christ church eureka april chronicle 2015

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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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  • 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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    He is risen! Alleluia! Easter Day, April 5, follows the first full

    moon of spring. The Easter Season begins with the Great Vigil and

    extends fifty days through the Day of Pentecost, May 24. The Great

    Fifty Days are the season of mystagogy, the teaching on the meaning

    of the sacraments and new life in Christ. The paschal candle is lighted

    at all services throughout the Easter Season

    On April 19, at the time for announcements, we will welcome

    Chloe Robnett and Rachel Curtis. They will share their experiences at

    the Episcopal youth gathering in Salt Lake City last summer. Then on

    April 26 we will welcome Dale Maples, head of The Forgotten Initiative. Our Christian tradition has a

    special concern for foster children, which are the orphans of today. I know you will be inspired by

    what Dale has to say.

    === Worthy art thou O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for thou has created

    all things, and by thy will they were created and have their being. ===

    Mother Susan

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    Why Be an Episcopalian

    The Episcopal Church of USA (ECUSA) is the American branch

    of the worldwide Anglican Communion a daughter of the Church

    of England.

    There have been Anglicans since the first English Colony in

    Jamestown. Following the American Revolution, some reorganization

    was necessary as the Church of England was and is a State Church,

    recognizing the monarch as the Churchs secular head. Thus the Protestant Episcopal Church of the

    USA was born.

    Episcopal (from Episcopos, the Greek word for bishop) means governed by bishops. The

    Church maintains the threefold order of ministry as handed down by the Apostles deacons, priests

    and bishops in direct descent by the laying on of hands from the original Apostles. Episcopal is an

    adjective: I belong to the Episcopal Church. The noun is Episcopalian: I am an Episcopalian.

    So why be an Episcopalian? In the book 101 Reasons to be an Episcopalian compiled by Louie

    Crew, he says there are as many reasons as there are members of the Church. Here are ten of the

    reasons, in no special order, of what newcomers and lifelong member all over the USA find special in

    our Episcopal Community.

    When Anglicanism is at its best, its liturgy, its poetry, its music and its life can create a world of

    wonder in which it is very easy to fall in love with God.

    Urban T. Holmes, III

    Anglicans do good deeds to increase understanding of God, not out of fear or to earn admission

    to heaven.

    Robert L. Neal III, Diocese of Chicago

    At our best, Episcopalians can respectfully disagree about a great many things and still break

    bread together.

    Barbara Tensen Ross, Diocese of Oregon

    Ours is not just a checkbook ministry. Episcopalians roll up their sleeves and help.

    Agnes L. Haviland-Moore, Diocese of Connecticut

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    I love Anglicanism for its basic humanity, its sense of decency and order, its freedom of thought

    and its insistence on the corpus of faith, those things necessary unto salvation. I love it for its

    tradition and for the women and men of faith who have been lights of the generations in whose

    company w worship. I love it for its quirkiness, its untidiness, its comprehensiveness and for its ability

    to receive, accept, alter or jettison new things, while being always merely and astoundingly the Church.

    Father Tone Clavier, Diocese of South Dakota

    Because its one religion where laughing at our own absurdities is a basic spiritual discipline and

    were invited to rejoice in how much we have still to learn of God instead of how much we know.

    L. William Countryman, Diocese of California

    God loves you, and theres not a thing you can do to change that.

    The Rev. Tom Van Culin, Diocese of Hawaii

    One of the perks of membership in our parish is the exercise. My heart rate elevates with all the

    standing, kneeling, processing, bowing, passing the peace, reciting, crossing ones self and singing.

    Fortunately there is some time for a pulse check during the sermon and readings.

    Lu Sweeney, Diocese of California

    When you count acolytes, Chalice bearers, ushers, greeters, nursery people, altar guild, choir,

    and so on, there are more people involved in an Episcopal service than in any other. And there are

    more opportunities to be involved.

    Donna H. Barthle, Diocese of Central Pennsylvania

    No matter where in the world I attend an Episcopal/Anglican church, I am always home.

    Joan Carr, Diocese of British Columbia

    There is so much to be thankful for. Good weather for the garden clean up. Another project for

    all of us to work together to make positive changes to keep up our beautiful buildings and grounds.

