgiving for Jan Morris; by Eric& Christie Ferentz in thanksgiving forDylan Codori’s baptism; and by Judy& Harry Selling and by Ben Card,Lynne Ruedy and the Corbets inthanksgiving. These funds extend ourParish’s mission of outreach, providingfor such needs as can be helped byfinancial assistance.

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Blessed is the person who knowshis own weakness, becauseawareness of this becomes for himthe foundation and the beginning ofall that is good and beautiful.

--Saint Isaac

THOUGHTSFOR THIS LIFE

1st - Jeanne Rees2nd - James Jackson4th - Frances Haynes7th - Marjie Blevins

Bob Jenkins11th - Steve MorrisMarshall Solomon

12th - Olive Rumbellow19th - Richard Zevnik

25th - Chris Smith28th - Catherine Lee

Alexandra Magenheimer29th - Suzie Peltason30th - Peter Haynes+31st - Louise Stover

Anniversaries in July on left & August on right

Birthdays

Baptisms

16th - Anne Conover

Weddings

1st - Derek & Courtney Falde7th - James & Marguerite Jackson

10th - Wally & Barbara Paulson18th - Michael Boor & Marjie Blevins

Jeff & Stacy Stone27th - Ali & Gail Haghjoo

30th - Norm & Beth Bianchi

1st - Susan Stahl3rd - Paddy NelsonVictor Rumbellow

9th - Bob Anderson17th - Carole Leavelle

18th - Jay Launt20th - Jack Keating

Ruth Poole23rd - Murry McClaren

26th - Sue Ewers27th - Lynne Ruedy28th - John Johnson

Ray JohnsonStacy Stone

29th - Jack Peltason

25th - Teri Corbet

4th - John & Myrna Ireland6th - Bob & Diana Brookes, Jr

13th - Jim & Libby Wallace20th - Richard & Cam Wallis21st - Bruce & Kathy Stuart25th - Steve & Ann Morris

26th - Bob & Shirley Anderson

PLEASE CHECK THE DISPLAYRACK ON THE WALL INMICHAEL'S ROOM. Pick up apamphlet or two to share with familyand friends. A donation box is provided."Lectio Divina- Reading the Bible withyour heart" is a pamphlet thatsummarizes the four-step approach to"divine reading." This includes Reading,Meditation, Prayer and Contemplation."It is a slow, contemplative praying ofScripture ... that enables us to discoverin our daily life an underlying spiritualrhythm and consequently to offer moreof ourselves and our relationships toGod."

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* * *THE MEN’S GROUP, READERSAND SEEKERS, meets on Thursdaysat 7:30am in the Davis Library todiscuss classical and contemporarythought in theology, science andphilosophy. All men are invited.

THE PARISH DIRECTORY will beupdated in early July. If you would liketo submit new or replacement picturesfor inclusion, email digital files [email protected], or givephotographs to Susan Beechner in theparish office.

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Yours, in Christ -

Yes, Frances and I are still basking in the joy of Dongraduating from Corona del Mar High School with honors

for his film-making and getting ready for him to move toMarymount College on the Palos Verdes peninsula next Fall.Truly, I am still remembering with gratitude our summer of2011 with a week in Athens following our Parish Pilgrimage inthe Holy Land, then time in Geneva for beloved friends’wedding; this will sustain me in summer 2012 when there willbe no big vacations for us. So, my credentials for encouragingyou to take a vacation are of questionable qualification, but Ido encourage you to seize time in July-August for escape fromroutine.

Many Americans are not good at taking enough time off fromwork. Others are like me and enjoy and appreciate our work somuch that we don’t want to be away from it for too long. As anation we pride ourselves on being the most productive economyin the world, and some think it’s only our devotion and effortthat keeps us employed. And, of course, these days we knowwe are blessed to have any income at all!

In an economic atmosphere like ours, vacationing is morethan a rest for body and mind, it is a spiritual practice. It isclaiming our humanness, our finiteness, our “not God-ness” (asC.S. Lewis might say). It is practicing holy Sabbath, thecommandment to regularly rest, to remember our place in thisworld.

