VOLUME 68 NUMBER 5 04/01/2018

FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE

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SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

3233 PACIFIC VIEW DRIVE
CORONA DEL MAR, CA 92625
www.stmikescdm.ladiocese.org
949-644-463
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WE WISH YOU A JOYOUS EASTERTIDE

a body, tangible yet gloriously transformed. The

WITH AN OCEAN VIEW
By The Revd Michael Seiler
IT’S EASTERTIDE! The alleluias are still ringing in
my ears as I write this. After suffering betrayal,
torture and execution, Jesus rose from the
tomb, gloriously triumphing over sin, suffering
and death. The power of death over us is
ended, because Jesus rose, truly and actually, in
power of death and the fear it holds over our
minds is ended because Jesus rose, revealing his
total authority over death and everything else–
every sin, every suffering, every fear in our lives.
In the rising of Christ from the tomb, Isaiah’s
prophecy of the death of death (Isaiah 25:6-9) is
fulfilled, and that means we don’t have to be
afraid any more.

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But what about LIFE? What about the
(hopefully) many years between today and the
day we breathe our last?
Christ’s power over death isn’t only for the
moment when we die– it’s for us now. Christ is
victorious over death, but not just when we
breathe our last – Christ is victorious over all of
our “little deaths,” too, those little deaths we
die every day. The little daily deaths we impose
on ourselves and on each other through our
sinfulness, our self-absorption, our meanness of
spirit toward each other and ourselves. The
little daily deaths of the frustration and
meaninglessness and loneliness and
shamefulness and desperation we sometimes
feel, even though it’s Eastertide. Those deaths
too, no less than final, literal physical death, are
vanquished by the Risen Christ, because he took
them to himself on the Cross. We will never
know the kind of loneliness Jesus knew on the
cross. We’ll never know the kind of
meaninglessness and shame and desperation
Jesus endured on the Cross. We will never know
the full costliness of our redemption – it is
beyond our comprehension. And that costly
price, paid for our salvation by Christ in his
unimaginable mercy and generosity, is so great
that Christ’s death and rising gives him victory
over not just our physical, literal deaths, but
over our daily, ordinary, all-too-familiar sins as
well.
We mortals, we sinners, thus stand in terrible,
terrible danger. We stand in terrible danger– of
being redeemed. We stand in terrible danger of
newness, of freedom, of holiness and joy
beyond anything we’ve ever known. We stand
in terrible danger of coming to the place in our
lives where we give God our death– and he
begins to take our sins along with it! If we really
give to God our death, he will take it, and our
sins with it, and by the power of the Cross he
will triumph over the lot of it. And in return he
will give us his own freedom, his own holiness,
his own joy and beatitude, his own new and
unending life, now and in the world to come.
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So are you ready? Are you ready to believe in,
to stake your death and your life on the glorious
resurrection of Christ our God? Are you ready
to face the death of death, and to accept the
victory of Christ over the sins we all secretly
treasure because they are so familiar and seem
so comfortable?
All you have to do is open your heart to the
Risen Christ. Alleluia!
THE RECTOR SEARCH
The formal search for a new rector for our
parish began on March 11 as the Revd Canon
Joanna Sartorius, the transitions officer of the
Diocese of Los Angeles, visited St. Mike’s to
describe the search process to the
congregation.
Keeping the parish informed about the progress
of the search is an important part of this
process and we will publicize our progress and
answer questions in a variety of
communications including a monthly column in
For the Love of Mike (of which this is the first),
weekly notes in the St. Mike’s Messenger and a
series of Sunday Forums with the interim rector
to brief parishioners, answer their questions,
and get their input.
OUR HISTORY WILL INFORM OUR FUTURE
An early step in the process is for the current
parish membership to articulate our parish
identity -- to ask ourselves “Who are we now
and where are we going?” On June 9 (details
will be announced shortly) we will celebrate our
parish history and identity with a “Story Day”
facilitated by a member of the clergy from the
diocese of Los Angeles who is expert in leading
congregations to prepare their “Story.”
To give us a historical head start, we can review
the text of our recently published parish history:
“Saint Michael & All Angels Corona del Mar,” A
Celebration of 50 Years” first made available in
2015. We plan to offer highlights of its decade
history chapters in the upcoming issues of For
the Love of Mike beginning with this issue. (If
you’d like to have a full color printed copy of
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this paperbound book with photographs and
tables you can order it from Lulu Press using
this link
http://bit.ly/parishhistory. The cost is $15.00
and three dollars of that revenue goes to
support the parish. Short excerpts of the history
are on our website www.stmikescdm.org in the
“Parish History” section.)
The introduction, timeline (recently updated to
2017) and the chapter on the sixties are in this
first installment.
Saint Michael & All Angels Corona del Mar
A Celebration of 50 Years
A Project of the Saint Michael & All Angels
History Group
Copyright © 2014 by the Saint Michael & All
Angels History Group
All rights reserved
Introduction
This small volume is an attempt on the part of
five Saint Michael & All Angels parishioners to
capture and describe some of the dedication,
spirit and accomplishment that have built and
sustained our church during the first 50 years
of its existence. We have interviewed many
people and surveyed many documents, but we
make no claim to having explored every aspect
of our subject matter. It is our primary intent
to honor and appreciate all of those who
participated—men and women, old and young,
clerical and lay, named and unnamed—in the
worship, mission, study, administration,
fellowship, sorrow, and joy of our
congregation's life.
We have chosen to recount the story decade
