DioBytes: October 17, 2017

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Weekly News from the Episcopal Diocese of California

October 17, 2017

IN THE NEWS

The Diocese of California is proud of St. Paul’s and its bold effort to provide housing for vulnerable members of the Walnut Creek community. Please support them in their efforts!

Potential temporary Trinity Center Walnut Creek location draws criticism

[East Bay Times | October 17] It’s been mostly good news over the past few weeks for Trinity Center, a nonprofit that provides meals, home and job placement help and other assistance for the homeless. Plans are moving ahead for Trinity’s Winter Evening Shelter’s second winter season at the local National Guard Armory.

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St. Dorothy's Rest Update

So many have reached out during this difficult time in Northern California. St. Dorothy’s Rest was able to provide housing and meals for a few evacuees (including a cat) beginning last Monday until Thursday when they were able to return to their homes. An additional 15 people contacted St. Dorothy’s Rest and we were prepared to house them however they were not evacuated or found alternative arrangements.

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Banner: In response to the wildfires, St. Dorothy's Rest is currently housing and providing meals for over thirty AmeriCorps, CaliforniaVolunteers, and AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) and FEMA NCCC members. For more information, read their report in the In the News section. Photo: Katie Evenbeck, Executive Director, St. Dorothy's Rest.

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In the News

New from the Bishop’s Office

New from Congregations & Ministries

Upcoming Events Around the Diocese

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Hospitality for a Conference on the Move: PNEUMA 2017

Last Monday was the first day of the PNEUMA conference, and it was also the day the fires started. The Bishop’s Ranch was scheduled to host a 4-day ecumenical gathering of Christian educators. With many text, emails, and conference calls throughout Monday, the Bishop’s Ranch made it clear that coming north was not a safe option and so the committee reconstructed the conference in a new shape. The Rev. Matthew Woodward of Transfiguration, San Mateo offered his church as a meeting space for those arriving in town who needed a place to go.

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NEW FROM THE BISHOP’S OFFICE

Gallery 1055 opening: Adrian Octavius Walker's My Lens, Our Ferguson

The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, Gallery 1055, and staff invite you to a reception for photographer Adrian Octavis Walker. Walker was born and raised in North Saint Louis and graduated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2010. In 2015, Walker self-published the book My Lens, Our Ferguson, a documentation of the Ferguson protests the week after Michael Brown's death, which was shortlisted for a Paris Photo-Aperture First PhotoBook award. This show will display images from Walker's book. Walker hopes this show and book continue to share the story of Ferguson with future generations. My Lens, Our Ferguson will be on view through April 2018. Gallery tours by appointment only.

When: Thursday, October 19, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Gallery 1055, Diocesan House, 1055 Taylor Street, San Francisco
RSVP: Facebook event

Celebration of New Ministry at Grace Church, Martinez

The people of Grace, Martinez invite you to join for a Celebration of the New Ministry of their Rector, the Rev. Dr. Deborah White. The Right Rev. Marc H. Andrus will be presiding and preaching. A luncheon reception will follow the service. Clergy are invited to vest and process. Red or festive stoles are requested. Please RSVP if able.

When: Saturday, October 21, 11 a.m.
Where: Grace Church, Martinez
Contact: Jennifer Sabroe, info@gracechurchmtz.org
Link: Grace church website

168th Annual Convention of the Diocese of California — Pre-registration closes this Thursday!

Good news! Everything you need to take part the Diocese of California’s 168th Convention, based around the theme of “Holy Women,” is now online. The agenda for the convention on Friday, October 27 and Saturday, October 28 is here. The Convention Booklet is now ready for download (reminder: there will not be printed out booklets provided at convention, so you can either review materials online or download the PDF and print it ahead of time). Pre-registration (which is strongly recommended) is here.

When: Friday, October 27, 2 p.m., Saturday, October 28, 9 a.m.
Where: Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street, San Francisco
Link: diocal.org/convention
Deadline to pre-register: Thursday, October 19
Pre-register: pre-registration

Two opportunities to hear from The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris — First woman bishop in the Anglican Communion — next weekend during Diocesan Convention at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

Even if you don’t plan to take part in convention, you are invited to have dinner on the Grace Cathedral plaza Friday at 5:45 p.m., followed by the 7.p.m. Eucharist, featuring a sermon by the Rt. Rev. Barbara C Harris, the worldwide Anglican Communion’s first female bishop. On Saturday at 9 a.m., congregations are invited to take part in Morning Prayer, followed by an address by Bishop Marc, and a Q&A between the Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris and Stephanie Martin Taylor, former KQED anchor and now DioCal’s Working Group Head for Communications. Please join us for one or both of these important two days dedicated to strengthening our Beloved Community.

