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Stained Glass, St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church, Milwaukee, WI

Newsletter

Shepherd by the Sea Episcopal/Lutheran Mission www.shepherdbythesea.org

Gualala, California

April – May, 2012

“As baptized Christians, we reach out to the community through worship, prayer, study, and ministry.”

LILLIAN THOMAS (1915 – 2012)

Lillian Walker Thomas died on February 20. Age 96,

Lillian was Shepherd by the Sea’s oldest member. A

memorial service and celebration of Lillian’s life will be

held later this Spring.

Lil Thomas Holding Forth

from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1937 with

a BA degree in History. After graduation, she and two

college friends traveled to Alaska and up the Yukon on a

sternwheeler, the first of many trips for Lillian.

She then moved to San Francisco where she worked in

the Ferry Building before and during World War II as a

government purchasing agent. On Valentine’s Day

weekend in 1942 she met Frank Allen Thomas, a Navy

Chief Petty Officer from Kansas City, Missouri, who was

stationed at Mare Island while his ship, the USS Penn-

sylvania, severely damaged in the attack on Pearl Har-

bor, was being repaired. Lillian married Frank in May

1942, after a whirlwind courtship of a few weeks.

After the war, Frank and Lillian settled in Redwood City

where she taught elementary school for 31 years, first

at Washington School, Redwood City, and later at Selby

Lane School, Atherton. In the early 1950s, Frank started

working for Hewlett-Packard, then a small company

with only a hundred employees. In 1954, Frank and

Lillian built a home in Woodside where they lived with

their three daughters Laurie, Victoria and Elaine.

After their retirement in 1981, Frank and Lillian built

and moved into their home on The Sea Ranch. Lillian

served on the Gualala Arts Board when it was planning

the Arts Center and coordinated the monthly Sea Ranch

Lillian was born at home in

Redwood City, California

on August 17, 1915, the

youngest daughter of Ben-

jamin and Laura Walker,

who had emigrated from

England in 1910. Ben

Walker was a brick mason

who designed and built

the family home on Arling-

ton Road in Redwood City

in 1925. He had been a

soldier in the Boer War;

Lillian and her daughters

published his memoir of

that experience.

After attending Sequoia

High School in Redwood

City and San Mateo Junior

College, Lillian graduated

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Bridge Group meetings for many years. She also partici-

pated in community activities including the piano group,

quilting, needlepoint and the RCMS Auxiliary.

She and Frank traveled extensively during their retire-

ment years, taking trips to Europe, including the first

Swiss Trek with Rex and Charlotte Burnett, to Japan,

West Africa, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, a

South American circle tour, and a Semester At Sea

around-the-world university cruise that included stops

in the Bahamas, Venezuela, Brazil, Madagascar, Kenya,

India, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.

Lillian and Frank had been married for 53 years when he

died in January 1996. Lillian is survived by her daughters

Laurie Mueller and her husband Leigh Mueller of The

Sea Ranch, Victoria Olson and her husband Ronald Ol-

son of Benicia, and Elaine Thomas and her husband

Richard Nardini of Portland, Oregon; seven grandchil-

dren, Matthew Mueller, Elizabeth Mueller, Kristin (Ol-

son) Ballowe, Erik Olson, Robin Olson, Thomas Nardine,

Jonathan Nardine; and five great-grandchildren.

Lillian was a life-long Episcopalian, an active member of

St. Innocent of Alaska Episcopal Mission and its prede-

cessors prior to formation of Shepherd of the Sea in

2006. She had sung in church choirs and her strong

voice was heard at Shepherd by the Sea until age and

illness caught up with her in 2011. She was a cheerful

presence at Coffee Hour, at meetings, and at social

events. In later years, she drove her yellow Mercedes

to church early enough to be one of the first seated – in

the front chairs.

Lil Thomas was a blessing to our congregation and we

will miss her.

PALM SUNDAY AND HOLY WEEK

On Palm Sunday, April 1, first we celebrated Jesus’ tri-

umphal entry into Jerusalem, triumphal for His follow-

ers, but foreboding for Jesus who knew the inevitable

result at the hands of fearful Jewish and Roman estab-

lishments. Then, together, we read the long Passion

story from Mark’s Gospel, listening to Jesus’ forebod-

ings come true, ending with the Crucifixion and burial.

