FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE

Volume 63 Number 3 MARCH 2013

EASTER FLOWER FORM ON PAGE 5

The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael

Pacific View Drive at Marguerite Corona del Mar California 92625 949.644.0463

& All Angels

www.stmikescdm.org

...From the Desk of the Rector

BELOVEDS IN CHRIST,

HOLY WEEK 2013 WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Palm Sunday , March 24th Holy Eucharist at 8am and 10am with Blessing of Palms and Procession Evening Prayer (said) at 5:30pm Monday in Holy Week, March 25th Evening Prayer at 5:30pm Tuesday in Holy Week, March 26th Morning Prayer at 7:30am Evening Prayer at 5:30pm Tenebrae at 7:30pm Wednesday in Holy Week, March 27th 10am Holy Eucharist with Healing Evening Prayer at 5:30pm Maundy Thursday, March 28th Evening Prayer at 5:30pm The Washing of Feet & Holy Eucharist at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary The Stripping of the Altar* The All Night Watch at the Altar of Repose, 9pm to 9am Good Friday, March 29th Morning Prayer at 9am Stations of the Cross on the patio at noon Good Friday worship for children & families at 4pm Evening Prayer at 5:30pm Stations of the Cross on the patio at 7pm Good Friday Liturgy with Music at 7:30pm* (See note on page 2 for availability of Rite of Reconcilliation of a Penitent) Holy Saturday, March 30th Morning Prayer 9am Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm The Great Vigil of Easter at 7:30pm with the Lighting of the Paschal Candle and Holy Eucharist* Festive Reception following, MR Easter Sunday, March 31st Festival Choral Eucharist with Choir, and Organ and Instruments at 8am and 10am (Nursery Care provided from 8am through Easter worship)

ur week-of-weeks, Holy Week, begins on March 24, Palm Sunday or the Sunday of the Passion, and ends when The Great Vigil of Easter begins!

Here are five suggested ways to appreciate Holy Week and arrive on Easter ready to celebrate resurrection: (1) Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest each days readings; start with those listed on pages 914-5 in our Book of Common Prayer. Read them aloud so you can hear them. Ask for the Holy Spirit to open your heart to hear the depths of what they reveal about the nature of God and human nature and what it means to be saved through Christ Jesus. Keep a journal if you wish. Come to Evening Prayer here every day at 5:30 p.m. (2) Take time to discover volunteering at a soup kitchen of homeless shelter, or discover Habitat for Humanity Orange County (www.habitatoc.org; 714.434.6200). Serve someone who hasnt the remotest possibility of paying you back as Jesus washed the feet of his disciples because he loved them, as God loved them, and wanted them to love others in the same unrestrained, lavish way. (3) Come to church. Climb inside the skins of all the participants from Jesus to Judas, Peter to Pilate, Annas to Barabbas, from mother Mary to Mary Magdalene, from the beloved disciple to the soldiers charged with breaking the legs of the crucified. Walk the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. (4) Make a list of all the people who have hurt you. Dont hold back. Dont rationalize the pain away. Feel it and list it. Then, list all the people you have hurt; yes, every last painful one. Praying for the Spirits strength, go back over both lists, taking as much time as you need, and after the name of each person pray aloud, Forgive, gracious and almighty God. If you dont feel particularly forgiving or forgiven, dont worry; pray for progress not perfection and that feelings will follow acting., (5) Get into gratitude! Visit a friend, play with a child, call someone you love. One of the tragedies of our full, hurried, Christian lives is how stingy we are in giving thanks and praise to people who mean most to us. When you awake on Easter, exclaim Jesus is alive! Be a fool for the sake of Christ. Soar with saints. Feast knowing that the power of sin is conquered, death is no more, and God reigns! Now, here are five ways to have a bland, blah Easter: (1) Be lazy. Dont read holy scripture. Dont set up quiet time. Dont immerse yourself in the sacred story that forms the heart of our Christian faith. Continued on page 3

* Childcare provided for this service

FAITH: LO SERVING BUILDING OUR FAITH: LOVING CHRIST AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY

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PARISH NEWS AND NOTES

CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE to the Rectors Discretionary Fund most most recently by Bill Rawlings in thanksgiving for the life of his wife of fifty-seven years, Bunny; by his family in thanksgiving for the life of J. William Thompson, III; by Bill Leasure in thanksgiving and by Heather & Gary and Bridget Matusiak in thanksgiving for the baptism of Crosby William.These funds extend our Parishs mission of outreach, providing for such needs as can be helped by financial assistance.

