May 2, 2024 | VOLUME 36, ISSUE 18

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Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 5, 2024

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Acts 10:44-48

1 John 5:1-6

John 15:9-17

Psalm 98

Preacher: The Reverend Jennifer Wagner Pavia

Saturday, May 4, 9:00 AM: Funeral Service for Kelly Zullo at Holy Cross Cemetery Chapel, Culver City

Saturday, May 4, 6:00 - 8:30 PM: "Paint & Sip & Nosh Party" SoB venue in Parish Hall

Saturday, May 11, 5:00 - 7:30 PM: NYA Scholarship Benefit at the Parish of St. Matthew, Pacific Palisades (see flyer below)

Saturday, May 18, 6:30 - 9:00 PM: "K-Drama Party" SoB venue at home of Rob Kadota & Melora Sundt

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

Our Paint, Sip & Nosh Sisters of Bede venue will be held this Saturday in the Parish Hall and there are 3 openings! Loads of fun and no artistic talent required. Just come and have a blast painting while enjoying fellowship, noshing on a charcuterie and sipping wine or something sparkling! If you decide to come, please let Daphne Moote (310-710-6994) or Kelly Riggle-Hower (206-707-4944) know as soon as you are able.

Adult Forum: EPISCOPAL BELIEFS & PRACTICES

St. Bede's Adult Forum

Episcopal Beliefs and Practices

Wednesdays 8pm from May 8-June 5

Welcome to Episcopal Beliefs and Practices! This forum has three goals. The primary goal is to examine and investigate Christianity in the context of the Episcopal Church and our own spiritual journey. A further hope is to give you the tools to deepen your participation in the common life of St. Bede's. Finally, if you are interested, this class should help you make an informed decision about baptism, confirmation or reception into the Episcopal Church.

Walk in Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices, by Scott Gunn and Melody Wilson Shone

While the class will loosely cover the book, it will serve as a conversation partner for your participation in the discussion.

Please read the book at your own pace, or zoom in on the topics that interest you the most.

Schedule:

May 8 - Introduction: History and Character of the Episcopal Church (Chapter 1)

May 15 - Worship and Sacraments (Chapters 2-12)

May 22 - Basic Beliefs (Chapters 13-16)

May 29 - Church and Polity (Chapters 17-20)

June 5 – Living Out Our Faith (Chapters 21-26)

NYA SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT

All members of St. Bede's and their guests are invited to the inspiring NYA Scholarship Benefit. The donation price for this event is $125 per person; if you want to attend but the price is too steep, please see Rev. Jennifer. If you have a PayPal account you can go to the NYA website and click on the "Donate Now" button (https://www.nyayouth.org/). Donations by check can also be given to Rev. Jennifer or mailed to 1016 Pleasant View Ave. Venice, CA 90291. Please notify Rev. Jennifer if you plan to attend so she can get a headcount.

KABOBS & CROQUET FUN!

Rob Kadota is satisfied with his aim

Frank Basile lines up his shot

Emily Mayock cheers on Susan Holder

Ralph & Cay Sibley chat with Kelly & Mark Hower

Kabobs & Greek delights

Rea Crane, Kelly & Mark eye dessert

Homemade sorbet & ice cream

What fun was had at the Kabobs & Croquet Sisters of Bede venue in the beautiful back yard at the home of Daphne Moote and Akani Fletcher. It was heartwarming to see parishioners play croquet where competition took a backseat to the values of encouragement, love, and support. It is always inspiring to see people coming together to uplift and motivate each other, creating a positive environment full of laughter and fun. As winners, the team of Rob Kadota and Melora Sundt will be the ones to beat next year.

Thanks to Daphne's culinary mastery, we embraced the flavors of Greece with a tantalizing feast that transported our taste buds to the Mediterranean coast. For dessert, we relished the delightful sweetness of homemade raspberry sorbet and the creamy decadence of peanut butter ice cream. The warmth, unity and joy we experienced together reminded us of the power of connection and friendship. Thank you Akani and Daphne!

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.

Layan Nasir, a member of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in the occupied West Bank city of Birzeit, is under administrative arrest by Israel. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has expressed concern that she is being detained by Israel without being charged. Photo: post on X

Archbishop of Canterbury expresses deep concern for Palestinian Anglican woman held by Israel without charges

By Melodie Woerman

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has expressed concern for Layan Nasir, a 23-year-old Palestinian Anglican woman held in administrative detention by Israel after her arrest in early April.

