WE WELCOME BACK THE REV. CANON JERRY KAHLER
As a reminder, here’s some background for your information.
Born in Los Angeles 1944. Graduated from Los Angeles High School 1962. Whittier College (B.A.) 1966. Seminary: Nashotah House, Wisconsin, (MDiv) 1970, included a year’s internship at Christ the Good Shepherd, Los Angeles. Priesthood ordination 1970 by Bishop Rusack. Curate: St. Michael’s, Anaheim 1970. Associate rector: St. George’s, La Canada 1971-79. Rector: St. Paul’s, Santa Paula 1979-84. Diocesan staff as Missioner for Stewardship and Clergy Development 1984-88. Rector: St. Paul’s Church and Parish Day School, Ventura in 1988 - 2010. Honored as a Canon of the Cathedral: Bishop Bruno 2009. My wife, Beth, a children’s bookstore manager and day school librarian, and I continue to live in Ventura. Our daughter has been a public elementary school teacher for 28 years. In 2025 I shall celebrate the 55th anniversary of my ordination. Current hobbies: weaving, weeding and reading.
CENTERING PRAYER
Starting Sept. 16th at 7:30 on Zoom, Centering Prayer will start discussion of Richard Rohr's Universal Christ. There is a podcast about this book at https://cac.org/podcast/another-name-for-every-thing/ that talks about the first chapter. If you have not done Centering Prayer before, please contact Julia Stesney at juliastesneyi@yahoo.com and she will teach you, the only way you can do it wrong is to not do it.
RED TENT
Women of the parish begin our year of fabulous outings Wednesday, Sept. 17 with a trip to the Getty Villa in Malibu. Newly restored after the January fires, this replica of a Roman villa is like being in a time machine. Join us as we tour antiquities and share a delightful cafeteria lunch. We will meet at church at 9:30 and carpool to the Villa. The Villa is free, but we will share parking costs. Reserve your spot by emailing Kate Nott at Kate.Nott@icould.com or calling Susan Cornner 818 772-5777.
CORNER BOOKSTORE NEWS
The Corner book sale will be returning on October 19th. Thank you for your book donations this year along with buying the great books to read and share with family or a friend.
VESTRY NEWS
Although we're back on the 2-service schedule here at 2-Saints, your Vestry is still interested in your comments about the summer experiment at 9 a.m. We welcome Rev. Jerome Kahler back with us today and next week! Stay tuned for more information on this year's Stewardship Campaign, “Tell Out My Soul”, set to begin in October.
The Vestry is looking for FIVE (5) people to serve, starting in January 2026. This is a pivotal time and the next Vestry will likely be tasked with calling a new Rector. Please see any current Vestry member if you are interested in serving with us.
Mike Cornner, Sr. Warden, Joaquin Atwood-Ward, Jr. Warden
Amy Beekley, Heidi Cadwallader, Brandon Perera, David DeVoss, John Hubbard, Steve Smith, Rand Nelson, Susan Strange, John Scott.
BOOK CLUB
The book club will not be meeting for the month of October. The book club will meet to discuss the following books:
November 3rd, “Master and Commander” by Patrick O’Brian
December 1st, “The Kitchen House” by Kathleen Grissom
January 5th, “The Landscape of Death: A Yorkshire Murder Mystery” by M S Morris
ANNUAL FALL BLOOD DRIVE
We are pleased to announce that our Annual Fall Blood Drive will be held on Sunday, September 28, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the Parish Hall. This important event is hosted in partnership with the American Red Cross, which must collect approximately 14,000 blood donations each day to meet critical patient needs. Your donation, which takes only a few minutes, could help save up to three lives.
To schedule an appointment, please scan the QR code on flyers posted throughout the church, visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code StAndrewStCharles, or call 1-800-RED CROSS
(1-800-733-2767).
If you’re unable to donate but would like to support the event, please contact Maria Rountree for volunteer opportunities. Thank you for helping us serve the broader community through this life-saving effort.
EXTRA CHURCH PANTRY FOOD NEEDED
Every Thursday morning there are more and more people coming to St. Andrew and St. Charles Church food pantry. In August the food pantry handed out about 75 bags each Thursday.
The food pantry would appreciate the following to help as the numbers increases:
Pasta Sauce
Boxed Spaghetti
Canned Veggies
Peanut Butter
Soup
Your food donations help tremendously! The food items can go in the baskets in either narthex or leave in the kitchen (please mark the bags 'food pantry'). Thank you for supporting this important ministry!
TRANSITION CORNER
Please, please join us next Sunday, September 21, at 9 a.m. Come get coffee, and we will share a visit with our CAT one last time. She is up from a nap and would like to offer a brief, colorful summary of the 98 questionnaire survey results. You will come away with a clear picture of who we are and what's important to us. The Transition Team will be there also to answer questions and plot the path ahead. Please plan to be with us. We are asking for patience and encouragement from all of you. Transition typically takes 15-18 months, so we are are going forward at a faster than anticipated clip, working very hard as fast as we can. It will take the CAT and Holy Cow and lots of domestic animals--and your continued support.
MINISTRY OF HEALING
We are happy to offer the Ministry of Healing during selected Sunday services to anyone who wishes to participate. This has proven to be an intimate, comforting, and valuable experience. Healers are members of the congregation who are available to pray, one-on-one, with any parishioner who would like a healing prayer. Parishioners may come up to the healer who will be standing near the font, after taking communion. The healer may ask if there is any special prayer they would like. At this time, we will have a healer available on the first, third, and fifth Sundays.
The healers are:
8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
Blanca Morales Kate Nott
Susan Cornner Renee Rivera
Paulette Schechtel