The

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Bugs!

Volume 152, Number 10 | June & July, 2016

of St. Peter’s No matter who you are or where you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here!

The Corner Office When I was a young girl in Oklahoma my great love—besides the slightly older boy two houses down—was summer. And though I loved hanging out and playing all day with my sister and the neighborhood kids, the best part of the day was evening when we all gathered after dinner at my house to play “Werewolf,” a game we invented ourselves. It was basically a game of hide and seek, with a werewolf thrown in, probably because we’d all seen the werewolf movie. Richard, the boy two doors down, played the werewolf and every other kid in the neighborhood simply ran off into the dark and hid. The werewolf would howl ominously as he stalked through the dark looking for someone to tag. Generally, just because he howled, we would run screaming from perfect safety in one of the abundant bushes in the neighborhood, allowing him to chase us around howling. If he tagged us we were taken to his secret den—often right under some unfortunate’s window—where we were stuck until someone came and “saved” us from the clutches of the werewolf. I can’t imagine the patience our parents must have summoned up to tolerate the screaming, howling, and yelling that was part of what should have been peaceful, warm, summer nights in the neighborhood. Eventually our front porch evolved into a designated safe zone, a place where players could go and hang out if we got winded (or indeed scared) and the werewolf/Richard couldn’t get us. Though it wasn’t a large porch, it did have two of those hollow aluminum chairs with the woven plastic strips and a porch light. It also had June bugs. Our June bugs were the brown sort. Less than an inch long, a bit crusty, and with six tiny thread-like legs. They flew in by the hundreds, attracted by the light on the porch. Thankfully they didn’t bite, because they weren’t shy about landing on whatever was handy as they flew in and around the light and then settled wherever they could even if it was one’s shoulder or head. They weren’t graceful, so sometimes they fell down your shirt. Continued on page 2…

The Deacon’s Beacon Most of us think of insects as being rather detestable. Holy Scripture would seem to agree. The word “insect” is used five times in the Bible. Four passages in Leviticus and Deuteronomy refer to them as being unclean and detestable, not to be consumed by the Israelites. The fifth passage, in Isaiah, refers to the nation of Israel as being an insect, insignificant in the eyes of the Lord. And yet, we know that insects form a very valuable place in nature. Even the most annoying and detestable to us have their place, although sometimes we might wonder what that is. Insects account for more biomass than all other species combined, and in Africa, termites themselves represent more biomass than all other species. Levitical prohibitions aside, we’re learning that insects have more nutritional value than other foods. Caterpillars have as much protein as lean ground beef or cod and much more iron and vitamins. Farming and harvesting of insects is inexpensive, takes very little water and is being used as an efficient food source for cattle and farm-raised fish. The list goes on. Have you ever eaten insects? I tried fried scorpions in Beijing and ate crickets and other insects in Southeast Asia. They were crunchy and salty; not bad, once you got past the mental hurdle. I think that the message here is that nothing is too small or insignificant to be of great value in God's creation. When we find an ant in our summer picnic or swat at a mosquito, we need to remember that they are God's creatures too. In the Jain religion, they believe that anyone may be reincarnated in any form. So true believers sweep the path before them lest they accidentally step on old Uncle Charlie. This action may seem a bit extreme but we would do well as humans to keep in mind that all of God's creation is remarkable and beautiful and these creatures have as much right to exist as we do. —Deacon Skip

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Corner Office, continued… For me, the church has always been my “front porch on a dark night.” It’s where I go, run to, when I want to find the light again, when I want to rest, be quiet, and be renewed. Yes, there are bugs and the chairs are not comfy. And yes, there are a lot of things to do there to keep that “porch” lit up so the bugs and people will keep coming, but it is so bright and welcoming. It would be great if we lived in a world where we were just playing at being unsafe, where being caught by the dreaded werewolf simply meant sitting in the dark for a few minutes until your friends came to get you or your mom called you in because it was getting late. But we aren’t. And as followers of Jesus we are called to step out into the dark and lead others to the light. We are called to notice the people who are trying to alleviate, to protect, to feed, to nurture, and heal and to stand with them. To do this well, we have to find the comfort of others who are working with us out there—we have to gather on the porch, every week, in what is our safety and rest, to be fed, and strengthened. The chairs aren’t comfortable, and the porch itself needs sustaining, but your family and friends are there, there’s laughter and love. And the June bugs… well, they don’t bite. —Mother Susan +

