March Calendar Notes & Notable Mark Your Calendar! 2 Sunday Services 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. All are welcome! Market Mass 8:30 - 9am every Wed. Ash Wednesday Mar 1, 2006 Services at 7:30 a.m., 12Noon and 7:30 p.m. March 8th Swinging Seniors Opera Luncheon, 11 a.m. Wednesday Night Lenten Program Begins Mar 8 – Apr 5 Lenten Program begins and runs through April 5th at 6:30pm – 8:30pm in Pierson Hall. Begins with a simple pot luck dinner. March 19th Santa Monica Youth Group, Bowling Party 12:30 p.m. April 11th Swinging Seniors: Virginia Robinson Garden Tour, Beverly Hills 10am April 15th Easter Vigil & Baptisms Women’s Retreat May 19-21, 2006 Men’s Retreat June 9-11, 2006

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March, 2006 - Vol. 37, No. 3 - Archive - Search

The Church as Community
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
"What are you looking for?" Over these last 9 years, when asked this question, people universally say that they have come to find a "sense of community." This is not to say that people aren't drawn here for religious reasons: good preaching, good teaching, good liturgy and the like. But only to acknowledge that people have a "felt need" for belonging and for connection… MORE

Healing: A Theological Reflection
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
For many people, God is a transcendent God. Although their image may no longer be one of an old man sitting on a rocker with a long, white beard; many people do think of God as removed from human life, dwelling in a heaven light years away. Directionally, God is "up there."… MORE

Sacred Stories: An Invitation to a Spring Adult Class
by The Rev. Laura V. Queen
Memory is the vehicle that shapes our identity. By telling our own story we are able to connect with our memories. Who do you come from? Who are you connected to? These relationships help to define who we are… MORE

The Easter Vigil
by The Rev. Laura V. Queen
Easter, the Christian Passover, was originally a unitive feast, celebrating the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and our participation therein. It included both a period of fasting and a rejoicing in Christ's victory and ours. This participation by the believer in the dying and rising again of Jesus Christ is the theological center of Christian faith and life… MORE

St. A's 20s and 30s Group: Building Community
by Jacque Myers
What makes the 20s and 30s group such a great idea? Many non-churchgoers in our age group have a tendency to assume that ALL Christians are of the same political, social, and religious stripe as the bizarre evangelical minority which has flooded the mainstream media with their prescriptive "message."… MORE

Lectio Divina: A Prayerful Look at Scripture
A reprint from the Newsletter of St. John's Episcopal Church
Jesus, in response to his disciples request to teach us how to pray, gives then the Lord's Prayer (Luke 11:2-5, Matthew 6:9-15). One of the other ways to pray is Lectio Divina, which at the root means "the reading of Holy Scripture." This method of meditative and prayerful reading of the Bible for purposes of devotion, not for scholarly study, has been used in monastic communities for centuries and can be done in small groups or for personal prayer time … MORE

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