    Kathy Clague and John Hammond are cleaning up the ceiling and wood in the Nave. We had a

    mold issue but the heat has been turned up and the mold cleared away. With all the polishing and

    flowers, the church will be a beautiful sight.

    The G Street side of the campus has seen the biggest change and improvements. Besides

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    removing a lot of overgrown greenery, we have a new sidewalk on the south alley. I hope when you read

    this we will also have the holes paved around the new sidewalk and alley. A lot of this has to do with

    our #1 neighbor, Sylvia. She brought it to my attention and she will be delighted to see the holes

    patched in the alley. She spends a lot of time policing our grounds for litter and weeds plus trimming

    bushes. Please give her a big "Thank You" when you see her.

    Paul Gossard and Committee has been cleaning up and clearing out the Youth Room in the

    Zander Building. The final clean up and the painting will be done after the roof is replaced sometime

    in April.

    Please check out the Stewardship Bulletin Board in Lewis Hall to see the List of Projects we are

    working on. Every time I turn around there a couple more, so I will be updating the list shortly. "We"

    can include you, so look for something you have an interest in and talk to me. Thanks to everyone for

    all their work, Beth.

    Easter Message 2015

    Its still dark when Mary ventures out to find the tomb. The graveyards

    around Jerusalem dont have much greenery today. The earth is mostly rock and

    stone, and it is far from easy to make a place to secure a body. Jesus body was

    put in a cave-like space, with a stone rolled across the opening to close it

    up. Mary has made the journey from wherever shes sheltered over the last day,

    through darkened streets, perhaps hearing cocks begin to crow and townspeople

    start to stir.

    She nears the place, but somehow it seems different than they left it this cant be it, can

    it? Who moved the stone? A trip begun in tears and grief now has added burden confusion, anger,

    shock, chaos, abandonment. His very body has been stolen.

    She runs to tell the others. The three tear back to the tomb no, the body is not there, though

    some of the burial cloths remain. Who has torn away the shroud and stolen him away? Why must the

    cruel torture continue, sacrilege and insult even after death? Who has done this awful thing? The

    men run away again, leaving her to weep at even greater loss.

    She peers in once more who are these, so bold appearing? Fear not, woman... why do you

    weep? She turns away and meets another, who says the same why do you weep, who are you looking

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    for? This gardener has himself been planted and now springs up green and vibrant, still rising into

    greater life. He challenges her to go and share that rising, great news of green and life, with those who

    have fled.

    Still rising, still seeking union with Creator, making tender offering to beloved friends briefly I

    am with you, I am on my way. Go and you will find me if you look.

    The risen one still offers life to those who will look for evidence of his gardening hope, friend-

    ship, healing, reunion, restoration to all who have been uprooted, cut off, to those who are parched

    and withered, to those who lie wasting in the desert. Why do we weep or run away when that promise

    abides?

    We can find that green one, still rising, if we will go stand with the grieving Marys of this world,

    if we will draw out the terrified who have retreated to their holes, if we will walk the Emmaus road with

    the lost and confused, if we will search out the hungry in the neighborhood called Galilee. We will

    find him already there before us, bringing new and verdant life. The only place we will not find him is

    in the tomb.

    The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori

    Presiding Bishop and Primate

    The Episcopal Church

    Jane Bermudez April 11

    Byrd Lochtie April 11

    John Hammond April 22

    Jill Stover April 23

    Heather Erickson April 24

    Helen Hui April 26

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    Holy Week and Easter

    Maundy Thursday: 6:00 p.m.

    Good Friday: 12:00 and 6:00 p.m.

    Holy Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

    Easter Sunday: 8:00 and 10:30

    The above schedule tells the time of events. What no schedule can convey is the intense reality

    of what we do, as a community of Jesus followers. Yes, Easter is glorious, but essentially superficial if

    we have not lived through the awesome, terrible events that precede it.

    Rather than merely re-enacting historical events, we are proclaiming that what happened

    more than 2,000 years ago is still relevant now, that we, too, are part of the story. We are people with

    the same needs, the same struggles, the same hunger for the reality of God as those who lived

    through the events we are entering through our liturgy.