To claim vacation time as Sabbath, a “big production” isunnecessary. You don’t have to drop your savings account intoa cruise or transcontinental trip to get away. It’s about creatingdifference, practicing your belief that you really aren’t in chargeof the world despite trying to be. Yes, “this fragile earth, ourisland home” (BCP 370) can be a scary, indifferent and uncertainplace at times; but at other times it’s also a place of wonder,beauty, love, loyalty, sacrifice, rest, relief and joy. Taking timeaway helps us feel that truth in our bones, and not simply assentto it as a nice idea.

However you find joy, however you define fun, do some ofthat. Fill the rest of the time with people you care about withindefinite plans. Let go! Let God run the world for awhile, itwill be here when you get back. And, so will your Saint Michael& All Angels’ Episcopal Parish Church!

...From the Desk of the Rector

BELOVEDS IN CHRIST, Book Description:”Strength for the Journey: A Guideto Spiritual Practice”

Publication Date: October 1, 2011This collection of thoughtful reflections looks at events

and activities of everyday life and discovers routes tospiritual practice and deeper, daily spirituality. At thebehest of CREDO Institute, Inc., which hosts health andwellness conferences and is supported by the EpiscopalChurch Pension Fund, priest and CREDO conferenceleader Rene Miller wrote the 20 reflections and groupedthem into the categories Meditative Practice,MinistryPractice,Media Practice,Mind Practice,and MovementPractice.Each entry, accented with color photographs, isaimed at evoking mindfulness in the common activities oflife, from music and moviegoing to reading, writing, andwalking. For the reader who wishes to use the book tointroduce or more deeply explore spiritual practices withother people or in an instructional setting, each chapterconcludes with a nod toward who might be inclined tocertain practices, based on individual predilections orpersonality. The Foreword by Brian Taylor lays out thetheological underpinnings of spiritual discipline in whatcould stand alone as a primer on spiritual practice.

* * *Book Description: “The Jaguar”Publication Date: January 10, 2012Series: Charlie HoodNew York Times bestseller T. Jefferson Parker, crime

fiction's most critically acclaimed and award-winningwriter continues "the most ground-breaking crime seriesin decades." (St. Louis Post- Dispatch) with anothergripping tale of the Mexican border.

Erin McKenna, a beautiful songwriter married to acrooked Los Angeles County sheriff 's deputy, is kidnappedby Benjamin Armenta, the ruthless leader of the powerfulGulf Cartel. But his demands turn out to be as unusual asthe crumbling castle in which Erin is kept. She is orderedto compose a unique narcocoriddo, a modern-day folkballad of the kind that have recorded the exploits of thedrug dealers, gunrunners, and outlaws who havehighlighted Mexican history for generations. Under threatof death, Armenta orders Erin to tell his life story-inmusic-and write "the greatest narcocorrido of all time."Allowed to wander the dark hallways of the castle retreatwith only a guitar and a mysterious old priest to keep hercompany, Erin must produce the most beautiful song thatthese men have ever heard.

As the mesmerizing music and lyrics of Erin's songcascade from the jungle hideout, they serve as a siren songto the two men who love Erin: her outlaw husband, BradleySmith, and the lawman Charlie Hood- two men whotogether have the power to rescue her. Here, amid the ancientbeauty and haunted landscape of the Yucatan lowlands,the long-simmering rivalry between these men will bebrought closer to its explosive finale.

T. Jefferson Parker, who is widely hailed as hisgeneration's most accomplished and talented crimenovelist, delivers a crime thriller that dramatically redefinesthe landscape of the cartel wars as an epic clash of goodand evil.

