May, 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 Men's Retreat May 17 at St. Aidan's in Malibu Registration info available on the patio. Yoga Class Sunday, from 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Sign up on the patio Centering Prayer Workshops continues on Wednesday evenings at 7:30-9:00 p.m. through May 28 in the St. Francis & Clare Room Feast of Pentecost Party! Sunday, May 11, after the 10:30 a.m. service Community picnic & cook out! Come for the biggest birthday celebration & wear something RED!

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May, 2008 - Vol. 39, No. 5 - Archive - Search

Holy Saturday Reflection
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
In the Creation story, God scoops up a mound of moist earth and forms it into humankind but it had no life until God breathed his own breath into it. At that moment of inspiration, a part of the divine life enters into humanity and the human receives a soul. When a human dies, at the time of expiration, that breath or spirit leaves the body and the body becomes an empty vessel… MORE

Habitat: Rest in Peace
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
The five homes were to be built at the intersection of 19th and Pico and the groundbreaking was to have been held on March 29th. Indeed, the last issue of Ebb and Flow contained the announcement of the groundbreaking with the word "Cancelled" hand written in red under it as we heard of the cancellation of this project the day we were mailing out the print issue of the newsletter… MORE

A Day Away for Boys Only
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
Back in the 70's, some churches stopped using the word "retreat" to describe time spent away. Apparently, some folks thought that it was a negative way of talking about time spent in silence and prayer. Such an event should be called, they argued, an "advance" because it's about moving forward… MORE

Dear Mom - This Pentecost is for you!
Pentecost celebrates the birthday of the Church. It commemorates that day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples in an Upper Room, filling them with power, conviction and enthusiasm to go forth as the Body of Christ into the world to serve. This year, it's also Mother's Day… MORE

Episcopal 101: Part Two: The Sacraments
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
In response to the question: "What are the sacraments?" from the Catechism we read: "The sacraments are outward and visible signs of an inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means by which we receive that grace…" MORE

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