    On Maundy Thursday, with some embarrassment, we symbolically respond to Jesus New

    Commandment (Mandatum, the Latin word from which we derive the word Maundy and

    mandate) to love one another as I have loved you. He took on the most menial job to make this

    point washing his followers dirty feet. We swallow our discomfort with serving and being served in

    such a way lay aside a little of our self-protection, and get a glimpse of Jesus way of loving.

    He gave us the gift of an ordinary meal made rich with eternal meaning when he took the

    bread, blessed, broke and gave it to us with the command to do the same thing knowing that his

    body is broken and given for us. He gave us wine, which he also blessed, commanding us to

    remember his blood that is shed for us. He showed us the ends to which Love is willing to go for the

    Beloved. The washing of the feet and the giving of bread and wine are not two separate actions, but

    all of a piece with how Jesus loves us and how we are to love each other and those we meet.

    The awesome loneliness of Jesus final struggle his fully human terror of what was to come

    is remembered as we move into the unlighted church and watch as the altar is stripped and all that

    enhances the beauty of our church is removed. We remember that his disciples, also confused,

    terrified and exhausted, found refuge in sleep as Jesus fought his solitary battle, wrestling in prayer

    with his fears and doubts. We know our own kinship with them as we go to the Chapel, to the Altar

    of Repose, and try to keep watch for one hour. The story continues as we walk silently into the

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    night, leaving Jesus as they did. It is humbling to know our kinship with Jesus followers so long ago.

    On Good Friday, we continue our journey as we walk the way of the Cross. At Noon, we will

    symbolically follow in Jesus steps from his struggle in the Garden of Gethsemane through his trial,

    crucifixion and death. In the evening, we will re-enter the story again, and re-live his betrayal, arrest,

    trial, crucifixion and death. We will join the crowds who shouted Crucify him, knowing that there

    are times when we have felt betrayed by God whose ways of being with us can seem too challenging;

    who wont wave an almighty arm and make everything better. We will admit to the doubts and

    disillusionments we endure that can leave us hurting, wondering what the horrible death of a single

    human being more than 2,000 years ago really has to do with us. Yet there is hope. We are nourished

    by the wine and bread that was saved from the feast where we received the command to love one

    another. That, too, we carry with us as we leave in silence.

    On Holy Saturday, we gather again, meeting in darkness. A sudden flare of light as the New Fire

    flares forth is our first glimpse of hope. As the deacon carries the Paschal Candle and three time sings

    The Light of Christ and we respond Thanks be to God, the light begins to spread from candle to

    candle, from person to person. The Exultet, a great song of praise and thanksgiving is sung, then we

    hear again the great stories of Gods actions through the centuries. The darkness continues to roll back

    as the stone guarding Jesus tomb was rolled back and we rejoice in Resurrected Life bursting forth with

    lights and singings and the exuberant ringing of bells. Once again, after weeks of being lost to us, the

    great praise ALLELUIA! is sung and we enter into the great feast of Life and Hope that is Easter.

    The celebration continues on Easter Sunday with all the glory, joy and beauty of what is known

    as the Queen of Seasons, the Feast of Feasts.

    Come and walk with us through the whole of the great story of Gods intense love for and total

    presence with us. Walk with us through confusion, loss, grief, doubt, fear and loneliness. Walk with us

    through darkness into the Light of Resurrection and new life.

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    Holy Week has begun and as I write this article I find myself thinking

    upon John the Baptist and the following words he spoke to his disciples:

    You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, I am not the Messiah,

    but I have been sent ahead of him. He who has the bride is the

    bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears

    him, rejoices greatly at the bride-grooms voice. For this reason my

    joy has been fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease (John

    3: 28-30).

    John the Baptist was a person who knew how to get over himself in

    the truest sense. He believed in the importance of his work, while fully un-

    derstanding and accepting his role in fulfilling the work of Jesus. What a

    healthy and loving perspective. After reading this passage in a sermon

    (produced as an article) in the February 2015 issue of The American Organ-

    ist (TAO), I chose to make it part of my personal journey through this Len-

    ten season. I struggle constantly to get over myself (its become a mantra) to not take everything per-

    sonally, to keep in mind that everything is not always about me. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, the Epis-

    copal priest who gave this sermon at the opening service of the 2014 AGO National Convention, invit-

    ed everyone to listen to John the Baptist and consider [h]ow blessed we all are in our increase, and

    even more blessed in our decrease.

