This Week at January 5– 11, 2020 Sunday, January 5 Monday, January 6 Wednesday, January 8 A Visitation of Melchior, Gaspar and Divorce/Partnership Break Up Bible Study will resume Jan. 15. Balthasar at the 1:00 p.m. Service Support Group Ending an intimate relationship can be a difficult Noon Eucharist & Healing time. Join others in a safe environment to explore 12:10 p.m. (Chapel) ways of coping and healing. The group will be led by Ann Horton, L.C.S.W. The group will be held on Thursday, January 9 Mondays from 6:30–8:00 p.m. for 12 weeks begin- Senior Saints ning on Monday, Jan. 6. Limited to 12 participants. 12:30—2:00 p.m. (Sweetland Hall) Author Kathleen For registration please email Ana Camacho at Vallee Stein talks about [email protected]. her book Loving Choices, Peaceful Passing, Why Monday Meditation Group My Family Chose Hospice, 6:45–8:45p.m. (Chapel) Information = Betty Cole and her family’s experience (leader), 626.356.4749. 1:00 p.m. (Church) Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar with using the Medicare will be present at the bilingual monthly gathering Grief and Loss Support Group hospice program for her (“convivio”) organized by the Latino/Hispanic 7:00 p.m. (Scott Hall 6) Information = Ana Camacho, terminally ill father. All older Ministry to celebrate one of the most deeply rooted 626.583.2737 or [email protected]. adults are invited. Bring a traditions in the Latino culture, reliving the arrival of Brothers on a Journey friend! Suggested donation the Three Sages to adore the baby Jesus. There 7:00–9:00 p.m. (Jr. High Room) Information = Chris- of $10 for a light lunch. RSVP to Amanda Perez at will be surprise gifts for children, donated by the tine Cox at [email protected] or 626.583.2765. 626.583.2732 or [email protected]. Pasadena Fire Department. Join us for the Bilingual Tuesday, January 7 service at 1.00 p.m. followed by the convivio at 2.30 Taizé Prayers A Celebration of the Life of Around the Cross p.m. in Sweetland Hall. Information = Carlos Carrillo Maybelle Wolfe at [email protected]. 6:00 p.m. (Chapel) All are welcome to a celebration of life memorial Meditative prayers, song, Reclaiming the Bible service for Maybelle Wolfe that will take place at scripture and silence. Infor- 2:00–3:30 p.m. (Small Lounge) Our goal will be to 1:00 p.m. at The Valley Hunt Club, 520 Orange mation = Debbie Daniels, heal and move beyond the misunderstanding, con- Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105 *valet parking will [email protected]. fusion, hurtful interpretation, oppression, and other be available ways the Bible has been used against us. Centering Prayer 6:45–8:00 p.m. (Chapel) Saturday, January 11 Need Free Legal Help? Taizé Eucharist around the Cross Information = Ana Camacho, 626.583.2737 or [email protected]. Visit Our Legal Aid Ministry 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Center, Let’s Talk: Breaking Down Race (Chapel) 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena 91103. Assisting Join us for in America with: housing; public benefits; family law; expunge- beautiful Join us for a semi-weekly, six-part seminar on ments; bankruptcy/consumer debt & other issues. meditative Tuesdays, Jan. 7 – Mar. 17, 7:00–9:00 p.m., led Open to all individuals and community members prayers, by Dr. Claudia Shields and Betty Cole. Designed who need legal assistance, but lack the resources song, scrip- for people of all races and backgrounds, this series to hire an attorney. Please bring any and all papers ture, silence uses the award-winning podcast series Seeing related to your case. If you can’t attend the clinic and commu- White. We will create “brave spaces for courageous and are in need of support, please call Public Coun- nity; walk the labyrinth during or after the service. conversations” in our church community and be- sel at 213.385.2977. Information = Ada Ramirez at Wilma Jakobsen presides. yond. Information = Ada Ramirez at 626.583.2734 or [email protected].

