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MAY EVENTSWOMEN’S CURSILLO takes place at the Angela Center, May 1st-4th. Rosie Speight and Val Studebaker are candidates. Judy Buff, Brenda Steele, Tommie Cazel and Fran Morell are on the team. ASCENSION DAY. Ascension is 40 days after Easter on May 1st, one of the major (and neglected) festivals of the church year. There will be Eucharist at 9:00 a.m. on this Thursday morning. MEMORIAL SERVICE. During the regular 10:30 service on Sunday, May 4th, we will remember one of our long-time members, Hertha Brown. There will be a special coffee hour after the service. FLOWER ARRANGING. The Altar Guild invites all ladies (men too) to a flower arranging demonstration in the parish hall on Tuesday, May 6th at 10:00 a.m. Bring a container and some flowers. Vicki Ward will show us how to make a lovely arrangement. We will have a potluck luncheon after the workshop. Please RSVP to Fran Crane at 539-6909 by May 4th. THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE meets on Wednesday, May 7th at 10:00 a.m. in the Common Room. The Committee makes quarterly distributions from the parish’s Outreach Fund. A major item on the agenda will be the meal program at the Monte Rio Episcopal Mission. Guests are welcome at the meeting. LAURA STEVENSON’S WEDDING. Hugh and Angela Stevenson will be away May 7th-15th at their daughter Laura’s wedding to Shawn Canfield. THE WOMEN’S BREAKFAST will NOT meet in May. Please join us at Su Casa in the St. Francis Shopping Center on Saturday June 14th at 8:30 a.m. For additional information contact Karen Steelman at steelman@sonic.net or 538-3970. See you in June! THE HUMAN RACE takes place on May 10th, starting at 8:00 am from Slater Middle School at 3500 Sonoma Avenue to raise money for the local nonprofit organization of their choice. QUIET MORNING. The Daughters of the King are sponsoring a Quiet Morning on May 10th, at the cabin of Rae Jayne. The speaker will be Dennis Studebaker. Please tell Jane Hall if you are planning to be there. EVENSONG AT ST. PATRICK’S. St. Patrick’s is hosting a reception on Saturday, May 10th, 2:00-5:00 p.m. for those in our diocese who have included a gift to the Church in their estate plan. They are members of the Vine and Branches Society. Have you included St. Patrick’s in your estate planning? Food and wine will be served and a string quartet will play. The event concludes about 4:00 p.m. with evensong. Bishop Barry will officiate and Cantiamo, directed by Carol Menke will sing the service. All are welcome to attend Evensong. For more info about the Vine & Branches Society, contact Nancy Streufert at (707) 442-1212 or nstreufert@earthlink.net. MOTHERS’ DAY is May 11th. Bring your mother (or children) to church. Or adopt a mother for the day. PENTECOST, The Feast of the Holy Spirit, is May 11th. Our guest celebrant and preacher is the Rev. Harry Allagree. At the 10:30 service, the account of Pentecost from the Book of Acts will be read in different tongues. Red is the color of the Holy Spirit. Why not wear red on Pentecost! ECW LUNCHEON is on Tuesday, May 13th at 11:00 a.m. The speaker will be from the Blood Bank. Discussion will include the processes and regulations for providing a safe blood supply. WORK DAY. Come on May 17th at 9:00 a.m. to tidy up the church and grounds. Bring equipment. More details on page 6. MENS LUNCH. At 11:30 on the 3rd Wed. of each month at Playa Azul in Oakmont for fellowship and conversation. Next meeting: May 21. Occasionally we have a speaker. All men are cordially invited to attend. Harold Poehlmann sends a reminder before each meeting. Please RSVP to him at 539-7097 or hwp@sonic.net . JUNE EVENTS/SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORTTHE RITES OF SPRING. The Spring concert performed by the Santa Rosa Symphonic Chorus will consist of a number of songs: Byker Hill, Marianne, Cindy, I know where I’m goin’ and others. The concert will conclude with Frostiana, song by Robert Frost, put to music by Randall Thompson, including the road less traveled. There will be two performances Sat. May 31 8:00 pm Glaser Center Tickets are $15; $10 for seniors. Jackie Senter or Hugh Stevenson will be glad to sell you tickets for this fun concert. BEACH BLANKET BABYLON. George and Barbara Hunt are organizing a parish outing on June 1st to see the 5:00 performance of Beach Blanket Babylon, followed by dinner. Tickets are $127 (which includes bus each way from St. Patrick’s, the performance, and supper afterwards at a North Beach restaurant). Red and white wine are included, along with coffee/tea with the dinner. Please sign up a.s.a.p. in the parish hall. BACCALAUREATE. At the 9:00 a.m. service on June 1st we will salute our graduating seniors and recognize the children of our Sunday school and their teacher, Raymond Skipp. BAPTISM. At the June 1st 10:30 a.m. service, we will baptize Lacy Lee, daughter of Korey and Jason Jones. SUMMER SCHEDULE begins June 8th. Holy Eucharist will be at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. ENGLISH SPIRITUALITY. Jim Rawls will teach a 4-week course, beginning June 8th at the Adult Ed class 9:00 a.m.-9:55 a.m. in the Common Room. This is the schedule: SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT I sometimes have around 9 or 10 children depending on their other commitments on Sundays. My class includes the following: Then I like to do an activity on it. A few weeks ago the theme was the temptation of Jesus. I took the children outside and told them, “I am not Raymond, but the Devil, and I'm going to tempt you with some FUN things. You may want to do them, but think are they good or evil FUN things.” We passed some patio furniture and I said, “Let's knock them over and let someone else clean our mess up.” A resounding “NO!” was their response. We passed by the rear parking lot, and I said, “Let's get into that car and turn up the radio so loud we'll cause a noisy disturbance.” Again, “NO!” At the end of the property there is a vineyard, “Lets jump the fence and steal some grapes”. Again, “NO!!” We did this a few more times and one of the children got so into the project, he was jumping across my path in a Karate stance while shouting his “NO!!” As we approached the church, I asked them what was that building? “Our church,” they responded. “Yes, it is our church and we look after it and we should look after our people inside and our moms and dads, friends and neighbors.” Father Hugh has given me a list of rich stories from Genesis and Exodus. I read the story, and then illustrate how the people felt. We're now working on singing and signing, “Jesus, Name Above All Names” and a skit on “The Good Samaritan” for the congregation to enjoy. I hope this has given you an insight into our Sunday school program. God's Blessings to you, Raymond VESTRY NEWSWhen we met for the vestry workshop in February, we identified these 4 goals for 2008. We assigned each goal a number of action items.