FOLLOWING THE GOOD FRIDAY EVENING LITURGY, The Revd Canon Haynes will be available in the Sanctuary for the rite of Reconciliation of a Penitent, pages 447-448 or 449452 in the Book of Common Prayer, or at other times by appointment.

Anniversaries in MARCH
Birthdays 5th - Bill Brady 9th - Patricia Zorn 24th - Bob Brookes, Jr Cynthia Ryan 28th - Norm Bianchi Baptisms 13th - Ruth Poole Ann Morris Julie Jenkins Weddings 20th - Doug Little & Linda Moorman 21st - Jeff & DJ Hulet 31st - Bob & Peggy Montgomery

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE Saint Michael & All Angeles is forming an Emergency Preparedness Plan in 2013 and will be asking for one or two volunteers from the congregation to participate. The committee will assess hazards and recommend areas to be addressed in the plan. In addition to the volunteers from the congregation, the committee will include members of the vestry, church staff, and others. If you are interested in participating, please email Paul Multari, pmultari@yahoo.com. Meeting dates and times will be announced soon.

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PLEDGE ENVELOPES: If you would like pledge envelopes for 2013, please leave a message for our bookkeeper, Donnie Lewis, 949.644.0463, ext. 15. For those of you who have already requested pledge envelopes, they are now available in Michaels Room in alphabetical order.

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NURSERY CARE for infants through 2 years of age is available in the Parish Center beginning at 9:30am. Sunday School is available for children from 3 to 13 years.

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DO YOU APPRECIATE THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE the ways we offer them during Sunday morning worship? Louise Stover has been providing the forms we use; now, you are invited join Louise in doing likewise. Provide forms for The Prayers of the People you would like us to use a month or two in advance of the Sunday for which that form would be used and be part of our worship planning. Questions? Please see our rector.
Senior Warden..............................Lynn Headley [lynnheadlygc@earthlink.net] 714.963.5932 Junior Warden...............................Paul Multari [paulmultari@yahoo.com 949.500.8891 Christian Education.......................Barbara Black [syblack@sbcglobal.net] 949.375.3048 Clerk of the Vestry.........................Karlene Miller karlenemiller@gmail.com 949.336.6215 Building and Grounds..............................Open

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Rectors Desk from page 1 (2) Stick with routine as usual. Dont prioritize time to participate in the liturgies of Palm Sunday, Tenebrae, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and The Great Vigil of Easter. Treat our week-of-weeks, Holy Week, like any other week. (3) Focus on Easter as a secular holiday. Get caught up in mall fever and spring sales. Treat Holy Week as holiday time, a recreational bonanza. (4) Dont make any special efforts to reach out to those who need you. Avoid making any irregular act of love that would be on the house in the way that God loves us and died for us in Christ Jesus. (5) Avoid visiting the grave or memorial garden of a loved one. Dont think about your own mortality. Dont ponder anew that Easter is Gods pledge extraordinaire that disease and tragedy and death are not the final reality Resurrection is. Dont feel any gratitude that God is Lord not only of the beginning but also of the end, that Resurrection is our final destination to share eternal life with the saints in Light. Happy Holy Week and Joy for Easter!

