FOR THE

LOVE OF MIKE
Volume 61 Number 6 JUNE 2011

The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael & All Angels

Pacific View Drive at Marguerite Corona del Mar California 92625 949.644.0463 www.stmikescdm.org

Acts 2:1-21: The Pentecost Story

...From the Desk of the Rector

BELOVEDS IN CHRIST,
W hen the day of Pentecost had
come, they were all together in
one place. And suddenly from heaven
there came a sound like the rush of a
violent wind, and it filled the entire
house where they were sitting. Divided
W hen we pray The Nicene Creed (BCP 358-9) what do you think “We
believe in the Holy Spirit” means?
tongues, as of fire, appeared among
them, and a tongue rested on each of
them. All of them were filled with the
The great 20th century Bible Translator, J. B. Phillips, an Anglican priest, wrote Holy Spirit and began to speak in other
in “Plain Christianity”: languages, as the Spirit gave them
ability.
“Every time we say, ‘I believe in the Holy Spirit’ we mean that we believe that Now there were devout Jews from
there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.” every nation under heaven living in
Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd
The first disciples lived in a posture of “holy expectancy” between Jesus’ gathered and was bewildered, because
resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost (Acts 2:1-21). each one heard them speaking in the
Much as Moses entered the Tabernacle ready and expecting to hear the word of native language of each. Amazed and
the Lord, knowing that he was coming near the Divine Presence, the early astonished, they asked, “Are not all
disciples gathered in heightened receptivity because they believed the promise these who are speaking Galileans? And
of the Ascending Jesus: A new Presence was coming. Something BIG was how is it that we hear, each of us, in
about to happen. So on that Day of Pentecost, when they were all together in our own native language? Parthians,
one place, a sound like a rushing wind came out of heaven. “Divided tongues, Medes, Elamites, and residents of
as of fire, appeared among them” and they began to speak and understand other Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,
languages as the Spirit empowered them to do so. Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and
Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya
As the Jesuit/physicist Teilhard de Chardin wrote in “The Hymn of the Universe”: belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from
“In the beginning there were not coldness and darkness, there was Fire.” Early Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
Christians known as the Desert Fathers understood this “fire of the Spirit” Cretans and Arabs—in our own
intimately in their walk with God. One story goes: languages we hear them speaking
about God’s deeds of power.” All were
Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, “Abba, as far amazed and perplexed, saying to one
as I can, I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I another, “What does this mean?” But
live in peace; and, as far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else others sneered and said, “They are filled
can I do? with new wine.”
But Peter, standing with the eleven,
The old man stood up and stretched his hands toward heaven. raised his voice and addressed them,
Abba Joseph’s fingers became like ten lamps of fire, and he said “Men of Judea and all who live in
to Abba Lot, “If you will, you can become all flame.” Jerusalem, let this be known to you,
and listen to what I say. Indeed, these
The Spirit enabled disciples to be “fire-givers” in the name of Jesus. What the are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is
coming of the Spirit did (and does) was (and is) to transform disciples from only nine o”clock in the morning. No,
being hesitant but passive participants to being bold and active embodiers of the this is what was spoken through the
Flame/Word -- in teaching, witnessing and healing. prophet Joel: ‘In the last days it will

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FAITH: OVING CHRIST AND SER
LO VING OUR COMMUNITY
SERVING
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PARISH NEWS AND NOTES

A CONTRIBUTION WAS MADE TO LOAVES AND FISHES: During the

THE RECTOR’S DISCRETIONARY Anniversaries in June month of June we will collect jars of
FUND by Peggy & Bob Montgomery peanut butter and strawberry jam
and Karl & Doris Palmaer. These Birthdays to help families provide lunches to
funds extend our Parish’s mission of their children who are out of school
