May 2017

St. Francis Episcopal ChurchPalos Verdes Estates, California

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From Mo. PaulaThe Very Rev. Paula Vukmanic,

paula.vukmanic@ stfrancispalosverdes.org

310 375 4617 ext 223

As I write this Bellringer article, I hear the chirping of many birds outside my office window. They are not to be ignored.

They are in the lineage of God’s prophets, announcing the love and presence of God! Nature is God’s first herald and healer! As I turned to look to see if they were clus-ters of birds, or birds darting from branch to branch in the eucalyptus, I was still amazed at how many wildflowers dot the hills. It is springtime indeed! Which means it is also the season of Eastertide.Eastertide! As I ended my sermon on Eas-ter Sunday, I asked, “What are you going to do with your resurrected life? Because Jesus lives, we live! We are meant to live as Easter people. Within us is the grace, the constant renewal of the Spirit of Jesus. Do you seek to live in that blessed assurance

each morning when you wake up? How can you let Eastertide remind you of your resurrected life? You can make changes. Break habits that are not life-giving. Greet strangers. Listen to understand. At a session with adults preparing to be confirmed or received into our church or to reaffirm their baptismal vows, we were talking the other night of the blessings and challenges of being a Christian in today’s world. I paused and repeated something I have said before: “If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?”Easter is an ongoing event of grace. Maybe some words or phrases in the following poem by Edward Hays might inspire you to think about, pray about and make choices based on the difference Easter is meant to make in your one precious life?

Preach the Easter message at all times and use words when necessary! Live your resur-rected life with joyful abandon even in the face of all that challenges. Surprise people with your random acts of kindness. Speak your truth with the love and power of the Risen Christ. May this Eastertide, this springtime of grace, fill you in every way you most need.With love and care for each of you,Paula+

A Psalm of Resurrection (excerpts)From the blast of the birthing of ten thousand galaxies,

Jesus, son of Joseph and Mary and son of God,Exploded outward from his tomb in radiant light and loveTo fill the whole earth and the whole cosmos with the fullness of divine love.

I look up into the Easter sky, beyond the limits of this small galaxy –Far beyond the boundaries of my mind –Into the billions of galaxies that glow like flaming Easter flowersFilling the garden of the universe.

Light travels 5,787 trillion miles a year;And to cross, just once at the speed of light.This universe whose every starry body contains the fullness of the Risen ChristWould take all of twenty billion years.

Oh, beyond comprehension, too vast for my little mind,Is the mystery of the Resurrection,Is the wonder of the Easter nighttime sky,The body of the Risen Christ, the whole and holy church to which I belong.

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Sunday SermonsOnline

Missed a Sunday, or want to hear the sermon again? Find them at:stfrancispalosverdes.org Sermons online.

Find out what’s on...Go to stfrancispalosverdes.org Calendar. This online calendar serves as our master calendar for the parish. Printed copies of the current and upcoming week are available in our weekly worship bulletin.

Full Calendar See inside final page(s).

Bellringer SubmissionsThe deadline for submis-sions is the 15th of each month. Please email to publications@stfrancispalosverdes.org or deliver to the Publica-tions box in the Parish Office.

Worship!Sundays

8 a.m. Rite I in the Chapel9:55am Children’s Christian formation programs10 a.m. Rite II in the Church

Private PrayerThe Baptistry of the Chapel, and the Nason Prayer Chapel in the Main Church are always available for private prayer between services.

Wednesdays12:10 pm Bring your lunch, if you’d like. Following a brief informal service in the Chapel, you are invited to eat and enjoy informal conversation with St. Francis’ clergy and staff.

PhotograPhyWe are always looking for photographs of the people and places of St Francis church. If you have photos you would be happy for us to use in our published materials, please feel free to send them to Susan Marshall at: publications@stfrancispalosverdes.org.Note - if you would prefer that photos of yourself (other than unidentified in large group shots), and/or photos of your minor children, not be used, please contact the church office - mary.sanchez@stfrancispalosverdes.org.