Facebook links for both events:

Convention Eucharist with Homily by Bishop Barbara Harris
Friday, October 27, 7 p.m.

Holy Women: Q&A with Bishop Barbara Harris
Saturday, October 28, 10:15 a.m.

Diocesan Convention Volunteers needed for Registration!

Would you like to help check-in delegates, alternates, and clergy in at Diocesan Convention? Volunteers are needed for shifts on Friday (12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.) and Saturday (7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. to lunch).

Contact: Mary-Jane Wood, mjwood3176@yahoo.com

Creating a Culture of Peace — Nonviolence Training, All Souls, Berkeley

DioCal is sponsoring Creating a Culture of Peace (CCP), a nonviolence training, on two Saturdays in November. The CCP program has offered this spiritually-grounded nonviolence training for dioceses, congregations, seminaries and community groups across the country for fifteen years. In a time of mass shootings, racism, deepening inequality, the alt-right, environmental destruction, and threats to immigrants, we can join the Jesus Movement by developing a deeper understanding of nonviolent change and honing our skills to be more effective in our communities and the public square. This training urges respectful engagement with opponents, instead of confrontation that polarizes and demonizes. It embraces two forms of active nonviolence: Constructive Nonviolence, which compels us to maximize our time and effort to create a just and peaceful alternative culture with new relationships, practices, and institutions, and also Nonviolent Resistance, which challenges us to protest injustice and oppression and to protect those oppressed. Facilitators will draw upon the wisdom and experience of participants. The training will include thought-provoking exercises, storytelling, meditation, ritual, small group discussions, brainstorming, role plays, and skill training and practice. Participants will explore violence and nonviolence, analyze social change and community-building, and plan concrete projects. They will discover their own personal and group power to implement nonviolent changes they desire.

When: Two Saturdays, November 11 and 18, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day
Where: All Souls, 2220 Cedar Street, Berkeley
Cost: $25 for materials; scholarship is available
Registration: https://diocal.wufoo.com/forms/z5n4xsu112c7ol/
Contact: the Rev. Eric Metoyer, ericm@diocal.org

Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Host Revival: Called to be . . . A Safe Place for All of God’s People

The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin and the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church are co-sponsoring a three-day Episcopal Revival in November, with an emphasis on sharing a bold, inclusive vision of faith in action. The weekend features a variety of public events and preaching by the Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, whose office is organizing Episcopal Revivals across America and beyond. Presiding Bishop Curry has stirred the whole church to take its place in The Jesus Movement: the community of people who follow Jesus and form loving, liberating, and life-giving relationships with God, their neighbors, and the environment. Episcopalians in San Joaquin are following that call and opening their hearts, minds, and doors to the concerns of the Central Valley, especially people who feel vulnerable and unwelcome in today’s cultural climate.

When: Friday, November 18 to Sunday, November 19
Where: Stockton, Fresno, and Bakersfield
Cost: Free
Registration: https://diosanjoaquin.org/called-safe-place-gods-people/

New Province VIII Newsletter

The Province VIII Executive Committee has a brand new electronic newsletter to expand our communication throughout the province and share ideas, resources, and opportunities! Sign up to learn more about what’s happening in other dioceses throughout the province!

Link: http://bit.ly/provinceviiinewsletter

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NEW FROM CONGREGATIONS & MINISTRIES

Signs and Songs of the Times, St. Aidan's, San Francisco

An evening of worship, sign-making and chant-creation with “composer, arranger, workshop facilitator, author, and mischief maker” Ana Hernandez. In an era when more and more people are moved to go out into the world to stand with the oppressed as agents of change, this a gathering to be sustained in worship, to create signs, and to learn and compose chants that flow out of a spirituality that nourishes community and generates action. Bring a favorite verse of scripture, poetry, or other prose to work with. Simple supper will be provided.

When: Wednesday, October 18, 6 p.m.
Where: St. Aidan’s, 101 Gold Mine Drive, San Francisco
Cost: Free
Contact: The Rev. Cameron Partridge, rector@staidansf.org; 415-285-9540 x2
Link: Facebook Event

End of Life Exploration, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

This evening of labyrinth walks, workshops and conversation focuses on creativity as a means to live through grief and loss. It also showcases community resources that have found creative ways to come together to support one another through illness, death, and grief.