Children, Youth & Families Sunday Morning Sunday Morning (cont.) Wednesday, January 8 Parents with Infants K-5th Grade Children’s Chapel Youth Group Parents with infants are always welcome in worship. Children K–5th grade join their families at the begin- Dinner = 6:30 p.m. (Sweetland Hall) If needed, parents may feed and change babies ning of the 9:00 & 11:15 a.m. services, then follow Program = 7:30–8:30 p.m. (Learning Center) while listening to the service in the Small Lounge. the banner out for Children’s Chapel before the Info = 626.583.2733 or [email protected]. sermon. Parents are welcome to join the children if Thursday, January 9 Infants & Toddlers (Scott Hall) they wish. God, My Parents & Me 10:00 a.m. – Noon 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Preschool (ages 2–4/pre-K) K-5th Grade Sunday School, (Guild Room) A group for families with young chil- Child care and storytelling. The Journey, and Parent Culture dren, supporting the challenging work of parenting Sunday School & Worship will resume Jan. 12. will resume Jan. 12 by offering spiritual fellowship and emotional nur- turing to all parents. Information = Christina Ortega, 626.583.2733 or [email protected]. www.allsaints-pas.org All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave, Pasadena CA 91101 626.796.1172 Looking Ahead Events & Opportunities Jazz Vespers: Russell Ferrante Transformational Journey to The Interfaith Study Group presents Judson Studios “Helping People Experiencing Homelessness ”

Sunday, Jan. 12, 5:00–7:30 p.m. in Sweetland Hall. Insanity or Creativity with Rabbi Joshua Grater and From Street to Advocacy with Dorothy Edwards. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share in our potluck. Information = Ada Ramirez 626.583.2734, [email protected]. January Senior Saints Sunday, Jan. 12, 5:00 p.m. on the Chancel. All Join us for a local Transformational Journey on Senior Saints Spiritual Saints Parishioner and founding member of the Friday, Feb. 7, 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m., to the historic Reading Group YellowJackets, Russell Ferrante offers music. He Judson Studios and touri both the 110 year old will be joined by Steve Schaeffer on drums and The reading group continues building in Highland Park and the South Pasadena Michael Valerio on bass. Russ has performed with with River of Fire by Sister studio where large-scale fused glass art is being Jimmy Witherspoon, Jim Pepper, Joe Farrell, Joni Helen Prejean on Thursday, Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, Robben Ford, Al Jarreau, Jan. 16, 12:30 p.m. Marilyn Scott, Kevyn Lettau, Ernie Watts, Sadao in Scott Hall 5: Watanabe, GRP, Big Band, Lee Ritenour, Tom Scott, facilitated by Marylouise Lau. Take 6, Michael Franks, Eric Marienthal, and Brenda So You Want to Write! Russell. He currently teaches in the Jazz Studies A Senior Saints Writing Group department at USC. Mike Kinman offers a med- Our writing group resumes on Thursday, Jan. 23, itation. Validated parking is available at Plaza las in the Seminar Room from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., with Fuentes. Information = Melissa Hayes at mhayes@ new facilitator Frances Noble. Come with your allsaints-pas.org or 626.583.2725. own novels, memoirs, or poetry to read and to Get Out the Vote! reflect with each other. Your creative spirit will be nurtured and respected. Sunday, Jan. 12, 1:00–2:30 p.m. in the Seminar created. Self-drive/carpool from ASC parking lot. Room. The Racial Justice Ministry and guest Information for all Senior Saints events = Tour cost is $18. Pre-registration and payment speaker Patricia Amanda Perez at 626.583.2732 or required. Note: One studio is not ADA compliant. To Coulter, President of [email protected] register, please contact Ada Ramirez, aramirez@ the Pasadena chapter of Intersectionality and Trauma: Restoring, allsaints-pas.org or 626.583.2734. the League of Women Reclaiming and Resourcing Traumatized Voters, will provide Communities Pasadena Half Marathon info on the new voting Join clinical psychologists, Sunday, January 19 system for LA County, Dr. Brinell Anderson, and Please note: local access to churches will be local races, March pri- Rev. Dr. Sally Howard, maintained within our area. mary, the Census, voter Jan. 17 – 19, for introductory For information on street closures, visit www.pasa- registration and GOTV training on trauma-informed denahalf.com/plan-your-race/street-closures for November. Informa- community-based care. This tion = Ada Ramirez at [email protected] or second training over MLK Want to Mark a Special Day? 626.583.2734. weekend will involve an For your birthday, anniversary, or in memory of a immersion into under- loved one, consider bringing the bread and wine Free Citizenship Clinic standing the psycho- up the aisle for The Immigration Task Force will conduct a Free logical impact of the communion at the Citizenship Clinic on Saturday, Maafa - “the great disaster 9:00 or 11:15 a.m. Jan. 25, 9:00 a.m.– 2:30 p.m. in Sweetland Hall. and destruction” of the Sunday service. A team of volunteer attorneys, ASC members transatlantic enslavement After offering these and interpreters will help you with your citizen- trade of people of African “oblations” to the ship application. It is free for all eligible legal descent in America. This priest at the altar, permanent residents (green card holders). immersion, and in-depth trauma training will offer you stand in the Participants must register before the day of the participants an opportunity to learn about the cultural circle with the other ministers for the Eucharistic clinic at the phone number below. Offered in worldviews which underlie the historical harms prayer, receive communion, and then return to your partnership with Interfaith Refugee & Immigration committed during the Maafa. Fees range from seat. You may do this with a partner or be paired Service (IRIS). For information or registration $60-$120, depending on ability to pay. Information = with someone else. To sign up or for more informa- contact IRIS at 323.667.0489 x100. Ana Camacho at [email protected]. To tion, please contact Beverly Franco at 626.280.9048 Register: https://allsaints-pas.org/sign-up-center/ or [email protected]. www.allsaints-pas.org All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave, Pasadena CA 91101 626.796.1172 Looking Ahead Events & Opportunities

