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Amazing Grace: The Story of a Song That Makes a Difference & the Man Who Wrote It This is the story of the enduring power of a single song across time-—and the ironic story of how that song was written by a man who traded in slaves. One of the most popular and enduring hymns in the English language, its lyrics were written by John Newton, a former slave ship captain. In the 19th century, the song successfully crossed the Atlantic, as Southern masters and slaves adopted the hymn as their own. Since then, `Amazing Grace` has been adapted by scores of performers for a plethora of styles, from country music to gospel to folk. The program features some of these performers as they express what the hymn means to them. |
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Prayers Around the Hearth We will gather in the Fireside Room to have a special prayer time for discernment on the future mission and ministry of St. Jude`s. This is not a time of teaching, but a time of prayer. All are welcome, including children, to bring their concerns, wonderings, thanksgivings, and worries, to place our decision in a prayerful context. |
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Spong Says The Church Must Change? The Rev. John Buenz takes a look at the theology of The Right Reverend John Shelby Spong, author of `Why Christianity Must Change or Die,` `Resurrection, Myth or Reality?` and `Rescuing The Bible from Fundamentalism.` Bishop Spong, Retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, has taken a very unique, provocative position regarding religious faith. He challenges followers to question current biblical interpretations. Some have called him a revolutionary, rational anti-religionist.
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The Immigrant Experience: Spirituality & Values All of us are or are decended from immigrants, but our stories are not all the same. This is especially true in Cupertino. Two presenters share their experience emigrating to the US, and the impact that joining a new community has had on their values and spirituality. We also explore the role that values and spirituality played in shaping life in their new community. |
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Library Open House Come visit the St. Jude`s Library located in the Farm House see some of the great resources. |
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Program on Islam Following the September 16th Adult Forum dealing with our American Tragedy, questions were being asked which required more information and explanation of the Muslim Religion.
-What are the five Pillars of Faith?
-In light of recent events, what would the Koran say to that?
-How would it deal with terrorism in general?
-What passages are the terrorists using to validate their actions, and how would the religious Muslim interpret those same passages?
These and other issues and concerns will be addressed by Iman Tahir Anwar. Come and hear this informative and timely topic. |
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Steve Baron
Adjunct Faculty, Santa Clara University |
All About Addictions Alcohol, drugs, gambling, the Internet--why is it that some people get into trouble and seem to lose control, and others don`t? Is it simply an issue of choice, a medical issue, or both? How does addiction affect the addict and the people they love, and what can each of them do about it. Steve Baron, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, is the former Director of Family Court Services in Santa Clara County and currently an Adjunct Faculty member at Santa Clara University. He will discuss these issues and address your questions on this subject. |
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Steve Baron, MA, MFT
Retired Director of Family Court Services, Santa Clara County |
Child Abuse & Neglect
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Curt Beckmann
Appropedia Foundation |
Getting Personally Involved with the Millennium Development Goals Curt Beckmann, neophyte humanitarian, reviews the Millennium Development Goals and give a brief picture of the progress on the issues. He discusses his personal experiences relating to Goals to highlight the opportunities that are readily available to us as individuals for engaging directly with problem-solving related to the Goals. You don`t need to be an expert to get involved, as Beckmann explains different ways to get plugged in. |
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Grassroots World Peace Curt Beckmann will share his personal (and rapid) journey from `frustrated observer` to `inspired participant` in working toward world peace at an individual level, a condition he warns is infectious. Do you have these thoughts?:
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Pre & Post Easter Jesus An exploration of the pre-Easter vs. post-Easter Jesus, presented by the Rev. Karen Siegfriedt and Mr. Curt Beckman. Some of this program will be based on books by the Rev. Dr. Marcus Borg. |
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Dr. James Bennett
Prof. of Religious Studies, Santa Clara University |
Religion and the Rise of Jim Crow Sunday morning remains the most racially segregated time of the week. But it wasn`t always that way. The emergence of segregated churches was neither immediate nor inevitable. Based on research from his book Religion and the Rise of Jim Crow in New Orleans, Author and Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University, Dr. James Bennett discusses the long, tortuous and often contested emergence of racial segregation in American religious institutions. Bennett will also provide some comments on how religion and race shaped the New Orleans that Hurricane Katrina ripped apart for the world to see in 2005. |
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Evangelicals in Modern America Evangelical churches have experienced dramatic growth during the past 20 years. What is driving this growth, and what are the implications for American society and the historically dominant mainline churches? Are there political implications in the coming election? Locally, what cultural elements feed the growth of Asian evangelical churches in Silicon Valley?
