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Trinity Cathedral

The Carillon for January 2014

The Carillon is the monthly newsletter of Trinity Episcopal

Cathedral

Sara Calkins, Editor

www.trinitysj.org

Dean’s Desk Page 2

Canon’s Corner Page 3

Music Ministry Page 4

Opportunities & Outreach Page 5

Crisis in South Sudan Internet Insights

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Benefit Concert Page 7

Celebrations! Page 11

Epiphany Page 12

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Trinity Cathedral Staff The Very Rev. David Bird, Ph.D. Dean and Rector

Mr. Michael Joyce Music Director

Ms. Heike Merino Cathedral Administrator

Mr. John Davis Sexton

Volunteer Staff

The Rev. Canon Randolf J. Rice, J.D. Canon Residentiary

The Rev. Canon Lance Beizer, J.D. Canon Vicar

The Rev. Jerry W. Drino, D.D. Priest Associate, Sudanese Ministries

The Rev. Lee Barford, Ph.D. Deacon

The Rev. Penelope Duckworth Stuart Johnson Artists in Residence

Mr. Paul Archambeault Treasurer

Graciela Velazquez Coordinator for Latino Ministries

The deadline for this newsletter was December 23. I trust, therefore, you will ac-cept as my contribution the notes I have prepared for my sermon at the “Midnight Mass.” “The center of Christianity is Christ. All else is circumference,” wrote a famous twentieth century Anglican theologian. It is that very fact we celebrate at Christ-mas: the center of Christianity is Christ. Some Evangelicals in this country get a bad name for the way they are perceived as selling religion and salvation to the populace, but one thing they have absolutely right is their slogan WWJD: What Would Jesus Do. Christianity is not a commodity which secures our salvation. Christianity is a way of life which transports us into a realm of values, compassion and vision which is completely beyond self. The brilliance of Jesus’ stories engages our minds and the stories told about him reveal to us a way of life so far removed from our intense consumerism that it seems like a fairy tale. But fairy tale it is not. This was a man who lived in first cen-tury Palestine, who cared so much for God and people that he was executed by the Romans in the manner of a political criminal, dying by one of the cruelest means possible: the cross. So captured are we by him, that we are always coming up with new ways of think-ing about him or trying to explain who he was. Fifty years ago, as a school boy I

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The Carillon

January 2014

Trinity

Episcopal Cathedral

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Dean’s Desk

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As our church year moves from the Christmas season to Epiph-any, our own focus should per-haps shift from contemplation of the little baby born in the manger in Bethlehem to his manifesta-tion in the world around us, per-haps even in us. We start our journey with the one of those

wise men from the east, who came, following the star, in search of the new King of Israel. But we shall end it in our world today, looking for our own Epiphany. Through the years Jesus has surely been thought of as different from the rest of us. If he is, though, it is not in the way that people have been tempted for ages to think of him, as some kind of being who may have looked like we do but who is of another species altogether. When I was a child I could hardly wait for my afternoon radio programs so that I could hear the latest episode of my favorite, Superman. For those of you too young to re-member, once upon a time there actually was no televi-sion; so, instead, kids, especially boys, had to amuse themselves with fifteen-minute segments of programs on the radio like Captain Midnight, Jack Armstrong, and, of course, Superman. Anyway, I thought that, if Superman didn’t really exist, he should, since it was clear to me even as a kid that the world desperately needed someone who was as power-ful, and as trustworthy, as the man of steel. My dad was a state trooper, complete with uniform and gun, and, for someone my age, very much a hero figure, but he could-n’t solve all the world’s problems the way Superman could. In a way, it was easy for me to conflate the figures of Su-perman and Jesus. Commentators have, on occasion, noted that there must surely have been a conscious at-tempt to incorporate some Christian themes into the Su-perman story. Not very likely, of course, since the crea-tors were Jewish, but think about it: Jesus, the Son of God, comes to earth from heaven, and becomes a human, to save us; Superman comes from outer space, but lives as one of us, devoting his life to saving humans from vari-ous disasters. Jesus spends most of his ministry, at least in Mark’s version of the events, instructing those he heals to tell no one who he is; Superman takes on the guise of

mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent so as to hide his true identity from those he encounters in everyday life. It is tempting to think of Jesus, then, as a kind of Superman: able—not to leap tall buildings with a single bound—but to cure the sick, cast out demons, and take on the sins of the world. It would, however, be a grave error to look at Jesus that way. Not only would it be inconsistent with historical Christian doctrine; more important, it would also undercut our own standing as God’s children. As you may know, there are a number of books that, al-though written in the early days of Christianity, never made it into the Bible as we know it today. One of those books is named The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which dates from perhaps the year 150 of the Common Era. In it are recorded a number of purported incidents in Jesus’ life between the age of 5, when the young Jesus models 12 sparrows from the soft clay by a stream and then brings them to life, to the incident in the temple when his parents find him at age 12 astonishing the teachers with his insight. In between, like Clark Kent, he learns how to use, and how not to misuse, his powers. For example, an-other boy bangs into him while running. Jesus is so an-gered that he literally wills him to die on the spot. The boy’s parents rather understandably go to Joseph to com-plain; so Jesus renders them blind. The recitation of mira-cles shows him slowly becoming more selfless in his ac-tions, and it ends with him in the temple at 12, where, after his parents have found him, the Infancy Gospel re-ports the scribes and Pharisees saying to them: “We have never before seen or heard such glory or such excellence and wisdom.” But all these stories really do miss the mark. Jesus is not a superhero. He is an expression of God—as a human be-ing. In his words and works as a human being one can see his Father. Remember, however, that Jesus counsels us to refer to his father as our father as well, and we do—every time we pray the Lord’s Prayer. To characterize Jesus as some sort of intermediate being, between God and us, something essentially different from us just as Superman is different from us—only appearing, in his guise as mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent, to be one of us—is a true disservice to the mystery that Jesus really represents. In the wonderful passage that comprises the prologue to John’s Gospel, John suggests that it is our vocation to be-come the children of God ourselves. Well, we have no

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A warm “howdy” to everyone reading this article! This is my first submission to “The Carillon.” I have been at the music helm for five months now and wow what a ride it has been. My background is principally Roman Catholic, having served at multiple parishes

and Cathedral communities in Palm Beach Gardens, Flor-ida and Stockton, California. My initial teaching ground comes from a two-year stint with the Deacon’s School up in Berkeley. Enough of me, for now, but want to laud and congratulate so many aspects of Music Ministry at Trinity. The choir has persisted, embracing a virtual world of habits and routines coupled with new direction and liturgi-cal perceptions of a new director after living for many years under the former Director of Music. Through all of this, the ministry has experienced growth from former members returning and new folks coming forward to be a part of the ministry. This doesn’t mean that maximum growth has been achieved – far from it! We are in such need of ad-ditional Sopranos and Altos! The holiday season has been rich in the music arena. The choir presented a beautiful rendition of Lessons and Car-ols on December 15th with the very capable assistance of Dr. Dante Lorenzo diLanni – pianist, of Silicon Valley Music Festival; Dan Asa Stern – flautist/oboist, Bay Area music educator; and last, but not least, the percussion stylings of our very own Sara Calkins. Much of this music would be repeated, with a few additions, on Christmas Eve for the 11:00pm service. We were “gifted” with a surprise piano accompaniment of Asa Stern, our woodwind soloist, for the Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine and his impromptu piccolo descant for the last verse of “Joy to the World.” Our soloist for “Once In Royal David’s City.” both at Les-sons and Carols and Christmas Eve was Kathryn Flores, student of our choir member, Alison Collins.

Earlier on Christmas Eve we had a wonderful experience with a few of the youth of our parish, who had been re-hearsing several Sundays after the 10:30am service to present a song at the Offertory of the 5:00pm Service – “The Very First Christmas Day” by Clarke Gassman. Our group was small, but totally awesome. We also heard “Once In Royal David’s City” soloist, Meagan Schroeder sing the opening verse. Later, on Christmas morning we were greeted by an enthusiastic assembly who specifically asked to sing all verses to all carols – which they did so and full-throated! We recently had a well-attended, all-Chopin piano recital on November 30th by Stuart Johnson. Then, representing our sister city of Dublin, Ireland a talented troupe pre-sented a Christmas evening of music, song and dance on Thursday, December 18th.

In January An exciting month of programs awaits us in January of the New Year! Our very own composer-in-residence, Henry Mollicone’s, “Beatitude Mass” will be presented on January 12th – so-loists are scheduled to be Leroy Kromm and his wife, Nancy. Then on January 19th will be a concert by the Slavyanka Chorus from Russia; next on January 26th will be the Bay Area Harp Guild in a program of music for harp and organ.