by decade since the 1960s, each period
described by an individual and identifiable
author, with added chapters on the role of
music and art at Saint Michael & All Angels
and on our close connection with the Episcopal
campus ministry at the neighboring University
of California at Irvine. This means, as you might
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expect, that our chapters and discussions vary
in style, expression and content and even
somewhat in length. On the other hand, to
help to make our coverage as unified as
possible we begin with a timeline that
identifies, over more than 50 years, the dates
of significant parish changes and events. To
help to make our coverage as thorough as
possible, we end with a list by year of all the
individuals who have held a Vestry position at
Saint Michael & All Angels since its founding.
We supplement our writing with an array of
historical photographs that catch many of our
fellow parishioners in notable church activities
and happy moments.
It seems only proper that we choose to
dedicate our volume to the vicar and two
rectors who led us in the course of these five
challenging decades—to Ed Allen, John Davis
and Peter Haynes. It is also dedicated to the
memory of the inspiring man we called our
"parish historian," the late Samuel McCulloch.
Sam, as a professor and former dean of
humanities at UCI, wrote the history of the first
40 years of that campus. It is fitting that that
book be matched with a comparable volume
on the local Episcopal Church that he joined,
supported and loved deeply.
Timeline
Timeline of Saint Michael & All Angels
Episcopal Parish Church, Corona del Mar, CA
1960 The Rev’d Edward Powell Allen appointed
vicar; first worship service held at Community
Congregational Church in Corona del Mar;
Mission Council organized
1961 Services moved to the chapel of St.
James’ Parish Day School at fifth and
Marguerite, Corona del Mar; Sunday school
held in their classrooms
1964 Women's group organizes for worship,
mission, fellowship and Christian education
studies; St. James Parish Day School becomes
non­denominational Harbor Day School; first
parish newsletter Judgment Day published
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1966 Fr. Allen leaves to begin chaplaincy at
new University of California, Irvine; The Rev’d
Canon Douglas Stuart becomes locum tenens
1967 Construction of the sanctuary begins at
Pacific View Drive and Marguerite; The Rev’d
John Rogers Davis called as vicar; first For the
Love of Mike newsletter published
1968 New sanctuary completed; Saint Michael
& All Angels incorporated as a parish; Fr. Davis
elected rector; Parish Vestry functions under
by­laws with rector, wardens, clerk,
commission chairs
1972 Parish dedicated by the Rt. Rev’d Robert
Rusack, suffragan bishop of Los Angeles.
1974 Abbot and Sieker pipe organ installed
1975 Deanery Ten’s refugee relocation
program begins; Saint Michael & All Angels
sponsors Vietnamese families
1976 New parish center constructed with
meeting and classroom space; Deanery Ten
churches form Episcopal Service Alliance in
Orange County; General Convention of The
Episcopal Church approves the ordination of
women and the new Book of Common Prayer.
1979 New version of the Book of Common
Prayer formally adopted; Friends of Music
organized at Saint Michael & All Angels
1980 Ordination of women priests approved
by diocesan convention
1982 Rose garden planted in front of the
church; new hymnal adopted
1985 Good Shepherd memorial garden
completed; parishioners volunteer at 68th
triennial convention in Anaheim
1986 Fr. Davis retires and moves to Santa Fe,
New Mexico; the Rev’d Gene Lindusky
becomes locum tenens
1987 Vestry calls the Rev’d Peter Haynes as
rector from his campus ministry at UC
Berkeley; he arrives on the first Sunday of
Advent
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1988 At rector's urging, Vestry commits to a
goal of becoming a “60/40 church” with
mission spending greater than operating
expenses
1990 Parish review committee analyzes
parish's strengths and weaknesses
1993 Parish Emergency Fund established
1995 Parish initiates annual Metric Ton of Food
for Children of the Americas
1997 Vestry creates endowment with major
gift from a parishioner
1999 First parish pilgrimage to the Holy Land;
Building Our Faith capital campaign launched
2000­2001 Parish center remodeled and
enlarged
2001 Praying Our Goodbyes service for those
experiencing loss inaugurated; Bishop Fred
Borsch appoints Peter Haynes Honorary Canon
of the cathedral center
2002 Jon Bruno elected bishop of Los Angeles
2006 Katharine Jefferts Schori elected
presiding bishop
2007 Parish joins Anglican Communion
Compass Rose Society
2009 Parishioners join volunteers at 76th
triennial convention in Anaheim; Diane Jardine
Bruce and Mary Douglas Glasspool elected
bishops suffragan of Los Angeles
2011 Second parish pilgrimage to the Holy
Land
2012 Parish labyrinth dedicated
2013 Sanctuary of the church substantially
refurbished with new floor tile and rugs
2014 Drought-tolerant and native friendly
landscaping installed. Includes an
orchard/edible garden
2106 Stations of the cross plaques from
Jerusalem installed in the sanctuary
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2017 Fr. Haynes retires; the Revd Michael Seiler
named interim rector
The Sixties
Between Fifth Avenue in Corona del Mar and
the county seat in Santa Ana one saw grassy
hills, gullies, a small airport and vegetable
farms growing peppers, lima beans, sugar
beets and strawberries. Even in the early 1960s
there were wranglers herding cattle just
outside the chapel windows of Saint Michael &
All Angels parish mission. However, as this new
Episcopal parish was founded and grew,
astonishing changes in the religious, social, and
political fabric of the nation were occurring.
Rock and roll transformed our music; a war
was fought in Vietnam; a youthful president
was assassinated on television; civil rights,
counter­culture, and anti­war movements
appeared; women began to take their places in
boardrooms, in management, and in
conventions.
Between 1950 and 1960 the population of
Newport Beach more than doubled as it was
transformed from a summer vacation
community into a substantial city of more than
26 thousand. By the late 1950s St. James
Episcopal parish, located in the harbor area of
Newport Beach, was feeling the strains of this
growth. Home construction in the newly
established Corona del Mar neighborhoods of
