Wednesday, June 10, 2009

THE GREAT EIGHT CLERICUS

Dear Friends:

We will gather for the last time before summer at the Blue Water Grill in Redondo Beach (noon) this coming June 18th (Thursday). Please reply to this email by hitting REPLY to let me know if you will or will not be attending. Thank you.

At our last luncheon in May, I announced that our future clericus gatherings, based upon input from you all, will return to the practice of meeting in various churches throughout the deanery with each of us bringing a brown bag lunch.

Listed below are the dates for our gatherings in the Fall. We will stick with our current pattern of meeting on the third Thursdays of each month unless there is a conflict with diocesan activities. Please reply to this email by hitting REPLY ALL with the dates you would be willing to host the clericus luncheon. Usually the hosting church provides coffee and water, but we could amend this if you would like. If we can get someone to sponsor all of the dates below, I will publish a schedule at our June gathering and post it on the CLERICUS 8 Blog.

It has been a great year of getting together. Please support next year's format so we can continue to build on our friendships during the coming year.

God's Peace in the Evening,
Bob

September 18th:__________________________________

October 15th:_____________________________________

November 19th:____________________________________

December 17th:____________________________________

January 21st:______________________________________

February 18th:_____________________________________

March 18th:_______________________________________

April 15th:________________________________________

May 20th:________________________________________

June 17th:________________________________________

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

CLERICUS LUNCH ON APRIL 23rd.

Good Evening:

I am writing to remind everyone about our Clericus Luncheon on April 23rd. I will be on vacation from the Monday after Easter Sunday until April 24th, but I will be at the Clericus Luncheon. I will be visiting my Grandbaby in Maryland so I am asking for an early RSVP on this lunch so I can put in our reservation at Blue Water Grill. Please reply to this email and let me know if you will or will not be attending so I can make sure that everyone on my list is receiving these email invitations.

God's Peace in the Evening,
Bob

Friday, February 13, 2009

SAINT CROSS PRESENTS SENIOR SAFETY SEMINAR

Elders in our community are the targets of fraud, scams, manipulation and threats seeking to take their life savings.


THIS NEEDS TO STOP!

You can make a difference. Help stop financial abuse of elders.This program, presented by a team of social service, law enforcement and financial institution professionals, will:

 Help you protect yourself
 Help you recognize abuse
 Help you respond to abuse
 Provide community and law enforcement resources
 Present the award-winning video “The Caretaker” and
 Allow plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Date: March 13
Time:11:00 a.m.
Location: Parker Hall, St. Cross Episcopal Church, 1818 Monterey Blvd. Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Reservations: 310-376-8989

This program is sponsored by
Sociable Seniors
St. Cross by-the Sea
as a service to the community.
For more information call
The Rev. Mike Olsen
310-376-8989

Thursday, February 12, 2009

SAINT GEORGE'S: SPECIAL DINNER AND PRESENTATION

Dinner on Feb, 23,at St. George's in Hawthorne with a presentation of Martir's sabbatical in Israel at 7pm.

The Menu will be Belizean food and green salads, sodas, etc.
Couples $ 25.00 and Singles $ 12.00 donation
Please, write checks to St. George's Episcopal Church

The purpose of the event is to collect some donations for our operating budget.

Future Clericus Luncheons

Dear Friends:

Thank you for your responses to the email announcing our upcoming Clericus Luncheon on February 26th (noon at The Blue Water Grill in Redondo Beach). If you have not yet responded, let me know if you will be able to attend or not.

Here are the dates for future Clericus Luncheons for this academic year. Please note that I would like to have us go to different parts of the Deanery for these luncheons. So, if you know of restaurants in your area that might be a good place to gather, please let me know. If the Blue Water is acceptable to the group, we can continue to meet there, but I just don't want to have this become a reason for folks not being able to attend due to distance or other circumstances.

I am posting this information on our Clericus Blog site at http://clericus8.blogspot.com/. We can also use this site to let one another know of special activities and news in our various churches. This might help Elizabeth have such information for her Diocesan Council report and allow us to keep up with one another between our gatherings. If you would like, I can set up a Clericus 8 Face Book site as well. Let me know.

So, here are the dates for our future luncheons:

February 26th Noon Blue Water Grill Redondo Beach

March 26th Noon TBD TBD

April 23rd Noon TBD TBD

May 28th Noon TBD TBD

June 18th Noon TBD TBD

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Clericus Luncheon: February 26th at Noon

Dear Friends:

It has been a busy season in many of our churches and I am hoping that we can come together for lunch together on February 26th at Noon. We will gather this time at the Blue Water Grill, but I would like for us to select another location that is closer to the south eastern area of the deanery as our alternating site for future lunches. If you have names of restaurants that we can easily access, please let me know so we can consider these spots for our next gathering.

The Blue Water Grill is located in Redondo's King Harbor. You can find information about the restaurant and its location at this site:
http://www.bluewatergrill.com/locations/redondo_beach.htm. Please contact me by return email to let me know if you are able to attend or not. I look forward to seeing all of you who can attend.

God's Peace in the Gathering,
Bob

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Saint Cross and Christ Church News





Saint Cross in Hermosa Beach is undergoing some major renovations after a successful capital campaign. Having grown up in the parish it was truly joyful to see St. Cross add solar panels on top of their parish hall and offices to light up the whole plant. Hats off to the clergy, vestry, and people of St. Cross. YEAH!!


Christ Church, Redondo Beach had a fire on May 11, 2008 (yes, on Pentecost Sunday). The parish hall and parish hall kitchen and closets have been closed since the fire and the Christian Education and Office building are now open again.