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‘Requiem or Renaissance?’ Join a discussion about the future of the Episcopal Church

Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce, the Rev. Barry Taylor, the Rev. Jimmy Bartz and the

Creative Ministries group of the Diocese of Los Angeles invites members of the diocesan community to “Requiem or Renaissance? Conversations on the Future of the Episcopal Church” on Saturday, March 29, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Holy Spirit Fellowship in Silver Lake (Los Angeles).

The questions to be addressed include: Are we at the end of a golden era in terms of both church and culture and all we are essentially doing is holding a requiem for a time gone by? Or are we in the midst of a renaissance?

Bishop Bruce writes, “With amazing things happening that are going to change the way we see and live in the world, a time of incred-ible opportunity as well as challenge, a time in which how we think about church, how we do church and what church even means can be called into question and re-framed for a new era that is emerging all around us.”

Light snacks will be provided. Because of space restrictions, the conversation is limit-ed to 50 participants, and reservations must be made in advance: online registration is at bit.ly/1gaeu4O.

Holy Spirit is lo-cated at 3711 Evans Street, Los Angeles 90027. ?

NYA scholarship winners: Some 30 young people from the Venice - Mar Vista area of Los Angeles celebrated winning scholarships at Neighborhood Youth Association’s annual scholarship and community service awards dinner on March 7. Each of the award recipients has achieved an outstanding record in high school and college with the help of NYA’s “Personal Best” program. NYA, founded as an Episcopal mission in 1899, remains an institution of the Diocese of Los Angeles. Through rigorous after-school academic tutoring and enrichment programs, it serves at-risk youth from young childhood through high school. Almost without exception its graduates go on to college and professional careers. This year, NYA also honored its robotics volunteers for their service to the agency and Google, the online information and service company, as an outstanding community partner.

‘Called to the Wall’ Lenten pilgrimage set for April 12

Called to the Wall, the third annual Lenten Via Crucis pilgrimage to the U.S. - Mexi-

co border in support of immigrants, will take place this year on Saturday, April 12, the day before Palm Sunday.

Pilgrims will gather at 8:30 a.m. at the Ca-thedral Center of St. Paul in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles and begin by praying the Stations of the Cross — repre-senting Jesus’ journey from the place of his trial to the place of crucifixion — in English and Spanish. They will caravan by car to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Anaheim , then cross over to the Diocese of San Diego, making a second stop at St. Paul’s Cathedral. At each stop participants will continue with additional Stations.

After lunch at St. Paul’s, participants will continue to a parking lot in south San Di-ego, where they will leave their cars to take a 45-minute walk along the shore to the border fence at Friendship Park. At the border wall, Bishop Suffragan Diane Jardine Bruce of the Diocese of Los Angeles and Bishop Diocesan James Mathes of the Diocese of San Diego will celebrate Eucharist at about 3 p.m.

At the same time, on the Mexican side of the wall, clergy from the Anglican Church of Mexico also will celebrate the Eucharist.

All are invited to take part in the pilgrim-age. Participants may join in at any of the several stops on the way. All transport will be by private cars traveling in caravan.

For additional information, contact Jenni-fer Hughes at jenniferhughes1969@gmail.com.?

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Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce offers a blessing through the fence during the 2012 pilgrimage.

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On SUNDAY, MARCH 16: 3 p.m. The Salomé Chamber Orchestra Good Samaritan Hospital - All Souls Chapel 637 S. Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles Information: 213.977.2932 or 213.840.2310 4 p.m. Jazz@George’s St. George’s Episcopal Church 23802 Avenida de la Carlota, Laguna Hills Information: www.jazzministry.org 4 p.m. Music at Four: Ty Woodward, organ St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church 6201 E. Willow, Long Beach Information: 562.420.1311 4 p.m. Women’s Evensong Invitational St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 122 South California Avenue, Monrovia Information: StLukesDirector@aol.com 5 p.m. Choral Evensong - Rutter RequiemSt. Francis Episcopal Church 2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes Estates Information: 310.375.4617 5 p.m. Jazz Vespers with Russell Ferrante All Saints Episcopal Church 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena Information: Melissa Hayes, 626.583.2725 5 p.m. Lenten Choral Evensong Church of the Ascension 25 E. Laurel Avenue, Sierra Madre Information: 626.355.1133 5 p.m. Lenten Program: Music of the Mass St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 330 E. 16th Street, Upland Information: 909.920.5565 6 p.m. LGTB Ministry Potluck and Compline (Church of the Messiah) Santa Ana Location Information: 714.540.5759 7 p.m. Sacramentum St. James’ Church 1325 Monterey Road, South Pasadena Information: 626.799.9194 or www.sjcsp.org

More listings at www.ladiocese.org (Calendars).

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The California Department of Water Re-sources has called “2013 the driest year in

recorded history for many areas of California, and current conditions suggest no change in sight for 2014.” Declaring a drought state of emergency, Governor Brown has directed his administration to take action and called on Californians to cut water use by 20 percent. We know that conservation is essential, and we as people of faith can make a difference as individuals, families and congregations.

The Lenten season is a good time to make water conservation a point of reflection and action. In addition to things we can do at home, ranging from taking shorter showers to opting for drought-resistant landscaping, let us look at our church buildings and see where we can save. The Cathedral Center, for example, recently achieved a two-thirds savings on water use and related costs by retrofitting restrooms throughout the complex, updating each toilet to use 1.6 gallons per flush rather than 5 gallons. Other congregations have taken similar measures.

In addition, the “Seeds of Hope” wellness and nutri-tion team, led by Tim Alderson, is available at the Cathedral Center to advise congregations on optimal water use for com-munity gardens. This topic is the subject of a “Just Action” video posted this week on the diocesan web site.

I also encourage you and your congrega-tion to make a point this Lent of reading Charles Fishman’s The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, which is again this year’s title in The Diocese Reads program. Available through the Cathedral Bookstore, The Big Thirst is recommended by the diocesan Program Group on Peace and Justice Ministries, which continues to re-spond to Diocesan Convention’s 2011 resolu-tion for long-term action on water use. This topic is important and timely for study fo-rums and book groups in our congregations, as well as exploration in our schools.

The sacredness and symbolism of water is central in our faith tradition, notably at our baptism. Let us act on our Baptismal Cov-enant “to seek and serve Christ in all per-sons,” loving our neighbors as ourselves, by caring for God’s creation and the gift of wa-ter and other natural resources. ?

Using water wiselyLenten focus can help year-round conservationBy J. Jon Bruno

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The Program Group on Youth & Young Adult Ministries invites young adults, ages 21 - 39, to explore the Bible with the bishops of the diocese in “Versed.” They will tackle the book

of Job in four Tuesday night sessions at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, beginning March 18 with “Theodicy: One Bishop’s Struggle,” with Bishop J. Jon Bruno. Each session will begin at 7:30 p.m. with dinner and continue with discussion of the topic for the evening, concluding at 9:30 p.m. Contact: Chris Tumilty, ctumilty@ladiocese.org or 213.482.2040.

‘Versed’ returns to study Book of Job on Tuesdays beginning March 18