Saturday was the Descanso Parade. For the third year, the church and the Free Teen Guitar Class participated in the parade with vehicles from the Arnold Wheeled Vehicle Museum. This year’s participants were:
Eugene the 1943 Ford GPW Jeep
Chris Boyd, Driver
Michael Turner, Right Front
Dru Arnold, Back Seat
Mr. M151A2 the 1978 AM General Jeep
CMC Tim Macauley, Driver
Jan Macauley, Right Front
Mr. M601 the 1967 Dodge and the Free Teen Guitar Class
Ben Lizak, Driver
Holly Lizak, Right Front
Father Ironhand, Guitar
Ashley Turner, Guitar
Ryan Howell, Guitar
Jack Arnold, Guitar
Mr. Ford 850 the 1968 Western States Fire Truck
Hap Arnold, Driver
Greg Chase, Right Front
Fran Dexter, OIC Topside
Jodi Howell, Water Gunner
Candy and Water Gunners
Andrew
Zeya
Ken, Liz and their two kids
If you have never been to the Descanso Parade, it is an event. Descanso is a little village, about 10 miles east of Alpine, population 1,629. The parade is real old time, golf carts, dogs, goats, law mowers and tractors, plus us, of course.
After the parade, we came back to Rathaus, home of the Arnold Wheeled Vehicle Museum, the source of our parade vehicles for a Wiener Dog Feast. Command Master Chief Roaster Macauley turned out about 127 beautifully cooked wieners in record time in addition to furnishing most of the liquid refreshments. Dru had all the wiener decorations available. Ben and Holly brought cole slaw and potato salad, respectively. Alice Acker could not come to the parade, but sent wonderful cookies and brownie bits, which move very well. Somehow two Heineken keglets managed to empty themselves.
Once full, we went down to the Friendship Club and the kids rode the zip line until no one could run back. But, no one was too tired for the ice cream novelties.
Before the drivers left, they helped put the vehicles back, M601, GPW and Fire Truck back in the Fire House and the M151A2 back in Hangar One. With Perla there to help, all that was left was for Hap and Jack to secure the tables and chairs. Done Squirrel.
There were big riders and little riders, but no sad riders!
We had a great time. If you were there, you know. If you weren’t, join us week after next, Saturday 26 July 2008, for the Pine Valley Parade. A one hour earlier start, 0730 show because we have to be in position on the parade start at 0830. This time, there will be BBQ steaks afterwards at Rathaus.
Eighth Sunday after Trinity
Today was the Eighth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, commonly called Bee Sunday, as both the Epistle and Gospel start with the letter B. The weather was different for the area. The sunrise temperature was 701°F on Mount Olympus, but the humidity was high for us at 50 percent. By the time the service was over, the mercury had climbed to 91°F! Aargh! We had our lowest turnout ever, with 12 members present.
GAFCON – Global Anglican Future Conference
Today the customary pre-service class was superceded by a briefing by Father Acker on the GAFCON. Bishop Boyce attended GAFCON as our leader and representative .
While we have been preoccupied with the state of the “Episcopal” Church here in the United States, the Anglican Communion Worldwide has been torn by related turmoil. The churches of England, Canada, New Zealand and Australia have been on the same course as that of the United States, to a greater or lesser extent. The doctrine of universal values [be kind to people, feel their pain, try to help them, everyone’s views deserve equal respect, all of us are the same, you are no better than I, I no better than you, there is no absolute, all is relative, scripture has to be interpreted or ignored, never read literally, so on and so forth] have infected the church throughout the developed world. The camel and the eye of the needle, over and over.
The Continuing Church here in the United States shares many of the values, the ethos , of the churches in the less developed nations, most of whom by virtue of their geographic location are referred to as the Global South .
The Anglican model has historically valued unity. Unity cannot be at the expense of fealty to the Sovereign God, however. Thus, after years of listening to their “betters” in the “developed” world, the primates of the Global South, in conjunction with those of the “developed “ world whose loyalty to the Sovereign God has not swerved came together this past month in Jerusalem to hold a conference on the future of the Worldwide Anglican Community.
