FAREWELL, TIM
WELCOME, DAVID

Editor’s note: As Tim departs for an exciting opportunity in the Bay Area, we are fortunate to have an interim mimister of music, David Clemensen, join us this month. In Tim’s final “Sharps & Flats” column below. he graciously hands the baton (sorry, couldn’t resist) to David.

by Tim Getz

By now you have no doubt heard the news that I have accepted a new position as Music Director at Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto. I am thrilled about this new opportunity but also very, very sad to leave behind this loving and joy-filled community at Saint Michael & All Angels
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We have laid some wonderful musical groundwork together. We have all grown in enjoyment and appreciation of a wider variety of music as a part of our common prayer, and we sing wonderfully well together.

I have every hope and expectation that in the coming months and years Saint Michael & All Angels’ commitment and enthusiasm for great liturgical music will continue to flourish.
This month you will meet our interim Minister of Music, David Clemensen. David and I have been friends for several years and I know you will enjoy getting to know him.

He has a doctorate in collaborative piano from USC and is accompanist for Pacific Chorale. David has served several churches in our area; most recently at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church as interim organist while their regular organist recovered from surgery following an auto accident.

David has often “borrowed” our organ and grand piano for practice during the week and has substituted for me on a number of occasions. He has experience working with choirs of all levels. I believe he will provide a wonderful, pastoral, and relatively seamless transition while our parish discerns the future of its music program.

One of your first opportunities to meet and hear David will be at this month’s “First Sundays at Four” evensong service. (Coincidentally, he was scheduled to play long before I had even applied for my new job!) On Sunday, February 7th at 4:00 p.m.—if you were looking for an alternative to the Super Bowl, this is it!—David, along with our own Desmond Stevens on clarinet, flutist Mary Palchak, and bassoonist David Muller, will perform the Evensong Suite by Alex Shapiro. This beautiful, melodic piece of music was commissioned in 1999 by St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Mar Vista. Its six movements are intended to accompany and invoke the moods of various parts of the evening service. All are invited to the service and the reception afterward!

My last Sunday with you will be February 14th, the last Sunday after the Epiphany.

It will be a very musical day including the participation of our adult, children’s, and handbell choirs. I do hope you’ll be here, not just to say good-bye but to celebrate our various music ministries and to look forward to the future.

As I did in my annual report, I’d like to end simply by saying thank you. For your loving friendship and support, I thank you. For your companionship on the Christian pilgrimage, I thank you. For outstanding chili of every color, with and without beans, I thank you. Most of all for singing and praying with me, Sunday by Sunday and year by year, I thank you. I love you and will miss you. And whenever you find yourself on the San Francisco peninsula, stop by and visit!

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HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE 2011
By Lynn Headley

In response to our Rector’s challenge: “Why can’t we get a group together for a Holy Land Pilgrimage?” after hearing Andy Guilford give a fascinating account of his recent Pilgrimage, several of our parishioners have come forward saying they are interested in participating in a pilgrimage.
Read it all here

PARISH NEWS AND NOTES:

ASH WEDNESDAY AND
LENTEN SERVICES

Ash Wednesday is February 14
Services at 7am, 12noon and 7:30pm

DURING LENT
Evening Prayer at 6pm each Wednesday in Lent preceding our Lenten discussion program
“Ethical Issues of Our Time”
(see Martha’s article on
page 6 for details)

Evening Prayer
with Remembrances on
March 10 and 24

CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE TO THE THE RECTOR'S DISCRETIONARY FUND by Jack Towner, by Peggy Maradudin, by Pamela and the Hoffman family in thanksgiving for the life of her mother, Louise Mahood, and by Pat & Jennifer Pellegrino Jackson in thanksgiving for the celebration and blessing of their marriage. These funds extends our parish's mission of outreach, providing for such needs as can be helped by financial assistance.

Sign up for ESCRIP at www.escrip,com and designate Saint Michael & All Angels as a group you want to support. Make your everyday purcheses create rewards for our church.Contact Teri Corbet with questions.

