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...From the Desk of the Rector

BELOVEDS IN CHRIST,

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Please save Saturday evening,September 10, and Sunday

morning, September 11, to envisionglobal understanding while honoring the10th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 terrorattacks.

“One Light” will be one hour ofdiverse expressions of music, prayerand reflection at Los Angeles’ CityHall’s Spring Street steps on Saturday,September 10. Gathering music willbegin at 7:15pm and the event willculminate with the lighting of lanternsto be taken back to houses of worship.

Bishop Bruno proposed theobservance saying,

“The One Light gathering willdemonstrate our commitment to oneanother and to creating a peacefulshared future. Together we willwelcome all faith groups, and personsof no faith, by extending the hospitalityof the Abrahamic tradition shared asJews, Muslims and Christians.”

Please let Peter know that you willattend. There may well be a bus forus with neighbors from other Coronadel Mar-Newport Beach faithcommunities.

Here on Sunday morning, September11, at both 8 and 10am worshipservices, Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, willspeak. Dr. Siddiqi is the Imam andDirector of the Islamic Society ofOrange County. By invitation fromPresident Bush, in September 2001 heled a Muslim Prayer at an InterfaithPrayer Service at Washington NationalCathedral on the National Day ofPrayer and Remembrance. He is thePresident of the Academy of Judaic,Christian and Islamic Studies inCalifornia. (Editor’s note: An articleabout the National Cathedral is on page7 of this issue.)

INTERFAITHGATHERING TOCOMMEMORATE 9/11

Summer is here! She’s out in full bloom!Kids and vacations and Good Humor trucks in tune.Fishin’ and swimmin’ and Fourth of July,Camping under a starry night sky. . .

And I will know that God is the reasonThat we have the beauty of every season.And He will stay with me and never depart,Lovingly tending the seasons of my heart.

- from “The Season of Summer” by Bonnie David

When summer comes around,fun and mischief sure abound.

- from “Summer” by Miles Christian Barth

Yes, Summer 2011 will be different here at Saint Michael & All Angels!

DURING JULY AND AUGUST THERE WILL BE ONE WORSHIP SERVICEON SUNDAY MORNING AT 9AM. This is an opportunity for eight o’clockersand ten o’clockers to get to know each other, to try sitting in different places inour wonderful sanctuary, and to experience worship in different ways. Pleasedo try sitting in different places; please do get to know parishioners you do notalready know, and please be open to different answers to the most frequentlyasked question since we decided to have one worship service at 9am on Sundaymornings in July and August 2011, “Will there be music?”

Every Sunday morning worship service will be a celebration of the HolyEucharist. The Rev’d Fr. Jeff Hulet will be in charge. Stephen Black, ourMinister of Music will be away from July 5 until August 10. We are workingon music for those five Sundays; if there is Sunday-at 9am worship withoutmusic, we hope ten o’clockers will enjoy experiencing how eight o’clockersworship all but five Sundays of the year!

There will be nursery care and Sunday School under direction from AnneConover, Marjie Blevins-Boor, Elizabeth Henry and Melinda Rader.

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PARISH NEWS AND NOTES

A CONTRIBUTION WAS MADE TOTHE RECTOR’S DISCRETIONARYFUND by Sally & Sam McCulloch,by the Johnson-Woodward family inthanksgiving for Janet and by theFreyling-Morris family inthanksgiving for Madonna. Thesefunds extend our Parish’s mission ofoutreach, providing for such needs ascan be helped by financial assistance.

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Copy deadline is the secondWednesday of the month.

We welcome letters and articles. Online at www.loveofmike.net

Editor: Susan Beechner

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PLEASE NOTE: The deadline forthe September issue of “For theLove of Mike” is Wednesday, August17th.

