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A Prayer for September 11th
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Dear Heavenly Father,
We turn to You, Lord, on this day of remembrance. It was eleven years ago that our country was attacked and plunged into fear and mourning. Yet, You in Your infinite wisdom, brought us together during that time. We were, for a while, no longer Democrats or Republicans. We were no longer Black, Hispanic, Asian or Caucasian….instead we were united as one people. We stood together as Americans to comfort those who were grieving and to proclaim a love for this proud country.
Today we ask You to guide us back to this sense of unity. We are also a people of great generosity and kindness. In Your mercy, guide us in this journey Home to You.
We pray for our country that we remember and affirm once again…we are “one nation under God.” You are our guide and protector. We look to You alone for help through these difficult times.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
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St Patrick's
Upcoming Indoor Holy Eucharist Service
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Join this Sunday for Holy Eucharist at 10:00
September 11, 2022
Click here for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost service leaflet.
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Save the Date
Parish Potluck & Ministry Fair
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Our Parish Potluck & Ministry Fair is happening this Sunday! It will not be as hot on Sunday as it has been so please join us September 11th following the service. We will have hot dogs and hamburgers and all the fixin's plus a pot luck of your favorite summer treats!
Ministries should contact Karl Mutch at karlmutch@gmail.com or (650) 704-7440, for sign up and display information.
Let's create new memories together.
We are excited to see you there!!
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Parish Bible Study & Compline
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Bible Study
Parish Bible Study will be on break until Wednesday, October 5,
at 9:00 by Zoom.
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Compline
Compline Service:
We meet on Thursday evenings
at 4:00 on Zoom
Please use The Book of Common Prayer during the service.
Click here for the Zoom Invitation
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Centering Prayer & Practice
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Join Priest Doyle for Centering Prayer Class and Practice
The class begins tomorrow, Friday Morning at 10:00 a.m. in the Common Room located at St Patrick's Church! This is an ongoing class with Priest Doyle.
 On Friday mornings, we will pray and study in community.
Please purchase the book ASAP, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, by Cynthia Bourgeault. You can find it on Amazon and eBay. Or, you can find it at Barnes and Nobel. Please order ASAP so you will have it by the time the class begins.
If you want to read ahead or have them ready to go, the next two books we will be reading and discussing are, in order: The Heart of Centering Prayer, Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice and The Wisdom Jesus, Transforming Heart and Mind, both by
Cynthia Bourgeault.
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Statement from Episcopal Church
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on the death of Queen Elizabeth II
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Note: Spanish translation will be posted here. |
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Today we mourn the passing and celebrate the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II. My prayers for peace go out for her, for her loved ones, and for all those who knew and loved her throughout the world.
Her resilience, her dignity, and her model of quiet faith and piety have been—and will continue to be—an example for so many.
May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church
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Tomorrow!! Film Showing
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 AT 5:00 P.M.
ST. PATRICK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, KENWOOD
THIS ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE FILM IS A NATURE AND ECOLOGY DOCUMENTARY, NARRATED AND WRITTEN BY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH AND SCIENTIST JOHAN ROCKSTROM.
This important film examines the earth’s biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can be healed. Bring your friends and family to this free film, enjoy some popcorn and be all the wiser about what we can do to save our planet.
Please RSVP to Bobbiejo at parishadm9000@gmail.com or call 707-833-4228, ext 1.
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 9000 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood, Ca. 95452
Please keep scrolling to RSVP to a class beginning September 13 with The Rev. Bruce Bramlett.
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We delivered over 35 Blessing Bags to Redwood Gospel Mission in August. Now we’re getting ready for September.
The deadline is the second Sunday, in this case September 11. That’s the same day as the Ministry Fair and the Parish Picnic. If you don’t bring them to the Randolph’s house at 8399 Oakmont Dr. beforehand, just bring them to the picnic.
You might want to join someone else in preparing the Blessing Bags, sharing the expense and the task of packing the bags. If you need help with what goes in the bags you can find the list at the white box with the sign in the narthex. You can call Betsy for any clarification you need at (408)981-2024.