The archbishop’s office said Welby is “deeply concerned to learn that she is now facing administrative detention for four months, without charge and with no due process for her, her family or lawyers to challenge this,” according to an April 28 report in the U.K.-based Sky News. Welby’s office added, “Such processes against what is already a deeply threatened minority are contrary to commitments given over the years.”

Welby also said that Nasir’s arrest is a breach of the assurances made by Israel regarding the treatment of Christians. She is believed to be the only Christian Palestinian woman currently in Israeli detention.

The archbishop previously had said he was “shocked and deeply concerned” by the news of Nasir’s arrest in a post on the social media platform X. There he also noted that she is a member of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in the occupied West Bank city of Birzeit.

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At an April 30 meeting of university chaplains, Adam Dawkins, rector of St. Alban’s Church, Los Angeles, located across the street from UCLA, Episcopal Deacon Christine Mossman and Methodist Deacon Jeanne Roe Smith of Canterbury UCLA, talk about their ministry, which currently involves working with students engaged in protests against the war in Gaza. Photos: Janet Kawamoto

Chaplains provide ‘presence of prayer and nonviolence’ at UCLA demonstration, but endure attacks from counter-protesters

By Pat McCaughan

Deacons Christie Mossman and Jeanne Roe Smith, as UCLA partner chaplains, say they were on the front lines to be “a presence of prayer and nonviolence, to be seen and to witness what was going on” when violence erupted as groups of demonstrators clashed on the Los Angeles campus Sunday.

“We wanted students to see that this is not just a Monday-through-Friday thing. We know a fair number of the students involved in the protests. They came out of the encampment for hugs, to meet with us and to chat with us,” said Roe Smith, executive director of the nonprofit Wesley Foundation, and a Methodist chaplain at the campus for 15 years. She also is involved in liturgy at St. Alban’s in Westwood.

“One young man said the experience has made him go back to his roots, the roots of his faith, and that he celebrated his first shabbat in years. That’s powerful,” said Mossman, who is an Episcopalian who also serves at St. Alban’s.

Although news reports often refer to the protesters as “pro-Palestinian,” Roe Smith told The Episcopal News that the student protestors she knows represent a more nuanced attitude, “an intersectional movement. It is not just pro-Palestinian. It is not just Arabs. It is all the people who are concerned about humanity at large, or who have been highly marginalized by systems of oppression and racism. Their message is ‘cease fire and divest.’ It is about divestment of the war machine, wherever it is, and the current largest iteration of that is in Gaza.

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Richard Estrada, assisting priest at Church of the Epiphany, Los Angeles, accompanied by actor-activist Edward James Olmos, speaks at the launch of the Lydia Lopez Center for Community Empowerment. Photo: Janet Kawamoto

Gala fiesta launches Lydia Lopez Center to empower local immigrants, youth

By Bob Williams

A summer youth program and an immigrant welcome center will expand in coming weeks through the new Lydia Lopez Center for Community Empowerment, launched April 21 with a fiesta benefit that raised more than $102,000 in support.

Bishop John Harvey Taylor opened the festivities by greeting attendees including actor Edward James Olmos and Antonio Chapa, district director in the office of County Supervisor Hilda Solis who has provided a $15,000 grant to the center based at East L.A.’s historic Church of the Epiphany, a hub of civil rights organizing since the 1960s.

“As Lydia would have it, we begin with resistance to an unjust status quo,” Taylor said of the new center envisioned by the Rev. Richard Estrada, an Episcopal priest known for his advocacy, shared by Lopez, in the sanctuary movement.

Estrada, 82 and a former pastor of L.A.’s landmark La Placita Roman Catholic Church and founder of Jovenes Inc., followed Taylor at the podium. “The plight of immigrants is a pressing concern that challenges the principles of justice and compassion fundamental to our faith,” Estrada said. “Despite adversities, our immigrant brothers and sisters have integrated into our society, enriching our communities and contributing significantly to the common good. However, the human impact of immigration policies, particularly the separation of families and the uncertainties many face, threatens the cohesion of our communities.”

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