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St Patrick's
Upcoming Worship Services
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Join us this Sunday for Holy Eucharist at 10:00
October 16, 2022
Bishop Megan and Cannon Julie will be celebrating with us this Sunday!
Following the service will be our Parish Wide Meeting at 11:30.
Below is the agenda for our Parish Wide Meeting following the service.
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St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Kenwood
Parish Meeting Agenda
Sunday, October 14, 2022
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
As you enter the hall, please pick up a sticky note and write your question (one per note). There are large sticky notes with headings – please place it under the appropriate heading. They will be taken up during the Q & A
Introductory remarks from Bishop Megan 11:30 – 11:45
Q & A 11:45 – 12:25
Blessing and Commissioning for Mary and Ed 12:25 – 12:30
Bishop: Mary and Ed, priests in God’s church and in the Diocese of Northern California,
I have appointed you to serve the people of St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church. Will you work
faithfully together and with this congregation, to provide leadership, counsel, and
compassion to those in your care?
Mary and Ed: We will, with God’s help.
Bishop: Will you, the gathered members of St. Patrick’s, Kenwood, do all in your power
to support, work with, and follow the leadership of these priests?
Congregation: We will, with God’s help.
Bishop: May God who has called you together give you all the grace necessary to fulfill in
love your promises to one another.
Blessing and Dismissal
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Pastoral Care:
If you would like pastoral care, please contact Father Ed he can be reached at edhowell@sonic.net or 707-292-8033.
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What is coming up...
October 13 - Compline with Minerva Haddad
Minerva will be hosting Compline
this evening at 4:00.
Email Minerva for your Zoom invite.
October 16 - Visit from Bishop Megan and
The Rev. Canon Julie Wakelee.
Parish Wide Meeting following the
service.
November 6 - All Saints Sunday (White)
Daylight Savings Time Ends
November 20 - Christ the King Sunday (White)
last Sunday before Advent
November 27- 1st Sunday in Advent (Blue) -
New Liturgical Year
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St Patrick's Weekly Calendar
Sundays: Holy Eucharist
Join us in person for Sunday Eucharist! 10 a.m.
Also available online by Zoom. Click here for the invite.
Tuesdays: Morning Coffee Hour 
Let's meet over coffee! 10:00 a.m. Contact Rich Randolph for your Zoom Invitation.
Rich Randolph: rjurny@gmail.com
Thursdays: Compline
Let's share Compline on ZOOM! 4:00 p.m. Hosted by Minerva Haddad. Contact Minerva for your Zoom invite.
Minerva Haddad: minerva.haddad@gmail.com
Fridays: The Men's Bible Study:
Grow in your faith & walk with God! 8:30 a.m.
Send a note to Rich Randolph and he will ensure you receive a Zoom invitation.
Rich Randolph: rjurny@gmail.com
On hold for now are Parish Bible Study and Centering Prayer.
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The Education Ministry Presents
Wednesday, October 19th
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Thanks to all who have responded that they will attend the visit to the Monastery.
Please note an important change: We will depart from the church front parking lot at 10:45 am, not 11:15 am. This earlier departure is because Mother Angelina, our guide, would like to provide a tour, and asked that we arrive by 11:30 am if possible.
We will leave our church parking lot at 10:45 am and car pool to the home of Diana Estabrook where a few others from our group will gather. From Diana's house we will car pool to the Monastery. Please arrive at the church parking lot early so we can leave promptly at 10:45 am.
Stephanie Chapralis McCaffrey, (schapralis@aol.com, 707 303-7130) tour facilitator, will contact each of the participants with more details.
The Education Ministry thanks you for your interest in Faith Field Trips.
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What we Though We Knew!
Course with The Rev. Bruce Bramlett
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The Education Ministry Presents:
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.
This fascinating course by Rev. Bruce Bramlett, shedding light on the beginning of Judaism and Classical Christianity, opened with a look at the Babylonian Exile to the Hellenistic era. You are welcome to join us for our last session on Tuesday, October 18th at 12 p.m.
If you miss a class, click HERE and type in z9$&1.7x for the Passcode. (You can also cut and paste the passcode.)
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Only one more class! Our last session will be next week on October 18. It will be held in Stevenson Hall at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 9000 Sonoma Highway in Kenwood, California.
Light refreshments will be available!
A recommended donation of $30 for the course or $5 per class will help off-set expenses. If you are unable to join all the classes. Click HERE for the recordings, the passcode is z9$&1.7x
Click below to read The Rev. Bramlett's biography!
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Upcoming and Current Adult Education Opportunities
Laurie Boone Hogen, Candace MacNair, Betsy Randolph
Members of our Adult Education Ministry
The Education committee is open to all who are interested. The agenda and minutes are attached below, click on the link! Please read the meeting minutes as it goes into more detail about what MORE is COMING to St Patrick's! The Adult Education Ministry is working hard for more courses and learning opportunities for you.