2013 LENTEN WEDNESDAY EVENING SERIES In celebrating the 350th anniversary of our Book of Common Prayer, Saint Michael & All Angels will feature a five-session reading of Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury by playwright Charles Williams. Each evening will begin with a simple soup supper at 6:00 pm, followed by reading, and concluding with Compline at 7:30 pm. The cast of characters includes Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and Mary I, along with Bishops, Lords, Clergy, and Singers. All parish thespians and others are invited to join in reading a part on one, or all, of the five nights. Please sign up on Sundays between church services. Scripts are available for check-out in Susan Caldwells office. Please contact The Stovers (calcs1224@gmail.com) if you have questions or would like additional information. MORE ABOUT THE PLAY The play dramatizes the key events in Cranmer's life. Cranmer had been a Cambridge scholar and a diplomat, before being plucked by Henry VIII to be archbishop in 1532. Over the next 30 years, Cranmer became a leader of the English Reformation, and the first Book of Common Prayer was published in 1549. After Mary I became queen in 1553, she restored Roman Catholic worship to England. Cranmer was tried for treason and heresy. He was executed by fire in 1556. In Williams' play, the two main characters are Cranmer and a skeleton. The skeleton figure apparently representing Evil or Death ultimately appears, in the light of eternity, as the instrument of Good. A portion of the play will be presented each week. The series runs every Wednesday throughout Lent with a soup supper at 6pm and our program beginning at 6:30pm. All programs will close with Compline, finishing by 8pm. Real life, agonies and joys and all, is the intensive life, the investing life, the giving life. ABOUT PLAYWRIGHT CHARLES WILLIAMS Charles Williams worked nearly all his life for the Oxford University Press, also lecturing extensively on English literature for evening institutes and for Oxford University. Much of his critical writing grew out of this activity. His seven novels appeared from 1930 onwards; unlike much fantasy fiction, they deal not with imaginary magical worlds but with the eruption of supernatural elements into everyday life. A legal officer has bequeathed to him the original set of Tarot cards; the investigation of a murder in a publishers office merges with the rediscovery of the Holy Grail; the ghost of a girl killed in an accident helps thwart a plot for world domination His later poetry, which he considered his main work, included a number of striking plays (Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury was the next Canterbury Festival commission after Eliots Murder in the Cathedral) and two volumes of poems on themes connected with the Arthurian cycle. He was perhaps the most original lay theologian of the century (his chief books in this field being The Descent of the Dove, A History of the Holy Spirit in the Church(1939), and He Came Down From Heaven (1938). Above all, he was passionately interested in the ways in which romantic love can be a key to understanding our relationship with God. This vision blended with his critical work in his great study of Dante, The Figure of Beatrice (1943), which inspired Dorothy L. Sayers to translate the Divine Comedy into English. ---From the Charles Williams Society web page

Yours, in Christ -

PENITENTIAL PRAYER OF ST. AUGUSTINE O Lord, The house of my soul is narrow; enlarge it that you may enter in. It is ruinous, O repair it! It displeases Your sight. I confess it, I know. But who shall cleanse it, to whom shall I cry but to you? Cleanse me from my secret faults, O Lord, and spare Your servant from strange sins. St. Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430)

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SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION

MARCH 2013

CHRISTIAN Susan EDUCATION Caldwell

PRAYERS
HEALING

Our mission is to seek and share Jesus Christ as spiritual food for lifes journey.

3233 Pacific View Drive Corona del Mar, CA 92625 949.644.0463 949.644.9247 FAX www.stmikescdm.org The Very Revd Canon

Peter D. Haynes, Rector

[phaynes@stmikescdm.org] Susan Caldwell Director of Christian Education [scaldwell@stmikescdm.org] Stephen M Black, Minister of Music [stephenmblack@gmail.com] The Revd Fennie Chang, Ph.D., Canterbury Irvine The Revd Canon Ray Flemming Assisting Priest The Revd Jefferson Hulet Assisting Priest The Revd Barbara Stewart, Ph.D., Assisting Priest Susan Beechner, Parish Secretary [sbeechner@stmikescdm.org] Donnie Lewis, Bookkeeper [dlewis@stmikescdm.org]

WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sunday Holy Eucharist 8am Choral Eucharist 10am Adult Education 9am Sunday School 10am Nursery Care provided from 9:30am Tuesday HE, MP, alternating Tues. at 7:30am Wednesday Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Peace and Healing-10am
ABOUT SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS CORONA DEL MAR

We are a Christian Community of the Anglican Communion who come to hear Gods word and receive and share the Lord Jesus Christ. Our purpose is to have Christ live in us in order that in Christ we may live faithful and productive Christian lives. Our commitment to the Gospel is evangelical; our liturgical tradition, catholic; our theology orthodox but open to thought, reflection, and spiritual endeavor. We care about the world and strive to serve Christ in it.

usan Caldwell, Minister of Christian Education, and , new Vestry Commissioner for Christian Education, Barbara Black, sat down to chat recently: B: You know how the term continuing education is so often used? I think its appropriate to apply it to Christian Education. One doesnt have to go to a program at a community college to continue in education. S: I agree! As Christians, we need to continue to develop our understanding of what Jesuss life means. B: Yes, and we cant do that in 3 or 5 or 10 years; its a study of a lifetime. S: Our Godly Play curriculum for Sunday School, the Bible Challenge reading program, Sundays at 9, the Quiet Day coming up in March, the Journey all of those projects and more, here at St. Michaels, really do constitute continuing Christian Education. B: Oh, yes. And what a variety of projects those are. But right here, Id like to put a little flashlight on a few of them that, perhaps many people dont think of as part of Christian Education. For one, theres acolyting. As acolytes, they learn about the parts of the Eucharistic service, literally seeing it up close and being a direct participant. S: How about Confirmation! Studying more closely what we believe as Christians and realizing that one must affirm as a confirmand, that, Yes, I believe because I do understand. B: You know, I have always thought its similar to a 12 or 13 year old in the Jewish faith who makes his/her Bar/Bas Mitzvah. And, mitzvah in Hebrew means a good deed. Confirmation is surely a good deed. S: Well, what about choir? Youre . a member of the choir, Barbara; do you think you gain new understandings about our faith through your part in the choir? More Christian Education news on page 5

Olive Harry Sally Sam Dan Nancy Norm Sue Bob John Roberta Maurie Pat Linda Patricia Hermine Mary Betty the Miller family GUIDANCE Victor Sam Peggy Bette Jeanne Jeannine Ann REPOSE Mildred Law Bunny Rawlings Paul O.W. Tanner Ronald F. Gilbert John William Thompson, III Martin J. Miller Susie Kinserlow Terry Lynberg+ THANKSGIVING - for the opportunities of Lent and Holy Week, and for the joy of Easter; - for Harry & Judy Sellings wedding anniversary

Call Esther McNamee for prayer requests 949.640.1749

PLEASE CHECK the lost and found box next to the tract rack in Michaels Room.

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IN MARCH 2013, ON TUESDAYS at 7:30am, The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated on the 5th and 19th. Morning Prayer will be said on the 12th and 26th.

Christian Education continued from page 4 B: Absolutely. As we practice emphasizing certain words of the anthems and hymns, one cant help but get a sudden insight in our beliefs and doctrines. You know, church choir directors must study all parts of the service, the church seasons and scripture readings in order to select hymns and anthems that support those readings; and Stephen Black often shares his knowledge and insights with the choir. S: Christian Education is a huge thing, isnt it? I suddenly thought of the training of our Sunday School teachers. Teachers must first understand in depth, what they will present to young children before they teach, so their initial training and then further training is a part of their Christian Education. B: Well, as we say in music, and the beat goes on. Participating in even just one part of all St. Mikes has to offer in Christian Education, strengthens not only oneself in faith, but adds that strength to support the entire congregation. So lets go sisters and brothers, and grow in wisdom and understanding through continuing education.

