A Time for Prayer and Action

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A time for prayer and action From the Bishop Standing up to fear with hope, love and level heads ear stalked the border and our By John Harvey Taylor schools in recent weeks. How do

Bishop of Los Angeles Episcopalians respond? With faith, Taylor . F H hope, love, and the level heads our God in Christ gave us. John First to St. Philip’s in Lemon Grove in the Diocese invited them to come to the U.S. by the tens of mil- of San Diego. Before Holy Eucharist at our Called lions to work in factories and fields, hotels and to the Wall service Feb. 17, worshipers had a chance homes. The other scapegoats them for accepting the to denounce unreasoning fear by tearing the wall invitation. Our baptismal commitment to respect the down, or at least a symbolic version — small pieces dignity of every human being calls us to the wall and of brick and fencing wire that organizers had put on to speak up for sensible, humane immigration reform. a table in front of the altar. They built their own wall Those who seek political advantage by promot- because federal restrictions on U.S. citizens’ move- ing fear of the immigrant don’t just encourage rac- ments in Friendship Park, adjacent to the border ism while ignoring the immutable realities of the la- wall, had ruled out our usual practice of sharing the bor market. They also promote the fake news that service with bishops, deacons, laypeople, and priests immigrants are more dangerous than the popula- gathered on the Mexican side. tion at large. One result is that while planning to The photo above shows Salvador and Benedito, militarize the border, our leaders have scandalously children of the Rev. Jennifer Hughes, an associate left our schoolchildren, teachers, and administra- professor of history at the University of California, tors vulnerable. Riverside. They’re holding pieces of fence they’d just In Parkland, Florida, Feb. 14 a troubled home- taken from the table. Eight years ago, Dr. Hughes grown killer with a legally acquired military-style inspired our annual witness for immigration reform. weapon murdered 17 high school students and facul- She helps organize it each year along with Bishop ty members. Prior school massacres weren’t enough Diane Jardine Bruce and their partners in San Diego. to persuade the federal government to adopt tougher, Above: Salvador and If we left it to children, who so often express the good-sense gun laws. We pray that change will come Benedito, sons of the soul of welcome, they’d make short work of the real at last, thanks to the young people demonstrating Rev. Jennifer Hughes, wall, too. Cynics might reply that children don’t get around the country against gun violence. hold pieces of a wall how complicated and dangerous the world is. Chris- Nor has our society faced up to the correlation of symbolizing the border tians retort that we’re all safe in the Resurrection, rage, isolation, and violence against women that so between the United safe to take risks of hospitality and sharing what often typifies the narratives of the young men who States and Mexico. we have for the good of all God’s children, since all commit these acts of savagery. If this isn’t the realm our blessings come of the Church, nothing is. Our specialty is creating THE Volume 68, Number 2 from God. communities of care, connection, communication, Impractical, fools- and accountability. We model relationships rooted in Episcopal News for-Christ stuff? After equity and mutuality. We notice when a friend’s tem- all, nations do need perament turns sullen or a young person suddenly Publication of the Diocese of Los Angeles. Serving readers since 1898. borders. But for gen- stops attending youth group and begins to self-iso- Editor The Episcopal News (ISSN 0195-0681) is Canon Janet Kawamoto published bimonthly by the Program Group erations, we have late. When someone’s at risk or posing a risk, we do [email protected] on Communications and Public Affairs of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, 840 Echo spoken to immigrant what all families do for one another. We don’t recoil Correspondent Park Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90026. The Rev. Canon Patricia McCaughan workers with two in fear. We don’t point fingers at scapegoats. We act [email protected] Subscription price: $15 per year. voices. One voice has boldly and in love. ? Art Director Molly Ruttan-Moffat The Episcopal News Update is published [email protected] by email each Wednesday (every other Wednesday during the summer months). Editorial and Advertising Office To subscribe, send a request to On the cover: Patricia Fredlund of All Saints by-the-Sea Church, Santa Barbara, lights a Cathedral Center of St. Paul [email protected] 840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles 90026 For weekly news and calendar updates candle at a Jan. 26 prayer service at Trinity Church, Santa Barbara, during the Montecito 213.482.2040 online, visit the Episcopal News website at email: [email protected] www.episcopalnews.com parish’s evacuation from devastating mudslides. Now All Saints continues its heightened presence and ministry in the neighborhood. See story on page 8. Photo: Janet Kawamoto

2 E TH EPISCOPAL NEWS Lent 2018 news March 10 forum set regarding Newport Beach mission station

March 10 public forum on the station status is the bish- topic of designating an Episcopal op’s to make in consul- A Church mission station near New- tation with the Standing port Beach’s Lido Isle has been called by Committee, the Diocese the Standing Committee in accordance is first to make provi- we ho with diocesan canonical and procedural sions for a public forum t

requirements. so leaders and members rober Representatives of four neighboring of neighboring congre- St. George’s Episcopal Church, Laguna Hills, will be the site of a Episcopal congregations — St. Michael gations may support or March 10 forum considering a mission station in Newport Beach. and All Angels, Corona del Mar; St. John oppose the proposal or the Divine, Costa Mesa; St. Wilfrid of just seek more information. The canons been processed in compliance with pro- York, Huntington Beach; and St. Mary’s, also stipulate that ‘any person wanting to cedures monitored by the Program Group Laguna Beach — are invited to comment be heard’ should have the opportunity to on Mission Congregations, chaired by the at the Saturday forum, set for 10 a.m. at St. speak. I stress that the purpose of the forum Very Rev. Canon Kelli Grace Kurtz of St. George’s Episcopal Church, 23802 Aveni- is to gauge the appropriateness of establish- John’s, La Verne. da de la Carlota, Laguna Hills. The forum ing a new worshiping community within “As a mission station they would come was set Jan. 24 at the first 2018 meeting the polity of our Diocese in coastal Orange under the direct supervision of the bishop of the Standing Committee, chaired by the County and not to revisit controversies.” as they make their way towards application Rev. Abel Lopez of Messiah, Santa Ana. Filed in November, the congregants’ to be admitted as a mission congregation at Requesting official recognition as a mis- request to become a mission station has Diocesan Convention,” Kurtz said. ? sion station are leaders of the congregation of St. James’ the Great who seek to restore services in church buildings at 3209 Via Lido, the congregants’ previous church home that in recent years has been mired in property disputes. In an accord reached last fall, Bishop

Diocesan John H. Taylor, Newport Beach a t priest Cindy Evans Voorhees, and then- oh