They stood up and were counted.
Our fellowship is not breaking away from the Anglican Communion. We, together with many other faithful Anglicans throughout the world, believe the doctrinal foundation of Anglicanism, which defines our core identity as Anglicans, is expressed in these words: The doctrine of the Church is grounded in the Holy Scriptures and in such teachings of the ancient Fathers and Councils of the Church as are agreeable to the said Scriptures. In particular, such doctrine is to be found in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, the Book of Common Prayer and the Ordinal. We intend to remain faithful to this standard, and we call on others in the Communion to reaffirm and return to it. While acknowledging the nature of Canterbury as an historic see, we do not accept that Anglican identity is determined necessarily through recognition by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Building on the above doctrinal foundation of Anglican identity, we hereby publish the Jerusalem Declaration as the basis of our fellowship.
The Jerusalem Declaration
In the name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit:
We, the participants in the Global Anglican Future Conference, have met in the land of Jesus’ birth. We express our loyalty as disciples to the King of kings, the Lord Jesus. We joyfully embrace his command to proclaim the reality of his kingdom, which he first announced in this land. The gospel of the kingdom is the good news of salvation, liberation and transformation for all. In light of the above, we agree to chart a way forward together that promotes and protects the biblical gospel and mission to the world, solemnly declaring the following tenets of orthodoxy which underpin our Anglican identity.
• We rejoice in the gospel of God through which we have been saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Because God first loved us, we love him and as believers bring forth fruits of love, ongoing repentance, lively hope and thanksgiving to God in all things.
• We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God written and to contain all things necessary for salvation. The Bible is to be translated, read, preached, taught and obeyed in its plain and canonical sense, respectful of the church’s historic and consensual reading.
• We uphold the four Ecumenical Councils and the three historic Creeds as expressing the rule of faith of the one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
• We uphold the Thirty-nine Articles as containing the true doctrine of the Church agreeing with God’s Word and as authoritative for Anglicans today.
• We gladly proclaim and submit to the unique and universal Lordship of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, humanity’s only Saviour from sin, judgement and hell, who lived the life we could not live and died the death that we deserve. By his atoning death and glorious resurrection, he secured the redemption of all who come to him in repentance and faith.
• We rejoice in our Anglican sacramental and liturgical heritage as an expression of the gospel, and we uphold the 1662 Book of Common Prayer as a true and authoritative standard of worship and prayer, to be translated and locally adapted for each culture.
• We recognize that God has called and gifted bishops, priests and deacons in historic succession to equip all the people of God for their ministry in the world. We uphold the classic Anglican Ordinal as an authoritative standard of clerical orders.
• We acknowledge God’s creation of humankind as male and female and the unchangeable standard of Christian marriage between one man and one woman as the proper place for sexual intimacy and the basis of the family. We repent of our failures to maintain this standard and call for a renewed commitment to lifelong fidelity in marriage and abstinence for those who are not married.
• We gladly accept the Great Commission of the risen Lord to make disciples of all nations, to seek those who do not know Christ and to baptize, teach and bring new believers to maturity.
• We are mindful of our responsibility to be good stewards of God’s creation, to uphold and advocate justice in society, and to seek relief and empowerment of the poor and needy.
• We are committed to the unity of all those who know and love Christ and to building authentic ecumenical relationships. We recognize the orders and jurisdiction of those Anglicans who uphold orthodox faith and practice, and we encourage them to join us in this declaration.
• We celebrate the God-given diversity among us, which enriches our global fellowship, and we acknowledge freedom in secondary matters. We pledge to work together to seek the mind of Christ on issues that divide us.
• We reject the authority of those churches and leaders who have denied the orthodox faith in word or deed. We pray for them and call on them to repent and return to the Lord.
