Epiphany Weekly News for the week of January 22nd.

Epiphany Connections 2012

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

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Get connected!  Fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall and sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and Weekly Email News. 

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Happenings this week

(January 22-28)

Annual Meeting, today 10:00 a.m.

EYG, today 9:00 a.m.

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

EfM Meeting, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

CGS, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.

Centering Prayer, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Book Club, Thursday, 10:00 a.m.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.

 

Music Guild

Jazz Vespers

Sunday, January 29, 7:30 p.m.

The Norm Freeman Quartet

Arrive at 6:45 p.m. for wine and brief presentation about the service in the Bishop’s Hall.

Jazz Vespers emerges as a synthesis of traditions, a blending of an age-old liturgy with the unique musical language we call jazz.  The Rev Norm Freeman, Rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church, Laguna Hills, together with Theo Saunders, Putter Smith, and Kendall Kay, will offer musical prayer, praise, and meditation during this one-of-a-kind liturgical experience.

 

Interested in learning more about the diaconate?

The diaconate is an ordained order of ministry which focuses on serving others in need. In December, the Venerable Joanne Leslie, Archdeacon for the Diocese of Los Angeles, came to speak with us about the ministry of deacons and from her conversations with parishioners a small reading group has been formed.  If you are interested in learning more about diaconal ministry and joining this reading group, please email the Very Rev. Melissa McCarthy at mmccarthy@tcote.org and let her know of your interest. All are welcome!

 

Weekday Catechesis of the Good Shepherd! 

Tuesdays at 3.30pm.

There is now a weekday session of CGS for Level II age children (7-9+) All those in Level II are welcome, as are those in the older Sunday school class who wish to be involved. We meet in Room 2 of Mitchel Hall. Contact Karen James for more information.

 

Educate for Hope (Outreach and Children’s Ministry Fundraiser) for Latin Patriarch School, Palestine. 

If you still wish to contribute it is not too late, you can still give. There will be a donations table out during coffee hour after both services on Sunday.  Checks should be made to The Church of the Epiphany and the memo line should read EDUCATE FOR HOPE. Thank you again

 

EYG (Epiphany Youth Group)

We meet in Bishop’s Hall from 9:00 a.m. – 9:45.  We are in the planning phase of our upcoming 30 Hour Famine (February 25 and 26).  Come visit our table after 10:00 a.m. Service!

 

Outreach

 

MANNA: The C. V. Food Bank needs non-perishable super market items: food, toiletries, diapers, paper towels. Your generous support is always appreciated by MANNA’s recipients.  You can drop it by on Sundays or in the church office

 

The Page Turners Book Club will meet Thursday, January 26th at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1. We will be reviewing The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obrecht. Join us for coffee and lively conversation. If you haven’t read the book come anyway. It’s a great way to get to know good books and people.  See you there!

 

Celebrate Mardi Gras with Church of the Epiphany

This is party and fundraiser that you don’t want to miss!

Saturday, February 11, 6:30 p.m.

Auction donations and volunteers are needed!

Baked goods, wine, kid items, services – all items are welcome…

Call Kimberly Hribal at 818.707.7159 or email ghribal@roadrunner.com

Epiphany Weekly News for the week of January 15th

Epiphany Connections 2012

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

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Get connected!  Fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall and sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and Weekly Email News. 

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Happenings this week

(January 15-21)

The office will be closed on Monday January 16th in honor of Martin Luther King Day.

 

Diaconate  Reading Group today, 9:00 a.m.

EYG, today 9:00 a.m.

Epiphany Party Planning Mtg. today after 10:00 a.m. service

Outreach Meeting today after 10:00 a.m. service

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

Centering Prayer Group, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

 

Interested in learning more about the diaconate?

The diaconate is an ordained order of ministry which focuses on serving others in need. In December, the Venerable Joanne Leslie, Archdeacon for the Diocese of Los Angeles, came to speak with us about the ministry of deacons and from her conversations with parishioners a small reading group has been formed. We will have our first meeting on today at 9 a.m. in the Founder’s Room. If you are interested in learning more about diaconal ministry and joining this reading group, please come to the meeting this coming Sunday. If you are unable to attend and still interested, please email the Very Rev. Melissa McCarthy at mmccarthy@tcote.org and let her know of your interest. All are welcome!

