News from the Hill
December 2016
Poway, CA
Inside this Issue
The Spirituality of Saying No
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The Spirituality of Saying No, continued St. Bart's Christmas Shop
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Portrait of a Giving Lady
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What do Blackjack and Christmas have in Common? Advent & Christmas at St. Bart's
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International Outreach Rev. Chris Harris' Ordination
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Around St. Bart's
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Vestry News Blackjack and Christmas, continued Portrait of a Giving Lady, continued
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St. Bart's Youth at Convention Advent 9am Forum Series
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Regular Meetings About News from the Hill Saturday Celtic Worship
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Sponsors
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Clergy, Staff and Vestry
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Fr. Noe Visits St. Bart's
The angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus…Mary said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.’ (Luke 1, NRSV)
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o be alive is to be busy. Something is always vying for our attention. Emails, to-do lists, projects, appointments, phone calls, text messages – the list goes on.
But the world around us doesn’t feel so quiet. Rather than inviting us into rest and prayer, the world around us is becoming more stressful as we move closer to Christmas. For many this is an even busier season, as the calendar is quickly filled with holiday parties, the stress of work, or final exams in school; not to mention shopping for presents for everyone on the list! Being busy is the modern plague. When I was in high school, I was told that I would get into a better college if I took more honors classes and participated in more extracurricular activities and volunteer hours. In college, the lunch table was where we would commiserate about our busy schedules. It became an implicit competition to prove who had gotten the least amount of sleep, or
Now it’s winter. Each day is shorter than the last as we prepare to celebrate the coming of Christ. The Church teaches us that this season – Advent – is a season of waiting, quiet and darkness. The scripture we read each Sunday calls us to contemplate the quiet miracle of the Incarnation; the almighty God taking on flesh, as a small, helpless child. continued on page 2
The Spirituality of Saying No
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who had the most amount of homework. Even now, it’s tempting to schedule every hour of my day with a meeting or a task. Each opportunity is a good thing! How could I say “no” to an opportunity for ministry? Our culture rewards those who are busy. We praise them for being multitaskers. We marvel at their ability to “juggle” all the aspects of their lives. We wonder how they “balance” family, work, volunteering, friends, exercising, and all the rest. We as the church are guilty, too. We somehow have come to a point where the more ministries you’re involved in, the “better parishioner” you are. Church involvement often contributes to our culture of busyness. Do you relate to this? I’ve come to realize that the fuller my life and calendar become, the emptier I feel.
to the life she was planning on. She had to say “no” to her good reputation, to the assurance of her community’s acceptance of her. She had to say “no” to her plans and dreams for her marriage. She had to say “no” to her own plans for her life, in order to say “yes” to God. In my life, saying “no” is hard. Whether it’s to a friend, to someone I work with, to a good cause, or to my partner, it’s difficult to say “no.” I don’t want to disappoint anyone, and there are so many good things to do! We must say “no” in order to give Christ room. Christ will take root in our lives, as long as we move the furniture, sweep the floors, and open the door. The work of Advent is to look at what takes up our days and honestly ask God – what would you have me do? What must I say “no” to? Perhaps you might pray this prayer this Advent: God, thank you for making your home with me. To your indwelling spirit in my life, I say “yes!” Help me to know when I am doing too much, working too much, giving too much. Remind me to be still, and like Mary, to say “no” to all that distracts me from you. Amen. ~The Rev. Mary Lynn Coulson
St. Bart's Thrift Shop Mary and Baby Jesus by Katie Bradley, artist. www.mossyrockdesigns.etsy.com This Advent, look to Mary. She embodied the spirituality of saying “no.” Of course, we call Mary a saint because she said “yes” to God. She said “yes” to God’s crazy invitation, which she only partly understood. In our lives of faith, we are called to respond to God’s voice with a resounding “yes!” So how is Mary an example of saying “no?” God came to Mary and made God’s home with her. Literally, she became pregnant with God. God is asking you to do the same – say “yes,” and invite God to make God’s home with you. Advent is the season when we become pregnant with the presence of God, and anticipate the birth of Christ in our lives.