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Eastertide season is celebrated as a single joyful feast, indeed as the "great Lord's Day".

Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter, and, after the Sunday of the Resurrec-tion, they are named Second Sunday of Easter, Third Sunday of Easter, etc. up to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, while the whole fifty-day period concludes with Pentecost Sunday. The season is marked with white vestments, extra candles, the presence of the paschal candle near the altar, and at the 10am service sung parts for the Great Thanksgiving. We include more alleluias and The Confession of Sin is absent.

The Lord is risen indeed!

Live it!

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General Staffing We are in need for someone to do the General Staffing for the show! This involves making calls to schedule volunteers which can be done from home and is a perfect sit down job!

Pickle Making - Tuesday, May 9The dedicated Harvest Cupboard team will be having fun, while they make their famous Bread & Butter pickles on May 9 in the kitchen.

Gloria Jones will need 1 or 2 people at 8am and more people at 11am. She will also provide a light lunch. Please contact Gloria Jones at (310) 375-8916 if you can help!

Program AdvertisementsParishioners are encouraged to place ads in the Antiques Show program. Proceeds from ads help defray the print-ing costs. An ad can be personal in nature or for a business. Parish-ioners are also encouraged to obtain ads from businesses they frequent in the South Bay. On the Volunteers’ Desk in the Church office, there are letters to parishioners and merchants explaining the ads and the pricing. Ads obtained can be placed in the “Ads” box in the Church office or by contacting Wendy Pratt (wpratt@earthlink.net) or Karin Petersen (lapdogde-signs@cox.net).

The Antiques Show is coming and we need your help!

Opening Night Preview Party "A Night on the Riviera"Wednesday May 31: 6:00pm to 9:00pmTickets for Opening Night are only $25 when purchased in advance by Monday, May 20 or $40 at the door or you can purchase five (5) Opening Night tickets for a great deal of only $100! Your Opening Night ticket is good for admission on all days of the Show.

Show and SaleThursday& Friday June 1 and 2: 11am – 6pmSaturday, June 3: 11am – 4pmTickets for the show are $10 or $8 with a $2 discount flyer - see p.4.

Opening Night Silent Auction Donations NeededIt’s time to get excited and think about donating to the upcoming Opening Night Silent Auction! Everyone knows there are many amazing opportunities to participate in this ministry, and We Would LOVE to have you donate to the Opening Night SILENT AUCTION!! Gift baskets, sports packages, vacation homes, wine packages, cigars, art, gift certificates...the possibilities are endless!!! Have fun being creative and Thank you for donating! Items can be labeled and brought to the Church office by Friday, May 26. To make asking for donations from local merchants easier, we have materials that you can provide to them explain-ing our event and other details so please stop by the Church office, pick up some materials, and contact Jamie (Bellows151@aol.com), Darryl (hugdarryl@mac.com), or Wendy Pratt (wpratt@earthlink.net) if you have any ques-tions or need guidance.

Volunteer Opportunities Opening Night and the ShowWe have a number of volunteer opportunities for you to join so get to know each other while enhancing the reach of our many ministries. Some volunteer needs include, but not limited to kitchen help, parking lot/traffic control, food servers, ticket takers, and many more. Please contact Jamie Bellows (bellows151@aol.com) (310) 922-1689, Darryl Tillman (hugdarryl@mac.com) (424) 634-2342 or Wendy Pratt (wpratt@earthlink.net) to let one of them know of your interests in volunteering - or you may leave them a message in the Church office - 310 375 4617.