outreach, providing for such needs as 1st - Jill Draffin for the summer. Please turn donations
can be helped by financial assistance. 2nd - Joan Short in to the red wagon before June
4th - Russ Sindt 27th, 2011. Monetary donations are
UNITED THANK OFFERING
* * * 8th - Cliff Corbet always welcome, too, and checks
12th - Joe Crail should be made payable to Saint
SPRING INGATHERING Sunday, 15th - Bob Montgomery
June 19, 2011, is the Spring UTO Michael & All Angels, with Loaves
Mark Valentine and Fishes on the memo line. (Tax
Ingathering date. Please bring your Blue Kimberly Valentine-Poska
Boxes to church and help celebrate ID #95-2123746)
18th - Peggy Montgomery
Father's Day by supporting programs 19th - Derek Falde
for families in the U.S.A. and abroad. * * *
21st - Monty Pentz
Blue Boxes for your much needed 25th - Janet Johnson ATTENTION PARENTS AND
nickels, dimes and quarters are located 27th - Jeff Hulet+ GRANDPARENTS OF 2011
on the credenza in Michael's Room, Julie Jenkins GRADUATES FROM HIGH
along with Blue Envelopes for "folding" 28th - Patrick Corbet SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR GRAD
money and checks. All monies collected 29th - Bob Cole SCHOOL: Please send information
are given in the form of grants to worthy to honor your graduate in “For the
causes. Check out the variety of Baptisms Love of Mike” to Corinne Stover at
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every day! John Johnson college, or graduate school, and
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prayers for those who are dead and for 1st - Donald & Sandra Alser Labyrinth Project, please contact
those who mourn." 9th - Joseph & Pauline Benjamin Lynn Headley, 714.963.5932, or
15th - Jamie & Dina Mead Peggy Montgomery, 949.644.2239.
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on Saturday, June 4th, at 5pm, with a 28th - Jack & Libby Keating August) of “For the Love of
fundraising dinner. RSVP to Peter. 30th - Peter & Frances Haynes Mike” is Wednesday, June 15th!
All are welcome! Karl & Doris Palmaer

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From the Desk of the Rector
continued from page 1
On Pentecost, June 12, and throughout the season after
Pentecost, June 13 - November 26, we will celebrate here
not the presence of the Holy Spirit in creation or in Israel,
but in the specific work of the Spirit that ignites and
empowers the church to be Jesus Christ in the world.
Here is a prayer, a Litany for Pentecost, from Saint Michael
& All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas, I’ve found
encouraging:
Leader: O Holy Spirit, who at the beginning
of creation moved over the face of
the waters
People: Create us anew with your life-giving
power.
Leader: O Holy Spirit, who inspired the
prophets of old to speak boldly to a
stiff-necked generation
People: Enable us to hear your voice through
the prophets of our day.
Leader: O Holy Spirit, who came as a dove
at the Baptism of Jesus calling him
to serve in the Name of the Father
People: Strengthen us as the baptized in
our life in the world.
Leader: O Holy Spirit, who led Jesus into
the wilderness and supported him
during his temptations
People: Undergird us in the pressing times
of life.
Leader: O Holy Spirit, who on the Day of
Pentecost put fire into the lives of
the early disciples
People: Set us aflame to show forth the
Risen Christ.
Leader: We need you, O Spirit of God, to
move among us, for we are a people
who sometimes forget that we are
yours.
People: Spirit of God, move among us.
Leader: We need to be called back to our
life in Christ and our discipleship
in his name.
People: Spirit of God, move among us.
Leader: That we might dream dreams and
see visions, and work to make them
real.
People: Spirit of God, move among us.
Leader: That we might work to transform
the world in which we live.
People: Spirit of God, move among us.
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Leader: That we might deepen our sense of
commitment to each other as
members of Christ’s Body the Church
People: Spirit of God, move among us.
Leader: That we might rejoice in the bond
of unity which comes from you in
the midst of all our cultural and
political and economic diversity
People: Spirit of God, move among us.
Leader: That our sense of Christian
community might grow as we share
each other’s joys and sorrows
People: Spirit of God, move among us.
Leader: That we might experience anew the
joy of discovery, the wonder of
creation, the excitement of
spontaneity
People: Spirit of God, move among us.