When: Friday, October 20, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street, San Francisco
Link: Event

Other events at Grace Cathedral

Sarah Kay in Performance
Tuesday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m.; Grace Cathedral

Sarah Kay and Redwing Keyssar at The Forum
Sunday, October 22; 9:30 a.m.; Grace Cathedral

Double Bill Tango-Jazz and Chamber Music Concert Weekend at Incarnation, San Francisco

On Friday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. Grammy nominated pianist and composer Emilio Solla performs a solo concert of Nuevo Tango / Tango-Jazz. Argentina-born and New York-based Emilio Solla got his degree in Classical Piano at the National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires and his MA in Jazz Composition at Queens College in New York. He continued to study composition, arranging, counterpoint, improvisation, and conducting in Buenos Aires, Barcelona, and New York. On Saturday, October 21 at 4 p.m. Munich, Germany, based bassoonist Friedrich Edelmann and cellist Rebecca Rust, join Bay area based pianist Dmitriy Cogan in a unique program of works for bassoon, cello, and piano.

When: Friday, October 20, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 21, 4 p.m.
Where: Incarnation, 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco
Cost: General Admission $20; Seniors/Students $15
Contact: Mathew Chacko 415-564-2324 or comebefed@aol.com
Tickets: https://sunsetarts.wordpress.com/
Link: https://sunsetarts.wordpress.com/

Other upcoming events at Incarnation

Fundraiser Concert and Reception – Bay Area Alexander Technique
Sunday November 5, 7:30 p.m., $25 Admission

Incarnation’s Annual Bazaar & Silent Auction
Friday November 10 – Saturday November 11 from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Free Admission

Minsky-Duo with special guest, Jamie Lee
Saturday November 11, 7:30 p.m. $20 General, $15 Seniors/Students

Derek Tam (harpsichord) and Erik Andersen (cello) in concert
Friday December 1, 8 p.m. $20 General, $15 Seniors/Students

Community potluck and sing with Ana Hernandez at St. Alban's, Albany

A healing recipe for challenging times: singer/songwriter Ana Hernandez brings her musical talents to a community-building evening of shared meal and music. Please bring a dish to share and/or a song you want to sing (lyrics should be appropriate for all ages.) St. Alban's will provide plates, cups, silverware, and a variety of beverages. Invite your friends, too!

When: Saturday, October 21, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: St. Alban's, 1501 Washington Avenue (corner of Curtis Street), Albany
Suggested donation: $5 (no one turned away)
Contact: 510-525-1716 or info@st-albans-albany.org
Link: AnaHernandez.org

Family Bingo Night at Holy Trinity/La Santisima Trinidad, Richmond

Come and have fun with the family and support Holy Trinity. We’re going to have prizes, refreshments and music.
Vengan a diviértirse con toda la familia y a apoyar a la Iglesia La Santisima Trinidad. Vamos a tener premios, refrescos de venta y música.

When/ Cuando: October/ Octubre 21, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Where/Donde: Holy Trinity/La Santisima Trinidad, 555 37 Street. Calle, Richmond
Contact/ Contacto: Linda Daniel 510-234-0174/ Evelin Bolaños- 510-375-6598, htrinity@sbcglobal.net

Bach’s Powerfully Affirming Congregational Voice: Rhetoric in Bach’s Early Cantatas, Berkeley

Offered by the Episcopal Campus Ministry to UC Berkeley: Jeffrey Thomas, conductor of the American Bach Soloists will offer a talk, using examples of cantata movements in which Bach embedded chorale texts and melodies to represent what seems to be the ultimate distillation of scriptural messages, as they summarize both that content and the high-quality (non-biblical) texts that illuminate the readings for any given day. The straightforwardness and the single and focused messages that are inherent in the chorale texts really represent the tremendous power of congregational understanding and absorption of Lutheran dogma.

When: Sunday, October 22, 6 p.m.
Where: St. Mark's, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
RSVP: Eventbrite link
Link: calepiscopal.org
Contact: Tom Poynor, calcanterbury@gmail.com

Uprooting racism workshop with Paul Kivel at St. Aidan’s San Francisco

How can we create a multicultural society based on love, caring, justice, and interdependence with all living things? Paul Kivel has devoted four decades of community education and practical activism focused on this question. Please join us for a workshop where he will present material from his book Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Social Justice, now updated and revised. Kivel is a leader in the movement developing resources for white people against white supremacy and inequality. Books will be available for purchase. Everyone is welcome.

When: Wednesday, October 25, 7 p.m.
Where: St. Aidan’s, 101 Gold Mine Drive (corner of Diamond Hts Blvd), San Francisco
Cost: Free
Contact: Barbara Stevenson, barbara.f.stevenson@gmail.com
Link: www.staidansf.org, www.paulkivel.com

Duo Camaraderie performs at St. Paul’s, Walnut Creek with special guest Nicola Gruen on violin

Duo Camaraderie is a professional duo formed by flutist Laura Scarlata and pianist Sharon Lee Kim. Their passion is to share classical chamber music with a wide variety of audiences of all ages. Duo Camaraderie is a fiscally-sponsored affiliate of the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music (SFFCM), a non-profit service program dedicated to the support and promotion of classical chamber music. This season they feature outstanding guest violinist Nicola Gruen. St. Paul’s is pleased to present these fine performers in our Concert Series. Located in downtown Walnut Creek, the St. Paul’s Concert Series offers monthly world-class performances to the local community for an affordable, donation-based cost.