Email Laurie Boone Hogen if you want to attend any meetings or have suggestions.
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Food bank Pop-Up Ministry!
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Below take a look at Eleanor's thankful note to her awesome volunteers who helped her distribute food LAST week! Next week the team will be back to distribute food on the third Tuesday of the month.
Thank you to Tim/Lauri, Ned, Karin, Ron and Brad who answered a call to fill 2 cancellations, driver Ron and rep Arturo.
40 households/147 individuals received food from REFB tonight in St Pat's parking lot.
We are having about 40 or so clients each 1st and 3rd Tuesday. With food prices escalating, I'm surprised there are not more. Hopefully, this means many more are able to keep their families supplied with food.
REFB continues its call for more volunteers at the warehouse and additional food and financial contributions. Please help where and when you can! Go to their website at refb.org to see opportunities to help.
Eleanor
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Ecumenical Taizé at Congregational Church
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 Ecumenical Taizé in Sonoma Valley celebrates DIA DE MUERTOS on Friday, October 21 at Congregational Church at 252 West Spain Street from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. Those who attend are asked to bring pictures of their deceased loved ones to be placed on the altar during the service.
Ecumenical Taizé happens each month of the year here in the Valley on the third Friday, 4:00-5:00 PM at the Congregational Church.
Taizé prayer involves the repetition of simple Christian phrases. The experience of singing these phrases nourishes us on a deep non-verbal level. The service consists of quiet chanting, a psalm, a reading and silence. Taizé prayer provides time for us to speak particular needs of our own and of the world; It gives us an opportunity to bring our burdens and the burdens of our world to the community committing to Christ Jesus all that is in our hearts.
Taizé, a village in France where the brothers of an ecumenical community reside. Since the late ‘50’s, young adults and those of any age have been gathering by the thousands, literally, on the hillside of this little village, gathering to meet one another, to pray and discover how they can be messenge rs of hope and reconciliation in their own life situations.
The community was founded in 1940 by a young 25 year old Swiss Protestant theologian, Brother Roger Schutz who soon became an icon of reconciliation in the lives of individuals and among churches.
After the start of World War II, the small village of Taizé was close to the demarcation line that divided the portions of France controlled by German forces and by the French Vichy government. It was, the community said, strategically located for welcoming refugees, including Jews hiding from Nazis.
Warned that German forces were aware of their activities, Roger and his sister, Genevieve, let in autumn 1942, but returned in 1944. In the interval, a few other religious brothers had joined the order in Taizé. Today, more than 100 brothers—Catholics and Protestants—from more than 25 nations are members of the community.
While the service itself is open to anyone, instrumentalists or singers interested in becoming part of an Ecumenical Taizé Ensemble are invited to come to a rehearsal on Friday, October 21 at 3:00 PM, an hour before the service. If you are coming with an instrument please call Jim by Tuesday, October 18 so he can prepare the appropriate sheet music for you.
For more information, please contact Jim McFadden at 707-815-2673 or
Kathleen Lukefahr Jewell at 707-225-4804.
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Nomadic Shelter
Saturday, November 5th
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Important Update!!
Betsy Randolph, our coordinator for Nomadic Shelter, received notification our  time to host Nomadic Shelter has moved to November 5, so please make that note on your calendars.
If you are interested in this ministry or would like more information, please contact Betsy Randolph (408)981-2024 or by email at rjurny@gmail.com.
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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 October 11, 2022.
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Diocese Resolution Town Hall a Big Success
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On Thursday, October 6, we held the Resolution Town Hall to learn about resolutions to be presented at convention.
75 clergy, lay delegates, and interested parishioners joined us for the online-only event.
Participants were able to learn more about resolutions, and ask questions of the Resolution presenters. To watch a video recording of the Town Hall Zoom meeting, click here.
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Learn more about Resolution R2-22:
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Helping Our Friends
The Fonseca Family and The Buff 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.
Please click here to visit Javier and Ana Lucía's Go Fund Me webpage.
Gratefully,
Richard and Betsy
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Judy & Charlie Buff ~ 2018
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
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.
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.
Thank you to All who have already signed up and to those who have been brining meals.
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White Socks! White Socks!!
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We heard that there was a need for new white socks for people who go to the FISH Food Pantry to pick up food. Socks for men and women can be donated from our parishioners as they enter the narthex of our church. A barrel will be right inside the front door, in the left corner. Donations will be delivered monthly by any one of our St. Patrick's members, who volunteer at FISH in Santa Rosa.
In the past, St. Patrick's donated socks for people in need, and then came Covid! We are now back in business, and you have an opportunity to donate this coming Sunday!
It's a great day, when we can help someone put their best foot forward, in a new pair of socks!!
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Afghan Families Fundraiser
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The Episcopal Church Press Release Digest: 10.7.22
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Richard Rohr
Daily Meditation
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; 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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