baked potatoes following the event. Please contact Susan Caldwell at 949-644-0463 Ext.12 if you would like to participate and/ or join the hospitality team. The Bible Challenge January 1st marked the first day of The Bible Challenge. Over twenty-five parishioners at Saint Michael & All Angels signed up to take The Bible Challenge this year. The daily Bible readings may be accompanied by a commentary, questions, and a prayer in The Bible Challenge book. This companion book, edited by The Reverend Marek P. Zabriskie and published by Forward Movement, is very helpful in staying connected and motivated to keep up with the daily readings. There are extra copies available to be purchased in the parish office. Note that The Bible Challenge may be taken up at any time during the course of the year. If you would like to participate, please contact Susan Caldwell at 949.644.0463 Ext.12. Sundays at 9 Phil Johnston, a guest speaker from Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic Church in Huntington Beach, will be teaching Sundays at 9am through the Lenten season. Phil will be talking to the class about the liturgical readings and following up with a time of discussion. Come ready to ask questions and sit beside other faithful Lenten travelers. Acolyte Training Acolytes are an important ministry at Saint Michael and All Angels. Please contact Susan Caldwell at 949-644-0463 Ext. 12 if you are interested in becoming an acolyte and or would like a refresher course.

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LOAVES AND FISHES: February through March 10, we are collecting bags of small, foil-wrapped chocolate eggs which will be used to stuff larger plastic eggs for the children who come to the soup kitchen. Then we will begin collecting full-sized toiletries and gift items for Mothers Day. Monetary donations are always welcome, too, and checks should be made payable to Saint Michael & All Angels, with Loaves and Fishes on the memo line. (Tax ID #952123746)

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HELP FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE: We have a cupboard in the small kitchen where we store food that can be given to people in need to help them get throuigh the day.We need small selfopening cans of soup, beans and fruit and still within their use by date -no exotic food or items requiring refrigeration. Also needed: small paper bags and plastic eating utensils.Call Murry McClaren with questions.

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UPCOMING Celtic Quiet Day March 16 Men and women parishioners, please come join us for a time of quiet and reflection on the Saint Michael & All Angels campus on Saturday, March 16, 9:30-12:00pm. This is Saint Patricks Day weekend. There will be a light luncheon featuring

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THE PARISH DIRECTORY will be updated in April. Parishioners who wish to have their pictures in the directory, and those who wish to replace their existing pictures, may email digital images to me at newquay@roadrunner.com, or leave photographs in the office with Susan Beechner.--Peter Coppen

EASTER FLOWER REQUEST FORM (Please Print) Name:__________________________________________________________ Phone Number:_________________________________________________ In Memory of:__________________________________________________ In Thanksgiving for:______________________________________________ Please make your check payable to Saint Michael & All Angels and write Easter Flowers on the memo line. You may place it in the collection plate or mail it to Saint Michael & All Angels Church, 3233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar, CA92625. Deadline for Bulletin inclusion is Monday, March 25.

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HOLY WOMEN HOLY MEN

Norm Ewers JOHN DONNE (1573-1631) Priest, Poet

Anymans death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

hese words are familiar to many; the author, John Donne, though less well known, is one of the greatest English poets. In his own time, he was the best-known preacher in the Church of England. He came to that eminence by a tortuous path. Born into a wealthy and pious Roman Catholic family in 1573, he was educated at both Oxford and Cambridge, and studied law at Lincolns Inn. Some time later he conformed to the Established Church and embarked upon a promising political career of service to the State. The revelation of his secret marriage in 1601 to the neice of his employer, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, brought his public career to an end. In 1615, he was persuaded by King James the First and others to receive ordination. Following several brief cures (assignments), Donne rose rapidly in popularity as Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, a position he held from 1622 until his death in 1631. He drew great throngs to the Cathedral and to Pauls Cross, a nearby openair pulpit. His sermons reflect the wide learning of a scholar, the passionate intensity of the poet, and the profound devotion of one struggling in his own life to relate the freedom and demands of the Gospel to the concerns of a common humanity, on every level, and in all its complexities. In one of his own poems he wrote: We thinke that Paradise and Calvarie, Christs Crosse and Adams tree, stood in one place; Looke, Lord, and finde both Adams met in me; As the first Adams sweat surrounds my face May the last Adams blood my soule embrace. So, in his purple wrappd receive mee Lord, By his thorns give me his other Crowne; And as to others soules I preachd thy word, By this my Text, my Sermon to my owne. Therefore that he may raise the Lord throws down. The life of John Donne is celebrated on March 31.
(Source: The Proper for the Lesser Feasts and Fasts. 1997)