Irvine Terrace, Cameo Highlands and Cameo
Shores rapidly added families to the parish,
families who soon found traffic to and parking
at St. James very difficult. Responding
creatively, the St. James Vestry decided to
relocate the St. James Parish Day School to
Corona del Mar and at the same time to
establish a parochial mission church.
A loyalty dinner in September 1958 raised
$128 thousand in gifts and pledges. In 1960,
the council approved the purchase of property
for the mission and an expanded St. James
Parish Day School and chose an architect.
Bishop Francis Eric Bloy appointed a young
priest and Pomona College graduate, the Rev'd
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Edward Powell Allen, day school director and
vicar of the mission. The mission's first council
met February 27, 1960, and at the direction of
the bishop, named the church Saint Michael &
All Angels. Regular worship began on June 18 in
the upper room of the Congregational
Community Church in Corona del Mar. The
Rev'd John H. Parke, rector of St. James,
appointed John Manypenny as the first mission
council warden. Early lay leaders included Wally
and Grace "Squee" Barnes, Henry "Hank" and
Dorothea Riedel, Bob and Pat Hauk, Jack
Broering, and Helen Reuter. Kathleen Gucken
was a mostly hidden financial angel.
Construction of an administration building, six
classrooms and a chapel began in January 1961
at property on the southeast corner of
Marguerite and Fifth Avenue. Father Allen
conducted the first services in the newly
finished buildings on September 10,
1961. Thereafter, worship services were held
at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Sundays and at 8 a.m.
on Wednesdays. Before classes began there,
John Killefer, St. James’ treasurer, planted olive
and pine trees to mark and complete the
grounds. Carol Prough, an early student,
remembered Fr. Allen ringing the bell to call
the students to chapel on November 22, 1963,
the day President John F. Kennedy was
assassinated. As school chaplain, Fr. Allen was
on campus to lead chapel each day. Nancy
Sattler remembers how he changed into ‘street
clothes’ to meet and greet kindergarteners,
the newest students.
The vicar led Sunday worship, with volunteers
filling roles for altar guild, lay readers, acolytes,
choir and organist, and Sunday school
teachers. We celebrated Holy Communion on
the first Sunday of each month and every
Wednesday and held Morning Prayer with
sermon every other Sunday. Parishioners
followed The 1928 Book of Common Prayer
and The Hymnal 1940. Dorothea Riedel, Babs
Harlan, and Audrey Ezzell established an altar
guild for the new congregation. Boys from the
EYC (Episcopal Young Churchmen) served as
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acolytes, their moms guided Rob Prough and Martha Killefer started a Girls Friendly Society
Karl Killefer! at St. Michael's for girls of elementary and
junior high school age. More than a dozen girls
Worship music featured a choir and a small
quickly joined, to serve the church, have fun
electronic organ. Hank Riedel was the first
and fellowship, and enjoy their summer week
organist, and subsequently, Alice Allen. The
at Camp Stevens with friends from throughout
Cherub Choir, directed by Barbara Carson and
the diocese.
Sally Knapp, had 25 members at one
Thanksgiving service. The adult choir was The council's mission commission was
organized under the watchful eye of Mary admirably active. It conducted laity led
Keyes. Special brass, reed, and string worship services for patients at Fairview, and it
instruments were added to the worship on organized members in local outreach
occasion. programs. Different community needs would
arise, and the parish would strive to meet
Other fellowship events soon supplemented
them. Parishioners joined members of other
coffee hours following worship. “Lillian Dodd,
churches to form the Episcopal Service
who owned Dodd’s Malt Shop on Balboa
Alliance, a food program in Santa Ana, which
Island, persuaded her husband to cook hot
donated food, funds and service hours. Parish
dogs for dinners, while we all brought baked
women prepared and delivered sack lunches
beans and mixed them all together for a simple
once a week to a pre­school lunch program in
meal,” recalls Nancy Sattler. In those days,
Santa Ana. The Prayers of the People honored
when there were “couples only” parties,
members, friends and relatives serving in the
divorced individuals, and singles were not
Vietnam War. We also recognized anti­war
invited.
events at a time when the country experienced
We taught Sunday school in several venues deeply fractured politics.
over the next ten years, first in parishioners’
In the mid 60’s, shortly after Fr. Allen had
homes under the direction of Helen Reuter
informed the women of the parish that it was
and then at the St. James Parish Day School,
no longer necessary to wear hats to church, Pat
which became Harbor Day School on February
Hauk and Nancy Sattler asked Fr. Allen if they
1, 1964. Later, Lincoln School and the new
could start a women's group to expand
Harbor Day School opened their doors to our
fellowship, study and service. His response was,
children. We held special events for Sunday
"Great! But be sure to keep it from becoming
school children (Christmas party, Twelfth Night
the fundraising arm of the church. Please
party, Pancake suppers) in the school chapel.
remember, it is no longer necessary to wear
Until the parish center opened in 1976, Sunday
hats to church.” One of the first of its many
school coincided with worship. Among the
projects was to knit and crochet pot holders for
most diligent teachers were Herb and Rita
Native American missions in Bluff, Utah. Parish
Hoffman and Bill and Marge Pemberton.
women published a cookbook and met with
Bob and Pat Hauk organized the parish EYC. other women in the diocese’s Episcopal Church
They met weekly for food and fellowship, Women group to worship, read the Bible and
visited other churches, helped at Fairview study The Cup of Trembling, a play about
Hospital and Developmental Center and took Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
trips to the mountains. One Saturday, they
The Anglican program of Mutual Responsibility
took a group of Fairview children to the beach
and Interdependence was adopted in 1965 as
at Bob and Nancy Sattler’s home. These
a diocesan design for relations between the
children had never before experienced beach
Diocese of Los Angeles and the Diocese of
sand.

