News
-Canons Honored at Oregon Labyrinth Dedication
-Hispanic Congregation to Move Liturgy
-John Shore Says, “I’m OK – You’re Not”
-Caitilin Wachs Returns for Mañanitas/Serenade to our Lady
-Interest and Support of Dorcas House Spreads
-Dorcas House Music Program Started
Canons Honored at Oregon Labyrinth Dedication
On a blustery, bright Sunday morning, October 22, our Canons Andrew Rank and Barnabas Hunt joined the Rt. Rev. Johncy Itty, ninth bishop of Oregon, and the Rev. Elise Astleford, interim rector at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Gresham Oregon, for the blessing and dedication of the parish’s new Labyrinth Park.
The outdoor labyrinth is between the old Society of St. Paul Monastery, School, Nursing Home and Parish Church. The bishop dedicated and blessed the site in honor of the brothers who were there from 1958 to 1968.
A special monument describing the community’s early life there and extensive landscaping complete the outdoor labyrinth.
Hispanic Congregation Moves Liturgy to 1:00 pm
Due to growth in attendance, the Sunday, 9:05 Spanish Language Eucharistic will move from the chapel to the main sanctuary Advent Sunday, December 3. The last few Sundays worshipers filled all the pews. There was an overflow on the steps. The congregation felt the one o’clock time would work best. The Rev. Canon Mary Moreno Richardson said, “This is an experiment during December to see if the later time is a good one and if the attendance holds up.”
Canon Jack Lindquest and the Christmas Birth Narratives
Why do the Gospels of Matthew and Luke have such extremely different "birth stories," and what do they mean for our Christian faith today?
Why does St. Mark have no "birth story" whatsoever and begin with Jesus' baptism as an adult, and Why does St. John have only a prologue about "the Word made flesh?" Join Canon Jack Lindquist, our Canon for Biblical Studies, in this discussion of the powerful revolutionary messages in these familiar texts, and then attend his devotional conclusion at the Noon Eucharist in the chapel. Workshop is Free. Private study outlines will be provided, and B.Y.O.B. ("Bring Your Own Bible")! Saturday, December 9, from 9am to 11:30 am in the Guild Room.
John Shore Says, “I’m OK – You’re Not”
There is a special Forum on December 17 at 9:00 in the Guild Room. Come hear our congregation’s own John Shore speak on the subject matter of his forthcoming book, I’m OK – You’re Not: The Message We’re Sending Unbelievers, and Why We Should Stop (out February from NavPress). The idea of the book is that now is the time for Christians to start worrying a little less about fulfilling the Great Commission (that is, Jesus’ directive to “Go and make disciples of all nations”) and to start worrying a little more about fulfilling Jesus’ Great Commandment to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Come hear why John’s new goal in life is to continue successfully hiding from the 33 million evangelical Christians now officially out to get him. (This is a joke. Sort of.)
A humorist, writer and editor, John is the author of “Penguins, Pain and the Whole Shebang: Why I Do the Things I Do,” by God (as told to John Shore) (Seabury Books). His work has appeared in, among others, The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Magazine and via KPBS. John is currently co-authoring a book with Stephen Arterburn, and is a featured writer/blogger on the popular website Christianity.com.
Caitlin Wachs Returns for Mañanitas – Serenade to our Lady, December 10
A big event for the Latino congregation and everyone else at St. Paul’s is MAÑANITAS - SERENADE TO OUR LADY - 5:00 pm, Sunday, December 10. Returning for a second year, the Guadalupe Art Program presents a traditional joyful evening service honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron of the Americas, and “Art and Altars” - an art exhibit and reception in the Great Hall after the service. Joining in the serenade again this year will be film and television personality Caitlin Wachs (“Commander-in-Chief") and other special guests; Enrique Morones, E.D. of Border Angels, as our Human Rights Advocate in Residence, Danza Azteca de la Catedral and el Mariachi Real de San Diego.
Seven Baptized November 12
The Sunday nearest All Saints Day is one of six times in the year the church sets aside for baptisms. Cathedral Clergy baptized seven people, adults and babies, on Sunday, November 12.
We congratulate the new members of the body of Christ:
Christopher David Colbourne, Nathan Denis Colbourne, Ken Johnson, Jacob Patrick Mersereau, William Andrew Mersereau, John Charles Roberts, and Rebecca Stevens.
Following the service, the newly baptized, their families and God Parents stopped long enough for a group picture taken by Jim Langstan.
Interest and Support for Dorcas House Spreads in the Diocese
Thanks to Terri Mathes and Canon Joan Ford, who travel to missions and parishes in our diocese showing a Power Point program on Dorcas House, several congregations have planned fundraising or other programs for the foster home ministry in Tijuana, a new ministry of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Women of St. James gave a thousand dollars to purchase and install much needed commercial ovens in the facility. Coming up, there will be a fund raising dinner at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in City Heights, December 16, with proceeds going to Dorcas House. The Women’s Guild of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert will bring gifts for Dorcas House children to their December Lunch event.
For more news and information see the Dorcas House report under Ministries and Outreach.
Dorcas House Music Program Started
On Saturday, November 18, The Rev. Dorothy Curry, The Rev. Milton Collins and Mike Angell took music and their guitars and headed south of the border. Their destination was Dorcas House in Tijuana where they spent the day playing, singing and giving some rudimentary lessons in guitar playing to the children. Later in the day, Mike Angell, who is the our missioner on the campus of UCSD, took the Dorcas House boys to a nearby park to play soccer. The visitors gave two guitars, which had been donated to the foster home, before returning to San Diego. Dorothy says they hope to give some guitar lessons to interested children there on future trips.