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Christianity in America: A Unique Combination Christianity in the United States is very different than in Europe and other parts of the world. The origins of American style christianity go back to the founding of our nation--and the Founders. A fascinating history lesson about what makes American Christianity unique and the events that caused it to develop the way it did. |
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Elizabeth Blackman |
All About Labyrinths Join Elizabeth Blackman, certified labyrinth facilitator, as she discusses `All About Labyrinths.` You will discover how labyrinths came to be, why there is a resurgence of this ancient meditation tool, and the mystery of walking the labyrinth to connect with your soul. |
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Jim Blessing
Dwight Goodwin |
Science & Religion: Conflicting World Views? Can one have a genuinely scientific habit of mind and live a religiously committed life as a committed Christian? Much of our culture tells us that there is an inherent conflict between these two states of mind and that we must make a choice. If you were to get all your information from the media, you might assume that scientists are all committed to explaining everything in terms of rules and natural laws and Christians are all fundamentalist who have no use for science. While few people at St. Jude’s fall at either extreme, our culture pushes for a division. Even if you don’t struggle with this conflict on a daily basis, you will find the discussion engaging your mind. |
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Telling Our Stories Every Sunday we hear the words, `Whoever you are, wherever you are on your journey of faith, you are welcome here.` These words are aimed at newcomer and oldtimer alike. If they are to be more than simply words, we must share our personal stories both by talking and by listening to others. While we learn from others, it is important to recognize that we also learn by talking about our own stories, but this is something that is hard for many Episcopalians.
During this hour, we will watch a short video from Trinity Wall Street, discuss what it means to St. Jude`s and our own personal journeys of faith to share our stories, and what St. Jude`s might be able to do to foster more story telling amongst the congregation and between different groups in the congregation. |
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The Gospel According to Matthew Matthew`s Gospel is often considered the most `Jewish` of the four canonical gospels. It is as if Matthew was intent on proving that Jesus was the fulfillment of the tradition`s expectation of the `Messiah.` There are five distinct sections, or `books` which some say correspond to the five books of The Torah. But Matthew`s gospel does more than set out to prove to the Hebrew people that they have found their Messiah--Matthew`s gospel calls the reader to `radical discipleship`--to follow Jesus, the Messiah, no matter what the personal cost. It is this `call to radical discipleship in the Gospel of Matthew` which Pastor Mary Blessing will explore during this forum. |
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What Is Your Language of Love? In Dr. Gary Chapman`s book The Five Love Languages, he talks about how different people express love in different ways: quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. Some people are verbal, expressing their love in words. Others may never speak their affection, yet they show it by the things they do. |
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La Roca Trip Update Come see and hear stories of La Roca Mission, Tijuana. Pastor Mary Blessing and two college students, Sara Morris and Jen Satterlee, introduce you to the story of La Roca, a non-denominational Christian ministry founded by Pastor Miguel Villanueva, PhD. This ministry began in 1988 as a mission serving orphaned children from the streets of Tijuana. Today it has blossomed into a ministry that cares for single mothers and their children. Pastor Miguel and his family live on site, where they work with the single mothers to train them in vocations that give them opportunities to work and care for their families. Missionaries from California and Minnesota were on hand serving these mothers and their children during the St. Jude`s missionary trip.