Notes from Amazon.com

Parishioners I asked to proofread this letter asked forrecommendations of books for “(refreshing) summer reading.”Here’s my “to read in July-August” list: “Strength for theJourney: A Guide to Spiritual Practice“ by (The Rev’d) ReneeMiller, an Episcopal priest colleague through the CREDOInstitute; “One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats inthe Game” by John Feinstein (given to me by a parishioner);“Beach Music” by Pat Conroy (given to me by my tennispartner); “The Jaguar,” the latest novel by T. Jefferson Parker,a favorite author and former Orange County resident. And,there is much “refreshing” reading in our Davis Library and inmy office; please tell me what you’re wanting to read and I’lldo my best to point you in a good direction.

PRAYERS

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A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OFTHE ANGLICAN COMMUNION

The Very Rev’d CanonPeter D. Haynes, Rector

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The Ven. Canon Terry LynbergAssisting Priest

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WORSHIP SCHEDULESunday

Holy Eucharist 9amAdult Education 10am

Sunday School 9amNursery Care provided from 8:45am

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ABOUT SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELSCORONA DEL MAR

We are a Christian Community ofthe Anglican Communion who cometo hear God’s word and receive and

share the Lord Jesus Christ.Our purpose is to have Christ live

in us in order that in Christ we maylive faithful and productive

Christian lives.Our commitment to the Gospel is

evangelical; our liturgical tradition,catholic; our theology orthodox but

open to thought, reflection, andspiritual endeavor.

We care about the worldand strive to serve Christ in it.

Call Esther McNameefor prayer requests at 949.640.1749

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CHRISTIANEDUCATION

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Judean hills are holy,Judean fields are fair,For one can find the footprintsOf Jesus everywhere

The opening lines to the poem byWilliam L. Stidger, reminds us of thatspecial place on the earth where ourSavior lived and breathed.

The Judean hills are lovely. And thereare those in our congregation who haveseen this scenic landscape firsthand.

This summer, the children’s ministryteam is putting together a Vacation BibleSchool program which will be on fourconsecutive Friday nights starting on July13, from 5:30-7:45 p.m. Children ages3-12 are welcome to attend. The cost is$50.00, T-shirt and dinner included. Thetheme for this summer’s VBS is Journeyto the Holy Land.

Last year, a group from Saint Michael’swent on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Itwas a very meaningful and communitybuilding experience. The children’sministry team hopes to reflect upon SaintMichael’s parishioners’ travels by buildinga Holy Land set in the gymnasium. Theintention of the program is to familiarizethe children with the sights and soundsof Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem andGalilee. We will do our best to recreatethe Holy Land experience!

If would like to participate, please feelfree to contact me at the church949.644.0463, ext. 12. We need supportin several areas of the program. Themenu for the VBS program dinners willbe both kid friendly as well as culturallyreflective of the Holy Land. We need largepieces of cardboard and foam corematerials to build the sets. We will need afish net and a small boat. There areseveral more items on the wish list.

Come by the VBS table to have a lookat what great things are happening thissummer and the ways in which you canhelp out.Thank you for all your prayersand support.

- with Peter and family for Edith Coppen;

- with Joan and familyfor George Short;

- with Murry and familyfor George McClaren;

- with Esther McNameefor her sister, Bonna Werner;- with the Blevins-Boor family

for Marjorie Steele Peyton;- for Jim Ferguson

and Muriel Ferguson;- for Myrna & John Ireland’s50th wedding anniversary;

-for Louise and Catherine Stover’sbirthdays

NURSERY CARE for infantsthrough 2 years of age is availablein the Parish Center beginning at8:45am, and Sunday School isavailable for children from 3 to 13years.

HEALING

Sunday Holy Eucharist at 9:00 a.m. Nursery care from 8:45 a.m. on

Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. Adult Education, 10:00 a.m., DL

Monday Whiz Kids, 1:30-5:00 p.m., AAC House of Speed, 5:00-6:30 p.m., AAC

St. Mike’s basketball, 7:00-9:00 p.m., AAC

Tuesday Bible Study, 7:30-9:00 a.m., DL Whiz Kids, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., AAC

Volleyball, 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., AAC

Wednesday AA meeting, 7:00-8:00 a.m., SW Mid-week Worship, 10:00 a.m.

