CLERICUS UPDATE: OCTOBER 31, 2007

SOUTH BAY CLERICUS

The South Bay section of Deanery 8 Clericus met for lunch today at the Blue Water Grill in Redondo Beach, California. The following folks were in attendance:

Michael Bergeron, President of Deanery 8
Greg Bayaca
Elizabeth Morse
Martir Vasquez
Bill Ledbetter
Rachel Nyback
Jim Leovy
Richard Miles
Virginia Benson
Norman Boyd
Wally Beitzel
Norm Ishizaki
Catherine Keyser-Mary

Extra points if you can identify the priest in costumed mask.

PRAYERS

Please keep Albertine Rouse and Bishop Caranza in your prayers. Our brother and sister are under the weather and were unable to attend today.

Our Next Clericus Lunches are on:

Wednesday, November 28th (South Bay) at Noon at the Blue Water Grill. Please RSVP to Martir Vasquez at 1 310 678-2224

Thursday, November 29th (Long Beach/Downey) at Noon. Bryan will let us know the location. Please RSVP to Bryan Jones at 1 562 425-4457

GOING FORWARD

DEANERY 8 LAY AND CLERICAL LEADERSHIP DINNER

Stephen Williams has graciously offered to host a dinner gathering of lay and clergy leaders in Deanery 8 sometime during the next 12 months. The program for the evening will be developed over the coming months with the main focus being to form closer relationships and friendships among the leaders of the deanery with an eye towards developing cooperative ventures among churches within the deanery.

FULL CLERICUS MEETINGS

After speaking with many of you it appears there is a real interest in doing two full day meetings together with programs that truly address our common needs and concerns in the deanery. When I worked as a principal of a public high school, I found that the planning for in-service days was most effectively done in a collaborative way. Having been a teacher for 24 years, I knew that teachers could plan the best programs for our times together. We always worked hard. We always had fun. And, we always got a lot done.

So, I hope we can plan two fantastic, fun, and functional days together.

CLERGY ASSOCIATION PRE-ADVENT QUIET DAY

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at St. Matthew's Pacific Palisades
from 10 AM to 2:30 PM. Speaker will be Douglas Burton-Christie. There will also be eight mini-sermons for the Advent season. Sounds like a good way to begin Advent. RSVP to the Reverend Julie Bryant at jdbryant@stmatthews.com.