VOLUME 1, ISSUE 31
AUGUST 22, 2019
11th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16)
Isaiah 58:9b-14
Psalm 103:1-8
Hebrews 12:18-29
Luke 13:10-17
8:00AM SERVICE
Preacher: Rev. Hatcher
Celebrant: Rev. Hatcher
10:00AM SERVICE
Ushers: TBD
Lector: Katharine Nelson
EM: Pete Cabbiness
Preacher: Rev. Hatcher
Celebrant: Rev. Hatcher
FOOD BANK
2nd-4th Wednesdays @ 2:30PM

THE COTTAGE SHOP
[Closed Wednesday during Summer]
1st-3rd Sat. @ 9:00AM-1:00PM

CHOIR REHEARSALS
[On Summer Break from Rehearsals]
THE DEAN'S FIRESIDE CHAT
SUN. AUG. 25 @ 9:00AM
Fireside Room

NEWCOMERS' LUNCHEON
SUN. AUG. 25 @ 11:30PM
White Room (Zoe Eden)

YOUTH GROUP:
SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE NIGHT
SAT. AUG. 31 @ 5:30PM
Fireside Room

PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
SUN. SEPT. 1 @ 11:30PM
Conference Room

FOOD BANK STEERING COMMITTEE
WED. SEPT. 4 @ 2:00PM
White Room (Zoe Eden)

BUILDINGS & GROUNDS COMMITTEE
SAT. SEPT. 7 @ 9:00AM
Conference Room
GUEST PREACHER AND CELEBRANT
The Reverend Spencer Hatcher
With Dean Ryan recovering from tonsil surgery, St. James is excited to announce a guest preacher and celebrant for this Sunday, August 25th.

The Reverend Spencer Hatcher currently serves as the Director of Diocesan Relations and Recruitment at Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) in Berkeley, California, where she attended seminary.

Originally from Maryland, Spencer served as a parish priest and diocesan camp director for the Diocese of Maryland before packing up her pug, Mary Stuart, and driving back across the country last August to begin again at CDSP. 
WALKING WITH IMMIGRANTS
The Episcopal Church continues to respond to the complex array of challenges facing immigrants across the United States, including support for children and other people seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border, assisting immigrants who are undocumented, advocating for comprehensive immigration reform, and resettling refugees through Episcopal Migration Ministries.

In a new video, The Episcopal Church: Walking with Immigrants, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry introduces five bishops whose dioceses are actively engaged in immigrant welcome. Each bishop shares ways individuals or groups can support this work. Their intent is to inspire action and to highlight the many ways people can engage with and deepen their understanding of immigration issues.

The video ends with an overview of the advocacy and refugee resettlement work done at the national level. The Rev. Canon Charles K. Robertson, Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church, speaks to the Church’s 80-year commitment to immigrants and displaced persons; support which continues today through Episcopal Migration Ministries and the Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations (The Episcopal Public Policy Network).
Join St. James Episcopal Youth Group on Saturday, August 31st, 5:30PM to 8:00PM for dinner and a movie!

We'll be watching Shazam! in the Fireside Room.

Bring your friends ages 10-18 for a free movie to celebrate the end of summer. We'll have dinner, movie snacks, and drinks as well as an opportunity to win a Starbucks gift card. We'll see you there!
Continuing this Sunday through the end of August, Dean Ryan will host “Fireside Chats” 9:00am -9:45am in the Cathedral’s Fireside Room.

This Sunday's "Way of Love" topic is GO. 

Bishop Curry teaches about how regular worship can both help us to deny self-interest as the main aim of life and also re-center our lives on God.

The assembled group are invited to bring/grab a cup of coffee or tea and will listen together to an episode of Presiding Bishop Curry’s new podcast The Way of Love. Each episode is about 20 minutes. 

Following the podcast listening session, Dean will convene a conversation about the episode with the group. This is intended to be an informal, yet engaging gathering—participation is highly encouraged. Come for the coffee (or tea), stay for the conversation! All are welcome!
On Sunday, September 8th, following the 10AM service, the Cathedral Congregation will host a baby shower for Luna and her parents, Kathryn and John.

Details of the shower, including some suggested gifts, will be available in next week's Midweek Missive.

We hope everyone will join us to celebrate Luna's birth and this beautiful new family.
The mid-week Bible Study returns on Wednesday, September 11th. The study is led by Emily Niblick and will meet weekly on Wednesdays, 10:00AM to 11:00AM, in the Conference Room.

The study will explore the Book of Revelation--a mysterious and often misunderstood book of the New Testament. The study will delve into what is written and interpret the text's social and historical context, as well as what it means for our own spiritual journey and faith. Every single verse of Revelation will be studied by the end of the study.

The primary text will be the New Testament, specifically The Book of Revelation. In addition, Emily will suggest books and commentaries for supplement reading.

If you are interested in participating or need additional information, please contact Emily Niblick.
IN HONOR OF ST. JAMES' 140TH ANNIVERSARY AND THE UPCOMING CELEBRATION THIS FALL, THE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE IS OFFERING ARTICLES IN THE "MIDWEEK MISSIVE" HIGHLIGHTING THE HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL.
WHEN ST. JAMES HAD TWO DEANS
by Emily Niblick
Did you know that St. James once had an Associate Dean as well as a Dean?