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Polynesia. Saint Michael & All Angels joined in
fellowship with a parish in Suva, Fiji, and Squee
Barnes traveled there as a parish
representative. Later, she joined others from
the diocese to walk in the 1965 civil rights
march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
The mission congregation offered its prayerful
support.
In 1965 planning for a permanent church on the
Fifth Avenue property suddenly stopped when
the California Division of Highways announced
plans to build a freeway along the coast through
Corona del Mar. In March 1966, the state
bought the property for $384
thousand. Meanwhile, the Irvine Company
proposed a site at Marguerite and Pacific View
Drive for the church's relocation, an offer that
the St. James Vestry gladly accepted. The
renamed Harbor Day School, in a bid for wider
support from the community, dropped its
affiliation with Saint Michael & All Angels and
moved to property one block east, next to
Pacific View Memorial Park.
In early 1966 Fr. Allen announced his
appointment as Episcopal chaplain at the new
University of California, Irvine, and by mid­year
he had left us. Parish members supported Fr.
Allen’s UCI chaplaincy, attending programs and
contributing time and talent. In any case, Allen
was not about to forget Saint Michael & All
Angels. Before leaving, he urged the
congregation to build a spacious and beautiful
sanctuary, with a cross visible for all!
Much that was new now came at once. The
Rev’d Canon Douglas Stuart became locum
tenens. The Irvine Company sold us the
present 3.6 acres site for $125 thousand. We
selected Carleton Winslow and Hank Howell as
architects to plan a sanctuary and guide its
construction, and we held a groundbreaking
ceremony on May 10, 1967. Visiting the
sanctuary building site became a regular
activity for members following worship each
Sunday. (San Miguel Drive was still a dirt road
and home for owls and jackrabbits.) Building
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committee member Pat McNamee asked
parishioners to sign their names on bricks they
set in the walls of the south wing.
The cruciform shape of the church offered
varieties of space for events. In the east wing,
the sacristy and acolyte­choir room found
themselves next to the parish and rector’s
offices. The small half kitchen in the south
wing served as a central place for fellowship,
education and Episcopal Church Women (ECW)
meetings: everything from Sunday coffees,
confirmation classes, lectures, and dinners
took place there. The Vestry regularly met in
the north wing, which was used for nursery
care on Sundays and served as a “Bride’s
Room” for weddings. At the top of the building
was “a cross visible for all.”
The mission council’s search for a new vicar
soon brought the Rev’d John Rogers Davis to
southern California from the Church of the
Good Shepherd, Fort Defiance, Arizona. St.
James’ rector and Vestry approved his
selection in February 1967. After his
appointment, Fr. Davis chose Bruce Carson to
be mission council representative on the St.
James’ Vestry.
In March 1968 Saint Michael & All Angels was
granted parish status. In celebration, a King
James Bible, a Book of Common Prayer (1928),
and historical documents were put in a strong
box set in the cornerstone at the northeast
corner of the sanctuary. Clerk of the Vestry
Keith Nelson remembers holding the
cornerstone in place as the cement was laid
around it. The first service in the completed
sanctuary took place on Easter Eve, April 1968.
Worship followed a schedule of Eucharist on
Sundays, with organ and choirs; Morning
Prayer on weekdays. The central altar, with
congregants circling it to receive Holy
Communion, was a new and radical change in
the liturgical space. Fr. Davis insisted that an
altar rail was unnecessary, even after a
parishioner offered to donate one.
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The parish held its first patronal festival on
September 29, 1968. Guests from The Church
of the Epiphany, East Los Angeles, joined us,
establishing a tradition of close fellowship that
lasted many years. The two parishes planned,
cooked, and worshiped together as diocesan
friends.
Fr. Davis’ leadership in studying the revisions
of the Book of Common Prayer was inspiring.
There were numerous editions for him to lead
us through before The Episcopal Church finally
adopted the red book in 1979. Tracing the
various changes in a loose-leaf book, the
green book and the zebra book, we developed
a new understanding of our faith and ministry.
Bishop Bloy’s directive to parishes to study and
explore racial tensions after the Watts riots
increased the interaction between parish
members, students, and the greater
community. At one point, in order to stimulate
more dialogue, the Christian education
commission employed two black students at
UCI to discuss issues with us. This strengthened
our efforts to maintain a significant social
mission in the parish, one that focused on lay
leadership in Christian education at all levels.
The association between UCI and Saint Michael
& All Angels began during Fr. Allen’s tenure,
and continued to grow. Among faculty