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles It’s June and the sky is cerulean blue and evenings cast summer light that invites us outdoors. We hear crickets singing, we hear…. pow!—the thwack of a June bug crashing into our porch lights. June bugs are New World scarab beetles in the genus Phyllophaga, which translates to “leaf eaters.” They are usually brown but sometimes green, which is why there is a fluorescent green cocktail named the “June Bug” that features Midori melon liquor and coconut rum—too sweet for my taste. The one-year life cycle of June bugs is a key to the species’ extraordinary longevity. Females lay 60 to 75 eggs over a period of two weeks in midsummer. The spherical eggs hatch into white grubs 18 days later. Larvae are 8 millimeters long at first and eventually reach a length of 40 millimeters. They molt twice before winter, and the third larval stage lasts nine months as the June bugs pupate and hibernate over winter.

Beetles belong to the order Coleoptera. In addition to their segmented bodies and exoskeletons, beetles have two sets of wings; their elytra, or outer hard wings, protect their soft wings that they use to fly. Elytra allow beetles to take advantage of many ecological niches, such as leaf litter. These elytra can also provide the color and patterns that confuse or warn off predators (think of a lady bug’s red elytra with black dots). Entomologists have described over 380,000 species of beetles. This represents 40% of all insects. Hard wings, extended metamorphosis and the ability to adapt to many habitats are advantages that contribute to Coleoptera’s speciation rate and, equally important, their survival over evolutionary time.

Scientists have used the fossil record to study beetles’ steadfast refusal to become extinct.

Beetles first appeared during the Permian period, 284 million years ago. Entomologists at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History constructed a database of 5,553 beetle species from 221 unique locations. Analysis at the family level showed “that the majority of beetle families living today are preserved in the fossil record.”

Permian time precedes the Triassic and Jurassic geological time periods. During the Jurassic period the planet was warmer and more humid: plants diversified including the first flowering plants. Dense vegetation and taller tree supported bigger animals such as dinosaurs. During this period marine, bird, and insect life also diversified. Sixty-six million years ago a meteor estimated by scientists to be six miles wide hit the Yucatan Peninsula at a speed of twelve miles per second, setting off cataclysmic events. According to physicist Lisa Randall, the energy released in this impact would have been a billion times greater than that of the atom bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Extreme winds and tsunamis radiated out from the point of impact, the Chicxulub Crater. As the extreme winds rushed backed in, trillions of tons of superheated dust, ash and steam created a toxic, hot planet surface. The fires that raged everywhere destroyed plant and animal life. Seismic waves reached the equivalent of 10 on the Richter scale. Sunlight was blocked for months, changing surface temperatures dramatically and stopping photosynthesis. In turn, food chains collapsed. Randall says that no living creatures heavier than mid-size dogs survived. The meteor strike brought about the most recent mass extinction.

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It was the end of the mighty dinosaur… but the humble beetle survived, just as it had survived two previous mass extinctions. Hard elytra, metamorphosis, and the ability to adapt to different food, ecological niches, and lifestyles helped beetles endure… and earned them the admiration of countless scientists. In fact, when mathematician and biologist J.B.S. Haldane was asked by a group of theologians if there were anything to be concluded about God from the study of natural history, he replied, “An inordinate fondness for beetles.”

Play good defense… find your niche… stick to your knitting. There’s a lesson in there for all of us.