The final concert on the boards in January, scheduled for Thursday, the 30th of January will be program of German lieder given by the Silicon Valley Music Festival with our friend, Dr. Dante di Lanni as piano collaborator. Tickets for this concert are available in the church office. For fur-ther information about any of these programs, please feel free to contact Michael Joyce at (209) 518-6675 or drop a message at mjoyce182@gmail.com Thanks for your Music Ministry help and/or support! It is greatly appreciated. Remember, we are looking for so-pranos and altos for our Cathedral Choir! Also, may you have a New Year filled with good things and many bless-ings!

- Mike Joyce, Music Director

What’s Happening in Music Ministry at Trinity

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Opportunities and Outreach

Adult Education at Trinity Cathedral

Adult Seminars in January

“Zealot: the Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” by Reza Aslan is on the current New York Times best seller book list. A four-week morning and evening series is being of-fered beginning Monday evening, January 6 at 7:00 – 8:30 pm and Wednesday mornings as the theme for the Bible Workbench (10:10-11:50 am).

To quote from the intro-duction, “Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher and miracle worker walked across the Galilee, gath-ering followers to estab-lish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the estab-lished order that he was captured, tortured and executed as a state criminal. Sifting through centuries of myth-

making, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor.”

The author is a professor of religious history and creative writing at the University of California at Riverside having done his undergraduate studies at University of Santa Clara. He is a Muslim who brings a scholarly objectivity to who Jesus probably was, noting what Christians have added as who he possibly was, namely the Messiah. It is a fascinating, challenging and important book to read open-ing up the question, “What does it mean to believe in Je-sus without necessarily being a Christian?”

Leaders for the seminar will be the Rev. Dr. Jerry Drino and the Rev. Dr. Andrew Kille (morning sessions only), biblical scholars. Sign-ups requested in the parish office: 408-293-7953 trinitysj@pacbell.net. Seminar fee: $10 for four weeks.

Note: COSTCO currently has “Zealot” available. You are encouraged to read it before the seminar begins and bring questions.

Acolytes needed

We are in desperate need of acolytes to help at the Altar

on Sundays during the 10:30am service.

If you or your child (boys or girls, ages 9 and up) is inter-ested in this fulfilling minis-try please contact the office

at trinicat@pacbell.net or 408-293-7953.

Lunch for People Who are Homeless For the December lunch, 15 volunteers gathered on Sat-urday morning to cook and serve one of our favorite dishes – pasta with chicken and spinach. The main dish is served with garlic bread and green salad, along with milk, ice cream sundaes, and an assortment of pies and fruit. This month we were happy to have the help of many “friends of the parish.” First of all, thanks go to Erin McCauley for buying all the groceries. Thank you to Darryl Parker who was our head cook. He slaved over the hot stove sautéing the chicken and veggies and with the help of Roger Lobbes, brought to boil the big pot of water for the pasta. Thanks are due to the friends of the parish who volun-teered this morning: Barb Purdy, the Edwards family (Michalene, Scott, Ian, and Olivia) and three young men; Diego Armenta, along with brothers Ben and Gilbert Tava-rez. Joining them were parishioners Raj Anthony with his wife, Suseela, and their young boys, Benson and Jose. Also thanks to Karen Gillette, who popped in for a few minutes to check if we needed any additional help. Thank you, once again, to Rick Hawes, for bringing the lettuce and veggies for the salad, several containers of juice, a big bag of oranges, apples, and bananas, and a couple of pies.

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Internet Insights

Never confuse motion with action. Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have,

and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandburg, poet (1878-1967)

On Saturday Dec 30, 2013, Bor Town, the capitol of Jon-glei State (the state where most of the Sudanese we know at Trinity were born) was retaken by the White Army, As of Sunday 121,000+ people had been displaced in five of the states affected with more than 1000 killed. We have several Sudanese from San Jose who are in South Sudan right now. Abraham Thon Majak, who is an administrator for the Governor of Jonglei has fled to Lake State, which is also at risk. Aleer Deng was in Bor a couple days ago but was able to get out and back to Nairobi. Garang Akau and Joseph Leah were in Juba, but we don't know of their situation. I spoke with Peter Nyok in Juba who was able to sneak out 54 children from Bor over the weekend and into Juba. Gabriel Tor is now in Kenya to meet with our students and visit his mother and orphaned nephews and nieces he brought to Kakuma Refugee Camp to avoid earlier con-flicts in Jonglei that took his brother's life. He had planned

to go to Bor, but obviously that is not safe. Robin Denney and I are participating in regular interna-tional conference calls with government and Church agencies who are responding to the crisis. They include the offices of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Presiding Bishop, the Archbishop of Sudan and bishops of the af-fected areas, ERD, AFRECS and partners in Canada and the State Department Please continue to surround them with love and concern in your prayers. Jerry Drino www.hopewithsouthsudan.org 408-806-4506 cell

