Volume 22, Number 4 April Monthly Newsletter of St. Timothy s Episcopal Church, Danville, CA. Dear Parish Family:

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1 Volume 22, Number 4 April 2013 Monthly Newsletter of St. Timothy s Episcopal Church, Danville, CA Dear Parish Family: By now you will have heard about our upcoming Bring A Friend To Church Sunday on April 28. We are asking each of you, to use the invitation cards that we have provided at church as the medium to connect with people you know, and to invite them to worship with you at Saint Timothy s, for which ever service you would normally attend on that day. So, why are we doing this? As you likely know, and the youth in our recent confirmation class even pointed out to us, Saint Timothy s is one of the BEST places to worship God and grow in community; and, we have done a pretty good job of keeping that a SE- CRET! Unless you are willing to assume that everyone who should be an Episcopalian already is one, then there is room for us to grow; and we are called to go to those around us who would be blessed (as you are) by experiencing the love of God in the fellowship of our congregation. As we have been hearing in these past few weeks during the Easter season through the reading of the Acts of the Apostles going and growing are intimately connected together. For, as we go, the presence and life of God can grow; both in us and in those we are called to reach out to. A part of that growth is making room for God to do new things in our hearts and bring new people into our lives. Again, unless you believe that there is no thing or place or person or situation in the world that is still in need of God s love, mercy, or power to heal... then there is still work to be done and an invitation to be given. Do not be surprised if your first invitation receives a negative response. Remember the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-8); and how the farmer indiscriminately (to our way of thinking) casts the seeds everywhere (the path, the rocky soil, even amongst the thorns; as well as the good soil). You might be thinking at this point, I invited someone to church once, and it didn t work out ; but I invite you to be courageous and continue, like the good farmer, to keep on sowing invitations in partnership with where ever the Spirit may lead you; and, especially, in unexpected places. This is a spiritual partnership, with two parts. The first part is between you and God. Pray and then invite, and once you have invited, pray some more. We do not know what the seed of these invitations might mean in someone s life, but God does. Even if it does not lead to attendance at our church, it will bear a message of compassion and caring; which may nourish a deeper conversation or provide a nudge in a new direction. We don t know, but God does. The second part of this partnership is between you and our church community. Know that we will be doing our best to provide a warm and welcoming experience in worship, and we will even have a special enhanced coffee hour following each service (including 11am). There will also be a presentation by Urban Farmers following the 9am service, which could be part of your invitation! The main thing is to be open and willing and actively doing your part, to that God can do God s part remember it is call the acts of the apostles. On another note, thank you for all of your prayers and well wishes for our pilgrimage. I am sure that we will have much to share and many stories to tell upon our return from our trip to the Holy Land. My first Sunday back for worship, upon our return will be on April 28; just in time for Bring A Friend To Church Sunday! Taking your prayers with me and keeping you in mine as well! Blessings! Fr. Jeff

2 SMALL GROUP INTEREST SURVEY To carry forward the positive momentum created by Unbinding Your Heart, we are preparing to offer a variety of small groups starting in May and would like to know of your interest for participation. Most groups are not prescheduled, as we will work directly with those interested to find a time that will work for everyone. Please complete our Small Group Interest Survey by visiting our website ( by clicking here, or by completing a paper copy on the church patio on Sunday. INVITE A FRIEND TO CHURCH SUNDAY, APRIL 28 Share the gift of St. Timothy s, and invite a friend to church on Sunday, April 28! Enjoy a festive coffee hour in the Parish Hall after each service, a special Good News Hour in the Youth Center for the kids, and a presentation at 10:10am in the Grace House Conference Room by local nonprofit, Urban Farmers, which harvests backyard fruit to help the needy. Please pick up your invitations this Sunday, and please bring a friend, neighbor, or relative of any age to be our special guests on Sunday, April 28, as we share our spiritual home with others! UNBINDING YOUR HEART RECAP & NEXT STEPS: SUNDAY, MAY 5, 10:10-10:50AM IN THE GRACE HOUSE CONFERENCE ROOM Share your experience. Discuss your feedback. Learn about next steps to carry forward the positive momentum, including a diverse offering of small groups beginning in May. All are welcome and encouraged to attend, whether or not you participated in Unbinding Your Heart! Led by the Rev. Kurt Levensaler. RESOURCES FOR YOUR PRAYER PRACTICE Looking for ways to sustain your prayer practice? Here are a few resources: Forward Day by Day: (paper copies available in the Parish Office) Daily Prayer for The Book of Common Prayer: Pray As You Go: Inward/Outward: Brief daily devotions in The Book of Common Prayer see BCP pages Have a favorite prayer resource that s not listed here? Please send it to Fr. Kurt at klevensaler@sainttimothysdanville.org to share in a future Tidings article. BIBLE STUDY Enjoy a time of conversation with Scripture and with one another as we explore the roots and foundations of the Jewish tradition in Genesis. Sessions meet on Mondays from noon-1:30pm in the Grace House Conference Room or on Tuesdays from 7:00-8:30pm in the Grace House Library. All are welcome to join at anytime. Background readings are available in the conference room. Questions? Contact Kurt at ext. 13 or klevensaler@sainttimothysdanville.org.