Standing Committee President the Rev. Ra- j h. n ylor williams bob chel Anne Nyback agreed to diocesan pro- cedures regarding steps necessary prior to ECW officers installed, leaders honored at annual event the restoration of church ministry on site. piscopal Church Women - Diocese of Los Angeles gathered Feb. 24 at the Cathedral Center Under the canons, decisions to confer E of St. Paul for their annual meeting. Bishop Diocesan John Harvey Taylor presided and mission status are made by the bishop di- preached at the Eucharist, and installed new officers, including President Christine Budzowski, ocesan. In a letter to participants, Taylor pictured second from left in photo above. Past president Martha Estes, pictured at far left, will wrote: “While the decision about mission take on a new position as Province VIII representative on the churchwide ECW board. Taylor also presented two certificates of appreciation; the first to Canon Donna Keller — pictured above In this issue: with Taylor and Estes, retiring president — for Page 4: Conference on mass incarceration, prison ministry; Lent 2018 ‘Versed’ to reflect on death more than 15 years as Bishop’s Guild president; Page 5: Interfaith MLK event; Spanish-language ministry fair; Stewardship University and the second to Nancy Ypma for many years Page 6: Pasadena church moves forward after vandalism as diocesan representative of the Washington Page 8: Parish goes on ‘being the church’ as Montecito recovers from mudslides National Cathedral. Canon Hank Gatlin and Page 10: Camp Stevens dedicates new lodge in honor of Bergstroms, gets new interim director Deacon Celeste Holm gave a presentation about Page 11: Pilgrims ‘tear down the wall’ during Via Crucis journey in support of immigrant rights the Bishop Talton Deacon Education Fund, and Page 12: The Archdeacon: Deacons ‘serve margins of church and world’ Sonia and Mike Hernandez and five student Page 14: Take Note: News brief and coming events leaders spoke on behalf of Neighborhood Youth Page 15: People: News of the diocesan community Association. Both are partner ministries with ECW. ? Page 16: Obituaries

THE EPISCOPAL NEWS Lent 2018 3 news Greg Boyle, Helen Prejean will headline conference on mass incarceration, prison ministry Actor-activists Mike Farrell and Tim Robbins also will Greg Boyle Helen Prejean speak at three-day event at All Saints Church, Pasadena

r. Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy At the conference Robbins will ap- Industries, anti-death penalty activ- pear with The Actor’s Gang, which Fist Sister Helen Prejean, and actor- conducts theater-based rehabilitation activists Mike Farrell and Tim Robbins programs inside the California prison will be speakers at “Reimagining Justice system. in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” a na- Farrell, best known for his role as tional conference on mass incarceration Dr. B.J. Hunnicutt on the 1970s – 80s and prison ministry sponsored by the Epis- television series M.A.S.H., is a long- Mike Farrell Tim Robbins copal Diocese of Los Angeles and Prism time activist for a number of progres- Restorative Justice, a diocesan ministry sive causes, including California Human website. Formerly incarcerated persons that provides chaplaincy in the Los Ange- Rights Watch, the original Cult Awareness also will take part in the conference. A les County jails. Network, Death Penalty Focus and People schedule for the event is at bit.ly/2omVmiG. The conference, to be held at All Saints for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Cost is $175 per person: $75 for stu- Church, Pasadena, March 5 – 7, will consid- The conference also will feature Vijay dents with ID. Housing will be available at er diverse approaches to justice, including: Gupta and the Street Symphony, which the Fuller Seminary guest house. u legislative solutions, both to help reduce “creates opportunities for musical engage- To register, visit www.prismjustice.org/ the number of people behind bars and to ment and dialogue between world-class conference. For more information contact improve conditions for those returning to musicians and people disenfranchised by the Rev. Dennis Gibbs, executive director freedom after incarceration; homelessness, incarceration, and poverty of Prism, at 626.703.4474 or by email at in Los Angeles County,” according to its [email protected]. ? u models for providing compassionate care for those who are incarcerated; u re-entry programs to help formerly-incarcerated people rebuild their lives; Lent 2018 ‘Versed’ u restorative justice programs that look beyond punishment for a fuller picture of to study questions justice. of death, dying Boyle’s Homeboy Industries is the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry pro- emento Mori” (“reflecting on gram in the world. He is a bestselling mortality”) will be the theme of u Tuesday, March 6: “To Be Forgotten.” author, most recently of Barking to the ‘Mthe Lent 2018 session of Versed, What does it mean for our life’s work to Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship. a series of Bible-based conversations be- be left behind, unacknowledged by his- Prejean is a world-renowned activist tween young adults (ages 18 – 30) and the tory? Is legacy an important aspect of life? against the death penalty. Her memoir bishops of the Diocese of Los Angeles and u Tuesday, March 13: “Fear, Grief and Dead Man Walking, describing her expe- other church leaders on Tuesday nights, Loss with the Dead and Dying.” When riences ministering to prisoners on death 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Feb. 27 – March 20. numbness and loss derails everything; row, was the basis for the 1995 movie of All sessions will be held at the Cathedral when you scream at the universe, “Where the same name. It was directed by Rob- Center of St. Paul, 840 Echo Park Avenue, is God?”; when death overturns life, bins, who earned Academy Award and Los Angeles. The cost of $40 per person where is the light? Golden Globe nominations for his work. for the series includes dinner each Tuesday. u Tuesday, March 20: “Cheapness of He has starred in many films, notably Session dates and topics are: Life.” Are we sensitive to death or just to The Shawshank Remption, and currently u Tuesday, Feb. 27: “Death Wrapped in personal loss? Why are we not affected appears in the television series Here and Creation.” We know we will die. How when the dead and dying are the other, Now. He has been an outspoken advocate does an expiration date augment how we the unknown, or the distant? for progressive causes and political candi- live? Do we accept it? Is death a required For more about the program, and to dates for many years. piece of creation? register, visit bit.ly/2F8pTGG. ?