Let’s share what we have with others who really need it. Betsy Randolph
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Episcopal Foundation Funds Two St Patrick's Grants
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We are thrilled to announce that the Episcopal Foundation of Northern California has awarded two grants to our parish!
The first grant awarded, written and submitted by Laurie Boone-Hogen, is for BBC-Schools (Becoming a Beloved Community-Schools), a ministry of St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church. The grant is for $10,000 in support of the orchestra program called “Changing Lives Through Music”.
This program is taught by ViVO Youth Orchestras at Dunbar School in Glen Ellen. This grant helps fund the purchase of a few new cellos and the cost of the instructor to bring this orchestra program twice a week after school to the children of Dunbar who would not have this opportunity otherwise.
EFNC helped fund the initial purchase of cellos last year making it possible for this program to begin, through its initial grant of $10,000. BBC-Schools and ViVO will continue to raise additional funds throughout the year, building on the support of this new grant, ensuring that this orchestra program continues as an on-going after school program at Dunbar School.
BBC-Schools funded ViVO’s music and art summer camp for 11 children for three weeks this past summer. These children are continuing to play the cello this year. 80% of the children at Dunbar School are below the poverty line and 62% at learning English. BBC-Schools, ViVO and Dunbar School are enormously grateful for this very generous grant from the Episcopal Foundation of Northern California.
The second grant awarded, written and submitted by Stephanie Chapralis McCaffrey, "Talking Tech Transformation", was awarded $3,250. This grant is for the purchase of audio-visual equipment to replace and/or upgrade/expand bandwidth of our old and outdated equipment and to enhance the church/zoom experience.
In addition the equipment will help in our efforts to host community events as we increasingly use Stevenson Hall as a community gathering spot hosting lectures, movies, conferences and more.
It is worth noting that the Episcopal Foundation had $100,000 in funds to award to those of the 66 parishes in our diocese, who chose to submit a grant application. We were informed that this year was a record year for grant applications that totaled more than $300,000 in funding requests.
It is significant that St. Patrick's was awarded at total of $13,250 which reflects over 13% of available funds went to one parish, St. Patrick's.
We are thrilled to have these significant funds to enhance our ability to serve our parishioners and the greater community.
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Organ Concert at St. Paul's
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Weblink to Episcopal Diocese of Northern California Newsletter
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Click the logo above to download and read the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California newsletter from September 6, 2022.
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Go Fund Me Webpage for the
Fonseca Family
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From left to right: Ana Lucía, Luciana, and Javier
Dear Friends,
Betsy and I want to share a note of background to the link below.
In 2010 I travelled on my first of four trips to Nicaragua with Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary. Since then Betsy has served on three successive missions and our son Brett participated in 2018. Our daughter Rebecca is a future candidate.
To say these service missions for vision and dental relief were life-changing would be an understatement. In 2010 I met Xavier, then a dentist and Public Health Doctor working for Colgate in Nicaragua. In 2016 Betsy and I met Ana Lucia, now married to Xavier. Ana Luci is also a dentist and Public Health Doctor. They volunteered extensively with our missions and in 2017 their daughter Luciana was born.
In 2018 the political climate in Nicaragua became oppressive to opponents of the government like Xavier and Ana Lucia. After deep discernment Xavier and Ana Lucia decided Luciana’s future was more secure elsewhere. They travelled to visit us as tourists and commenced then courageous rebuilding of their lives when they realized the threat to them in Nicaragua.
On April 25 Xavier and his family were granted political asylum status. Since then he and Ana Lucia have taken advanced courses toward their goal of licensure in the United States. They relocated to Florida in 2021 and both are working in dental clinics while continuing to study and resume prepare for licensure as dentists.
Throughout their resettlement in Sonoma County and then in Florida, their focus, commitment to each other and Luciana has been an inspiration to Betsy and me and others who are observing this family adapt, adjust and persevere toward a life of service and stewardship of their God given talents.
I could go on, and Betsy and I are eager to share our experience and hopes for this remarkable couple. Their story is one of hope, faith and love. Adversity kindled it. Commitment has sustained it. Your support can advance it.