LOAVES AND FISHES: During Julyto mid-August we will collect schoolsupplies, especially 8-12 countmarkers, spiral notebooks (collegeor wide ruled), and filler paper (3-holepunched and either college or wideruled). Please turn donations in tothe red wagon before August 15th.From mid-August through Septemberwe will collect prizes and party favorsfor the October carnival at the soupkitchen, especially Hot Wheels Cars,small toys/novelties and stuffedanimals. Monetary donations arealways welcome, too, and checksshould be made payable to Saint Michael& All Angels, with Loaves and Fisheson the memo line. (Tax ID #95-2123746)

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

VESTRY MEMBERS 2011Senior Warden.............................Craig Kennedy[[email protected]] 949.675.6711Junior Warden...............................Lynn Headley[[email protected]] 714.963.5932Christian 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.............................Murry McClaren[[email protected]] 714.979.6978Fellowship..............................Mary Ellen Sindt[[email protected]] 949.640.2395

DO WE HAVE YOUR MOSTRECENT EMAIL ADDRESS? Pleasecontact Susan Beechner [email protected] withchanges or additions.

Anniversaries in July

Birthdays

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

Weddings

1st - Derek & Courtney Falde 7th - James & Marguerite Jackson

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

Jeff & Stacy Stone27th - Ali & Gail Haghjoo

28th - Joseph & Evelyn Riyhani 30th - Norm & Beth Bianchi

Anniversaries in July/August

PLEASE CHECK the lost and foundbox next to the tract rack in Michael’sRoom.

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Anniversaries in August

Birthdays

3rd - Paddy NelsonDoris Palmaer

Victor Rumbellow7th - David Clemensen

9th - Bob Anderson17th - Chin McLaughlin

18th - Jay Launt20th - Jack Keating

Ruth Poole23rd - Murry McClaren

26th - Sue Ewers27th - Lynne Ruedy28th - John Johnson

Ray JohnsonStacy Stone

29th - Jack Peltason

Baptisms20th - Chin McLaughlin

25th - Teri Corbet

Weddings2nd - David & Diane Clemensen

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

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

26th - Bob & Shirley AndersonSaint Mike’s

2nd Annual Golf Tournament

We will be playing a best ball format atMile Square Golf Course on Friday,September 16th with a dinner tofollow at the church. Sign ups havealready begun, so line up your golfbuddies and get ready for fun, food &fellowship! Proceeds will benefit ourparish.We are also looking for players, holesponsors, raffle donations andvolunteers. For more information andto volunteer, please contact Mike Ortt,714/323-8189.

LEST WE FORGET: There have been4436 American military casualties in Iraqand 1473 in Afghanistan. "Lord hear ourprayers for those who are dead and forthose who mourn."

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Yours, in Christ -

From the Desk of the Rectorcontinued from page 1

There will be Adult Education at approximately 10am in ourDavis Library; it will center on the readings for each Sunday,beginning with a collective reading of the commentary from“Introducing the Lessons of the Church Year” by FrederickHouk Borsch which are on the inside front cover of eachSunday worship bulletin. (Although we are presently usingthe Revised Common Lectionary, you can discover thelessons for each Sunday in Summer 2011 on pages 897-8of the Book of Common Prayer. For example, in our currentLectionary A, the lessons for July 3 are “Proper 9 – Closestto July 6;” lessons for August 28 are “Proper 17 – Closestto August 31.”)

Please enjoy these changes for Sundays this Summer andlet me know what you think of them.

I am deeply grateful to Fr. Jeff Hulet for taking chargewhile I am away on our Parish Pilgrimage in the Holy Landand, then, on vacation. We three Hayneses return from theMiddle East and Greece on July 28. Between then andAugust 31, I hope to travel in California (the Sierras, Tahoe,Yosemite, the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur) and to joinFrances and Don in Geneva, Switzerland, where Franceswill be the “Best Woman” (what I call both “Maids…” and“Matrons of Honor”) at the wedding of the oldest daughterof her business partner on August 27. So, I will be aroundsome times in August for emergencies; but Jeff+ will be incharge, alongside our Senior Warden, Craig Kennedy.

Summer 2011 will be different and wonderful!

As poets Bonnie David and Miles Christian Barth say, “Whensummer comes around . . . know that God is the reasonthat we have the beauty of every season.”

Summer

When water flows, and the wind blows.You can feel the summer breeze,playing with the autumn leaves.When clouds are white, and the sun is bright.You can see the grass grow tall,next to the river's water fall.When roses are red, and the weeds are dead.You can taste the gold, sweet honey,while the earth is warm and sunny.When trees are green, and they can't be seen.You can hear the church boys singing,while the morning bells are ringing.When morning turns to night,and the moon's your only light.You can smell the honeysuckle,as you stroll along and chuckle.When summer comes around,fun and mischief sure abound.