During morning chapel services the children begin with offering thanksgivings for all God has given them; thanksgivings for `mi mama` and `los Americanos` were heard over and over. |
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The Gospel of Luke & The Acts of The Apostles Do you love a good story? Then the Gospel of Luke and its companion book, the Acts of the Apostles, is for you. These two books from the same author comprise one quarter of the New Testament and tell some of the best-loved and most well known stories of Jesus and his followers in the early Church. Join Pastor Mary Blessing as she surveys Luke-Acts and leaves you wanting to read (or re-read) these classic stories from the Bible for yourself. |
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Reclaiming the Great Commission Pastor Mary describes a biblically based model that can restore the missionary power of first-century Christianity to twenty-first century congregations. Developed and implemented by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, this model of shared vision and mission can guide members of any congregation into deeper and broader evangelism, an enhanced experience of community, and a renewed hope of personal and spiritual transformation. In the first five years, the Diocese of Texas saw significant increases in attendance, baptisms, and stewardship, and it has led to greater lay participation, stronger support for outreach programs, and an increased awareness of the miraculous. It has made the Church more relevant to the unchurched and more meaningful to its members. It has changed the lives of the faithful, fortifying their commitment to discipleship, deepening their faith, and strengthening their experience of the Gospel even as it has brought in new disciples and touched the spiritually hungry. |
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Godly Play / Children`s Spirituality Godly Play, the storytelling method for our Children`s Chapel, is coming to St. Jude`s in full form this October. All parents are encouraged to attend to learn more.
Presented on October 12, 2003 |
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Suicide: What Does God & The Church Have To Say About It? It is estimated that someone somewhere commits suicide every 40 seconds. Why are we killing ourselves? Where is God in this? What are we called to do about it? |
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Covenant Groups What are Covenant Groups? What do they do? How do they get started? What do people get out of them? |
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Will Our Children have Faith? Book written by John H Westerhoff III reviewed by Mary BlessingOriginally written in 1976, this classic critique of Christian education is back in a revised edition. Christian education, according to Westerhoff, has modeled itself on the schooling-instructional paradigm of our secular schools. Instead of expecting faith formation to happen within a variety of contexts-the family, the church family, the school, and the church school-religious education has been relegated entirely to Sunday morning classes. There, children learn the facts about religion, but will they learn or experience faith? How can we be communities that nourish and nurture the faith of children, instead of only teaching them facts? |
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Discerning one`s spiritual gifts - Part 2
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Discerning one`s spiritual gifts - Part 1
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Carolyn Bowker |
Caring for the Mental Health of Those in Jail Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow captives. (Hebrews 13:3) |
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Dr. Sharon Bray
Author of When Words Heal and A Healing Journey: Writing Together Through Breast Cancer |
Healing Through Creative Expression Writing about our deepest emotions and experiences can have extraordinary power and beauty. Dr. Sharon Bray, author of When Words Heal, guides in learning how writing alone or together helps us realize that, even in the midst of illness, our creativity and artistic self-expression cannot be quelled. Writing helps us get through illnesses, trauma, or suffering, and even to get beyond them. Writing harnesses our imagination and liberates our creativity. Through it, we embark on a powerful and joyous journey of healing. |
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Rev. John Buenz |
Pulpit Postscript II Rev. John Buenz discusses the day`s sermon in the way that only he can. Whether you`ve just heard the sermon at the 8:00 service or are about to hear it at the 10:30 service, the discussion is likely to leave you thinking somewhat differently--or more deeply--about the sermon. |
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Pulpit Postscript I Rev. John Buenz discusses the day`s sermon in the way that only he can. Whether you`ve just heard the sermon at the 8:00 service or are about to hear it at the 10:30 service, the discussion is likely to leave you thinking somewhat differently--or more deeply--about the sermon. |