Leader and People: That we might be the
Church . . .
When we pray The Nicene Creed and say “We believe in
the Holy Spirit” may you know that there is a living God
able and willing to be your “fire of the Spirit”!
Yours, in Christ -
The Pentecost Story
Continued from page 1
be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all
flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old men
shall dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men and
women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they
shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven
above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and
smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the
moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great
and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord shall be saved.’
The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division
of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of
Christ in the United States of America.
 FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE
SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF
THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION
Our mission is to seek and share
Jesus Christ as spiritual food
for life’s journey.
3233 Pacific View Drive
Corona del Mar, CA 92625
949.644.0463
949.644.9247 FAX
www.stmikescdm.org
The Very Rev’d Canon
Peter D. Haynes, Rector
[phaynes@stmikescdm.org]
Stephen Black,
Minister of Music
[sblack@stmikescdm.org]
Teri Corbet
Minister of Christian Education
[tscorbet@stmikescdm.org]
The Ven. Canon Terry Lynberg
Assisting Priest
The Rev’d Ronald C. Bauer
Assisting Priest
The Rev’d Canon Ray Flemming
Assisting Priest
The Rev’d Jefferson Hulet
Assisting Priest
Susan Beechner, Parish Secretary
[sbeechner@stmikescdm.org]
Donnie Lewis, Bookkeeper
[dlewis@stmikescdm.org]
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sunday
Holy Eucharist 8 a.m.
Choral Eucharist 10 a.m.
Adult Education 9 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Nursery Care provided from 9:30
Tuesday
Matins 7 a.m.
Peace Mass 7:30 a.m.
Thursday
Eucharist with Healing - Noon
ABOUT SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS
CORONA DEL MAR
We are a Christian Community of
the Anglican Communion who come
to hear God’s word and receive and
share the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our purpose is to have Christ live
in us in order that in Christ we may
live faithful and productive
Christian lives.
Our commitment to the Gospel is
evangelical; our liturgical tradition,
catholic; our theology orthodox but
open to thought, reflection, and
spiritual endeavor.
We care about the world
and strive to serve Christ in it.
MAY 2011
MAY 4
OREMUS
PRAYERS & PASSAGES
FOR THIS LIFE
Breathe in me O Holy Spirit
that my thoughts may all be holy;
Act in me O Holy Spirit
that my works, too, may be holy;
Draw my heart O Holy Spirit
that I love but what is holy;
Strengthen me O Holy Spirit
to defend that is holy; HEALING
Guard me then O Holy Spirit
that I always may be holy. Roberta
John
St. Augustine of Hippo Nancy
(AD 354-430)
Joan
La Juan
Sally
Pat
CHRISTIAN Teri Corbet Sam
EDUCATION Charles
Bob
J une finds us getting prepared for our
annual Youth Service and
Recognition Sunday, which this year
Lisa
Marion
Sylvia
will be on Sunday, June 5th. This is Helen
when the Sunday School and Youth Jeannine
Group perform all aspects of the 10am Dan
worship service, with the exception of Mary Betty
the Consecration. Julie
The children will be the involved in
all parts of the service, and it promises
to be lively and uplifting. GUIDANCE
June 12th is Pentecost, so be sure to
wear red! Mary
Nancy
June 19th will be my final Sunday as
Peggy
Minister of Religious Education at Saint
Sam
Michael’s.
Sue
This is both an exciting and sad time
for me. I’m not leaving the parish; I Gina, Samra, Renee
hope I can still be a strong advocate Frances
for children and families here, but I will Cathy
Donna
not be around for a while.
I have loved every minute I have spent
with all of you; I appreciate all the love REPOSE
and support all of you have given my
ministry and my family; and I appreciate Bishop Bob Anderson
all the friends I have made the last 10 Ann Bolles Johnson
years. Marena Mathews
I have loved working with the staff,
especially Peter, Susan and Donnie.
