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PENTECOST II

AUGUST – SEPTEMBER, 2013

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God’s Extraordinary Hospitality Plus • HOSPITALITY IS A WAY OF BEING • SANTA LUCIA MISSION: THE EARLY YEARS • REFLECTING GOD’S HOSPITALITY • ENCOUNTER VS. PERFORMANCE

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Letter from the Rector Dear Friends in Christ: Since the Spirit is always new and fresh, it is appropriate that our first-ever Gospel theme featured the Holy Spirit. I pray that you discovered new ways to embody the faith as we explored different angles of living in the power of the Spirit over the past eleven weeks.

Our new topic of God’s extraordinary hospitality is equally rich in meaning. I have already profited from meditating on God’s hospitality, and am confident that our study and prayer will lead us to many tangible ways of applying this good news.

You can begin by carefully reading the teaching on God’s hospitality in this magazine.

During these same weeks we have introduced the weekly publication in which we summarize the sermon, and offer four different applications of the sermon message. Each message makes relevant our overarching topic from a new perspective. I hope that these Sunday weeklies have enriched your devotions, as well as kept you informed through the announcements.

Do remember that the weekly publications and seasonal magazines are available on our webpage.

Many announcements and longer descriptions of ministries and events are also found on the web.

August 4 God’s Extraordinary Hospitality of Respect

August 11 God’s Extraordinary Hospitality of Sharing the Kingdom August 18 God’s Extraordinary Hospitality if Community August 25 God’s Extraordinary Hospitality of Freedom September 1 God’s Extraordinary Hospitality of Honoring Others September 8 God’s Extraordinary Hospitality of Love September 15 God’s Extraordinary Hospitality in Welcoming the Lost September 22 God’s Extraordinary Hospitality of Entrusting Us with True Riches September 29 God’s Extraordinary Hospitality of the Life that is Really Life

Another reason to explore God’s extraordinary hospitality is because we are getting proficient at extending hospitality. Many visitors comment on how welcome and included they feel at All Saints’. Our theme will help us further ground our hospitality in the love of Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Sermon Themes in this series

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Articles:

Life Application

INTERIOR PAGE 8

LETTER FROM THE RECTOR

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COMMUNION OF SAINTS

page 4,5

WORSHIP

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In this article Bill Reed emphasizes that Hospitality is a way of being, not simply acts of kindness.

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RELATIONSHIPS PAGE 8

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Our baptismal covenenant provides a wonderful basis of instruction, not only for our children, but for the rest of our lives.

SOCIAL PAGE 17

The social fabric of our homes, our church and our community is constructed by our values and priorities. What shall we become?

CHURCH PAGE 19

Robin Denny reflects on her recent ministry expereinces and the importance of being hospitable to the world around us.

COMMUNITY DISCIPLESHIP STEWARDSHIP

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OUTREACH

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LEADERSHIP

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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Our Missions ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION: The All Saints’ Magazine is published seven times a year, corresponding with the liturgical seasons. The next edition will be available on October 6, 2013.

We welcome your submission of articles, and ministry event and opportunity ads if submitted by September 15, 2013. Use of all ads and articles will be determined by the staff and editorial team. All submissions should be sent via e-mail to Greg Troxell, parish administrator, at gtroxell@allsaintscarmel.org or the office at information@allsaintscarmel.org.

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AllSaints’ • Pentecost II, 2013 to help in starting the Salon Des Artists group, which I pray will continue. I enjoyed singing in the choir under Todd’s direction, and my associations within it brightened my journey.

Communion of Saints Brief stories of faith, and the faith-filled lives of our members. How is God working in your life? Share it here and give a bit of hope to others.

Being flexible, and really listening to God’s guidance is so important, and learning to know when a door is closed, and move on. The beautiful prayer in our prayer book which says,

Don Lonsborough Life is certainly a journey, and as they say, it’s often what happens to you while your making other plans! Through life’s situations, I found my hair career, which had been supporting my art endeavors, at an end. Praying for God to open a new door, I was offered both a place to stay, and a job possibility there in the Monterey Bay area. So along with the strong desire to explore the art community and beauty of the area, I stepped out with faith and high hopes.

“grant us the grace to ask what You would have us to do, and that the Spirit of wisdom may save us from false choices”, is precious to me, and after that, the prayer of Saint Francis almost says it all.

The year was rich, full of ups and downs, but in the first three months, I was physically tossed out of my dwelling, and then in the next month, lost my job. I was enjoying the beauty of the environment, painted a lot, and joined every art association that I could. To make the story shorter, I encountered a lot of restrictions and limitations in these groups, and realized that it would take years to make inroads in the area.

My spirit of striving failed, and I had to ask for re-direction once again.

I am sad to be apart from the beautiful new family which I formed there, but as many said to me, “ You just expanded your family, and you will always be welcomed here. “ A warm welcome up here in the Northwest, a successful art show, and more prospects of work have reinforced that I’ve made the right decision, so my journey continues. God’s blessings to my extended family!

My time at All Saints was so precious. I was encouraged and supported by many there. I was happy to be there for the Centennial Year celebration, and feel that I was able with others, WWW.ALLSAINTSCARMEL.ORG

I think I learned that art for art’s sake is meaningless. Whether with my painting, or singing, or acting, it’s the people that you work with, and the people that you touch or reach in some way that really matters. I learned to evaluate why I’m participating in something, and guard where my energy is going.

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Alan McEwen

Alan McEwan comes from a long family line of artists and journalists. He was born and raised in Carmel and at All Saints’. The state thought that they had retired him, but he continues to teach English as a Second Language to immigrants in Salinas. After searching Carmel in vain for some really good Mexican food, he moved to Salinas several years ago.

