Mission Statement of Christ Church

To the glory of God, the mission of Christ Church Parish is to serve Jesus Christ and all the people of God; to

encourage and facilitate spiritual development for people of all ages; to grow as Christians in a loving and

forgiving fellowship, thereby confirming, witnessing, and leading others to the faith by the power of the Holy

Spirit.

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“ God is the beyond in our midst.”

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The Lenten season takes its name from the word “lengthen” –

the time of year when the days are getting longer. It seems curious at

first that the name “Lent,” which we associate with self-denial and

hardship, should have as its basis the experience of the sun returning. But, of course, that makes

perfect sense because only in the light of Easter’s approach does Lent make any sense at all.

The real purpose of Lent is to give us a time of deepening of our own life with God and other

people. You may find that attending as many of our Lenten service as you can helps you to do this.

For example, the soup suppers on Tuesday nights include a brief program led by Sister Diana and

Mother Lesley on the book, Breathing Under Water.

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday on March 29. At the 10:30 service we will process

around the block before entering the church, followed by the reading of The Passion Gospel by

several different lectors. The liturgy of the Church will reward you in surprising ways, as you attend

services for Tennebrae, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, The Great Vigil of Easter, and Easter

Sunday.

Let us offer our Lent to God, trusting that we will be guided and supported on our journey.

Mother Susan

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So we who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually

we are members one of another.

Romans 12:5

For the past 12 ½ years my work has been closely connected to

the part of our local community living on the streets experiencing

homelessness and/or living on the edge economically. One does not

have to go far to realize that the work being done to overcome

poverty, hunger and the blight of homelessness is needed right where

we live.

In December 2014, the Eureka City Council voted to explore options addressing

homelessness. According to recent figures, Eureka has roughly 600 homeless people and there are

more than 2000 homeless in Humboldt County, many of whom are families with children.

In A Grown-Up Lent: When Giving Up Chocolate Isn’t Enough, Joanna Leiserson tells about

cases of “cooties” that started in her 4th grade school class. Someone pointed out that a new boy in

her class had cooties and the rest of the children stayed away from him, thus isolating him from the

community. The next year it was someone else and the child with cooties was isolated from the rest

of the group. The popular kids, rich ones and the athletes seemed to have been immune to cooties.

Interestingly, if someone made friends with the cootie carrier they then became part of the

community. Once the thing that was denied to the cootie carrier, companionship, was given to them,

they were cured.

Leiserson says that as adults we still have social constructs that divide and subvert the

“Community of God”. They are just different. But “when we cootie-fy people for whatever reason

or by whatever means . . . we undermine the sacramental world that God made.” We keep less-

fortunate residents out of our neighborhoods; the poor are squeezed into rundown areas that we can

avoid “without being touched by their despair. By cootie-fying them, we can keep them out of sight,

out of mind.”

Leiserson continue that Jesus had them in mind:

“Jesus came to heal the broken-hearted, and to heal a broken world. He came to bring the

sacrament of life back to a world that had forgotten how to see God in all things and to love their

neighbors as themselves. He came to heal all cootie carriers. But he came also to heal all those who

would put away the lepers and the cootie carriers, those who would turn their backs on the poor and

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the vulnerable, those who reject the community that God first created out of love.”

“Once that boy with cooties had a single friend, he didn’t have cooties anymore. The game

was over, and the kids grew up. For the sake of God and for our community, maybe it’s time for us

to grow up too.”

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As your new Junior Warden, I have (with the help of many others) compiled a list of needs

and problems that need attention. This list will be posted on the Stewardship Bulletin Board

monthly. I will continue to be traveling this year, so Barry Ross has agreed to be my help person

and backup. Thank you, Barry.

During this month I would like to set up a committee to meet on a monthly basis to discuss

progress on our list and any new problems that need to be addressed. The hard part will be to find

a time that everyone can get together for an hour of serious discussion. The updated Campus

Needs List will be our agenda.

I want you all to know what is going on by posting updates as necessary. Plus, please call or

email me if you see a problem, or you can talk to Barry in the office, or use the suggestion box in

Lewis Hall.