—Becky Schenone

June Bugs This is our June and July issue—a good time to honor the June bug, and bugs everywhere, for that matter. Because say what you will, we think bugs deserve some praise and recognition. We’re not talking about insects. An insect is a stiff, socially awkward creature. Bugs are informal. A bug dresses casually, puts his feet up, drinks from the bottle, and tells good stories. Bugs are democratic—everyone is welcome to join the club. Flies, beetles, gnats, bees… come on in and join us; we’re all just bugs in here. There are times when a bug can be sort of charming in its familiarity, in the way it makes itself at home, like Ed Norton or Cosmo Kramer. The bug can be a source of joy and mirth. It took only one pinch-bug and a poodle to turn a dull church service into an extended comedy in Tom Sawyer. Consider all the ways bugs come into our lives and our language. As a metaphor the bug is powerful. Most of the time a bug is an unremarkable thing… but if something starts to bug us? Well, then we can be driven to distraction. The ability of a metaphorical bug to annoy, damage, and generally screw things up is way out of proportion to anything a real life, run-of-the-mill bug could accomplish, even at a picnic. We’ve heard that the famous gangster Benjamin Siegel hated the nickname Bugsy with a passion, so it’s a little ironic that he’ll be Bugsy for as long as he’s remembered.

As far as we know, Bugs Bunny never griped… and why should he? It’s a great name, much better than Max Hare or Happy Rabbit, which were his original names. In the end, Bugs was named for his director, Ben “Bugs” Hardaway. He was “Bugs’s Bunny.” People sometimes wish they could be a fly on the wall, but the best way to overhear a private conversation is to hide a bug somewhere—under a lamp, maybe, or behind a picture. It’s easy to guess why a hidden microphone is called a bug: it’s tiny and dark, with little antennae. Also poisonous, if it records an incriminating conversation. If a real bug can be pestiferous, irritating, and hard to swat, no wonder engineers began to call unexpected glitches bugs. Thomas Edison is said to have coined the term in the 1870s. None of his or anyone else’s experiences with buggy systems could equal Grace Hopper’s. In 1947, while working on a Mark II computer in a Naval research facility, Hopper’s team found a moth stuck in an electrical relay. To commemorate the first documented case of computer debugging, the group preserved the moth under a piece of Scotch tape in their logbook. The poor thing is still there for all to see—check him out the next time you’re at the Smithsonian. In the same way that Uncle Sam represents every American and John Bull every Brit, Hopper’s moth is the personifi-cation of computer bugs. We can imagine his picture on the recruiting poster, pointing one of his hairy little legs and saying “I want you!” If you think of all the billions of computer bugs the world has suffered through since 1947, he’s been an effective recruiter. Hopper herself would make a good symbol for women’s independence. Maybe we should think about putting her picture on something… preferably something binary like the one-, ten-, or hundred-dollar bill. There was nothing buggy about Hopper, who graduated with honors from Vassar and earned her PhD in mathematics at Yale in 1934. During World War II she enlisted in the Navy and was assigned to the Computation Project at Harvard, working on the Mark I computer. After the war she joined the UNIVAC team, and by 1952 she had developed a program that’s considered the first compiler. In 1959 she was a key member of the committee that developed COBOL. Hopper worked with computers until she died in 1992 at the age of 85. She once said, “The most important thing I've accomplished, other than building the compiler, is training young people. They come to me, you know, and say, ‘Do you think we can do this?’ I say, ‘Try it.’ And I back ’em up.

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June Bugs, continued from page 3… They need that. I keep track of them as they get older and I stir ’em up at intervals so they don't forget to take chances.” In a way it’s a shame that Hopper may be remembered more for that bug than for her own considerable achievements, which helped launch the Digital Age. It must have been an uphill climb for her: the ’50s weren’t exactly a golden age of liberation. We can only imagine the obstacles that Hopper faced as her career unfolded. She and her famous bug had some things in common. Her appreciation of persistence—the ability to work at a problem that bugs you until you solve it—undoubtedly contributed to her success. Maybe she also had a knack for bugging people to get what she needed… that can be a gift, too. Tracking people and periodically stirring things up—that’s practically a bug’s job description.

So if fixing the things that bug us and bugging other people to do likewise are good, let’s give the bug some recognition. The little creature’s stick-to-it-iveness is an inspiration to all—proof that you don’t always have to argue and debate to get your point across. You don’t have to be the spokesman for the cause. You don’t always need to articulate the perfect rejoinder. Sometimes you just have to do your best and set an example for everyone else. In other words: bee the change you seek. What’s that buzzing around the porch light? A bright-line brown-eye moth (Lacanobia oleracea)? No, for heaven’s sake—it’s a bug! Somebody get a newspaper.