    So as the current Music Director for this parish, I cannot reiterate enough that the music pro-

    gram is not about me it is about the Christ Church community. Therefore, I need your help; your ad-

    vice, your feedback, and your participation in defining a shared vision for the music ministry at Christ

    Church.

    Ill begin with Lent 2014. During Lent the Psalms were sung responsively, e.g. the Choir sang the

    verses with the Congregation joining the Choir for the refrains. We used settings from two different

    Psalters. I am grateful to the Choir for its willingness to take on the extra work of learning a new setting

    each week.

    The conclusion of the services in Lent was changed to create a contrast to the upcoming Easter-

    tide. Following the closing hymn, the Choir and Altar Party processed out to quiet music. There was no

    postlude and parishioners were invited use the time before and after worship for silent prayer and medi-

    tation.

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    What effect did these changes have on your experience of Sunday morning worship at the 10:30

    service? Did they aid you in expressing your faith during the Lenten season? Did they hinder you? Was

    either change helpful in forming your faith further? Were you transformed in any way?

    Please let me know, either via email ([email protected]), phone (445-0940), or invite me to

    join you at coffee hour. I would like to hear from you!

    In Christ,

    Merry Phillips The Worship Committee

    The Christ Church Worship Committee meets once a month; usually the first Friday of the

    month. We plan upcoming services, review past services, and discuss liturgies, hymns and music. Mem-

    bers of the Committee are: Mother Susan, Mother Lesley, Mother Nancy, Sister Diana, Katherine

    Clague (Altar Guild), and Merry Phillips (Music Director). If you have questions about worship ser-

    vices, please contact Mother Susan and/or Mother Lesley they set the agenda for the meetings. See

    the next Christ Church Chronicle for information on the selection process for hymns.

    The Choir

    The Christ Church Choir meets weekly on Wednesday evenings, 5:30-7:00 p.m. This is a group

    of people dedicated to raising their voices to the Glory of God every week. If you have questions about

    the choir, please talk to any one of the folks you see standing up there each Sunday. They will be happy

    to answer your questions. And if you are interested in joining the choir, please email or call me (Merry

    Phillips).

    One childs creative work at the Music and Arts 4 Foster Kids Evening

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    The Church Musicians Prayer

    O God, You have blessed us with talents and gifts beyond our deserving. We come before You now in a

    joyful response to Your blessings; to foster our talents and to offer their first fruits to You.

    We recognize that our efforts, marred by our sin, are a dim reflection of the angelic host singing to You

    in heaven. Our pride tempts us to use Your gifts for our personal glory, rather than as an opportunity

    for service. Our focus is often on our performance to the determent of our purpose; we are here to

    serve You. Humble us, Lord.

    We ask that You strengthen our voices and bodies for Your service. Help us as we emphasize in song the

    same message our worship leaders express in words and prayers. Fill us with Your Holy Spirit and trans-

    form our music into a gift pleasing to You and meaningful to the congregation we serve. We ask all this

    in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

    --Anthony Awtrey

    Music Events and Outside Musical Groups

    Upcoming concerts at Christ Church include:

    Saturday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.: Ferndale Choir Concert

    Sunday, May 10, 3:00 p.m.: Chamber Players of the Redwood

    Monday, June 8, 7:30 p.m.: LYRA A Concert of Russian Sacred and Folk Music

    June 28, 3:00 p.m.: Fourth Sunday concert: TBA

    July 26, 3:00 p.m.: Fourth Sunday concert: Musica Poetica

    August 23, 3:00 p.m.: Fourth Sunday concert: TBA.

    I will be writing about concerts in general and what is involved in hosting or sponsoring concerts

    at Christ Church for the next Christ Church Chronicle. In the meantime, if you have questions about

    these or other concerts, please contact me (Merry Phillips).