4 E TH EPISCOPAL NEWS Lent 2018 April 4 MLK event to focus on ‘Building Beloved Community, Empowering Next Generations

and made possible by Los Angeles County member faith bodies to launch respec- Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. tive initiatives exploring the meaning of Focused on engaging millennials and “beloved community” in each context. other young adults in carrying out King’s Episcopalians and local Lutherans have dream for social justice, the event will wel- teamed in offering a joint Lenten study se- come attendees of all ages and varied faith ries while the Vedanta Society of Southern traditions. A block of tickets will be made California will host an April 28 day-long available to members of the Episcopal Di- workshop at its Hollywood temple. Martin Luther King Jr. ocese of Los Angeles and will be allocated Further information is online at www. by the diocesan Interfaith Cooperative lacrl.org. ? he Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the with priority to youth and young adults. Music Center of Los Angeles County Requests may be emailed to interfaith@ Tis the venue for an April 4 interfaith ladiocese.org. ‘Stewardship evening commemoration of the 50th anni- The April 4 commemoration is a high- versary of the assassination of Dr. Martin light of the Religious Leaders Council’s University’ June 23 Luther King Jr. long-range focus of “becoming beloved Free admission is planned for the event community” in keeping with King’s empha- will feature top- co-sponsored by the Southern Christian sis on this theological concept introduced Leadership Conference and the Inner City by philosopher-theologian Josiah Royce. level experts Youth Orchestra in partnership with the Council President John Cager, pastor piscopalians hoping to bring their Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders, of Ward A.M.E. Church, has called upon congregation’s stewardship to new Elevels will discover tons of ideas, experts, and a community of like-minded church members at the Episcopal Stew- Miguel de la Torre will ardship University June 23 at the Cathe- dral Center of St. Paul in Echo Park. keynote Spanish-language The program will feature a keynote Ministry Fair on March 3 address about securing major gifts with a new attitude (with simultaneous Span- iguiendo a Cristo” (Following Eucharist. There ish translation). Ten workshops — two Christ) will be the theme of La Feria is no charge for of them in Spanish — will cover such Sde Ministerios, a Spanish-language the ministry fair, Miguel de la Torre topics as Holy Currencies (a holistic ap- ministry fair for the Diocese of Los Ange- and a free lunch proach to stewardship), legacy giving, les on Saturday, March 3, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. will be served. For more information and maximizing materials from The Episco- at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, 840 to register, visit www.feriaepiscopal.com. pal Network for Stewardship (TENS), Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles. Keynote On the night before La Feria, March 2, making the case for supporting the speaker will be Miguel A. de la Torre, 6 p.m., de la Torre will be featured at a church, writing a narrative budget, and Ph.D., professor of Social Ethics and Lati- dinner and discussion titled “Feeling a Bit “how we did it” examples. nix Studies, a scholar-activist, ordained Hopeless Lately?,” also to be held at the Tickets for the day-long event will be Southern Baptist minister, and author Cathedral Center. The evening’s talk, to be priced at $50 to help cover expenses. most recently of Embracing Hopelessness. conducted in English, will focus on “our (A scholarship rate of $10 will be avail- The day’s program will also include multi- struggles with a God who at times seems able.) Box lunches will be included in the ple workshops on subjects including “how mute, demanding solidarity in the midst ticket price. To make the program avail- to be a better Christian,” “young leaders of perdition and a blessing in the midst of able to more people, the keynote presen- following Christ,” “how to organize as adversity.” Tickets for this event are $15, tation and all of the workshops, will be a community,” “mission and ministry in which includes dinner. For information, webcast live. For information and tickets the Church,” and more. Bishop Suffra- and tickets, email to [email protected]. visit www.EpiscopalStewardshipUniversity. gan Diane Jardine Bruce will be present Proceeds will benefit the Program Group org or contact the Rev. Lorenzo Lebrija throughout the day and will join Bishop on Latino Ministries’ scholarship program at [email protected]. ? Diocesan John H. Taylor to celebrate the for Latino seminarians. ?

THE EPISCOPAL NEWS Lent 2018 5 congregations

Pasadena church moves forward after vandalism a f there is an upside to t vandalism like the Jan. 13 oh break-in and torching of j h. n ylor the sanctuary at the Church of the Angels in Pasa- Quick responses also came from about 40 pa- By Pat McCaughan dena, the Rev. Robert Gaestel says it must be the rishioners, neighbors and friends, who mobilized outpouring of love and support from the diocesan to ready the church for Sunday worship. Bishop and surrounding community. Also in the reclaiming Diocesan John H. Taylor visited later that day and of sacred space, the determination and resiliency of Bishop Suffragan Diane Jardine Bruce also quickly a community of faith, bound together in mission, to connected with him in a show of love and support. move forward and even to forgive. Gaestel said. “We’re getting things fixed,” Gaestel told The Epis- The services included the baptisms of two chil- copal News Jan. 20. “The insurance adjuster’s been dren. “It was a reminder that the eternal work of here, and we’re starting to do stuff like get the church continues, even when hearts are heavy,” the pulpit moved back to where it belongs. said parishioner Steve Leland. “It was a lively coffee That’s the first thing we got fixed.” hour, with some members not having heard the news A few days later, Christian Michael Gar- until they arrived and were able to see the damage.” cia, 25, was arrested and charged with ar- The Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy, canon to the son and vandalism at several Los Angeles- ordinary, attended worship services on Sunday and area churches of different denominations, the “church was completely full,” according to Le- including most recently The Angels and a land, a parishioner for four years. Catholic church in Boyle Heights. McCarthy said that despite the fire worship felt The Church of the Angels congrega- joyful. “There were people who were upset by this, tion quickly mobilized to clean up for the because it is upsetting, but they were really gracious regular 7:45 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Sunday and warm and cheerful and praying for the person services the day after the break-in, and who did it, clearly somebody who is disturbed,” ac- Gaestel believes something of a miracle cording to McCarthy. prevented more extensive damage. She praised Gaestel’s grace in difficult circum- “Two young men, one of whom used to stances. “He preached the sermon he had prepared live near the church, but now lives in San and welcomed everyone, noting the vandalism but At top: Rector Robert Francisco, were in town for a wedding,” he said. adding that when a congregation experiences a trau- Gaestel points out the “They had gone to a venue in Highland Park not ma like this, it is important to continue worshipping damage caused by far from us, and late that night decided to walk over together and not to let this kind of hateful act stop one or more vandals and see the church.” us from being the Body of Christ,” she recalled. at Church of the The two, later identified as Jinsoo Hah and Frank Built in 1889, and constructed of sandstone from Angels, Pasadena. Noz, reportedly smelled smoke and saw flames in- the San Fernando Valley and olive wood from Mis- Above: Children hold side the sanctuary. They quickly alerted authorities sion San Gabriel, the church is home to one of the signs of encourage- and Gaestel, who lives in the church rectory. finest stained glass windows in North America, ac- ment near the stone “The Fire Department was on its way and they cording to its website (www.churchoftheangels.film). angel outside the soon arrived,” Gaestel said. “But if those two peo- It has been featured in the television series Bones, church, which was ple hadn’t come to the church, we would not have Desperate Housewives, The Office and Parks and damaged by the known and it could have been catastrophic. As it is, Recreation and in such Hollywood movies as Just vandals. the wood was slow burning and so the damage was Married, Heathers, and Since You Went Away. limited.” Damage estimates were (continued next page)