Word of the Month

Lightning Bug (lite-ning bug). n. A member of one of approximately 2,000 species in the Lampyridae family of the beetle order Coleoptera, notable for bioluminescence. “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” Attributed to Mark Twain, 1890.

The Halo Award When the parish is going full speed ahead—as usual!—what keeps the wheels turning? The answer’s not a big secret: it’s the hard work of many parishioners. And there’s one parishioner in particular who’s always helping and seldom seeks the limelight. That’s why we’re especially pleased to hand this month’s halo to Su Boocock, whose efforts on behalf of the parish are second to none. Where would we be without Su? If it wasn’t for her dedication the Ladies would be less Crafty, there wouldn’t be anything to eat during Coffee Hour, and the most beautiful voice in the lector corps would be MIA. In fact, there are probably a dozen other things that would fall apart if Su wasn’t there to save the day… things that the rest of us have come to take for granted. Well, we’re not taking them for granted any longer! Here’s your titanium halo, Su, made light so you can fly through all the things you volunteer for. And your new halo has a propeller on top, too. Anyone who walks from San Carlos to St. Peter’s every week deserves a boost. Thanks, Su!

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From the Vestry The most recent Vestry meeting was on June 21 and discussion covered a wide range of topics, including money, missions, minutemen, and Sunday School. Money first… The Vestry approved monthly payment to members of our volunteer corps of musicians. Pat McCarty has been working hard on the parish’s Living Memorial Fund, managed by American Century. New signatories are now on file, and further discussion about long-term plans for the fund will be taken up in future Vestry meetings. Instead of hiring a certified commercial property inspector, the Vestry decided to ask our contractor, Remy’s Construction, to examine and report on the condition of the building housing Dr. Feiler. The first phase of our 2016 capital campaign, Expanding Horizons, was a great success. The Vestry expressed thanks to the campaign committee. Mission and other activities… The young people are all set for their mission trip to Crownpoint, New Mexico in the first week of August, supported in large part by the generosity of many people who contributed to the SPYs’ fundraising events. Other summer activities include June and July WOW luncheons, Game Night on July 9, and an end-of-summer picnic, date TBD. “Minutemen”… The Vestry took some time to discuss the sign-up system for lectors, ushers, acolytes, etc. It’s proven hard to recruit volunteers in advance using our current online system, Sign-Up Genius. The efforts of parishioners like Deborah Runyeon and Su Boocock have been a big help. It was suggested that a traditional clipboard sign-up sheet could be left in the back of the church. “Minutemen”—volunteers who are ready to step in at services if needed—could be a big help, too. Sunday School… Mother Susan suggested that she could hold Sunday School at 10:00 AM, before the 10:30 service. The real question: will parents go for it? Discussion will continue at the next scheduled meeting on August 9.

Retreat! Have you signed up for the Parish Retreat? Don’t put it off any longer! St. Peter’s has a tradition of going off on Labor Day weekend to Bishop’s Ranch in Healdsburg for our parish retreat. It’s a great place to go, not only because they have a terrific swimming pool but because they also have hiking trails, wine tasting, and those Adirondack chairs where you can sit for hours reading or looking out over the valley. If we wish, guides will lead hikes that focus on the animals, the plants, or the landscape. Beekeeping, outdoor pizza ovens, campfires… all these things are part of the Ranch, and the staff there are delighted to introduce us around. Down underneath the chapel is an art room, filled with all kinds of creative possibilities and we’re invited to make full use of that area. We always share the weekend with our Episcopal neighbor, the Church of the Epiphany. On Saturday evening we have a mixer—with drinks and snacks of course—just before dinner.