• We rejoice at the prospect of Jesus’ coming again in glory, and while we await this final event of history, we praise him for the way he builds up his church through his Spirit by miraculously changing lives.
Primates’ Council
… We believe this is a critical moment when the Primates’ Council will need to put in place structures to lead and support the church. In particular, we believe the time is now ripe for the formation of a province in North America for the federation currently known as Common Cause Partnership to be recognized by the Primates’ Council.
Thus, the challenge to the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury:
Lead, follow or get out of the way!
While there is always hope, it appears the Archbishop of Canterbury, a man of “universal values” who can mis-read scripture with the “best” of them, will no doubt bury his head in the sand like an ostrich. Thus, like the ostrich, he will become irrelevant to our church. Amen.
Hap Arnold read the Epistle, which came from Paul’s letter to the Romans, the Eighth Chapter, beginning at the Twelfth Verse. Paul tells us to live out our lives as Jesus instructed us to. If we live as we want, we die and are gone. If we live as Jesus commanded, we will live through to eternity. Life is not about here, it is about doing well enough here so we can get there. If we want the fruits of the heirship we have been given, we must live the part:
BRETHREN, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Today’s Gospel started in the Seventh Chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, beginning at the Fifteenth Verse. Matthew records the warning that so few heed. Many leaders talk a good line, but how do they actually act, particularly in private? For it is private when none are looking that we are revealed. If you want to get to heaven, you have to act the part, not just talk about it.
BEWARE of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Sermon – Jesus’ Simple Guidelines for Behavior
The guidelines are simple. Simple in concept, but not easy to follow:
Build your Christian Life upon God
• Be Responsible for your actions
• Be Responsible for who you follow
Don’t hesitate to help others, but make sure you are helping them, not just criticizing them. It is awful easy to point out the mote in another’s eye when your vision is focused so clearly by the beam in your own eye. Easy, but not so accurate. That may be why Beam-o-Vision never became popular.
Don’t pick on people, help weaker people, do not feed on them. Don’t jump on their faults or criticize their faults—unless you want the same treatment. Don’t be flip about holy things—Honor God
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Don’t look for shortcuts to God—focus on God. Remember, if a shortcut was really the best way, it would be the right way, not a shortcut.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Just look at what they do. Saying, “Lord, Lord” isn’t the magic password to get you into heaven; Good preachers actually do the Father’s will. Sheep are easy to follow, but you end up in the wolf’s stomach!
Jesus tells us to build our Christian Life upon God, thus we are to be responsible for our own actions and to responsible for who we follow. The old, “The devil made me do it,” won’t hack it.
It is a sobering thought that we, not someone else, are responsible for our actions. Yet, if our fate is not of our making, we cannot change it. If you cannot affect the outcome, clearly you are blameless. You are also hopeless. There is little we can alter, with God’s grace and help. There is far less we can do on our own.
Remember:
• Be Responsible for your actions
• Be Responsible for who you follow
New Parish Lay Reader
As all the regular attendees are aware, Greg Chase is studying for the diaconate, that is to be a deacon. Greg has now been licensed as a Lay Reader in the church by Bishop Boyce. That means he can lead the congregation in Morning and Evening Prayer. This is the service we use in the event there is no priest available. Once Greg is a deacon, he will be able to conduct a limited form of Holy Communion using pre-consecrated wine and bread known as the Deacon’s Service.
The deacon is a role in the Church which is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. In Anglican tradition, the diaconate is a clerical office; in others, it is for laity. The diaconate is the entry level position into the three tiered ordained ministry: Deacon – Priest – Bishop. The person must meet the qualifications to be a deacon to be either a priest or bishop.