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V aNDALISM (continued from page 6) not available immediately, but Leland, a “We removed the burned member of the buildings and grounds com- pews and other material, mittee, said vandals defaced with graffiti an mopped up the water, and angel sundial statute, “a memorial to the cleaned up the ash and soot. woman who built the church,” in the gar- The process of mitigation will den outside. continue,” he said, with more Similar graffiti — with the words ‘Jeho- extensive smoke and soot re- vah lives’ and other sayings — was spray- moval and the restoration of painted on a nearby area of the pavement various decorative and architec- and inside the church. tural elements to be performed The vandals broke a stained glass win- in the coming months. dow to enter the church, he said. Inside, a But, he added, “We were de- statue was broken, the baptismal font and termined to get the church up pulpit were vandalized. A fire was set, us- and running for Sunday. When e ing prayer books and hymnals as kindling. there is a disaster, be it natural L Torgerson igh Pews were in disarray, and the lectern, or man made, those parishes The carved oak angel lectern is pictured before the incident carved in the form of an angel and dating that hold worship on the Sun- and, at right, after it was set on fire by the intruder. to the founding of the parish, was com- day following are the ones that pletely destroyed. survive and flourish. Everyone jumped in grateful for the kindness and support of Authorities have said the damage mir- and we made it happen.” the community. rors similar incidents in the Southland. The Very Rev. Canon Michael Bam- “A professional carpenter who lives According to a Jan. 20 Los Angeles Times berger agreed. “We know that congrega- across the street boarded up the broken report, the graffiti seemed to resemble mes- tions that are fundamentally healthy, and window and brought us the right chemi- sages left on other vandalized churches. clear about priorities recover well,” said cals and brushes needed to remove the Using green spray paint, the intruders Bamberger, who is a coordinator for the graffiti, then worked alongside parishio- wrote “Jehovah” on a stone statue of an church’s disaster relief agency, Episcopal ners to scrub it away,” Leland said. “Another neighbor brought us his com- mercial ozone generator to help mitigate “It could have been so much worse. We are the burned odor inside the church. Vari- very lucky. So, onward and upward.” ous other neighbors have come by, often with tears in their eyes, to ask how they — The Rev. Robert Gaestel, rector of Church of the Angels, Pasadena can be helpful. We strive continually to be a good neighbor, but I don’t think any- angel outside the building, as well as the Relief and Development. one realized that someday our neighbors words “Jehovah Lives” and a reference to “It was so important that the Church of would have a chance to return the favor in an Old Testament Bible verse on the side- the Angels held their Sunday services the a moment of need. That’s been profound- walk. next day — in the sanctuary that had been ly encouraging.” The Bible verse, 2 Kings 19:35, reads: violated — so that the critical work of the Gaestel added that the strong show of “And that night the angel of the Lord went church being church didn’t miss a beat.” support from the bishops and Bamberger out and struck down 185,000 in the camp The arson investigation continues, and conveyed the message “that we were re- of the Assyrians. And when people arose police have classified the incident as a hate membered across the diocese that Sunday, early in the morning, behold, these were crime. Meanwhile, Leland said, the con- with many parishes praying for us and our all dead bodies.” gregation’s emotions continue to run the recovery. The same verse was spray-painted at gamut, from shock, anger, dismay, sadness “The church was full at both services Ancient Church of the East Mar Shaleeta and disbelief, undergirded by “the resolve and the liturgy was a powerful affirma- Parish, an Assyrian church in San Fernan- to move forward, to repair the damage, to tion of our faith and values as Christian do, in November 2016. In February 2017 draw close to each other, and not be rede- people. We’re going forward with the re- police discovered similar graffiti at three fined by this hostile act against our place pairs,” he said. West Covina churches: Christ Lutheran of worship.” “It could have been so much worse. We Church, St. Christopher Catholic Church He said church officials are “working are very lucky. So, onward and upward. and West Covina Christian Church. with law enforcement as needed. And Thank you all for your thoughts and Leland said that after investigators al- we’re doing our best — even though it’s prayers and expressions of support. I and lowed them to enter, about 40 parishio- incredibly hard — to pray for the person the parish as a whole really appreciate it.” ners, neighbors and friends worked for who did this.” People wishing to assist with the resto- hours to prepare the church for next day Both he and Gaestel said they are grate- ration and repair of the church may visit worship. ful the damage wasn’t more severe, and www.coa-pasadena.org/giving. ?

THE EPISCOPAL NEWS Lent 2018 7 disaster recovery

Parish goes on ‘being the church’ as Montecito recovers from mudslides

he people and clergy of All Saints by-the-Sea Epis- copal Church returned to their church in time for services on Sunday, Feb. 4 after being forced out by deadly mudslides Jan. 9. By Janet Kawamoto Then, according to their rector, the Rev. Aimee Ey- er-Delevett, they went right back out again to bring o At top left: Aimee comfort and sacraments to volunteer crews from t Eyer-Delevett of All Habitat for Humanity, the recently organized Santa pho s / sheri benninghoven Saints by-the-Sea Barbara Bucket Brigade and other groups that were During and immediately after the storm, local Church, brings at work digging out access paths to devastated areas firefighters and the National Guard used All Saints Eucharist and blessings of their Montecito neighborhood. as a staging area and triage center, caring for injured to volunteers digging “We took communion to them, because that’s people inside the church while evacuees found shel- out access paths to where God is, right?” said Eyer-Delevett, who has ter, food and clothing donated by parishioners and mudslide-devastated served the congregation for the past three years. neighbors. homes and businesses “It’s been a really beautiful experience, to take the The ravages of the fires and mudslides were in Montecito. Top right: sacrament to these people, to give them strength well covered by the local and national press. But One of the many and hope.” All Saints’ ministry to those who suffered loss and houses destroyed in The Eucharist teams have continued to visit clean- trauma has continued after the media spotlight has the Jan. 9 mudslides. up crews each Sunday since. “As long as people are moved on. Above right: Eyer- digging we’ll show up with the sacrament and re- At first the congregation and its preschool had to Delevett welcomes two mind them of God’s presence with them,” said Eyer- deal with their own displacement as the area was firefighters and a Delevett. completely evacuated after the mudslides, which de- doctor to a Feb. 9 Unincorporated Santa Barbara-adjacent Monte- molished dozens of homes and killed 21 people; two service for people who cito, along with nearby Carpinteria, is dealing with more, including a toddler, are missing and presumed helped or were helped the aftermath of mudslides caused by an unusually dead. Although none of the dead are All Saints mem- at All Saints on the day heavy rainstorm that occurred soon after the Thom- bers, several parishioners’ homes were destroyed. of the mudslides. as fire burned large areas of the hillsides, stripping During the evacuation, All Saints members wor- the vegetation that usually keeps soil in place. shiped at home gatherings (continued next page)

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mudslide recovery (continued from page 8) t hleen brigh hleen t a k Above: Community members wrote messages of grief, gratitude and hope on a banner provided at a prayer service for those who had made their way to help or be helped at All Saints by-the-Sea Church the day mudslides devastated the

area. At right: Geoffrey Rusack (right) — son of the late fourth bishop of Los o t Angeles, Robert C. Rusack — and Marni McGee (second from right) join other members of All Saints to light prayer candles at a Jan. 26 service for the k displaced congregation, hosted by Trinity Church, Santa Barbara. t a j ne awamo and nearby congregations. Trinity hosted a livelihoods have been crushed along with tation to stand up and tell their stories. special service Jan. 26 for All Saints parish- the homes of their employers. “People spoke about how truly trans- ioners — the first time the congregation “We have a group helping with pastoral formative this experience was for them,” was able to gather since the mudslides. On and practical needs of residential families she said. “They could look across the pews that occasion, Bishops John Harvey Tay- that were affected: meals, appointments, at another person and say, this one let me lor and Diane Jardine Bruce led a delega- sitting in on insurance meetings, finding shower in their home, this one comforted tion from the Diocese of Los Angeles that housing,” said Sheri Benninghoven, an All me when I didn’t know what happened to included Canon to the Ordinary Melissa Saints parishioner and professional crisis my loved ones.” McCarthy; Robert Williams, canon for communication specialist. “Even the mun- Benninghoven remembered another at- Common Life; and the Rev. Canon Mi- dane, like giving kids rides — everything tendee who commented, “I needed help chael Bamberger, diocesan disaster coordi- we can do to help these families. that day, and I made my way to All Saints nator. Bruce, area bishop for the northern “It’s a resilient bunch,” she added. — and I was in a position to give others part of the diocese, handed Eyer-Delevett a “They take one step and they take another help, and I did.” $5,000 check, part of a diocesan fire and step, and they get through it.” “It was incredibly heartfelt to hear how mudslide relief fund that has raised some their hearts were touched,” said Benning- $40,000. The fund has been used to assist Ministry in the wake of disaster hoven. “Now they have a relationship the poor, homeless and undocumented in Once they were allowed back into their with All Saints, and maybe even with God. the fire and mudslide area — those who church in the last days of January, All “That’s why our buildings are impor- might otherwise find it difficult to get help, Saints parishioners immediately went to tant. It’s not about the doors and windows according to McCarthy. work. They held a “Service of Hope and and walls; it’s about the sense of place. Relief funds also helped subsidize extra Remembrance” on Feb. 9, exactly one And people knew that if they made their Laundry Love events through the exist- month after the storm that turned life in way to All Saints they would find shelter ing ministries supported by St. Andrew’s the community upside down. They invited and food and help.” Church, Ojai, and St. Paul’s Church, Ven- everyone who had come through All Saints Many of those attending wrote messag- tura. Laundry Love gave local indigent on Jan. 9: evacuees, first responders, those es on a large banner draped over the altar. and poor residents opportunities to wash who donated food, clothing and blankets, Some memorialized the dead; others wrote their smoke-infused clothing and bedding and those who offered or received care notes of thanks to first responders and to after the fires. Organizers provided food and hospitality. All Saints. and distributed donated clothing during All Saints didn’t have contact infor- “We love you all. We are so sorry to the events. mation — or even names, in many cases so many. We are sad. We will be happy All Saints also has raised money to — for the people who had been at their again,” wrote one person. help its neighbors, concentrating on less- church that day, so they sent out the word “Dear Pastor Aimee,” wrote another. wealthy members of the generally affluent in local news outlets, and asked their pa- “You have a wonderful congregation and Montecito community, especially service rishioners and neighbors to share widely I am so grateful for all you guys did for us workers, some of whom were living in on social media. Some 200 people attend- and everyone in need.” small houses that were washed away by ed the simple non-denominational service. While resuming its normal programs, the the mud or crushed by debris, and whose Several responded to Eyer-Delevett’s invi- parish has contin- (continued on page 14)

