Your Prayers are especially desired for:
Catherine Georgia Fakonas
For the Sacrament of Holy Baptism:
Luna Doke
James David Yundt
For the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony:
Eisha Matsubara & Nathan Tyler
Helen Anton
Augusta Arnall
Suzanna Devlin
Chuck Hanzel
Isabel Hemming
Father Gaylord Hitchcock
Carol Hoover
Anna Masters
Grant McCracken
Gary Mendoza
Sally Nichols
June Packer Pamela Payne Pamela Quinn Emmons Sebenius
Krishan Sirimane
Sam Tsagalakis
Michael Tsagalakis Eulalia Voldivia Kay Weirauch
(Karen Harrigian's mother)
Bob Witherell Ruth Ann Witherell Louise Woodward
Timothy Work
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
Isabel Vargas
(Isabel Roa's grandmother)
Blanca Balbin (Jim Balbin's mother)
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Deborah and Bob Wycoff hosted a wonderful Legacy Society thank you event at their lovely Pasadena home Sunday last for those who have, or who are interested in learning more about, remembering the Church in their Estate planning. See glad photos below!
This coming Sunday we will incorporate three new Acolytes into the Acolyte Corp; Cole Stadtler, Mary-Kate Seley and James Dixon. We anticipate their formation and service in fresh duties.
The 75th anniversary pilgrimage to Anglican sites, and to sites associated with St. Edmund is also below. November is decision month, so if you would like to join the travel group, contact Canon Smythe, Sylvia Smythe or the parish office promptly.
Congrats to Nathan Tyler and Eisha Matsubara who wed in St. Edmund's Chapel this past Saturday!
Christ be in you,
GFW+
We offer condolence to Vestry Member Jim Balbin and the Balbin Family on the passing of Jim's mother, Blanca Balbin; and parish secretary Isabel Roa on the passing of her grandmother Isabel Vargas. May they rest in peace and rise in glory.
If you are interested in reading the Rector's article in the Religion section of the San Marino Tribune, it may be found on page A-10 of the pdf version HERE.
Why you should study religion HERE.
I mentioned a
SCAM
by phone in last week's Edmund's Notes ("
the Grandparent SCAM"), and a parishioner has since alerted me to fraudulent calls received "from the IRS".
The IRS never contacts people by phone, as a legitimate IRS site repeats
HERE.
Refuse any incoming phone calls unless caller ID identifies the caller. This applies to cell phones as well as land lines.
Never
conduct financial transactions by phone unless you have initiated the transaction.
Do not donate to charitable organizations or political parties
Should you answer a phone call solicitation, ask to be removed from the callers list, and then
disconnect. Do not return calls to
"phishing messages" left in your voice mail...this informs scammers that they have a prospect on the other end of a robo-call.
Caution applies also to incoming e-mail, which may masquerade as a friend or relative in distress, a trusted bank (complete with graphics) or service (inclusive of your internet provider) asking you to perform a function as simple as "click." Delete. Do not open. Be suspicious and be vigilant.
Think SCAM in relation to most unsolicited contact. Think "SCAM and DANGER" if you are connected through a dating site.
The appointed lessons for next Sunday, November 15th, (Track Two) may be found
HERE.
Read "The Lead" from Episcopal Café
HERE.
The recent edition of Episcopal News from the Diocese of L.A. may be found HERE, and articles from the national Episcopal News Service
HERE
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LEGACY COCKTAILS!
Deborah and Bob Wycoff hosted an annual cocktail party in gratitude for the Legacy Society securing the future for St. Edmund's Parish, her mission and ministry. Bless you Deborah and Bob!
LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS
Robert DeKruif
Art Dewey
Jane and Tom Glover
Mimi and Charles Hanzel
Michelle and Ron Harrington
Jan and Charlie Haupt
Marguerite and Hal Hennacy
Helen Henrickson
Katherine and Paul Johnson
Catherine and John McCourt
Carlene and John Miller
Walter Norton
Pamela Payne
Julie and John Quinn
Pamela and Bob Risinger
Nan Schow
Katie Sebenius
Janet and Emmons Sebenius
Carolyn and George Seitz
Sylvia and Colville+ Smythe
Kathryn and Kevin Sweeney
Joanie Tsagalakis
George Woodward
Deborah and Robert Wycoff
Billie Youngblood-Knolle
MEMBER NECROLOGY
Margaret Campbell
Jeanne DeKruif
Elizabeth Lent
Louisa Martineau
Nancy and James Munroe
Joan Norton
Howard Schow
Annie Lou and Walter White
Louise Wolters
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ST. EDMUND PILGRIMAGE
June 13 - 24 2016
Day One - Three: London
Tour and worship in St. Paul's Cathedral, sample London pub fare, travel to Windsor Castle and St. George's Chapel, visit the British Museum, and much else (discretionary time also).