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The Forty-Ninth Annual

Palos Verdes AntiquesShow & Sale

F e a t u r i n g V i n t a g e & D e c o r a t i v e A r t s

Thursday, Friday & Saturday, June 1, 2 & 3, 2017

Thursday & Friday ~ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday ~ 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

St. Francis Episcopal Church2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes Estates

telephone 310.375.4617 ~ website www.stfrancispalosverdes.org

Donation of $10

Antique Booths , Harvest Cupboard, Garden Gazebo,Patio Luncheon, English Afternoon Tea, Evening Wine & Cheese

Opening Night ~ Wednesday, May 31 ~ 6 to 9 p.m.Presale ~ $25 Donation (5 for $100) (At-the-Door $40 Donation)

Antiques Show & Sale Proceeds support the Mission & Outreach of St. Francis Church.

Present this flyer for $2 off Show Admission (1 copy for 2 people)

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Families and Kids Pre-K thru 5th Grade

Kate BuchenMinister for Children and Familiesemilykatebuchen@yahoo.com

Sunday School: Where and When We begin at 9:55am. Please sign-in your child(ren) at the age appropriate room.We have two Godly Play rooms.

Children ages 3 to 5 ½ will meet in “level 1” on the left of the Par-ish Hall stage.Children ages 6 to 11 will meet in the NEW “level 2” in the center of the Parish Hall stage.Nursery Care ages 0-3 will now be provided in the NURSERY to the left stage side - accessible from the back hallway

Sunday School General InformationEveryone can see the details of what is being taught, and how, by checking out the Parent Pages for the Stories on our website - under Families and Kids/pre-K thru 5th grade/Parent Pages.We will be coming in to church after the Sermon, usually during the Peace, Announcements or Offertory. We continue to offer the Sunday Paper which introduces the lectionary for the day as well as crayons and books. They are located in the Narthex, to the left as you enter church.During Holy Communion, if you do not wish your child(ren) to receive, they are welcome to receive a blessing instead by crossing both hands over their chest while kneeling at the altar rail.

Vacation Bible School returns to St. Francis! Jun 26-30Come to the Planning Committee MeetingSunday, May 7 at 11:30-12:15 in the Boardroom. Please attend to hear about how to help implement ideas for a fun-filled week from June 26 to June 30.

Middle & High School Youth GroupsCRASH! & eMERGE! CRASH! - 6th-8th grade fellowship; eMeRGe! - 9th through 12th grades

All youth in 6th through 12th grades are invited to join together to have fun, talk about stuff, and study God’s word for our lives. We meet from 4:00-6:00pm on Sunday afternoons for games, some kind of arts (music, drama, dance, visual arts), Bible Study, and conversation. There are lots of laughs! For our study and sharing we meet in two groups - Crash! (6th-8th), and eMerge (9th-12th). We usu-ally begin in the lower parking lot and end in the Parish Hall. Contact: Dr. Jeannie Cobb, (310) 375-4617, ext 228. jean-nie.cobb@stfrancispalosverdes.org

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Outreach at St. Francis“ Love God, Love Others, Serve the World”

Our St. Francis family is very active in supporting several programs in our area, around the Diocese, and the world. To see details and pictures of each area, please visit us on the web at www.stfrancispalosverdes.org/outreach. The following pages give details of the programs we currently support and their immediate needs. Please consider how you might be able to make a difference. Additional information is available by contacting our Shepherd for Outreach Sue Egan, via email at susanegan065@gmail.com, or via the church office on 310 375-4617.

• No dirty, stained, or torn items.• Donations should be clean, unstained, and whole (not needing mending).• Check expiration dates on canned/boxed foods; we don’t want to run the risk of making people ill.• All donations should be bagged or in small enough boxes to fit through the opening of the Bin;

no loose clothes or shoes, please.• Computers - please talk with Sue Egan, Outreach Shepherd first; needs can be different for the

different organizations.• Blue Bin sorters have lists of which organization needs what items during the year; please trust us to

get your things to where they can do the most good. • Each organization is very grateful for your donations; please accept their thanks as well as the thanks

of the Blue Bin Team!

Thank you!

Note - We are no longer collecting used ink/toner cartridges for Mama Hill’s Help, as the pro-gram we used is no longer lucrative for Mama.