3 WELL-FED NUTRITION CLASSES This summer, there will be an exciting new series of holistic nutrition classes being offered at St. Timothy s Church. Learn more about eating for both physical and spiritual health to be the very best person that God intended you to be. These classes will cover such topics as allergyfree eating, sustainable nutrition and how to gain energy and lose weight. The classes are free and will all be held in the Grace House conference room from 12:30 to 1:30 on the following dates: Sunday June 30 th Sunday July 14 th Sunday Aug. 4 th Sunday Aug. 11 th Save the dates now! More information will be coming in the next Tidings and 411 bulletins. For questions or comments please contact Tori Nelson at v.nelson91@yahoo.com SAINT TIMOTHY'S CONCERT SERIES concludes this season with Level IV of the San Francisco Girls Chorus performing on Sunday, May 5th at 5 PM in the Parish Hall. This is one of the most popular concerts in our series so plan early and order tickets ahead of time! Level IV is the top level of the Chorus School of the world famous SF Girls Chorus. These young ladies frequently perform with SF Opera, SF Symphony, the Kronos Quartet and other world-class music groups. Their program for St. Timothy's generally includes both sacred and secular music in a variety of languages and styles from classical to pop with choreography. I had the opportunity earlier this year to conduct several rehearsals of this group while Beth Avakian, the head of the Chorus School and Conductor of Level IV, was on vacation, so I know first hand that this group will wow you! Tickets are $12/Senior or Student and $18 General. For tickets or more information contact Pat Parr at ext. 15 or patparr@sainttimothysdanville.org Taizé ---- Practicing the Presence of God Come join our Taizé Service Monday, May 6 from 7 to 8 p.m. Our joyful theme this month will be transformation! As we read in Isaiah 48: 6-7: Now I am revealing new things to you Things hidden and unknown to you Created just now, this very moment. In the fullness of silence and deep contemplation, we discover deeper truth and insights. Gathered in the presence of Christ in a beautiful environment of luminous darkness (candlelight), live music, sacred chants, short readings of scripture and poetry, we rest in the presence of God. Taizé originated about 60 years ago in the small, monastic village of Taizé in France. Today it continues to draw thousands of Christians (mostly young adults) from all over the world. It has quickly spread to Christian churches here and abroad. We welcome everybody!

4 St. Timothy s Vacation Bible School June 24-28, :00am-12:00noon Hello, God! It s ME! At the heart of Christian faith is our relationship with God. Each of us has our own unique relationship with God and one avenue to growth in our relationship with God is through prayer. There are many, many ways to pray and at VBS we are going to experiment with different kinds of prayer: prayers we memorize, prayers we create, prayers set to music, body prayers, spontaneous prayers and silence to name a few! At its most basic and profound level, prayer is nothing more and nothing less than an ongoing conversation with God. This sounds simple enough, doesn t it? But we all know that prayer can be a challenge to incorporate into our everyday lives. Learning to pray and making room to pray can be difficult, but it is important. Talking with - and listening to - God helps us feel God s presence, bask in God s love for us, and be open to hearing what God has to offer us. So, during VBS we will experience a variety of ways to pray! And our hope is that each of us children and adults alike will find prayer practices that work for us and that we can begin to incorporate into our lives. Not all types of prayer work for everyone and we ll talk about our experiences and what we like or don t like about particular forms of prayer. But prayer - in all its many forms can become part of our daily routine and we want to encourage the concept of talking to God and being comfortable doing so. There will be lots of opportunities for children to be creative in the ways they express their thoughts and hopes and feelings to God. So, we invite your child to join us at VBS for a week of fun and fellowship as we explore prayer together! Come and invite your friends to come too! Come to see old friends and make new friends! Come to VBS! ****************************************************************************** Registration deadlines: Counselors April 15 Campers/Volunteers May 15 Registration fee: $85/child for 4 years old through 5 th grade Groups do fill up, so register early! Registration forms: (click Grow tab to get to the VBS page) Want to be an Acolyte? Have you wondered what you needed to do to serve at the altar as an acolyte on a Sunday morning? There is an easy answer for you! In the next month or two we will be holding a training class for youth and adults who are interested in serving at the altar as an acolyte. All you have to do, to be part of this class and to join this ministry, is to "raise your hand" by ing me at nkmats@aol.com or calling at (925) We are especially seeking out youth and adults who prefer to attend the 11:00 Sunday service. At St. Timothy's we have a multigenerational acolyte group and encourage anyone at least 9 years old (or in at least the fourth grade) to consider joining our group; youth, teenagers and adults are welcome. Our group is currently 41 acolytes strong, with 5 elementary, 12 middle school and 13 high school youth and 11 adults. So join us and experience the joy of serving at the altar on Sunday mornings.