 

EfM at Epiphany is Starting!

Education for Ministry is an Adult Theological Education program sponsored by the School of Theology at Sewanee focusing on the study of the Old Testament, New Testament, Church History, and Theology over four years (committed one year at a time). The goal of the program is to enable laity to gain a greater understanding of our faith by experiencing many of the same educational opportunities as our clergy experience in seminary. A new EfM group is forming at Epiphany and will meet on Monday evenings throughout the year. We are still able to accept a few more members before the program begins in February. If you are interested in learning more about EfM and the group that is forming, please contact either Melissa or Andy Tomat at atomat@roadrunner.com

Weekday Catechesis of the Good Shepherd! 

Tuesdays at 3.30pm.

There is now a weekday session of CGS for Level II age children (7-9+) All those in Level II are welcome, as are those in the older Sunday school class who wish to be involved. We meet in Room 2 of Mitchel Hall. Contact Karen James for more information.

 

Educate for Hope (Outreach and Children’s Ministry Fundraiser) 

Last Sunday we started the fundraiser for Educate for Hope, to pay for a year’s tuition for a child at the Latin-Patriarch School in Palestine’s West Bank.  Due to the generosity of our Epiphany folks, the great news is we almost have enough to pay for two children to attend school!  Thank you to all who have contributed so far, it was wonderful to see the children paying a dollar or two from their allowance, along with adults who were able to write a check or put in cash! If you still wish to contribute it is not too late, you can still give. There will be a donations table out during coffee hour after both services on Sunday.
Checks should be made to The Church of the Epiphany and the memo line should read EDUCATE FOR HOPE. Thank you again

 

EYG (Epiphany Youth Group)

Today we start meeting in Bishop’s Hall from 9:00 a.m. – 9:45.  We are postponing our field trip to the Museum of Tolerance to later in the year.

 

Outreach

 

There is an Outreach Meeting today after church in the Founder’s Room. All are welcome.

 

MANNA: The C. V. Food Bank needs non-perishable super market items: food, toiletries, diapers, paper towels. Your generous support is always appreciated by MANNA’s recipients.  You can drop it by on Sundays or in the church office

 

Save the Date!  Epiphany Party is February 11.

Epiphany Weekly News for the week of January 8th.

Epiphany Connections 2012

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

---

Get connected!  Fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall and sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and Weekly Email News. 

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Happenings this week

(January 8-14)

Evensong and Concert, today, 5:00 p.m.

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

PFLAG, Monday, 7:30 p.m.

OWLs Lunch and Program, Thursday, noon

Alzheimer’s Support Group, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.

 

Choral Evensong for the Feast of the Epiphany, presented by the Epiphany Schola, today at 5:00 p.m.

followed by Karen Benjamin, soprano, and Nicki Kirsch, piano, who will present Classical Art Songs by Women composers with music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  Reception follows.

 

GIVE THE GIFT OF LEARNING …ONE CHILD AT A TIME!
As part of our Outreach efforts for 2012 at Epiphany, we would like to be able to sponsor a child at the Latin Patriarch School in Palestine. The school is supported by St Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Zebabdeh and by Educate for Hope, through the Diocese of Los Angeles. The school teaches in English and Hebrew and the cost of one child’s education for a year is $700.  To start the process of raising the funds to sponsor a child, there will be a special collection today. Please consider making a contribution so that others can have the gift of education. Every donation, however small will make a difference.  Let us celebrate our community at Epiphany with a gift to our sisters and brothers in Christ. Come to the cake table in the Bishop’s hall to make your donation. Thank you

 

EYG (Epiphany Youth Group)

January 15: We start meeting in Bishop’s Hall from 9:00 a.m. – 9:45.  After church, we will visit the Museum of

Tolerance in Los Angeles.  We need drivers and RSVPs by Monday, January 9. Please RSVP to Laurie Burns either by e-mail or phone (310) 948 1484.