members who came to worship at Saint
Michael & All Angels were Sam and Sally
McCulloch, Jack and Suzie Peltason, Alex and
Peggy Maradudin, Cam and Richard Wallis,
Lamar and Ellen Hill, Ed and Deborah Schell,
Keith Nelson, Mary Keyes and Lorie Reed.
The “radical 60s” challenged lay and clergy and
led to heated arguments both at the diocesan
convention and within our parish. Diocesan
delegates reported annually on a variety of
resolutions and slim budgets. Parishioners
maintained an avid and sometimes
controversial engagement. At one point, the
Los Angeles Times featured a front-page
picture of our senior warden Victor Rumbellow
and his wife Olive sitting on the floor in the UCI
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gym supporting a student "sit-in" against the
Vietnam War.
From its very beginnings, the parish of Saint
Michael & All Angels has consistently
encouraged its members to be leaders in
facing new challenges. Vestries, commissions,
committees and individuals joined Fr. Allen in
doing this and actively supported Fr. Davis as
we worked our way from liturgical renewal
through rapid social change and finally to the
full participation of women. High-quality
homilies and sermons by Fr. Allen and Fr. Davis
informed and built up the necessary
confidence for leadership. –Corinne Stover
The second installment of the SMAA history will appear in
the May issue
OUTREACH AND SHARING
Fundraising opportunities: Amazon Smile (5% of
qualifying purchases donated to Saint Michael
& All Angels), Youth Car Wash, Paint Night Out,
and Kids Learn to Knit. To volunteer, contact
Kati Mowat Nicholson at 949.300.3164, or
kmowat22@gmail.com.
We currently sponsor: Canterbury Irvine (UCI),
HomeAid Orange County, Compass Rose
Society, Share Ourselves (SOS), United Thank
Offering, Camp Stevens, and Theological
Education
NEWS, EVENTS AND APPEALS
THE SIXTH ANNUAL CANTERBURY CUP held by
Canterbury-Irvine in support of the Episcopal
chaplaincy at UC Irvine, is scheduled to take
place on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the
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beautiful Bella Collina golf course in San
Clemente. Last year over 60 golfers from over a
dozen Orange County parishes, including our
own, competed for the golden trophy. This year
St. Michael’s will be represented by at least one
excellent foursome — Jackie Dodd (our
captain), Myrna Ireland, Don Sheetz, and Bob
Wolfe —, and we hope that there are other
parishioners who will want to play. If you are a
golfer and are interested in participating or
know of a golfer who might be, please get in
touch with Jackie Dodd.
As in earlier years, Canterbury-Irvine will be
holding a $400 raffle in conjunction with the
tournament, the drawing to be held at the Bella
Colina course clubhouse on April 28. Keith
Nelson and Susan Brown will be selling raffle
tickets at St Michael’s after each church service
on both Sunday, April 15, and Sunday, April
22. Tickets will cost $5 each, or three for $10. If
you can't play, or even if you can, please buy a
raffle ticket (or three) and help to finance our
Episcopal chaplain at UCI, the Reverend Dr.
Glenn Libby. Your participation is crucial to our
success!!
SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE IN 2018 Pledge payments
can now be scheduled using web banking. You
can set up regular, recurring payments for your
annual pledge, and leave your checkbook at
home on Sundays. This payment method is
completely optional. You can continue to place
pledge envelopes in the collection plates if you
wish (empty or with a note saying you gave on-
line). Note that regular, recurring payments
help the church maintain a healthy cash flow,
especially useful during the summer months
when many are on vacation. For details and
instructions call our bookkeeper, Maile, in the
Parish Office, 949-644-0463, ex. 15. She will be
happy to help you simplify your life!
SUNDAYS AT NINE The next series starts on
April 8. It is a Great Courses DVD series with
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Professor Luke Timothy Johnson: "Jesus and the
Gospels." This course will run for six weeks.
WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP We met in February
and listened to a sermon delivered at the
National Cathedral by Brenee Brown, author,
Episcopalian, and well-known-to-us TED talker.
Her topic was "Why I Attend Church" and, as
always, her honesty and engaging style
stimulated our own thoughts and conversation.
We will meet again on March 27th in the home
of Beth Bianchi. Call Beth, 949-636-3418 with
questions or directions. All are welcome!
FELLOWSHIP Girls Friendly Society Our initial
meeting was a Tea Party on February 4th. We
will continue to meet monthly on the first
Sunday of the month in the Red Room,
following Godly Play. All girls are invited.
Foyers groups are being formed, with the
opportunity for fellowship and food in small
groups. Singles, couples, cooks and non-cooks--
there's lots of flexibility! If you haven't yet
signed up, please call Beth Bianchi. 949-636-
3418.
ST. MIKE’S COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
is looking for volunteers to help in the parish’s