Good Friday, April 6

The Redwood Coast's traditional ecumenical Good Fri-

day service – Stations of the Cross followed by Com-

munion – will be held at Noon at St. Aloysius Church, 70

School Street, Point Arena. The offering at the Good

Friday service goes for the South Coast Crisis Line and

helps residents and indigent transients who are

stranded on the Redwood Coast without food, lodging,

or transportation.

Following the service, there will be a soup and bread

lunch at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, down the

block from St. Aloysius.

The climax of Lent and Holy Week is the emptiness that

follows Good Friday, the day of the Crucifixion, a long

pause before Easter, and the Resurrection when love

triumphs over evil, life in God triumphs over the death

of life without God

EASTER! – APRIL 8 – AND THE EASTER SEASON

THE EASTER SERVICE – 9:00 AM

Easter Altar

The Easter service will be a joyful celebration of Our

Lord’s Resurrection, of the Love of God overcoming the

darkness of the prior week.

Pastor Walter Pieper will return to Shepherd by the Sea

to preach and celebrate, and Fr. Gillett Bechtel will con-

celebrate, maintaining the joyful tradition.

Shepherd by the Sea’s Joyful Noise Choir will be joined

by friends from the community in singing Otche Nash,

the Lord's Prayer in Church Slavonic.

Easter Brunch

Shepherd by the Sea’s Easter Brunch will be held at

Gualala Arts Center following the service. Please talk

with organizers Dolores Christ or Lillian Carter about

bringing a favorite dish to the potluck brunch. There

will also be opportunities to help with set-up and clean-

up.

The Season of Easter – April 8 - May 26

The celebration of the Resurrection continues until Pen-

tecost, this year May 27. Our readings in this season

will focus on the immediacy of the Resurrection, Jesus

reappearing and teaching his Disciples, the actions of

the Disciples, and the retelling of the Gospel in the let-

ters of 1 John.

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The “Brick by Brick” campaign to rebuild Holy Trinity

Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti will end formally on

Easter Sunday. (Donations will be accepted gratefully

after Easter, too.) This very important reconstruction

project is a grass-roots effort of the Episcopal Church to

restore a key Haitian institution, a spiritual home as well

as a center for Haitian education and social services.

We are asked to support the effort by donating “bricks”

at a cost of $10/brick. Please make your checks out to

Shepherd by the Sea with the memo notation of “Brick

by Brick.” If you would like to make your donation in

honor of a loved one or friend, you can send them a

certificate of the donation. See Joan Jordan for certifi-

cates.

The Église Épiscopale d'Haïti is significant because it is

the most populous diocese in the Episcopal Church. It

is more significant because the Église is among the few

Haitian institutions providing stability, education, and

social services. These activities have their foundation in

Holy Trinity Cathedral, located in central Port-au-Prince.

The Cathedral and many of its associated school and

social services buildings were destroyed in the January

2010 earthquake. In spite of the devastation, many re-

lief efforts have been centered on the Cathedral

grounds ; the diocese is using the grounds to serve the

homeless and needy of Haiti as it prepares for its own

physical reconstruction.

While the relief efforts are on-going, it is time to rebuild

the Cathedral, to reconstruct a spiritual home for the

Haitian people and a permanent home for the schools

and other agencies of the diocese. A team of Haitian

and American architects are designing the new Holy

Trinity Cathedral to modern earthquake-resistant stan-

dards. “Brick by Brick” funds will build it.

COMING EVENTS

Spiritual Needs of Veterans, April 26

The Interfaith Center at the Presidio in San Francisco is

sponsoring a one-day conference, Beyond Memorial Day: Understanding the Hidden Wounds of War, on

Date: Thursday, April 26th, 2012, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, at

Orinda Community Church, 10 Irwin Way, Orinda.

The conference is focused on helping clergy, spiritual

leaders and members of all faith communities to under-

stand the spiritual needs of veterans as thousands of

warfighters return from the zones of war. Wounds to

the spirit, difficult to express, are experienced side by

side with the strengths and competencies honed in mili-

tary service.

The goal is to assist

congregations and

spiritual communi-

ties to become heal-

ing, welcoming

places for veterans

as they seek spiritual

wholeness in their

lives.

Lunch and refreshments are included in the registration

fee of $20.00. Reservations with your check to the In-

terfaith Center at the Presidio may be sent to

Rev. Brian Stein-Webber

Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County

1543 Sunnyvale Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94597

For more information, see www.interfaith-presidio.org.

Bishop’s Conference, April 27-28

This year’s Bishop’s Conference will be held Friday, April

27, and Saturday, April 28 at Trinity Cathedral in Sacra-

mento.