 

Outreach

 

Thank you to all of you who helped make December’s Conejo Free Meals Program a success. Due to the cold weather and the overnight program, we had a huge number of clients; due to the generosity of our parish, we were able to feed them all.  We are scheduled to cater again on Tuesday, January 10.  Please bring extra food if possible; even though the weather isn’t as cold, the overnight program has increased the numbers of clients. Again, if you have friends or neighbors who would like to join us in giving food or service, this would be a great month to introduce them to the program.  As usual, please deliver your food between 6:00 and 6:15 pm.  We will serve between 6:30 and 7:15 pm at our usual location in the main hall at Calvary Community Church.  If you can donate food or service, please contact me.  Thanks!  -Elizabeth evb@speakeasy.net  805.498.4499

 

MANNA: The C. V. Food Bank needs non-perishable super market items: food, toiletries, diapers, paper towels. Your generous support is always appreciated by MANNA’s recipients.  You can drop it by on Sundays or in the church office

 

OWLs (Older, Wiser laity)

Our next event is at noon on Thursday, January 12, 2012.  We will once again enjoy lunch and some social time together followed by a very special one-woman presentation by Martha Miller.

 

Martha will be performing her show entitled Anne Morrow Lindbergh: A Gentle Woman of Quiet Strength.  This presentation focuses on the wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh who balanced, with grace and sensitivity (and not without challenge), three worlds: home and family, aviation, and a gifted literary career. Listen to Anne’s story, through her own words. You will be fascinated, but even more: you will want to apply her wisdom to your own life.

 

Please feel free to invite friends or neighbors who might be interested in Martha’s presentation. Lunch will be catered (for $10 per person), so please call Dave Burrows in the church office to RSVP before Monday, January 9^th.

Happy New Year, and we look forward to seeing you!

 

Epiphany Weekly News for the week of December 18th

Epiphany Connections 2011

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

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Get connected!  Fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall and sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and Weekly Email News. 

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Office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday thru Thursday

 

Happenings this week 

(December 18-21)

 

Oaks Camerata Concert, tonight, 5:00 p.m.

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

Centering Prayer Group, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.

 

Today we welcome guest preacher, Rev. Dr. Joanne Leslie.  On January 2011 she was appointed as the first female Archdeacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Joanne’s diaconal ministry and her professional career have been in the field of public health. Joanne served as parish deacon at Holy Faith Church in Inglewood for several years and most recently at St. John’s Cathedral in downtown Los Angles. During this time, working with a consortium of urban churches, she helped to establish innovative nutrition and fitness programs to promote improved health for their congregations and surrounding communities. She is currently serving as chair of the board of the Jubilee Consortium. Joanne also has long standing links with UCLA, where she was an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health for 15 years. Prior to her ordination and to teaching at UCLA, she worked for many years on nutrition and health issues in francophone West Africa as a staff member or consultant for several development organizations including: the World Bank, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the International Center for Research on Women.

 

In Concert at Epiphany: Oaks Camerata: A Chamber Vocal Ensemble in the Conejo Valley,

tonight at 5:00 p.m.

Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended.

Contact Brian Driscoll  on Sundays, (818) 991-4797 x 26, or by email (music@tcote.org). General admission tickets: $20 adult, $15 senior or child (under age 16)

Admission for Music Guild Members is free, but please contact Brian in advance to arrange for your tickets. The concert will include Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de minuit pour noël (H. 9, ca. 1690) and Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols (Op. 28, 1942), as well as music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), and more. The Britten will be accompanied by harpist Paul Baker, and organ accompaniments will be provided by Namhee Han.

 

Outreach

Outreach Meeting after the 10:00 a.m. service.