The parish retreat is a real bargain: three nights… five meals… and a great weekend together with your family and friends. And scholarships are available if necessary. There’s no better place to unwind, relax, and enjoy God’s creation. And it may be your last chance before summer ends, school starts up, and everybody gets back to work! In the past we’ve been able to accommodate late sign-ups but that is no longer possible. So please let the office know right away if you’re attending. Call or e-mail the office to make your reservation. 650 367-0777, or office@stpetersrwc.org As usual, carpools will be arranged.

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Yard Sale! If the sight of an enormous banana waving a sign doesn’t grab your attention, check your pulse.

On Sunday, June 5 the SPYs held what was surely the biggest yard sale the neighborhood has ever seen. Parishioners sure had a lot of stuff to donate!

The block was full of items—clothes and books seemed to fill about two thirds of the space.

The sale was staffed by a large and hardworking crew of young people, supervised by some very patient parents.

When the receipts were finally counted up, the sale raised about $600 for this year’s mission trip to Crownpoint, New Mexico.

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There was a ton of treasures to be found on the shelves and racks, and no shortage of shoppers.

Nothing like browsing the stock under a bower of oleander…

A Sunday morning yard sale also turned out to be the perfect time for friends to catch up on the latest news.

This was last in a series of fundraisers that the young people have been holding. They’ve held book sales, bake sales, and have found all kind of creative ways of raising money… and all of it for a great cause.

Kim Schiff, the mom-in-charge of the yard sale, told us that receipts from the sale were supplemented by a generous donation from the church women—a generous gift and much appreciated… as was everyone’s hard work.

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Secret Lives of St. Peter’s Parishioners What a summer! The Siri family—Cathy, Paul, Alexandra, and Olivia—just returned from a fabulous musical trip to Europe. Olivia and Alexandra played in concerts with the Peninsula Youth Orchestra in Prague and Vienna. Then the family continued on to Paris, Normandy, and London. A highlight of London was communion in Westminster Abbey. Cathy told us, “We were amazed at how the liturgy was almost exactly the same as that of our familiar Episcopalian service. We felt a strong bond across the many miles and centuries of time.” Mona Dena recently issued a new CD entitled Running Home. The songs are about love and marriage, aging, and musings on life. Copies of the CD (which features husband Jeff on drums) can be purchased by contacting Mona at mona@momusic.org. Neva Hutchinson will perform in a two person play, “By the Waters of Babylon,” in the last week of September and the first two weeks of October. Performances are at the Phoenix Theater in San Francisco, with two Sunday matinees on October 2 and 9. A “talkback” with the actors and director will follow the matinee on October 2. Interest has been expressed about organizing a carpool. Reservations and more info at www.brownpapertickets.com. Nancy Oliver tells us that the Sequoia High School Alumni Association will hold its annual “Celebrate Sequoia” Picnic and Barbecue on Saturday, August 20, from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm. In addition to the delicious barbecue there will be tours of the school, a visit by the award-winning Sequoia cheerleaders, Purple Patriot awards, alumni merchandise for sale, a mini car show, and an auction including four tickets to Disneyland. Tickets are $35 and the deadline to order is August 15. For more information contact Nancy at 650 592-5822, or visit sequoiahsalumni@earthlink.net. Joan Brumleve wrote to tell us about her family’s week-long cruise to Alaska on Royal Caribbean from Seattle through the Inside Passage and Tracy Arm, stopping in Juneau, Skagway, and Victoria. She said, “We enjoyed seeing the wildlife and nature that is preserved in Alaska and Canada, seeing whales, and getting close to the glaciers and waterfalls. A highlight was renting a van and driving up the Klondike Highway from Skagway, through the corner of British Columbia and Carcross into the Yukon Territory. We also enjoyed seeing family and friends along the way.”

Meet the Intern!