THE EPISCOPAL NEWS Lent 2018 9 camp & conference center . Taylor . H John John At top left: Friends and staff of Camp Stevens gather Dec. 16 to dedicate the new Bergstrom Lodge. Top right: Bishop John Taylor and others watch as Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori blesses the lawn between the dining hall and swimming pool. At right: Peter and Vicki Bergstrom cut the ribbon to open the lodge named in their honor. Below right: Beth Bojarski, camp executive director, addresses the gathering. Bojarski recently resigned from the staff in order to move with her family to Ohio. Camp Stevens dedicates new lodge in honor of Bergstroms amp Stevens, the diocese’s facil- the main assembly room. That room will ity in Julian, California, hosted a be named after recently retired associate Cdedication program Dec. 16 for its director John Horton, who with Beth Bo- nearly-completed Bergstrom Lodge, the jarski, the camp’s executive director, facili- final stage of a rebuilding and upgrade tated the new construction. project begun in the wake of the 2007 fires Bojarski, who succeeded Bergstrom as that destroyed 13 of the camp’s buildings. director in 2012, announced Dec. 20 that The lodge is named in honor of Peter she had resigned from the staff to move o

Bergstrom, who retired in 2012 after 40 with her family to Cincinnati, Ohio, where t years as executive director of the camp, her husband, the Rev. Mitch Bojarski, has

and his wife Vicki, who served in many a new position as assistant priest. Kathy kawamo t

different roles — administrator, guide, Wilder, a former operations director at the a trainer and more — during the couple’s camp, has been appointed as interim ex- j o long residence. ecutive director (see story below). ? t pho s / ne Bishop John Taylor of the Diocese of Los Angeles and Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, bishop assisting in the Diocese of San Diego and former presiding bishop of Camp Stevens names Kathy the Episcopal Church, led the dedication, followed by a walk through other camp Wilder as interim director facilities, where they also offered blessings, amp Stevens has named its former She succeeds Beth including the Bishop Wolterstorff Lodge, operations director, Kathy Wilder, Bojarski, who has named after the late bishop of San Diego, Cas interim executive director, Los resigned from the and the chicken enclosure, home to the Angeles Canon to the Ordinary Melissa Camp Stevens staff camp’s considerable flock, which provides McCarthy announced Feb. 14. to relocate with her Kathy Wilder the staff and campers with eggs and meat. Wilder’s appointment was approved by family to Ohio. The Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy, Camp Stevens board of advisors in con- Wilder has served in the youth develop- canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of sultation with Bishops John H. Taylor ment field for 24 years, starting as a camp Los Angeles and a member of the camp’s and Diane Jardine Bruce of the Diocese counselor and wilderness leader for the board of advice, opened the proceedings, of Los Angeles and Bishop Katharine Jef- Girl Scouts of San Diego-Imperial Council. and the Bergstroms cut the ribbon to open ferts Schori of the Diocese of San Diego. She completed a (continued on page 15)

10 E TH EPISCOPAL NEWS Lent 2018 Advocacy & Action Pilgrims ‘tear down the wall’ during Via Crucis journey in support of immigrant rights By Janet Kawamoto he route was a little shorter, the symbolism a little altered, but some 200 members of the dioceses of Los Angeles and TSan Diego took part in the seventh annual Via Crucis pilgrimage in support of immigrants’ rights on Feb. 17. Participants prayed the stations of the cross at each stop — the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Los Angeles, St. Michael’s Church in Anaheim, and St. Philip’s Church, Lemon Grove (in the Diocese of San Diego), where the final stations were read. After taking part in a buffet lunch provided by the St. Philip’s congregation, the pilgrims concluded the event with a procession of lament, followed by a Eucharist, at which they tore down a symbolic wall fashioned of wire, rocks and brick and erected a new “wall of love” made of papel picado, paper cutouts that are used for festival decorations in Mexico. Restrictions established by the U.S. Border Patrol only a few days before the event prevented the pilgrimage from ending at the border wall separating the United States and Mexico, as it has done in the past. The new rules included a ban on religious imag- ery, any vehicles driving to the border, and all photography. It also limited visitors to 10 at a time, for no more than 30 minutes. At top: Children Bishops John Harvey Taylor and Diane Jardine Bruce of the and a friend help Diocese of Los Angeles and Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of Bernardo Lopez the Diocese of San Diego announced alterations to the usual route, of the Cathedral replacing the customary Eucharist at the border wall with the pro- Center staff lead cession and lament followed by Eucharist inside St. Philip’s. the procession. The three bishops led the procession around the neighborhood, Above: Bishops joining in a litany intoned by a cantor. “Caminemos con Jesús” Katharine Jefferts (let us walk with Jesus), the people sang in response to prayers for Schori, John H. immigrants in search of work and sanctuary from violence. Taylor and Diane “It was very moving to be able to be here and to be able to share Jardine Bruce are with the Diocese of San Diego a lament about not being able to be followed by some at the wall the way we’ve always been,” said Bruce, who with the 200 pilgrims. Rev. Jennifer Hughes originated the pilgrimage in 2011. “We’re At right: Participants take away pieces of a symbolic wall of wire, brick looking forward to being back at the wall next year. We symboli- and rock. Below: A new “wall of love” arises. cally knocked it down and replaced it with a wall of love, which I hope for our world that’s something we someday can do.” Taylor, taking part in his second pilgrimage, said, “The plan- ners of this event have always played by the rules, and built warm relationships even with the Border Patrol officers and officials who took us to the border each year. This year, for whatever reason, the rules got more strict. Next year we hope to be back at the border, o exercising the symbolic power of this international ministry. t “But for now, thanks to the planning of Bishop Jefferts Schori kawamo and Bishop Bruce and others on their team, we had a wonderful t a

time of celebration and lament and inspiration here at St. Philip’s, j

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THE EPISCOPAL NEWS Lent 2018 11 ministries The Archdeacon: Deacons ‘serve margins of church o t o