 

MANNA: The C. V. Food Bank needs non-perishable super market items: food, toiletries, diapers, paper towels. Your generous support is always appreciated by MANNA’s recipients.  You can drop it by on Sundays or in the church office

 

Outreach is happy to report that Epiphany is helping give Christmas to 25 families, which includes 70 children through “Adopt-a-family” a program of Lutheran Social Services which Epiphany supports.  Thank you to everyone who contributed!

 

Save the date!  The Epiphany Pageant, Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

Christmas Eve Services

4: 00 p.m. Family Eucharist

with children’s nativity narrative

7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist

with the Epiphany Choristers and strings

10:00 p.m. Choral Eucharist

with the Parish Choir, Schola, and strings

10:00 a.m. only, Sunday, December 25, Christmas Day

10:00 a.m. only, Sunday, January 1, New Year’s Day

 

January 8, 2012, 5:00 p.m.

Evensong for the Feast of the Epiphany

presented by the Epiphany Schola, followed by a free recital by

Karen Benjamin, soprano, and Vicki Kirsch, piano

 

Epiphany Weekly News for the week of December 11th

Epiphany Connections 2011

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

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Get connected!  Fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall and sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and Weekly Email News. 

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Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

Happenings this week  (December 11 – 17)

 

Outreach Cookie Exchange in Bishop’s Hall.

Christmas: In Prose and Poem, tonight, 7:00 p.m.

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

PFLAG, Monday 7:30 p.m.

C.V. Free Meal Program, Calvary, Tuesday, 6:15 p.m.

Centering Prayer Group, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Advent Lecture, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

 

 
Annual Outreach Cookie Exchange Sunday, December 11 after both services.  You are invited to purchase a wide assortment of holiday cookies after both services today in the Bishop’s Hall.  Proceeds go to the “Bright Futures” program stared through the Joplin Missouri School District Foundation that connects needs and resources to replace computers, books and such not covered by insurance.

 

Christmas: In Prose and Poem

Tonight! 7:00 p.m.

Presented in Readers’ Theater fashion, this delightful program of readings and recitations on Christmas and its celebration will feature members of the Epiphany family – adults and children, young and old.  You’ll be delighted by both old and new, familiar and novel readings.  A reception will follow.

 

Advent Lecture Series: Exploring the Psalms

Concludes Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Please join Dr. Brian Driscoll and the Very Rev. Melissa McCarthy in our final exploration of why the Psalms are so special to us, why we sing them, and what they mean.  Wine and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

 

Outreach

 

Our 7^th Annual Adopt-a-Family continues today after the 10:00 a.m. service in the Bishop’s hall.

Make Christmas joyful this year by adopting a family through the Lutheran Social Services.  Please stop by our table for information.  Be sure to leave your name and phone number with an Outreach member at the table.  LSS asks that gifts be wrapped and NOT in gift bags.  All wrapped gifts must be turned in by Sunday December 11, 2011.  Cash/check donations are also accepted for the purchase of gift cards.  Thank you for your support.

 

 

Epiphany Weekly News for the week of December 4th.

Epiphany Connections 2010

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

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Get connected!  Fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall and sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and Weekly Email News. 

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Happenings this week  (December 4 – 10)

 

EFM Meeting, today at 9:00 a.m. in Bishop’s Hall.

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

Centering Prayer Group, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Advent Lecture, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

Book Club, Thursday, 10:00 a.m.

OWLs Christmas Festivities, Thursday, 12:00 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.

EYG Christmas Party, Saturday, 3:00 p.m.

 

 

Advent Lessons and Carols tonight at 5:00 p.m.
Presented by the Parish Choir, Choristers, and Schola.
Festive reception follows.

 

EYG (Epiphany Youth Group) We will have no meeting today, but please plan on attending our Annual Christmas Party Saturday, Dec. 10 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.  We have a special guest, Mou Riiny, from the Sudan.  We will decorate Christmas Cookies and have a white elephant gift exchange, music, food, and Christmas fun.

 

Advent Lecture Series: Exploring the Psalms

Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., December 7 and 14.