The Summer Session of Sunday THANKSGIVING
School will begin July 3rd. Please
support the program any way you can! - for Russel H. Sindt’s birthday
If you need to get in touch with me
for any reason, I am in my office after - in loving memory of Susan Battin
the 10am worship service on Sundays and Alice Dodge
until June 30th. You can email me at
tscorbet@stmikescdm.org or phone me
at (949)644-0463 ext. 13. I’m always Call Esther McNamee
happy to hear from you! for prayer requests at 949.640.1749
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FORWARD MOVEMENT
PUBLICATIONS
Please check the display of helpful
material in the tract racks just inside
Michael”s Room (on the right going
in). Items are priced as marked and
you may drop your donations in the
box provided,
“For Those in Hospitals -- Patience
for Patients” is a helpful pamphlet for
those who are preparing to be
hospitalized and for the post surgery
time. Exercises of breathing, thought
and imagery are given to help achieve
calmness, relief and healing.
HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE:
W e have recenty learned that The
Rev’d Canon John Peterson,
former Secretary General of the
Anglican Communion, former Dean of
St. George’s College in Jerusalem,
archeologist and a good friend of our
rector’s will be joining our pilgrimage.
In past years we have used John’s
book “A Walk in Jerusalem: Stations
of the Cross,” to accompany our own
devotions during Lent. If you walk the
Stations in Jerusalem with John, as we
plan to do, you will never forget it.
We still have space available on the
Parish Holy Land Pilgrimage to the
land with Jesus’ footsteps from July
3 to 17, Our guide will be Canon Iyad
Qumri who was with us on our
previous pilgrimage.
We plan to begin the journey in
Jordan, visiting The Rose Red City of
Petra and Mount Nebo where Moses
viewed the Promised Land, and then
cross over into Israel-Palestine, visiting
all the amazing holy sites, worshiping,
learning and praying.
The itinerary will include visits to
Bethlehem, Jericho, Galilee and
Capernaum; the Stations of the Cross
in Jerusalem and end with a visit to
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Please let Peter+ or Lynn Headley
know if you are interested.
* * *
NURSERY CARE for infants
through 2 years of age is available in
the Parish Center beginning at 9:30
a.m., and Sunday School is available
for children from 3 to 13 years.
* * *
PLEASE CHECK the lost and found
box next to the tract rack in Michael’s
Room.
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Case Remanded to Court of Appeal
[The Episcopal News, Los Angeles, belongs to the diocese and wider
May 5, 2011] -- A California Supreme church," Shiner said, citing the Court
Court opinion released today "does not of Appeal's 2010 opinion in favor of
detract at all" from the high court's 2009 the diocese and wider church.
opinion affirming that property "We express no opinion regarding
occupied by local parishes is held in legal significance, if any, of the 1991
trust for the general church, said John letter," the concurring justices state at
R. Shiner, lead attorney for the the conclusion of today's opinion. "We
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. merely hold that a lower court must
"All the Supreme Court has done is decide the question."
send the case back for further "We reverse the judgment of the
proceedings consistent with its earlier Court of Appeal and remand the matter
opinion," Shiner said of today's 6-1 to that court for further proceedings
opinion concluding that a lower court consistent with our opinion," the
should address contentions made by St. justices announced.
James' Church, Newport Beach. These
arguments include the statement that a "We are glad the legal process
1991 letter may influence the issue of continues to move forward to
property ownership. The property completion," Bishop J. Jon Bruno of
dispute began in 2004 when a majority the six-county Diocese of Los Angeles
of members of the parish voted to said in a statement. "I thank everyone
disaffiliate from the Episcopal Church. for their prayers in this matter. Please
"Today's opinion was not unanimous," continue to pray as we move toward
Shiner said, noting a dissenting opinion the reality of a church united."
also filed May 5th by Justice Joyce L.
