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10.00 a.m. Sung Holy Eucharist: Rite II (In the Main Sanctuary)
In-Person and Live Streamed on YouTube | Leaflet
Vestry on-Call: Ms. Heather Ward
Children and Youth Chapel will be available at the 10.00 a.m. service. We welcome the children and youth to the CYF Room after the opening acclamation and return during the peace.
Coffee Hour has been sponsored by the clergy, wardens, vestry, and people of St. John’s to honor our visiting Companion Diocese of Taiwan. Please use the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the fountain courtyard if your birthday is in August (or contact the Rev. Mel Soriano) to sponsor coffee hour.
Happy Birthday to members of the congregation who are celebrating this week. Especially the following parishioners: Fred Fraser, Luisa Bonillas, Ruby Sylvestre, Eleanore Bennett, and Austin Belisle.
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This Sunday, we welcome our Companion Diocese of Taiwan: Bishops Taylor and Chang to preside and preach...
...as we celebrate shared vision and ministry opportunities! The delegation is headed by Bishop of Taiwan Lennon Chang, and includes his wife, Hannah, priests, employees of the diocese, and others, representing eight out of 15 congregations within the diocese of Taiwan. Their trip with the theme "Be the Light" reciprocates a visit made by Bishop John Harvey Taylor and a delegation from the Los Angeles Diocese to the Diocese of Taiwan in September of 2024. The group returns home on August 4
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Sacred Resistance
The immigration justice ministry of the Diocese of Los Angeles is organizing donations for families affected by ICE raids, seeking shelf-stable food donations, personal hygiene items, household essentials, and baby products, in addition to financial donations. In-kind donations may be made at 6125 Carlos Ave, Los Angeles, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. Financial donations may be made through St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Hollywood via PayPal or Venmo to @ststephenshollywood.
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Gardening Ministry Meets
Saturday, August 2 (TOMORROW!)
9.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Come foster a loving, liberating, and life-giving relationship with creation at our monthly gardening ministry. Participants will weed, cut, prune, fertilize, plant, mulch, and water. Stories and gardening tips will be shared! Feel free to bring your favorite tools.
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Mark your calendar now for these important centennial gatherings!
As we look ahead to future ministry, three commemorative events are planned this fall at the cathedral to celebrate one-hundred years since the 1925 consecration of our landmark sanctuary. A cathedral thanksgiving service is set for 10.00 a.m. Sunday, November 23, concurrent with the Feast of Christ the King. Also planned are two ticketed fundraising events; an October 4 Art and Architecture luncheon featuring highlights of the sanctuary’s Romanesque Revival design, and a December 20 gala dinner. Reservation details and ticket pricing will be announced soon.
With its exterior facade patterned after the Church of San Pietro in Tuscania and its ceiling echoing that of San Miniato Basilica in Florence, the sanctuary was designed by local architect brothers Francis Pierpont Davis and Walter S. Davis. Interior appointments include a distinctive altar triptych; extensive mosaics, marble panels, stained glass, and the bishop’s hand-carved cathedra (official seat). The 1925 sanctuary was built to replace a wooden church that our parish, founded in 1890, had outgrown. St. John’s was named the diocese’s pro-cathedral in 2007.
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Deadline for GFS Scholarships
August 11
The deadline for Girls’ Friendly Society, USA scholarships has been extended to Aug. 11. They are available to active GFS members in good standing, with high school seniors required to have two years of participation, for members pursuing higher education, including college, graduate school, vocational/trade programs, certification courses, CEUs, and other continuing education opportunities. Learn more and apply.
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Responding to Israel-Hamas War
Make an urgent tax-deductible donation to Episcopal Relief & Development's Middle East Fund today.Your gift to the Middle East Fund will support the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem as they offer ongoing emergency and mental health services as well as access to education to those impacted by the current crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. Through your generosity, we are able to provide critical support as our partners adapt to changing needs in the region.
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Bishop Taylor invites all in diocese to join in Shepherd's Cup golf classic
Monday, September 15
This year's annual Shepherd's Cup golf tournament and dinner will take place at Eagle Glen Golf Club in Corona. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit diocesan fire-relief efforts. Registration and more information are available here.
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