He paints local landscapes en plein air, working mostly in oil and pastel. Landscapes in Central California still intrigue him, even after decades among them, and they are his most common subject matter. Other paintings have been inspired by sources as diverse as shootings in Salinas or poems by Jacques Prvévert and Mary Oliver. His style is generally representational, but he has been known to make a train disappear and levitate a Madonna.

Alex Davies

Alex is an active member of our youth group, and acolyte. He is a kind person, a good leader, and finds great joy in life. Alex enjoys science, sports, math, music, and acting. He studies voice with Dr Samra and he has been a soloist during the service. At home Alex composes music on the piano. Alex is a baseball player, playing many positions including pitcher. Alex played Hook in the school production of Peter Pan this year. He graduated from All Saints’ Day School in June and is looking forward to attending York in the Fall for high school.

“El Camino Real” (shown also on page 9) shows the back of the mission in San Juan Bautista. It was painted recently over several warm afternoons along a path filled with fragrant breezes and far away sounds.

Alan is a member of Salon des Artistes in Carmel. If you would like further information about our members please contact Marcia Jeiroudi at mojeiroudi@gmail.com.

“El Camino” Painted by: Alan McEwen 2013

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God’s Extraordinary Hospitality

by The Rev. Rick Matters

Our reflections over the past two months on living in the power of the Holy Spirit lead us directly to the topic of God’s extraordinary hospitality.

New Testament scholars sometimes refer to the Holy Spirit as the “ go-between God.” This expression points to the mission of the Spirit to create community through hospitality. God moves invisibly among us, thereby including us in the divine life of love. In turn, we are privileged collectively to be animated by the Spirit as Christ’s Body, and individually to be the dwelling place of the go-between God. The go-between activity of the Holy Spirit points to the function of hospitality within the Trinity itself.

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• The Father eternally begets the Son and eternally breathes the Spirit.

• Both Son and Spirit exist without beginning or end through the Father’s self-giving.

• Reciprocally, the Son gives himself to the Father and the Spirit, and • The Holy Spirit pours out Spirit to the other two persons of the Trinity.

This eternal giving and receiving takes place within the gracious oneness of God. The giving and receiving of the One explains why the Bible declares that God is love (1 John 3:11-4:17). This creative and ecstatic self-giving likewise illuminates God’s incredible hospitality.

AllSaints’ • Pentecost II, 2013 I am very pleased that we will be learning about God’s extraordinary hospitality over the next two months. We already practice hospitality quite well, especially on Sunday morning. It is gratifying to hear visitors comment on the warm and genuine welcome they experience at All Saints’. As we deepen our appreciation we will increase our ability to incorporate God’s hospitality into our private and public lives. Our worship will be enriched as we recognize that in the liturgy we’re participating in God’s own hospitality.

The story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well (John 4:1-30) gives us a convenient starting place for our prayerful reflection on hospitality. This story shows God’s hospitality as welcoming, participating, and hosting.

Welcoming (John 4:1-10) Walking from Jerusalem to Galilee with his disciples, Jesus stopped by the well of Jacob. This ancient well provided a welcoming oasis to them, as it had for people through the centuries. Jesus welcomed the Samaritan woman, despite the fact that Samaritans and Jews mistrusted each other.

By asking her for a drink, Jesus placed himself under the obligation of her hospitality, instead of distancing himself with self-sufficiency.

Hosting (John 4:16-26) Twice the woman missed the invitation by getting stuck on the “how.” First it was the literal level of how Jesus could draw water from a deep well without a bucket. Then it was questions of worship.

In both cases, Jesus invited the woman to respond at the level of spirit and of truth. When she accepted the invitation, she recognized Jesus as the Messiah.

Instead of seeing him as a feared foreigner, she realized that he was her Lord, the great I Am. Conclusion We are welcomed to All Saints’ by Jesus. We participate in the new life of grace, and serve as God’s host to others. These three movements constitute the hospitality of God which we receive as a gift, and which we receive by giving to others.

We accomplish this hospitality by entering into relationship with them. As we receive and give God’s extraordinary hospitality, we become that spring of living water gushing up to eternal life.

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear...We love because [God] first loved us” (John 4:18-19).

In a similar manner, the joy and eternal love we share at All Saints’ attracts people to our doors.

We do not just care for our own, nor are we selfsufficient. Rather, we invite friends and strangers to join us in worship and reach out to others. We invite others to our concerts, picnics, and classes.

We welcome to this wellspring those who come uninvited, and those who come because they are thirsty or despised.

Participating (John 4:11-15) In a surprising twist, Jesus offered the woman something greater than a cup of water. He offered her a means to his divine presence. The living water Jesus gave serves very much like the water of baptism. Baptism is a spring of water gushing up to eternal life. The living water is also very much like the wine of Holy Communion, which we drink to be refreshed at the spiritual level.

The hospitality of God in which we bath and which we drink is God’s living presence. We receive it as gift, just as the sinful Samaritan woman did. As the Church, we not only receive and partake of the living water, we also become that living water on behalf of Jesus Christ, by loving others in the power of God’s Spirit.

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Hospitality is a Way of Being

by Bill Reed

We know what we mean by hospitality. Or do we?

A hostess welcomes guests into her home & shows by words and deeds that this person is indeed welcome, that he or she, for the time being, is a member of the household. A member of the church notices someone new at the Eucharist or at a parish gathering and she goes out of her way to greet that person and welcome him or her as a brother or sister in Christ. These are the activities that characterize someone who is hospitable. We know what we mean by hospitality. Or do we?