Please join Dr. Brian Driscoll and the Very Rev. Melissa McCarthy the first three Wednesdays in Advent to explore why the Psalms are so special to us, why we sing them, and what they mean.  Wine and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

 

OWLs Christmas Luncheon. 

Please join us at noon on Thursday, December 8^th to celebrate with delicious food, entertainment, wonderful company, and fun activities!  Because this is a catered luncheon, please confirm your attendance with Dave Burrows in the church office by tomorrow morning.  All are welcome, so please invite your friends, and join us!

 

Page Turners Book Club will meet Thursday, December 8 at 10:00am in Room 1. We will be reviewing Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand and A Visit From the Goon Squad. Join us for coffee and lively conversation. If you haven’t read the books come anyway. It’s a great way to get to know good books and people.  See you there!

 

Christmas: In Prose and Poem

Sunday, December 11, 7:00 p.m.

Presented in Readers’ Theater fashion, this delightful program of readings and recitations on Christmas and its celebration will feature members of the Epiphany family – adults and children, young and old.  You’ll be delighted by both old and new, familiar and novel readings.  A reception will follow.

 

Outreach

 

Our 7^th Annual Adopt-a-Family continues today after the 10:00 a.m. service in the Bishop’s hall.

Make Christmas joyful this year by adopting a family through the Lutheran Social Services.  Please stop by our table for information.  Be sure to leave your name and phone number with an Outreach member at the table.  LSS asks that gifts be wrapped and NOT in gift bags.  All wrapped gifts must be turned in by Sunday December 11, 2011.  Cash/check donations are also accepted for the purchase of gift cards.  Thank you for you support.

 

Annual Outreach Cookie Exchange Sunday, December 11 after both services.  Sign up sheet and info available in Bishop’s Hall.

 

We are next scheduled to cater on Tuesday, December 13  for the Conejo Free Meals Program.  If you can donate food or service, please contact me.  Thanks! Contact Elizabeth Bryant 805.498.4499.

 

MANNA: The C. V. Food Bank needs non-perishable super market items: food, toiletries, diapers, paper towels. Your generous support is always appreciated by MANNA’s recipients.  You can drop it by on Sundays or in the church office

 

In Concert at Epiphany: Oaks Camerata: A Chamber Vocal Ensemble in the Conejo Valley,

December 18 at 5:00 p.m.

Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended.

Contact Brian Driscoll on Sundays, (818) 991-4797 x 26, or by email (music@tcote.org). General admission tickets: $20 adult, $15 senior or child (under age 16)

Admission for Music Guild Members is free, but please contact Brian in advance to arrange for your tickets. The concert will include Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de minuit pour noël (H. 9, ca. 1690) and Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols (Op. 28, 1942), as well as music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), and more. The Britten will be accompanied by harpist Paul Baker, and organ accompaniments will be provided by Namhee Han.

 

The Depressions Support Group will have a special guest speaker, John Horton, M.D. on “The Inner Game of Stress”, on Monday, December 5 at 7:00 p.m. in Bishop’s Hall.  See flier in the Narthex or Bishop’s Hall.

Epiphany Weekly News for the week of November 27th

Epiphany Connections 2010

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

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Get connected!  Fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall and sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and Weekly Email News. 

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Happenings this week 

(November 27-December 3)

 

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

Centering Prayer Group, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Advent Lecture, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.

Church Office Hours 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

 

 

EYG (Epiphany Youth Group) 

There is no youth group this evening.  Happy Thanksgiving!  We give thanks for each and every one of you.

Advent Lecture Series: Exploring the Psalms

Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.,

November 30, December 7 and 14.

Please join Dr. Brian Driscoll and the Very Rev. Melissa McCarthy the first three Wednesdays in Advent to explore why the Psalms are so special to us, why we sing them, and what they mean.  Wine and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

 

Advent Lessons and Carols
will be held on Sunday, December 4 at 5:00 p.m.
Presented by the Parish Choir, Choristers, and Schola.
Festive reception follows. 

One of the best-known Christmas services in the Western world is the festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.