Thanks to Barry Ross, Sanford Pyron, John Patton, John Hammond, Cathy Clague, ECW and

any one else that I could have forgotten.

On February 12, Betty Chinn held a thank you dinner to all who volunteer in service to her

food ministries to the homeless. The event was held at the Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center in Eureka

with a festive traditional Chinese menu to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Though the invitation

came at short notice, several of us from Christ Church were able to attend: Julie Cairns, Helen

Person, and Mother Nancy (see photo with Betty).

Besides Helen Person, who makes sandwiches on Thursdays at the Center for Betty’s

homeless, parishioners, Julie Cairns, Pam and Paul Gossard, John Hammond, Elizabeth Harper-

Lawson, Gwynn Connell, Laura Julian, Jake and Stephanie Schultz, Fiona Endsley, and I help Betty

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in her nighttime outreach ministry to the poor and hungry in our community. After the cafeteria at St.

Joseph Hospital closes each evening at 7:30 pm, we take turns (in pairs) packing up the leftover food

from the day that will otherwise be discarded. Then we transport it to Betty’s kitchen at Sacred Heart

Catholic Church on Myrtle Avenue where she creates individual servings and distributes them to the

poor that same night. It’s as simple as that, and takes less than an hour with two people!

Betty can use our help every night of the week except Wednesdays and Saturdays. Not only do

we give her a little break so she can spend more time with the children at her Day Center, we help

ease her back problems that are exacerbated by lifting buckets of soup and in wheeling the cart down

the ramp at St. Joe’s.

To continue to grow and sustain this ministry, we need your help so no one gets burned out.

Can you take one night a week? every other week? once a month? Can you fill in as a substitute? Let

me know.

“Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you? . . . Truly I tell you, whatever you did for

one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matt 25:37,40)

In Christ’s Compassion,

Mother Nancy

Betty Chinn Center Thank-You Dinner

Mother Nancy, Betty Chinn, Julie Cairns and Helen Person at

the Betty Chinn Center Thank-You Dinner

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Lenten Activities

9:15 Forum We will continue to study Mark throughout Lent with the following schedule & leaders, as

noted:

March 1–Sister Diana Doncaster

March 8–Sanford Pyron

March 15–John Hammond

March 22–TBA

Lent study, worship, and soup supper The soup suppers take place on Tuesday evenings beginning at 6 p.m. To save on kitchen

labor, participants at the suppers will be asked to bring their own soup bowls. Soup and bread will be

provided by volunteers. There are sign-up sheets for attendance in Lewis Hall.

Following the soup supper, there will be a discussion group based on the book, Breathing

Underwater that focuses on “isms.” Mother Lesley and Sr. Diana will team-teach the series. A brief

compline will follow the discussion.

Please Note: During Lent, Mother Lesley has set up a table of books in Lewis Hall available for loan that

focus on spiritual interests.

Sign-up sheets for the soup suppers–facilitators and participants are on the notice board in

Lewis Hall.

Lee Garrison March 02

Mary McNelis March 03

Kathrin Burleson March 08

Michael Burleson March 13

Pam and Paul Gossard March 17

Heidi Erickson March 18

Beverly Olson March 18

Angus Stewart March 22

Patricia Toy March 22

Jacqueline Moore March 29

Lois Gossard March 31

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In the past several weeks, I’ve had innumerable conversations as people inevitably wonder

what will happen with Transfiguration House and where I will be both now and after my ordination

to the priesthood. At this point, the only answer I can honestly give is “only God knows. I don’t have

a clue.” Sister Teresa and I are taking seriously the wisdom that urges people not to make any major

decisions in the immediate aftermath of a major loss. Also, the decision is not solely ours, but one to

be made by the entire Community of the Transfiguration, with prayer, consultation and openness to

the unexpected. As you may know, four Sisters have died in the past year, so many changes are

inevitable.