5 St. Timothy's Book Club Update St. Timothy's Book Club meets on the third Sunday of the month at 12:30 PM in Grace House library. Please join us for some interesting and lively discussions! Here are the upcoming book club selections: April - The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo by F.G. Haghenbeck. When several notebooks were recently discovered among Frida Kahlo's belongings at her home in Mexico City, Mexican novelist, F.G. Haghenbeck was inspired to write this beautifully wrought fictional account of her life. Haghenbeck imagines that, after Frida nearly died when a streetcar's iron handrail pierced her abdomen during a traffic accident, she received one of the notebooks as a gift from her lover, Tina Modotti. Frida called the notebook, "The Hierba Santa Book" (The Sacred Herbs Book) and filled it with memories, ideas and recipes. Haghenbeck takes readers on a magical ride through Frida's passionate life: her long and tumultuous relationship with Diego Rivera, the development of her art, her complex personality, her hunger for experience and her ardent feminism. This stunning narrative also details her remarkable relationships with Georgia O'Keefe, Leon Trotsky, Nelson Rockefeller, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Henry Miller and Salvador Dali. Combining rich luscious prose with recipes from "The Hierba Santa Book", Haghenbeck tells the extraordinary story of a woman whose life was as stunning a creation as her art. - Book Description May Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster. A 39-year-old with Asperger's syndrome and obsessivecompulsive disorder, Edward Stanton lives alone on a rigid schedule in the Montana town where he grew up. His carefully constructed routine includes tracking his most common waking time (7:38 a.m.), refusing to start his therapy sessions even a minute before the appointed hour (10 a.m.) and watching one episode of the 1960's cop show Dragnet each night (10 p.m.). But when a single mother and her nine -year-old son move in across the street, Edward's timetable comes undone. Over the course of a momentous 600 hours, he opens up to his new neighbors and confronts old grievances with his estranged parents. Exposed to both the joys and heartaches of friendship, Edward must ultimately decide whether to embrace the world outside his door or retreat to his solitary ways. Heartfelt and hilarious, this moving novel will appeal to fans of Daniel Keyes' classic, Flowers for Algernon, and to any reader who loves an underdog. - Book Description June - The Round House by Louise Erdrich. One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil and thirteen-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone, Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared. While his father, who is a tribal judge, endeavors to wrest justice from a situation that defies his efforts, Joe becomes frustrated with the official investigation and sets out with his trusted friends, Cappy, Zack and Angus, to get some answers of his own. Their quest takes them first to the Round House, a sacred space and place of worship for the Ojibwa. And this is only the beginning. Written with undeniable urgency and illuminating the harsh realities of contemporary life in a community where Ojibwa and white live uneasily together, The Round House is a brilliant and entertaining novel, a masterpiece of literary fiction. Louise Erdrich embraces tragedy, the comic, and a spirit world very much present in the lives of her all-too-human characters, and a tale of injustice that is, unfortunately, an authentic reflection of what happens in our own world today. - Book Description