An old philosophical dictum states that action follows from being. A monkey swings from trees.

Why? Because it is a monkey; that’s its nature.

Unless you’re Tarzan, humans usually don’t swing from trees. That’s not what we are. Action follows from being. Someone does hospitable things because, somewhere deep down, that person is hospitable. That is who they are. That is their way of being. It becomes much more difficult to understand what it means to be hospitable when we move from the realm of acting hospitably to being hospitable. Hospitality is a way of being. It is a way of being human. It is a way of being Christian. The actions spring from a heart that knows more.

The hospitable person does indeed know more, as their actions show. “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is the source of this knowledge & way of being. And not just in the simple sense that these words might suggest. My neighbor is my other self. Our culture encourages us to think of ourselves as individuals, as autonomous & free beings, separate to pursue our own desires. But this isn’t true, or at least it isn’t the whole truth. My neighbor is myself. I am incomplete without him or her and I need him or her to be myself. I am by nature and by grace a part of a whole, implicated in the selfhood of every other person, just as they are in me. I do not have my own identity; you and I have our identity, our self. We are part of a communion. Just as God is a communion. And WWW.ALLSAINTSCARMEL.ORG

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we are part of the communion of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit. I in you, and you in me, says Jesus. I am not myself; we are. And we are not ourselves, alone. God is.

The actions of hospitality spring from a way of being. A way of being in God and each other and the world.

IMAGE ABOVE: Andrei Rublev, The Hospitality of Abraham.

13th century icon.

I will with God’s Help

by Robin Denney

In our baptism we make five promises that we renew at special times, it is called the Baptismal Covenant (BCP page 304). The last promise is to “Respect the Dignity of every Human Being.”

We live into that promise when we recognize the humanity of every person. In Galatians 3:28 we read, “There is no longer Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.” These distinctions don’t mean much to us now, but we can insert our own. There is no longer vagrant or homeowner, felon, gang member or cop, hoodie-clad teenager or suit-clad businessman, undocumented immigrant or citizen, but Christ is everything to us, and dwells in each of us. The distinctions we draw between ourselves and other people stop us from seeing their full humanity. In the Baptismal Covenant, our response to the questions “will you…” is “I will with God’s help.” It is our task, when we notice the temptation to categorize and deny dignity to people, that we turn to God for help.

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Sundays starting at 10:30 a.m. in Room A for children age four to grade two.

Salon des Artistes A community of artists at All Saints’ - gathering the first Mondya of every month. For more information contact Marcia Jeiroudi, 831-334-9026.

“El Camino” (above) was painted in 2013 by: Alan McEwen

Women’s Retreat Saturday, August 24, 2013 You are invited to join us for a day amid the towering redwoods of the Big Sur Coast.

We will explore how we can become a trusting community of God’s women. We will build a labyrinth, a sacred space from the stones of the earth and from Christ’s love in our hearts.

Each of us will bring our own lunch. Beverages and snacks will be provided. For more infomraiton please email Mother Cynthia at thevicarofbigsur@gmail.com.

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Worship

God’s Hospitality Is Abundant in Our Worship.

Kingdom of God, and in the pews of All Saints’ Church.

by Todd Samra

Every Sunday I gaze out at the congregations of our three services, and I witness the power of God’s hospitality through the act of common worship. I know people who believe in God, but who do not like to attend church or any sort of communal form of worship. To me, these individuals are missing out on the love, caring, and power of worshiping together. When we sing and pray in a liturgy, we are doing so as the people of God. When the choirs offer anthems of praise, they are singing to the glory of God. And when we lift our spirits and open ourselves to God’s will, we realize in common worship that we all are part of a team, part of the body of Christ, and that each member has a certain function or duty. Some people sing, some acolyte or read lessons, and others tend to their children and loved ones. We all have a place, both in the

Community Spiritual Friendships

by Greg Troxell

Time spent celebrating and enjoying the company of friends and family are among the most treasured of memories. A simple meal, a walk or morning coffee can provide an atmosphere that helps us open up, let down our guard, and build meaningful friendships and healthy families. When we have a spiritual conversation with our children, neighbors or other members of our concern it seems to take the relationship to another level. Such friendships counteract loneliness and the sense of isolation.

How are you at sharing your joy, your pain, your struggles, and your dreams? How about your faith, involvement at church, and questions of faith?

Community begins with your own willingness to be open, transparent and, by God’s grace, being gracious to yourself and others.

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The truth, I believe, is that God wants for us to be together. Mammals in the wild live longer lives when they are part of a community. Monkeys offer love through grooming, for example, which releases chemicals in the brain that soothe them.

Sometimes mammals find love from other species, including humans, because they have known each other since they were cubs, puppies, or kittens. This relationship simply echoes the hospitality of God, who has known us since before we were born. I believe that singing and praying together releases something in our brains, something that soothes our souls, but it is something that runs deeper than chemical reactions: it is the love of Christ, who taught us to love one another, and to pray together as a community of love.

The Evolution of Music

For centuries, classical music has elicited powerful emotions from listeners worldwide. Join us for a compelling history of classical music as seen through music literature. From the beginnings of written music notation, to the development of polyphony, to the secularization of music, this course will establish links between specific composers and genres and styles, highlighting the essential elements and characteristics of the greatest creators of classical music in Western history.