Whiz Kids, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., AAC Volleyball, 5:00-9:00 p.m., AAC (not 7/4)

Thursday Men’s Readers & Seekers, 7:30-9:00 a.m., DL Whiz Kids, 9:00-11:30 p.m., AAC Volleyball, 5:00-9:00 p.m., AAC

Friday Yoga class, 9:00-10:00 a.m., NW (not 7/6, 7/13) Basketball, 3:30-5:00 p.m., AAC

Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC AA meeting, 7:00-10:00 p.m., SW

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IN THE COMING MONTHS

July & August: Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m. only Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.

Sun., July 1st Begin one Worship Service at 9:00 a.m. Sundays Fellowship Breakfast, 10:30 a.m., AACWed., July 4th Independence Day - Office closed Mid-week Worship, 10:00 a.m.Tues., July 10th Hutchins Consort Board, 4:00 p.m., CRFri., July 13th Vacation Bible School, 5:30-7:45, AAC & SanctuaryFri., July 20th Vacation Bible School, 5:30-7:45, AAC & SanctuaryTues., July 24th Spyglass Hill Homeowners Board, 6:00-9:00 p.m., CRFri., July 27th “Boys Hope Girls Hope” youth here to help out with summer projects/cleaning, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Vacation Bible School, 5:30-7:45, AAC & SanctuarySun., July 29th Mission Commission, 10:15 a.m., CR AugustWed., Aug. 1st Evangelism Commission, 2:00 p.m., CRFri., Aug. 3rd Vacation Bible School, 5:30-7:45, AAC & SanctuarySun., Aug. 5th “Mediterranean” Fellowship Breakfast, 10:30 a.m., AACWed., Aug. 8th Senior Ministry, 2:00 p.m., CR Vestry Meeting, 7:00-9:00 p.m., CRMon., Aug. 13th UCI Canterbury Board, 1:00-2:30 p.m., CRWed., Aug. 15th Deadline for September For the Love of Mike, 5:00 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 2nd Sunday Worship returns to 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. Sheetz-Palazzola wedding, 5:00 p.m.Sun., Sept. 9th Acolyte Training, 11:30 a.m., SanctuarySun., Sept. 16th Worship Commission, 11:30, CRSun., Sept. 30th Saint Michael’s Day CelebrationSun., Oct. 7th Blessing of Critters, honoring Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi

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2011 UTO GRANTS(List continued monthly as space

permits.)

-- $60,000 to the Episcopal Church inJerusalem & Middle East toward purchaseof an ECHO machine for the AnglicanDiabetes Clinic at St. Andrew's, Ramallah

-- $17,900 to the Diocese of Lexingtonfor renovations for The Community Meal,a ministry of St. Philip's Episcopal Churchto the Harrodsburg/Mercer Countycommunity

-- $35,332 to the Diocese of LosAngeles for building and land purchase forthe Women's Training/Parenting Skills andDay Care Center, a project of the Dioceseof Los Angeles' Companion Diocese ofWiawso, in Ghana.

-- $50,000 to the Diocese of LosAngeles for a facility upgrade for a '580Cafe' to offer hunger relief to students &neighborhood youth of color, with amentoring program in the arts; a projectof St. Philip's Church and the CanterburyWestwood Foundation (the EpiscopalCampus Ministry to UCLA)

-- $45,000 to the Diocese of Louisianafor a professional artist, program director,recreational director, site coordinator/secretary, laptops & equipment, software,and digital camera at St. Paul's and HopeUnited Church Collaborative CommunityOutreach Project, a renovation effort inNew Orleans.

United Thank Offering (UTO) is aministry of the Episcopal Church for

the mission of the whole church. ThroughUnited Thank Offering, men, women, andchildren nurture the habit of giving dailythanks to God. These prayers ofthanksgiving start when we recognize andname our many daily blessings. Thosewho participate in UTO discover thatthankfulness leads to generosity. UnitedThank Offering is entrusted to promotethank offerings, to receive the offerings,and to distribute the UTO monies tosupport mission and ministry throughoutthe Episcopal Church and in Provincesof the Anglican Communion in thedeveloping world.