The word deacon (and deaconess) is derived from the Greek word diakonos (διάκονος) which literally means 'through the dust' and is often translated servant or waiter. It is generally believed that the office of deacon originated in the selection of seven men, among them Stephen, to assist with the charitable work of the early church as recorded in Acts 6.. A biblical description of the qualities required of a deacon, and of his household, can be found in 1 Timothy 3:8-13:
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Among the more prominent deacons in history are Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr; Philip the Evangelist, whose baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch is recounted in Acts 8:26-40; Saint Lawrence, an early Roman martyr; and Saint Romanos the Melodist, a prominent early hymnographer.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
There were no reported birthdays or anniversaries today.
After Church Hospitality
Due to a change in scheduling, with no one on the official list, we had massive goodies today. Due to an emergency on the Beadle’s part, we have no pictures. All very good!
The Command Master Chief Brewer himself handled coffee making on behalf of Tim’s House of Coffee and Father Acker was up early to make his special low carb lemonade. Thanks to both.
After church goodies providers as currently signed up:
Date Name
20 July 2008 Dru Arnold
27 July 2008 Alice Acker
3 August 2008 Opportunity Available
New Nametags
We had no new nametags today.
People in our Prayers - http://www.blessedtrinityprayerteam.blogspot.com/
Prayer is an extremely important activity.
It is not that God knows not our needs, for He surely does. Yet, Jesus commanded us to ask God for those same needs. In addition to the obvious of asking God for help, offering thanksgiving and the like, prayer helps us focus our thoughts on how we might do God's work.
The Prayer Team of the Alpine Anglican Church of the Blessed Trinity was established to help our members and fellow Christians pray for those in need and to give thanks as well for the blessings we have been granted.
Who can be on the list? Do I have to be a member of the Blessed Trinity Church to be prayed for? No! The only qualification to be on the list is that you want our prayer team to pray for you. We are Christians and are happy to pray for you, no matter who you are. If you want help from God, you are our kind of people.
What is the commitment from the prayer team?
Each member of the team will pray for the desired outcome at last once per day.
How do I get myself or someone else on the prayer list?
You can email one of the prayer team leaders: Greg - gnchase@cox.net or Dru - dru@descansorodents.com, or call the church office at (619) 722-1772 or fill out a prayer card at church.
What should I ask for?
Depends on what you want. Some people merely want God to be asked to heal their ills and be mentioned by their first name, others want a specific outcome and / or have more of their personal information known to the team. Ask for what you want. It is your desire and need for prayer the team is attempting to meet. For typical examples, see the list below.
Updating the Team
If you are on our prayer list, or if you have submitted a person that you have asked us to pray for, please update one of the team members or Father Acker in person, by telephone or email. It helps to be able to pray specifically for these individuals including their specific needs; plus if they get better, it is nice to give thanks!
Please note that on the green or orange cards at church, you can ask that those to be prayed for have their names disseminated to the "prayer team". Those names will be said in church and appear here. Or, you can ask that their names and purpose be kept confidential, and then only Father Acker will know to pray for them.
Travel
Ken is on travel this week .
Traci and Warren are on travel this week.
Don, Sandy and Nick are on travel this week.
Repose of Soul
Maggie Stewart (age ~1) passed away on 5 July 2008 from complications of a heart valve procedure after four days of valiant struggle. Of your Christian charity, please pray for the repose of her soul and healing for her parents Mollie and John and the remainder of her family here on earth.
Healing
Betty, Annie (diabetes), Salvador (cancer), Betty, Marge, Uni, Bethany (collision), Greg (shoulder surgery), Karl, Kathy, Christian, Marie, Wanda, James (diabetes), Frank+ (brain tumor), Sarah, Tina, Mark, Lois, Jennette (Alzheimer’s), Gary, Delores, Anna, Ruth, Theresa, Don (post surgery), Melanie, Connie, Tom, Crystal, Thomas, Hadley, Diane, Norm, Gregory, Terri, Mary, Edward, Bert, Carmen, Yolanda, Jodi, Ken, Sheila, Nancy, Leucrecia (cancer), Michele, Marybeth (broken foot, stroke), Bill (infection), Teiko, Ernie, Ray, Tamara, Betty, Hazel, Richard, Bruce (heart attack), Susanne, Paul (stroke), Ralph+ (eyes hip), Allison (kidney), Bill (ETOH poisoning), Fran (cataracts) , Joy, Kai, Jay, Tim, Sandy (back), Jack (toe infection)
Evelyn Hunt is just not feeling right. She has generalized shaking, pressure in her head, blurred vision, nausea and fatigue. Although she has undergone many tests, they have not been able to determine the cause of the problem. She goes back to the doctor on Tuesday for more results. Please pray for a determination of the cause of her problems, a cure and a cessation of the symptoms.