Be on the Look Out: Theatre Ministry Winter/Spring Season The 2020 Census is Coming The Father, Friday, Feb. 21, 8:00 p.m. at Pasadena Playhouse. In March 2020 nearly every household will receive Featuring acclaimed actor Alfred Molina (Frida, An Education, an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census. Enchanted April) in a tour-de-force role that will captivate audiences The census asks questions that provide a snap- and leave you breathless. Tickets are $40 and available at: https://qrs.ly/6fauz97. Measure for Measure, Fri., Mar. 6, 8:00 p.m. at Antaeus Theatre “Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall.” Sex and hypocrisy abound in this bleak comedy about the corruption of power and authority … and the true nature of love and justice. Tickets are $25 and available at: https://qrs.ly/fvauzah. Passion, Fri., Mar. 20, 8:00 p.m. at Theatre @ Boston Court To celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday, Artistic Director Michael Michetti will direct a rare production of Sondheim’s Tony Award-Winning Best shot of the nation and results affect your voice in Musical and perhaps his most ravishing and per- government, how much funding your community sonal work, Passion. Tickets are $30 and available receives, and how your community plans for at https://qrs.ly/eyauzbm. the future. Plan to participate! Learn more at 2020CENSUS.GOV. Alice in Wonderland, Fri., Apr. 17, 8:00 p.m. at A Noise Within Register to Volunteer for the 2020 Crash through the looking glass with Alice on her zany Pasadena Homeless Count! adventure to an upside-down magical dreamland Every year, volunteers help count people expe- where imagination defies reality and madness makes riencing homelessness living on the streets of logic. Weaving a dark and whimsical poem of colorful Pasadena during one night in January. eccentrics, Lewis Carroll’s fractured fairy tale creates The Count will be taking place on Jan. 21. Volun- a prism through which we can again experience the teers are the backbone of ensuring the Count is a mystery and effervescent wonder of growing up. success and is carried out effectively and compre- Tickets are $44 and available at hensively. You will be assigned to a team to help https://qrs.ly/t9av82c. count and administer a survey to our neighbors Information = Debbie Daniels at 626.583.2750 or experiencing homelessness. [email protected] Volunteers should be 18+ and are asked to attend an orientation to prepare for the Count on either Lay Counseling Ministry Celebrate a Special Event Jan. 13 or 14. The ministers are volunteer lay counselors, trained to or Loved One with Flowers for the Altar Volunteer registration deadline is Jan. 7. assist persons undergoing situational and emotional Altar flowers are a beautiful way to remember a difficulties. If you are experiencing situational difficulties, loved one, celebrate a special event, or to give To learn more or sign-up visit: you may leave a confidential message on the dedicat- thanks for someone who has touched your life. https://pasadenapartnership.org/volunteer-home- ed line at 626.583.2706 and a coordinator will call you To donate flowers for the altars, please call less-count/ to schedule a meeting. 626.796.1172.

Next Sunday: January 12, 2020

At 7:30, 9:00 & 11:15 a.m. Sally Howard preaches. Rector’s Forum at 10:15 a.m. At 1:00 p.m. Alfredo Feregrino preaches at the with Elaine Pagels Spanish Language service. Author and American religious historian, Elaine Pagels, At 9:00 & 11:15 a.m. Coventry Choir offers music. will discuss her latest memoir Why Religion? A Personal Story. Elaine is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of At 1:00 p.m. Dan Cole & Ensemble offer music. Religion at Princeton University. She has conducted exten- Adult Education Offerings at 10:15 a.m. (cont.) sive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism. Her Parent Culture in Scott Hall 2 (parents of children best-selling book The Gnostic Gospels (1979) examines from birth–5th grade); OCC Conference Room the divisions in the early Christian church, and the way that women have been viewed throughout Jewish (parents of teens). history and Christian history. Modern Library named it as one of the 100 best books of the twentieth century. Copies of her books will be available for purchase. www.allsaints-pas.org All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave, Pasadena CA 91101 626.796.1172