Your Contributions Count - at The Blue Bin! A big thank you goes out to Sue, our Outreach Shepherd and Blue Bin advocate; to Jayne, our Blue Bin scheduler, and to everyone who has sorted and delivered our dona-tions! Also, thanks to suggestions from our new blue bin sorters, it has been exciting to see that we have added different recipients for the Blue Bin items. In addition to donating items to Mama Hills, St. Luke's, and Harbor Interfaith*, we have now started donating some items to the homeless Ministry at Saint Andrews Presbyterian and to the Salvation Army. Thank you to all. Hank Gatlin"Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of those who are members of my family, he did it to me." Matthew 25:40*HIS specifically has requested men’s and women’s suits, slacks and jackets for appropriate attire for job interviews..

Important New Notes for the Blue Bin

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Episcopal Church Women (ECW)All St Francis Women are Automatically Members of the ECW

Among other events, the ECW sponsors the Annual St Francis Antique Show.As in any Episcopal church, all women of the parish are automatically a member.In addition, many of us are members of one or more of the Guilds, which are smaller groups who meet for social fel-lowship and also to support various outreach or charitable causes.

How Do I Join?We would love to see you at any of our events or meetings - just come along! Check out our Website Guilds page, and if any one or more appeals to you, contact the Chair for more information.If you ever want to learn more about any of the guilds of the ECW, details and meeting times can be found on the par-ish website or feel free to ask me.

Anna Eakins, ECW co-PresidentContact via the church office on - 310 375 4617.

Thanks to guidance from our Diocese’s Seeds of Hope program, St. Francis is in the process of establishing a food program through which we can share the abundance of the fruit from the trees at our homes, and in the future from fruit trees at St. Francis, with those in our community who are hungry and in need. It’s a two-pronged approach.

First, do you have an over-abundance of fruit that you would like to share? Is it just too much to pick by your-self? If you answered yes to these questions, this program is for you. Please sign up in the church office and let us know how many trees you have and what types (orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, avocado, apricots, kumquats, persimmons, tangerines, clementines, pomegranates, apples, nectarines, plums, etc.) If you can pick extra fruit and drop it off at church, that would be great. If you need help picking, we can arrange for pickers from the parish and/or from the diocese. We can pick the fruit, leave some fruit with you, and take the extra fruit to share with those in our community through programs we are involved with like St. Luke’s Breakfast program, Harbor Interfaith, Mama Hills, etc. It’s a win-win for all involved.

Second, we have received approval from the Walker fam-ily to use the interest from funds in the Walker Memorial Fund to plant five fruit trees (orange, lime, lemon, tanger-ine, and clementine) and some creeping rosemary in the John Walker Memorial Garden, which is located in our lower parking lot. Work Day - Saturday May 6, 9am - noon.If you want to come early John Henebry will be there from 6am. You are welcome at any time!If you would like to help transform the Walker Memo-rial Garden, please join us on Saturday, May 6 for a short work day. Please sign up in the church office or contact our Seeds of Hope Co-Chairs, John Henebry (john@pacifi-cinspectionsinc.com) and Hank Gatlin (hank.gatlin@stfrancis-palosverdes.org). Thank you for considering to be a part of this exciting and life giving ministry!

It is our hope and prayer, as Paul said in his Letter to the

Romans, that “we might bear fruit for God.”

Who Wants to be Part of the New “St. Francis Garden” - Donating Fruit to the Hungry?By Hank Gatlin

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Meet The Women of the Parish - Albertine James Bellows

I was born in Los Angeles in May 1927 to Dr. Allison Gale James and Eveline Chase James, and have lived my entire life in Los Angeles County.