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    Lay Ministries

    I hope you enjoyed our special Lent, will participate in our glorious Easter services, and that they inspire you. Have you ever considered becoming one of the Lay Ministers who make such lovely worship possible? Please join us in one of these positions; whatever training you need will be provided: Lectors and Intercessors Acolytes and Eucharistic Ministers Announcers Ushers and Greeters Eucharistic Visitors Coffee Hour Hosts Contribution Counters Marty Vega would be happy to chat with you about any of these. Call her at 443-9782 or send an eMail to [email protected].

    Diocesan Board of Trustees

    Role of Trustees: An important ministry within the Diocese of Northern California

    This spring, our Deanery will elect a new Trustee to serve on the Diocesan Board of Trustees beginning in December 2015. The Board of Trustees was authorized at the 2011 Diocesan Convention, formalized in the revised Diocesan Canon 16. In December 2012, the seven Deanery-elected Trustees were joined by three Trustees appointed by Bishop Beisner and five Trustees elected at the 2012 Diocesan Convention to form the new Board of Trustees, assuming the responsibilities formally held by the Board of Directors and the Diocesan Council. A member of the Trustees shall be a confirmed member of the Episcopal Church, resident in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, and a communicant in good standing of a congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California.

    Trustees will:

    Through a Mutual Ministry process with the Bishop, help set goals for the Diocese and periodically evaluate progress toward goals.

    Help develop Diocesan Policy and Strategy in support of mission priorities and operations priorities established by Convention.

    Contribute to Strategic Planning for the Diocese, looking ahead and helping develop policy options to meet changing circumstances.

    Help oversee Diocesan Finance and Administration in support of mission priorities, including the development 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, with duties set forth in State law, the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation, and in acts of Convention.

    Help oversee Diocesan Property and Development in support of mission priorities. The Diocesan Corporation is the owner of all of the assets of the Diocese, including all

    real property, funds and other assets of the Missions in the Diocese, with rights and responsibilities of such ownership.

    The Trustees shall use diligence to increase the principal funds of the endowments of the Diocese.

    Trustees may expect monthly meetings augmented by the Dioceses communication network. They may be invited to work on subcommittees. They are asked to participate in a planning retreat, each January, at the Mercy Center in Auburn, CA.

    The new Trustee will be elected at our Deanery convocation Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Christ Church, Eureka at 3 p.m. following the Congregational Leadership Conference. Bob Hines of Christ Church, Eureka is the current Trustee representing the Semper Virens Deanery and is completing his term this year. If you wish to speak with Bob regarding his experience as a Trustee please contact him at 445-8974 or [email protected].

    Bishop Beisner will be with us. Clergy as well as laity can be elected. If you have prayerfully considered being elected to this important servant ministry as Semper Virens representative to the Board of Trustees here are several things to consider.

    You are regular in attendance at worship You are 18 years of age or older You are a member of record for at least 6 months You are a communicant in good standing You are a pledging member of the parish

    Board members are elected for a three-year term and attend meetings which are generally at the Office of the Bishop in Sacramento, in addition to committee and other special meetings. Here are several questions to prayerfully consider. What attributes or talents will you bring to the Board? What ministries have you participated in within the last two years at your parish? Which areas of leadership have you been a part of in your parish.

    Please include a recent picture suitable for publication. Please forward the photo and responses to [email protected].

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    Episcopal Church Women

    ECW will welcome Julie Lawson as its speaker on Wednesday, April 8.

    Following the healing service at 11 a.m., and potluck lunch at 11:45, Julie will give a presentation on

    her experiences sky-diving. This should be fun and out of the ordinary. Remember, the entire

    congregation is invited!

    Rene Ross

    Coffee Hour

    Thanks to so many, many willing helping hands, coffee hour has been running smoothly. Due

    to the number of volunteers for our quarterly schedule, hosts need only serve once per quarter. If you

    do not currently serve in this ministry and would like to help, please contact me and I will include in

    the next quarter schedule which will be May - July. Phone Lynne Bean at 822-6086.