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In order to say “yes,” Mary had to say “no.” She had to say “no”
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Portrait of a Giving Lady
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he sweet faced lady who sits in the back, epistle side at St. Bart’s every Saturday evening at the 5 p.m. service could easily be a heroine of her very own Masterpiece Theatre series! Roberta Sharpe-Martin was born in the London suburb of Finchley in 1938 to an American father, Robert and a Scottish mother, Sybil. Her father had attended Exeter College at Oxford and remained in the UK where he began a career of Middle and Far Eastern travel for work. He met Roberta’s mother and they married in London in 1937. After a three-month honeymoon in France, Robert was off to Bombay, India in a new position. He returned to accompany Sybil and baby Roberta several months later, sailing for India the day after Britain entered WWII. They had no military escort and her parents saw ships torpedoed during the passage. Roberta’s family remained in India for the duration of WWII, her father joining the Indian Army and her mother doing service work at the American Red Cross in Bombay. Roberta had several “Ayahs” (nursemaids) over those years, many adventures, travel (to Pakistan, Delhi, Lahore and Calcutta) and regular church attendance. Her parents did a great deal of formal entertaining and Roberta’s memories of her mother’s lovely evening gowns are very vivid. Equally vivid are recollections of exotic foods, snake charmers and monkeys in train stations! In October, 1945 Roberta and her parents sailed from Karachi to New York on a US Liberty Ship called the General Callen. From that time through her high school years, Roberta lived in both New York and the UK, moving back and forth as her father’s work dictated. In May of 1956 she had her Coming Out Debut at the Queen Charlotte’s Ball in London. She designed her own gown, 30 yards of silk organza from Italy including silk and velvet applique and beading she did herself. By 1958 she had completed her education in church-based schools but also at such places as the Club of the Three Wise Monkeys, a finishing school for young women in London. Back in the US, she worked for a while in Washington, DC as a buyer for Garfinckel’s, but then her father offered to take her along on their move to Hong Kong for his work. Since this involved traveling on an 80 Days Around the World cruise, Roberta jumped at the chance! She
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saw Gibraltar, Ceylon, Penang, Manila and again, Bombay. She lived and worked in Hong Kong for a brief time, then returned to the States when her father was named the Director of International Trade Missions in the Department of Commerce. Roberta lived in Washington, DC from late 1960 to 1977. While there she worked for the Veterans Testing Service and the RAND Corporation as an administrator, document control person and research assistant. Due to her father’s role in the federal government as well as her own position, Roberta attended many Capitol Hill and various Embassy functions. Most memorable was being present on the White House lawn the day that President Nixon flew to China. Roberta’s parents decided to retire to the San Diego area in 1977 and the timing was right for her to move along with them. She reentered the retail world at that point, having management positions at the Ascot Shop in La Jolla (long time San Diegans will recall that store), Buffum’s, May Company and Nordstrom’s. She met and married James F. Martin during these years but he had health issues and passed away after five years of happy marriage. Her mother’s sudden passing and her father’s declining health further changed her life. In 1987, Roberta moved with her father to the Rancho Bernardo area. After his passing in 1988, she continued working but then her widowed aunt, Marion Sharpe Turley came to San Diego so Roberta could look after her. Always a giving person, Roberta retired in 2002 so she could devote more attention to her aunt who was living at the Remington by that time. Mrs. Turley passed on in 2007 and Roberta has since become involved with several groups in the area, including St. Bart’s! Her devotion to the church is founded in her family, especially two great uncles who were Anglican priests. One of them, the Rev. Alexander Sharpe, christened both Roberta and her father and married her parents. Roberta first entered St. Bart’s in the early 90’s, but found a real home there after Mrs. Turley came to the area in 2002. At that time, the Rev. Carolyn Richardson reached out to her and she began attending when she could,
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What do Blackjack and Christmas Have in Common?
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here is a play in the game of blackjack that is called doubling down. It’s when you have two cards that have a higher probability of beating the dealer than a regular hand. The casino allows you to double your bet. This year with Christmas Eve being on a Saturday and Christmas day a Sunday, the Christmas day service will double for our normal Sunday services - doubling down.
"family time." They believe that most families will skip church anyway since they went the night before on Christmas Eve. The carols have been sung, Mary and Joseph have already made it to Bethlehem, the angels have already sung to the shepherds, the gifts have been distributed, and, really, why do it all again in less than 12 hours? I can see why some clergy and ministry leaders might buy into this. It's a taxing weekend like no other on the church calendar (I mean, there's at least a whole day between Good Friday and Easter, right?). It's tempting to simply take the day off and spend the morning in your bathrobe rather than your clergy vestments. Christmas, after all, is about family, which is more important than another worship service, right?
For most Christian churches it means If you're one of the clergy on Christmas day, and have already been there all day Saturday, you may have entertained the thought of simply crashing overnight in your office after that late Christmas Eve service in order to be in place for Sunday morning's liturgical holiday hangover. I'm not sure which is more taxing on the clergy body and soul - having Christmas Eve on a Sunday, where you are preaching multiple services over the course of a full day, or getting up after a late slate of Saturday night services and coming back to church after a stiff pot of coffee and assembling/ wrapping/opening presents on Christmas morning. The Christmas weekend double down is hard on pastoral families, too, which is why many churches have chosen not to hold services on Christmas morning when it falls on a Sunday. The idea is that it would be good to skip church to have more
No. Absolutely not! The thing is this. Sunday is about reminding us that we are part of a larger family called the church. Whether it's the middle of July or Christmas Day, we come to worship together because it's Sunday - the Lord's Day - the day when we celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Christ together each week. Regardless
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Advent & Christmas December 4 4 p.m. An Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols
December 25 10 a.m.