While other parishioners relax on their vacations, our intrepid summer intern, Lori Sibun-Handler, has been going hammer and tongs at a long list of communications-related projects. Lori’s goal is to help St. Peter’s become better known in the community, and if endless energy, unfailing enthusiasm, and a sunny disposition are the keys to success, great results are practically guaranteed. Lori has a special interest in video, which has come in very handy. She’s been reviewing and editing video archives from our 150th anniversary celebration, and the results of her efforts can be seen on the church website. Among the other projects Lori has tackled are:

• Designing a press release template • Developing a contact list for church publicity • Getting St. Peter’s listed on Yelp • Writing a survey questionnaire for parishioners • Researching ways to contact new City residents • Meeting with City communications staff • Expanding the parish’s use of social media

Lori lives in Redwood City with her mother, Penni, and will enter 10th grade at Sequoia High School this fall. She knows her way around St. Peter’s pretty well: she’s both a parishioner and an alumna of Beresford Preschool. Wondering how you can help Lori? Go to the parish’s new Yelp listing and give St. Peter’s a good review. And the next time you see Lori, give her a great big thank-you!

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Our Far-Flung Correspondents The other day the mailman delivered this gracious note… To my pew friends, I have moved to Santa Cruz and will miss coming to St. Peter’s on Sundays. It was sad to leave but I have been made very welcome here by my family who all live in the area. After 67 years in the same house it felt good to get rid of a lot of unnecessary “baggage.” (For instance, I had enough tools to build a house—would I do that??? Clothes I might wear again even if 10 years old, etc.). It’ll be nice to get better acquainted with my great-grandchildren who are almost teenagers (thank goodness—won’t have to go to the toy store and don’t have to babysit as they’re all electronically equipped). My new address is 3917 Winkle Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95065. Phone 650 863-9406. Thank you for many years of friendship. My best wishes to you and St. Peter’s for the future. Very fondly, Bernice O’Leary

Peeping Through the Keyhole

News and Shameless Gossip

If you were at the most recent Game Night on July 9th you know it was a real hoot. We’re told that board games dominated—and everyone left a winner… Our next visit to the Maple Street Shelter will be on July 31. As usual, the motive force behind this longstanding and very meaningful ministry is Pat McCarty. For more details on the menu and logistics, contact Pat at Pat_McCarty@sbcglobal.net… What’s your favorite part of a picnic? The food… the fun and games… or just relaxing with friends? Whatever your choice, you can count on having a good time at the church’s fall picnic on September 18. Mark the date..!

Our new Yelp listing (mentioned in the article on page 8) could use some reviews. Is there something special about St. Peter’s that you’d like to share? Head off to Yelp.com and express yourself..! We’re going to miss the Park family for their spontaneity, creative ideas, good works… and for generally being roaring great company. There sure have been some memorable Park moments—caroling on bicycles decorated with glow sticks is one that comes to mind—but what we’re going to miss most are the family’s many kindnesses, large and small. We hope they get tired of snow shovels and come back to California real soon… Right at press time we learned that Father Horace Greeley has received a new kidney. Prayers and good wishes are flying thick and fast!

Kid Stuff On Sunday, July 31 our hardworking young folks took off for New Mexico, on their way to this year’s mission.

The SPYs are headed to Crownpoint in the Navajo Nation to work on several projects which will showcase their carpentry and painting skills. Housing is rough, the food is bad, and the experience of helping a community in need is incredibly satisfying. Last year’s trip, which came at roughly the same time in the year, found the young people tarring roofs, painting houses, fixing floors, and having a ball. The mission trip is coordinated by Next Step Ministries, a nonprofit that leads construction projects at nine American and three international locations. For more info see www.nextstepministries.com… or just wait for the kids to get back, because they’ll surely want to tell you about everything they’ve done!

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Mark the Date!

A few items for your calendar…

-Sunday, July 31: SPY mission departs at 8:00 am -Sunday, July 31: Maple Street at 4:30 pm -Thursday, August 4: Crafty Ladies at 11:00 am -Sunday, August 7: SPY mission returns around 10:30 pm -Tuesday, August 9: Vestry meeting at 7:00 pm -Thursday, August 11 Crafty Ladies at 11:00 am -Thursday, August 18: Crafty Ladies at 11:00 am -Thursday, August 25: Crafty Ladies at 11:00 am -Thursday, September 1: Crafty Ladies at 11:00 am -Labor Day weekend, September 2-5: Parish Retreat