--Miles Christian Barth

A June Day

The very spirit of summer breathes to-day,Here where I sun me in a dreamy mood,And laps the sultry leas, and seems to broodTenderly o'er those hazed hills far away.The air is fragrant with the new-mown hay,And drowsed with hum of myriad flies pursuedBy twittering martins. All yon hillside woodIs drowned in sunshine till its green looks grey.No scrap of cloud is in the still blue sky,Vaporous with heat, from which the foreground treesStand out--each leaf cut sharp. The whetted scytheMakes rustic music for me as I lie,Watching the gambols of the children blythe,Drinking the season's sweetness to the lees.

--John Todhunter

Summer

Now day survives the sun. The pale grey skiesA sort of dull and dubious lustre keepAs with their own light shining. Nature liesSlumbering, and gazing on me in her sleep,So still, so mute, with fixed and soul-less eyes.The sun is set, yet not a star is seen:Distinct the landscape, save where interveneThe creeping mists that from the dark stream rise;Now spread into a sea with islets broken,And woodland points, now poised on the thin air:In the black west the clouds a storm betokenAnd all things seem a spectral gloom to wear.The cautious bat resents the lingering light,And the long-folded sheep wonder it is not night.

--Josiah Conder

OREMUS

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WORSHIP SCHEDULESunday

Holy Eucharist 9amAdult Education 10am

Sunday School 9amNursery Care provided from 8:45am

TuesdayMatins 7 a.m.

Peace Mass 7:30 a.m.Thursday

Eucharist with Healing - Noon

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.

NancyPeggySamSueRay

Ann & SteveAshleyChloe

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Call Esther McNameefor prayer requests at 949.640.1749

Madonna FreylingJanet Johnson Barbara Hoff

Summer Sunday school is now insession. “Sundays This Summer”

promises to be a joyful time of fellowshipand celebration for our youngestparishioners. We'll be studying God’screation with an emphasis on fun andfamily.

Each Sunday will start with worshipmusic, song and dance in All Angels’Court. Then, our kids will have anopportunity to celebrate God’s love inthe classroom as well as outdoors.

Because we will be offeringsupervised time on the playgroundthroughout the season, we encouragechildren to come to church in playclothes and sunblock. It would also bea great time to invite friends to Sundayschool.

But it’s not all play at Saint Michael’s;we also want these growing Christiansto understand the importance of theircontribution to the world in which theylive. From now until September, we willbe collecting pennies to go toward thepurchase of a farm animal through HeiferInternational. If we can put $120 in the“Piggy Bank,” we can buy a real pig tohelp a needy family out of poverty.

Also in conjunction with HeiferInternational, our high school youthgroup is hoping to work at thatorganization’s booth at the OrangeCounty Fair this summer. To supportthat effort, we will organize a familyouting to visit them, Heifer, and the Fairin August.

As always, nursery care is providedfor the tiny tots during our 9am worshipservice every Sunday through August,except July 3rd.

CHRISTIANEDUCATION

ElizabethHenry

- for our Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land;

- with Peter for Edith Coppen; -with Murry for George McClaren;

- for Jim Brophywith Barbara & Wally Paulson;

- for Louise Stover and Catherine Stover Winter’s birthdays;

- with Karen Schaeffer & Chris Smithand

Myrna & John Irelandfor their anniversaries; - for life …and love

Lord God Almighty, in whose Namethe founders of this country wonliberty for themselves and for us, andlit the torch of freedom for nationsthen unborn: Grant that we and all thepeople of this land may have grace tomaintain our liberties in righteousnessand peace; through Jesus Christ ourLord, who lives and reigns with youand the Holy Spirit, one God, for everand ever. Amen.

--A Collect for Independence Day

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MYSTERIOUS SUMMER(CONT’D)

With thanks to Phillip Grosset, thecurator of the Clerical Mysteries website(http://detecs.org/intro.html) where I foundthe material below (perhaps “stole” is abetter word in this context!),I continuemy occasional summer flirtations with thecharming characters who inhabitAnglican mystery tales.