Lona Walsh is in significant discomfort but it looks like it is not Lupus. She had an MRI last week with the hope of finding something that will help her. It looks like she needs shoulder surgery on both sides, not great news, but much better than Lupus. She hopes for more information shortly, in the mean time, she asks that you continue your prayers for healing.
Duncan Bridewell and his brother John Bridewell were in an aircraft accident in the Utah wilderness and were trapped in the aircraft over night . Duncan has a collapsed lung, ankle injuries plus the usual "I just got beat up" stuff. John has a broken leg, arm, plus the beat up thing. Please pray a prayer of thanksgiving for their survival and pray for their rapid and complete recovery.
Fran's cousin Carl is in the Kingman, Arizona hospital with pancreatitis. He was in the ICU, but is doing much better now. His sister Sue and her husband Sam are with him. Please pray for Carl's quick and complete recovery.
Mary Parker was in the hospital with an infection. She was released to her home on Monday, 26 May 2008, Memorial Day. Please pray a prayer of thanksgiving and continue to pray for her full recovery and that she might be able to stay home.
Kay Denton (Mrs. Kay) – is home from the hospital now, though she continues to have with heart, kidney and lung difficulties with fluid buildup on the lungs and what may be a form of septic arthritis. She is doing much better. Every so often she has a flare-up of the severe shoulder pain, accompanied by chills and shivering- but the last time it happened was much relieved by Cortisone injections. Also, please pray for her to maintain her positive attitude. As always, she retains her trust in the Lord, she thankful to get her positive attitude back. Pray also for Mrs. Kay’s family and her close friend Len who are under great stress that they might also keep their trust in the Lord. Mrs. Kay sent the Prayer Team a card and asks that everyone who is praying for her know how grateful she is for their prayers.
Joy – She has a reoccurrence of abdominal cancer, which is non-operable. She is currently undergoing radiation treatment. She and her family ask your prayers for the treatment to do good and for her to tolerate it better. More importantly, she asks God’s help to deal with the pain and discomfort while keeping a positive attitude during what is a very trying time.
Nicole Ethridge - age 27, mother of two - Has a form of liver disease, which is causing her liver to shut down. She is near dialysis and would like you to pray for her disease to go into remission so that she can keep off dialysis and avoid a liver transplant. She asks that you pray for her continued faith and good spirits, as well as strength to take care of her children.
Baby Marie, daughter of Bill and Andrea Baker of St. Andrew’s in Jacksonville, Oregon. Marie was born prematurely with immature lungs. She is now 2lbs. 2 oz.
Marie's lungs cannot function on their own. She has been on a high-frequency ventilator for some time. Over long periods of use, the ventilator itself can cause lung damage. Thus, a dilemma. That combined with having two lung viruses has put her in a position of relying only on a Miracle. Nothing more can be done medically for Marie. It is up to her and God's will. She is comfortable and doing extremely well in every other way. She is no longer on IVs for food, blood sugars are normal, no signs of jaundice. On one side there are high hopes; on the other side how much time is there for her here on earth?
Please pray that Marie will gain the function of her lungs and stay with us. Also, pray for the Baker family that they might maintain their trust in God and have strength throughout this ordeal.