However, we have some tentative plans for the immediate future. I will remain in Eureka, at

Christ Church, through Easter, for which I am most grateful. Immediately after Easter, I will return

to the Convent in Cincinnati to prepare for my ordination on May 7. Because I have taken part in the

ordination process in the Diocese of Northern California, I can joyfully say that Bishop Beisner will

be in Cincinnati as my ordaining bishop. As I will be the first Sister of the Transfiguration to be a

priest, the event will be significant for the Community. It required a long, challenging and loving

journey for us to come to this point. As with so much else, as we look to the future, we can only

listen together and try to discern what, right now, only God knows.

I will remain in Cincinnati through June, to reconnect with my Sisters there, to help with some

of the work and to take part in our annual five day retreat. After that I’ll be in Eureka at least through

September and possibly (hopefully) for a long time after that. We are exploring multiple options, but

only God knows.

People have asked if my ordination means that I will not be a Sister any longer. That one I can

answer with certainty. I’ve been a member of the Community of the Transfiguration since 1998 and

Life Professed since 2003. They are stuck with me. It is a source of joy and deep gratitude that my

Sisters have discerned God’s call to us to be a community which includes Sister-priests. My

priesthood will be an extension of my service as a Sister, not a substitute. How that will work out

day to day in practical ways, only God knows.

One thing I do know. Whatever the future holds, Christ Church is woven inextricably into my

heart. I cannot begin to express my love and gratitude, my sense of belonging and my wonder at the

privilege of being part of this congregation. That is one fact that, God knows, will not change.

Sister Diana Doncaster

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The Deacon in the Details: A Time for Action, Worship and Reflection

Do you share in the worship leadership* of your congregation?

Are you interested in how we connect what we do when the church gathers on Sunday with

our mission the rest of the week?

Would you enjoy a break for reflecting about our liturgy to enrich your lenten observance?

Then join our Semper Virens Diaconal Ministry Group

Saturday, March 14, 2015

9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

St. Alban’s Church, Arcata

The Reverend K. Lesley McCloghrie, Ms. Jan Ramsay and Deacon Phina Borgeson

will be facilitating our exploration and learning.

We’ll begin the day with quiet reflective time, so please arrive promptly.

And do plan to stay for the entire workshop.

Please bring cash or a check for $15 per person to cover materials and lunch. There

will be gluten-free and vegetarian options.

*Those who preside, those who work to set the scene (with altar service, flowers and ushering),

those who preach, those who assist (acolytes, eucharistic ministers and visitors), those who enrich

our worship with gifts of music and art, those who serve as deacons or are preparing to - all are

invited.

Register now by completing this form. Mail it (or bring it) to St. Alban’s Church,

1675 Chester Avenue, Arcata, CA 95521 by Friday, March 6. Thanks!

Questions? Contact phinaborgeson@gmail.com

______________________________________________________________________________

Name_____________________________________________________________________

email:_____________________________________________________________________

congregation________________________________________________________________

Tell us a little about in which worship ministries you have been involved?

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Lenten Message from the Presiding Bishop

Lent is about to begin. That word in English comes from an

Old English word that means “to lengthen,” and it’s a reminder of

the days getting longer as we move toward summer out of the dark

of winter.

But in a number of other languages, particularly Spanish

and French, the word for “Lent” reflects “forty days,” “cuaresma.”

Forty days of wandering in the desert, forty days of Jesus out in

the desert.

It’s also about a journey. And it’s a journey that is about en-

lightenment if we’re willing to think about it that way.

Lent is an ancient tradition of solidarity and preparation for

those who look forward to Baptism at the Easter Vigil. It has al-

ways been a time for prayer and study, fasting, self-denial, and

alms-giving, sharing what we have with those who do not have. Prayer is an opportunity to reflect on

who walks with us in the desert, who brings light into the world. Study is an opportunity to do the

same kinds of things looking at the history of our tradition, where have human beings found light and

direction in their journey through this world. Fasting and self-denial are an inward-reflection on

what it is that keeps us in the dark, or what it is that keeps us directionless, or that keeps us overly

self-focused. And it becomes an invitation to turn outward and share what we have with those who

have not. To build solidarity among God’s people and the rest of the earth.