This service celebrates the birth of Jesus by telling the story of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah and the birth of Jesus in a series of short readings from the Bible. The readings are interspersed with carols, choral music and congregational singing of hymns.

On Sunday, Dec. 11^th, at 7 p.m., Christmas: In Prose and Poem returns to Epiphany.  If you’re interested in joining in this year’s program, tell Ken Johnson (or call him at 805-498-2591), who will fill you in on details.

As a participant in this 1+ hour program of selected readings on the Nativity of our Lord, you’ll read works old and new by the likes of St. Augustine, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, O. Henry, Emily Dickenson, Robert Graves, R.L. Stevenson, to name just a few.  It’s great fun, won’t demand much prep time, and should leave you with plenty of time to do that last-minute Christmas shopping to boot. So come – Join Us!

 

 

 

 

 

Outreach

Our 7^th Annual Adopt-a-Family starts today after the 10:00 a.m. service in the Bishop’s hall.

Make Christmas joyful this year by adopting a family through the Lutheran Social Services.  Please stop by our table for information.  Be sure to leave your name and phone number with an Outreach member at the table.  LSS asks that gifts be wrapped and NOT in gift bags.  All wrapped gifts must be turned in by Sunday December 11, 2011.  Cash/check donations are also accepted for the purchase of gift cards.  Thank you for you support.

We are next scheduled to cater on  Tuesday, December 13  for the Conejo Free Meals Program.  The numbers of clients usually increase as it gets cooler outside, so every donation will help.  As usual, please deliver food between 6:00 and 6:15 pm.  We will serve between 6:30 and 7:15 pm at our usual location in the main hall at Calvary Community Church.  If you can donate food or service, please contact me.  Thanks! Contact Elizabeth Bryant 805.498.4499.

 

MANNA: The C. V. Food Bank needs non-perishable super market items: food, toiletries, diapers, paper towels. Your generous support is always appreciated by MANNA’s recipients.  You can drop it by on Sundays or in the church office.  Also, there has been/is a great need for fresh eggs. Donors can purchase cases and deliver them to Manna, 3020 Crescent Way, Thousand Oaks

Food Donation Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30 am – 2:00 pm

Tuesday & Friday 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Saturday 7:30 am – 1:00 pm

 

Save the date!  The Annual Outreach Cookie Exchange Sunday, December 11 after both services. 

 

In Concert at Epiphany: Oaks Camerata: A Chamber Vocal Ensemble in the Conejo Valley.

December 18 at 5:00 p.m.

Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended.

Contact BrianDriscoll on Sundays, (818) 991-4797 x 26, or by email (music@tcote.org). General admission tickets: $20 adult, $15 senior or child (under age 16)

Admission for Music Guild Members is free, but please contact Brian in advance to arrange for your tickets.The concert will include Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de minuit pour noël (H. 9, ca. 1690) and Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols (Op. 28, 1942), as well as music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), and more. The Britten will be accompanied by harpist Paul Baker, and organ accompaniments will be provided by Namhee Han.

Epiphany Weekly News for the week of November 20th

Epiphany Connections 2011

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

---

Get connected!  Fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall and sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and Weekly Email News. 

---

 

Happenings this week  (November 20-26)

 

Outreach meeting today after church.

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, the office is closed.  Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Church Office Hours 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

 

EYG (Epiphany Youth Group) There is no meeting tonight and there is no meeting next Sunday for the Thanksgiving Holiday Week-end.  We give thanks for each and every one of you.

 

There will be no Centering Prayer Group this week.  Centering Prayer Group will resume on Tuesday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel.

 

Coming up in Advent

 

On Sunday, Dec. 11^th, at 7 p.m., Christmas: In Prose and Poem returns to Epiphany.  If you’re interested in joining in this year’s program, tell Ken Johnson (or call him at 805-498-2591), who will fill you in on details.

As a participant in this 1+ hour program of selected readings on the Nativity of our Lord, you’ll read works old and new by the likes of St. Augustine, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, O. Henry, Emily Dickenson, Robert Graves, R.L. Stevenson, to name just a few.  It’s great fun, won’t demand much prep time, and should leave you with plenty of time to do that last-minute Christmas shopping to boot. So come – Join Us!

