Father Earl Gibson

You can reach him at (949) 661-0110 (ext. 308)

or

frearl@stmarg.org

New to St. Margaret’s is Reverend Phil DeVaul.

You can reach Reverend DeVaul at (949) 661-0110  ext. 306

or by e-mail

Philip.DeVaul@smes.org

Philip DeVaul comes to St. Margaret’s most recently from Alexandria, Virginia where he was

a student at Virginia Theological Seminary.  Philip has called many places home in his life, including North Carolina, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Los Angeles, but he is an Orange County native, having spent the first 16 years of his life here.

He is thrilled to be back in the Southland where he can enjoy time with his family, the perfect weather, Mexican food done right, and In-N-Out.

Philip is married to Krista DeVaul, and they will be celebrating their 2^nd anniversary

on the 19^th of July.  Krista and Philip enjoy going to the movies, taking road trips,

hanging out with their family, and walking their dog, Django.

Philip was recently ordained to the transitional diaconate.  He is passionate about evangelism, about Biblical studies and languages, and about all varieties of music,

from bluegrass to swing, from blues to funk and grunge.  He especially likes strumming on his ukulele, reading Karl Barth, and hazy Orange County mornings.

New to St. Margaret’s is Reverend Mary Marjorie Bethea.

She can be reached at      (949) 661-0110 ext. 422

Mary.bethea@smes.org

Mary Marjorie Bethea is a South Carolina native, but ventured west to attend college at Pepperdine University. After college, she earned her Masters of Divinity and

Masters of Cross-cultural studies at Fuller Theological Seminary where she had the opportunity to serve as a Teacher’s Assistant for Old Testament Studies and as co-chair for the Peace and Justice Concerns Committee.

Recently ordained into the transitional diaconate this past June,

Mary Marjorie is also coming from three years of ministry

with St. John’s Cathedral Los Angeles where she worked with children, youth, young adults, families, and newcomers. Mary Marjorie loves to listen to music (especially world music), study Spanish, read, dance, hike and hang out by the beach.

She is very excited to be a new addition to the great team of chaplains at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School and looks forward to getting to know and work with the parish community.

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You Are On Your Own, But Not Alone by Bishop Jon Bruno, Los Angeles Diocese. Sunday May 16, 2010 at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, San Juan Capistrano, CA.

Listen to the Sermon by pressing on the play button below:

Mother Teresa

In conjunction with Welcome INN and a consortium of churches who provide daily meals to those in need in the community, on Saturday mornings volunteers from St. Margaret’s meet in the parking lot of the El Patio restaurant on Doheny Park Road in Capistrano Beach and provide a simple sack lunch to low-income residents, workers and homeless people who are in the local neighborhood.

The sack lunches typically include non-perishable, individual serving-size items such as

breakfast/granola bars, fruit, trail mix, pudding, peanut butter or cheese crackers,

and peanut and butter and jelly sandwiches, hard boiled eggs, etc.

Hot oatmeal in coffee cups with lids is always a welcome treat.

It’s not a full-course meal, but it provides sustenance for those moments during the day when they otherwise would have nothing.

We also participate with a team of churches to provide a simple “Sack Dinner” in the afternoon once every three Saturdays.  We usually meet at 3:45 PM here at the church to assemble the sack lunches and to prepare a warm sandwich or burrito or soup.

We are looking to build our team of volunteers to help prepare and distribute the sack meals on a Saturday afternoon rotation.

Anyone interested in assisting with either of these outreach efforts is welcome to join in!

Anyone interested in learning more about the meal outreach program is welcome to attend an Outreach meeting on Monday, May 24 at 6:30 PM at St. Timothy’s Catholic Church (29102 Crown Valley Parkway, Laguna Niguel).

For more information, please contact Linda Morales (661-0110 or linda.morales@stmarg.org).

Health and Church Attendance

A recent article joked that “Health enthusiasts may be tempted

to put away their running shoes and granola and search for the family Bible.”

What they were talking about was a new survey that showed that church-attenders live longer, in fact up to 14 years longer.

The study provided further evidence that religious belief and church attendance are key indicators of health, social behavior, political leanings, lifestyles, and morality.

The study was done by Robert Hummer of the Population Research Center

at the University of Texas. The study is significant not only for its findings

but because the nation’s two largest surveys(the U.S. Census and the semi-annual Current Population Survey) don’t ask about religion.

It appears from this latest survey and other similar surveys that religion is very significant.

Mr. Hummer’s team studied 21,000 adult Americans over nine years, looking at their religious behavior and other factors. Even taking other factors into account, non-church attendershad a 50 percent higher risk of mortality than those who attend church frequently.

They also found that some causes of death appeared more frequently among non-attenders. “Those who never attend are about four times as likely to die from respiratory disease, diabetes or infectious diseases.”

…So from spiritual health to physical health,

we’re in a great place here at St. Margaret’s!