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Seminary’s Anglican Studies chair named for Bishop Borsch
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PHOTOS / PAYTON HØEGH
he Frederick Houk Borsch Chair of Anglican Studies was inaugurated at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (LTSP) in a brief ceremony in the seminary’s Schaeffer Ashmead Chapel during Eucharist on April 9. Borsch was the fifith bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles, serving from June 1989 to the end of January 2002, when he was succeeded by Bishop J. Jon Bruno. He has been teaching Anglican Studies at LTSP since the fall of 2003; for much of that time he also has been a professor of New Testament. The Anglican Studies chair at LTSP was established as the result of a generous gift from the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. Colleagues and graduates of LTSP serving in that diocese joined the seminary community and members of the LTSP board of trustees for the worship service, at which Borsch presided. Before becoming bishop of Los Angeles, Borsch had been on the faculty of several seminaries in the United States and England, and served as dean and president of Church Divinity School of the Pacific and interim dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. Author or editor of more than 20 books, he was for some years dean of the chapel at Princeton University, where he taught in the department of religion and the program on the history, archaeology and religion of the ancient world. ?
Seeds of Hope planted at All Saints’, Highland Park Some 200 members and friends of All Saints’ Church in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles put in a hard day’s work on May 17 to turn the church grounds into a productive and beautiful community garden that will grow produce to be donated to local food banks. Staff of the Seeds of Hope initiative in the Diocese of Los Angeles helped the parishioners raise planting beds, build a walkway, and set out plants. Seeds of Hope staff helped build a similar garden a week earlier at St. Stephen’s Church in Hollywood, and is working on other projects throughout the diocese. For more information about Seeds of Hope, contact Tim Alderson, executive director, at 213.482.2040.
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hurch of the Ascension, Sierra Madre, will host Safe Church training on Saturday, May 31, 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon. The Very Rev. Michael Bamberger, rector of Ascension, will be the instructor. Safe Church is a misconduct prevention program. All employees of the diocese and its congregations, as well as volunteers such as Sunday school teachers and aides, youth ministers, lay eucharistic ministers and oth-
ers must have a certificate of such training on file with the diocese, to be renewed every five years. (For information on who must take the training, contact Anilin Collado, human resources director, at [email protected] or 213.482.2040, ext 250.) Advance registration is requested: call the church at 626.355.1133. Church of the Ascension is located at 25 E. Laurel Avenue, Sierra Madre 91024. ?
LTSP MEDIA
Safe Church training session is May 31 in Sierra Madre
Bishop Frederick Borsch, in vestments, poses with Diocese of Pennsylvania Bishops Edward Lee (assisting), Rodney Michel (assisting) and Clifton Daniel (provisional bishop).
AROUND THE DIOCESE
FROM THE BISHOPS
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2:30 - 4 p.m.
Answers and prayer
All Saints Episcopal Church 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena
By Mary D. Glasspool
‘But the Bible Says ..’ Liberating Ourselves from the Bible as a Weapon of Exclusion
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of wide variety in how we go about the practice of prayer, I am frequently asked, “Does prayer really work?” Well, if we measure whether or not prayer works by whether or not a person gets what he or she asks for, then prayer works sometime and not others. But if we understand prayer as our response to God’s initiative, then we can have a different understanding of what works when we pray. Prayer works when it gives us a greater sense of the majesty and glory of God. Prayer works when it leads us to true repentance after a confession of sin. Prayer works when it arouses in us an awesome sense of the forgiving grace of God. Prayer works when it engenders profound thanks for every day we live and makes us realize that life is a gift to be received with gratitude and a task to be pursued with courage. Prayer works when it leads us to pray for others. Prayer works when it impels us to action on behalf of our sisters and brothers in this world. Prayer works when it leads to new commitments in our Christian pilgrimage. Prayer works when, along with our asking, it leads to our giving. Prayer is our response to God. When we bring our true selves to God in this relationship of prayer, prayer does work ... every single time. ?
A Celebration of Harold Pinter: Julian Sands
hen I was in high school, I remember compiling a little answer sheet with my friends. It wasn’t really cheating. The purpose was to help us out should we be caught sleeping or daydreaming in any of our classes. We had discovered that there were certain answers you could give without ever knowing what the question was when your wonderful daydream was interrupted by the familiar sound of your name being called in class. So, for example, if you were daydreaming in biology class, and you suddenly heard your name called, you would say “photosynthesis.” If you were drifting off to sleep in geometry, and the sound of your name woke you up, the answer was “pi equals 3.14.” In English, the answer was “Silas Marner” (or whatever other George Eliot book you were reading). In American history it was either “the Bill of Rights” or “July 4, 1776.” In Latin, the answer was either “first declension noun” or “third conjugation verb.” And in phys ed, the answer was “Here!” Not that any of us would ever be daydreaming in church, but in the unlikely event that we were and heard our name called, the answer might well be prayer. But prayer, like photosynthesis, is a lot more complicated than an answer to an unasked or unknown question. And in the midst
More listings at www.ladiocese.org (Calendars).