6 SECOND ANNUAL AMBER BISTRO DINNER (Part of FOTH fundraiser for Outreach) Sunday, April 28 th 5 to 9 p.m. Seventy of us will take over the entire restaurant in downtown Danville to enjoy a delicious, Julia Child, French chef inspired dinner. Spend a fun, Spring evening with your friends from Saint Timothy s, invite your friends to come, and raise funds for Outreach.* Le Menu Passed appetizers Vichyssoise - cold potato leek soup Salade - mixed greens with mustard vinaigrette Salmon in buerre blanc - or Coq au Vin - chicken in wine Profiterol - vanilla gelato in cream puff with bittersweet chocolate sauce Two glasses of house selected red or white wine, & coffee or tea service Tax and gratuity is included! Live music for listening and dancing, from The Smokin J s, the great duo that played at the auction. After dinner, some of just can t stay in our seats, so plan to bring your dancing shoes. Tickets: $105 per person - $50 goes to the restaurant and *$55 is tax-deductible and goes to our Outreach. Your check is your reservation. Tickets are non-refundable. Don t delay! Couples and singles welcome. Contact Leslie Firth now at lesliefirth@comcast.net, or , or sign up at the reservations table after Sunday services. 50+ Wedding Anniversary Service The Bishop s celebration for couples who have been married or partnered for fifty or more years will be on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at Grace Cathedral at 3:00PM. This year the Cathedral Camerata will be joined by the choir of St. Paul s Church, Burlingame. We will have couples photographed in the narthex, by the baptismal font, in the Nave before Evensong, with a reception following in the Chapter Dining Room. Please let Bea know by April 26 so she can send the information and then you will receive an invitation to attend the service and festive reception that will follow. We encourage couples who have attended previous 50 th Wedding Anniversary Services to join us again to celebrate their years of marriage. Senior Ministries Salad Bar Luncheon Please join us for a salad bar luncheon on May 8th at 11:30 am. Entertainment will be provided by Eric Fraisher Hayes of the Role Players Ensemble.. The event will be held in the Overby Conference Room in Grace House. This is a chance to see old friends and make new ones. RSVP: Carol Skuce or cgskuce@yahoo.com or Joan Evens or rjevens@sbcglobal.net

7 God s Hands James 2:14-17 ESV What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Matthew 25:35-40 ESV For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you? Saint Timothy s has a long and proud history of financially supporting a wide variety of charities through our Fruits of the Harvest celebration brings a number of changes that includes a hiatus from FOTH as we celebrate our 60 th anniversary and the installation of Father Frost. With change comes opportunity for growth. God s Hands is a program that will offer opportunities throughout the year for every parishioner to have a hands on experience answering God s call to action. The first opportunity is April 28 th at 10:15 as Urban Farmers presents how you can register your fruit trees to be picked and share the bounty with local food banks. Parishioners can also sign up with friends and family to help harvest fruit on certain days this year. May 4 th at 6pm in the Parish Hall, The Gretta Foundation will hold a poker tournament to raise funds for nursing scholarships for impoverished people in Uganda. The Devil Mountain Run May 5 th is benefitting Discovery Counseling Center. You can sign up to volunteer on race day or run and still make it to the 11am service! God s Kingdom will only come to earth when each one of us makes a personal commitment to truly become God s Hands. Questions about God s Hands can be directed to Tania Hanson-De Young at outreach@sainttimothysdanville.org. Barney Robles It is with sadness that we announce the death of Bernard Barney Robles, beloved husband of Helen. A remembrance will take place at the Veteran's Memorial Building. 400 Hartz Ave. Danville, at 2 pm, on Wednesday, April 24. All are invited to attend. May Barney s soul, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

8 PRAYER LIST Please prayer for those on our parish prayer list: Ron Banks, Fred Cavin, Richard Clark, Chelsea De Young, Hal Deane, Angela Domer, Ann Shea Hensen, Bill Jess, Mary Keele, Irene Koovshinoff, Bobbie Miller, Jean Richardson, Joyce Rutherford, Fred Setchell Jr., Yvonne Setchell, Tom Thoreson, Jeremy and Jason Thornton, Walt Varco, and Parker Wills For the brave men and women of our armed forces Cody Fowler, Nate Fisher, Kyle Galbreath and Michael Rasak CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES and that is what we want to do in our June 20th edition of The Tidings. If you or your child are graduating from high school or receiving a degree, please contact Bea in the Parish Office. For the Tidings, we need a photo and a biography that is a paragraph or two in length, please include the plans you have after graduation. The deadline is June 10 not June 15 this allows time to do lay-out. If you have any questions, please call Bea at or parish@sainttimothysdanville.org. ANNOUCEMENT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please submit all entries for the Thursday 411 and the Sunday printed announcements to parish@sainttimothysdanville.org by Monday at 4:00pm. Please include a headline, a 25-word description (what, when, where), and contact info. May Birthdays Rachael Argiros David Brown Sarah Bull Jacque Chiavini Olivia Egli Drew Frank Jack Frank Spencer Fulweiler Shelby Huster Kate Keeshen William Koteskey Bryce Lehner Justin Liddicoat Adam Linari Tyler Maddalon Marley McEvilly Lawrence Nelson Austin Nixon Taylor Nixon David Pray Jack Prichard Lauren Stafford Annabella Twirbutt Ellen Vila Nicholas Waterson Thank you.. For Isabel s long ordeal with hospitals and nursing homes, we want to give a prayer of thanksgiving for St. Timothy's Parish. For the Clergy, staff, and especially those Congregational ministers who brought food to nourish the body and communion to nourish he soul. To those who inquired each week about her progress and those who sent letters, cards and telephoned to wish her well, and most of all, those who remembered her, and her caregiver husband, in their prayers. For the rest of our lives we will be thankful for all of you who make St. Timothy's an earthly parish so completely enveloped in Heavenly ministry. Isabel and Ed Pace