Several parishioners have read andenjoyed the “Callie Anson”series ofmysteries by Kate Charles and thanks toMr Grosset, I offer this edited backgroundto and precis of the series. If you’d like toread the books, they will shortly beavailable in our Davis library. Our parishsecretary, Susan Beechner, is currentlycontrolling their circulation, so give hera call to get on the list.

-- Norris Battin

The Revd Callie Anson is the newlyarrived curate at All Saints' Church in

Paddington in London. Four years olderthan her 26-year-old brother in the firstbook (but still only "nearly 30" in the thirdbook), she has just broken up with herfiancé Adam, who, awkwardly for her,is now a curate in the same diocese. Shehas a very demanding mother who isnever satisfied with her, and a happyhomosexual younger brother, Peter,whose company she always enjoys.

After university, she had followed herfather into the Civil Service - then herfather had got cancer and she had beenmuch helped by the woman hospitalchaplain, Frances Cherry. It was Franceswho "had helped her to discover hervocation to the priesthood, and put heron the path leading to ordination: 'BeforeI met Frances, I didn't even know thatwomen could be priests. Afterwards, Iknew that I had to be one.' " It is Franceswho describes her as "so normal. Sosensible, so sane".

Callie is an interesting and attractivecharacter, more notable, perhaps, for herloving, caring personality than for anydeep spiritual understanding orexperiences. She is nothing if notthoroughly down-to-earth andapproachable. When her brother Peterasked her, "What do they call you, then?They surely don't call you 'Father' dothey? Or 'Mother'?" Callie laughed and

Kate Charles is the pen name used byCarol Fosher Chase (1950- ). She wasbrought up in Bloomington, Illinois, whereshe graduated from Illinois State University,then went on to earn an MA from IndianaUniversity. She moved to England in 1985,where she came to serve as parishadministrator for her local church. Herfirst crime novel in a series featuring thesolicitor David Middleton-Brown, who isalso an expert on ecclesiasticalfurnishings, vestments and silver, waspublished in 1991. These first books werevery well received in the UK, but werefelt to be "too English" by Americanpublishers. (Ed. note:This will of course,make them attractive to many in ourparish.) After open-heart surgery in 1996,Charles changed direction, and beganwriting one-off suspense novels.

Her first book featuring the clericaldetective, Callie Anson, did not appear until2005.

Kate Charles lectures on crime storieswith clerical backgrounds, and lived fortwenty years in Bedford in East Anglia,before moving to Ludlow in Shropshire,near the Welsh border. Both she and herhusband are now UK citizens.

Evil Intent (2005)Evil Intent sees Callie Anson beginning

her new job as curate at All Saints' Churchin Paddington. She is troubled, as not onlyhas she recently broken-up with her fiancéAdam, but also finds that she is the subjectof deep-seated hatred from some of hermale colleagues who are bitterly opposedto the inclusion of women in thepriesthood.

One curate in particular, Father JonahAdimola, picks her out for a torrent ofverbal abuse - then, when he is foundstrangled, Callie's friend Frances (TheRev’d Frances Cherry) is arrested. Herdefending lawyer turns out to be an ex-lover of Detective Inspector NevilleStewart who is the officer prosecutingFrances, and Detective Sergeant MarkLombardi is the handsome Italian whohas fallen for Callie. Talk about close policeinvolvement!

The book is full of lively/interesting/eccentric characters and we are made tocare about their hopes, disappointmentsand frustrations, which the authordescribes with real sympathy andunderstanding. And there's the latestarrival,Callie's new cocker spaniel, Bella:

The church background, too, ringsabsolutely true, from a description of allthe tiresome duties connected to the "highcalling" of being a vicar's wife, to theworkings of the Forward in Faith group

who "pretend that women priests don't evenexist." It was one of them who had said "thatit was no more possible to ordain a womanthan to ordain a pork pie."

There is a lot happening and, although Callieherself does not do much detecting, and doesnot seem to have much in the way of deepspiritual experiences, it is all very well writtenand holds the interest throughout.

