Borrego Springs, California April 2015 Volume 18 Issue 4

That Easter morning the three women came to the place of death looking to find Jesus there, lifeless and entombed. But the Good News is Jesus is not in the tomb; He is not dead! That good news seized the women with “terror and amazement” and they fled in fear, telling no one. But somewhere along the way after this, they must have had an experience of the living Christ; they must have had an encounter with Him so alive and life giving that they could not help but tell of it with missionary zeal. That is how we have come to learn about Jesus; but how we come to believe in Him is that we have an encounter with the living and resurrected Christ in our own lives. The stories I hear from people about these encounters in their lives so often happen in the graveyard of their buried hopes and in their times of dire trouble. Like the women coming to the tomb, they were expecting death, their own, figuratively. But then, instead, they were res-cued by the loving and living hands of Jesus, embodied in friends, family or even strangers who provided the help, care and encouragement to breathe hope back into their lives. Life flooded back into them; not as they knew before, but a new kind of life that no longer cowered in fear of the perils of life, but thrived in any circumstance because they knew the Living Christ was with them, breathing His own life into them. And, in that knowledge, having the confidence and joy to live life to the fullest, without fear – to share in Christ’s resurrected life in the true vitality of God’s love and life within them. (Con�nued on page 2)

“…He is not Here”

St Barnabas Prayer List

We pray especially for … Our Men and Women in uniform, Tootie Hatch, Richard & Nancy Bye, Kurt Lev-

ins, Paul Carroll, Jim Carroll, Jacob Thompson, Kay Sharkey, Ann Easley, Laureana Easley, Leila, Austin,

Suntii, Jean Smith, David Born, Verna Robinson, Wendy Christy, AnnMarie Tidwell, Michael, Barbara Scott,

Judy Dehler, Kay Sharkey, Marge Kerr, Ann White, Barbara Matson, Carol Sargent, Betty Patterson, Lyn

Loerke, Elwood & Doris Naragon, Jim Quinn, and Larry Cusey.

That is the experience of resurrection that Christ gives us in this life, here and now – He pulls us out of the tombs we would hide in or surrender to, burdened by our troubles and the trials of our lives, and He breathes His new life into us. We know it when it happens; our lives are changed for the better, with more hope and possibility. In that experience or maybe later, we can recognize Jesus’ living presence speaking to us, taking our hand, holding us and loving us through the hands and hearts of others.

Jesus is not in His tomb, He is alive and He is pulling us out of our living tombs. That is nothing from which to run away in fear and silence. If you have experienced the risen Jesus in this way, you can’t keep silent about it. It is Good News that must be shared. Jesus is alive and raising us to new life here and now, and will resur-rect us to new life in the next. Alleluia!

Live resurrection. Blessings, Laura+

Sunday, February 22nd, dawned a chilly, sometimes windy, morning, but following the 9:30 Eucharist, there was only the warmth of the love for which St Barnabas people are well known, as we gathered to celebrate the imminent birth of the newest member of our “Sunday School.”

Mom Leila Easley and Daddy Austin Woodruff were feted with a lovely buffet provided by the Women of St Barnabas and a mountain of gifts from various parish members.

There were enough diapers for at least the first week, various toys and rattles, and many, many little outfits which should do for the first 3 or 4 months. There were also layettes, blankets, and some “pamper yourself” gifts for Mommy. Last, but by no means least, there were many envelopes containing cards of congratulations supplemented by other pieces of green paper.

Not to be outdone by the Women, the Men of St Barnabas presented Daddy Austin with a complete box of tools with which he can take care of all those things on the “honey-do” lists.

The baby arrived, more or less on schedule, entering the world with the help of doctors by cesarean section at Pioneer Hospital in Brawley. His name is Suntii Bronson, he weighed a

healthy 7+ pounds, and during his third week he made his appearance at St Barnabas. He’s a beauti-ful baby with a smile that will melt your heart. Needless to say, both Mom and Dad are finding it impossible to hide their pride, and why not?

Just think, we may yet be looking for qualified Sunday School teachers!