On November 5, Xavier and Ana Lucia have interviews at St Vincent’s Medical Center in Cleveland. A four day pre “bench test” prep course, travel and exam is $7,000 each. The program begins in July of 2023. This residency program has a 12 candidate cohort. My confidence in Xavier and Ana Lucia to succeed in the two-year program is firm.
Take this opportunity to contribute toward a fuller future and shining smiles for many.
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Gratefully,
Richard and Betsy
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Meal Train for Our Friends
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A Meal Train has been set up for Judy, Charlie and Jenniffer Buff. Please go to the following website and see what date is available to bring a meal for the Buffs.
https://mealtrain.com/2e1wm8
Judy & Charlie Buff
2018
You may ask... What is Meal Train?
There are times in our lives when friends and family ask, "What can I do to help out?" The answer is usually to help them with a meal. When many friends provide support through a meal, Meal Train keeps everyone organized.
MealTrain.com is a free meal calendar tool that makes planning meals among a wide group easy and less stressful.
It’s best to call Charlie at (707) 539-2667 regarding when you would arrive and what you will bring. The perfect time is between 6 and 7pm. All of this plus additional information is listed under “Review All Instructions” on the app or website for those of you who are interested and able to bring a meal. In addition, Charlie really appreciates your prayers. If you wish to send a card, their address is also in the app/ website. Thank you.
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Racial Reconciliation Training
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 There is a Racial Reconciliation Training Day for our deanery on September 24, 2022 at the Church of the Incarnation in Santa Rosa. All St Patrick's clergy, Vestry members, Lay Eucharistic Ministers, and lay leaders are required by our diocese in the Episcopal Church in the USA to participate in this training. Please put this date on your calendars.
Saturday, September 24 | 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Church of the Incarnation | Santa Rosa
Register here: https://forms.gle/PFhqthoixtXYG3Vi6
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Six Week Course with
The Rev. Bruce Bramlett
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Join religious studies scholar and interfaith facilitator, The Rev. Bruce Bramlett, in a fascinating six session exploration of:
Uncovering and Challenging a History We Thought We Knew:
The Development of Rabbinic Judaism and Classical Christianity, 586 B.C.E. to 325 C.E.
Image by Marc Chagall/ Art Institute of Chicago
This six-week class will explore the long developmental trajectory of Rabbinic Judaism and Classical Christianity through the critical period of western history from 586 B.C.E. to 325 C.E. Beginning with the traumatic, decisive events of exile in Babylon where what we call “Judaism” began, we will trace the development of Jewish tradition and self-consciousness through its encounter, accommodation, and resistance to the Hellenistic world. Then, with the spread and growing power of the Roman empire, we’ll follow Judea’s struggle for identity and survival leading through the tumultuous period of unrest and revolution in the first century C.E. One development from that struggle was the growth of a renewal movement that followed a Galilean peasant, Jesus of Nazareth, whose life and death would ultimately spawn a different trajectory from within the heart of the Jewish tradition. While history would come to declare this movement a separate religion called Christianity, our work together will show the overwhelming ways in which there was not a “parting of the ways” until after the rise of Constantine in the fourth century of the Common era. This is a history filled with surprises that will challenge everything you thought you know, even those who believe they know it well.
This course will be held on Tuesdays from 11:30-1:00 on the following dates:
September 13, 20, 27 and October 4,11,18. Class will be held in Stevenson Hall at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 9000 Sonoma Highway in Kenwood, California.
We will have light refreshments at 11:15.
A recommended donation of $30 for the course will help off-set expenses. Please. R.S.V. P. to Bobbiejo at parishadm9000@gmail.com or call 707-833-4228 ext. 1.
Click below to read The Rev. Bramlett's biography!
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Upcoming Education opportunities:
- Film Showing tomorrow at St Patrick's- September 9: Breaking Boundaries: The Science Of Our Planet
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Uncovering and Challenging a History We Thought We Knew: The Development of Rabbinic Judaism and Classical Christianity, 586 B.C.E. to 325 C.E. with The Rev. Bruce Bramlett. September 13, 20,27 and October 4,11,18.