One of the most memorable Ash Wednesdays I ever spent was in San Jose, Costa Rica, in a

school for children. I was asked to place ashes on the foreheads of toddlers. It was a provocative ex-

perience in the deepest sense, reminding very small children that they are mortal.

That cross that comes on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday is a reminder of the cross that’s put

there at Baptism. You are sealed by the Holy Spirit in Baptism and marked as Christ’s own forever.

The cross that comes at Ash Wednesday is a reminder that you are dust and to dust we shall return,

that we share that dust with every other human being who has ever walked this planet, that we share

that dust with the stars and the planets, that we share that dust with all that has been created. We are

made for relationship with creator and creation.

Lent and cuaresma is a journey to walk toward that light. May it be a blessed one this year.

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori

Presiding Bishop and Primate

The Episcopal Church

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Christ Episcopal Church, Eureka, CA

2014 Annual Report: Music Program

As I reflected on 2014, the first line of a children’s song came to mind – sing it with me:

Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, and the other, gold.

I t has been a year of getting to know you, learning about Christ Episcopal Church, meeting the

people of the parish, attempting to maintain the legacy of music excellence inherited from the past,

and beginning to look to the future and what that means for the music program.

The primary mission of the music program is to support and enhance our corporate worship–

bringing our worshipping community closer in relationship with the fullness of God’s love. I think

William Bradley Roberts says it best, “Music gives wings to worship.” Christ Church is blessed to

have many talented musicians and supporters of music within the congregation. I am grateful to

members of the choir and instrumental musicians who share their time and talent. I want to thank

especially all of the individuals who stepped in and provided oversight and help with the music pro-

gram while I was away tending to family during the second half of the year. Thanks to Doug Moore-

head, Gary Klemp, and Elizabeth Rau for substituting on Sundays; to Paul Gossard, Nancy Streufert,

Doug Moorehead, and Mother Lesley for taking on choir rehearsals, and to everyone else who

pitched in as needed.

The Choir

I wrote about the choir and what singing in the choir involves in my June, 2014 Chronicle arti-

cle. Christ Church is blessed to have talented and dedicated choir members. In their own words,

here are some of the reasons choir members commit themselves to this ministry:

“I sing in the choir … because I believe it is important and I believe that I belong there.”

“To sing is to pray twice. I love being a part of the ritual that reaches back over time to millions

of worshippers and is recreated each Sunday through the hands and hearts of our church fami-

ly, and music is my gift from God to share.”

“Singing is another way of praying.”

“I participate in choir to spend more time with my mom. … Of course, I also love to sing and es-

pecially in a group setting. It is a challenge at times but always worth the effort.”

“For me, the choir provides a wonderful opportunity for expressing praise and thanks to God.

Even when we practice we’re singing words of spiritual significance. I also love the friend-

ship and camaraderie that comes from participating in this ministry with others.”

“Singing in our choir brings me joy and a stronger connection and commitment to God and my

church family.”

Over the summer we ‘experimented’ with the idea of an “Open Choir” – those who wished to

continue meeting after the choir’s traditional final Sunday in May got together informally and read

through music. We only met a few times and I now have a better sense of how to make it work bet-

ter for all involved. I plan to offer the same opportunity this year, with a bit more structure and plan-

ning.

In the fall, the choir held a potluck dinner at Denise Braafladt’s home. In addition to singing

well together, the choir knows how to have a good time together! Sadly, as with all choirs, member-

ship changes over time. Long-time choir members, Willi McCarthy and Judy Rex retired from the

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choir and are greatly missed. Members who sang part of the year, including Laura Julian, Everard

and Mary Hughes, Peg Molloy, and Royal McCarthy, have not been able to continue. We miss their

voices. We welcome new (and returning) voices – Roni Carlson, Richie Valentine, Laura Julian and

Anne Pierson.

There is also another very important choir at Christ Church – the congregational choir. Last

summer parishioners had an opportunity, via the forum, to learn about the history of our hymns. The

next step will be to learn more about the hymns we sing each Sunday and to provide some insights on

learning new hymns (yes, we will keep introducing new hymns!) and how to improve our singing as a

congregational choir.