Shirley Vialpando

BABY SHOWER

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BISHOP’S ANNUAL VISIT Palm Sunday in Borrego Springs seems to be always unfailingly bright and beautiful. Maybe some of you who’ve been here longer than yours truly, in other words more than 10 years, can remember when inclement weather hindered the procession from the Palapa, but I’m glad to report that this procession went off perfectly, as usual.

Of course, we can probably boast that we ordered perfect weather this year in honor of the annual visit of our be-loved Bishop Jim Mathes. To see him waiting to greet us in front of the church, adorned appropriately in his scarlet mantel, holding his shepherd’s crook, which he calls his “stick,” was sure and cer-tain confirmation that our Diocese is well adminis-tered by one who is surely chosen by the Lord he serves.

The Bishop both celebrated the Eucharist and preached a brief but challenging homily, giving our Laura+ a well deserved respite from her usual Sun-

day duties. Thankfully so, as the week to follow was to be her busiest, albeit favorite, time of the church year.

Following a sumptuous Coffee Hour repast, many of us reconvened in the church to share with the Bishop some thoughts on the upcoming National Convention, which will take place in June in Salt Lake City. He also in-formed us that we can follow the prep-arations and later the events of the Convention online at www.generalconvention.org. For those of us who find a certain fascina-tion in politics, the inner workings of the institutional church can be quite interesting.

As always when the Bishop visits St Barnabas, he took time to lunch with our Vestry before heading back over the mountain. And, as always, we thank him most sincerely for his presence and his appreci-ation of our little congregation.

Shirley Vialpando

On March 26th the Vestry met for their monthly meeting. The February Minutes were approved. Due to illness Carol Sargent has asked to be re-placed. Cathy Gay was nominated to fill out her term. The Vestry approved this appointment unani-mously. The Vestry then unanimously elected Tracey Alexander as the new Peoples Warden. Laura+ told the Vestry about the upcoming Leadership Academy. This has been a very good opportunity for gaining new skills for leadership in the parish. This year the Academy will be on May 2nd from 8:00am to 3:15pm at St Bartholomew's in Poway. The cost is $15.00 per person in advance. This includes lunch. Anyone interested can get more information at http://www.edsd.org/leadershipacademy/2015/ . Bonnie Walker presented the February Financial reports. The Vestry reviewed the reports and the checks presented and voted unanimously to ap-prove them.

Trent Hoskins-Kleinkopf gave an update for the 2015 pledge drive. There are currently 44 pledging units for a total of $73,000.00. Laura+ is planning on taking one week off in May. There will be Holy Eucharist from reserve on 5/10/15 with AnnMarie Tidwell giving a personal witness and on 5/17/15 Sherry Harapat will give a personal witness. Laura+ will also be gone for a week in June. There will be Holy Eucharist from reserve on 6/21/15 and Trent Hoskins-Kleinkopf will give a personal witness. Sherry is heading up a committee for welcoming newcomers. Tracey is looking into the cost of trash pick up. We may change providers. Cathy Gay will be heading the Gifts and Memorials committee. The next meeting of the Vestry will be on April 30th at 8:00am

Trent C. Hoskins-Kleinkopf

MARCH VESTRY REPORT

We were a small but enthusiastic group at the meet-ing of the Women of St. Bar-nabas on March 10 at the Par-ish Hall. The food was plenti-ful, and the lunch and conver-sation were enjoyed by all. Shirley Vialpando distributed a first draft of her English/Spanish translation guide for us to review. Good job, Shirley! Stay tuned for further developments. For several months the WOSB participants have been discussing the possibility of resuming our donation of water to Slab City during the summer months. After contacting Ernie Loza, Wendy Quinn learned that the Slab City Ministry is providing

their water year around and would love to have any help we can offer. The cost is $110 per month. However, there is currently about $700 in our treasury, so if we do-nated water for three months that would cut or funds in half. Please contact Wendy with your thoughts on this, yea or nay, and any sugges-tions for fundraising to re-plenish our account. The next WOSB pot-luck luncheon meeting will

be Tuesday, April 14 at noon in the Parish Hall. Please join us!