In Our Prayers CJ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Elaine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Elizabeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Erna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Gabby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Gertrude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Jim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Mona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Phil . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Susan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing Pat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For other needs Susan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For other needs Bill Finkmeier. . . . . . . . . . . For the departed Cole Houghton. . . . . . . . . . For the departed Jim McCarty. . . . . . . . . . . . For the departed Chuck Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . For the departed Ted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For the departed

Rites of Passage

Birthdays

Beth Sharpe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1 Elaina Harr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 3 Nicholas Chen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 3 Arlene Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 12 Shannon Yonker . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . June 16 Mark Wieser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 19 Eric Rollin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 19 Ryan Essenburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 22 Betty Fahy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 22 Gloria Colon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 23 Christian Woo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 27 Hannah Essenburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 29 Julie McKean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 30 Teri Chin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 2 Elizabeth Schnaubelt . . . . . . . . . . . July 2 Robin Cunha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 4 Sandy Buck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 4 Lois Cook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 11 Eli Goulden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 12 Dottie Moody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 19 Marco Duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 23 Diane Palomarez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 23 Shireen Woo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 23 Ben Redlawsk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 25 Skip Bushee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 25 Katherine Rivera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 25 John Lessar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 26 JD Davidson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 27 Yvonne Brien Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . July 29 Elizabeth Moody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 29

Anniversaries Bob and Holly Bendz. . . . . . . . . . . June 4 Cynthia and Michael Sholes. . . . . . June 22 Gene and Heather Hoffman. . . . . . June 26 Mona Dena and Jeff Redlawsk. . . . June 29 Shannon and Tom Yonker. . . . . . July 2 Dianne Brien and Dean Miller. . . July 7 Kathleen Palmer & Danny Shapiro July 7 Hannah and Ryan Essenburg. . . . . July 23 Miguel and Katherine Rivera. . . . . July 25 Cari and Erik Chen. . . . . . . . . . . . . July 27 Kristen and Doug Higgins July 31

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Get Involved!

Parish governance. Priest’s Warden John Nieman. jbnieman@gmail.com LEMs, acolytes, and lectors. Contact the church office. Godly Play (Sunday School). Cari Pang Chen. caripangchen@gmail.com Altar Guild. Barbara Naas. gladbarb@comcast.net Flowers and Candles. Nancy Oliver. 650 592-5822 SPY (youth group). Mother Susan. susandparsons@aol.com Men’s Group. Deacon Skip Bushee. gsbushee@gmail.com Hopkins Manor ministry. Deacon Skip Bushee. gsbushee@gmail.com Maple Street Shelter ministry. Pat McCarty. Pat_mccarty@sbcglobal.net Ushers. Dianne Brien. briller@bicycletunes.org Crafty Ladies. Su Boocock. 650 364-0195 Day Laborer ministry. Dave Goulden. dave.goulden@gmail.com

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Keys of St. Peter’s

June & July, 2016

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church

178 Clinton Street Redwood City, CA 94062

WWW.STPETERSRWC.ORG

650 367-0777

The Diocese of California

The Right Reverend Marc Andrus

Clergy and Lay Staff

The Reverend Susan D. Parsons. . Rector The Reverend Skip Bushee. . . . . . Deacon Ms. Siobhan Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . Parish Administrator Mr. Lorenzo Mendoza. . . . . . . . . Sexton Ms. Lorien Sibun-Handler. . . . . . . Intern

Officers of St. Peter’s

Mr. John Nieman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priest’s Warden Ms. Rebecca Schenone. . . . . . . . . . People’s Warden Mr. John Lessar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer Mr. Peter Hutchinson. . . . . . . . . . . Clerk

Vestry

Ms. Joan Brumleve Ms. Teri Chin Mr. Peter Hutchinson Ms. Pat McCarty Mr. John Nieman Mr. Jim Redman Ms. Rebecca Schenone Ms. Trish Reilly Taylor

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Redwood City is a progressive and inclusive church where we encourage all families—and young people especially—to engage enthusiastically in the community. We prefer acting to talking. We find nourishment in nourishing others. And we welcome all to join us.

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In this issue…

• Bugs!

• Yard Sale!

• Meet the Intern!

• Mission Trip… and more!