Dates: Tuesdays, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Nov. 5 (6 sessions) Time: 1:00 – 3:00p.m. Place: All Saints’ Church, Carmel Fee: $60 (free of charge to anyone age 50 or above) Todd Samra, D.A. is the Director of Music at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Carmel. In addition, he is a frequent lecturer, providing pre-concert lectures for the Monterey Symphony, and a former professor of music at St. Joseph’s College in Indiana. Dr. Samra holds a doctorate from Ball State University, and a Master of Music from the University of Missouri. He is also active as a performer, teacher, composer and conductor, specializing in music from the English Baroque and jazz idioms.

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Discipleship Outreach

by Greg Troxell

by Rosemary Smith

In 2006 John Piper wrote the book, What Jesus Demands of the World, in which he categorized fifty commands of Jesus. No doubt you’re familiar with several of the commands, and none the least, “Go make Disciples.”

Singing Rooster has arrived at All Saints’ and will meet our members some Sunday soon. The Singing Rooster logo graces a 12 oz. package of a delicious coffee similar to the Blue Mountain blend of Jamaica.

How is that to happen? It begins with being one ourselves, that is, to follow Jesus, to be a Christ follower, and imitator of Jesus. But it goes beyond doing what Jesus did - it goes to the core of our being.

Haitians know what they want and need most: jobs and economic independence.

Christophe and Molly Nicaise, based in Madison, Wisconsin, have established a social enterprise through coffee agriculture, buying beans at more than fair trade prices, shipping from Madison, and distributing widely. Coffee plants are grown under shade trees, which are protected since they shade the income-providing crop. Visit the Singing Rooster website (http://www.singingrooster.org) for fascinating information about their work in Haiti.

There is much more to the story.

Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger defined “communities of practice” back in 1991 as “groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better, as they interact regularly.”

Jesus’s disciples dined together, traveled together, and they worked, celebrated, prayed and played together. In spending time together they built a lasting community that transformed the world. In the Gospel according to Mark 10:51, Jesus asks a man who eagerly approached him, “What is it that you want from me”? And immediately thereafter it was given the man.

How much of your calendar is filled with service, learning, worship and fellowship with other members? What is it that you want from God?

A ministry update from the Friends of St. Patrick’s, Haiti: The pupils and teachers at St. Patrick’s School are on summer vacation and this is the planting season for the small farms. Pray that this season’s hurricanes miss Haiti.

Stewardship Income Year-to-Date* YTD Budgeted YTD Actual Pledge $136,948 $126,645 Donations $49,674 $32,834 New Member Pledges $8,450 $300 Other Revenue $53,011 $20,985 Trust Revenue $68,159 $95,478 Total Income $316,242 $276,242 Expense Year-to-Date* Total Expense

We appreciate receiving your pledge.

YTD Budgeted YTD Actual $364,617 $334,269

* Year-to-date (YTD) is as of the end of July 8, 2013.

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Santa Lucia Mission and Campground The Early Years

by Elizabeth Barratt, parish archivist/historian Under the driving energy and guidance of Fr. David Hill, the Big Sur Mission became the third mission sponsored by All Saints’ Church after St. Matthias (1954) and St. Dunstan’s (1955). The first service was held on Easter Day, March 29, 1959, at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, with the Rev. C.E. Wilson officiating. Regular services began several months later, when on July 26, 1959, Holy Communion was celebrated at 9:00 a.m. at the Big Sur Grange Hall.

The newly arrived Fr. Peter Farmer was closely associated with the earliest years of the Big Sur Mission. His first Holy Communion service was offered at the Big Sur Grange Hall on August 30, 1959. Within three months, Fr. Farmer was a very busy man: by then he had become the new Vicar of St. Dunstan’s Mission in Carmel Valley. According to the October 3, 1959 Monterey Peninsula Herald, he was also appointed to head the All Saints’ newly established mission in Big Sur. By November 15, 1959, Fr. Farmer’s margin notes in the Register record that the mission had its first choir, consisting of four girls who sang for the Mass. Five months later, on April 24, 1960 All Saints’ Parish made its milestone first annual pilgrimage to Big Sur, a tradition that has continued ever since. The occasion included a service at the Grange Hall, where Frs. Farmer and Hill celebrated the Eucharist.

The following month, on October 9, 1960, he performed the mission’s first baptisms for four children of the Cooley family.

After nearly two years of services at the Big Sur Grange Hall, acreage for the new mission was purchased in 1961. The property was aptly named Santa Lucia Mission in honor of the seaward sloping mountain range originally designated by Spanish navigators who plied the Big Sur seacoast centuries earlier. The first official service was held there on April 9, 1961. It was a banner day and the Monterey Peninsula Herald noted that, “Six acres of magnificently wooded property along the Big Sur River have been purchased by the parish to be used as a camp center, for retreats and conferences, and for the Santa Lucia Chapel.”

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Over the next decade the campsite was developed and it was used by many locals, Big Sur visitors and Boy Scout troops. On March 26, 1967, the Rev. C.E. Wilson officiated at the blessing of an organ and vestments for the site.

Fr. David Hill’s dream, of a silent and beckoning spot “untouched by bulldozers and hamburger counters” still stands as a testament to the diligence of the early founders, who foresaw the serene appeal of the forested acreage. In Fr. Hill’s words, the grounds stand as “a silent witness to the beauty of God Creator and to our obligation to preserve His beauty for our children.”

Over all the years since, the wooded setting has continued to be a favored destination for church picnics, outdoor worship services, retreats, and of course, camping, under the towering redwoods alongside the rush and ripple of the nearby Big Sur River. No matter the season, the peaceful grounds offer a pilgrimage destination for anyone yearning to commune with God our Creator, in His natural environment.