[The Episcopal News, Diocese of LosAngeles] Feeling beloved is a tough sellfor “Serena,” 15, and the other studentsin the “Good Seed” classes taught byEpiscopal nun Sr. Greta Ronningen at aCalifornia juvenile jail.

Enabling Serena and the other girls toconnect with themselves, with oneanother and with God through art therapy,meditation, journaling, prayer andcounseling are aims of Ronningen’sprogram, also called the “Peace Project.”

Dressed in prison issue black pants andgray T-shirts, Serena and five other girlswho live in the special housing unit atLos Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downeyfile into the classroom Ronnignen hascarefully prepared. (The young women’snames have been changed to protect theiridentities).

A total of 400 minors are in the facilityawaiting trial on a variety of charges; 75are girls.

Ronningen prepares the room for classby popping meditative music into a CDplayer, distributing colored pencils andpaper, rearranging chairs, sprayinglavender-scented air freshener for“aromatherapy” and lighting a candle.

Though minors, these girls are oftenlabeled by society as monsters, but eachwas “wounded, hurt and abused” priorto arriving at the facility, Ronningen said.

Through a three-year grant from theEpiscopal Church Foundation fortransformational ministries, she is able tooffer informational classes on stress,anger, forgiveness, power and control,abusive relationships and healing as wellas teaching breathing, meditation andother coping skills. She also offersopportunities for Christian formation andfaith-building, for deepening relationshipswith God.

The path to healing involves facing pastdemons and learning new ways of coping.Ronningen’s own experiences led her to“risky behavior and drugs and abuse andit prepared a fertile ground from which Ido this ministry.”

She has served for nearly four years asa chaplain for Prism, the restorative justiceministry of the diocese, visiting inmatesat the Twin Towers facility in downtownLos Angeles and other locations. She hasalso completed three units of clinicalpastoral education and is working towarda master’s degree in spiritual formationat the Claremont School of Theology.

She is a founding member of theCommunity of Divine Love, an Episcopalreligious order in the Benedictine tradition,in San Gabriel. She had founded the two

largest yoga businesses in the UnitedStates and continues to teach yoga,including breathing and meditationclasses, to cancer patients at City of HopeHospital in Duarte.

She also offers individual counseling.“I love this,” Ronningen said of her

ministry at Los Padrinos. “There’s sucha need. There’s such a huge hunger. Ijust want more people to actually joinus. People who have volunteered withPrism just love it.

“People who are incarcerated are sohungry,” she said. “They’re so humbledby this brokenness in their lives, by thiscrisis that there’s an opportunity to bringthis nutrient-dense word of God into theirlives.”

Recently, she was asked to be thegodmother for one of her students.

Destiny, 15, grew up in Compton.Fresh-faced, soft-voiced, shy, she rakesher hand through her shoulder-length hairas she describes first connecting withRonningen seven months ago.

That was after she graduated from“Level 3 … when they say you want tokill yourself or somebody else.”

Ronningen’s revelations about her ownexperience of rape struck a chord withDestiny, also a victim of sexual abuse.She soaked up all the Good Seed classesshe could, repeating the lessons aloud.

She has learned a great deal, she said,especially about forgiveness andredemption. She hopes to someday workin a hospital, conducting sonograms forexpectant mothers. “It represents a newlife, new children from God. A healthylife.”

“I know my life will never be perfect,”she said, “but I will try to maintain theten commandments from this dayforward.”

She wants people to know, she said,that whatever the circumstance orsituation “whether you’re being abusedor bullied, whatever things people do toput you down or see you sad, don’tbelieve what they’re saying. Love yourlife.”