The annual Bishop’s Conferences are designed to pre-

sent programs, resources, and tools to help congrega-

tions with their mission and ministries. The theme of

this year’s Conference is Renewing the Church.

Exciting leaders will conduct workshops for every size

and type of congregation, workshops that will engage

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the mind, spirit and heart with a hope-filled vision for

renewal.

There will be two dynamic keynote speakers. T he Rev.

Thomas Brackett is the Episcopal Church's missioner for

church planting, ministry redevelopment, and fresh ex-

pressions of church. The Rev. Canon Neal O. Michell,

Canon to the Ordinary for the Diocese of Dallas, is an

expert on church transformation and church planting.

Both Rev. Brackett and Dean Michell are experienced

and articulate developers of congregations with strong,

practical messages.

There will be three sets of workshops. The options in

the first set are:

• Presentation – The Rev. Thomas Brackett

• Implications for the Church as the People of God in

Exile – the Rev. Canon Dr. Neal O. Michell

• Communication Strategies for Large Congregations –

Keri Lopez, Director of Communications

• Lay Ministry Licensing Training – Catechist

• Spotlight on Outreach – Susan Swift, Episcopal Com-munity Services

After lunch, the workshop options will be:

• Presentation – The Rev. Thomas Brackett

• Communication Strategies for Small Congregations – Keri Lopez, Director of Communications

• Soul Collage – Karen Lawler, MFT

• Discerning the Deacon in Your Congregation – the Rev. Deacon Cookie Clark, Archdeacon and the Rev. Canon Tina Campbell

• Beyond performance – paperless music-making for

formation in community – the Rev. Donald Schell, All

Saints Company

Later in the afternoon, the third set of workshops in-

cludes:

• Forming Disciples, not Running Committees – the Rev. Canon Dr. Neal O. Michell

• Building Programs – The Very Rev. Cliff Haggenjos, the Rev. Mark Allen, the Rev. William "Mac" McIllmoyl and the Rev. Richard Yale

• Contemplative Spirituality and Worship – Kayleen Asbo, the Rev. Daniel Green and the Rev. Donald Schell

• Lay Ministry Licensing Training – Evangelism Facilita-tor

• Total Ministry, a Transforming and Spiritually Driven

Experience

The workshops will be conducted by some of the most

talented people in the diocese, joined by the Confer-

ence Keynoters and The Rev. Donald Schell, who devel-

oped the innovative St. Gregory of Nyssa Church in San

Francisco.

The Conference will start with registration at 5:00 PM

on Friday, April 27, followed by the Conference dinner

and a keynote talk. On Saturday, there will be addi-

tional keynote presentations and the opportunity to

participate in three of the fifteen workshops that will be

offered. The Conference will close about 6:00 PM fol-

lowing the Conference Eucharist.

West Deanery Spring Convocation, May 5

The West Deanery will meet for its first Spring Convoca-

tion on Saturday, May 5, at Grace Church, St. Helena.

This deanery-organized meeting is designed to allow for

open discussion of timely topics so that members of the

Deanery can begin the process of discerning the gifts

and needs of the Deanery. This year's agenda will in-

clude election of a Trustee who will serve on the Dioce-

san Board of Trustees, election of youth and young

adult representatives to the 2012 Annual Convention,

discussion of the recent Portal leadership survey results,

and other business specific to West Deanery. This im-

portant meeting will shape the Deanery and its opera-

tions for the next year. All of the congregations in the

Deanery are invited and encouraged to have leadership

representation in the Convocation.

West Deanery will elect a Trustee who will sit on the

new Diocesan Board of Trustees for a two-year term

Under the Diocesan restructuring adopted at the 2011

Annual Convention, seven Deanery-elected Trustees will

be joined by three Trustees appointed by Bishop Beis-

ner and five Trustees elected at the 2012 Annual Con-

vention to form the new Board of Trustees.

The West Deanery’s Trustee shall be a confirmed mem-

ber of the Episcopal Church, resident in the West Dean-

ery, and a communicant in good standing of a congrega-

tion of the Deanery. The Board of Trustees will:

• Through a Mutual Ministry process with the Bishop,

help set goals for the Diocese and periodically evalu-

ate progress toward goals.

• Help develop Diocesan Policy and Strategy in support

of mission priorities and operations priorities estab-

lished by Convention.

• Contribute to Strategic Planning for the Diocese, look-

ing ahead and helping develop policy options to meet

changing circumstances.