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The Lucifer Effect Rev. John Buenz discusses social psychologist Philip Zimbardo`s recent book, The Lucifer Effect about how good people turn bad. Zimbardo is best known for the Stanford Prison Experiment, which used a simulated prison populated with student volunteers to illustrate the extent to which identity is situated within a social setting; student volunteers randomly chosen to play guards became cruel and authoritarian, while those playing inmates became rebellious and depressed. |
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The First and Second Coming A new look at Advent with attention to the first and second comings of Christ. Based on an article written by Rev. John Buenz for a theological publication. |
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Creating Tolerance for Congregational Diversity We talk a lot about ethnic diversity at St. Jude`s, but what about other forms of diversity and tolerance? How open are we to differences of opinion and belief from our fellow congregants? What does it really mean for tolerance to be a two-way street, and what is at risk? |
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How Honest Are We About God - Part 2 The Rev. John Buenz talks about the three `big` theologians of the 20th century (Bultmann, Bonhoeffer, and Tillich), using Bishop John A. T. Robinson`s controversial book, Honest to God, which shook the Church of England during the 1960`s. Although its initial print run was a mere 3000 copies, Honest to God went on to sell more than 1 million copies worldwide and turned the Bishop of Woolwich into an instant celebrity. The book questioned traditions, challenged orthodoxy and disregarded norms of behaviour. |
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How Honest Are We About God? The Rev. John Buenz talks about the three `big` theologians of the 20th century (Bultmann, Bonhoeffer, and Tillich), using Bishop John A. T. Robinson`s controversial book, Honest to God, which shook the Church of England during the 1960`s. Although its initial print run was a mere 3000 copies, Honest to God went on to sell more than 1 million copies worldwide and turned the Bishop of Woolwich into an instant celebrity. The book questioned traditions, challenged orthodoxy and disregarded norms of behaviour. |
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Jesus Faces a Bad Week The Rev. John Buenz, former rector of St. Jude`s, returns to lead a forum on Palm Sunday. He will focus on the various experiences of Jesus during Holy Week: how Jesus dealt with those experiences and how we can do so under similar circumstances. |
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The Windsor Report A Lambeth Commission was established in 2003 to issue a report on the legal and theological implications flowing from the decision of the Episcoapl Church to elect an openly gay priest for the office of bishop. How do we remain in communion with the many dioceses of the Anglican Communion, given the many diverse opinions regarding the issues of homosexuality? How do we repair or move forward from the impaired and broken relationships caused by the actions of some dioceses to include gays in the full life of the Church? |
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Transitions Many years ago, Fr. Buenz was given Bill Bridges book ‘Transitions.’ It sat on his bookshelf, until he retired, and realized that retirement required new thinking. Since then he has come to see many of life`s challenging experiences (graduation from high school, marriage, birth of first child, divorce, major career change or moves, death of parents and personal aging) as transitions, the passage of which is aided by understanding the dynamics evolved in any transition. Reading scripture reveals many of the familiar stories to have been transitions in which God uses that habit shattering experience to move the individual or group forward toward goals closer to the Kingdom. In addition to our usual life transitions, we are in the midst of a rare, and much larger, transition in our Western culture, Fr. Buenz uses Bridge’s book to help us understand this ‘larger scene.’ Using his own retirement, Bridge’s book, and scripture as sources, Fr. Buenz shares insights about the transitions that effect us all. |
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Soul and Spirit: Related but Different Have you ever thought about the difference between Soul and Spirit? Fr. Buenz has thought about it a lot and concludes that they are related, but different. It turns out that a lot of other people have thought about these concepts. Some agree with Fr. Buenz and some differ, but many offer challenging thoughts to consider. |
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Betsy Carpenter
Counselor for Advance Directives at the Health Resource Center, El Camino Hospital |
Health Care Directives What exactly is a living will, a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, an Advance Health Care Directive? What is the difference between all of these and why does it matter? Betsy Carpenter, Counselor for Advance Directives at the Health Resource Center, El Camino Hospital, will answer these questions and show how a well-crafted Advance Directive can translate our individual values into instructions for our health care when the time comes that we can no longer speak for ourselves. |