Destiny, Ronningen said, “is sobeautiful, she has hope, she’s such abright light, she has such a tender heart,having suffered so much. We’ve talkedabout the idea that she would somedaybe of great inspiration and hope to otherswho also suffer.

“I think that these girls need to havegood seeds planted in their hearts andminds: coping skills, wisdom, love ofGod,” Ronningen added. “I think thatthese seeds are planted and will come tofruition in their lives.”

A NUN’S PRISION MINISTRY

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LOAVES AND FISHES: This July andtwo weeks into August we will collectschool supplies for the children whocome to the Loaves and Fishes soupkitchen, such things as 8-12 countmarkers, spiral notebooks (collegeor wide ruled) and filler paper (3 holepunched and either college or wideruled). Please turn your donationsinto the red wagon before August15th. Watch your Sunday bulletins forinformation about what we will begincollecting during August. Monetarydonations are always welcome, too,and checks should be made payableto Saint Michael & All Angels, withLoaves and Fishes on the memo line.(Tax ID #95-2123746)

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BOOKSHELF

Fear and Friendship - AnglicansEngaging with Islam

edited by Sarah Coakley andFrances Ward

(Information from publisher'swebsite) This book offers a newdepth of theological thinking inAnglican/Muslim engagement,founded in narratives of realencounters in parish and cathedral lifein contemporary Britain.

Many encounters between peopleof different religions are marked byan initial sense of incompetence,ignorance and fear-- of getting itwrong, of causing offense, ofulterior motives. Such fears areexplored honestly, in stories of actualsituations and relationships – oftenunexpected, sometimes funny,invariably profound. Friendship ispresented as a public rather thanmerely a private phenomenon,enabling relations of trust and depthto develop and leading to thepossibility of authentic talk andreciprocity of respect and courtesy.

Read more at http://bit.ly/LH0na3

MYSTERIOUS SUMMER

Two recommendations this year forlovers of Anglican/Episcopal detectivefiction:

My Father's Sins by Dale OsbornRains

The Reverend Michael Richey, rectorof St. Christopher’s Episcopal Churchand chaplain to the Madison PoliceDepartment, is blessed with a beautifulfamily, an enthusiastic congregation,and a fulfilling ministry to the homelessmen and women of Madison, SouthCarolina. However, when the policediscover the body of a homeless man ina street-side stairwell, MPD ChiefDetective Jerry Majors surprisinglyimplicates Father Mike in the old man’smurder. To prove his innocence, Mikepledges to find the killer himself, despitethe strong objections of his close friend,Police Detective Carlos Ruiz, and hisbeloved bishop, the Right ReverendBarbara Michener. Then Mike makes anearth-shattering discovery: the killer istargeting him—and not only him but alsohis ten-year-old son, Tim. He’s workingagainst time. He must find the killer—now.

Sydney Chambers and the Shadowof Death by James Runcie (yes, thearchbishop’s son):

Sidney Chambers, the Vicar ofGrantchester and Honorary Canon ofEly Cathedral, is a thirty-two year oldbachelor. Tall, with dark brown hair,eyes the colour of hazelnuts and areassuringly gentle manner, Sidney is anunconventional clergyman and can gowhere the police cannot.

In The Grantchester Mysteries,Sidney, together with his roguish friendInspector Horatio ‘Harry’ Keating, mustenquire into the suspected suicide of aCambridge solicitor, a scandalousjewelry theft at a New Year's Eve dinnerparty, the unexplained death of a well-known jazz promoter, and a shockingart forgery, the disclosure of which putsa close friend in danger. Sidneydiscovers that being a detective, likebeing a clergyman, means that you arenever off duty, but alongside themysteries he solves he manages to findtime for a keen interest in cricket, warmbeer and hot jazz, and the works ofTolstoy and Shakespeare - as well as acurious fondness for a German widowthree years his junior. (Book summariesfrom promotional websites.)

-- Norris Battin

DO YOU APPRECIATE “THEPRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE” theways we offer them during Sundaymorning worship? Louise Stover andJay Launt have been providing theforms we use; now, you are invited tojoin Louise in doing likewise.

