Mustard Seed
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DECEMBER 2011
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Vol. 26, No 12
Holy Eucharist: Rite 1: 8:00 AM Rite II: 10:00 AM
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Printed copies of The Mustard Seed are available in the Narthex. If you have access to email, send us your address and you will receive your copy on the web. If you have no email and can’t get to the Church, you may have a friend or relative who can receive it or pick up a copy and pass it on to you.
Schedule of Services:
DECEMBER 4:
The Second Sunday of Advent
DECEMBER 11:
The Third Sunday of Advent
DECEMBER 18:
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
DECEMBER 25:
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
(Christmas Day)
Christmas Eve Carols - 7:30PM
Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist - 8:00PM
Christmas Day Holy Eucharist 10:00AM
Holy Eucharist, 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
Sunday School & Child Care, 10:00 AM
Coffee Hour: Guild Hall, 11:15 AM
Morning Prayer will be conducted in the chancel on specific feast days, as indicated in the daily Calendar.
The following outside groups use Church facilities on a regular basis:
A.A., Thursdays at 7:00 PM – Swan Hall
The Vestry Meeting will be in the Library on DECEMBER 18 after the 10 AM Eucharist.
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* * * Combined Services on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day * * *
This year, Christmas and New Year’s Day both fall on a Sunday. There will be a single combined Eucharist on Christmas Day on December 25th, as well as a baptism as well as the singling of traditional Christmas music. Next year, there will also be a single combined Eucharist on Sunday, January 1st.
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Clergy during the Search process:
Clergy during the Search process:
As previously noted, supply priests are scheduled through the remainder of the year. Beginning in Jan 2012, we will have an interim priest appointed through the Diocese. The Rector Search process will be going on while we are using supply priests and even through our interim priest. Once the entire search process has been completed, a Rector will be "called" and St. Luke's will have our Rector. The supply and interim priests are not specifically candidates; they are serving and worshiping with us while we go through our search process.
Our Supply priest for the remainder of 2011 (9/4 - 12/25) will be the Rev. Colville Smythe
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Search Process Update:
Though there are some possible variations to this overall process, the MOST important element of this process is and always will be the Parish Profile. This is where the congregation can contribute individually and participate in the selection of our next Rector. We will be hoping for 100% participation.
The Parish Survey has been completed and distributed to the membership, due to the herculean efforts of Kelly Lauer, with assistance from other members of the Profile Committee. Many surveys have been returned and we hope to receive the rest shortly. The information will be collated and an overall Parish Profile will be assembled, which will serve as a guide in preparing a search for a new rector.
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Participation is always welcome and encouraged
All of our groups in the church rely on participation from our parishioners. In addition to our existing groups, we will be setting up more groups as we move through this transition. Please consider volunteering for one or more of these groups. You'll enrich your experience with St. Luke's, have fun and be providing much needed support to our parish family.
Below is a list of our existing groups and who to contact for more details.
v Ushers - Steve Waltmeir
v Pastoral Outreach - Jeannett Armstrong and Trish Gresham
v Altar Guild - Jeannett Armstrong
v Welcome Table/Coffee hour - Sarah Thomas
v SLUGS (St. Luke's Unorthodox Gatherings) - Parish activities and events
o Kelly Lauer, Sarah Thomas and Kathy Eisel
v Lunch Bunch - Lyn Walsh
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The Lunch Bunch:
The Lunch Bunch will meet on Saturday, 17th DECEMBER at 11:30 in Guild Hall. Lyn Walsh will be presenting Part 1 of her amazing trip to India, Bhutan, Nepal & Tibet & sharing some of her adventures in a fascinating, remote part of the world. And yes, she does have pictures of Mt. Everest! So please bring a tasty dish to share with this caring group. All are welcome.
Thanks, Lyn Walsh
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The new church year starts with the first Sunday of Advent on November 27. The service music and the psalms on Sunday mornings will be sung in plainsong, and the hymns and anthems will follow the themes of Advent as we prepare for the birth of Christ. Good Episcopalians that we are, we do not sing Christmas music until Christmas. And there is so much beautiful and meaningful Advent music out there that it is hard to pick only four weeks’ worth.
Our own Lyn Walsh resumes the sale of her very popular jams, marmalades, and chutneys each Sunday after church through December 18. Sales of these goodies benefit the music program at St. Luke's. You will also be able to buy CDs by the St. Luke's Choir in past years and the CD of hymns and spirituals recorded by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Trombones at St. Luke's in 2009.
Once again, the choir will be distributing flyers at area hotels describing the Christmastide services at St. Luke's. If you have ideas for possible sites or would like to help with this, please contact any choir member. We know this program is working when we see so many faces for the first time on Christmas Eve.
-- Kent B. Jones
Director of Music
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Interim Rector has been appointed – Welcome Fr. John Crean beginning 01/01/2012
The Bishop has officially appointed and approved an Interim Rector for St. Luke’s as we proceed with our Rector Search process. Fr. John Crean will be joining us on January 1st, 2012. Fr. John will be with us until our permanent Rector has been called.
In addition to Fr. John, we at St. Luke’s would like to extend our deepest thanks and sincerest appreciation for all our supply clergy that have been with us since June:
The Rev. Ellen Wekall
Fr. Jefferson Stevens
The Rev. Pat O’Reilly
A very special thanks and continued blessings to Fr. Colville Smythe who has been our shepherd since September 1st . Fr. Smythe has been with us for many special occasions and feast days not to mention officiating our Mens’ Evensong. And the best is yet to come when we have Baptisms on Christmas Day!!
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Annual Meeting - 01/29/2012
The Parish of St. Luke Annual Meeting has been set for January 29th, 2012. Please mark your calendars as this will be an especially important one.
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Please check your bulletin insert for current prayers.
Deadline for next Mustard Seed: Tuesday, December 27. Please notify David Bowen at (626) 359-4219 or e-mail the information to him at dbowen1@verizon.com.
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church
122 S. California Street (at Foothill Blvd)
Monrovia California 91016
(626) 357-7071 or 357-7072
Email: www.saintlukesmonrovia.org
Saint Luke’s is an inclusive church that welcomes everyone to be part of its community— a safe place for skeptics and doubters as well as convicted believers. The communion meal of God’s presence among us is offered to anyone who comes with a sincere heart to receive it.
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4 2nd Sunday of Advent Holy Eucharist: 8 and 10 am Sunday school: 10 am Coffee: Guild Hall 11:15 am Birthday: Kelly Lauer
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Happy Anniversary Jack Savage & Kathleen Harrison Savage
Happy Birthday Ryan Morris
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11 3rd Sunday of Advent Holy Eucharist: 8 and 10 am Sunday school: 10 am Coffee: Guild Hall 11:15 am
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Happy Birthday Natalie Harris
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Happy BirthdayBetty Clement
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18 4th Sunday of Advent Holy Eucharist: 8 and 10 am Sunday school: 10 am Coffee: Guild Hall 11:15 am Vestry Meeting: Following the 10 AM Eucharist |
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Happy Birthday Angie Jancu |
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Happy Birthday Larry Morris |
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Eve of the Nativity
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25 The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ Holy Eucharist: Single combined Eucharist: 10 am Sunday school: 10 am Coffee: Guild Hall 11:15 am |
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St John, Apostle and Evangelist
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The Holy Innocents
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