Wendy Quinn

Women of St Barnabas

The fourth annual Good Friday ob-servance of the Sta-tions of the Cross was another exam-ple of the ecumeni-cal spirit here in Borrego Springs. Led by Laura+ and Pastor Jim Brook-ing from the Com-munity United Methodist Church, 15 of us walked slowly and quietly from Christmas Cir-cle to St. Barnabas, stopping 14 times along the way in memory of Jesus’ painful journey to His crucifixion. Participants took turns carrying the cross, two at a time, and at each Station there was a responsive scripture reading commemorating that sad event in Christian history. Folks from various churches and walks of life shared emotions and reverence as they

meditated on Our Lord’s suffering during this quiet walk. Even our youngest partici-pant, Regina Zuni-ga, carried by her grandmother, Antoi-nette Barnes and mother, Rheanna Zuniga, seemed to sense the solemnity of the occasion. We never heard a peep!

After completing the Stations of the Cross, many of the walkers joined with others already gath-

ered at St. Barnabas for a moving Good Friday church service. It was a special addition to our Easter Week observances.

Wendy Quinn

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

PARISHIONER PROFILE

Joya Granbery-Hoyt

The featured parishioner for this issue of the Carillon could easily be called a “Renaissance Woman.” She is a well traveled person with a plethora of tal-ents. And she displays a social con-science which has allowed her the op-portunity to better the lives of everyone she meets.

Joya Weld Granbery-Hoyt was born in Providence, Rhode Island, spent a year in Oregon State when she was very young, then moved back to the East Coast, New Haven, Conn, to be exact, where she completed her schooling. She attended the Day Prospect Hill School for Girls and went on to graduate from Vassar College.

Both of Joya’s parents were solar architects who contributed greatly toward her love of traveling and experiencing different peoples and cultures. They also saw that she received lessons in the dance, which led her to a diverse career in choreography, teaching and filmmaking. She was much in de-mand in the world of independent film and spent many months at a time in such countries as Jordan, the Sudan, Nicaragua, Cuba, British Western Sa-moa, Thailand, and Chile.

Being the forward-looking, intelligent woman that she is, Joya always made sure that her contracts with these several companies included the provi-sion of housing and transportation, plus an inter-preter/guide and the ability to spend one month in country before the start of the project. As all of us know who have done any world travel, it is an enormous help to become acclimated to any new culture before committing ourselves to live there for an extended period of time. It’s a whole differ-ent world out there, my friends, and for some the difference in mores and customs from our own can be startling.

Having artists for parents guaranteed that Joya, her sister, Pamela, and their brother, Kim, would all have the arts in their DNA. Each is an artist in one field or another. They were Episcopalians from birth and their family tree has branches that reach

back to the founding fathers of our coun-try. Just to show how small this world can be, they are all distant cousins to our own Grace Rickard, whose maiden name was Weld. Go figure, what are the chances?

While in school, Joya earned a degree in Special Education. This has been very valuable for her as she and Pamela work on their special project for St Barnabas

called “Outside the Box.” It involves their working with students from the Middle School on extra sci-ence and artistic projects. Also, with the sales re-sulting from the Tuki’s Collar Sox campaign, they’ve been able to provide pet foods on occasion during the days when we distribute foodstuffs from the San Diego Food Bank. This project has even carried over to Joya’s other home, Newport, Rhode Island. There the students at Rogers High School’s shop program are getting valuable experience while repairing the windows and doors of Emmanuel Church. They work under the instruction of resto-ration craftsmen at the Preservation Society of Newport County.

As we can see, the work that our friends, Joya and Pamela, do is so great that it benefits people on both sides of the country. As if that weren’t enough, Joya and her sister are also very involved in the Preservation Societies in their east coast homes and in just about any other effort dedicated to the protection of our historical heritage, the arts, or to the welfare of our beloved pets.

In her free time, as if she has any, Joya loves to cruise around Newport Harbor in her little speed-boat. Here in the desert she enjoys hiking and ex-ploring. She has the best of both worlds, actually. She’s surrounded by the lovely ocean when in Newport, and able to immerse herself in the beauty of our desert, also. And wherever she is, Joya Hoyt is a blessing to all those around her. She’s the epit-ome of Christian living at its best.