My father was a 1926 graduate of USC Dental School and my mother had graduated the same year from Pomona College. I was named Albertine after a great Grandmother on my father’s side. At the time we were living in a house on Hobart Blvd. just west of the USC campus. Fourteen months later my sister Jennifer was born. In 1936 we moved west to Beverly Hills. After schooling at Brent-wood Town & Country, Marlborough and University High School, I graduated. After high school I went to work for my father in his dental office in Beverly Hills doing all of the monthly billing statements and bookkeeping. This was where I found my affinity for numbers, and I started doing statements for several other dentists as well.I worked for a time as a personal assistant to actress Billie Burke, who was Glinda the Good Witch, in the Wizard of Oz movie. She was doing a television show at Channel 11 and I would drive her to and from the station. I wanted to become a part of the television industry as it was the budding new frontier. I went to Sawyers Business School in Westwood to get my credentials. After graduating I was hired, for a short time, as the secretary to the Program Manager at KTTV Channel 11. From there I went to KHJ Channel 9 where I worked for 3 years. I married Harry Alvin Bellows Jr. on July 11, 1953 at All Saints in Beverly Hills, my home parish, where my father was on the Ves-try. I left KHJ on March 31, 1955 and 1 year later to the day on March 31, 1956 my son Harry Alvin Bellows III was born. We were living in Pacific Palisades. We later moved to Brentwood Park and there on September 19, 1963 my second son James Albert Bellows was born.In November 1966 we moved to Palos Verdes. At first I fig-ured we could go back and forth to All Saints on Sundays, but by the fall of 1967 we made the decision to transfer to St. Francis. I remember Mr. Tourigney coming right over after he had received the transfer notice. I was in the Altar Guild and served as Altar Directress. I can remember be-ing at the church after Christmas Eve services ironing fair linens at 1am.

I worked in the kitchen at the very first antique show in 1969. In 1978 I went back to work at The Broadway in the credit office. I worked there for 9 years. In 1987, after I had left The Broadway I ran into Sally Hill, who was General Chairman of the Antique Show, and she said to come help. 30 years later, and after more than 20 years as General Chairman, I am still involved with the Antique Show. This year I will be celebrating my 90th birthday at the Opening Night of the show on May 31.

As May turns into June, the focus of the ECW becomes the annual Antiques show.

The show involves many members of the parish with a wide range of opportunities available. I hope you will consider participating with either setting up or tearing down; kitchen/food service; decorating; baking or preserving; greeting guests and most importantly, coming to enjoy the show itself.

This is our major fundraiser and this year enabled the ECW to give more than $16,000 to parish activities and more than $7,000 to outreach. Details are in the Annual report.

Questions? Call Anna (310) 279-0701 or leave a message with the church office (310) 375-4617.

For more about this yea’s Show (the 49th!!!), see pp. 3 an 4.

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Parish Calendar— Recurring Events - May 2017Day Time/LocationSundaysHoly Eucharist Rite I 8am Chapel

Sunday SchoolHoly Eucharist Rite II

9:55am / Follow Sign information10am Main Church

AA meeting 7pm Board Room

WednesdaysHoly Eucharist Rite I 12:10pm/Chapel

Day Time/LocationMondaysConnecting with God 7pm LibraryEducation for Ministry 6pm Board RoomThursdaysChoir Rehearsal 7:30pm - 9pm Choir Room

Alcoholic Anon-Al-Anon 7:30pm/Board Room/Library

Who is a ‘sage’?from late Latin -

“a person in possession of wisdom, judgment, and experience”.

Attention, Bridge Players!Join us on Mondays at 12 noon in the Board Room for a friendly game of duplicate bridge. Bring a partner and a $5.00 contribution for coffee, cookies, and support for the ECW's charitable projects.For information and reservations (required), call Pat Hen-derson, Director, at 310 530-1555.Questions? Talk to Martha Bragg at 310-378-5348

Sages* Lunch and PresentationAvoiding Senior ScamsThursday, May 11, 11:30Am, Board Room.Please join us for lunch, provided by the church, to hear a timely presentation from Ardis Shubin of HELP (Healthcare and Elder Law Programs) on Avoiding Senior Scams, and other useful information. Please sign up for lunch on the sign-up sheet in the office. See you there!