9 Got Fruit? If your backyard fruit trees bear more fruit than you can bear, do we have a giving opportunity for you! This season, St. Timothy's is partnering with The Urban Farmers to participate in their Fruit Gleaning Project, in which excess fruit from backyard urban growers is gathered and distributed to the Food Bank, Loaves and Fishes, Monument Crisis Center and other hunger relief agencies that provide food to folks in need. And Urban Farmers makes it super quick and easy for parishioners to participate in this terrific outreach opportunity here's all you need to do: Register your backyard (or front yard!) fruit trees on the Urban Farmers website at Upon registration, you'll receive a delightful letter welcoming you to the fruit gleaning community and telling you what to expect next. But the general idea is that when your (and neighboring) trees are laden with ripening fruit, Urban Farmers will mobilize volunteers with the Fruit Gleaning Project and send them out to your property and pick (glean) your fruit and, after giving you (the homeowner) all the fruit you want and need, will distribute the excess to those less fortunate in our community. While registering your fruit tree is one of the best ways you can participate in this outreach opportunity, Urban Farmers has other options for volunteering with the Fruit Gleaning Project as well. For example, St. Timothy's parishioners (children included!) may be invited to join or mobilize a team of fruit pickers to self harvest smaller fruit trees in your neighborhood and collect it to be picked up by the Urban Farmers. You can also help a lot by getting the word out to your friends and neighbors about how easy it is to participate and of the tremendous impact this program can make in our community. And lastly, you can plant more fruit trees to bolster resources for healthy, locally grown food for you and your community! Urban Farmers will gladly help with this once-a-year activity, providing low-cost trees to purchase, as well as advice about all phases of planting, caring for, pruning and harvesting your fruit tree. So when you look out your window onto your backyard and begin to see all those peach, plum, pear, apricot and apple blossoms on your fruit trees, remember that before you know it, you'll have a bounty of luscious fruit and chances are you'll have some to spare and share. Pay a visit to the Urban Farmers and register your fruit trees today! The Hike for Hope Third Annual Saturday, May 4, 2013, Del Valle Regional Park, Livermore Hike for a good cause and enjoy the beautiful outdoors. Gather your family, round up your friends and co-workers and form your teams or just come solo. Join us for this wonderful outdoor event at beautiful Del Valle Regional Park. The Hike for Hope is a memorial hike and fundraiser. Proceeds from this event help support the vital work of Hope Hospice. There are two trails suitable for most hikers: an easy 2.6 mile route or a 4.4 mile hike with a moderate incline. Learn more or register at TheHikeforHope.com or call Hope Hospice at or Registration fees: $25 by April 18 - $35 after April 18 Hiker check-in: 8:30-10:00 am, Hike ends: 12 noon Thank you, Carolyn Siegfried, Annual Giving Manager