Secret Sins (2007)Secret Sins is another fast-moving and

interesting story, this time involving late middle-aged Morag Hamilton, a new parishionerwhom curate Callie befriends, who is worriedabout her granddaughter Alex, a lonely andisolated twelve-year-old with a work-obsessedfather and a self-absorbed stepmother.Eventually Alex runs away to meet "Jack"whom she imagines to be about her own ageand whom she met on the internet. This setsoff a police hunt for her. Meanwhile DetectiveInspector Neville Stewart has also been askedto investigate what has happened to a pregnantwoman's missing husband, last seen outjogging. Then his body is found in the canal.

Callie and her friend Frances Cherry, thehospital chaplain, are soon involved, as isCallie's would-be lover Sergeant MarkLombardi, the Police Liasion Officer who istrying to summon up courage to introduceher to his close Italian family. And he is veryconscious that she is a priest (or will soon beone), so "it would be wrong to push her intoa physical relationship. Not when he wasn'tin a position to offer her anything in the wayof commitment."

As in the earlier book, Callie does not domuch detection herself, but is closely involvedin the action. The author manages to bringher and the other characters to life in a waythat stresses their individuality. It is all verydown-to-earth: even a small boy goes in for abit of blackmail when he realises Alex is on atrain without a ticket.

The plot is less coherent than in the earlierbook, but it leaves one looking forward to thenext book in the series.

Deep Waters (2009)Deep Waters is concerned with the celebrity

couple Jodee and Chazz, stars of a TV realityshow, and the unexplained death of their babyMuffin. They live in curate Carrie Anson'sparish, and Carrie becomes involved with thefuneral arrangements, in spite of thedisapproval of her own vicar and his wife.

Detective Inspector Neville Stewart is calledaway from his honeymoon to investigate thecase. And journalist Lilith Noone's professionalfuture is put on the line when she too becomesinvolved. Meanwhile Carrie's friend, policefamily liaison officer Mark Lombardi, isshocked by the sudden death of his brother-

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explained, "I don't think they know quitewhat to call me. They've never had awoman curate here before. So I've justbeen telling them to call me 'Callie' ".


in-law. This turns out to be murder and Markfinds himself in an impossible position, tornbetween loyalty to his family and hisgrowing love for Callie.

The author's main interest is in exploringthe intricacies of human relationships andmuch more time is spent on these than onunfolding the murder mystery. There is littleactual detective work and the final arrest ofthe murderer is only briefly and not tooconvincingly described. But the charactersof Cally and Mark, his "difficult" niece 13-year-old Chiara, his friend Inspector NevilleStewart and his new wife Triona, Callie'svicar's far-from-welcoming wife Jane, andher old friend hospital chaplain Frances areall brought alive in a vivid and convincingway.

It is Frances who, in her hospital work,had to face up to a distraught mother "whohad expected her to come up with answersfor the unanswerable questions. 'Why myson? How could a loving God take awaymy son, in the prime of his life, when hehad so much to live for? How could youbelieve in a God who could do that?' Therewere no answers. Only more questions."

It all gets very emotional. It is certainlythe opposite end of the spectrum from thehard-boiled thriller in which people get shotdown on every side without anybody gettingtoo concerned. So, if you want a fast movingwhodunnit, or exciting action, or even justa gripping plot, this book is not for you. Butfor a realistic account of the problems ofeveryday living and loving, it has much tooffer.

Kate Charles has her own website, /www.katecharles.com/and there is acomplete bibliography on the FantasticFiction site www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/kate-charles/.

FORWARD MOVEMENTPUBLICATIONS

Please check the display of helpfulmaterial in the tract racks just insideMichael”s Room (on the right goingin). Items are priced as marked andyou may drop your donations in thebox provided,

“For Those in Hospitals -- Patiencefor Patients” is a helpful pamphlet forthose who are preparing to behospitalized and for the post surgerytime. Exercises of breathing, thoughtand imagery are given to help achievecalmness, relief and healing.

WHY GO TO CHURCH?

If you're spiritually alive, you'regoing to love this! If you're spirituallydead, you won't want to read it. Ifyou're spiritually curious, there is stillhope!