BASKETBALL: Available to all in All Angels' Court on Mondays,7-9pm. All are welcome! ...pick-up games ...bring friends! Basketball court footwear only, please. Spread the word!

The Parish Directory will be updated in April, and we will add new pictures. Doug Little will be taking pictures for inclusion in the directory after services on selected Sundays in February and March; the dates of those Sundays will be announced in the Sunday Bulletins.

We invite those of you without pictures in the directory to be photographed, and also those who would like to replace your present pictures. Alternatively, if any of you a have digital pictures of your own which you would like to use, please email them to.Peter Coppen.

On Sunday, March 14th, join together for brunch after the 10am service to celebrate families and hear author Janet Spiech speak about her book “A Little Book to Ease Meal-Time Madness” a direct result of one family's struggles in juggling family with the daily routine of home management in particular, handling the chaos during the dinner-hour. “A Little Book…” provides family-centered strategies to help bring order to daily routines combined with opportunities to create strong, family bonds.

Pledge Envelopes: Alphabetically listed labels with your pledge numbers are available in Michael’s Room. If you would like pledge envelopes for 2010, please take a box and attach your label to it ti remind you of your pledge number.

SAINT MICHAEL’S NEIGHBORS: We are looking for volunteers for the Senior Ministry group. The requirements are to make a few calls to homebound parishioners, send a few cards and give support to those who need some cheer. We meet on the first Wednesday of each month at 2pm. If interested, please contact Murry McClaren at 714.979.6978 or murrymcclarren@comcast.net..

ACOLYTES NEEDED! Being an Acolyte is a fun and rewarding ministry. And it’s amazing how much you can learn about church! We are currently looking for new adult and youth acolytes; trainings can happen anytime. If you are interested in being an acolyte, please see Fr. Haynes.

NOW THAT OUR NEWSLETTER FOR THE lOVE OF MIKE is only availble at the parish and no longer mailed to you home, you may want to reconsider a subscription to the online version to insure you see all the parish news each month. If so, please send your email address to Susan Beechner

ALL PARISH RETREAT Friday, July 23 - Sunday, July 25, 2010 Hosted by the Brothers of the Order of the Holy Cross at Saint Mary’s Retreat Centerin Santa Barbara. Please see Martha+ for more information or to sign-up.

QUIET DAY Saturday, December 5th. Join together for reflection, creativity, active joy! All welcome. 9am-1pm. Luncheon.

NEED A RIDE TO CHURCH? Call Norm Ewers (949.786.7104).

BASKETBALL: Available to all in All Angels' Court on Mondays, 7-9pm All are welcome! ...pick-up games ...bring friends! Basketball court footware only, please. Spread the word!

Sundays-at-Nine FEBRUARY 7: Serious Answers to Hard Questions: In our continuing video series where theologians share their perspectives on pressing theological and biblical questions of our time, this week we will be looking at the topic “the Gnostic Gospels.” 14: Serious Answers to Hard Questions: This week we will be discussing “Evangelism and Tolerance.” 21: Serious Answer to Hard Questions: This week we will be discussing “Religion and Science” 28: Each week during Lent we will use the Sundays-at-Nine time to discuss the previous Wednesday evening Lenten Class topic. Since Jim Gray will have spoken on February 24th, this week we will be discussing “Church & State.” Every Sunday in the Davis Library Between the 8am and 10am worship services All are Welcome!

The Men’s Group, READERS AND SEEKERS, meets on Thursdays at 7:30am in the Davis Library to discuss classical and contemporary thought in theology, science and philosophy. All men are invited.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner Tuesday, February 16th Come one, Come all! There will be games, conversations with friends, and, of course, pancakes! The fun begins at 6pm

NURSERY CARE for infants through 2 years of age is available in the Parish Center beginning at 9:30 a.m., and Sunday School is available for children from 3 to 13 years.