Third Sunday after the Epiphany
January 26, 2025
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
Psalm19
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
Luke 4:14-21
Preacher: The Reverend Jennifer Wagner Pavia
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TONIGHT! Thursday, January 23, 7:00 PM: Rhythms & Resilience at St. Bede's (see flyer below)
Saturday, January 25, 6:30 PM: "Six Course Wine Pairing" SoB venue at
Short/Veilhaber residence
Saturday, February 15, 6:30 PM: "Let's Do Fondue" SoB venue at Deutsche residence
Saturday, February 22, 6:00 PM: "Paint, Sip & Nosh Party" SoB venue in Luther Hall
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Bible and Breakfast
Tuesdays | 9:30 AM
Luther Hall & Zoom
Midweek Eucharist
Wednesdays | 7:00 PM
Sanctuary
Adult Forum: Epiphany 2025
Wednesdays, 1/29-2/26 | 8:00 PM
Luther Hall & Zoom
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Adult Forum: EPISCOPAL MIGRATION MINISTRIES | |
Don’t abuse or take advantage of strangers; for
you, remember, were once strangers in Egypt. Exodus 22:21
This series from Episcopal Migration Ministries takes us through the season of Epiphanytide as we reflect on scripture, our history, and pause to remember our own sacred story. We will look forward and learn how we can continue to welcome serve, offer sanctuary, advocate for, and build community with our newcomer siblings whatever may come in the days ahead.
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RHYTHMS & RESILIENCE FUNDRAISER | |
FIRE-RELATED NEWS FROM THE DIOCESE OF
LOS ANGELES
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St. Matthew’s School makes progress toward resuming classes; St. Augustine by-the-Sea welcomes Palisades parishioners to services
St. Matthew’s Episcopal School is “making excellent progress” in securing alternate space for classes after buildings were destroyed in the Palisades fire, school leaders say, and a school chapel is planned for the morning of Jan. 16 at St. Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica. (The church was damaged but is still standing.)
The Santa Monica congregation — whose own church was built after a 1966 fire destroyed its previous sanctuary — also is welcoming St. Matthew’s parishioners for Sunday services each week until they are able to return to their landmark, architecturally significant church that was spared in the Palisades fire.
School officials will announce interim campus site location details as they become available.
Fire relief grants now available from diocesan Appeal fund; donations exceed $160,000 to date
By Bob Williams
Individuals and institutions hard hit by current wildfires may now request grants of up to $3,000 each from the diocesan One Body & One Spirit Appeal fund, drawing from more than $160,000 raised to date.
Encouraging those in need to apply immediately for Appeal grants, Bishop John Harvey Taylor also invites donors to continue giving, thanking those who have contributed.
READ MORE HERE AND FIND LINKS TO APPLICATIONS
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St. Bede's Welcomes NYA Program | |
From Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles News:
St. Bede’s Church welcomes Neighborhood Youth Association’s college placement program to Mar Vista parish campus
By EN Staff | Dec 18, 2024
The hospitality of St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in L.A.’s Mar Vista community will help Neighborhood Youth Association (NYA) – a diocesan institution since 1906 – strengthen its mission of 100% college placement for under-resourced students in 2025 and beyond.
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Effective Jan. 8, at the invitation of the parish, NYA will relocate its afterschool mentoring and tutoring of high schoolers and middle-school students to the St. Bede’s campus at 3590 Grand View Blvd., home to the church since 1967.
Providing savings of more than $100,000 annually, the move brings NYA back to Mar Vista where the agency was headquartered for some 40 years before consolidating operations in nearby Venice on a site leased, at increasing cost, from the Los Angeles Unified School District.
“This gracious welcome from St. Bede’s – whose rector and members are longtime supporters of NYA – is a fiscal game-changer, making the agency more nimble in serving its students and their families,” said Bishop John Harvey Taylor, chair of NYA’s board of trustees. “Every year, thanks to NYA and its supporters, a brilliant cohort of first-generation children of immigrant workers heads off to four-year colleges. The board and I are fully committed to doing all we can to continue to support these families and this program, which our community and country need more than ever before."
