January Calendar Notes & Notable Mark Your Calendar!   Market Mass 8:30 - 9am every Wed. Advent Series Wednesdays, December 3, 10, and 17, 6:30-8:15 PM in Pierson Hall. Greening the Church Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at 12:15 p.m. EVERYONE WELCOME Christmas Services Wednesday Dec. 24, 2003 5:30 p.m. Children's Mass 10:30 p.m. Midnight Mass Baptisms Sunday, January 11, 2004 During the 9:00 a.m. service.

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January, 2004 - Vol. 35, No. 1 - Archive - Search

The St. A's Bookies Corner
by Christa Buswell
As we journey into the new year, we hope to get better and better to make our bookstore your favorite place to shop … MORE

Celebrating Christmas: The Feast of the Nativity of Christ
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
In popular culture, we melt these stories together to create a composite story but the earliest followers seemed to be less interested in the birth of Jesus and more focused on his imminent return … MORE

The Heart of Christianity: A Six Week Reading Consultation
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
Episcopal religious historian and theologian Marcus Borg has written a number of popular texts over the last several years, most notably the best selling Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time … MORE

The Annual Parish Meeting: Sunday, January 25, 2004
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
Former Diocesan Bishop Fred Borsch, some months after his election and prior to presiding at his first Diocesan Convention, articulated a vision of convention as being a place in which the conducting of business would be secondary to the primary purpose of the gathering: for renewal. … MORE

Julian Comes to Santa Monica
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
On the first Sunday in the new calendar year, January 4, 2004, Peter Bergstrom, the Executive Director of Camp Stevens, will visit with us here at St. A's following the 3rd worship service … MORE