marketing, advertising, and public relations
efforts, especially a database manager. Social
media skills desired. If interested, please
contact Norris Battin at 949.500.2442, or via
email nbattin@gmail.com.
TIME AND TALENT If you are thinking about
volunteering with one of our Commissions, we
need greeters, acolytes, coffee hosts, and
ushers, and have other interesting assignments
as well. Volunteering is a wonderful way to
meet new people at St. Mike’s. Please email
smaa@stmikescdm.org with questions or to
volunteer.
INKLINGS Meets monthly on the third Thursday,
9:30-11am, at Julie Sheffield’s house. Currently
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reading and studying C.S. Lewis “Mere
Christianity.” Susan Caldwell leads the
discussion. Call her for directions.
READ BISHOP TAYLOR’S AND BISHOP BRUCE’S
POSTS to the diocese at our Daily Mike
Facebook page, the Daily Mike, hashtag #7bp.
Bishop Bruce’s hashtag is #bpsuf.
A DAILY DEVOTIONAL FROM The Living Church
magazine is published on the Daily Mike
Facebook page. You can also read the day’s
morning and evening prayer there.
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS
APRIL 2 Easter Monday -- Office Closed;
Friends of Music Piano Recital
April 27 -- Canterbury Cup
MAY 27-- Summer schedule: one service 9am
May 28 Memorial Day -- Office Closed
JUNE 9 Parish History Day and Lunch
JULY 4 Independence Day -- Office Closed
THE 78TH CONVENTION OF THE EPISCOPAL
CHURCH --July 5 to 13, Austin TX.
September 2 -- Fellowship Brunch
SEPTEMBER 3 Labor Day -- Office closed
SEPTEMBER 9 Resume two service schedule
THANKSGIVINGS AND
INTERSESSIONS
THANKSGIVINGS
For all the blessings of this life
HEALING
O Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
our only help in time of need: We humbly
beseech thee to behold, visit, and relieve thy
sick servant N. for whom our prayers are
desired. Look upon him with the eyes of thy
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mercy; comfort him with a sense of thy
goodness; preserve him from the temptations
of the enemy; and give him patience
under his affliction. In thy good time,
restore him to health, and enable them to lead
the residue of their lives in thy fear, and to thy
glory; and grant that finally they may dwell
with thee in life everlasting; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
GUIDANCE
O God, by whom the meek are
guided in judgment, and
light rise up in darkness for the
godly: Grant us, in all our doubt
and uncertainties, the grace to
ask what thou would have us to
do, that the Spirit of wisdom ma
save us from all false choices,
and that in thy light we may see
light, and in thy straight path
may not stumble; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE
Is a monthly publication of Saint
Michael and All Angels Episcopa
Church, Corona
del Mar, CA. 92625 Copy
deadline is the second
Wednesday of the month. We
welcome letters
and articles. Editor:
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website:
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OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH
When to Talk to Strangers
By Susan Caldwell
The magnificence of Easter is that God raises
Jesus Christ from the dead. And the Eastertide
stories subsequently following read like the
first part of a good novel. We see “the
intruder” enters the story and it behooves the
main characters to take note of and enter into
a conversation with this supposed stranger.
We see this with Mary Magdalene at the tomb
as she mistakes Jesus for the gardener. We see
this again on the Road to Emmaus as the two
disciples traveling on their journey, the “Big
Exit,” do not recognize at first the One who
bore their sins on the Cross. And then, the
tender breakfast story on the sea of Galilee,
post resurrection sans fish to become a lot of
fish. This story where the weary fishermen are
soon to be made “fishers of men” for the rest
of their lives by this stranger/ guest asking
questions on the shoreline.
Why don’t they recognize Jesus? Why don’t
they recognize him sooner? Perhaps, for the
same reason that we don’t recognize Jesus in
our daily lives or on the faces of other people.
We are focused on other things.
I remember something that happened last
summer, when I ventured to Melbourne,
Australia to visit my daughter Elise who was
there on a work visa and had become sick. I
had never taken a SuperShuttle to the airport
before. So, the thought of getting on an
unfamiliar form of transport to LAX, to be
honest, was not my ideal method of getting
there. Who wants to travel with strangers?
As my 20-year-old nephew has reminded me,
“We were raised and told not to talk to
strangers, not to get in the car with strangers
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and to not connect with strangers on the
internet. Now there is UBER.”
On my 405 freeway SuperShuttle excursion to
LAX, surprising to me, I found myself with two
people who were very interesting. One was a
woman who was going back to Sydney. She
said she has traveled back and forth from
Australia to California for over 50 years. She
was bringing back tortillas and going to a place
called Manly Beach in Sydney Harbor. I