Lambeth Palace
St. Paul's Cathedral
Windsor Castle & St. George's Royal Chapel
British Library
Westminster Abbey (optional)
St. Pauls' Cathedral
Day Four - Five
Stay within the walls of the Mother Cathedral of the Anglican Communion footsteps to Canterbury Cathedral for a St. Edmund Eucharist and Canterbury Evensong. Visit the St. Martin's, the oldest parish church in England where St. Augustine of Canterbury converted King Ethelbert (featured in our parish baptismal fresco).
Canterbury Cathedral within the Walls
Canterbury Cathedral
St. Martins'
Church
St. Augustines' Abbey
Arundel Castle
Fitzalan Chapel and the Relic Remains of St. Edmund
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral Gate
Day Six
Depart Canterbury for Greensted Church, the oldest wooden church in the world, where the body of St. Edmund rested in 1013 on its way to Bury St. Edmund's. On then to the Cathedral in Bury St. Edmund and associated shrines, arriving to stay in Lavenham, the best preserved Medieval Village remaining in England, where key scenes from "Harry Potter" were filmed (we'll stay 'round the corner!).
Greensted Church
Canterbury Cathedral
St. Mary's Church
Lavenham, Suffolk
St. Edmund Cathedral Close, Statue of St. Edmund and 9th C. walls
Charming Lavenham
Day Seven
Off to Ely Cathedral for Sunday Eucharist, returning for tours of St. Peter's Church, Lavenham, key to the story of Sir Simond D'Ewes
Ely Cathedral
St. Peter & St. Paul Church and Sir Simond D'Ewes,
Lavenham
Ely Cathedral and thee transcept Lantern
St. Peter & St. Paul Lavenham, and the "baby brass" of the D'Ewes family
Lavenham street
Day 8 - 9
Walking tour of Cambridge. Lunch with the former Archbishop of Canterbury, ++Rowan Williams. Trinity College and the Wren Library. Evensong at King's College Chapel
Cambridge
Trinity College
Wren Library
++Archbishop Rowan Williams
Evensong at King's College Chapel
Trinity Cambridge
Kings' College
Day Ten - Eleven
Visit Cottswold Villages including Burton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-World and Chipping Campden. Stratford on Avon. Evensong at Holy Trinity Church. Coventry Cathedral. Oxford.
Avon on Stratford
Coventry Cathedral
Oxford
For Pilgrimage Information Contact the Reverend Canon Colville Smythe at [email protected] or the Rector at the Parish Office
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THANKSGIVING EVE
7pm Wednesday November 25th
St. Edmund's provides pies and accoutrements as we host our joint Thanksgiving Eve Eucharistic observation with Trinity Lutheran Church.
The Liturgy will begin at 7pm in the Chapel, Pastor Ed McGee preaching and Canon Smythe celebrating, with pies and fellowship following in the Cowans Room.
If you are able to contribute pies and such, please contact Isabel Roa at [email protected]
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LESSONS & CAROLS
7:30pm Advent Two, December 6th
This Second Sunday of Advent, December 6th the Parish will offer our annual Liturgy of Lessons and Carols at 7:30 in the evening.
The Choir, joined by guests from the LA Opera Chorus, will perform the music of Christiansen, Nygard, Vaughan-Williams, Helvey, Guilmant, Manz and Culloton as the Scriptures shaping the Advent Season sound forth in punctuated readings.
Choirmaster Robert Hovencamp will lead the Choir, together with St. Edmund's Aeolian-Skinner/Rosales pipe organ. The Liturgy includes Advent hymns and anthems sung by congregation and Choir.
A festive reception follows the Liturgy in the Parish Hall. Bring your friends and share the Word!
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HOMESTAY FROM HUNGARY?
Many of you will remember parishioner Attila Meszaros who returned to his native Hungary some years ago, where he lives with his wife and young son.
Attila's thirteen year old cousin Patrick would like to spend a month or so in the U.S. next summer to improve his English skills and experience American culture.
His family is well-off and would expect to cover all pertinent expense. If you might be interested in hosting this youth from Hungary, view his presentation video HERE and contact the Rector for any desired follow-up.
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OLD PHOTOS SOUGHT!
Do you have any old photos of St. Edmund's from years past? 1940s and each decade thereafter are what we hope to find. We are searching for photos of families, church events and milestones, Christmas plays and current parishioners at younger ages. Dave Ford is collecting photos to be used in publications during our 75
th anniversary year in 2016.
Photos may be scanned and emailed to Dave or he can take originals to scan and return to you. Please send them with your name and any captions you can. Dave can be reached at
[email protected]
or (626) 826-7567. Thank you!