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s the recently appointed archdeacon of the Dio- gram, along with the Rev. Canon Joanna Satorius, cese of Los Angeles, the Venerable Canon Char- canon for Formation and Deployment. Fresh Start is leen Crean aims to raise awareness about what a collaborative ministry that seeks to strengthen rela- may be the church’s most misunderstood order. tionships among clergy, congregations and the diocese She also hopes to fundraise to help identify, raise during leadership transitions. up, educate and train additional vocational deacons, As archdeacon, Crean embodies servant minis- to add to the ranks of the 44 currently serving in the try. At diocesan events like the Jan. 13 ordinations Leading a diocese. About half are retirement age, she said. of Mark David Bradshaw, Susan Holliday Cardone, ministry of “The ministry from the beginning has been about Edward Frank Mikovich, Gethin James Wied, Robin servanthood, in all its many forms and aspects,” Lynn Kassabian and Elizabeth Grace McQuitty, she servanthood in Crean told The Episcopal News recently. “Their prepares the altar for Eucharist and helps to clear it main work is not inside the church exactly and yet afterward. the Diocese of they are accountable for the work they do there, as During worship, she and other deacons typically any other ordained person would be. They live this proclaim the Gospel, lead the prayers of the people, Los Angeles life serving those in the margins of both the church bid the confession and dismiss the gathered commu- and the world.” nity back to the world to serve all people in the name Crean is no exception. For several years, she has of Christ. juggled the role of diocesan associate for formation By Pat McCaughan and transitions ministry, a role that began when the Deacons: finding their voice Rt. Rev. Jon Bruno appointed her archdeacon in Deacons straddle the secular and sacred worlds, August 2017, while serving as deacon at All Saints and many people — including some priests and laity Church in Pasadena. — misunderstand their ministry. As transitions associate she shepherds ordina- “The deacon is a rare breed,” Crean said. “They tion-seekers from the initial application process continue their day jobs just like laity, while hold- through congregational and Commission on Min- ing the weight of their ordination vows to make the istry (COM) discernment, until ordination and be- needs of the world known to the church and assist yond. The effort involves attending to paperwork, the church in developing an appropriate response to and making sure deadlines and appointments — for those needs.” Unlike priests, usually deacons are not physical and psychological exams and the bishop paid for their church ministry. and COM interviews — are kept. In some denominations, such as the United Meth- “Call me, that’s what I’m here for,” Crean advises odist Church, deacons are laity, not ordained as in a recent postulant for ordination who receives COM the Episcopal Church. Episcopal priests typically approval to enter the process. The approval comes serve as “transitional deacons” for six months to with a recommendation to take a year off between a year prior to their priestly ordination, which also undergraduate studies and seminary to participate can cause confusion. in an Episcopal Service Corps urban intern program This lack of understanding sometimes leads to Newly appointed (www.episcopalservicecorps.org). deacons being “treated like second class citizens … Archdeacon Charleen For the postulant, the news is invigorating and ter- and they are the ones who have incredible abilities Crean presents a gift to rifying; affirming and gut-wrenching. It involves ma- to be that link between the church and the world her predecessor, jor life, spiritual, economic and geographic changes. that we need to increase, especially because things Joanne Leslie, at an “This is surreal,” he finally responds. Crean assures in the world aren’t any better, last time I looked,” August 2017 service him she will accompany him each step of the way. Crean said. marking the transition. It doesn’t stop there. Every time a deacon transitions from one parish Crean also facilitates the diocesan Fresh Start pro- to another, “we become the (continued next page)

12 E TH EPISCOPAL NEWS Lent 2018 arc hdEACon (continued from page 12) voiceless order,” Crean said. “Everybody hears and sees the priest. “Laity have their voice. Bishops have their voice. Deacons’ ministries are in the world. Who sees that? Not the church, for the most part … and sometimes the church kimura doesn’t want to look at the message about

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Said Crean: “It is easy to feel over- c whelmed in hearing about all those needs. Deacons, priests and volunteers from the Diocese of Los Angeles, including Archdeacon So not allowing the deacon the pulpit time Charleen Crean, center, gather in Ojai to assist with a special Laundry Love program to serve to preach or initiate the prayers of the peo- homeless and poor people whose clothing and other belongings were smoke-damaged by the ple or the teaching time can pretty effec- Thomas fire. Deacons share a special calling to minister to those in need. tively silence deacons in congregations.” While priests gather the community at raised up by a community who witnessed of arts and master of social work degrees the altar, deacons “place the concerns of her call to vocation and convinced her to from the University of Hawaii. the world there each week, aware they are act on it. She was ordained a vocational dea- too heavy to carry alone.” Chuckling, she recalls church ladies — con Dec. 14, 1986, at 30 at St. Andrew’s They also respond to emergencies. Dur- convinced of her call to ordination — who Cathedral in Honolulu. She served at St. ing the Thomas fires last fall, a call went made an appointment with then-Bishop of George’s, Pearl Harbor, while working out to assist with extra Laundry Love Hawaii Edmond Browning and drove her with an interfaith-based program to train gatherings to aid homeless people in Ojai there. Browning (later presiding bishop of volunteers to care for the elderly in their and Ventura counties, who were severely the Episcopal Church) used a grant to pay homes. She also served as a chaplain at Io- affected by the fires. “They asked deacons for her education, she said. lani, one of the largest Episcopal schools in the nation.

“Deacons have incredible abilities to be that link Prior to coming to the Diocese of Los Angeles, she served as a psychiatric hospi- between the church and the world that we need tal administrator in Hawaii and in Grand Rapids, Michigan. to increase.” — Archdeacon Charleen Crean Alongside her secular vocation, she has served in a variety of congregations. She for help and we helped, “ said Crean, who “And I think that my voice has never founded a food pantry at St. Paul’s in was among those who responded. been as strong as a deacon as it was then.” Walker, Michigan, a Grand Rapids suburb. As archdeacon, she hopes to make dea- She is seeking to reprise that experience Later, while serving at Grace Church, East cons’ voices heard. She hopes priests and with other strong-voiced, willing servants, Grand Rapids, she created a clothing and laity will just ask deacons about their min- preferably from a diverse cross-section of food assistance program for a Sudanese istries. the church, because “our community of congregation worshipping at the church. “Please do not ask us when we are ‘mov- deacons who speaks Spanish is ridiculous- After moving to Los Angeles, she super- ing on to priesthood,’” she said. “Please ly small.” vised the clinical practice of social workers remember we are there without compen- She wants to change that. “I am asking doing outreach in the community for im- sation and at the bishop’s invitation, not deacons to look in the communities of poor poverished elderly at Huntington Hospital as junior curates or buildings and grounds where we serve and to identify those ser- in Pasadena while serving as deacon at All staff. Deacons are a bishop’s gift to any vant leaders and help to raise them up,” she Saints, Pasadena. community; please treasure them and hear said. “Because a call is a call and you an- She is married to the Rev. Canon John what they have to say.” swer it. You don’t wait till it’s convenient.” Crean, an interim pastor in the diocese. With Canon Hank Gatlin, first-ever lay Together, they share five adult children, A sacred vocation, an early calling associate to the archdeacon, she is work- six grandchildren and two great-grand- The diaconal order has been, for many ing to fund-raise, “because what made it children. As archdeacon she succeeded the in the diocese, a second vocation “and possible for me to go through school was Ven. Joanne Leslie, who retired in August. that’s not the soil from which I sprang,” Bishop Edmond Browning paid for it” Mostly, Crean wants deacons to be says Crean. through a grant allowing her to attend heard. The general lack of understanding She was barely 30, a single mother of classes at the University of Hawaii. of their role “is a justice issue,” she says. two little children, working several part- Born in Alabama, Crean was reared in “And I’m looking at justice right now for time jobs and going to school full-time, South Florida. She earned both bachelor the deacons.” ?