(Space restrictions have not allowed us to print the full record of the Early Years here. Please visit our website: http://www.allsaintscarmel.org/2013/07/ santa-lucia-mission-the-early-years/ to read the full the version.)

Sunday Services at

Santa Lucia

Sunday service at 11:00 a.m. followed by a potluck picnic in Paul’s Meadow.

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All Saints’ Day School

by Kristin Templeman

From June 1 through August 2, 2013 over 100 classes were offered and about 200 students (including 60 All Saints’ students) ranging from Kindergarten through 5th grade as well as 25 teachers and 4 full time aides enjoyed their time here at All Saints’.

Courses in Arts & Crafts, music, sculpting, painting, sports, performing arts and much more were offered in the ‘Fun in the Sun’ camps. Full Spanish immersion was offered in ‘Fun in the Sun en Español’, and a variety of computer related courses was offered in our summer ‘Tech Camp’. Children from approximately 30 different schools attended and that included campers from 3 other states and Japan.

Being in Carmel, and being a church that has been the spiritual home to thousands of families, we get a lot of visitors each week. All Saints’ can be found not only on Google maps but also on the Discovery Map for Carmel-by-the-Sea, owned by our member Allan Groves.

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Center for Christian Spirituality

by The Rev. Rick Matters This September members and friends of All Saints’ will practice hospitality by hosting a Festival of Christian Spirituality. I encourage you to participate in this weekend of renewal and learning. I also encourage those of you who live in the Carmel area to join others in inviting an out-of-town participant to stay in your home for the two nights of the festival, should the need arise. Both participating in the festival and welcoming a guest in your home are concrete ways to practice the extraordinary hospitality of God. Prayerfully exploring the festival’s theme of “Exclusion and Embrace--Living in Community” will also deepen our appreciation of hospitality.

On the surface, exclusion sounds unfriendly, if not unchristian, and inclusion sounds like a Christian virtue that should never be violated. However, we will discover that exclusion has a light side, and inclusion a dark shadow.

Clearly, God loves everyone, and there is no question that each and every human being bears the image of God, however dimly. It is the duty of every Christian to love all of our neighbors. On the other hand, we need to ask whether the love of Christ propels us to include everyone in every circumstance. The resounding answer is “certainly not”: there will be no terrorists making bombs in my basement, thank you very much!

The mandate to love that accompanies the footwashing ceremony on Maundy Thursday is set in the context of Jesus’s teaching that some will be excluded—we need only remember his metaphorical warnings about the outer darkness and gnashing of teeth. The Maundy Thursday mandate to love by serving led inextricably to the negative exclusions of Good Friday. But Good Friday was itself the means by which God affirmed self-giving love and rejected the coercive use of power.

More significantly, Jesus’s own life was characterized by conflict with evil spirits, corrupt politicians, and bloody tyrants. He loved all of these people, but did not include them among his followers.

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Given the brokenness and evil of this world, do we dare absolutize inclusion, and make it the standard for all Christian behavior? Sometimes we are called to a ministry of shaking the dust off our feet. Jesus never stopped loving Judas Iscariot, but when Judas rejected God’s ways, Jesus excluded him.

The festival theme can help us recognize the gift that Jesus offers of holding in creative tension both embrace and exclusion. Together, excluding and embracing serve as the process by which we extend God’s hospitality. On the other hand, when no longer in balance with each other, exclusion and embrace lead to much suffering and oppression in the world.

I invite you to explore the life-giving, as well as the dehumanizing, aspects of the gift and calling to exclude and embrace. The Gospel theme for the next two months, as well as the festival weekend, will help us enter more deeply into the mystery of God’s love.

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Mission Olive Oil is harvested exclusively from the orchasrd at the Soledad Mission.

The grove was planted from the cuttings of two hundred year old trees that were once part of Mission La Purisima Concepcion in Lompac. In the tradition of the padres, Mission Olive oil also supplies the sacramental ambry oil for the Catholic Diocese of Monterey.

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Epiphany

by The Rev. Jon Perez

It is summertime and life in the church has never been busier or as lively. This last Sunday we had ten young ones under the age of ten at Epiphany.

Godly Play is becoming a solid program for our children on Sunday mornings, and now we are also introducing something new for the rest of the family. Starting Saturday July 6th, we welcome “First Saturday”, a family-centered social time at Epiphany, for families and church friends to gather for food, fellowship, and games. We will gather at 5:30pm and all you have to do is bring show up and bring a side dish.

Thank you for supporting the Friends of Epiphany Dinner 2013. The money raised at the Friends of Epiphany Dinner for Thomas Carman Food Pantry by selling the flag placemats for sale at $3.60 each to represent 20 lbs. of food from the Food Bank at .18 cents a pound came to $381.80 which represents 2,121 lbs. of food. Some guests gave more than $3.60. Our goal was 2,400 lbs., so not to bad for a first time of doing this. Plus there are still placemats for sale!

Finally, in the heart of summer, Epiphany is presenting another opportunity for a journey.

Epiphany’s New Members and Journey to Baptism classes will start on July 10th. This class is for people wanting to know more about Epiphany, The Episcopal Church and Lutheran Church, and also for people interested in Baptism. This is a great environment to ask questions of faith and engage in a deeper exploration of your relationship with God. If you are interested in this class or Religions of the World, please call the church office or email contact@epiphanymarina.org

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Nancy Jones is to be honored as this year’s Woman of the year by the Episcopal Church Women. The presentation and recognition will take place at St. Paul’s, in Salinas on Saturday, August 17. Women and men are invited to the celebration. The cost is $22.50, and includes lunch. Please R.S.V.P. in the front office, or at the back of the church. The program runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m..