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Advanced Healthcare Directives What exactly is a living will, a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, an Advance Health Care Directive? What is the difference between all of these and why does it matter? Betsy Carpenter, Counselor for Advance Directives at the Health Resource Center, El Camino Hospital, will answer these questions and show how a well-crafted Advance Directive can translate our individual values into instructions for our health care when the time comes that we can no longer speak for ourselves. |
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The Changing Face of St. Jude`s Parish: Moving from a Pastoral to a Program Church The surrounding community has changed. Silicon Valley has changed. The face of Christianity has changed. People`s priorities have changed. How do we, the people of St. Jude`s, respond to these changes as we move from a pastoral sized congregation to a program-sized congregation? What are the joys and struggles in this time of transition? |
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Sara Chenette |
Finding Effective Ways to Treat AIDS/HIV in Kenya Kenya has a 60% unemployment rate, rampant corruption at all levels of government, tensions between 70+ rival tribes, and an HIV infection rate of around 20-25% of the population which has reduced life expectancy from the mid-50s to the late 30s or early 40s. |
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Pat Coles
Chair, Site Plan Committee |
St. Jude`s General Site Plan Process Team will report the results of the recent `Site Plan Idea Survey` and offer an opportunity to continue the dialogue. |
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Dr. Martin Cook
Prof. of Ethics, National War College |
Is God a Hawk or a Dove? This is a biblical and theological survey of `Just War Theories`. Dr. Martin Cook is a professor of ethics at the War College in Pennsylvania. He is sought after by generals and head defense personnel to advise on the ethics of war strategies. He is past assoc. professor of Religion at Santa Clara University, and an excellent speaker and teacher. For those of you who struggle with issues of war and peace from a Christian perspective, this forum is for you! |
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Rev. Dr. Bill Countryman
Prof. of Biblical Studies, Church Divinity School of the Pacific |
Dirt, Greed and Sex Adam and Eve or Adam and Steve? What does the Bible say about purity codes and sexual ethics? Is this ethic still appropriate? Come hear from the Rev. Dr. Bill Countryman, renowned author of 12 books and professor of New Testament Studies at the seminary in Berkeley, as he helps us to sort out these issues and understand how the Bible can assist us in developing sexual ethics and appropriate relationships in the 21st century. |
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Dr. David Daniels
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Medical School |
Introduction to the Enneagram Ever want to know what makes you think, feel, and act the way you do? How your way of perceiving things, your reality, might differ from that of another person`s? Do you ever wonder why you behave the way you do, even when you know that it would be better to change? |
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Professor Andre Delbecq
Santa Clara University |
Spirituality in Organizations Prof. Andre Delbecq, Director of the Institute for Spirituality of Organizational Leadership at Santa Clara University, discusses research he completed during the summer of 2008. Where the discussion of workplace spirituality frequently focuses on the inner life of the organizational leader, Prof. Delbecq`s latest work looks at how executives in one contemporary organization describe public behaviors congruent with their corporate spiritual culture, with the intent of understanding the actions, organizational resources and organizational difficulties associated with enacting the espoused corporate spiritual culture. |
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Spirituality in Business Over the past three years more than 300 CEO`s and working professional MBAs from the Silicon Valley have participated in a seminar at Santa Clara University: Spirituality of Organizational Leadership. What are people seeking? What are the tools for the practice of spirituality at work? What changes manifest as a result of these practices? How is a dialog conducted among participants of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Taoist, and Muslim traditions as well as Agnostic participants? This session will provide an opportunity to discuss challenges and outcomes associated with work place spirituality.
What People Will Take Away:
- A sense of the unique dynamics of discussing spirituality in the workplace.
- An understanding of topics most appreciated by executives and MBAs.
- Appreciation of special sensitivities required when engaging in work place spirituality dialog.