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR the Sanctuary Light or Altar Flowers in memory of a loved one or in thanksgiving for a birthday, anniversary, or other special event, please sign up on the board in the Parish Center and indicate the person or occasion to be remembered. The suggested donation for flowers is $30 and for the Sanctuary Light $10. Please mark your donation for the Altar Guild.

UPDATE: SAINT MICHAELS ON EBAY

Only household items for now, no clothing or furniture. Fill out the consignment sheet when you drop off your items. Indicate if you want the item back if it doesnt sell or if we can donate it. A copy of the sheet is your receipt for taxes Call Ken Norton for pickup: 714.815.7273. Items will be posted for sale on ebay. Proceeds benefit Saint Michael & All Angels. Results will be posted quarterly in For The Love of Mike. One Mans Junk Is Another Mans Treasure!!

A PRAYER
Lord Jesus, I am so grateful that you were willing to stoop down to my level and suffer what I must endure. Always give me the faith that will allow me to trust in you, even when I am being torn apart by suffering and doubt, especially at the hour of my death. This I ask for the sake of the love you have shown for me and for all people. --Bp. Pierre Whalon in The Bible Challenge

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EACH WEEK

IN THE COMING WEEKS

Sat., Mar. 2nd Sun., Mar. 3rd Vestry/Staff Retreat, Joan Shorts home, 9:00 a.m. 3rd Sunday in Lent The Bible Challenge, 11:30 a.m., DL Lenten Choral Evensong, 4:00 p.m., Sanctuary featuring Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis of Lee Hoiby Vestry Meeting, 7:00-9:00 p.m., CR Lenten Evening Program, 6:00 p.m., MR Staff Meeting, 9:30-11:00 a.m., DL Altar Guild Lunch honoring Nancy Sattler and Jeanne Rees, 12 noon, MR 4th Sunday in Lent Adult Christian Education Committee, 11:30 a.m., CR Hutchins Consort Board, 4:00 p.m., CR Deadline for March 2013 For the Love of Mike, 5:00 p.m. Lenten Evening Program, 6:00 p.m., MR Disabled Youth March Madness Party, 6-11:00 p.m., AAC Celtic Quiet Day, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., All Campus 5th Sunday in Lent Worship Commission, 11:30 a.m., CR Final Lenten Evening Program, 6:00 p.m., MR Palm Sunday - Blessing of Palms, Procession Evening Prayer (said), 5:30 p.m., Sanctuary Monday in Holy Week Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Holy Week - Morning Prayer 7:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Evening Prayer, Sanctuary 7:30 p.m. Tenebrae, Sanctuary Wednesday in Holy Week Holy Eucharist with Healing, 10:00 a.m. Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday - Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m., Sanctuary 7:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Sanctuary (child care) The Washing of the Feet, Sanctuary The Stripping of the Altar, Sanctuary 9:00 p.m.-9:00 a.m. The All-Night Watch at the Altar of Repose Good Friday - 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Noon - Stations of the Cross, Parish Patio 4:00 p.m. Good Friday Worship for Children & Families (child care) 5:30 p.m. Evening Prayer 7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross, Parish Patio 7:30 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy with music (child care) Holy Saturday - 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 5:30 p.m. Evening Prayer 7:30 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter (child care) Lighting of the Paschal Candle, Holy Eucharist Festive Reception following, MR Easter Day! 8:00 & 10:00 a.m., Festival Choral Eucharist Office closed