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Episcopal Church, 1221 Wass Street, control. A small donation of $5 is Tustin, led by Rebecca Prichard. The recommended for each guest to help cover retreat will explore the wisdom of the the costs of farm operations. Volunteers ancient Celts and of Celtic Christians should bring sun protection, gardening in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Cost is gloves, and drinking water. The Abundant $25 per person, which includes lunch Table Farm is located at McGrath Family and retreat materials. Child care will Farm, 1012 West Ventura Boulevard, be available for children ages five and Camarillo 93010. For questions, contact Exhibition at Epiphany, Los Angeles, under. Retreat leader Rebecca Prichard Lisa Devine at [email protected]. celebrates ‘Art of Protest’ has taught theology, worship, and The Church of the Epiphany, Los An- spirituality in a variety of congregational Red Shirt Project geles, and the Epiphany Conservation and academic settings. Workshop topics begins fundraising Trust will present “The Art of Protest: include “Celtic Art,” led by Prichard; for 2018 mission trip Epiphany and the Culture of Empower- “Celtic Spiritual Practice,” led by spiritual Fundraising has ment” Jan. 6 – March 29, an exhibition director Elaine Whelan; and “A Celtic begun for this year’s depicting the congregation’s involvement Way of Praying,” led by the Rev. Kay Red Shirt Project, in social justice issues since the late 1960s. Sylvester. Registration is due on or before which takes young Church of the Epiphany / La Iglesia de la March 10; call 714.544.3141 for more people to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Epifanía is located at 2808 Altura Street, information. Dakota to work with and learn from the Los Angeles 90031. Exhibition hours are people of the Oglala/Sioux reservation. Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For Abundant Table to host “My goal is $25,000,” wrote the Rev. information, call 323.227.9931. (Images: monthly ‘Open Farm’ Canon Michael Cunningham, rector of Rosalio Muñoz, Chicano Power March, The Abundant Table St. Mary’s Church, Lompoc, and leader 1968; Camilo Ontiveros, Deportables, Farm will be open to of the Red Shirt Project since its inception. colchon and rope, 2008.) visitors and volunteers “This will enable us to bring young people on the first Saturday of from all over the world for an amazing W omen’s retreat will each month, providing opportunity to discover themselves study Celtic spirituality an opportunity to explore a working through hard work, new relationships, Deaneries 9 and organic farm, help grow produce, and daily worship and shared community.” 10 will present their learn about the Abundant Table’s mission Donation checks may be made out to annual Women’s Lenten to create sustainable communities. Each Red Shirt Project and mailed to St. Mary’s Retreat, “Wisdom of month, the farm will offer information on Church, 2800 Harris Grade Road, Lompoc the Ancient Celts,” on Saturday, March different aspects of sustainable farming, CA 93436 . For more about the Red Shirt 17, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s including soil science and organic pest Project, visit www.redshirtproject.org. ? mudslide recovery (continued from page 9) ued to minister to its own parishioners and for the next three to five years while veg- 21 funerals,” Benninghoven said. “We’re its neighbors, creating what Eyer-Delevett etation on the hillsides is reestablished, ac- scared for our children. Our clergy and calls “a menu of opportunities.” A Lenten cording to Benninghoven, who is working our staff are feeling a lot of pressure to program will give parishioners opportuni- with the Santa Barbara County emergen- lead this effort.” ties to share their stories and “claim them cy operations center. All Saints is one of But the congregation will be there for its as their own”; to meet with a representa- four Montecito churches that are working members and its neighbors, Eyer-Delevett tive of the Institute for Congregation Trau- with nonprofit and county organizations said, noting that All Saints’ 118 years of ma & Growth to work on communal heal- to gauge the overall needs of the commu- ministry in Montecito makes it an iconic ing; to have small-group discussions with nity. The task force, she says, is “heav- presence there, a status heightened by its therapists; to learn about spiritual practices ily focused on total evacuation in case of prominent role in the recent disaster. that will help ground them in their faith; storms, with a 72-hour countdown.” Resi- In spite of the state of heightened anxi- to meet with healing touch practitioners, dents are asked to have a suitcase packed, ety and risk in which her parishioners and and more. Offerings are planned through so they can get out at a moment’s notice. neighbors will live for the next few years, April, and will probably continue beyond In addition, All Saints is establishing she said, “It’s beautiful to see the way peo- that time, Eyer-Delevett said. specific plans for its parish and preschool, ple are responding to the needs of their fel- “This is going to be at least a two-year which is now back in its facilities at the low community members. Hope in action healing process,” based on previous expe- parish. “We’re worried and we’re watch- is being lived out. riences of disaster recovery, she said. ing the hillsides and the rain forecasts, “What an opportunity to be the The area will be vulnerable to mudslides and we’re recovering from the trauma of church," she added. ?

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ORDINATIONS artin -M n ho il M ana J Mark Douglas Dawson administers communion after John H. Taylor ordained him as a deacon on Jan. 6 at St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles. He is serving at St. John’s Church in La Verne.

C aMP stevens interim director (continued from page 10) tumilty ris h college internship at Camp Stevens 1996 c while studying social work and secondary Six ordained to priesthood education at Kalamazoo College. After ishop John H. Taylor ordained six to the priesthood Jan. 13 in a service at St. John’s Cathedral. graduation, she continued to find career BFrom left, new priests are: Mark Bradshaw, Robin Wolf Kassabian, Edward Milkovich, Elizabeth opportunities outdoors with youth, work- McQuitty, Holly Cardone, and Gethin Wied. Bishop Suffragan Diane Jardine Bruce celebrated the ing for the Orange County Outdoor Sci- Eucharist, and the Very Rev. Canon Michael ence School program, YouthServe Ameri- Archer preached. Also pictured is Canon to the Corps and directing camp for the Girl Ordinary Melissa McCarthy, who took part in the Scouts in the summer. service. The new priests decided at their Wilder returned to Camp Stevens in pre-ordination retreat with Archer that they didn’t 2007 as operations director. She helped want to take themselves too seriously, so five of navigate the aftermath of the Angel Fire,

them showed their lighter side by wearing red r supporting and leading recovery efforts on o yl