- A field trip to Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga on Wednesday, October 19 - Time to be announced. Place is limited. Please contact Stephanie Chapralis. Email: schapralis@aol.com
- Pumpkin Fashion Show, decorate a pumpkin for display on Sunday, October 30. Have fun with and be creative!!
The Education committee is open to all who are interested. The agenda and minutes are available from the church office. Email Laurie Boone Hogen if you want to attend any meetings or have suggestions.
Please click below to read the meeting minutes from last week.
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September is Hunger Action Month. This is a time when people all over America stand together against hunger! Sharing, volunteering, pledging to advocate, fundraising, and donating are just a few ideas for how to get involved.
Here in Sonoma County, 1 in 6 of our neighbors is facing food insecurity. Folks confronting hunger often have to choose between food or gas to get to work, food or medicine to stay healthy, food or childcare. Food shouldn’t be an impossible choice. Take action this September and give in any way you can. See below for ways to get involved!
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Donate your time and volunteer to end hunger
in our community.
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For every $1 donated, we’re able to donate $4 worth of food.
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With a food donation, you’re helping keep our shelves stocked.
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Only 42 Days until Convention!
Registration is open for Clergy, Delegates, Alternates and Visitors. To register, visit the convention website.
Registration Prices increase after Friday, September 9.
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Convocation is Saturday, September 17
from 9:00–11:00 am on Zoom
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Convocation is an important preview of the 2022 Convention, including the 2023 Diocesan Budget, Nominees for Standing Committee, Board of Trustees, and 2024 General Convention Deputy, Resolutions, and the upcoming Town Hall.
- All are invited to participate in Convocation.
- Clergy and Lay Delegates who are registered for convention will receive a zoom link via email to participate in Convocation.
- An overview of the Convention schedule, and 2023 budget will be presented from 9:00 am - 10:00 am.
- Deaneries will meet in separate Zoom breakout rooms for convocations from 10:00 am —11:00 am
- Deanery convocations can only be accessed from the Zoom meeting.
- A recording of the Convocation will be available on the convention website after the conclusion of the meeting.
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Nominations Deadline Extended to September 21
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The Diocese of Northern California Needs You! We rely upon clergy and lay leaders to help in the governance of the diocese. Since most meetings are virtual, we encourage folks from throughout the diocese to participate.
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STANDING COMMITTEE
Three Positions Open – Two Clergy, One Lay | Four-year term
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Two Positions Open – Either Clergy or Lay | Three-year term
2024 GENERAL CONVENTION DEPUTIES
16 Positions Open – Four Clergy Deputies, Four Clergy Alternates,
Four Lay Deputies, Four Lay Alternates
For more information and nomination forms, visit the convention website.
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Spiritual Ecology with Earth Care Alliance
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Tim Boeve, Sabbatical Pastor for First Congregational Church and a longtime member of our Earth Care Alliance, will be facilitating a Spiritual Ecology Group again this fall. For those of you who do not know Tim well, his group is not solely Congregational in nature, but focuses on the deep commitment to the sacred connection between the environment and our need for stewardship of it. Anyone in the ECA who would like to explore this connection further is warmly invited and encouraged to attend.
Led by Tim, we have a time of sharing our own evolving practice of spiritual ecology, some singing led by Taras Lumiere, some Capacitor practice led by Virginia Bertelsen, et. al., and discussing possible ongoing conversation. Please bring your copy of Spiritual Ecology by Llewellen Vaughn-Lee, if you have one. No worries if you don't, or whether spiritual ecology is a new concept for you. It's all about deepening our connection to the earth and all her creatures.
You can reach Tim Boeve by visiting First Congregational Church
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Richard Rohr
Daily Meditation
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022
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Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Please Support Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church Ministry
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Please remember that if you choose to mail your gift, our mailing address is P.O. Box 247, Kenwood CA 95452.
Thank you!!!
If you choose to mail in your gift, please consider to send checks only. This is for your security.
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Priest Doyle Dietz Allen Contact Information
Email: stpatricksrector@gmail.com
Parish Office Phone: 707-833-4228
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9000 Sonoma Highway
PO Box 247
Kenwood, CA 95452
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