by Staff | Oct 15, 2018 | Church Life
As the fall season approaches, I find myself taken back to the time I spent living in Honduras. I’ve been thinking about the church I attended there, Espíritu Santo, and one Sunday when I showed up completely unprepared. Unbeknownst to me, this particular Sunday at...
by Staff | Oct 8, 2018 | Outreach
The Veterans Association of North County Resource Center is the inspiration of veteran Chuck Atkinson. As a Past Commander of the American Legion Post #146, his dream, initially, was to locate a place where his American Legion Post could meet on a regular basis....
by Staff | Oct 1, 2018 | Liturgical
These are some of the words and phrases I have heard members of the St. Michael’s Altar Guild use to describe this ministry. Members of the Altar Guild are scheduled in pairs and work together to care for our church vessels and vestments. They make quick work of...
by Staff | Sep 24, 2018 | Liturgical
In our baptismal vows we make what can feel like an impossible promise. John H. Westerhoff in Living Faithfully as Prayer Book People posits, “Our first act is to renounce evil, that is, to acknowledge evil’s influence on our lives and to make a formal...
by Staff | Sep 17, 2018 | Outreach
One of the great joys of my life as a parishioner at St. Michael’s by-the-Sea has been my experiences visiting the children at Vida Joven de México. Since 2016, we as a parish have been proudly serving the orphanage, which provides a loving home for abandoned and...