Provide forms for “The Prayers ofthe People” you would like us to use amonth or two in advance of the Sundayfor which that form would be used andbe part of our worship planning.Questions? Please see our rector.

SAINT MICHAEL’S FINANCIALUPDATE FOR MAY 2012: PreliminaryYTD Income is $230,001. Our YTDExpense is $241,947. The parish NetOrdinary Income is ($11,945), whichis $10,585 ahead of plan. Our YTDPledge Income is $168,497 which is$7,398 below our plan through the endof May. Our total operating cashbalance is $110,367 of which $99,302is designated gifts, leaving a net balanceof $11,065. The Endowment Trust hasa balance of $ 152,363.

During the summer months, it isimportant that we keep our pledges upto date in order to cover our summerexpenses. Our God has been sogracious to us. Let us always rememberto give back to God from whom all ourblessings flow.

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PHONE TREE MINISTRY: NEWMEMBERS NEEDED. Our goal is tocontact every parishioner by phoneonce a month.This is a greatopportunity to get to know othersbetter and to share information, needsand suggestions about Saint Mike's.Please contact Ruth Poole at949.644.9263.

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BISHOPS URGE OBAMATO INTERVENEIN UNFUNDING CUTFOR GAZA HOSPITAL

By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The UnitedNations Relief and Works Agency(UNRWA) has ended its financialsupport to the Ahli Arab Hospital inGaza, an institution run by the EpiscopalDiocese of Jerusalem and the MiddleEast.

The decision, made June 1, cuts thehospital’s budget nearly by half.

Presiding Bishop Katharine JeffertsSchori along with 101 EpiscopalChurch bishops from 43 states and theDistrict of Columbia have written toU.S. President Barack Obama callingfor his intervention in reversing thedecision that, they say, could have“disastrous consequences for the morethan two million residents of Gaza,already living in conditions of profoundhumanitarian need.”

UNRWA’s decision, after nearly twodecades of partnership with thehospital, comes “without publicjustification … and threatens to debilitatethe hospital, its 120-person staff, andthe many thousands of Gazans who relyon it for primary and urgent care andtreatment,” the bishops say.

Founded as a mission of the AnglicanChurch in 1882, the hospital became apart of the diocese in 1982. Today, it isamong more than 30 institutions run bythe Jerusalem-based diocese.

The hospital provides primary andemergency care to the almostexclusively Muslim population in Gaza,“and does so without proselytizing ordiscriminating on the basis of religion,ethnicity, politics, or socialidentification,” the bishops say. “It isthe only facility of its sort in the GazaStrip that is not run by the Hamasgovernment and as such, it is able toprovide care without any outsideinterference or political calculation. Itscontinued operation thus is in theinherent interests of the United Statesgovernment.”

WILLIAM WHITE (1748-1836)

First Presiding Bishop ofThe Episcopal Church

William White was born inPhiladelphia. He and his family

played a prominent role in colonialAmerica and the fledgling UnitedStates of America. His younger sister,Mary, was the wife of Robert Morris,the “financier of the Revolution.” Hewas married to Mary Harrison, whocame from a landed Virginia family andwhose father was Mayor ofPhiladelphia. Together they had eightchildren, only three of whom survivedto adulthood. White was the onlyEpiscopal cleric in Pennsylvania whosided with the American revolutionarycause, the others remaining loyal tothe British. He served as Chaplain ofthe Continental Congress and of theSenate. His home on Walnut Street isnow part of the Independence NationalHistoric Park, notable, in part, becauseit was one of the first to have an indoor“necessary” and on its staff a freeAfrican American, but no slaves. Theprominent physician William Rushlived next door.

White began his education atPhiladelphia College (later Universityof Pennsylvania), taking his BA andMA degrees from that institution. In1781 he graduated D.D. from theUniversity of Pennsylvania, of whichhe was a trustee from 1774 until hisdeath.