Kennard, who states that "the Court of
Appeal acted correctly when it granted
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petition ... and directed the trial court
to grant the church's motion for MONTH
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"The thrust of today's decision does
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HOLY
WOMEN Norm Ewers
HOLY
MEN
JOSEPH BUTLER (1692-1752)
Bishop, Theologian, Apologist,
Philosopher
J oseph Butler was born in Wangate,
Berkshire, England on May 18, 1692,
son of a Presbyterian linen-draper.
Destined for a ministry in that church,
he entered Samuel Jones’ dissenting
academy at Gloucester. While there he
decided to enter the Church of England
and went to Oriel College, Oxford in
1715 and was ordained in 1718.
For eight years Joseph Butler was a
preacher at Rolls Chapel, where he
became noted for his sermons on
human nature. In 1725 he became rector
of a rich living at Stanhope and as
prebendary (honorary Canon) of
Rochester Cathedral. In 1738 he was
appointed Bishop of Bristol. He declined
the primacy of Canterbury but accepted
the bishopric of Durham in 1750. He
died June 16, 1752 and was buried in
Bristol Cathedral.
Joseph Butler was one of the leading
religious philosophers of the 18th
Century; his works are still discussed
among contemporary philosophers. He
is, perhaps, most noted for his “Fifteen
Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel”
(1726) and his “Analogy of Religion,
Natural and Revealed” (1736). His fame
rests chiefly on his acute apology for
orthodox Christianity against the Deistic
(denying the influence of the Creator
with the laws of the universe) beliefs
prevalent in 18th Century England. His
“Sermons on Human Nature” were an
answer to Hobbes’ philosophy of ethical
egoism. His apologetic reasoning is also
reflected in the writings of C. S. Lewis
and other modern religious writers.
The life of Joseph Butler will be
celebrated at the regular Noon Holy
Communion with healing, Thursday,
June 16, 2011.
TIPS FOR WORSHIPERS
C hristians are taught the
importance of gathering week by
week for corporate worship, but
rarely are taught how to do it. Here
are a few suggestions for making the
liturgy more meaningful.
Come to church with an open mind
and a glad heart. There is sufficient
selfishness and misery in the world
as it is. Don't bring it with you.
Come with expectation. Expect to
be changed. A meaningful encounter
with God is supposed to change us.
We should not leave the church as
we entered it.
Come with reverence and respect.
We gather to worship God, not to
take notes on who else is there and
what we think of them. In worship
we unite ourselves with others to
acknowledge the holiness of God, to
hear God's word, and to celebrate the
sacraments.
Respect the quiet solitude of the
worship space. There will be plenty
of time after the service to talk and
catch up with folks.
If you plan to come to church angry
and leave angry, stay home. An article
you read in the paper or a personal
issue with a church leader is not an
invitation to come loaded with talking
points to dump on others. To do that
is to betray the eucharistic
experience.
If you are angry because of trying
or tragic events in your life, come to
church anyway. Allow God to touch
you; allow the liturgy, the music, the
familiar words of scripture to flow
over you like a healing balm. Even if
it "sticks" for no more than a few
hours, you and your burden are
received by Christ and by the tender
embraces of your brothers and sisters
in Christ.
Bring your cell phone, and then turn
it off--unless you expect an
emergency call during the hour, in
which case, put it on vibrate mode.
If you must take a call, leave the
church as inconspicuously as possible
and go outside to take the call.
Do not expect your priest to be
perfect --you're not perfect, either.
Do not expect the sermon to knock
your socks off every Sunday --you'd
be pressed to write a captivating
sermon every week, too.
Appreciate the music as an offering
to God, even if it is played and sung
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by people whose gift is something
other than music.
Don't know the hymn? Sing it
anyway. Every hymn was unfamiliar
once.
During the peace, greet everyone
around you in the name of the Lord.
Customs regarding the peace vary;
follow the congregation's lead or the
celebrant's instructions. But do not
extend your business card, swap
gossip, or chitchat about the weather
during the peace.
Make a special point to exchange the
peace with strangers. Not only will it
make them feel welcome, but some
have walked past angels and not
known it because they lacked the
generosity of heart to exchange the
peace with them.
