January Calendar   Notes & Notable Mark Your Calendar!   The Annual Parish Meeting Sunday, January 26, 2003 from 12:15 to1:30pm Market Mass 8:30 - 9am every Wed. 1st (hopefully) Annual Men's Retreat Friday, May 30st & Sunday, June 1st, 2003 atThe Mary & Joseph Retreat Center in Palos Verdes Estates

Published by and for The Members and Friends of
St. Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

January, 2003 - Volume 34, Number 1 - ARCHIVE

Survey of Faiths
by Melinda Gordon, St. A's Sunday School Teacher
For the culmination of our unit on Buddhism, the middle/high school Sunday School class visited the Zen Center of Los Angeles ... MORE

Corazon - A Family's Reflection
by Moet, Seijiro and Mariko Takahashi
When, some four years ago, I decided to consciously begin my journey of faith in the sacrament of baptism, I did not think that I would ever feel compelled to go to an event such as Corazon. After all, I'd never put hammer to nail, nor even painted ... MORE

Epiphany Adult Education Class
by The Rev. Joyce Stickney
Beginning January 5th and running through February 9th, the Rev. Joyce Stickney will be facilitating a class reflecting on the book, Gifted by Otherness: Gay and Lesbian Christians in the Church ... MORE

The Annual Parish Pow Wow
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
The Canons of the Church provide that each parish in the Episcopal Church have an annual meeting each year for the purpose of conducting the work of the church and electing of leaders. How this work is to be accomplished is not (thankfully) specified. ... MORE

Jazz Vespers to Benefit "School on Wheels"
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
I first became aware of the work of School on Wheels through articles in the L.A. Times and last year met the Director at a fundraiser held by one of our members, Joanne Medeiros ... MORE

Satan's Beatitudes
If the Devil, whom we don't hear much about today, were to write his Beatitudes, they would possibly go something like this ... MORE

Ordination of Katherine Ann Lewis
Saturday, January 11, 2003 at 10:00am, St. John's Episcopal Church ... MORE

The Gift of Women's Retreat
Sheila Harrington
Attending a women's retreat is a journey of affirmation, perspective, challenge and peace. It's a wonderful gift ... MORE