IN THE SPIRIT

-- Michele Marr

* EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to a technical error, last week’s In the Spirit

article about St. Michael and All Angels was outdated. The correct

information is below. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Church name: St. Michael and All Angels

Address: 3233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar

Telephone: (949) 644-0463

Fax: (949) 644-9247

E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: https://hometown.aol.com/stmikescdm

Denomination: Episcopal

Year church established: 1959

Service times: On Sunday, Holy Eucharist is celebrated at 8 and 10

a.m. The 10 a.m. service is a choral Eucharist. At 9 a.m., associate

pastor Stephen Felder leads adult Bible study. Children meet for Sunday

school at 10 a.m., before joining their families in church to receive

Holy Communion. On Tuesday, morning prayer is at 7 a.m., followed by a

peace Mass and apublic prayer service of healing at noon.

Senior pastor: The Rev. Peter D. Haynes.

Staff: Stephen Felder, associate for youth and adult education; Tim

Getz, minister of music; Teri Corbet, minister of religious education;

Kelley Samuels, assistant for youth ministry; Susan Beechner and Donnie

Lewis, ministers of administration; Burton Karson, organist-choirmaster

emeritus; and Rick Whittaker, ministry study year aspirant

Size of congregation: About 200 people attend Sunday worship.

Makeup of congregation: Members include all age groups and come

primarily from the Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Irvine.

Child care: Provided for all services and most other activities

Type of worship: The worship is Eucharistically centered, using the

traditional and contemporary books of common prayer, and reflects the

rich liturgical heritage of the Anglican Communion. There is music at the

8 a.m. Sunday service several times a year. A full choir with organ or

piano accompaniment, or both, provides hymns and anthems for the 10 a.m.

service.

Type of homily: Teaching commentary on contemporary challenges drawing

on resources from Scripture, tradition, reason, experience and current

events

Upcoming homily: On Sunday, which is the third Sunday after Epiphany,

Haynes will prepare the congregation for the parish’s 33rd Annual

Meeting, with a message based on the story of Jesus reading from the book

of Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth. The Annual Meeting will be held

after the morning worship. Among the ministries considered at the meeting

will be “Building Our Faith,” the program led by John Turner that is now

expanding facilities on the church’s campus; a second “Parish Pilgrimage

to the Holy Land;” and “St. Michael’s Neighbors,” a ministry of support

for the parish’s most mature parishioners.

Welcome: When visitors leave their name and phone number, a letter is

sent to them the following day with the current church newsletter, “For

the Love of Mike.” When they leave their telephone number, they are

called. A four-week series, “Basic Christianity,” is offered quarterly.

Outreach programs: Haynes chairs the Diocesan World Mission

Commission. The parish participates in both the Anglican and Diocesan

Cycles of Prayer, offering consideration of needs around the world.

Projects include: the Episcopal Service Alliance; Children of the

Americas, which delivers a ton of food to orphanages each year; the

Canterbury Campus Ministry at the Interfaith Center on the UC Irvine

campus; and Loaves and Fishes, a food ministry based on the scripture

from Luke 14:14.

Dress: Haynes said dress tends to be “come-as-you-are, California

eclectic,” and offers this guideline, “How would you dress to share a

meal with Jesus?’

Church design: The building and grounds are a gracious blend of

contemporary and traditional. The sanctuary houses nine extraordinarily

beautiful stained-glass windows, eight of Christian heroes and one

representing “All Things Bright and Beautiful.” Through its “Building Our

Faith” project, the parish is constructing a new, large parish center to

house offices, classrooms and a multipurpose room. The addition is needed

to accommodate the parish’s growing membership, which includes many

families with young children. The project is scheduled for completion in

time for Easter.

Mission statement: The church’s mission is to seek and share Jesus

Christ as spiritual food for life’s journey.

Interesting note: Additional upcoming religious education

opportunities include “The Twenty-Something Book Club,” “The Dead

Theologian’s Society,” a “Desert Spiritual Pilgrimage” and “Learn How to

Talk to God,” which will include walking the Labyrinth, Taize Worship,

Centering Prayer and a special Mass on the beach.