- A glimpse of life impacts that result from a deepening of work place spirituality. |
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Robin Denney
Episcopal Young Adult Service Corps |
Growing in Liberia Robin Denney, a member of the Episcopal Young Adult Service Corps, speaks about her year of mission service in Liberia, West Africa. She discusses the reality of life in a country recovering from a brutal civil war, her experiences meeting people in villages, orphanages, and leprosy colonies, her own spiritually transforming experience, and challenges in development work. |
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Don Disney |
St. Jude`s Solar Update The solar photovoltaic system on the roof of our church has been operational for eight months and is featured in this month`s Episcopal Life! Don Disney provides a review of the system design and installation, along with an update on its actual performance. Don also talks about possible expansions of solar PV at St. Jude`s and the economics of home PV systems. |
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Solar Energy for St. Jude`s One way that St. Jude`s can make a substantial difference to our environment is to install a solar power system that generates electricity without consuming fossil fuels and without polluting the environment. Don Disney has consulted with several solar power installers and has a proposal for bringing clean, cost-effective solar power to St. Jude`s. Please come to hear the details, ask questions, and provide your perspective on this proposal. |
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Living in the fast lane – is God there? Are you cheating the company when you only work 40 hours per week? Emphasis on work/life balance. Panel with Don Disney & others. |
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Rev. Art Domingue
Past Interim Pastor, Union Church of Cupertino |
Lessons from St. Martin`s in the Field St. Martin`s in the Field has developed a unique urban ministry to respond to the changing demographics in their community. The ministry is the result of a particular, self-conscious strategy. The Rev. Art Domingue will walk us through what he has learned there and will also discuss the changing demographics in Cupertino. |
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Rev. Jerry Drino
Executive Director, Office of InterCultural Ministry Development, Province VIII |
The Changing Face of St. Jude`s - Part 2 Last Fall, Rev. Jerry Drino shared with us a number of thoughts about developing a more culturally and ethnically inclusive congregation as we address the demographic changes in Cupertino. Rev. Drino returns to extend the conversation with St. Jude`s and to help us think deeper about this subject. |
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The Changing Face of St. Jude`s What happens when your neigborhood changes but your congregation doesn`t? The Rev. Jerry Drino (parish priest and expert on inter-culturalism in the Church), will offer us some insights on how to begin to invite and integrate the new demography into our parish church. He will also discuss the challenges and realistic expectations. |
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Dr. Frances Edwards-Winslow
Director, San Jose Metropolitan Medical Task Force |
Stewardship of our Bodies: Smallpox Vaccination Pro`s and Con`s America is reinstituting smallpox vaccination for the first time since
1972. Currently the Administration is offering voluntary vaccinations to a
selected group of health care workers. Soon this offer will extend to a
broader group of medical personnal and to police and fire first responders.
Dr. Frances Edwards-Winslow, Director of the San Jose Metropolitan Medical
Task Force, will provide an overview of the program and answer questions
about smallpox and its place as a potential terrorist weapon. |
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The Ekaterinburg Classical Trio |
The Ekaterinburg Classical Trio Join us for a different type of Forum. This unique classical ensemble of piano-violin-clarinet is from Ekaterinburg, Ural, Russia. Vasil, Victoria, and Vladislav`s calling is to take their new impressions of classical music to a wider audience. To help defray their travel expenses, The Kat Trio will be selling their 4 CDs of classical and American standards. For more information on The Kat Trio, visit their Web site. |
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Kim Firm
Executive Director, Cupertino/Sunnyvale Senior Day Services |
Helping the care giver Aging/illness support systems, resources, guilt. CSDS provides services to benefit both seniors and their caregivers. CSDS offers caregivers the opportunity to run errands, go to work, complete tasks or simply enjoy some time for self care without having to worry about thesafety or care of their senior. Kim Ferm will discuss the need that CSDS addresses for both caregiver and senior, as well as some of the specific services and programs offered. |
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Daya Fisch |
Breast Cancer Awareness In 2007, about 40,910 people will die from breast cancer in the United States. While the vast majority of these will be women, about 1% will be men so they are are also at risk. The number of breast cancer cases relative to the population has been increasing in the last 20 years mainly due to increased use of mammography. With early detection and proper treatment, breast cancer is treatable and survival rates are high. |
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Betty Fox Fisher |
Meeting the Needs of People Through Stephen Ministry Come learn about the Stephen Ministry and what it can do to support you or others in times of need. Stephen Ministers go through extensive training and work confidentially and one-on-one with those in spiritual need. |
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Fr. Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J.