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Canterbury College Ministry

by Greg Troxell

All Saints’ campus ministry at CSUMB is a service to students, faculty and staff of CSUMB. Our ministry there is led by Fr. Jon Perez, Vicar of Epiphany, and he is assisted by other clergy from the Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church. Located within the Personal Growth & Counseling Center, together they provide pastoral care for individuals and the campus community through interfaith and interdenominational clubs, programs, resources and events.

Fr. Jon Perez serves as the Vicar for Epiphany Lutheran and Episcopal Church, our parochial mission. He comes to the Episcopal Church after a career in the corporate and non-profit worlds. His congregation is the largest social service facilitator

All are welcome to participate in the Wednesday morning Bible study from 10:30-11:45 a.m. in Grant Hall. The current series is a chronological harmony of the Gospels, in which we are learning more about Jesus’ life and ministry, and how we can live our lives as disciples. in Marina. The congregation is multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-political. Currently, he serves the Lutheran-Episcopal Coordination Committee, resolving practical and theological issues between the Lutheran ELCA and Episcopal Church. Father Jon is club advisor for Out and About (a GLBT campus club) and is a recipient of the Atkinson Civil Rights Award.

Fr. Rick and Fr. Jon meet regularly, and recently they met together with Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves, the Chancelor and Cannons of the Diocese of El Camino Real to strengthen the ministry there.

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Hospitality of Respect Our values influence our community

by Greg Troxell The key to creating an abundant community begins with people engaging in the dialog. Be it at All Saints’, a company, or this local community they thrive when the members invest to create the future they desire.

So what stops us from investing? Richard Barrett, principal at the Barrett Values Centre says its most often it’s fear based values. They do the most harm to us as individuals, and corporately they limit the potential, efficacy, and satisfaction of the individual and the community.

Interestingly, my own qualitative research in motivational theory has also revealed sixteen interrelated motivational needs that drive our actions and affect our emotional experience. Our personal and interpersonal virtues and intractable conflicts are related to the degree that we come close to realizing our most pressing needs, respect the needs of others, and react to external actions from our social circles.

All Saints’ has an impressive legacy. It is a church entrusted with vast resources and talented members. Guided and empowered by the Holy Spirit we have dared to do great things together.

What might our future hold? How might God’s intention for us transform us and help us reach our community and the world? Let’s begin the conversation and do so while laboring together, generously sharing God’s grace and hospitality with one another.

If you’re interested in exploring your own values I would encourage you try the Barrett Values Centre survey (link http:// goo.gl/QWDyah) The Barrett Values Center provides resources to help organizations measure and manage their culture.

To date they’ve helped over three thousand organizations in over fifty counties.

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Reflecting God’s Hospitality

By Robin Denney

We, the Church, reach out our arms in love to embrace all, to seek and serve Christ in the face of each person and to respect their dignity. We do this because Christ did this. We do this so that the Church `may be a reflection of God’s hospitality to the world.

For the last two years, besides being the youth leader at All Saints’, I have also been a local missionary of this diocese in Gonzales. I live in Gonzales, and have been working on a vision shared by the diocese and several congregations, to re-plant a worshiping Episcopal community in a church building that had been vacant for several years. While it hasn’t taken off as we had hoped, it has been a place of experimenting and learning about hospitality.

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For me, hospitality is fueled by my love of Christ.

My relationship with God gives me strength and joy each day, and I witness the power of Christ moving in others and changing the world. I deeply desire to share that life-changing, earthshaking love with others. As a denomination, the Episcopal Church has not always done a good job of sharing our love of God with others. For whatever reason, many of our congregations focus on the concerns of maintaining and caring for those people within their walls. When our focus is on ourselves, we lose sight of our commission from Jesus, and we begin to die

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spiritually.

We have something wonderful to share with the world. We have a uniquely Episcopal way of loving and following Jesus, and there are many people out there who are not going to church because they are Episcopalians, but they just don’t know it. They are people who do not fit in other churches. Their souls are fed by liturgy and the poetry of prayer, they want to use their minds to evaluate scripture, they want the foundation of tradition, they have questions they want to wrestle with, and they want a safe place to disagree. They are looking for a community to be a part of. So how can we find them? How can we embrace them with a hospitality that comes from God? We must move out into the community!

In Gonzales, hospitality has taken many forms. We began by listening. Teams of Episcopalians went door to door in Gonzales asking the people “what are the joys and challenges of the neighborhood, and as a new church what would you like us to be thinking about?” We also listened by gathering demographic data on the town, and meeting with representatives from the city government, school district, the principals, and community leaders.

After we listened, we began to engage the community in discussion. We attended monthly meetings of the Community Coordinating Committee, we had a booth at the farmer’s market where we talked with people about the information we had received and continued to listen. We held free community BBQs, and we invited the neighborhood to a free dinner and discussion with the Bishop.

in the bulletin in both languages, and service instructions are also in both languages. The care we take shows how serious we are about hospitality to all.

Hospitality also requires flexibility! With each new person that comes, the community is changed. Early on in Gonzales, two women who became interested in getting involved were Spanish-only speakers who were illiterate. Because they did not know the prayers, and couldn’t read along in Spanish while English was being spoken, we adjusted the form of the service. More of the service was done in Spanish (since the English speakers were literate), and the prayers we did as “repeat after me.” We quickly discovered that not only were we showing hospitality for those who were illiterate, we were also helping the English-only speakers to participate more fully and learn to speak some words in panish.