    Lynne Bean

    Food for People

    Bev Olson writes, I have volunteered at Food for People for about 5 years. I volunteer three hours on each Wednesday. During the summer I help with the Produce Day and other days when

    asked. I have met hundreds of clients, and have made friends with many of them over the years. So it

    is really nothing to stop by the Parrish on my way to the Food Bank, which I have been doing for

    several months. I really enjoy doing this. Over the last few months we have donated approximately

    100 pounds of food to them. Please remember that they can particularly use ready to eat sealed or

    canned goods for those who live in single occupancy non-cooking spaces.

    Fresh Produce Sunday

    Last week, a lovely thing happened while I delivered the Christ Church produce to St.

    Vincents. Just after I dropped off the abundant collection of apples, oranges, cabbages and all the

    rest, a woman, who was a worker at St. Vincents, said, Thank you so much. I acknowledged her and

    started back to my car. I thought we were done. As the woman started to enter St. Vinnys delivery

    door, she stopped, turned around, walked back to me and said, God Bless You. Her heartfelt

    thanks and blessing rippled through my being. Please share with me this womans sentiment of

    thanksgiving. So all of you who thoughtfully and gratefully share your bounty of fruit and vegetables

    with others, God Bless You.

    Rene Ross

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    A Parish Note

    David Biermann, Helen Hui's father, is being included on the Hall of Fame Wall at the

    Smithsonian Institute Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Biermann was president and

    general manager of Hartzell Propeller Company in Piqua, Ohio. Biermann designed propellers for

    Hartzell for small aircraft. One of the notable planes was the Voyager, which was an experimental

    single aircraft which flew around the world without refueling. This plane is in the Smithsonian

    Institute Air and Space Museum.

    Helen Hui

    Music & Arts 4 Foster Kids:

    A Christ Church Ministry in Support of TFI Humboldt

    Pam and Paul Gossard leading the children in song

    On Friday, March 27, from 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m., Christ Church welcomed eighteen children

    from foster families of Humboldt County in kindergarten through 6th grade to a Christian-themed

    event that included a pizza supper and creative activities of musical instrument playing, group singing,

    and art projects all led by adult volunteers from Christ Church and St Albans. Our mission with this

    expansion of the music and arts summer camp is to provide respite to the parents of foster children

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    while giving the children a creative outlet for expressing themselves in a safe and loving environment.

    Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures of the children themselves because of the sensitive

    nature of their relationships with their birth parents and foster families.

    Marita Musante led the art project of decorating salt dough crosses (flour and salt) that she had

    baked herself. Her theme was based on Ruth Asawa, the late San Francisco artist who made salt dough

    models of her sculptures before casting them. In a perfect theme for Lent and Easter, Ruth embodied

    what it can mean to triumph over adversity and to forgive in relation to her familys internment during

    WWII. For Ruth, the internment was the first step on a journey to a world of art that profoundly

    changed who she was and what she thought was possible in life. In 1994, when she was 68 years old,

    she reflected on the experience: "I hold no hostilities for what happened; I blame no one. Sometimes

    good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the Internment, and

    I like who I am."

    Paul Gossard led the Stringed Instrument Adventure that gave the children the opportunity to

    learn about and play some of the many stringed instruments in Pauls collection. The children rotated

    through stations around the Zander building to get hands on experience of playing these

    instruments including ukulele, string bass, mandolin, harp, dulcimer, and canjo.

    Decorating salt crosses with Marita

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    Christ Church is grateful to all those who participated in and contributed to what we hope will

    become a regular event:

    Pizza supper: Gail Freeman and Lin Chase.

    Money donations for pizza: Helen Taylor, Nancy Frey, Kathy Clague, Mother Lesley, and Lois

    Gossard (checks) and those who gave cash.

    Activity Leaders: Pam Gossard, Paul Gossard, Marita Musante.

    Shepherds: Dan Phillips, Belinda Zander, Helen Hui, Roni Carlson, Heidi Erickson, Wally

    Cooper, Jill Stover, Cindy Woods, Peg Gardner, Marylou Bertolini, Merry Phillips, Carmela

    Wenger, and Mother Nancy.

    Administrators: Peg Gardner, Merry Phillips, Mother Nancy.

    If you are able to give a few hours on a Friday evening to support the foster families of Humboldt

    County, will you let me know?

    In Christ,

    Mother Nancy

    Some of our teachers and shepherds

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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. Sister 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