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A CONCERT TO BENEFIT THOSE IN POVERTY

TRINITY CATHEDRAL and the STONE CHURCH CHOIR OF WILLOW GLEN, Nancy Wait-Kromm, director, will present a benefit concert of choral music for those living in poverty. Proceeds will be divided between DOWNTOWN STREETS TEAM, the social ministry at TRIN-ITY CATHEDRAL, and possibly one other charity that works with the poor. The program of choral music will include composer Henry Mollicone’s BEATITUDE MASS (“Mass for the homeless”) for choir and instrumental ensemble, which has raised well over $140,000 through various performances in several U.S. cities.

Date: Sunday, January 12 Time: 7pm Place: Trinity Cathedral, 81 North 2nd Street, San Jose 95113 Suggested donation: $20 Reservations: Leave message for “Henry” at (408) 315-4354 Tickets also available at the door.

This performance is made possible in part by the Harold R. Hayes Fund.

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talked with my school chaplain about perhaps wanting to study the Christian faith in college. He seemed pleased but said I was not to get too wrapped up in whatever was the latest phase of scholarship since theology seemed to be cyclical, with the same ideas being reprocessed about every forty to fifty years or so. I was appalled at what I considered his cynicism. Yet at the time the great discovery or debate about Jesus was whether he was a Zealot or not. In other words was he one with the Jewish resistance leaders against Roman oppression? Well, go to the best-selling books on theol-ogy this year and you will see the exceptionally popular new book on Jesus, “Zealot.” The book has some excellent discussion within it and is up to date in much of its scholarship and as such is a useful read. But the central thesis that Jesus was identifiably a Zealot, i.e., A Jewish resistance leader, could be coun-tered with many of the same arguments as fifty years ago. The other day, in frustration at something going on in the church, I muttered something very quietly. No one knew what I had said because it was in Welsh. This was not done consciously. It was one of the expressions used fre-quently in Wales, where I went to college. It was not a swear word; neither was it blasphemy. But it was a word used only in Welsh which expresses deep frustration. The distinctively Welsh expression I muttered, no more makes me a Welshman than does the fact that Jesus was hung on a cross means that he must have been a Jewish resistance fighter and a member of the Zealot party. Yes, the symbol of the Zealot party was a cross, but so much of Jesus’ teaching is the antithesis of Zealot teaching. Who we are is much more than a few of our characteris-tics. The point of Jesus of Nazareth is not that he was a resis-tance fighter or a nationalist (which he probably was), but rather that in his life and in his teaching we see a window into God. We see an ideal way of living made real for us. We hear stories which transform us. If we understand his language, Aramaic, we hear the words of an outstanding poet. What Jesus does for us is call us to a vision of world in which we seek reconciliation of nations and people; the elimination of poverty, war and disease; a way of life in

which all are cherished, and not just the special few. We hear a message which is wholeheartedly opposed to ter-rorism, war and oppression. We see a man who wept over Jerusalem and who would weep today over South Sudan where so many of our congregation come from. If you would see the real Christ look beyond the theologi-cal text book and see the impact made by people who have taken seriously to heart Jesus’ way of life. These people are not ME people for whom Christmas is about what they get, but service people who see Christmas as about what they can give. Some of you are probably very aware of my love of a statement about the church made by an excellent, but not terribly well known theologian, W. H. Vanstone. “The church,” Vanstone wrote, “is rather like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.” A former seminarian I worked with gave me a book by Vanstone and instructed me to read it. It is now out of print and the only new copy of the original available on Amazon is $60. I did as I was told. I read it. It was as good as he said. Later, after Vanstone had died an early death, I read an autobiographical comment of his. He was the son of a priest, who as a boy once caught another boy stealing an apple from his father (the rector’s) yard. He grabbed the robber’s wrist to hold him so he would be punished. But then he noticed how scrawny the wrist was. He then realized the poverty of the other boy. He let him go and eventually determined that he should follow his father’s footsteps and be a priest. Once ordained, Vanstone, who was a sickly person, was encouraged to be an academic theologian. It would be less strain upon his heart than a parish. Instead he took extremely tough parish assignments, predictably dying much younger perhaps than if he had accepted an aca-demic post. Vanstone had seen a vision of what it meant to serve others, even if it meant the church lost a full time theologian. One of the most brilliant of organists was Albert Schweitzer; one of the most brilliant of theologians to try to work out who Jesus actually was, was Albert Schweitzer, author of “The Quest for the Historical Jesus” a landmark work even today. Yet most of his working life