All Saints’ has been involved in the ministry in Gonzales. The All Saints’ band provides music for the services, and we have had volunteers come to services and events. All Saints’ has also provided in-kind donations like printing and supplies for events.

My time in Gonzales has taught me that hospitality should be radical. Hospitality is not just about having a welcome table or food at coffee hour.

Hospitality is about throwing wide the arms of the church to embrace all people, most especially those who differ from us, and allowing ourselves to be changed by them. Hospitality is about listening, engaging, and responding to the community around us. And most importantly, hospitality is meant to be a reflection of God’s love for the world.

Finally we began to respond. We planed an afterschool safe space and computer program, to respond to the communities greatest identified need: engaging the high school age youth in safe and enriching activity. We also began a monthly church service.

Hospitality has been a key component in the ordering of our service. In Gonzales the majority of people have Latino/Hispanic heritage. Most people in town are bilingual while many people speak only one language. We designed a bilingual (English-Spanish) service, and very carefully and intentionally translate all discussion both in the service itself, and in coffee hour, by having bilingual people translate for those who speak only one language. Every word in the service is available WWW.ALLSAINTSCARMEL.ORG

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AllSaints’ • Pentecost II, 2013 ALL SAINTS’ Discipleship The Rev. Rick MINISTRY TEAM LEADERS Matters, Bill Reed, Maria Medina, Claudia Ward, Greg Troxell Worship Bill Mattmiller, Mila Murphy, Robin Denney, Stewardship Nan Walker, Greg Dr. Todd Samra, Susan Britton, Troxell, Grace Nola, Allan Groves, Robin Reyes, Valerie Warren, Bill Mattmiller Nancy Bernherd, Mike Raggett Outreach Rosemary Smith, Hans Community The Rev. Cynthia Lehmann, Nancy Jones, Aliceon Spencer, The Rev. Gwen Buehrens, Jones The Rev. Rick Matters, Susan Stanton, Kathy Nielsen, Elaine Parish Clergy The Rev. Rick Stanton, Diane Ellis, Robin Reyes, Matters, The Rev. Jon Perez, The Gwynn Romano, Judy Kirk Rev. Joan Anderson, The Rev. Cynthia Spencer, The Rev. Gwen Buehrens, The Rev. John Burke,

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ROBIN REYES, WEDDING COORDINATOR Robin became All Saints’ wedding coordinator earlier in 2013. Her warmth, and skills as an event coordinator combined with her devout faith is helping us reach families and bridal couples as they take steps toward their wedding day. Robin is accompanied by Diane Ellis who had been assisted for years by Elaine Stanton. It is with gratitude that Robin is now managing all wedding inquiries and overseeing the ministry.

PHONE: (410) 707-0064 EMAIL: rlmreyes@gmail.com

The Rev. Holly Hudson-Louis Vestry Dave McClendon, Wes Coby, Nan Walker, Mike Carter, Bill Mattmiller, Ed Fincke, Harrison Shields, Grace Nola, Wanda Green Office Volunteers Dave McClendon, Marcia OwenJeiroudi, Marcia McCleary, Grace Swearingen, Jim and Izzi Shillinglaw Staff Pedro Cabrera, Robin Denney, Raul Garcia, Maria Medina, Dr. Todd Samra, Greg Troxell, Richard Wilson,

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BILL MATTMILLER, VESTRY MEMBER Bill came to All Saints’ and soon after became an usher at the 10:30 a.m. service. He now leads the team of ushers. He has volunteered in other capacities and was eleced to the vestry in 2012. Bill’s talents as a physical therapist have helped many members manage their pain. His wise counsel, warm smile and faithfulness have built a terrific team of ushers who help us share God’s extrodinary hospitality with all who come to All Saints’.

PHONE: 415-302-7106 EMAIL: billmattmiller@yahoo.com

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PEDRO CABRERA, GARDENER Pedro has maintained the gardens around All Saints’ since 1998. He does all the work in just twelve hours a week. Through a generous donation from the estate of Edith Williams we will be able to continue making improvements to the gardens. This year we will landscape the hillside on both sides of the garden steps, and add irrigation values and timers.

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Encounter vs.

Performance

by Frank Graham

I was raised in the evangelical tradition and church was the center of my life. During the 50’s and 60’s I heard numerous evangelists promising me peace and joy if I simply accepted Christ. I committed and re-committed my life many times. I desperately wanted that peace but never “got it.”

coffee cups.) He never said anything. He simply kept an eye on me and made sure I had all the coffee I wanted.

At the end of the weekend – at the public wrap up meeting - I was the only person who did not “testify” to my Cursillo experience to the friends and family that came to take us home. I did however run into the coffee guy (I didn’t even know his name) and thanked him. He simply said: “You seemed to have a lot on your mind and the coffee seemed to be helping.”

I do not remember any of the talks. I didn’t trust most of the letters I received. All I remember from my Cursillo weekend was the coffee guy. Through his humble hospitality, I began to experience, for the first time, God’s love for me.

I began to conclude that while I believed in God’s message of salvation, it simply didn’t apply to me. God was Lucy with the football. Creating an expectation and then pulling it out from under me.

Later in life I learned that four generations of my family suffered from clinical depression and shame issues. Was it possible that instead of hearing Jesus, I “heard” more shame reinforcement?

To compensate, I tried to perform. I pursued lay ministry, read theology, took pre-seminary classes, directed singles and men’s ministries and participated in other activities.

On our first visit to All Saints’, I was moved by the woman who carried the cross in the opening procession. Her bearing, demeanor and reverence touched me with the Spirit. Like the Coffee guy, she never spoke nor drew any attention to herself.