All Saints’, Santa Barbara, will host a day with Diana Butler Bass
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 4 p.m.
Concert: Dulcis Memoria
St. Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church 1227 Fourth Street, Santa Monica Information: 323.662.5007 SUNDAY, MAY 25, 5 p.m.
Dwight Trible Plays Jazz Vespers
All Saints Episcopal Church 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena Information: [email protected] SUNDAY, MAY 25, 7:30 p.m.
Compline
St. James’ Episcopal Church 3903 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles Information: 213.388.3015 TUESDAY, MAY 27, 7 p.m.
Taizé Worship Service
St. Francis Episcopal Church (chapel) 2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes Estates Information: 310.375.4617 THURSDAY, MAY 29, 7:30 p.m.
Missa Mystica on Ascension Day
All Saints’ Episcopal Church 504 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills 90210 Information: 310.275.0123, ext. 112 SATURDAY, MAY 31, 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Safe Church Training
Church of the Ascension 25 E. Laurel Avenue, Sierra Madre Information/Registration: 626.355.1133 SATURDAY, MAY 31, 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church 7501 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood Information/Tickets: bit.ly/R7qHlx THE
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 21
Episcopal News Weekly Editor: Janet Kawamoto, [email protected] Correspondent: The Rev. Patricia McCaughan, [email protected] Art Director: Molly Ruttan-Moffat, www.mollyruttan.com Advertising: Bob Williams, [email protected]
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oted theologian and author Diana Butler Bass will be at All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara, from 8:45 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 14 to explore recent trends in religion and spirituality that are challenging traditional institutions and
opening the way for new patterns of faith. Pre-registration is requested: tickets are $40 per person ($25 for students.) To register, visit allsaintsbythesea.org. All Saints’ Church is located at 83 Eucalyptus Lane, Santa Barbara 93108. For information call 805.969.4771. ?
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Episcopal News Weekly WWW.EPISCOPALNEWS.COM
SERVING THE SIX-COUNTY DIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES
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The Episcopal News
MAY 25, 2014
Seminary’s Anglican Studies chair named for Bishop Borsch
T
PHOTOS / PAYTON HØEGH
he Frederick Houk Borsch Chair of Anglican Studies was inaugurated at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (LTSP) in a brief ceremony in the seminary’s Schaeffer Ashmead Chapel during Eucharist on April 9. Borsch was the fifith bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles, serving from June 1989 to the end of January 2002, when he was succeeded by Bishop J. Jon Bruno. He has been teaching Anglican Studies at LTSP since the fall of 2003; for much of that time he also has been a professor of New Testament. The Anglican Studies chair at LTSP was established as the result of a generous gift from the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. Colleagues and graduates of LTSP serving in that diocese joined the seminary community and members of the LTSP board of trustees for the worship service, at which Borsch presided. Before becoming bishop of Los Angeles, Borsch had been on the faculty of several seminaries in the United States and England, and served as dean and president of Church Divinity School of the Pacific and interim dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. Author or editor of more than 20 books, he was for some years dean of the chapel at Princeton University, where he taught in the department of religion and the program on the history, archaeology and religion of the ancient world. ?
Seeds of Hope planted at All Saints’, Highland Park Some 200 members and friends of All Saints’ Church in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles put in a hard day’s work on May 17 to turn the church grounds into a productive and beautiful community garden that will grow produce to be donated to local food banks. Staff of the Seeds of Hope initiative in the Diocese of Los Angeles helped the parishioners raise planting beds, build a walkway, and set out plants. Seeds of Hope staff helped build a similar garden a week earlier at St. Stephen’s Church in Hollywood, and is working on other projects throughout the diocese. For more information about Seeds of Hope, contact Tim Alderson, executive director, at 213.482.2040.
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hurch of the Ascension, Sierra Madre, will host Safe Church training on Saturday, May 31, 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon. The Very Rev. Michael Bamberger, rector of Ascension, will be the instructor. Safe Church is a misconduct prevention program. All employees of the diocese and its congregations, as well as volunteers such as Sunday school teachers and aides, youth ministers, lay eucharistic ministers and oth-
ers must have a certificate of such training on file with the diocese, to be renewed every five years. (For information on who must take the training, contact Anilin Collado, human resources director, at [email protected] or 213.482.2040, ext 250.) Advance registration is requested: call the church at 626.355.1133. Church of the Ascension is located at 25 E. Laurel Avenue, Sierra Madre 91024. ?
LTSP MEDIA
Safe Church training session is May 31 in Sierra Madre
Bishop Frederick Borsch, in vestments, poses with Diocese of Pennsylvania Bishops Edward Lee (assisting), Rodney Michel (assisting) and Clifton Daniel (provisional bishop).
AROUND THE DIOCESE
FROM THE BISHOPS
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2:30 - 4 p.m.