Other Musicians

In addition to singers, we have a number of talented instrumental musicians in our congrega-

tion who have participated in both regular and special worship services throughout the year. They in-

clude Helen Hui (organ), Lois Gossard (piano), Jeanne Fish (flute), Nancy Streufert (flute), Everard

Hughes (clarinet), and Paul Gossard (guitar). Guest musician, Susie Laraine (saxophone) joined us

for a choir anthem last spring.

Facilities and Musical Instruments

The choir room underwent a refurbishing over the summer and thanks to volunteers who con-

tributed their time and labor, as well as money, there was no cost to the church! New blinds for the

west wall window and new carpeting were donated. Paul Gossard cleaned, prepped, and provided a

new coat of paint for the entire room. The room was rearranged, and the space has worked well for

choir rehearsals, music camp, and other activities.

The room has a new painting of Madonna and Child, donated to the church by artist Willi

McCarthy. Many thanks to Willi for her generous donation!

The church has a substantial library of choral music, and work on sorting and filing music con-

tinues. Copyright issues are being addressed as needed. New music has been purchased (donated)

and added to the library.

Our instruments are in good shape. The grand piano in the sanctuary was tuned twice during

the year, with Gregg Granoff (piano technician) donating his time to do some extra work on the piano

prior to his concert last August. The Kegg organ was professionally tuned in early September and a

broken pipe was sent to Charles Kegg for repair. I know I don’t need to say how fortunate we are to

have an instrument like the Kegg organ for our services and concerts and I am thankful to Doug

Moorehead for his willingness to help me oversee the maintenance of this important asset to the

church.

Music Events and Outside Musical Groups

We heard many fine concerts during 2014 – almost one a month! Concerts held at Christ

Church are either “sponsored” (invited and, in some cases, paid for) by the church, or are “hosted” by

the church, e.g. an outside group has requested to use the church as a venue for a performance. Con-

certs are a wonderful way for Christ Church to provide a ministry of hospitality and in 2014 we wel-

comed hundreds of visitors from the community: wonderful musicians, their families and friends,

and others. Some of them may find their way into the spiritual life of our parish, one way or another.

Others will remain new friends who we will welcome back for future concerts.

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Thank you to members of the church who helped with

these concerts: ushering, taking money at the door, providing re-

ceptions, taking care of “the house,” hosting performers … the

list is goes on! Here are the concerts that took place in 2014:

January 9 – Willamette University Chamber Choir and

Willamette Singers (hosted by Christ Church)

February 23 – Clive Driscoll-Smith, Organist

(sponsored by Organ Concerts)

April 1 – James Welch (Organist) with sons Nicholas

and Jameson (piano and organ) (sponsored by Christ

Church)

April 26 – Ferndale Choir Concert (hosted by Christ

Church)

May 18 – Chamber Players of the Redwoods (hosted

by Christ Church)

June 22 – Sundays at 4: McKinleyville Community

Choir (sponsored by Christ Church)

July 27 – Sundays at 4: Doug Moorehead & Merry

Phillips (sponsored by Christ Church)

August 24 – Sundays at 4: Elizabeth Rau and Gregg

Granoff (sponsored by Christ Church)

September 21 – Paul Tegels and Dana Robinson, Duo-

organists (sponsored by Organ Concerts at Christ

Church)

December 28 – Musica Poetica Concert (sponsored by

Christ Church)

“Music gives wings to worship”

As I wrote in my November Chronicle article, I look forward to the opportunity work with the

parish to explore new ideas for the music program and to define a shared vision for the music minis-

try at Christ Church over the next year. I especially want to explore Linda J. Clark’s hypothesis that

“at the center of a successful music program is a vital connection between music and the life of faith

of a particular congregation” (from Nourishing Your Congregation’s Musical Life). Two facets of

this process include “expression” (how music expresses our faith) and “formation” (how music forms

our faith). With intentional planning, leadership, and provision of necessary resources, I believe that

a shared vision encompassing all generations of our parish will develop.