December 21 December 21 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. December 20 7 p.m. Blue Christmas
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Blue Christmas
Holy Eucharist
December 24 December 25
2 p.m. Youthled Pageant 4 p.m. Children’s Pageant 7 p.m. Holy Eucharist 9 p.m. Holy Eucharist
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International Outreach: Epiphanie School, Haiti Update Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ~Nelson Mandela
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he critical need for education: For most of us in our community, a good education is a given. In Poway and Rancho Bernardo we can attend some of the best school districts in California, and our high schools rank among the best in the United States. The same education opportunity is not the case in Haiti. Only about 50% of children attend school in Haiti (World Bank). Of those who attended primary schools, 30% will not make it to third grade and 60% will abandon school before the sixth grade (UNICEF 2008). Also, the number of public schools is limited and over 90% of education is provided by private schools, like the episcopal schools that Fr. Noe Bernier has built in the past and continues to build in Haiti. Our new Partnership: As the St. Bartholomew’s community enters a partnership with Fr. Noe, an Episcopal priest in Haiti, our focus will be on education. We can help to provide primary school education for 300 to 400 students in the rural Haitian community of Loranette with two main sources of engagement. First, we want to build lasting relationships where St. Bart’s parishioners visit and work with the local community to help build a school and continue to work together and learn from each other. Secondly, we plan to provide ongoing financial support for the school operation. While tuition of $10/year will be requested from the parents, only 50% of the families will be able to afford that cost, and the tuition will not cover the full costs of running the school. St. Bart’s will provide about $12-15,000/ year for ongoing outreach support to pay teachers, buy school supplies and feed the children each day. St. Bart’s work and presence in Haiti will also raise our awareness of global social issues and give us a better appreciation for the education that we take for granted for our children.
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Why is a new school building needed? Basically, there is no school building today. The students and teachers met under a 600 square foot, makeshift tent, and this structure was destroyed during the recent hurricane. Teams from St. Bart’s will partner with the people of Loranette to build a sustainable cement structure that will accommodate approximately 400 students for school and will serve as the first community building in the town. When the new school is completed it will also provide access to water and latrines for the entire community as well as providing an emergency shelter.
God willing and the people consenting The Rt. Rev. James R. Mathes Bishop of San Diego will ordain The Rev. Christopher Ross Harris to the Sacred Order of Priests Saturday, December 10 10 a.m. St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church 16275 Pomerado Rd., Poway
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Around St. Bart's
Thank you to everyone who came out for our annual Trunk or Treat event! Close to a hundred parishioners, preschool families, and neighbors braved the rain to enjoy the festivities.
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Vestry News
Blackjack and Christmas
he November Vestry meeting started a bit differently with the usual check-in conducted around a prayer quilt for the Richardson family. Mtr. Mary Lynn offered the prayer for all of us as the quilt was tied.
of what happened the night before or whatever other familial obligations or temptations we might consider, Sunday stands as a day set apart for giving our full attention to the Lord.
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Judy and Jim Macemon provided an outline for a proposed capital campaign. Treasurer Bill Angus provided the Vestry with an outline of the 2017 budget with the discussion focused on possible expenses for the coming year. The Annual Meeting scheduled for January 29, 2017 will highlight the Four Pillars of the Strategic Plan. Of course, our annual stewardship campaign is well underway with pledging units ahead of the prior year. At the meeting, the Vestry also •
Affirmed St. Bart’s pledge as our Common Life Share to the Diocese of $106,416 as recommended by the Finance Committee.
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Approved Leaf and Cole, L.L.P. to perform the 2016 Financial Audit as recommended by the Finance Committee.
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Approved the use the Preschool budget surplus of $60,953 to fund the 2016 operating budget as recommended by the Finance Committee.
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Affirmed the new St. Bartholomew’s Thrift Shop guidelines as recommended by the Thrift Shop Board of Directors
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Affirmed the addendum to St. Bart’s Personnel Policy regarding Preschool holiday staffing and a no hiring practice of current church members as employees.
The next Vestry meeting will be held on December 13. Candidates for the 2017 Vestry will be considered. The committee composed of Jeff LaBerge, Dan Morrisey, Jerry Blanton and Dan Crane will facilitate the process with Dan Crane as the committee chair. Proposed changes to the parish Bylaws, prepared by Polly Getz, were distributed also for consideration at the December meeting.