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Everyone pitched in to either help cut up chicken, slice up lots of spinach, help wash the many packages and bunches of veggies, grate carrots, or help make our super spicy garlic bread. With so many helpers, we were able to quickly finish the prepping and cooking and transported the food to Cecil White Center in plenty of time for the 12:30 meal service time. At Cecil White Center, with all the servers donning aprons, gloves, and little beret-like caps, we dished out lunch to a very grateful crowd of lunchers. Barb, Diego, Ben, and Gilbert worked the pasta, salad, and garlic bread stations while Suseela, and Ray handed out slices of cake and pastries or cheerily topped dishes of ice cream with chocolate and whipped cream. Raj supervised his two boys who helped hand out milk and orange juice. Rick put out fresh fruit on a table and sliced up several scrump-tious pies, which were a bit hit with everyone. A big thank you goes to Lucky supermarket, at the corner of Saratoga and Pruneridge Avenues in Santa Clara, and especially managers, Andrew and Reuben, and bakers, Bertha, Ernie, Amina, and Sandy for their continuing sup-port. They donated a dozen loaves of hot and fresh French bread for our garlic bread and many mouth-watering cakes and pastries. Finally, another thank you goes to Darryl for arranging, picking up, and delivering the baked goods. The next lunches will be held on Saturday, January 11 and 18, 2014. At least 10 volunteers are needed for this local mission activity so if your schedule allows please consider coming and helping. We meet to prepare lunch at 10:15 am in the kitchen of the Parish Hall. No experience is re-quired, just a desire to help those less fortunate than our-selves. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall. If you have any questions, please ask any of the volunteers or Fr. Bird.

- Alan Fong

2013 Pledge Payments At the close of 2013, a review of the status of pledge pay-ments shows that there are many that are behind. Please review your pledge for 2013 and, if you are behind in pay-ments, please bring them up to date if you can. We would

like to finish last year with a balanced budget and that can only happen if all pledges are current! If you haven’t yet pledged for 2014, pledge forms may be found in church entrance, on our website and by contact-ing the office. Thank you for your continued support of the work Trinity does in downtown San Jose. Churches such as Trinity stand as beacons of God's presence in the urban environment and your support keeps this beacon shining.

- Pau Archambeault, Treasurer

Charles Cramer and Friends* in Concert!

7:30 PM Saturday, January 18 St. Mark's Episcopal Church

1957 Pruneridge Ave, Santa Clara

Be our guest! The San Jose Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is hosting a recital featuring organists Charles Cramer, Mike Cala and * [Trinity’s own] Darryl Parker. A camera trained on the organ console will give us a big-screen view of all the organists in action—and a close-up view of all the buttons they have to push! The program includes Cala performing an improvisation accompanying a short silent film and Cramer’s illustrated presenta-tion, “How I became a Photographer and met Ansel Ad-ams.” He'll talk about the many connections between mu-sic and photography. Adams started off as a pianist, and Cramer will present some rarely-heard recordings of Ad-ams playing the piano. Also included will be some of Cramer's photographs. (www.charlescramer.com). You can see more of Cramer’s prints at the reception fol-lowing the recital.

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aptitude to become superheroes. What we need is a reve-lation of what a child of God should look like so that we might strive to be that. When we see God in the person of Jesus, we are seeing him as a human, not as a super hu-man—as he must be if we wish to be able to speak as Paul did in his Letter to the Galatians. “I have been cruci-fied with Christ,” he said,“ and it is no longer I who live; but it is Christ who lives in me.” Caryll Houselander, a not very well-known British writer who has been described as “artist, odd ball, mystic, friend, and in the end, suffering servant,” writes of her mystical experience of seeing God in others in the form of Christ himself. The scene is the London underground:

I was in an underground train, a crowded train in which all sorts of people jostled together, sitting and strap-hanging—workers of every description getting home at the end of the day. Quite sud-denly I saw with my mind, but as vividly as a wonderful picture, Christ in them all. But I saw more than that; not only was Christ in every one of them, living in them, dying in them, rejoicing in them,

sorrowing in them—but because He was in them, and because they were here, the whole world was here too, here in this underground train….