Associate Professor, Santa Clara University |
Finding God in All Things: an Ignatian Environmental Ethic Environmental degradation, unsustainable industrial and farming practices, and vanishing biodiversity are the signs of our times, yet these are met mostly with political lethargy and spiritual sloth. There is an underlying illness of the soul in the West, a wrong view of nature that is also being adopted by the East and the South as they seek to imitate our `success` by copying our faults. In Biblical terms, what is our God-given `dominion` over all the other creatures - ownership or stewardship? |
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Sabeth Fitzgibbons
Church Divinity School of the Pacific |
Theological Education for All Anglican theologian John Macquarrie noted, `Christian action itself will become aimless and sporadic unless it is illuminated by clear theological understanding…Theology is indispensable to the Church, and where theology fails, we must take this as a demand for better theology and certainly not as an excuse for turning away from it or for imagining that the Church can get along without it.` |
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Ken Foot
Office of Emergency Services, City of Morgan Hill |
Disaster Preparedness We live in an area prone to earthquakes, mudslides and other natural disasters, plus these days, there is concern over man-made disasters such as terrorist attacks. Part of Sunnyvale was even struck by a damaging tornado in 1998! What do you need to know about preparing yourself and your family? What help can you expect, and what do you need to be prepared to do for yourself--and for how long? Ken Foot, from the Office of Emergency Services for the City of Morgan Hill, joins us to tell us what you need to know. |
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Shannon Frediani
Vocal Artist & Founder, Voices of Angels Foundation |
Emissaries of Grace Shannon Frediani of The Voices of Angels Foundation will tell about the Emissaries of Grace project-- using gifts for healing for the incarcerated and others who are isolated. The Voices of Angels Foundation’s mission is to foster inspired arts for healing in service to our world. Founded in 2000 by Santa Cruz County residents Shannon and John Frediani, this ecumenical effort views art as a universal form of spiritual practice and prayer in action. Through Emissaries of Grace, the non-profit foundation has focused on offering, recording and distributing song as prayer to those less supported in this journey -- the unheard and disenfranchised voices of the world, those unable to walk out and be in nature, purchase music, or attend worship -- those incarcerated, institutionalized, or isolated. |
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Inspired Arts for Healing The Voices of Angels Foundation’s mission is to foster Inspired Arts for Healing in service to our world. Founded in 2000 by Santa Cruz County residents Shannon and John Frediani, this ecumenical effort views art as a universal form of spiritual practice and prayer in action.
Inspired music is universally appropriate for attending to the journey of the soul. The non-profit Foundation has focused on recording and distributing song as prayer to those less supported in this journey -- the unheard and disenfranchised voices of the world, those unable to walk out and be in nature, purchase music, or attend worship -- those incarcerated, institutionalized, or isolated. |
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Dr. Mollie Galloway
Stanford University |
SOS: Stressed Out Students Dr. Mollie Galloway was originally scheduled to present at St. Jude`s in January, but was unable to join us on that day. We had a great forum led by Barbara Simmons that introduced us to the topic of stressed out students. As a result, Dr. Galloway will go into greater depth on the issues and potential solutions to student stress. |
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Mollie Galloway, Ph.D.
John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, |
SOS: Stressed Out Students `In the past ten years we have seen an alarming increase in academic stress in students of all ages. The SOS-Stressed Out Students project examines the sources of this stress and works with students, parents, teachers and school communities to devise site-specific strategies to foster student health,
integrity, and school engagement.` |
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Rev. Maryellen Garnier |
Loving Life Support Decisions While technology has contributed to progress, it cannot deliver us from the frailty and the limitations of life. There is a time to be born. There is a time to die. With every birth comes a death. Accepting this truth and allowing death to come is sacred dying.
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Stephen Ministry As St. Jude`s prepares to commission its Stephen Ministers, come learn about this valuable ministry.
Stephen Ministry is a response in faith to Jesus’ commandment to love one another. It is the body of Christ in action - through one to one caring relationships, building up one another in love, so that all people who are in need of the love, care or support of a caring Christian friend are able to receive it. We all have times in our lives when circumstances may seem overwhelming, when we are in pain (physical or emotional), or when we just desire the company of an understanding friend.
