April 4, 2024 | VOLUME 36, ISSUE 14

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Second Sunday of Easter

April 7, 2024

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Acts 4:32-35

1 John 1:1-2:2

John 20:19-31

Psalm 133

Preacher: The Reverend Jennifer Wagner Pavia

Saturday, April 6, 1:30 PM: "Vicar of Dibley" SoB venue in Parish Hall (see flyer below)

Monday, April 8, 6:30 PM: Sisters of Bede meeting in Parish Hall & Zoom

Saturday, April 27, 2:00 - 4:30 PM: "Kabobs & Croquet" SoB venue at Fletcher-Moote residence



Bible and Breakfast

Tuesdays | 9:30 AM

Luther Hall & Zoom

Midweek Eucharist:

Wednesdays | 7:00 PM

Sanctuary

Adult Forum:

Wednesdays | 8:00 PM

Luther Hall & Zoom

BABY ITEMS NEEDED for MIGRANT FAMILIES

Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE), an interfaith organization, is part of a coalition of nonprofits that are helping migrants and their families who arrive in Los Angeles with no–or very few– resources. Their current drive is focused on very young children, and the Mission Committee at St. Bede’s is hoping we can contribute.

CLUE is looking for baby formula (liquid or powdered) in all size packages (new and sealed), baby bottles (new and sealed), car seats and booster seats (either new or in good condition), and strollers (new or clean and in good working order). 

For more information, please check out this link. Or you can talk to a member of the Mission Committee. OUR LAST DAY TO COLLECT IS APRIL 14! Thank you !

Usher/Greeters Diane Gandara & Janet Hartley

Clergy: Rev. Daniel Tamm & Rev. Jennifer Wagner Pavia and Acolytes: Ash Murray & Rosie Disalvo

Music Director Frank Basile & St. Bede's Choir with Musicians

Holy Eucharist with clergy (Daniel & Jennifer), acolyte (Rosie) and LEMs (Kathy Hartley & James Davis) while a child plays peek-a-boo under the lectern cover

Three gorgeous floral bouquets arranged by our talented Rev. Jennifer

Our Easter Brunch set-up

Parishioners & guests selecting from delectable food options

Choices of fruits & desserts

It is an honor to do the Quill this week because I get to thank many of the people who made this Holy Week and Easter special. First of all, I want to thank Rev. Jennifer and Frank Basile for their tireless dedication in creating an abundance of solemn and festive services. This includes a joyous Easter service with the precious baptisms of three cherished children. Much gratitude also goes to Head Sacristan Rea Crane and our Altar Guild for all the sacred and vital changes made to the Sanctuary during Holy Week, culminating in a beautiful Sanctuary environment to celebrate Easter. Thanks also to Rev. Jennifer who added exquisite elegance to the Sanctuary with her stunning floral arrangements. I also want to thank Rosemarie Disalvo for serving as acolyte for several services, along with Ash Murry on Easter Sunday. Much appreciation also goes to all people who served as usher/greeters, lectors (including Angus MacKay, James Davis and Kyle Ferstead for arranging lector schedules), and LEMs.

I also want to thank our Music Director Frank Basile for his musical selections and our amazing choir for performing them with engaging passion and grace. A ton of gratitude goes to the Sisters of Bede, led by Daphne Moote, for creating yet another magnificent Easter brunch. Luther Hall was transformed as tables were adorned with new tablecloths in Easter colors. Numerous Sisters made delicious food for all to share, and I have no doubt that it was the best brunch in town. Finally, I want to give thanks to Penny Jennings for her devotion to capturing our experiences and giving us memories with her excellent photography. If I have left anyone out, please know that you too are much appreciated. What a privilege it is to be one of God’s people and a member of the extraordinary fellowship of St. Bede’s.

Thanks be to God and to All of You,

~Susan Holder

The answer: Quickly, due to all the rain, making Mother Goose proud! The photos on the top row and on the bottom left exhibit the growth and flowering that has occurred in our new garden in less than two months! Thanks to Lael Smith for helping us transition to this new garden and thanks be to God for the rain.

The photo on the bottom right shows the top of the palm next to where our choir sits. Notice how the warm golden light of the sun shining through the stained glass window alights on the palm in a rainbow of colors.

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Climate change commission asks congregations to 'ring out’ for Earth Day

By EN Staff

The Education Committee of the Bishop’s Commission on Climate Change for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has proposed that Earth Day 2024 be commemorated with the first annual “Ring Out for Earth.”

The committee invites every parish, mission, school, and institution within the six-county diocese to ring bells, pray or meditate for 425 seconds (7:08) on Sunday, April 21 at church or Monday, April 22 at home as a call for the urgent need to care for God’s creation as the global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration has reached 425 parts per million (ppm) as measured by the Keeling Curve; a level unprecedented in all of human history. CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels is the human-caused pollution responsible for blanketing and warming the planet.

“Mobilizing the 55,000 member-strong diocese to pause and pay attention together for 425 seconds as a symbolic alert of the ever-rising CO2 level that is harming us will be a powerful and unifying demonstration of Episcopal love-in-action,” according to the committee’s announcement. “Throughout history, the ringing of church bells has alerted communities not c to important events but also the cause for alarm. With the evidence of a changing climate all around us, and the impacts being felt most profoundly by those who have the least, the moment for an all call is now.

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From left, Nebraska Bishop J. Scott Barker, Pennsylvania Bishop Daniel G.P. Gutiérrez, Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York Bishop Sean Rowe and Atlanta Bishop Robert Wright.

Slate of 4 bishops announced for 28th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church Nominees are bishops Barker, Gutiérrez, Rowe and Wright

By David Paulsen

The Episcopal Church’s next presiding bishop will be chosen this June from a slate of four nominees, whose names were released April 2: Nebraska Bishop J. Scott Barker, Pennsylvania Bishop Daniel G.P. Gutiérrez, Northwestern Pennsylvania Bishop Sean Rowe and Atlanta Bishop Robert Wright.

Those four bishops – and any additional candidates nominated by petition – will be presented for election at the 81st General Convention, which convenes June 23-28 in Louisville, Kentucky. The nominees’ names will be formally submitted June 25 during a joint session of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies. On June 26, the bishops will elect, and deputies will be asked to confirm, the church’s 28th presiding bishop, who will succeed Presiding Bishop Michael Curry beginning Nov. 1.

“We appreciate the many Episcopalians who prayerfully set us on our way to discerning this slate of nominees,” Alaska Bishop Mark Lattime said in a news release announcing the slate. Lattime and Steve Nishibayashi, a lay leader in the Diocese of Los Angeles, are co-chairs of the Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop. The committee began its work in the fall of 2021.

The committee’s slate is marked by geographical and racial diversity, though it includes no women or LGBTQ+ nominees. The nominee bishops also draw on a range of experiences in seeking to become presiding bishop for the office’s next nine-year term.

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