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If Christmas Eve is all about pageantry, welcoming guests and seekers, and pulling out all the stops, Sunday morning is about the faithful gathering for the regular rhythm of worship. Yes, the crowd will be smaller on Christmas Sunday, but it's not about the crowd. It's about Christ. Now, granted, we will relax our worship schedule when Christmas falls on Sunday. There will be one service at 10 a.m., no full choir, as they are exhausted from the day before. Maybe we should do as Fr Mark's kids do. Just come in your bathrobes. Also, maybe we should encourage our kids to bring a toy they got for Christmas with them to worship and tell us about it. That might be fun for adults too! And, we might make sure there is extra coffee on for those bleary-eyed parents and we clergy and worship ministry folks. Sunday is a time for worship, and in worship we will be! We clergy are enthusiastic about doubling down on Sunday this year as we get a chance to tell and hear the rest of the story of Christmas and be with our larger family, the church. ~The Rev Bill Zettinger
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sometimes with her aunt. After Mrs. Turley entered residential care, a Lay Eucharistic Minister, Steve Elder, began weekly visits which lasted for the rest of her aunt’s life. Rev. Judith Allison came in haste to be sure that she had the Last Rites. All of this loving, pastoral care touched Roberta, as it has so many of us. Ultimately, she found her faith family at St. Bart’s 5 p.m. service. She has been generous with her Church for many years. In fact, the entry doors to St. Bart’s are in memory of Roberta’s parents and aunt. Roberta’s decision to name St. Bart’s in her trust is an act of faith, based in gratitude. As she says, “I soon began to know that I had found my spiritual home.” We know that naming our Church as part of our legacy puts the Church on the same level as family. In Roberta’s case, that’s very significant indeed! ~Pat Blair
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St. Bart's Youth at Convention
Advent 9am Forum Series
t. Bart's youth joined 30 other teens from across the diocese as part of the youth contingent at DioCon 2016 in Palm Desert. They led a prayer service, sorted book drive donations, enjoyed a lip-sync battle, watched a presentation of animals from the "Living Desert", and had lots of fun!
n Advent we await with eager longing the birth of our Lord Jesus, the incarnate Word of God. While this yearning sharpens our physical senses to the delights of the season—crisp air and blue skies, sparkling seas, candles, balsam wreaths, family, friends, and good food—our spiritual senses also can be enhanced. Come and learn what our ancestors taught about growth in spiritual perception, the transformation of desire, and how you can incorporate these practices into your life.
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Join us for a special 9am Forum series during Advent with Dr. Elisabeth Koenig.
December 4: Gregory of Nyssa (c. 332-395). "Spiritual Perception, the Darkness of God, and the 'Seeing that Consists of Not Seeing'" December 18: The Song of Songs. (date unknown, probably between 950 and 200 BCE). "'Where are you? - Who are you? - I want you!': Practicing Prayer with the Bride and Mary" Dr. Elisabeth K. J. Koenig is Professor of Ascetical Theology, Emerita, of General Theological Seminary in New York City, where she taught courses in Christian Spirituality, Theology, Anglican Studies, and Ethics for twenty-five years. More recently she served as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego, and taught in the Episcopal Diocesan School for Ministry. Dr. Koenig has given numerous clergy conferences, retreats, and lectures around the country, as well as in England and Italy Dr. Koenig is an experienced spiritual director and for many years taught people preparing to be spiritual directors through The Center for Christian Spirituality at General Seminary.
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December Issue St.. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church 16275 Pomerado Road Poway, CA 92064-1826 P: 858-487-2159 F: 858-487-2324 www.StBartsChurch.org Change Service Requested
Fr. Noe Visits St. Bart's
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r. Noe Brenier's visit to St. Bart's was postponed in October due to the devastation Hurricane Matthew caused in Haiti. We're very fortunate to welcome Fr. Noe to St. Bart's December 6-12. While he's here, there will be many opportunities to meet with Fr. Noe and learn more about our partnership to build the much-needed Ephiphanie School. Please consider inviting friends and family to these events. All are welcome.
at St. Bart's). Sunday, December 11: Fr. Noe will be at the 9am Forum talking about the value of our partnership and providing an update on the hurricane recovery both in Haiti and, specifically, in the Loranette community.
Wednesday, December 7, 10:30 a.m.: Fr Noe will be a special guest at Deacon Bill's The Story class. Wednesday, December 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m.: We are hosting a open house dinner and meet Fr. Noe at the McKone-Sweet house with the Cowart's cooking their version of Haitian food. Fr. Willy will bring some folks from St. Tim's to join with St. Bart's. Fr. Noe will be giving a short talk at 6:30 p.m, and there will be time for questions and one-on-one discussion to learn more about the people in Loranette. RSVP to outreach@ stbartschurch.org or 858-487-2159.
Loranette School before the hurricane (left). A school similar to the one we will build (below).
Saturday, December 10 & Sunday, December 11: Fr. Noe will be preaching and teaching at all three St. Bart's services. (Note that Rev. Chris will be celebrating his first Eucharists that weekend, following his ordination on Saturday morning
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