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MOM'S IN TRANSITION GROUP
Have you begun to wonder what life will be like without kids at home? Or with kids at home who are adults already?
We are initiating a monthly meeting for moms to explore the challenges and freedoms inherent in our lives as parents of emerging adults and to support each other as we define what this phase might look like for each of us. The group is intended to focus more on our own transitioning lives than on our childrens' transitioning lives as they were when our children were younger.
Our initial meeting is in November, and then we would meet monthly January through June. If you are a mom beginning--or already in the middle of--transitioning to parenting emerging adults and would like to share the journey with other moms in transition, please join us for the introductory meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 6:30pm in the Cowan Room at St. Edmund's. If you have any questions, please contact Gail Rolfe at
or by phone at
626-200-0042.
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PARENTING CLASS
4:30pm - 6pm
First & Third Sunday afternoons
The
PARENTING CLASS meets in the Library from
4:30pm to 6:00pm. We are discussing the newly-released Julie Lythcott-Haims book entitled
If you are a parent of a Middle School (especially!) or High School child, come and be refreshed, supported and informed about these most challenging times for parents! Questions? Please call
John Quinn at 626-375-4846.
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2016 Stewardship is underway, and the Vestry is in good hope you will promptly return your pledge card to assist with the timely development of the 2016 75th Anniversary Year budget! Thanks and blessing!
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LITURGY & MUSIC
THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
November 15th, 2015
Preacher & Celebrant: GFW+
Prelude: "Fantaise on Valet Wir" - J.S. Bach
Processional: #366 "Holy God We Praise Thy Name"
Gloria Hymn #S-280
verse one only
Gradual: #483 "The Head That Once Was Crowned"
Offertory: "I Sat Down Under His Shadow" - Edward Bairstow
I sat down under his shadow with great delight.
And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
He brought me to the banqueting hall,
And his banner over me was love.
Communion Music "Forgive Me, O Lord God"
- J.S. Bach
Communion Hymn #337 "And Now, O God, Mindful of Thy Love"
Recessional: #462 "The Lord Will Come And Not Be Slow"
Postlude: "Praise The Lord Together All You Christians"
- J.S. Bach
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FLORAL MEMORIALS & THANKSGIVINGS
E
ach Sunday, votive candles and floral displays adorn our Altars and Lady Shrines in Chapel and Church. You are invited to participate in these acts of worship
... customary $100 per dedication
November 22nd
By Mrs. Dodge Crockett and Betsy in loving memory of Dodge Crockett and Dodge Crockett, Jr.
November 29th
In loving memory of Betty Brockett from Zandie, Preston, and Caroline.
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QUICK CALENDAR NOTES
- November 10th: Mom's in Transition, Cowan's Room, 6:30pm
- November 12 - 14 Healing Hearts to Tijuana
- November 15th: Parenting Class 4:30pm - 6pm
- November 22nd: Feast of St. Edmund observed
- November 25th: Thanksgiving Eve Eucharist
- November 29th: Advent One
- December 4th - 5th: Diocesan Convention
- December 6th: Advent Two Parish Breakfast 9am (Please RSVP)
- December 6th: Parenting Class 4:30pm - 6pm
- December 6th: Lessons and Carols 7:30pm
- December 13th: Advent Three
- December 13th: Imagine LA Family Celebration (Library after Liturgy)
- December 20th: Advent Four Pagaent
- December 20th: Parenting Class 4:30pm - 6pm
- December 24th: Thursday 4:30pm Christingle Christmas Eve Children's Mass
- December 24th: Thursday 8:30pm Christmas Eve Eucharist
- December 25th: 8:30am Christmas Day Mass
- January 10th, 2016: 75th Anniversary Year observations commence
- June 13 - 24: Edmund Heritage Tour of London, Canterbury, Suffolk, Cottswolds, Oxford
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"INTRODUCING THE LESSONS OF THE CHURCH YEAR"
By Bishop Frederick Borsch and George Woodward HERE
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Serving Altadena, Arcadia, Pasadena, San Gabriel, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena and the communities of the West San Gabriel Valley.
ST. EDMUND'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1175 SAN GABRIEL BOULEVARD
SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA 91108
SUNDAY WORSHIP
8am: Holy Eucharist in the Chapel
10am: Choral Holy Eucharist & Sunday School
626-793-9167
Mr. Robert Hovencamp; Director of Music
Brother Michael Jones, AOHC; Spiritual Direction
The Reverend Heather Blackstone; Director of Youth Ministries
The Reverend Canon Judith Heffron; Assisting
The Reverend Canon Colville Smythe; Assisting
The Reverend Canon George F. Woodward III; Rector
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