READ MORE HERE
According to Senior Warden Jerry Hornof, the NYA will start their program on January 14 and will occupy Luther Hall on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons into the future.
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PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND | |
ST. BEDE'S ONLINE GIVING PORTAL | |
Visit the St. Bede's website and at the top of every page, look for the "Donate" button. When you click on the "Donate" button, you will be transported to St. Bede's Vanco eGiving and Payment Process Site.
Vanco is an industry leader in online payments. More than 40,000 churches, faith-based groups, nonprofits, schools, and educational organizations trust Vanco to securely complete transactions every day. Vanco complies with PCI Level 1 standards, the highest security standard in the payment processing industry.
You are invited to set up one-time or recurring gifts using credit, debit, or bank transfer on Vanco's secure payment processing platform. Giving online through the Vanco site saves time and the hassle of remembering to bring your offering. In addition, you decrease the expense incurred by St. Bede’s from handling and processing checks and cash.
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FROM THE EPISCOPAL NEWS
A newsletter serving the Diocese of Los Angeles
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The congregation of St. Mark’s, Altadena, celebrates at St. Barnabas, Eagle Rock, with their new banner. Photo: Matt Wright. | |
Altadena parish embodies ‘beloved community’ while responding to fire crisis; California Endowment makes $100,000 relief grant
By EN Staff
The congregation of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church – Altadena — among whose members 40 homes were lost in the wildfire that also burned their church and school buildings — gathered Jan. 19 for their first Sunday-morning service at St. Barnabas Eagle Rock, where church leaders have welcomed the Altadena parish to use the sanctuary weekly going forward.
The Rev. Carri Patterson Grindon, rector of St. Mark’s, greeted the 185 in attendance and gave thanks for community support, including a $100,000 gift from the California Endowment, which made an equal disbursement to each house of worship lost in the area.
Parishioner Dr. Robert Ross, recently retired president of the California Endowment preached the homily, praising colleagues for their work toward “a just and fair and equitable rebuild of Altadena,” and focusing on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for “beloved community” as “a North star for social justice work firmly grounded in our Christian faith.”
Ross added that King received inspiration for his concept of “beloved community” from philosopher-theologian Josiah Royce, a Californian for whom UCLA’s Royce Hall is named. Royce “explicitly elevated the role of church in community terms,” Ross said, “and advanced the idea of church as community, not just a building for people to pray.”
READ MORE HERE
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Washington Bishop Mariann Budde preaches Jan. 21 at the Service of Prayer for the Nation at Washington National Cathedral. Photo: Washington National Cathedral, via Facebook | |
As Trump demands apology, Washington bishop explains her call for mercy toward those living in fear
By David Paulsen
The sermon’s duration was less than 15 minutes. Its theme – a call for unity grounded in faith at a time of political division – was hardly out of the norm for a post-inauguration service at Washington National Cathedral, which has hosted similar services 10 times before.
It was the sermon’s final four minutes that struck a chord. Washington Bishop Mariann Budde issued a final plea directly to President Donald Trump as he sat in the front row, a moment that would generate national headlines and intense reactions, both positive and negative.
Her calm plea to the president: “Have mercy.”
Later in the day Jan. 21, Trump made clear his distaste for the sermon when asked about it by reporters, saying he “didn’t think it was a good service.” Then early Jan. 22, he amplified his complaints with a social media post that demanded Budde and “her church” apologize.
Without using Budde’s name, the president labeled her “a so-called bishop” and a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” whose sermon was “ungracious” and “nasty in tone.”
Budde, in her sermon, had asked Trump to show mercy to “the people in our country who are scared now,” and she specifically held up the fears felt by many LGTBQ+ people and immigrants at the start of Trump’s second term.
READ MORE HERE
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