When: Friday, October 27, 7:30 p.m.
Where: St. Paul's, 1924 Trinity Avenue, Walnut Creek
Suggested Donation: $10

All Souls Requiem service at Christ Church, Los Altos

Join the Christ Church choir and Convivium for a meditative Requiem service to honor all who have recently passed into eternal life. Musical leadership will be provided by Convivium, who will guide the congregation from lament into resurrection through a program of reflective choral music. The service will include William Croft’s solemn Burial Sentences, sung at the funeral of every British monarch since the 18th century; John Tavener's mesmerizing Funeral Ikos; and luminous works by Einojuhani Rautavaara, John Ireland, Thomas Tomkins, and Craig Hella Johnson. The choir will chant a necrology naming the dearly departed of the parish.

When: Sunday, October 29, 10:15 a.m.
Where: Christ Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos
Cost: Free
Contact: Deanne Phillips, office@ccla.us, 650-948-2151

Duruflé's Requiem at St. Mary the Virgin, San Francisco

The Feast of All Souls' will be observed on Thursday, November 2 at 7 p.m. The Parish Choir of St. Mary the Virgin, San Francisco, together with their artists-in-residence, Lacuna Arts Chorale and Jonathan Dimmock, organist, will perform Duruflé's sublime Requiem. Please join this Requiem Mass with beautiful music and liturgy as they remember loved ones who have passed from this earthly realm.

When: Thursday, November 2, 7 p.m.
Where: St. Mary the Virgin, 2325 Union Street, San Francisco
Cost: free
Contact: Eric Choate, Director of Music, eric@smvsf.org
Website: smvsf.org

The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers Play a Benefit for Good Shepherd, Berkeley

Mark your calendars: Good Shepherd, Berkeley is thrilled to host the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers for a benefit concert! These generous and very talented folks will play in the parish hall on Saturday, November 4, at 4 p.m.! Bring a friend!

When: Saturday, November 4, 4 p.m.
Where: Parish Hall, Good Shepherd, 1823 9th Street, Berkeley
Cost: $25
Contact: the Rev. Este Gardner, estegardner@gmail.com, 510 917-19237

Hearts for Justice: Towards Understanding: a Jewish, Christian, Muslim Conversation, at Trinity, Menlo Park

Please join Trinity Church for an interfaith conversation between leaders in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths featuring Rabbi Sarah Weissman, the Reverend Matthew Dutton-Gillett, and Sheikha Maryam Amir. This conversation is hoping to move beyond the stereotypes that many tend to have about the great traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Instead, it hopes to give a glimpse into the way in which the sacred stories of these faiths have interacted with and transform personal stories. Following the conversation, there will be an interfaith community resource fair.

When: Sunday, November 5, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Trinity, 330 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park
Cost: Free
Registration: trinitymenlopark.org/heartsforjustice
Contact: the Rev. Elizabeth Riley, elizabeth@trinitymenlopark.org, 650-419-4316

Food packaging in partnership with Rise Against Hunger, St. Mary the Virgin, San Francisco

Please join the parish of St. Mary the Virgin in packaging meals for an impoverished Third World community in partnership with Rise Against Hunger, formerly known as Stop Hunger Now. Everyone of all ages — parishioners, friends, and supporters — is invited to attend. This Spirit-filled, joyful, community-building event with Thanksgiving just around the corner will be an opportunity to show gratitude for God’s many blessings and gifts — especially for the abundance of food.

When: Saturday, November 18, 9:00-11:00 am
Where: St. Mary the Virgin, 2325 Union St. (corner of Union and Steiner), San Francisco
Cost: Free
Register: Click here
Contact: Deacon Tim Smith, tim@smvsf.org, 415.921.3665, ext. 352

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UPCOMING EVENTS AROUND THE DIOCESE

Go to full Diocesan Calendar

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OPEN EMPLOYMENT POSTINGS

Lay positions — DioCal
Staff Accountant :: CDSP :: Berkeley
University Chaplain - part time :: Stanford :: Palo Alto

Clergy positions — other dioceses
Bishop :: Diocese of Ecuador-Litoral :: Guayaquil, Ecuador

All postings are available on the diocesan website:

Go to Lay Employment

Go to Clergy Employment

Please address all inquiries and applications to Transition Minister Denise Obando, deniseo@diocal.org, unless otherwise noted.

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