In closing, I continue to feel blessed and humbled as I serve as the music director and organist

at Christ Church. Thank you for your warm welcome as I began the position and special thanks for

your prayers and support during these past few months. Dan and I are grateful to be part of the com-

munity of Christ Episcopal Church.

Merry Phillips

Music Director and Organist

Christ Episcopal Church

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Music & Arts 4 Foster Kids!

On Friday, March 27 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in support of The Forgotten Initiative, Christ

Church will host the children of local foster families for an evening of creative activities and pizza

while providing a time of respite for their foster parents. Will you join in this new ministry? We need

shepherds willing to spend an evening with the children (ages 5 – 11), a kitchen crew to coordinate,

serve, and clean up after the pizza supper, and money donations for the pizza and art supplies. See

Mother Nancy, Peg Gardner, Paul Gossard, Marita Musante or Merry Phillips to become part of this

new direction and ongoing expansion of Christ Church’s children’s music and arts ministries.

Mother Nancy

Lay Ministries

Our Lector/Intercessor ministry would love to welcome you as a new voice. Do you like to read?

Consider reading to your fellow congregation members. Training and written instruction will be

provided. Contact Marty Vega by phone (707-443-9782) or email (mjv523@reninet.com) for more

information.

As you consider this ministry, please think about these as well:

Acolytes and Eucharistic Ministers

Announcers

Ushers and Greeters

Eucharistic Visitors

Nursery and Sunday School

Coffee Hour Hosts

Contribution Counters

Quilters +

Quilters + will have a guest quilter, Merry Phillips, on March 4 helping us to make cloth napkins for

our Lenten Suppers. We welcome all interested persons. Supplies will be furnished. During April

another guest member, Renée Ross, will be demonstrating beading. Renée uses new antique beads

to produce colorful strings of beads. .Please join us. For questions call Peg, 443-9627.

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UStream

The UStream Team needs your help.

We need a few more Volunteers for this very important Outreach Ministry.

Our Services are viewed by many people outside our church walls.

For example, Diane Emerson, who moved to Portland, Oregon approximately two years ago,

was able to watch Rev. Nancy Streufert’s Ordination while we were all sitting at the service.

Easter, Christmas and other special services are viewed by many.

If you know how to turn on your own computer, you can do this. Sanford will be able to show

you in four easy steps how to set up. You will have very clear concise instructions with guidance at

your side until you are comfortable with the process. This works on a flexible rotation basis for

Sundays that you can help out.

Please help us to continue this very important Outreach Ministry by contacting Sanford.

707-444-0968 email: sanfordpyron@yahoo.com

United Thank Offering

That Blue Box and UTO - What's It About?

UTO stands for United Thank Offering - and the Blue Box, which once was referred to as a

'mite box' is for you to drop coins into as you give thanks to God for large and small blessings that

brighten your life and the lives of those around you. The coins add up rapidly and provide a major

source of grants for The Episcopal Church to build churches and schools, make needed renovations,

feed the hungry, clothe the poor, provide shelter for the homeless, and provide care and support for

those with physical, mental, and emotional challenges.

The Spring UTO in-gathering traditionally takes place on Ascension Sunday, the Christian

feast day commemorating the ascension of Jesus into Heaven. This year Ascension Day is Thursday,

May 14, forty days after Easter. Ascension Sunday is May 17.

Last year Christ Church contributed over $700 to the UTO. Count your blessings and fill your Blue

Box with coins. Plan to return your United Thank Offering in May!

Peg Gardner

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The League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters of Humboldt County holds a State of the Community Luncheon

every year where to celebrate the good in our community and honor people and groups who have

made significant civic contributions to our community. This year Helen Person was chosen as one of

the awardees. She will be honored on April 17, at noon, at the Adorni Center, along with Ruth

Mountaingrove and the Boys & Girls Club of the Redwoods. If anyone is interested in more infor-

mation about attending the luncheon, please contact Byrd Lochtie at 442-7187 or byrdloch@aol.com

or Peg Gardner at 443-9627 or peg.gardner@sbcglobal.net.