• Help oversee Diocesan Finance and Administration in

support of mission priorities, including the develop-

ment and adoption of the annual operating budget of

the Diocese.

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• Serve as Directors of the Diocesan Corporation, the

civil legal face of the Diocese. The Diocesan Corpora-

tion is the owner of all of the assets of the Diocese,

including all real property, endowments, funds, and

other assets of the Missions in the Diocese.

Trustees may expect monthly meetings augmented by

the Diocese’s communication network. They may be

invited to work on subcommittees. They are asked to

participate in a planning retreat, January 4-6, 2013, at

Mercy Center, Auburn.

2012 Sierra Pacific Synod Assembly, May 18-20 This year’s Sierra Pacific Synod Assembly (equivalent to

the Diocesan Annual Convention) will be held Friday –

Sunday, May 18-20, at the San Jose Marriott Hotel and

the McEnery Convention Center. The theme of this

year’s Assembly is For the Love of God: Caring for Crea-tion. The program, which will center on sustainability,

will be posted on the Synod website, www.spselca.org,

about April 1.

THANK YOU, DAVIS LUTHERAN CHOIR

The Davis Lutheran Choir was at The Sea Ranch, Febru-

ary 10-12, for their annual retreat. Their retreat means

our treat, as they conduct a service with special music

for us. This year, Davis Lutheran’s Pastor Jeff Irwin was

our celebrant and preacher. Davis Lutheran’s Music

Director Mary Lowry led the combined Davis Lutheran

and Shepherd by the Sea choirs, with additional accom-

paniment by Renata, and a flute trio from Davis Lu-

theran. During the offering, the combined choirs (ac-

companied by handchimes), sang a beautiful arrange-

ment of Create in Me by Michael Burkhardt..

At Dinner with Davis Lutheran Church

The evening before, a large and enthusiastic group

gathered in the Gualala Community Center for our tra-

ditional potluck dinner. More than fifty people at-

tended the dinner, and a good time was had by all.

Nine children accompanied the Davis group, which

added to the fun. Thanks to all who helped with set-up,

clean-up, and brought very tasty dishes.

MISSION COMMITTEE

Shepherd by the Sea’s Mission Committee met on

March 25 and:

• Agreed to increase the usage fee given to Mary, Star

of the Sea, to $400.00/month.

• Thanked Peter Mohr for transporting Renata to

church from Point Arena while Renata is without a

car. With Peter scheduled for surgery soon, there

may be a need for other volunteers to pick her up and

take her home.

• Took on the role of Producer for the 2012 Messiah

Sing, with Renata as Director, Accompanist, and Con-

sultant.

• Heard that at the end of the year, Jim Jordan will step

down from doing the Newsletter and liturgy booklets.

• Discussed closing the Mission’s office at Dolores

Christ’s home. Vestments, books, and church records

are kept in the office, which has also served as the

meeting place for the Mission Committee and other

small meetings.

• Discussed raising Shepherd by the Sea’s profile in

Mendonoma, including advertising, having a logo for a

the quick public recognition of Shepherd by the Sea

materials, having a cell phone so that callers could al-

ways leave phonemail that the Mission Committee

could access.

• Discussed the Rebuilding the Episcopal Cathedral in

Haiti, Brick by Brick, campaign.

• Discussed the Congregational Visioning effort includ-

ing a potential venue and a potential facilitator.

The next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, April 15. It is

open to all members of the congregation.

THE BIBLE CHALLENGE (TBC)

Across the world, people are taking on The Bible Chal-

lenge (TBC) – the challenge to read the entire Bible in a

year. Many take it on as a personal spiritual discipline.

Others take it on as a member in a community that is

reading the Bible from beginning to end at the same

pace.

Bishop Beisner will lead such a community of those

within the Diocese of Northern California who are inter-

ested in a comprehensive study of the entire Bible. The

effort will begin in the Fall, with three or four chapters

scheduled for each day for 365 days. We will hear more

of the Diocesan invitation in coming months.

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The Bible Challenge started in 2010 as a personal chal-

lenge undertaken by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie, rector of

St. Thomas Church, Ft. Washington, PA. He came up

with the Bible Challenge as a way to rejuvenate his own

spiritual life.

“After three to four days I found it so incredibly spiritu-

ally gratifying, that it felt like God put it on my heart to

invite others,” Rev. Zabriskie said. He sent an invitation

to a few friends, then to church members and then to

“those not in our church, who I play tennis with or so-

cialize with and got the same response. I kept on pro-

moting it. We had 50 people within 24 hours.”