Shirley Vialpando

Parishioners have asked to be kept better informed as to the finances of the church. In an attempt to do that The Finance Committee will be including each month in the Carillon the latest numbers that will give you an idea of how the church finances are doing over the course of the year.

Budget for FY 2015 Expected Pledges $76,200.00

Expected Open Plate $9,500.00

Total Expected Income $85,700.00

Total Budgeted Expenditures $109,049.00

Expected Shortfall for FY15 -$23,349.00 Actuals through February Pledges Received $13,115.00

Open Plate Received $2,069.59 Interest from Growth Fund __________

Current Total Income $15,184.59

Current Position for FY14 Projected Expenditures $109,049.00

Current Total Income $15,184.59

Current Position for FY14 $ 93,864.41

St. Barnabas Monthly Income FY 14 vs. FY 15

FEBRUARY FINANCIAL UPDATE

The big news from this year’s Diocesan Con-vention is that there will be two conventions in 2015. The con-vention date has been moved from the spring to the fall. Thus, Fred and LLouise Jee, St. Barnabas’ delegates, will have the pleas-ure to attend two conventions this year.

This year the convention keynote speaker was the Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, Bishop of Northwest-ern Pennsylvania, which comprises thirty-three congregations in thirteen counties. He is a 2000 graduate of Virginia Theological Semi-nary and a 1997 graduate of Grove City Col-lege, where he earned a bachelor of arts in history. He recently received a PhD in organi-zational learning and leadership at Gannon University. And, that is what his speech was about – organizational development.

Bishop Rowe suggested that, as churches un-der assault, we must do a better job at caring for the organizations left to us in trust by past generations of Episcopalians for the future. He wants us to not only be more daring and crea-tive in living out our Christian values, but to learn what works and doesn’t work in building up the body of Christ. He believes that many churches are just doing what they have done in the past rather than exploring new ideas and learning from experimentation.

For example, if vestries are spending time dis-cussing whether or not to add another church service hoping to attract new parishioners, he would probably consider that “old-thinking” and off-track. He was even critical of one church that hosted an annual antique car show at-tracting 3,000 people in the community. He asked, “So what? Did this activity bring addi-tional revenue to the church? (It did not). Did this activity add members to the church? (It did

not). So, why is this an important activity for your church?”

While I resonated with Bishop Row-e’s call to learn, I found myself wor-rying that his ad-vice might be somewhat too util-

itarian – a “what’s in it for us” philosophy. Aren’t we as church instead to be open to dis-cerning where the Spirit is calling and leading us? Isn’t the Way Forward or next right step sometimes beyond analysis? Also, I found my-self questioning his analysis of the church un-der assault due to our (the church’s) lack of imagination and unwillingness to attend to new ideas and to learn.

My own take is that religion is still important for most people in America. However, what has replaced a religion where God is sovereign is a religion for many people where things (money, power, possessions) are sovereign in their life. That is, instead of a relationship with God be-ing the foundation for meaning in one’s life, one has given over this meaning to things. I know of no easy way to counteract such “secular” religion other than to live out my life with God as primary, doing the best I can to follow Jesus.

As Ellen Davis, Professor of Bible and Practi-cal Theology at Duke Divinity School writes in her Biblical Prophecy: Perspectives for Chris-tian Theology, Discipleship, and Ministry (2014): “When we speak courteously and ‘in words by the Spirit’ (1 Cor. 2:13), sincerely seeking to probe the mind of Christ (2:16), then we invite others to articulate what they hear from God, and edify us in turn.” For me, this describes what was really going on at con-vention this year, and all the years I have been attending so far.

Lyle Brecht

DIOCESAN CONVENTION 2015

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

2680 Country Club Road

P.O. Box 691

Borrego Springs, CA 92004-0691

Church office: 760-767-4038

Website: http://www.stbarnabasborrego.org

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April 20th @ NOON

Volunteers are always needed so come early to help with

food distribution!

St. Barnabas Carillon Editing and Design: Trent Hoskins-Kleinkopf stbarnabasborrego@gmail.com

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Production:

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Newsletter Committee: Trent Hoskins-Kleinkopf, Wendy Quinn & Shirley Vialpando

Editor Emeritus: Lynnis Wilderson

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