remembered well Sydney Harbor and having
camped on the north side during Christmas
vacation when I lived in Australia. It was there
that a kookaburra swooped down to eat the
breakfast sausage we were cooking. I also
remembered how in Manly Beach my
daughter Jacqueline, came across a blue
ringed octopus in a shell while swimming in
the water. I digress, as these are all poignant
memories that this stranger was helping me to
reminisce about. Not that I shared with her
these details. I just sat pleasantly listening to
her talk about her childhood and how she said
that it was a delight to grow up in such a
location as Manly Beach in Sydney Harbor.
Then the other stranger boarded the
SuperShuttle. He said he was a pilot. He was
wearing his typical pilot’s uniform, a short
sleeve white shirt with brocade on the
shoulders, black slacks. But since I haven’t
spoken to an airplane pilot in my life recently
about the scope of their vocational
experience, hard to believe I know, but I really
wasn’t very conversant. I was too preoccupied
and concerned about the fifteen-hour flight I
had ahead of me and thinking about my
daughter. There had been a storm off Baja and
I was worried about turbulence. The pilot
spoke of the scenic geography that he had
seen from the air, the volcanoes and beauty of
Iceland and how times had changed and how
people spend more time on their phones.
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When we arrived at LAX, this stranger, a kind
soul, helped me with my luggage to the Qantas
check in.
Later I reflected. Pilots basically steer rockets
that launch into the sky and carry people to
other destination, day in and day out. And
there is a certain amount of faith that comes
with flying airplanes. Faith in the mechanical
world. Faith that a ground crew cares about
other people’s lives more than their own. And
faith that weather will behave as it should. But
at the time, I did not think about how these
two people were experienced and seasoned
air travelers. I may have looked worried. But
the two strangers on the SuperShuttle talked
freely and light heartedly with each other, as if
it were another ordinary day in the life for air
travel, just like walking a dog at a park.
I do not know their names. Their
companionship on the journey as strangers
was one of kindness. Their calm nature and
demeaner was reassuring. Sometimes we can
see the manifestation of the risen Lord in the
acts and manners of others-be it courage,
faith, kindness, or generosity. As it has been
said, “We are the hands and feet of Christ.”
Looking back, I wish I had said more to them
on that SuperShuttle journey.
They might have been angels!
In our parish hall in Michael’s Room, we have
a lovely art piece on the wall. The calligraphy
reads, “Do not forget to show hospitality to
strangers for by so doing some people have
shown hospitality to angels without knowing
it.” Hebrews 13:2
May your Eastertide be filled with the face of
Christ and strangers who are angels unawares.
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INSPIRING DISCIPLES
By Ruth Poole
The daily message from the venerable Episcopal
Church publication, “Forward Day by Day,”
appears each morning on our Daily Mike
Facebook page. A ministry of The Episcopal
Church, Forward Movement has been inspiring
disciples and empowering evangelists around
the globe since 1935 through offerings that
encourage spiritual growth in congregations
and individuals. Please check our Forward
Movement display rack on the wall near the
patio door in Michael’s Room. Pick up a
pamphlet or two to share with family and
friends. We provide a donation box for your
convenience. Or order online. “The Disciples
Way” was the first tract published by Foreword
Movement. It is based on an essay by Gilbert P.
Symans that, “called upon church members to
put discipleship into practice in seven specific
ways: Turn, Follow, Learn, Pray, Serve Worship,
and share. Those who make decisions as
Christians, and those who must carry them out,
are the church, Christ’s disciples and who follow
him as their leader.” There is no substitute for
discipleship, the full commitment to his way of
life. Lent is a perfect time as Christians to carry
out the steps as revealed in this vital tract.
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CALENDARS
EVERY MONTH
Sunday The Holy Eucharist at 8am. & 10am
Sundays-at-Nine, 9am, Davis Library
Nursery Care from 9:30-11:30am
Sunday School, 9:45am
Godly Play, children 4-11, Yellow Room
Formation, 5th-8th grade, Green Room
Youth Group, high school 1st & 4th Sundays, Blue Room
Tuesday Senior Fit, 12 noon to 1pm, South Wing
AA Meeting, 7pm., South Wing
Wednesday AA meeting, 7-8am, South Wing
Staff Meeting, 9:30am, Davis Library
Liturgy Meeting 10:30am, Fr. Michael’s office
The Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing, Noon
The Wednesday Lenten Evening Program continues on, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21
SAA meeting, 7:30-9pm., South Wing
Thursday Men’s Group, 7:30-9am, Davis Library
Choir Rehearsal, 7-8:30pm Sanctuary
Friday AA meeting, 7-10p.m., South Wing
Saturday Coptic Christian Church, 7am-11am, Church