Caroline (age 10, leukemia recurrence) has made it through the surgery to remove her port and put in her Hickman line, and through four radiation treatments. The radiation treatments started yesterday and knocked her down right away. I was amazed because she had always withstood really well even the "big gun" chemo they have given her. She has a hard time even getting up out of the wheel chair when they take her to radiation and has been nauseous frequently. In the past three years she has probably been nauseous 3 or 4 times and she has been nauseous that many times just in one day now. She is so strong though. I had a harder time seeing the Hickman in place than she did. She doesn't like it, but I thought I was going to faint. I keep hoping that if she is feeling this tired, the leukemia is feeling it even more. I just keep imagining any remaining leukemia cells getting zapped and evaporating. That is really the only way we can manage to keep taking her to the treatments.
Overall, it has already been more intense than I had imagined it would be at this point, but it is going as planned. All your prayers are helping her deal with it all. I keep telling her that if this is what we need to do to cure her, then we need to do it and put it behind us. Every treatment is another thing we can put in the past. With God's help, we will make it through one step at a time.
Please keep praying for Caroline as her transplant nears, for her to respond well to all of the treatments, for every single leukemia cell to be destroyed, and for the bone marrow transplant to be a complete success, and for the family to continue relying on the grace and healing of Christ our Lord. Caroline has the stained glass window of her horse that Keith Barrett made and her prayer quilt from Lake Murray with her at City of Hope. Thanks for supporting this dear family and for continuing in prayer for them.
Guidance
Lloyd & Jennifer, Bob to be guided to a church
Ashley, Breyana, Vie, Asha, Cory, Heather, Holly, Ken, Maruja, Stella, Shelly, Jerry, Martha, Matt, Marci, Nicholas, Carmen, Mary, John, William, Joe, Alexander, Jonathan, Phil, Sandy, Larraine, Brad, Brian, Cindi, Uni, Jennifer, Greg, Ed, Ruthie, Margie, Phyllis, Walter, Doris-June, Rick, Carol, Susan, Curtis, Stephen, Donny, Chris, Eric (job), Andrew, Keith (job decision), Jeff, Penny, Sara, Mark, Alexandra, Nelson
Economic Guidance and Assistance
St. Andrew’s Academy (Lake Almanor, CA) Father Brian Foos (headmaster) – Please pray for help and guidance for the school, which is under severe pressure from economic down turn. You can pray and turn your heart towards this problem. If you can do something concrete to help them, contact Father Acker.
Homebound/Aged and Infirm
Mary, Donna, Betty, Noko, Adelaide, Evelyn, Lorraine, Ellie, Walter (skilled nursing)
Armed Forces & Contractors
Tillman, Patrick, Justin, Tim, Evan, Jim, RJ, Matt, Phillip, Tim, Oscar, Julian, Joe (USAF - Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait)
Thanksgiving
Stephen Pappin gives thanks for finding a job in the electronic power supply field in Santa Ana. He asks that you continue to pray that he will do well and help his new firm to prosper.
SCAIR Center in Alpine, who provides assistance to the local community, with emphasis on the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians is thankful for receiving three new grants for their pre- Head Start programs. They do good work in the community and also allow us to use their facility for meetings and education. Please join us in a prayer of thanksgiving.
CMS Jim Rodgers has been released to home from the hospital. Jim had a stroke on 7 June 2008. He has lost control of his right side and had much difficulty in thought processes. He was able to go home after a few days, but ended up back in the hospital with acute renal failure due to dehydration and an infection. All that go under control and he is doing much better. He is happy to be home. He and his family asks you pray a prayer of thanksgiving for the good start on his recovery and continue to pray for his complete recovery. Thank you from the family.
Question that only you can ask
What would you like to know about our history, what we believe, what we do or how we operate? Father Acker is looking for material for the continuing education class and the Beadle is looking for Thought for the Day material. Help us help you. Please send your question to the Beadle so we all can get an answer. Just because you don’t know the answer to your question doesn’t mean you are the only one who doesn’t know. But, if you don’t ask, no one will know.