 

Advent Lessons and Carols
will be held on Sunday, December 4 at 5:00 p.m.
Presented by Parish, Choristers, Schola, High School, and Trainer choirs.
Festive reception follows. 

One of the best-known Christmas services in the Western world is the festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.

This service celebrates the birth of Jesus by telling the story of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah and the birth of Jesus in a series of short readings from the Bible. The readings are interspersed with carols, choral music and congregational singing of hymns.

 

Advent Lecture Series: Exploring the Psalms

Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.,

November 30, December 7 and 14.

Please join Dr. Brian Driscoll and the Very Rev. Melissa McCarthy the first three Wednesdays in Advent to explore why the Psalms are so special to us, why we sing them, and what they mean.  Wine and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

 

Outreach

 

Outreach Meeting today after 10:00 a.m. church in the Founder’s Room.  All are welcome.

 

We are next scheduled to cater on  Tuesday, December 13  for the Conejo Free Meals Program.  The numbers of clients usually increase as it gets cooler outside, so every donation will help.  As usual, please deliver food between 6:00 and 6:15 pm.  We will serve between 6:30 and 7:15 pm at our usual location in the main hall at Calvary Community Church.  If you can donate food or service, please contact me.  Thanks! Contact Elizabeth Bryant 805.498.4499.

 

MANNA: The C. V. Food Bank needs non-perishable super market items: food, toiletries, diapers, paper towels. Your generous support is always appreciated by MANNA’s recipients.  You can drop it by on Sundays or in the church office.  Also, there has been/is a great need for fresh eggs. Donors can purchase cases and deliver them to Manna, 3020 Crescent Way, Thousand Oaks

Food Donation Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30 am – 2:00 pm

Tuesday & Friday 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Saturday 7:30 am – 1:00 pm

 

Save the date!  The Annual Outreach Cookie Exchange Sunday, December 11 after both services. 

Epiphany Weekly News for the week of November 13th

Epiphany Connections 2011

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

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Get connected! Sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and weekly email blast.  Please fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall.  Our website is www.tcote.org

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Happenings this week 

(November 13-19)

 

EYG, tonight, 6:00 p.m.

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

PFLAG, Monday, 7:30 p.m.

Centering Prayer Group, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

 

Church Office Hours 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday.

 

 

EYG (Epiphany Youth Group)

We will meet this evening for a meal, a program, and fellowship this evening at 6:00 p.m.

 

OWLs (Older, wiser laity)

Please join us Thursday for Matins at 10:30 followed by coffee hour and discussion: What is the greatest concern I have as a Senior?

 

Upcoming

 

On Sunday, Dec. 11^th, at 7 p.m., Christmas: In Prose and Poem returns to Epiphany.  If you’re interested in joining in this year’s program, tell Ken Johnson (or call him at 805-498-2591), who will fill you in on details.

As a participant in this 1+ hour program of selected readings on the Nativity of our Lord, you’ll read works old and new by the likes of St. Augustine, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, O. Henry, Emily Dickenson, Robert Graves, R.L. Stevenson, to name just a few.  It’s great fun, won’t demand much prep time, and should leave you with plenty of time to do that last-minute Christmas shopping to boot. So come – Join Us!

 

Please join us for Advent Lessons and Carols on Sunday, December 4 at 5:00 p.m.

 

 

Coming soon!  The Advent Issue of “The Star”.

 

 Outreach

 

We are next scheduled to cater on  Tuesday, December 13  for the Conejo Free Meals Program.  The numbers of clients usually increase as it gets cooler outside, so every donation will help.  As usual, please deliver food between 6:00 and 6:15 pm.  We will serve between 6:30 and 7:15 pm at our usual location in the main hall at Calvary Community Church.  If you can donate food or service, please contact me.  Thanks! Contact Elizabeth Bryant 805.498.4499.