In the midsummer of 1952 Dean James Malloch asked the Chapter to consider the possibility of bringing in an associate to help him. At 57 he was beginning to feel the stress and strain of a life of church work, and was beginning to feel symptoms of various health issues. It is no wonder; Dean Malloch was not one to sit at home. As we have seen in earlier articles, he spent a good deal of his time giving speeches and preaching sermons up and down the Valley, stressing the need for peace and brotherhood. He was even a local radio star! And so he reminded the Chapter that he needed help and, perhaps foreseeing that the help might stay around a while, suggested the consideration of purchasing a home for the prospective associate.

In the fall of 1953 Dean Malloch suffered a stroke and was confined to bed. Chapter began plans to bring in someone to aid Dean Malloch. They began by purchasing a home for the new associate, located at 623 W. Michigan Ave., located east of West Ave. and south of Shields. They also hired a new secretary who could take care of weekly activities such as printing the church bulletins.
Finally, on January 10, 1954, the Chapter in a special meeting adopted the following resolution:

“It is the intention of this Chapter, if the Rev. Harry B. Lee agrees to accept the call to become Associate Dean of St. James Cathedral in Fresno, that should Dean Malloch at any time wish to retire, or to leave St. James, then Harry Lee would become Dean of St. James.”

The Fresno Bee of Friday, January 15, 1954, reported that Rev. Harry Lee had indeed agreed to accept the offer. Under the headline “Napa Pastor Is Named Associate Of Dean Malloch” readers learned that Rev. Lee was coming from two churches—Grace Episcopal in St. Helena and St. Luke’s Episcopal in Calistoga, and that the offer had come simultaneously from Bishop Sumner Walter’s office in Stockton and Dean Malloch himself, who claimed a friendship of over twenty years with the younger Rev. Lee.

Rev. Lee’s education began at the University of Redlands in southern California, then to the University of California at Los Angeles, and finally graduation from the Episcopal Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley. Before his tenure at the Napa County churches, he had served at churches in Beaumont in Riverside County, Escondido in San Diego County and in Modesto. While in Modesto he taught philosophy at the junior college.
The new Associate Dean preached his first sermon at St. James on Sunday, March 7, 1954. The congregation met Rev. Lee and his wife Grace at a reception held in Sanford Hall. Afterward, the Women’s Auxiliary gave a tea in honor of Mrs. Lee at the home of Mrs. Gilbert Caswell.

Since having two deans at the cathedral was a new situation, in December of 1954 Bishop Walters suggested an amendment to the cathedral constitution which stated that, while Dean Malloch was present at the church, he had full authority. But in his absence, full authority was given to the Associate. Thus, if something happened to Dean Malloch, there would be a smooth transition of authority in the cathedral.

In June of 1955, Dean Malloch suffered a heart attack from which he only partially recovered. On July 1, 1955, he resigned his position as active Dean to become Dean Emeritus and ceded his position to Dean Lee. He maintained his office at St. James, and pledged to continue pastoral care, announced he would continue on the Fresno Board of Education (but would not run for re-election) and, fittingly, said he would continue his work with his dear friends Rabbi Greenberg and Monsignor Dowling, which whom he had appeared on radio with the Radio Forum for Better Understanding.

The Rev. Harry B. Lee was installed as the fourth Dean of St. James Cathedral on August 28, 1955, by Bishop Sumner Walters. The keys to the cathedral were presented to Dean Lee by Galen Hartwich, the Senior Warden. 

Dean Lee’s time as Dean saw moving the cathedral to its new building, constructed in 1960 at the corner of Dakota and Cedar, our cathedral today. In 1961, in appreciation of all Dean Lee did to help achieve this major event in our church history, the congregation dedicated the large stained glass window over the altar to him.

And so the period of two deans came to an end for St. James. Dean Emeritus James M. Malloch continued working as hard as he could to bring understanding among faiths and peace among the people of the Valley as long as he could, passing into the next life on August 18, 1960.
MEN'S GROUP
The next breakfast gathering is scheduled for Saturday, September 7th, 7:30AM at Yosemite Falls Cafe (across from the Cathedral).
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
The next meeting will be Saturday, September 7th, at 9:00AM in the Conference Room.
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
The next meeting will be Sunday, September 1st at 11:30AM in the Conference Room.
AUGUST CHAPTER MEETING
The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, September 15th at 11:30AM in the Conference Room. Chapter Members please submit any reports and/or agenda items to Dean Ryan by September 11th.
The Rev. Audra Abt started a Spanish-language Mass and a health access ministry, meeting neighbors’ needs and rejuvenating a small church in Greensboro, North Carolina. Rev. Abt, dressed in a clerical collar and a rainbow stole, lifted her hands as she presided over the Spanish-language “Misa."
Across Virginia, Episcopalians confront horrors of slavery, seek healing. Dozens of people streamed through the gates of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery in Alexandria’s Old Town district on Aug. 16 for the first event of the Pilgrimage for Racial Justice.
The Pittsburgh synagogue that was devastated by a mass shooting last October will hold its Jewish High Holiday services this fall at an Episcopal church down the street.
A faith-based march to a jail that holds immigrant detainees in Dover, New Hampshire, has grown in its second year to include walkers – and cyclists – from four states who are calling on government agencies to treat the immigrants in their communities with dignity and compassion.
If you have any feedback, comments, or questions for the Midweek Missive Editors, please email us . Submissions to the Midweek Missive are welcomed and must be submitted to midweek@stjamesfresno.org by Tuesday at noon.