Answers and prayer
All Saints Episcopal Church 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena
By Mary D. Glasspool
‘But the Bible Says ..’ Liberating Ourselves from the Bible as a Weapon of Exclusion
W
of wide variety in how we go about the practice of prayer, I am frequently asked, “Does prayer really work?” Well, if we measure whether or not prayer works by whether or not a person gets what he or she asks for, then prayer works sometime and not others. But if we understand prayer as our response to God’s initiative, then we can have a different understanding of what works when we pray. Prayer works when it gives us a greater sense of the majesty and glory of God. Prayer works when it leads us to true repentance after a confession of sin. Prayer works when it arouses in us an awesome sense of the forgiving grace of God. Prayer works when it engenders profound thanks for every day we live and makes us realize that life is a gift to be received with gratitude and a task to be pursued with courage. Prayer works when it leads us to pray for others. Prayer works when it impels us to action on behalf of our sisters and brothers in this world. Prayer works when it leads to new commitments in our Christian pilgrimage. Prayer works when, along with our asking, it leads to our giving. Prayer is our response to God. When we bring our true selves to God in this relationship of prayer, prayer does work ... every single time. ?
A Celebration of Harold Pinter: Julian Sands
hen I was in high school, I remember compiling a little answer sheet with my friends. It wasn’t really cheating. The purpose was to help us out should we be caught sleeping or daydreaming in any of our classes. We had discovered that there were certain answers you could give without ever knowing what the question was when your wonderful daydream was interrupted by the familiar sound of your name being called in class. So, for example, if you were daydreaming in biology class, and you suddenly heard your name called, you would say “photosynthesis.” If you were drifting off to sleep in geometry, and the sound of your name woke you up, the answer was “pi equals 3.14.” In English, the answer was “Silas Marner” (or whatever other George Eliot book you were reading). In American history it was either “the Bill of Rights” or “July 4, 1776.” In Latin, the answer was either “first declension noun” or “third conjugation verb.” And in phys ed, the answer was “Here!” Not that any of us would ever be daydreaming in church, but in the unlikely event that we were and heard our name called, the answer might well be prayer. But prayer, like photosynthesis, is a lot more complicated than an answer to an unasked or unknown question. And in the midst
More listings at www.ladiocese.org (Calendars).
All Saints’, Santa Barbara, will host a day with Diana Butler Bass
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 4 p.m.
Concert: Dulcis Memoria
St. Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church 1227 Fourth Street, Santa Monica Information: 323.662.5007 SUNDAY, MAY 25, 5 p.m.
Dwight Trible Plays Jazz Vespers
All Saints Episcopal Church 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena Information: [email protected] SUNDAY, MAY 25, 7:30 p.m.
Compline
St. James’ Episcopal Church 3903 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles Information: 213.388.3015 TUESDAY, MAY 27, 7 p.m.
Taizé Worship Service
St. Francis Episcopal Church (chapel) 2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes Estates Information: 310.375.4617 THURSDAY, MAY 29, 7:30 p.m.
Missa Mystica on Ascension Day
All Saints’ Episcopal Church 504 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills 90210 Information: 310.275.0123, ext. 112 SATURDAY, MAY 31, 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Safe Church Training
Church of the Ascension 25 E. Laurel Avenue, Sierra Madre Information/Registration: 626.355.1133 SATURDAY, MAY 31, 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church 7501 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood Information/Tickets: bit.ly/R7qHlx THE
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 21
Episcopal News Weekly Editor: Janet Kawamoto, [email protected] Correspondent: The Rev. Patricia McCaughan, [email protected] Art Director: Molly Ruttan-Moffat, www.mollyruttan.com Advertising: Bob Williams, [email protected]
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oted theologian and author Diana Butler Bass will be at All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara, from 8:45 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 14 to explore recent trends in religion and spirituality that are challenging traditional institutions and
opening the way for new patterns of faith. Pre-registration is requested: tickets are $40 per person ($25 for students.) To register, visit allsaintsbythesea.org. All Saints’ Church is located at 83 Eucalyptus Lane, Santa Barbara 93108. For information call 805.969.4771. ?
Did you know?
FEATURED ITEM:
The Diocese of Los Angeles has a full-service Credit Union. The Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union has been in existence since 1994, and any Episcopalian in the diocese can join.
Bill Pay Auto Loans Signature Loans Business Loans Wire Transfers Financial Education
THE 1979 BCP AND NRSV BIBLE
Religious Jewelry
Prayer Books/Bibles
ECFCU offers a full line of financial products: Saving and Checking Accounts Free Income Tax Preparation Holiday Club Accounts Debit/ATM Cards Individual Credit Counseling 24-Hour Telephone Information On-Line Banking
Gifts
800-366-1536 ext. 254 www.efcula.org
840 ECHO PARK AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90026 PLEASE CALL AT 213.482.2040, EXT. 228 MONDAY – FRIDAY: 9AM – 4PM • SATURDAY: 10AM – 2PM