Converse sneakers to the ordination; the sixth a all levels. She departed in 2010, serving at . T . H chose red satin pumps, as photographed by the Jackie Robinson YMCA as the youth n

Bishop Taylor (right). Joh program director and for the last six years as the chief operating officer for Pro Kids | The First Tee of San Diego. CONNECTIONS Wilder earned a master’s in business administration and masters of science in u The Rev. Gary Bradley and the Rev. Our Saviour, San Gabriel, Feb. 12. leadership from Grand Canyon University Peg Bradley have retired as rector and u The Rev. Robin Kassabian is priest in in 2015. She currently working towards a assistant, respectively, of Church of Our charge of St. Mark’s Church, Van Nuys, doctorate of education in organizational Saviour, San Gabriel. as of Feb. 1. leadership with an emphasis on resilience u The Rev. George Daisa began his and transformation. u The Rev. Bonnie McNaughton has ministry as rector of St. Patrick’s, Wilder’s wife, Hannah; son, Owen, age retired as deacon at Christ Church, Thousand Oaks in October. 17; and dog, Sadie, are also happy to re- Redondo Beach. join the camp community. Owen works as u The Rev. Bob Dannals was called u The Rev. Greg Millikin will begin a counselor in the summer and is in 11th as interim priest at All Saints Church, Feb. 1 as vicar of Grace Church, New grade. Hannah is the communications di- Beverly Hills, beginning Feb. 1. Lenox, Illinois (Diocese of Chicago). rector for the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego and a postulant at the School for u The Rev. Nickolas C. Griffith was u The Rev. Kirby Smith has been called Ministry. installed as rector of Christ Church, as chief financial officer of the Diocese “I am honored to join the Camp Stevens Redondo Beach, on Nov. 26. of San Diego. He concluded his ministry staff once again, and shepherd our team, u The Rev. Bob Honeychurch began at St. Luke’s of the Mountains, La our operation and our focus through this serving as priest-in-charge of Church of Crescenta, in January. ? time of change and transition,” Wilder said. ?

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REQUIESCAT and Andrew, and several grandchildren. and trainer at the University of North Another son, Lawrence, died in 2016. Carolina, Chapel hill, and an administra- u The Rev. John Charles Colburn, a for- tor in the City of Durham before attend- mer rector of Grace Church, Glendora, u Billie Loit Fenton, ing Berkeley Seminary at Yale Divinity and St. Bartholomew’s Church, Pico Ri- wife of the Rev. Fred School. She is survived by her daughter, vera, died Dec. 4. Ordained in 1952, Fenton, retired rector of April Browne; a sister and two broth- Colburn was a member of the diocese’s St. Augustine by-the-Sea ers. Two other sisters predeceased her. A ecumenical and camping commission. Church, Santa Monica, memorial service was held at All Saints He withdrew from ordained ministry in died Jan. 7 after a short Church on Jan. 13. about 1969 because of his sexual orienta- illness. She was 83. Bil- tion. At the request of Bishop Catherine lie Fenton worked for u The Rt. Rev. D. Bruce Roskam, bishop-in-charge of St. James’ 17 years as a department assistant at the MacPherson, third bish- Church, Los Angeles, Bishop J. Jon Bruno RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, and was a op of the Diocese of reinstated Colburn to the priesthood in lifelong activist in support of progressive Western Louisiana (re- 2015. Services were held Dec. 16 at St. causes. She and her husband participated tired) who also was a James’. In addition to his husband Don- in the 1965 Selma Civil Rights March. former bishop suffragan ald Duncan, Colburn is survived by a sis- She was an active and beloved member of of the Diocese of Dallas ter and a nephew. St. Augustine’s during his 23-year tenure and previously canon to there. He survives her, along with sons the ordinary and a parish priest in the u The Rev. Addison K. David, James and Mark; and three grand- Diocese of Los Angeles, died Dec. 22. He Groff died late in Janu- children. Services will be private. was 77 and had entered hospice follow- ary at age 98. He was ing a diagnosis of leukemia and after suf- ordained in The Episco- u Canon Percia Hutch- fering a fall. Requiem Eucharist was cel- pal Church in 1950. He erson, a physical thera- ebrated on Dec. 30 at All Souls Episcopal spent most of his career pist and longtime medi- Church, Oklahoma City. as rector of churches in cal missionary in Eldoret, New Jersey, and moved Kenya, died Jan. 9 at u The Rev. James Ha- to the Diocese of Los Angeles after his her home in Los Ange- jime “Jimmy” Shiode, wife’s death. He attended All Saints les. She was 95, and had deacon, died Feb. 4 at age Church, Pasadena, and later was a mem- been in ill health for sev- 94. He was ordained to ber of St. Thomas’ Church, Hollywood. eral years. A service was held Jan. 24 at the diaconate in 1998 af- Survivors include his sons David of New Christ the Good Shepherd Church, her ter retiring from a career York and Jonathan of Los Angeles. Re- parish home for many years. In addition as a certified public ac- quiem Eucharist was celebrated Jan. 29 to her extensive work in Kenya, Hutch- countant and comptrol- at St. Thomas’ Church. erson was instrumental in the building ler. A service was held on Feb 24 at St. of Good Shepherd Homes, an apartment Mary’s Church (Mariposa Avenue), Los u A memorial service was complex for residents with physical dis- Angeles, where he served as a deacon in held on Feb. 17 at Trinity abilities. Bishop Frederick Borsch named recent years. A widower, Shiode’s survi- Church in Fillmore for her a canon of the diocese in 1997. Her vors include daughter Anne (Ed) Ito and the Rev. Canon Harvey life story was told in the 2003 book Ev- son Daniel (Deena) Shiode, four grand- H. Guthrie, Jr., former ery Little Bit: The Remarkable Life of children and two great-grandchildren. longtime professor and Percia Hutcherson, by the late Canon dean of the Episcopal Di- Ruth Nicastro, former editor of The u The Rev. Carl Edward Wilke Sr., who vinity School, Cambridge, Episcopal News. served as an Episcopal priest for more Massachusetts. He was a parish priest, a than 50 years, died Dec. 26 at age 97 at writer of many books, a four-time deputy u The Rev. Zelda Ken- his home in Aliso Viejo. A funeral mass to General Convention, and volunteer le- nedy, who until her re- was celebrated at Faith Church, Laguna gal aid counselor for poor and disadvan- tirement in 2017 was Niguel, on Dec. 30. Wilke was ordained taged people. In retirement, he served on senior associate for Pas- a priest in 1944 in Milwaukee and served the board of Bloy House (The Episcopal toral Care and Spiritual congregations in Texas, Wisconsin, Mis- Theological School at Claremont) for six Growth at All Saints souri and Arkansas. He moved to Aliso years. Guthrie died Dec. 17 at age 93 in Church, Pasadena, died Viejo in 2004 to be nearer family. Sur- Oxnard. Doris, his wife of more than 70 Dec. 29 at her home in vivors include two daughters, two sons, years, died in 2016. Survivors include North Carolina. Kennedy worked in four grandchildren and four great-grand- their daughter Lynn Frances, sons Stephen banking, as a communications officer children. ? For full obituaries, visit www.episcopalnews.com

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