A church goer wrote a letter to theeditor of a newspaper and complainedthat it made no sense to go to churchevery Sunday... "I've gone for 30years now," he wrote, "and in thattime I have heard something like203,000 sermons. But for the life ofme, I can't remember a single one ofthem. So, I think I'm wasting my timeand the preachers are wasting theirsby giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy inthe "Letters to the Editor" column,much to the delight of the editor. Itwent on for weeks until someonewrote this clincher:

"I've been married for 30 years now.In that time my wife has cookedsome 32,000 meals.

But, for the life of me, I cannotrecall the entire menu for a single oneof those meals. But I do know this...They all nourished me and gave methe strength I needed to do my work.If my wife had not given me thesemeals, I would be physically deadtoday. Likewise, if I had not gone tochurch for nourishment, I would bespiritually dead today!" When you areDOWN to nothing... God is UP tosomething! Faith sees the invisible,believes the incredible and receives theimpossible! Thank God for ourphysical AND our spiritualnourishment!

BENEDICT OF NURCIA

(480c-540c)Father of Western Christian

Monasticism

Benedict was born about 480, theson of a Roman nobleman, in

Nurcia (Umbria, central Italy). At aboutage 20, disgusted with what he saw oflife in Rome, he abandoned his studies.Accompanied by his aged nurse hesought a place of refuge from the greatcity and wound up in a hillside caveabove Lake Subiaco, about forty mileswest of Rome.

While at Subiaco, twelve autonomousmonastic congregations grew uparound him. Sometime between 525and 530 Benedict and some of hisdisciples moved to Monte Cassino,where he established anothercommunity. About 540 he composedhis monastic Rule.

Benedict’s Rule is said to be a balanceof moderation and reasonableness, andhas become the basis for later monasticrules. Its average day provides for alittle over four hours devoted to liturgicalprayer, a little over five hours in spiritualreading, about six hours of work, onehour for eating, and about eight hoursfor sleep. The entire Psalter is to berecited in the Divine Office once everyweek. At profession, a new monk takesvows of “stability, amendment of life,and obedience.”

Pope Gregory the Great adoptedBenedict’s monasticism as aninstrument of evangelism when he sentAugustine to convert the Anglo-Saxonpeople. In the Anglican Communiontoday, the rules of many religious ordersare influenced by Benedict’s Rule.

Benedict does not appear to have beenordained or to have desired to found an“order.” He died sometime between 540and 550 and was buried alongside histwin sister Scholastica, at MonteCassino. His Feast Day is July 11, andwill be celebrated at the regular 7:30amPeace Mass.

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NATIONAL CATHEDRALRE-ENVISIONS ITS'MINISTRY AT THE

HEART OF THE NATION'

By Mary Frances Schjonberg

May 2011 [Episcopal News Service] Thepeople who formulated WashingtonNational Cathedral's new strategic plan,its dean says, had to wear at least threedifferent hats: one to inspire vision, oneto prompt attention to practicality andone to help recall the bottom line.

The process that resulted in the 2012-2014 Strategic Plan was, in part, aboutbecoming very clear about "preciselythe work that we think is financiallyfeasible and fundable in our ministry,"The Very Rev’d Samuel Lloyd toldEpiscopal News Service in a telephoneinterview May 10th.

The plan is meant to describe "assuccinctly and clearly as possible whatwe think we're doing for the countryand for the Episcopal Church," Lloydsaid. It includes mission and visionstatements, followed by four goals forliving out that mission and vision.

The mission statement harkens to thecathedral founders' intent that it be thespiritual home for the United States. Thevision outlined says the cathedral oughtto be a "catalyst for spiritual harmonyin our nation, renewal in the churches,reconciliation among faiths, andcompassion in our world."

The four goals call for the cathedralto be:

- a sacred place, welcoming thecountry to pray, commemorate,celebrate, and mourn.

- an historic landmark and nationaltreasure symbolizing the role of faith inAmerica.

- a living, Christian community in theEpiscopal tradition welcoming peopleof all faiths.

- a leader in convening people of allfaiths to examine and respond toimportant issues in the world.