In 1770 William White sailed toEngland, to be ordained Deacon. Hereturned to England in 1772 to beordained Priest. He returned, for thethird time in 1787 to be consecratedby the Archbishops of Canterbury,York, Bath and Wells, and Peterboroughas the second bishop consecrated inthe Episcopal Church. Bishop Whitewas the chief architect of theConstitution of the American EpiscopalChurch. As the Presiding Bishop at itsorganization and its Presiding Bishopfrom 1795 until his death in 1836 hisgifts of statesmanship and reconcilingmoderation steered the churchthrough the first years of itsindependent life. His manyaccomplishments include: thefounding of the Episcopal Academy

HOLYWOMENHOLYMEN

Norm Ewers to prepare Episcopal sons to be leadersin society; the founding of what isnow the Pennsylvania School for theDeaf, of which he served as Presidentfor sixteen years; the founding of thePhiladelphia Society for the Alleviationof Miseries of Public Prisons, whichattracted the Quaker participation andof which he was its first president. In1795 Bishop White raised funds tocreate a school for black and NativeAmerican children. In 1800 he helpedcreate a “Magdalen Society” inPhiladelphia; the first of its kind inAmerica to assist prostitutes desirousof returning to a “life of rectitude.”

He, together with Benjamin Franklinand other prominent Philadelphians,was a member of the AmericanPhilosophical Society. He gained theesteem of the Philadelphia communitythrough his ongoing charitable works,especially during the devastatingoutbreaks of yellow fever during the1790s when many wealthyPhiladelphians fled to the countrysidewhile he remained to tend the ill. Hisinfluence in his native city made himits “first citizen.”

To few men has the epithet“venerable” been more aptly applied.William White’s Feast Day is July 17.

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The following was featured on anepisode of Garrison Keillor’s radioshow A Prairie Home Companion,and is also hanging on the wall in myoffice. Enjoy!

ACTS 29And it came to pass, when Paul was

at Corinth, he and certain disciplescame upon a mob that was stoningan organist. And Paul said unto them,“What then hath he done unto theethat his head should be bruised?” Andthe people cried with one voice, “Hehath played too loud. Yea, in thesinging of psalms, he maketh ourheads to ring as if they were beatenwith hammers. Behold, he sitteth uphigh in the loft, and mighty are thepipes and mighty is the noise thereof,and tho’ there be few of us below, henonetheless playeth with all the stops,the Assyrian trumpet stop and the stopof the ram’s horn and the stop thatsoundeth like the sawing of stone, andwe cannot hear the words that

cometh out of our own mouths. Healways tosseth in the variations thatconfuse us mightily and playeth loudand discordant and always in a militanttempo, so that we have not time tobreathe as we sing. Lo, he is a plagueupon the faith and should be chastised.

Paul, hearing this, had himself pickedup a small stone, and was about tocast it, but he set it down and badethe organist come forward. He was anarrow man, pale of complexion, dry,flaking thin of hair. And Paul said untohim, “Why hath thou so abused thybrethren?” And the organist replied,“I could not hear them singing fromwhere I sat, and therefore played thelouder so as to encourage them.”

And Paul turned round to the moband said loudly, “Let him who hasnever played an organ cast the firststone.” And they cast stones forawhile until their arms were tired andPaul bade the organist repent and hedid. And Paul said unto him, “Thoushalt take up the flute and play it forthirty days, to cleanse thy spirit.” Andafterward, they returned to Corinthand sang psalms unaccompanied andthen had coffee and were refreshedin the faith.

SUMMER CHOIR

Anyone who wishes to sing in thesummer informal choir can simply comeand be seated in the choir stalls 15 minutesbefore the service begins. The summerchoir is open to anyone -- children, adults,families. The choir will not vest orprocess. If you have ever thought ofjoining our choir, this is a great way toget a little feel for what it is like!

Please note: The deadline for theSeptember issue of “For the Love ofMike” is Wednesday, August 15th at 5pm.

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