The idea has quickly spread, nationally and globally. It

led to creation of the Center for Biblical Studies (CBS)

http://thecenterforbiblicalstudies.org/, whose website

notes that “many vibrant and growing churches share

one thing in common – they have a strong commitment

to reaching and reading the Bible.”

Since its inception, the CBS board has expanded to in-

clude such supporters and advisors as Archbishop of

Canterbury Rowan Williams, former Presiding Bishop of

the Episcopal Church Frank Griswold, biblical scholar

Walter Brueggemann, and Bishop Beisner. People ages

13 to 93 in churches from England to Nigeria, Tanzania

to Pakistan are participating.

TBC encourages participants to read three chapters of

the Old Testament, one psalm and one chapter of the

New Testament each day. For example, readers are

asked to begin with Genesis 1-3, Psalm 1 and Matthew

1 on the first day. A meditation posted on the CBS web-

site offers the context for group study: “Today is all

about beginnings,” it says, including setting the stage

for the creation story in Genesis and connecting it to

the birth of Jesus in Matthew 1.

Congregations, Deaneries, and Dioceses have re-

sponded in various ways. Many have formed discussion

groups, often including non-Episcopalians.

For example, St. Matthew’s Church in Austin, Texas,

started two discussion groups; about 50 people signed

up and are experiencing “a grand opportunity to talk

about” scripture and understand it in a different way,

he said. The Rev. Merrill Wade, rector of St. Matthew’s,

says that participants are seeing “how much distance

there is between pre-monarchy Israel and the 21st cen-

tury and Austin, Texas. This was a really different world,

and they’re getting that,” he said. “The idea that the

Bible is benign and God’s just speaking to us in a kind of

fanciful way, the idea that the Bible is something easy

to read and understand, that’s pretty well been stripped

from their consciousness.”

OUTREACH

Gualala Food Bank

The Gualala Food Bank is serving an increasing number

of families in Gualala and at The Sea Ranch. Food sup-

plies come from the Redwood Empire Food Bank in

Santa Rosa and the Fort Bragg Food Bank distribution

center. Gualala Supermarket and Surf Super generously

provide fresh produce and other commodities at no or

reduced cost.

Please talk with Linda Kennedy or Peter Mohr if you

would like to help bring foodstuffs from the Redwood

Empire Food Bank warehouse in Santa Rosa and for dis-

tributing the food at Gualala Baptist Church.

There always is a need for volunteer help on distribu-

tion days. Set-up for food distributions begins at the

Gualala Baptist Church about 9:00 with food collection

from the supermarkets. Distribution is 11:00 – 12:30.

Clean-up ends by 1:00. There is always a need for vol-

unteer help on distribution days. Next distributions will

be on Fridays, April 13 and 27 and May 11 and 25.

SUPPLY CLERGY

The Rev. James Knutsen – Palm Sunday, April 1, and Pentecost, May 27

Pastor Walt Pieper, The Rev. Gillett Bechtel – Easter

Pastor Pieper is senior among our

supply clergy, having been a guide

and councilor with us for ten

years. We always look forward to

his and Janice’s visits with us. He

proposed the “Yosemite Model,”

a suggestion for our congrega-

tional development.

The Rev. James (Jaime) Knutsen is

a frequent visitor. He was resident

this Fall and Winter at Bishop’s

Ranch, leading daily Morning and

Evening Prayer, and is now living

in Santa Rosa. He is a retreat

leader and spiritual advisor.

Fr. Bechtel serves as Assisting Priest

at Shepherd by the Sea, having re-

tired in Riverside and moved to The

Sea Ranch more than 20 years ago.

Together with Fr. Peter Farmer, he

provided clergy leadership for St.

Innocent Episcopal Mission and

guided formation of the Common

Mission and Shepherd by the Sea.

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The Rev. Mack Olson

Pastor Vern Holmes – April 22, May 20

Pastor Holmes describes himself as a progressive child

of God of the Lutheran Christian persuasion. He retired

following 35 years of ordained ministry, 20 in parish

ministry and 15 serving on churchwide and synod staff

as a stewardship specialist. Married to Marcia for 49

years, with two children and four grandchildren. His

passion is teaching biblical theology.

The Rev. Harry Allagree – April 29

Pastor Greg Huth – May 6

Pastor Greg Huth is an ELCA pas-

tor who has taken a leave from

call to work on a book about

Greek influences on the New

Testament. He is in residence at

Pacific Lutheran Theological

Seminary.