The 44-page plan, which is beingprinted and readied for distribution,explains the mission, vision and goalsin detail, and is based on interviews,workshops, analysis and review. It is,the dean said, "the culmination of severalyears of thinking hard about ourstrategic future."

It also represents a shift in focus andemphasis at the cathedral. For the firstnearly 90 years of its life, the cathedral'splans centered on actually completing

the building that would fulfill the threepurposes of its founders: serving as achurch to the United States, a houseof prayer for all and the seat of theDiocese of Washington. The cathedralhas "always been alive with a sense ofhaving a national role, but its energyhad to be spent primarily with themassive work of building this grandcathedral," Lloyd said.

After the building was deemedcomplete in October 1990, there werewhat the new plan calls a "number ofefforts" to describe more effectivelythe cathedral's mission or tostrategically reassess and articulatethat mission and ministry. One sucheffort in 2006 took center stage duringthe cathedral's 2007-2008 centennialcelebrations, the new plan says, "but,as these recommendations were beingimplemented, the Great Recessionrolled through the cathedral's financialinfrastructure like a rogue wave, andsignificant time and energy were spentrighting the ship."

Some cathedral staff members losttheir jobs, beginning with the 30 staffpositions that were cut in mid-November 2008. The budget cutshighlighted what the plan calls "theperpetual lack of the fundamentalresources necessary to sustain thecathedral's life and ministry" that haveled to periodic financial crises and "toconstant calculating and penny-pinching simply to keep the essentialsof [the cathedral's] operation intact."

However, Lloyd said, the cathedral'sfinances are now solid. "We're makingour budgets – no deficits," he said,noting that the cathedral raised moremoney in annual contributions duringthe last year than it had in years.

Still, he predicted that the cathedral'scoming years will see "significantfund-raising, significant revenuegeneration and a capital campaign aswell."

And the plan necessitates leavingbehind some initiatives once consideredpart of the cathedral's mission. Forinstance, Lloyd said, it became clearthat the cathedral's efforts in globaldevelopment weren't its "strongestcapacity or calling." However,"creat[ing] the events that bring peopletogether and inspiration engaging withglobal issues is something that thecathedral is uniquely positioned to do."

If the plan calls for the cathedral totake a more pro-active approach towhat Francis Sayre, a previous dean,called its "monetary asphyxiation," it

also calls for it to take more consistentand thoughtful approach to how itserves as a spiritual home for the UnitedStates.

"The time when the country mostknows that we are the nation's churchis when we bury a president or are partof inaugurating one or we are availablefor an event like 9/11," Lloyd explained,calling this as the cathedral's "ministryof being available and ready to respondwhen those events come."

Now the cathedral wants "to servethat role in a more regular andconsistent way," suggesting that itought to, for instance, offer interfaithprayer services on annual civicholidays.

As to the plan's goal of having thecathedral continue and strengthen itsability to convene interfaith discussionson the issues of the day, Lloyd saidthere is no place in the U.S. capital thatis dedicated to the spiritual life ofAmerica or the story of faith inAmerica, or that can be the place wherepeople meet to discuss the role of faithin national and international affairs. Yet,he concedes, there is a lot of talk inWashington, D.C. about religion andpolitics.

"It's one of the hottest topics goingand there is a lot written and there is agreat deal said on the airwaves andwhat we're trying to do is draw thatinto public and civil conversation in asetting that invites the most thoughtfuland reflective responses," he said."There are scholars writing how aboutit, there are politicians finessing theirway around it, but what we're tryingto do is to create a context where thoseconversations can happen in ways thatcontribute positively to what people arethinking."

Lloyd noted that the NationalCathedral is on its own in this work.Despite its name and despite itsmembership in the Episcopal Church,it gets no funding from either thegovernment or the denomination.

“Still,” he said, "it's an Episcopalministry of serving the nation and theworld from the heart of the nation'scapital."