 

MANNA: The C. V. Food Bank needs non-perishable super market items: food, toiletries, diapers, paper towels. Your generous support is always appreciated by MANNA’s recipients.  You can drop it by on Sundays or in the church office.  Also, there has been/is a great need for fresh eggs. Donors can purchase cases and deliver them to Manna, 3020 Crescent Way, Thousand Oaks

Food Donation Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30 am – 2:00 pm

Tuesday & Friday 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Saturday 7:30 am – 1:00 pm

 

Save the date!  The Annual Outreach Cookie Exchange Sunday, December 11 after both services.

Epiphany Weekly News for the week of October 30th

Epiphany Connections 2011

There are at least 101 ways to get connected and find your ministry at Epiphany.

Where are you being called to serve?

 

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Get connected! Sign up for Epiphany’s snail mail and weekly email blast.  Please fill out the registration form found in the Narthex or in the Bishop’s Hall.  Our website is www.tcote.org

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Happenings this week 

(October 30-November 5)

 

Consecration Luncheon today after church

EYG, tonight, 6:00 p.m.

Depression Support Group, Monday, 7:00 p.m.

Centering Prayer Group, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Church Office Hours 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

 

 

The Rt. Rev. Mary Douglas Glasspool was elected eighth bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on December 5, 2009, after having served nine years as canon to the bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. The second woman to be elected bishop in diocesan history, she was ordained to the episcopate on May 15, 2010.
Bishop Glasspool’s areas of specialization include ecumenical and interreligious ministries, diocesan schools, LGBT ministries, and oversight of the congregations in the northern third of the Diocese.
Bishop Glasspool became canon to the Maryland bishops in 2001. Previously she was rector of St. Margaret’s, Annapolis (1992-2001); rector of St. Luke’s and St. Margaret’s, Boston (1984-1992); and assistant to the rector of St. Paul’s, Philadelphia (1981-1984).
Ordained a priest in 1982 in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, she holds a master of divinity degree from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She was a 2006 Merrill Fellow at Harvard Divinity School.
Bishop Glasspool was born in Staten Island, New York. Her life partner, Rebecca Sander, holds a doctorate in social work.

 

Festival Choral Evensong for All Saints’ Sunday

Presented by the Epiphany Parish choir and Schola

will be held of Sunday, November 6 at 5:00 p.m.

A free recital follows.  Pianist Kanae Matsumoto returns to Epiphany to perform solo piano works by Chopin, Schumann, and Prokofiev.  A reception follows.

 EYG (Epiphany Youth Group) Annual Costume Party!!

Tonight from 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Bring a friend!!  Food, Games, Fun, Fabulous Prizes!  We’ll have a monster of a good time!

 

Outreach

 We are scheduled to cater on  Tuesday, November 8  for the Conejo Free Meals Program.  The numbers of clients usually increase as it gets cooler outside, especially with rain in the forecast, so every donation will help.
As usual, please deliver food between 6:00 and 6:15 pm.  We will serve between 6:30 and 7:15 pm at our usual location in the main hall at Calvary Community Church.  If you can donate food or service, please contact me.  Thanks! Contact Elizabeth Bryant 805.498.4499.

 

MANNA: The C. V. Food Bank needs non-perishable super market items: food, toiletries, diapers, paper towels. Your generous support is always appreciated by MANNA’s recipients.  You can drop it by on Sundays or in the church office.  Also, there has been/is a great need for fresh eggs. Donors can purchase cases and deliver them to Manna, 3020 Crescent Way, Thousand Oaks

Food Donation Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30 am – 2:00 pm

Tuesday & Friday 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Saturday 7:30 am – 1:00 pm

 

As part of our Outreach Program, we will remember the Veterans this November by offering poppies at both services on November 6th.  The poppies are lapel worn then for the week and especially on November 11th, Armistice Day, the day when WW1 officially ended, and on the following Sunday called “Remembrance Sunday.  Poppies became the symbol of this annual remembrance of those who died in foreign wars in honor of Canadian Captain John McCrae’s famous poem “In Flanders Fields.”