Welcoming Fiduciary Oversight Stewardship and Fundraising Involve Our Members in Church Life Much of the business we passed “by consent,” in order to focus on the main topic of the meeting: Youth Ministry. We welcomed Ingo Rencken as our guest who had a suggestion for the youth group. The Rector listed 28 children and teenagers who are currently involved in the parish. We enjoyed a report by Raymond Skipp about his Sunday School class (included on Page 3). What we need is a half-time youth leader to co-ordinate our youth activities. We are exploring this further, beginning by involving interested parents and youth in a needs assessment discussion. As always everyone's questions and comments are welcome. These are not secret! If you want to know how money is spent, please ask a vestry member. Our recent capital expenses included $1719 for the shed behind the parish hall to store inflammable products and lawn mowers. We replaced the hot water system for the parish hall, plus an on-demand water heater for the Upper Room, for $3340. The money came from our Capital Replacement Fund. TURNING POINTSAll find a welcome:
For this, much thanks: We ask God’s protection of:
those serving in the military overseas May they know God’s healing power:
LA King’s mother, Ginger John Phillips, son-in-law of Barbara Jones Matt Harris, son of Ninon Cabrales Christine Jenkins’ father, Arnold Andreotti Jean Derum’s parents, David & Elizabeth 2 friends of Becky Jenkins, Linda & Rheda Jim Hammett has surgery on May 8th 3 relatives of Minerva, Pierre, Jim & Emile We will exalt you O God, our King. Blessings on: May she rest in peace Deepest Sympathy AROUND ST. PATRICK'SUNITED THANK OFFERING. The latest report about UTO in our diocese states that 2007 income was $18,145. UTO is a line item in our budget. We contributed $1500 or about 8%, not counting any individual contributions. Total income from all dioceses was $2.4 million. UTO made 104 grants including a mini-bus for Baghdad and the rebuilding of a day care center in New Orleans. For further info, see www.episcopalchurch.org/uto/. FOLDING MACHINE. We are grateful for all the volunteers who fold bulletins, Grapevines and other mailings. The cost of a new machine to fold tri-fold (or "Z-fold") 11" x 17" is about $1600. It also does stapling. Does anyone have a spare one? A machine to make a single fold (for the Grapevine) is much cheaper. It was the majority vote at the Annual Meeting in January to keep the larger more detailed bulletin. TEA TOWEL ALERT. The tea towels have arrived and are hemmed and ready to be embroidered or appliquéd. They are available in the Parish Hall after each of the Sunday services. Patterns and thread are also available. St. Patrick's is known for its very attractive and useful tea towels and they sell out every year. All that is needed now are stitchers. If you have questions contact Barbara Fry (538-2164). It was really fun to watch the children hunt for eggs. Watching the parents watching the children was great fun, too. The Easter Egg Hunt was a great success, and we wanted to thank all of you for your participation, and especially those of you who helped us put the egg hunt together by donating the plastic eggs and candy filling. It was an especially nice family gathering and we were blessed with perfect weather! ONE OF OUR OWN within the parish desperately needs a good mattress, regular or queen size. If anyone has such an item, please contact the parish office at 833-4228. KEY LOG. There used to be a log for keys to the church and other buildings. If you have a key to one of the buildings or church or Sacristy, please call Vicki Ward (539-3731). A new log is in the process of being produced. THE LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE met recently to discuss upcoming projects. The main focus was on replacing the two trees that have been recently removed: one from the front courtyard by the church windows, the other in the back courtyard. Ceanothus, a spring flowering bush, native to California, and one that requires little water after it is established will be planted by the church window in the front courtyard and underplanted with Candy Tuft (iberis). A Cercis, or redbud, will be planted in the back courtyard near the east corner. A small spring flowering tree and another California native, it will require little water once it is established. The landscape committee is planning a workday on May 17th starting at 9 a.m. to plant these items and do some general maintenance. Please come and help! Our new sextons, Maria and Jose have done a wonderful job maintaining the property. It has never looked so beautiful. Yet, we need to provide some "elbow grease" for these extra things. If you can give an hour or two (three would be perfect) it will keep the grounds looking great! Xavier, Charlie Buff and Jose have been discussing a redo to the outdated Drip Irrigation System. The first area of repair will be the Memorial Garden. PLEASE HELP US. DON'T FORGET MAY 17th. MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! |