-- The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonbergis national correspondent for theEpiscopal News Service

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Thursday Men’s Readers & Seekers, 7:30-9:00 a.m., DL Whiz Kids 9:15-10:15 a.m., 2:50-3:50 p.m., AAC Holy Eucharist with Healing at Noon Volleyball, 5:00-9:00 p.m., AAC

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Inside the July/August Issue:PPPPPage 1: age 1: age 1: age 1: age 1: St. MikSt. MikSt. MikSt. MikSt. Mike’s Summere’s Summere’s Summere’s Summere’s SummerPPPPPage 5: Mysterious Summerage 5: Mysterious Summerage 5: Mysterious Summerage 5: Mysterious Summerage 5: Mysterious SummerPPPPPage 7:age 7:age 7:age 7:age 7: Ministry at the Heart of the NationMinistry at the Heart of the NationMinistry at the Heart of the NationMinistry at the Heart of the NationMinistry at the Heart of the Nation

IIIIImportant Noticemportant Noticemportant Noticemportant Noticemportant NoticeSummer Sunday Morning WSummer Sunday Morning WSummer Sunday Morning WSummer Sunday Morning WSummer Sunday Morning Worship Schedule:orship Schedule:orship Schedule:orship Schedule:orship Schedule:During July and August, Sunday worship will be at 9 a.m. During July and August, Sunday worship will be at 9 a.m. During July and August, Sunday worship will be at 9 a.m. During July and August, Sunday worship will be at 9 a.m. During July and August, Sunday worship will be at 9 a.m. onlyonlyonlyonlyonly

PPPPPray for and Rray for and Rray for and Rray for and Rray for and Remember our Pemember our Pemember our Pemember our Pemember our Parish Emergency Farish Emergency Farish Emergency Farish Emergency Farish Emergency Fundundundundund

OUR 2011 GRADUATES, PROUDPARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS

Catherine Conroy, granddaughter ofRay & Monty Pentz, will graduate thisJune from UC, Irvine, cum laude, PhiBeta Kappa,with a School of HumanitiesUndergraduate Award in EuropeanStudies. Catherine majored inJournalism, and will continue her studiesat Chapman University School of Lawon scholarship.Katherine Draffin graduates this junefrom Newport Harbor High School. Shewill attend Loyola University, NewOrleans, in the fall, majoring in MusicIndustry Studies. Katie’s proud parentsare Jill & Mike Draffin.Andrew Smallin, grandson of Wally &Barbara Paulson, graduated fromColorado School of Mines in Golden,Colorado, with a Bachelor of Science inMechanical Engineering.Alexander Stonehill Worthamgraduated from the University of thePacific, McGeorge School of Law, withhis Juris Doctor in May 2011. Hismother, Anna-Lisa Stonehill, remindsus that Alexander was a child reader inchurch!Congratulations to all of you!

Thank you for your ongoingcontributions as a member of the

Saint Michael & All Angels parishfamily. Canon Haynes and I would liketo invite you to also contribute as avalued member of St. Michael’s AltarGuild. Attrition in the Altar Guild rosterover the past year has created a criticalneed for new members, both male andfemale, young and old. Anyone can be an Altar Guildmember and its service is veryrewarding and ties well to Sundayworship. This additional gift of yourtime would be very meaningful,rewarding and most appreciated by allthe parish family. Your service would involve 15minutes before and after either an 8amor 10am worship service one Sundaya month and a 30 minute set up onthe Saturday morning before thatservice.

AN INVITATIONFROM PAM MILNER,

ALTAR GUILD CHAIRMAN

Please feel free to call or email eitherPeter ([email protected]) or

949.644.0463) or me (949.720.8075or [email protected]) if youwill graciously accept this invitationor if you have any questions at all. I and others on Altar Guild wouldbe happy to shadow and train you at aconvenient time for you. May God bring many blessings toyou and your family. ---Pam Milner

HELP WANTEDHeifer International is seekingvolunteers to work at their booth atthe Orange County Fairgrounds forthe shifts from 7-9pm on Thursday,July 28, and 4-10pm on Saturday,August 13. If you are interested,please contact Michele Duncan,949.929.4117.

SAINT MICHAEL’S PHONE TREEMINISTRY HAS BEENREVITALIZED! Every parishioner willbe contacted by phone once a month orso and given a chance to talk about needsand suggestions, to learn aboutopportunities for service, or to just visit.Please contact Ruth Poole, 949.644.9263,if you would like to be part of this ministry.

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