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Parish Calendar — May 2017Event Date Time LocationPV Assembly Waltz Practice 5/2/2017 4:00 PM Parish Hall, KitchenOrgan Fundraising Committee 5/2/2017 5:45 PMDawn Unity Group Panel: "Ethics and Religion" 5/2/2017 7:30 PM Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -

5845 Crestridge RoadAltar Guild Meeting 5/3/2017 9:00 AM Board RoomLa Leche Meeting 5/4/2017 10:00 AM LibraryAzure Verde Beaders 5/5/2017 9:00 AM Board RoomWalker Garden/Work Day 5/6/2017 9:00 AM Lower Parking LotECW General Meeting 5/7/2017 11:30 AM LibraryVBS Meeting 5/7/2017 11:30 AM Board RoonCANCELED - CRASH! and eMERGE 5/7/2017 4:00 PM Youth Room - Parish Hall Stage AreaTeen Confirmation Class - RETREAT 5/7/2017 4:00 PM Pelá HomeClergy Conference 5/8 - 5/10Pickle Making 5/9/2017 8:00 AM KitchenSAGES Luncheon - Avoiding Scams 5/11/2017 11:00 AM Board RoomFRIAR'S IN THE KITCHEN 5/13/2017Building & Grounds Meeting 5/14/2017 9:15 AM LibraryUndie Sunday - St. Luke's 5/14/2017 10:00 AM Church PatioCANCELED - CRASH! and eMERGE 5/14/2017 4:00 PM Youth Room - Parish Hall Stage AreaFinance Meeting 5/17/2017 6:00 PM Paula's OfficeVestry 5/17/2017 7:00 PM Board RoomCRASH! and eMERGE Great Egg Boil 5/19/2017 6:00 PM Kitchen, Board Room and Parish HallSt. Luke's Shower & Breakfast 5/20/2017 7:00 AM Long BeachHoly Eucharist - Rite II - Confirmation - Bishop Diane

5/21/2017 10:00 AM Church

CRASH! and eMERGE 5/21/2017 4:00 PM Youth Room - Parish Hall Stage AreaSt. Anne's Meeting 5/22/2017 7:00 PM Parish Hall & KitchenTaizé - Service of Healing and Wholeness 5/23/2017 7:00 PM Chapel & Board RoomAzure Verde Meeting - 30th Anniversary 5/25/2017 9:00 AM Board RoomCRASH! and eMERGE 5/28/2017 4:00 PM Youth Room - Parish Hall Stage AreaOPENING NIGHT - ANTIQUE SHOW 5/31/2017 5:30 PM Parish Hall, Board Room and Kitchen & Educa-

tion Bldg.Antique Show June 1st -

thru 3rd9:00 AM Parish Hall, Board Room and Kitchen & Educa-

tion Bldg.

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St. Francis Episcopal Church2200 Via Rosa (At Palos Verdes Blvd)Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274www.stfrancispalosverdes.org 310-375-4617/ FAX 310-791-2740The Very Rev. Paula Vukmanic, Rector and Dean of Deanery 8The Rev. Peter Huang, Associate RectorMrs. Kate Buchen, Minister for Children and FamiliesDr. Jeannie Cobb, Director of Music, Youth and the ArtsMr. Hank Gatlin, Coordinator of Shared MinistriesDr. Hyunju Hwang, Organist Dr. Susan Marshall, Communications Specialist Joel Miranda, SextonElaine Mistele, Business ManagerMary Sanchez, Office Administrator

Articles and comments are welcome.Submit to publications@stfrancispalosverdes.org, or to the church office By the 15th of each monthChange service requestedTime dated material

No LoNger AtteNdiNg st FrANcis? If you would like to stop receiving the Bellringer, please help us save costs by contacting the Parish Office — Phone: 310-375-4617, Email: mary.sanchez@stfrancispalosverdes.org or FAX 310-791-2740. THANK YOU!

Service of Healing and Wholeness

taizé Tuesday, May 23th

7pm Chapel