Weekly News Update

Deans' Note | August 28, 2022

Dear St. John's community:

This is our final weekly Dean's Note. Normally in this space we discuss new things that are happening, or give our thoughts about life at St. John's, or reflect on a concern of the times in which we live. Today though, we use this space to simply bid our farewell.

While we will be back for a celebration in November, and will be in contact with the Wardens and consult with the staff as necessary through our sabbatical time, this Sunday will be an ending. Yet as T.S. Eliot said,"to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."

For us, ending will turn to packing up and taking the trek to Long Island, to unpacking and re-imagining and starting ministry in a new place to which we have been called. For you, our goodbyes will turn to hellos as you welcome Bishop Frank Brookhart who will begin his ministry a week from Sunday and start the process of transition. You will all continue the work of the Gospel here at St. John's and continue to invite the Holy Spirit to lead you into new ways you have yet to imagine.

So for now there isn't much else to say except to thank you for the great privilege it has been to serve with you. We give St. Paul the last word, and end in the way he began every one of his letters with this blessing, "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."

with our love and continuing prayers,

Fr. Dan and Fr. Mark

Parish Lunch

Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 11:30 am

Join us immediately following our 10:00 am Mass on August 28th as we celebrate our Dean's final Sunday before they begin their sabbatical and study leave. Mark your calendars for the service of leave-taking from the congregation (Fr. Mark and Fr. Dan's last Mass at St. John's) on November 20th at 10:00 am.

A Message from Bishop Brookhart

Beginning in September you and I will be traveling together as the cathedral parish. With the departure of Fr. Mark and Fr. Dan after seventeen productive years, I will be serving among you as Bishop-in-Charge until the end of January 2023. I am eager to be with you in this time of transition and change.

I will be leading liturgies, preaching, looking after your pastoral needs, working with the vestry and staff, and a host of other things. I am sure you will miss the co-deans, and you may be grieving and feeling fear and confusion. Added to that, we do not know each other very well. I assure you that I will be present to help and support you as best as I can. I am certain I will make some errors and mistakes. But through it all I ask that we focus on Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, knowing that he will be will us in sacrament, scripture, prayer, and our life together. He will bring life and hope out of the grief and fear we may feel.

To help you know me here is a very brief biography. I was born in West Virginia and went to school in Ohio, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. I served four, diverse kinds of parishes in Ohio and West Virginia before being elected Bishop of Montana in 2003, ministering there until my retirement in 2018, Over the years I have taught undergraduate, graduate, and seminary courses, and am the author of four books. I have held a wide variety of posts on the local, diocesan, and national church levels. My wife Sue is a former college professor and educational consultant. We have been married forty-eight years and have two daughters. We now live in Culver City.

I ask you to introduce yourself to me, and to let me know about any special needs or good ideas you may have. And I will be praying for you every day as I hope you will do for me.

Contact Information for The Bishop and the Wardens

The Rt. Rev. C. Franklin Brookhart (Incoming Bishop-in-Charge): fbrookhart@gmail.com

Mr. Erik Knutzen (Senior Warden): homegrownevolution@gmail.com

Mr. Michael Tracy (Junior Warden): michael.b.tracy@gmail.com

Upcoming Events

The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Said Mass at 8:00 am | In-person only.

Choral Mass at 10:00 am | In-person & online.

Worship with us on Vanco Live

Worship with us on Facebook

Worship with us on YouTube

Christian Education

“Joy In Spite of it All”

Begins Sunday, September 4, 2022

The weekly adult education forum continues on Sept. 4 after the 10:00 AM Mass. On that Sunday and the following three we will have the opportunity to explore the Letter to the Philippians. Perhaps St. Paul’s last letter it is full of inspiring words. I am calling the class “Joy in Spite of it All.”

During the month we will have occasion to talk about your ideas for future forums. In the meantime, try reading Philippians. It’s only four chapters long. - Bishop Frank

Vestry On-Call

Avie Kimbell

Vestry members are partners with clergy, encouraging the growth of community and the establishment of common ground in the spiritual life of the congregation. Parishioners are always welcome to speak with these individuals on Sunday morning; they assist in making sure our questions, comments, or concerns are heard.

Community

August Food Pantry Update

Last Saturday, 99 households, a total of 409 persons received food assistance. We also distributed toiletries to the unhoused. Next month, we will continue the distribution of toiletries to all of the families of our Food Pantry.

Thank you so much for your continue support to the St. John's Food Pantry.

A Bulletin from a St. John's Cathedral Parishionerer

DR. JERRY P. ABRAHAM, Director and Chief Vaccinologist – Kedren Vaccines

With important facts on monkeypox from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

What is monkeypox?

Monkeypox is a rare disease that is caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, this being in the same family as the smallpox virus. Although it is typically less contagious and less severe than smallpox, it still has the potential to become very serious.

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