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WWW.EPISCOPALNEWS.COM SERVING THE SIX-COUNTY DIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES MARCH 11, 2018

The Program Group on Youth Minis-try (PGYM) invites youth and young adults to join students and families

across America in demanding an end to gun violence and mass shootings. The “March For Our Lives” is scheduled for March 24, in concordance with a march planned for Wash-ington D.C. As part of the nationwide initiative, several marches are scheduled around the six coun-ties of the Diocese of Los Angeles, with loca-tions including downtown Los Angeles, Man-hattan Beach, Huntington Beach, Irvine, San Clemente, Riverside and more. Full details are available at http://event.marchforourlives.com. Participants with the diocesan Program Group on Youth will join the downtown Los Angeles March. Diocesan participants will remember the life of fellow Episcopalian and student Carmen Schentrup who perished in the Ash Wednesday shooting in Parkland, Florida. To register and for information, visit http://www.pgym.la/events.?

Spanish-language ministry fair offers new mission opportunities

Girls Friendly Society to Host ‘Not So Quiet Day’ The Episcopal News, Lent 2018 issue, is now online

The Lent 2018 issue of The Episcopal

News is now online for reading and print-ing. Stories include a report on ministry at All Saints by-the-Sea Church in Montecito after devastating mud-

slides; recovery from vandalism at Church of the Angels, Pasadena; and a profile of Archdeacon Charleen Crean. Visit www.episcopalnews.com for links to the issue.

The Girls Friendly Society will be at St. Andrew’s Church in Fullerton on March 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,

teaching guests about gardening, sustainabil-ity, and community food needs at a “Not So Quiet Day” under the theme “Christ Hath a Garden.” Girls ages 5 through 28 are wel-come, along with parents and friends. Participants are asked to wear casual clothes for gardening work and to bring a plant-based dish to share at a lunch potluck. Activities will include a garden tour, a scaven-ger hunt, and constructing “sharing gardens” for participants to take home.

To register, go to tinyurl.com/NSQD2018. For information, contact Nora Harris at nlhar-ris83@gmail.com. St. Andrew’s Church is lo-cated at 1231 E. Chapman Avenue, Fullerton. GFS-LA has also announced that leaders who work with youth are encouraged to ap-ply for the Stand Up! Speak Out! Curriculum Training Scholarship, which can provide up to $400 for the applicant to attend a train-ing session by the Institute for Girls’ Develop-ment on July 19-20, 2018 in Pasadena. Please contact Margaret Nolde at 714.330.1156 for more information. ?

Southland rallies set for March 24

Above: A family waits to sign in.Above right: Lorenzo Lebrija prepares the table for the conference Eucharist.Right: Francisco Garcia and Jaime Edwards-Acton tell stories “from the front lines of love” to young attendees. Photos by John H. Taylor.

Gathered to strengthen Latino ministries across the Diocese of Los Angeles, some 60 Episcopalians participated

the third annual diocesan Feria de Ministe-rios (Ministry Fair) hosted by the diocesan Program Group on Latino/Hispanic Minis-tries and featuring workshops on community organizing, how to be a better Christian, the use of the Anglican rosary, and more. Bishops John Harvey Taylor and Diane Jardine Bruce were present to share in the day, held at the

Cathedral Center. Keynote speaker Miguel de la Torre, well-known schol-ar-activist who is professor of social ethics and Latinx studies at Iliff School of Theol-ogy, gave talks in English and Span-ish on “Embrac-ing Hopelessness” (title of his 2017 book) amid current political contexts. Part of that stance, he said, involves countering racism with healthy self-identification rather than perpetuation of colonial stereotyping, he said. Additional coverage will follow in on-line editions of The Episcopal News. ?

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Episcopal News WeeklyEditor: Canon Janet Kawamoto, editor@ladiocese.org 840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90026 • 213.482.2040, ext. 251

THE VOLUME 7, NUMBER 10

A R O U N D T H E D I O C E S E

— SUNDAY, MARCH 11 —4:30 p.m. Solemn Evensong & Organ Recital St. James’ in-the-City Church 3903 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90010 Information: 213.388.3417

5 p.m. Lenten EvensongAll Saints Episcopal Church132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena 91101Information: 626.583.2750

6 p.m. Organ Recital: Adam PajanSt. James in-the-City Church3903 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90010Information: 213.388.3417

—WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14—7 p.m. Lenten Series: Community RecoveryAll Saints-by-the-Sea Church 83 Eucalyptus Lane, Santa Barbara 93108Information: 805.969.4771

—SATURDAY, MARCH 17— 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. GFS ‘Not So Quiet Day’St. Andrew’s Church1231 E. Chapman Avenue, FullertonInformation: nlharris83@gmail.com

5 p.m. Service of Lessons and Carols of the PassionSt. John’s Cathedral514 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 90007Information: 213.747.6285

—SUNDAY, MARCH 18 —5 p.m. Jazz Vespers: Bill Cunliffe & ImaginaciónAll Saints Church132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena 91101Information: 626.583.2725 or mhayes@allsaints-pas.org

For more listings, visit www.ladiocese.org

‘Come to the Light’: An Invitation to Reconciliation

Come to the light! This is the invitation Jesus offers in today’s gospel, when he says those who are true come to the

light so that it may be seen that their deeds are done in God.

In this 40-day season of Lent we are in-vited over and over into the light of God’s love. This bright light of love brings honesty and love in our relationships, gives us cour-age and strength to welcome the truth, and compassionate hearts for what we and others suffer. The light of God’s love is an invitation we offer to each other as well.

In our diocese, one way we are being in-vited into the light is through participation

in a diocesan-wide reconciliation pro-cess, which begins with two educa-tional workshops: “Healthy Congregations” and “Conflict in the Church.” Both of these workshops, led by the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center, are designed to help us all live more fully into relationships of honesty and love, courage and strength, and to grow our ability to have compassion for others.

All are welcome! Below are the dates and locations of each workshop. Save the dates and information about how to register will come soon. ?

Canon Melissa McCarthy

By Melissa McCarthy, Canon to the Ordinary

Workshop 1:“Healthy Congregations”

April 18-19, 2018 (Wednesday evening - Thursday all day)St. Alban’s Church in Westwood April 20-21, 2018 (Friday evening – Saturday all day)St. Michael and All Angels in Studio City May 11-12, 2018 (Friday evening – Saturday all day)St. Andrew’s Church in Torrance

Workshop 2: “Conflict in the Church”

May 18-19, 2018 (Friday evening – Saturday all day)Trinity Church in Orange May 30-31, 2018 (Wednesday evening - Thursday all day)St. Mark’s Church in Altadena June 8-9, 2018 (Friday evening – Saturday all day)Church of the Epiphany in Oak Park

Reconciliation Workshops