In this context, St. Augustine asked a most important question: “What does it avail me that this birth is always happening, if it does not happen in me? That it should happen in me is what matters.” So, during this Epiphany season, we ought to be conscious that Christ may well be manifest in the people we encounter in our own commu-nities, and, God willing, in ourselves as well. If we as Christians are ever going to be able to help heal this bro-ken world, we must surely strive to manifest Christ more in our own lives.

—Lance

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was spent in establishing and running a hospital in Africa, where he was doctor, surgeon, fundraiser and just about everything else. Schweitzer caught the sense of who Jesus was and could not but follow him. Jesus is a window into God. Jesus so expressed God that he made the whole vision of God and life of God real for people. The gift for us at Christmas is to follow the exam-ple of Schweitzer and seek to discover just who Jesus was. I end with a passage from Schweitzer’s writing before he became a medical missionary. This writing challenges us to come to know the fullness of God through our encoun-ter with the divine.

“He [Jesus] comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those [men] who knew Him not. He speaks to us the

same words: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He com-mands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mys-tery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is.”

It is He, then, who is the center of our worship this and every Christmas. “O come, let us adore him, Christ our Lord.” Amen.

- David

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Celebrations!

Awan Anyieth 1/1 Fina-Lee Pengosro 1/2 Carol Garcia 1/2 Sophie Zivanic 1/7 Anna Alicia Garcia Jones 1/13 Phoebe-Ray Greenaway 1/15 Carolyn McCoid 1/15 Paige Dionne 1/16 Elizabeth Coon 1/18 Scott Fosdick 1/21 Leslie Moreland 1/23

Rita Knudsen 1/24 Yvonne Laconico 1/26 Arahline-Rose Rasp 1/28 Peyton Neumann 1/28 Cheryl Fletcher 1/30

Jerry and Margo Estruth 1/1 Diana Macalintal & Nick Wagner 1/3 Karl and Barbara Inderbitzin 1/8 Richard Reynolds & Robert Sigmon 1/22 Kirsten Nelson and Lee Barford 1/27

“O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray,

on your servants as they begin another year.

Grant that they may grow in wisdom and grace,

and strengthen their trust in your goodness all the days of their lives;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”

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Epiphany Hymn of St. Ambrose

Most High God!

Thou that enkindlest

the fires of the shining stars! O Jesus!

Thou that art peace and life and light and truth,

hear and grant our prayers.

This present day has been made holy

by thy mystic baptism, whereby thou didst sanctify

those waters of the Jordan,

which of old were thrice turned back.

It is holy by the star shining in the heavens,

whereby thou didst announce

thy Virginal Mother's delivery

and didst, on the same day, lead the Magi to adore thee in thy crib.

It is holy too,

by thy changing the water of the pitchers into wine;

which the steward of the feast,

knowing that he had not so filled them, drew forth for the guests.

Glory be to thee, O Lord Jesus, that didst appear on this Day!

And to the Father and to the Holy Spirit,

for everlasting ages. Amen.

Hymn of St. Ambrose (338-397), used by the Church in Milan

Epiphany

What is Epiphany?

Epiphany, also known as "Three Kings Day" and "Twelfth Day," is a Christian holiday commemorated on January 6. It falls on the twelfth day after Christmas, and for some denominations signals the conclusion of the twelve days of the Christmas season. Though many different cultural and denominational customs are practiced, in general, the feast cele-brates the manifestation of God in the form of human flesh through Jesus Christ, his Son.

The word epiphany means “manifestation” or “revelation" and is commonly linked in Western Christianity with the visit of the wise men (Magi) to the Christ child. Through the Magi, Christ revealed himself to the gentiles. In Eastern Christi-anity, Epiphany puts emphasis on the baptism of Jesus by John, with Christ revealing himself to the world as God's own Son. Likewise, on Epiphany some denominations commemorate Jesus' miracle of turning water into wine, signifying the manifestation of Christ's divinity as well.