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Sunday Holy Eucharist at 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Nursery care from 9:30 a.m. on Sundays-at-Nine, 9:00 a.m., DL Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Childrens Choir, 11:30 a.m-noon, NW Monday Basketball, 3:00-3:45 p.m., AAC House of Speed, 5:00-6:30 p.m., AAC JOURNEY, 7:00 p.m., Sanctuary St. Mikes Basketball, 7:00-9:00 p.m., AAC Tuesday HE, Morning Prayer, alternating on Tuesdays, 7:30 a.m. Whiz Kids, 9:15-11:30 a.m., 1:45-5:00 p.m., AAC Basketball, 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., AAC (not 3/26) Wednesday AA meeting, 7:00-8:00 a.m., SW Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Peace and Healing 10:00 a.m. Whiz Kids, 1:45-5:00 p.m., AAC Confirmation Class, 4:00-5:30 p.m., CR Wednesday Evening Programs, MR (3/6, 13, 20) 6:00 p.m. Simple Soup Supper, Program 7:30 p.m. Concludes with Compline Thursday The Mens Group, 7:30-9:00 a.m., DL Whiz Kids, 1:45-5:00 p.m., AAC Basketball, 5:00-8:00 p.m., AAC Parish Choir Rehearsal, 7:00-8:30 p.m. (not 3/14) Friday Yoga class, 9:00-10:00 a.m., NW Whiz Kids, 9:15-10:15 a.m., AAC Basketball, 3:30-8:00 p.m., AAC(not 3/29 AA meeting, 7:00-10:00 p.m., SW (not 3/29) Saturday Handbell Rehearsal, 10-11:00 a.m., NW 15 Hand (11(11/
Meeting Rooms: AAC - All Angels Court MR - Michaels Room CR - Conference Room DL - Davis Library NW - North Wing BR - Blue Room, AAC SW - South Wing PC - Parish Center RR - Red Room, AAC

Tues., Mar. 5th Wed., Mar. 6th Thurs., Mar. 7th Sat., Mar. 9th Sun., Mar. 10th Tues., Mar. 12th Wed., Mar. 13th Fri., Mar. 15th Sat., Mar. 16th Sun., Mar 17th Wed., Mar. 20th Sun., Mar. 24th Mon., Mar. 25th Tues., Mar. 26th Wed., Mar. 27th Thurs., Mar. 28th

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MARCH 2013

(MORE) PARISH NEWS AND NOTES

SAINT MICHAELS FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR JANUARY 2012: Preliminary YTD Income is $42,252. Our YTD Expense is $48,987.The parish Net Ordinary Income is $265, which is $10,115 ahead of our plan. Our YTD Pledge Income is $38,078 which is $2,661 above our plan through the end of 2013. Our total operating cash balance is $117,739 of which $87,389 is designated gifts; leaving a net balance of $30,350. The Endowment Trust has a balance of $158,690.If you have not made your 2013 pledge, please do so now.

SANCTUARY REFURBISHING
As presented at our Annual Parish Meeting on Feb. 3, our parish sanctuary is in need of refurbishing. The goal is to accomplish this during the coming summer months. Of course now the question is how to provide the funds for these needed items. As you can see from the breakdown below, the bids come in at $22,849.00 If we could get a bit more than that, it would cover any extras (in my house there are always extras). Should those not come up - then we would be able to do a few other things. Remove carpeting in the North Wing and refinish that floor, etc. PAINTING SANCTUARY REPAIR & REFINISH Pews and Kneelers FLOORING Remove carpets & repair cracked slab Install center aisle carpet Install side aisle carpets $ 4,685 10,980 2,120 2,109 2,955

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PLEASE REMEMBER . . . Saint Michael & All Angels has a Parish Emergency Fund funded by parishioners and available to parishioners facing financial emergencies and needing economic assistance. Requests should be directed to our rector or Junior Warden, Paul Multari, or any member of our Vestry. Currently there is $5000 in this Fund. At one time there was more than $20,000 in the Parish Emergency Fund; so, if you are able to contribute, all gifts are welcome!