Stephen, from whom this ministry takes its name, was the first of seven apostles chosen to minister and care for widows and orphans, while the other apostles preached and taught the gospel. You can read about his commission and service in Acts 6:1-7. |
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Spiritual Well-Being Among Older Adults: What Does Our Anglican Tradition Say About Aging? Through the use of scripture, tradition, reason and experience, we will explore the meaning of aging as a religious and spiritual issue. We will question our attitudes toward aging. The spirituality of aging is not a problem to be solved by technology or through political means. It is an issue of understanding our own mortality, and what the process of living and growing old means to us individually and collectively, throughout our history as a people of God. |
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Mary Jo Garrett
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist |
More on Family Systems Theory Mary Jo Garrett, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, helps us to a deeper level of understanding of the Family Systems Theory introduced by Pastor Karen a few months ago. This approach is rapidly becoming one of the most popular and effective methods of problem solving. Unlike conventional psychological theory which focuses on the individual, Family Systems Theory encourages people to think of issues (e.g. conflict, difficult relationships, loneliness, etc.) in terms of a multigenerational family or a `system.` This approach is extremely useful for helping people to move away from blaming others and towards individual responsibility. |
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Richard Gringeri, DC |
Our Bodies as Temples: Stewardship of the Body Stewardship is more than pledges to St. Jude`s and taking care of the Earth. Stewardship also means taking care of the body God has given us. Richard Gringeri, DC is an advocate for multi-disciplinary, alternative health care and is a frequent speaker to businesses, schools and other groups to help make health education readily available locally. |
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Betty Harrah |
Women in the Church Betty Harrah explores the role of lay women in the Episcopal Church, expecially their roles in what was once known as the Shadow Church or the Parallel Church. If there is time, she will recount come of the history of women at St. Jude`s. |
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Howard Hill
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American Gospel American Gospel is the title of Newsweek managing editor Jon Meacham`s recent book. The book offers a new perspective on how religion has shaped American public life, starting with the beliefs of the Founding Fathers. It is one of a number of recent books addressing, from different perspectives, the increasing polarization of religious views in America and the world. Howard Hill reviews the book and leads one of his always interesting discussions. |
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The Evolution of Ideas: Thoughts on the Debate between Science & Theology This is the first of three talks exploring the evolution of ideas in science and religion. The first talk by Howard Hill will present the development of scientific ideas and how they relate to theology. In the second talk, Professor Joan Roughgarden (Stanford University) will discuss the diversity of sexuality and gender in nature, and in the third, the Rev. Dr. Jay Johnson (CDSP), will address the evolution of Christion theology. |
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The Second Coming of Christ: What is it? Who believes it? And what are its political implications in the United States? A discussion of the historical views of the `end times` and the second coming. Recent thoughts have been popularized by Hal Lindsey in The Late Great Planet Earth and by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins in the Left Behind series of books. The beliefs have a significant, if not always obvious, influence in American politics of today. |
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3 Views of Jesus: The Historical Jesus How do we know about the historical Jesus? Should we care? These questions
were of great interest in the early years of Christianity. A renewal of
interest began in the 18th century,after the Age of Enlightenment, and has
continued ever since. One group which has recently renewed the investigation is the Jesus Seminar organized under the auspices of the Westar Institute. At its inception in 1985, thirty scholars took up the challenge. Eventually more than two hundred professionally trained specialists, called Fellows, joined the group. The Seminar meets twice a year to debate technical papers that have been prepared and circulated in advance. At the close of debate on each agenda item, Fellows of the Seminar vote, using colored beads to indicate the degree of authenticity of Jesus` words or deeds. Dropping colored beads into a box has become a trademark of the Seminar.
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St. Judes Connections in Central America Janet & Howard Hill provide an update on last year`s experiences in the Barillas earthquake relief in El Salvador, and they continue with their sailing adventures. |
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St. Jude`s Presence in Central America - Our Aid to 2 Small Communities Janet & Howard Hill speaking on their experiences in the Barillas earthquake relief. Slides will be shown with commentary |
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