Eventually I was sponsored to attend Cursillo. To survive the experience, I attempted to eat by myself (fat chance – by the second day I had all the priests at my table).

While totally unintended, the fifteen talks and other activities triggered all the “old tapes” from the past and I felt very isolated and alone. More stuff about God’s love for me. Stuff that I did not believe applied to me.

What evidence was there that this would be different than my past experiences at meetings, retreats, Bible studies and other activities?

Once again, Lucy was holding the football while smiling at Charlie Brown. All the past shame surfaced and I was stuck a long way from home with no car.

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Following the service a very nice couple invited Jackie and I to coffee in Grant Hall. I don’t do coffee hours very well but for some reason the Spirit I sensed in this couple made me feel safe to attend. The 8:00 o’clockers made us feel warm and welcome. They were friendly, approachable and unobtrusive. We began to feel at home.

Easter Sunday Jackie and I attended the 8:00 a.m. service and an usher welcomed us and handed me a bulletin. He radiated Christ’s love and, without knowing it, he reminded me of the Cursillo coffee guy.

I am learning that God’s Spirit is often caught not taught.

At sixty-seven I am beginning to understand that Jesus may not be calling me to perform for Him but simply encounter him through the natural yet profound hospitality of His people.

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Upcoming Events Mark your calendars

August 4

Summer Choir You are invited to join the Summer Choir and sing at the 10:30 a.m. service. Rehearsals begin at 9:45 each Sunday in August.

Evensong Evensong at 5:30 p.m., with choir rehearsal at 4:00 p.m.

Youth Group Youth (grades 6–12) gather each Sunday afternoon in the youth room from noon–2:00 p.m. To learn more contact Robin Denney at 805-835-8538, Annual Service at Santa Lucia The Rev. Cynthia Spencer will be the celebrant. The service commences at 11:00 a.m. and it will be followed by a potluck picnic in Paul’s Meadow. Please participate when you are able.

August 8 This is a just a partial listing of events for you, your neighbors, and your family.

Visit www.allsaintscarmel.org for a complete listing of meetings, services, events, and community events at All Saints’, plus more news, details, photos, links, and registration forms.

Commission Meeting Join this team that who organize and lead our church in various outreach ministries and evetns in the library from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. outreach

August 13

Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting Are you handy with tools?

Come to the library from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. and join those members who complete and organize various fix-it projects around the church. Also on September 10.

All Saints’ Book Club Gather in the library from 6:00-7:00 p.m. for to discuss this months book, Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls.

Email Kathy Nielsen for more information at knielsen@redshift.com.

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August 14

Wednesday Bible Study Study the life of Jesus in the Harmony of the Gospels. Each Wednesday from 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. in Grant Hall.

August 21

Friends of St. Benedict Convene in the Chapel for Evening Prayer & Lectio and then proceed to the Library for Study. 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Contact Bill Reed at 831-625-3387.

August 23

I-Help Dinner Come have dinner and visit with the men in I-HELP. Food and beverages are provided by a team of volunteers. To learn more, contact Hans Lehmann at 831-624-0540.

August 24, 2013

Women’s Retreat This year’s women’s retreat will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Santa Lucia Mission and Campground.

The cost is $15.00 per person.

Details on the church website.

Please e-mail Mother Cynthia for more information at thevicarofbigsur@gmail.com.

August 25

Back to School Beach Party The youth are invited to bring their friends to the beach party from 2:00-5:00 p.m.

August 28

Vestry Meeting The vestry will gather in the library from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

August 29

Chancel Choir Rehearsals The Chancel Choir rehearsals resume 7:00 p.m. in the music room. All are welcome.

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September 1

Evensong Evensong at 5:30 p.m., with choir rehearsal at 4:00 p.m.

September 2

Labor Day Church offices are closed.

Commission Meeting Join this team that who organize and lead our church in various outreach ministries and evetns in the library from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. outreach

Le Salon des Artistes Photographers, painters, sculters and poets are invited to contact Marcia Owen-Jeiroudi to learn more about this ministry at 831-334-9026.

September 5

All Saints’ Singers Our children’s choir for grades 2-6 begins on at 4:00 p.m. (drop-of begins at 3:45, rehearsal ends at 4:45)

September 10

All Saints’ Book Club Gather in the library from 6:00-7:00 p.m. for to discuss this months book, Dying to be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing, by Anita Moorjani. Email Kathy Nielsen for more information at knielsen@redshift.com.

September 11 Patriot Day

September 20

Movie Night at All Saints’ “Holy Guests” Join your friends on Friday, September 20, at 7:00 p.m. in Seccombe Hall and enjoy this PG-rated Israeli film about holy hospitality. Child care will be provided.

September 27-29

The Festival of Christian Spirituality A three-day spiritual retreat here at All Saints’. Registration is required. More online at www.cctcarmel.org.

Bishop’s visitation The Rt. Rev. Mary Gray-Reeves, the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real, will visit All Saints’ and preside at the 10:30 a.m. service on September 29.

Diocesan Youth Camping Trip The youth throughout the Diocese of El Camino Real will gather at Santa Lucia Mission and Campground for their annual camping trip. Contact Robin Denney to learn more.

October 20

Episcopal School Sunday A special 10:30 a.m. service.to honor the students at All Saints’ Day School and York High School.

November 23

All Saints’ Fine Arts and Craft Faire

Vestry Reception for Epiphany Stering Committee

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All Saints’ Episcopal Day School

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Epiphany Lutheran & Episcopal Church

Center for Christian Spirituality

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