PROPOSED COST FOR SANCTUARY RENOVATION $ 22,849 We are hoping that those who pledged this year would consider adding a one-time gift of $200.00. Please contact either of us with any questions you may have with regard to this project. --- Lynn Headley & Murry McClaren

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THE MENS GROUP: Each week we discuss a chapter or two of a book, typically on theology, philosophy and science. We meet 7.30-9.00am each Thursday in Davis Library. All men welcome regardless of faith or lack of it.

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TIME AND TALENT If you are thinking about volunteering with one of our commissions at St. Mikes, please review the Parish Life booklet on the back rail of the Sanctuary. which describes these activities. We need greeters, acolytes, coffee hosts, and ushers, and have other interesting assignments as well. Volunteering is a wonderful way to meet new people at St. Mikes. Please call Deborah Newquist with questions at 949.854.2675.

UNITED THANK OFFERING (UTO) is a ministry of the Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church. Through United Thank Offering, men, women, and children nurture the habit of giving daily thanks to God. These prayers of thanksgiving start when we recognize and name our many daily blessings. Those who participate in UTO discover that thankfulness leads to generosity. United Thank Offering is entrusted to promote thank offerings, to receive the offerings, and to distribute the UTO monies to support mission and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church and in Provinces of the Anglican Communion in the developing world.

PLEASE CHECK THE DISPLAY RACK ON THE WALL IN MICHAEL'S ROOM. Pick up a pamphlet or two to share with family and friends. A donation box is provided. How to Keep Lent is filled with meaningful ideas for us to observe Lent. A most common misunderstanding is that we ought to give up something which is bad for us anyway...This doesnt make sense. If at any time we recognize a bad habit we should begin immediately working to overcome it, with prayer, the use of the sacraments, and strong moral effort. What, then, should we give up? Something which is good, pleasant, pleasurable, comfortable - but not necessary to our health or well-being. Why? Because these things are lawfully ours, we can offer them as small sacrifices in response to our Lords great sacrifice for us. DO WE HAVE YOUR MOST RECENT EMAIL ADDRESS? Please contact Susan Beechner sbeechner@stmikescdm.org with changes or additions.

LEST WE FORGET: There have been 4488 American military casualties in Iraq and 2047 in Afghanistan. "Lord hear our prayers for those who are dead and for those who mourn."

FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE

MARCH

2013

SHARPS AND FLATS

STEPHEN BLACK

everal of you commented about the words of the solo that Rusty Vail sang so beautifully on the first Sunday of Lent. John Donne (1573-1631) penned those words, and the poem, entitled A Hymn to God the Father, is one of the most eloquent and captivating poems about sin and grace I know of. The music that Rusty sang was written by an early Restoration composer named Pelham Humphrey (1647-1674). His early death at the age of 27 is one of the great tragedies of English music, for he wrote music of a highly expressive character. Another John Donne poem I admire is Batter my heart. My favorite musical setting of this poem (of the ones I know) is by Chris DeBlasio (1959-1993). DeBlasio, like Humphrey, also died a premature death. His setting is part of a suite of four pieces for chorus and strings called The Best Beloved. I am including the text of this exuberant entreaty to the Trinity for your pleasure and contemplation. BATTER my heart, three persond God; for, you As yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seeke to mend; That I may rise, and stand, oerthrow mee, and bend Your force, to breake, blowe, burn and make me new. I, like an usurpt towne, toanother due, Labour toadmit you, but Oh, to no end, Reason your viceroy in mee, mee should defend, But is captivd, and proves weake or untrue. Yet dearely I love you, and would be loved faine, But am betrothd unto your enemie: Divorce mee, untie, or breake that knot againe; Take mee to you, imprison mee, for I Except you enthrall mee, never shall be free, Nor ever chast, except you ravish mee.

Best wishes for a blessed Holy Week and Easter.

Saint Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church A Christian Community of the Anglican Communion 3233 Pacific View Drive Corona del Mar, CA 92625

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Inside the March Issue:

Week Page 1: Holy Week Schedule Priest, Poet Page 6: John Donne - Priest, Poet Refurbishing Page 7: Sanctuary Refurbishing