PUBLIC CALENDAR AVAILABLE SOON

It’s a work in progress. A link to a Google calendar listing all key parish activities for several
months going forward will be published shortly. We’ll let you know. Thanks for your patience.

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PARISH INFORMATION
(Underscores indicate an internet or email link. Issues in pdf format and the email addition have live links.)

We are a Christian Community of the Anglican Communion who come to

hear God’s word and receive and share the Lord Jesus Christ. Our purpose is to have Christ live in us in order
that in Christ we may live faithful and productive Christian lives. Our commitment to the Gospel is evangelical;
our liturgical tradition, catholic; our theology orthodox, but open to thought, reflection, and spiritual
endeavor. We care about the world and strive to serve Christ in it.

CLERGY AND STAFF THE 2018 VESTRY

Interim Rector Senior Warden Mark Peterson
The Rev. Michael Seiler markpeterson@catespeterson.com
949.252.2622
mseiler@stmikescdm.org
Junior Warden Clyde Dodge
Associate Rector The Rev. Dr. Barbara Stewart clydedodge@cox.net
barbarastewart001@gmail.com 949.375.1530
Director of Christian Education Susan Caldwell, Christian Education Anne Conover
M.A.Ed. scaldwell@stmikescdm.org annabananacaddie@aol.com
949.375-3048
Director of Music Ray Urwin, D.M.A. Clerk of the Vestry Jill Faller
raywurwin@gmail.com jjfaller@gmail.com
949.706.9495
Canterbury Irvine
The Rev. Glenn Libby Building and Grounds Michael Kiper
Islandmd1@aol.com
Assisting Priest 949.350.2884
The Rev. Canon Ray Fleming
Communications Norris Battin
Assisting Priest nbattin+SMAA@gmail.com
949.500.2442
The Rev. Norm Freeman
Fellowship Beth Bianchi
Bookkeeper bethebianchi@gmail.com
Maile Jansen 949.721.0192
MaileJansen@stmikescdm.org
Finance Frank Olsen
flolson@me.com
949.494-6990
Worship The Revd. Michael Seiler
mseiler@stmikescdm.org
949.644.0463
Mission Kati Nicholson
mailto:kmowat22@gmail.com
STAY CONNECTED to St. Mike’s: 949.300.3164.

website: stmikescdm.ladiocese.org Stewardship Stacie Tibbetts

sltibbet@uci.edu
714.544.8490
email: mailto:smaa@stmikescdm.org
Evangelism Daryl Stevens
darrly.stevens@cox.net
www.facebook.com/SMAAdailymike
Ombudsperson Jim Headley
www.facebook.com/SMAACDM jrheadly@earthlink.net
741.719-0620
Instagram: stmikessocal

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ONLINE RESOURCE LINKS

Parish website Los Angeles Diocese
2018 Annual Parish Report The Bible (NRSV)
Episcopal News Service Forward Movement Publications
The Anglican Communion News Service The Anglican Communion
Episcopal Church Liturgical Calendar Episcopal News (Diocese of Los Angeles)
The Daily Mike online newsletter Episcopal Daily
The Daily Mike Facebook Page (TEC, AC, Diocese) Parish Facebook Page (local news)
The Lectionary Page The Lectionary
The Bible (NSRV) The Book of Common Prayer
The Message

PARISH VIMEO CATALOG LINKS

Homilies

The Blessing of the Animals

The Parable of the Bridegroom and the Bridesmaids

The Book of Jonah and the Gospel of Mark

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Third Sunday after Epiphany
Second Sunday After Epiphany
The First Sunday After Epiphany
First Sunday After Christmas
Christmas Eve Sermon
The Fourth Sunday in Advent
The Third Sunday in Advent
The Second Sunday ij Advent
The First Sunday in Advent
Jazz Vespers
My Foolish Heart
Cute
Let it Flow
Pennies from Heaven
Early Autumn
Amazing Grace

Ray Urwin -- Minister of Music

Toccata in D Minor

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