If a stranger is seated next to you,
this will surely not be your first
introduction. You will have spoken to
the stranger before the service and, if
necessary, explained the use of the
Prayer Book and hymnal and extended
an invitation to walk with you to the
communion rail.
Remember to suffer the little children.
Smiles, not scowls, are loving. You
are not locked aboard a sixteen-hour
flight to Sydney, so even a major
disturbance will be short-lived. The
parents are probably doing all they can
to keep the child quiet. It may even
be a new mother's only hour out of
the house all week. Show some
charity. Offer to help.
As for adults whose whispering
bothers you during the quiet time of
prayer and communion, they're being
rude, yes, but suffer them, too. Try
praying for them. You probably did
something rude once and were allowed
to get off without being rebuked or
embarrassed.
The ancient adage is true: the church
is a hospital for sinners, not a hotel
for saints. Remember each of us is
part of the body of Christ, of no lesser
or greater value than the fragile,
wounded soul kneeling next to us. Let
us love God and love one another, and
let us offer God continual praise.
-- From The Forward Movement’s
“Parish TIPS Series”
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FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE
SHARPS STEPHEN
AND
BLACK
FLATS
A “group effort” anthem
for Pentecost!
P entecost has long been an
inspiration for musicians to write
adventurous music. What creative
musician can resist the imagery of
speaking in tongues, or rushing wind,
or tongues of fire? One can look at
music such as the great ancient
sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus (which
we’ll sing before the Gospel on
Pentecost Sunday), or the anthem The
Day of Pentecost by William Bradley
Roberts (who has served as Director
of Music in Episcopal churches in my
home state of Kentucky and here in
Huntington Beach) and see details in
the music which are directly or
indirectly influenced by one or more
of these images.
In a recent children’s choir
rehearsal I gave the singers cards with
the words “Come Holy Spirit” in
different languages. After some
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OVE OF MIKE
Saint Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church
A Christian Community of the Anglican Communion
3233 Pacific View Drive
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Inside the June Issue:
Page 1: The P entecost Story
Pentecost
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Pentecost
Important Notice
Summer Sunday Morning W orship Schedule:
Worship
During July and August, Sunday worship will be at 9 a.m. only
review of rhythmic and melodic
patterns, they each came up with a
melody for their words. Emily
Valentine’s tune is very melodic,
while Nathaniel Sindt’s composition
has an impressive range. Caitlin
Hane’s tune is quite rhythmic, and
the creations of Caddie Annerl and
Ryan Hane work great as ostinatos
(repeating melodies).
At the offertory on Pentecost
Sunday, those in the congregation at
the 10:00 A.M. service will have a
chance to sing their creations. We
will combine the five melodies
composed by the children with the
chant “Veni Creator Spiritus,” random
handbell ringing, and improvised
organ music. Hopefully, our efforts,
in conjunction with the Holy Spirit,
will create a fun and joyful piece of
music!
JUNE 2011 8
JAZZ VESPERS, the wonderful first-
Sunday-at-four worship program our
Friends of Music bring to us every year,
is scheduled for Sunday, June 5th, and
will once again feature Norm Freeman
and Friends.
Also, please don’t forget that we have
Jazz Vespers CDs, recorded by the
group in April, 2010, available for
purchase for $15 in the parish office.
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JAZZ VESPERS BARBEQUE TO
BENEFIT THE REV’D ORMA &
HER SWAZILAND MINISTRIES
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njoy fabulous barbequed chicken and
ribs, crispy-fresh salads and mouth-
watering desserts on Sunday, June 5th,
following the 4pm Jazz Vespers with
Grammy Award Winner and Episcopal
Priest Norm Freeman! Individually
made African crafts will also be for sale
benefiting The Rev’d Orma’s ministry
with Swaziland orphans. Suggested
donation is $10 for adults; children are
free. Join in fellowship with the Mission
Commission and Friends of Music.
Bring your friends and neighbors for an
uplifting experience at St. Mike’s!
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