Civic Contribution Awardee

One of two individuals the League is honoring this year at the State of the Community Lunch-

eon is Helen Person. At the age of 97, Helen is astonishingly bright-eyed and energetic. After she re-

tired from her career that started with teaching in a one-room school in Willow Creek in 1939 and

went on to include administration with the Humboldt County Office of Education, she began serving

dinner weekly at St. Vincent de Paul, where she continues today, over thirty years later. About the

time she turned ninety she also began helping with food preparation for the homeless with Betty

Chinn’s program.

Her volunteer activities have included service with the Humboldt County Retired Teachers

and organizing the Author Festival which brings well known writers of children’s literature to Hum-

boldt County every two years. She continues to be active with her church, drives her own car, and

tries to get in two good walks each day.

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Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) Book Sales Project

Do you have books you are done reading? Are they still in good condition? Would you like to con-

tribute to a worthwhile effort- Healing a Hurting World??? through Episcopal Relief and Develop-

ment!

How does it work? We have a location in Lewis Hall where books will be located each week. Any

type of book works—novels, biographies, cooking, children's, spiritual. Cost will be completely vol-

untary. It's up to you. There is a donation box. Proceeds will benefit Episcopal Relief and Develop-

ment.

If you have books to donate, please contact me at 498-1058 or smschultz716@gmail.com. I am also

looking for a few people to help coordinate the project. Thank you.

Stephanie Schultz

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The Socks Project

"…for I was hungry and you gave me food,

I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, …I was naked and you gave me

clothing."

Matthew 25:35-36a

What do you do when cold, rainy weather leaves you with wet shoes, wet socks, and cold feet?

Those of us who are fortunate, go home and change into some dry socks and shoes or slippers, and

turn up the heat. Our brothers and sisters who live on the street do not have that luxury. They may not

even own a second pair of socks.

During Lent, as an annual program sponsored by the School for Deacons, donations of new

socks will be collected in Lewis Hall. The socks for children will go to foster children, and socks for

men and women will be delivered to Betty Chinn for distribution to the homeless and needy that she

serves.

The collection for socks runs from Ash Wednesday, February 18, until Palm Sunday, March

29, when Mother Susan will bless them. Please join in this effort to share Christ's love.

Anne Pierson

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The next Cinema Chat film will be Pride, a drama starring Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton,

Dominic West and directed by Matthew Warchus. As usual, Cinema Chat will be held on the

second Saturday of the month (March 14) at 6:00 p.m. in The Chapel of Our Merciful Savior on the

corner of 15th and G Streets in Eureka.

Film description from CBS Films:

PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher

is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group

of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families. Initially rebuffed by the

Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in

person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the

strongest union of all.

Release Date: September 26, 2014

Running Time: 117 minutes

Rated R

Nominated for Golden Globe Best Picture, 2015

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Pride premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation and

won the Queer Palm award. The film was also screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film

Festival, with the Washington Post reporting that Pride was "hugely popular with preview and

festival audiences"

Rotten Tomatoes scored the film a 93% rating sampled from 120 reviews, with an average

score of 7.6/10. The site's consensus reads: "Earnest without being didactic and uplifting without

stooping to sentimentality, Pride is a joyous crowd-pleaser that genuinely works."

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The Rt. Rev. Barry L. Beisner

Bishop, Diocese of Northern California

Staff

The Rev. Dr. Susan J. Armstrong

Priest in Charge

The Rev. Lesley McCloghrie

Resident Associate Priest

The Rev. Nancy Streufert,

Associate Priest

The Rev. Diana Doncaster

Deacon

Merry Phillips

Organist and Music Director

John Hammond, Sexton

Barry Ross, Administrative Assistant

Vestry

Lyn Klay, Senior Warden

Beth Powell, Junior Warden

Bob Rex, Barry Ross, Lynne Bean, Lin Chase,

Helen Taylor, Elizabeth Harper-Lawson, Belinda Zander,

Peter Hannaford, Katherine Clague, Gail Freeman

Bob Hines, Treasurer, Peg Gardner, Clerk

625 15th Street

P.O. Box 861

Eureka, California 95502

Phone (707) 442-1797

Fax (707) 442-5647