The Rev. Rod McAulay – May 13

Rev. Rod McAulay retired as Rector

of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church,

Sebastopol. He is Chair of the Dio-

cese’s Commission on Ministry that

oversees the Diocese’s processes

for ordination and for development

of lay ministries. He serves on the

Board of CDSP. Prior to his ordina-

tion, he was a lawyer in Seattle.

Pastor Peter Krey – June 3

PRAYER REQUESTS

Nancy Bickford, for whom we have been praying, died

on March 17 after a long illness. Nancy was a cousin of

Ann Graf and Paul Batchelder; she and her husband,

Larry Shafer, occasionally worshipped at Shepherd by

the Sea. We pray for the repose of Nancy’s soul and for

all who mourn.

Please pray for those who are ill, those facing surgery,

and those who are recovering from illness or surgery,

Pat Bailey, Beva Farmer, Sara Wohlken Foer, Peter

Mohr, Kristina Niemi, Liz Rugaber, and Hazel Stitt, for

their families, and for their caregivers.

Please pray for those who travel, that their travels may

be safe, satisfying, and joyful.

Please pray for those who exercise ministries of leader-

ship in our community that they may provide kind,

compassionate, and sure leadership.

Please pray for those serving in Afghanistan and Iraq

and for those whom they are serving. Please pray for

peace in the Sudan, Palestine, Israel, Libya, Syria, and

the rest of North Africa and the Middle East.

Please pray for those left in need by disasters: floods,

tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunami..

Please pray for those who are persecuted by the fearful

and bigoted that they may be safe. Pray for the fearful

and bigoted that they may be healed.

Please pray for families, especially children, living in

poverty. Please pray for the poor, the hungry, the

thirsty, and the naked. Pray for those for whom the

Millennium Development Goals promise life.

Prayer requests should be given to Lynda O’Brien, Mary

Eidenberger, or Betty Bechtel. Prayer requests also can

be made using the Shepherd by the Sea website,

www.shepherdbythesea.org.

The Rev. Harry Allagree is a frequent

visitor to Shepherd by the Sea. For 11

years, Rev. Allagree was Regional Mis-

sioner to Holy Trinity, Ukiah, St.

John's, Lakeport, and St. Francis, Wil-

lits. He is a retreat leader who has

been the Chaplain to the Retired

Clergy & Spouses for the Diocese.

The Rev. Mack Olson was or-

dained at St. John’s, Petaluma,

on March 24. He holds an

M.Div. from the Iliff School of

Theology, came to California in

2007 as Director of Judicial

Affairs at Sonoma State Uni-

versity, was ordained Deacon

last year, and serves now as a

hospital chaplain.

Pastor Krey was ordained in 1971.

He has served churches in Berlin,

Coney Island, Philadelphia, Oakland

and other East Bay churches. He

holds a Ph.D. in Early Modern His-

tory of Christianity from the Gradu-

ate Theological Union, Berkeley. He

is co-author of Luther’s Spirituality.

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EVENTS CALENDAR 4/1 Palm Sunday: The Rev. James Knutsen

4/6 Good Friday: St Aloysius, Pt. Arena, 12:00, followed by Soup Lunch at St. Paul’s

4/8 Easter!: Pastor Walter Pieper and

Fr. Gillett Bechtel

Easter Brunch, Gualala Arts Center, 11:00

4/13 Food Bank, Gualala Baptist Church, 9:00-12:45

4/15 Easter 2: The Rev. Mack Olson

4/22 Easter 3: Pastor Vern Holmes

4/27 Food Bank, Gualala Baptist Church, 9:00-12:45

4/29 Easter 4: The Rev. Harry Allagree

5/6 Easter 5: Pastor Greg Huth

5/11 Food Bank, Gualala Baptist Church, 9:00-12:45

5/13 Easter 6: The Rev. Rod McCauley

5/20 Ascension: Pastor Vern Holmes

5/25 Food Bank, Gualala Baptist Church, 9:00-12:45

5/27 Pentecost: The Rev. James Knutsen

6/3 Pentecost 2: Pastor Peter Krey

Flower Cross, Easter 2011

“As baptized Christians, we reach out to the community through worship, prayer, study, and ministry.”

Shepherd by the Sea Episcopal/Lutheran Mission

P.O. Box 691

Gualala, CA 95445-0691