I’d like to get a different point across or announce something
If you have a different point of view, I would be happy to give you room to get your point across. While this publication is my perspective on events, I recognize not everyone may agree and that some people would like to express their own opinion.
If want to write an article or make an announcement, please forward your item to the Beadle (with a note as to whether or not you would like editing help) to the following address: thebeadle@mac.com.
St. Andrew’s Academy
Our diocese is the sponsor of St. Andrew’s Academy (Lake Almanor, CA), a K-12 operation with about three dozen students. The product is superior, the students rank in the high nineties percentile of graduating seniors. These kids are our future. They are the future of the church and the school needs to keep turning them out, not away. The economic downturn is crippling them. They have a budget shortfall of about $30,000.00. Our parish came up with $2,113.00 to donate to St. Andrews Academy.
If you have not contributed and would like to, send a check to our church treasurer, made payable to the church, marked for St. Andrews. If you need the address, email thebeadle@mac.com.
Keeping Up to Date with the Parish and the World
In an effort to keep us in touch with each other and the Christian and non-Christian world, Father is posting updates at the Thursday Evening News, oddly enough on Thursdays. This is a nice mid-week update for us, drop in and take a look. It is also linked to from the various Beadle’s Blogs.
http://thursdayeveningnews.blogspot.com/
Epistle Readers
We post the list of Epistle Readers in the Beadle’s Report each week so you can either plan your attendance or your pre-reading as the spirit so moves you.
Date Reader
20 July 2008 Jack Arnold
27 July 2008 Dru Arnold
3 August 2008 Stephanie Boyd
10 August 2008 Ben Lizak
17 August 2008 Tim Macauley
24 August 2008 Holly Lizak
31 August 2008 Alice Acker
Parish Youth Camping Trip
The parish is planning a youth camping trip for summer. We have a tentative date of 15, 16 and 17 August 2008, that is Friday, Saturday and Sunday probably at Rathaus in Descanso. We will try to set the date in stone next Sunday.
We will meet at the Alpine Community Center parking lot on Friday morning, then take transport to a local camp area, which has not yet been solidified. We will drop our gear at the camp, then head out on a hike to lunch. After lunch, we will hike towards a pickup point, where we will join our transport back to the camp. The kids will finish setting up camp and cook dinner. After dinner, there will be some traditional camp activities and then to bed. Up early on Saturday morning, breakfast and off on another interesting hike to lunch. Again, back to camp in time to make dinner, more traditional camp activities and then to bed. Sunday morning will bring early rising for our Sunday service, breakfast and breaking camp. We expect to be back to the Alpine Community Center parking lot by about 1400 (2:00 pm) on Sunday, so everyone can go home and get some rest!
If you are interested, contact our hand picked volunteer Camp Master:
Don Patton dpatton@cox.net
Right now we are in the initial planning stage. Once we know who wants to go, we may open up the signup to other Anglican parishes.
The near future, as well as Next Sunday
Next Sunday is the Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Come next Sunday and see if Father Acker finally tells us what the Green Season means.
What about the pre-service class, will Father Acker lose his place or will he pick up where he left off? What about the sermon? Will he preach on the Gospel or something all together different? Unless you come to the service, you will have to wait until you read the Beadle’s Report to find out.
Saturday 26 July 2008 is the Pine Valley Parade. We have been participating in the parade for the past three years. If you would like to join us on the fourth year, show time at the Arnolds is 0730L (that would be 7:30 am for our Marine friends). This is your chance to ride on a real Fire Truck, Military Jeep or Troop Transport. There will be a picnic at the Arnolds afterwards. It won’t be fancy: steaks, potato salad, beans and the like.
See you next week on Sunday!
Alternate Sources of The Beadle’s Report
Father Acker posts a .pdf version of the current Beadle’s Report on the church website:
http://alpineanglican.com/BeadleReports.htm
An alternative version of the Beadle’s Report a single photograph and simple text is available at:
http://thebeadle.blogspot.com/
or with one photograph per issue and colorful text at
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