10 The Episcopal Church Diocese of California 2013 Summer Camp Opportunities Information & registration: Dates Camp Type Location 6/21-6/23 A.B.C. One parent/one child age 5-7 St. Dorothy s Rest Ankle Biters Camp 6/24-6/30 Russian River I Ages 8 12 St. Dorothy s Rest 6/28-6/30 Mini Camp Ages 6 8 St. Dorothy s Rest 6/30-7/6 Family Camp Intergenerational Bishop s Ranch 7/1-7/6 H.O.W.S. Ages St. Dorothy s Rest Hang Out &Work & Stuff 7/7-7/13 Sr. B.R.E.A.D. Camp 10th grade- graduating seniors Bishop s Ranch 7/8-7/13 HeMoc Camp Oncology St. Dorothy s Rest 7/14-7/20 Jr. B.R.E.A.D. Camp Entering 7th - 9th grade Bishop s Ranch 7/14-7/20 Russian River II Ages 8 12 St. Dorothy s Rest 7/21 7/27 Camp St. Andrews Ages 8 13 Camp Jack Hazard 7/21 7/27 Generations Intergenerational Bishop s Ranch 7/22 7/27 Lucille Packard Camp Hospital camp St. Dorothy s Rest 7/28 8/2 Camp St. Francis Ages 7-13 Camp Gold Hollow 7/29 8/3 Music Camp Entering 4th - 9th grade Bishop s Ranch 7/29-8/4 Russian River III Ages 8 12 yrs St. Dorothy s Rest 8/5 8/10 Backpack Exploration Ages yrs St. Dorothy s Rest The end of the world as we know it? April 28, 7:31 PM, Pyramid Alehouse, Walnut Creek Join Dr. Jennifer Snow of the Diocese of California as she tries to make us feel fine about the end of the world. We'll look at the various stories the Bible tells, what some Christian groups have believed throughout the years, and potential connections between individual death and universal apocalypse. 731 is a monthly gathering at the Pyramid Alehouse in Walnut Creek that tries to bridge the traditions of the church with people's experiences of God out in the world by debating provocative questions at the intersection of belief and experience. Join us as we share music, tip back some beers (or alternative beverages), and engage thoughtful speakers about the thorny questions that arise from trying to live spiritually in the modern world. The Reverend Stephen McHale, Associate Rector Episcopal Church of the Resurrection mchalesd@gmail.com

11 Trinity Center BINGO Benefit Saturday, April 20, 2013 St. Paul s Parish Hall 3:00 5:00 p.m. It s a Win-Win-Win Event Play BINGO with your friends and Learn more about Trinity Center Win a new spring jewelry wardrobe Accessorize your warm weather wardrobe With jewelry from Premier Designs Bring a friend and play BINGO (we call it BLINGO) For jewelry including a grand prize BINGO cards sell for $10 each. All proceeds benefit Trinity Center Reserve your luck spot at the BINGO table contact Lucy Boswell at by Wednesday April 17th Or sign up online at Request for a Car for Ronnie, the Men's Coordinator at Options Recovery Services Ronnie is the Men's Coordinator at Options' Recovery Services, managing approximately 150 men daily who are in recovery. In addition, as he jokingly adds, he has about 20 other accountabilities, which he graciously manages with integrity and wondrous humor. For an example of who he is, recently one of the current Options' clients died. Ronnie used his leading of Tai Chi to help center the men and asked them to dedicate their class to help their fellow classmate move on in his journey. Recently Ronnie's wife from China arrived and he and she live in a unit of Options' housing, where Ronnie, like the Women's Coordinator, is available to manage housing for the men that he works with during the day. Ronnie asked me today to please let our church know that he would like to have a car, if anyone in our church community has one to donate. Options is a non-profit so that the value would be tax deductible. Please contact Peg Miller at or Patti Faires at for more information. In the meantime, thank you all for your ongoing prayers and donations and service...options continues to make a difference in the lives of men and women who have no where else to turn, and, because of their addictions, face "jails, institutions and death" on a daily basis. God Bless You. Peg Miller HELP THE DISCOVERY COUNSELING CENTER ON MAY 5 Danville's Devil Mountain Run race is coming back on May 5, and this year the beneficiary will be Discovery Counseling Center, one of St. Timothy's outreach partners. The event is being held in honor of Allison Bayliss, a high school student of our community who died by suicide. As in any big event, volunteers are the key to its success, and the race organizers are looking for help. Send an to: to volunteer. There are still a variety of slots open and you could still attend the 11:00 service at St.Timothy's! Thanks all for your interest and participation. Laurell Ingham

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13 Giving Away Your Home, A Brick At a Time Recently I took a donor to lunch who has given 20% of his house to his parish. The upstairs bathroom? The hall closet? The garage? you may well wonder. Let me explain. A person can irrevocably assign a portion (what attorneys refer to as an undivided partial interest ) of the ownership of his or her residence to a charitable organization such as the church. At the same time, the donor can continue to live in his or her home as before and, in fact, will still be responsible for all the same upkeep, real estate tax and insurance expenses as before. Why might a person do this? you may wonder. The answer is: to make a gift to the church upon death while significantly lowering their current income taxes. The twenty-percent of this donor s home is actually the total of a series of percentage gifts made over a period of years. Our finances have become quite tight, the donor confessed. And these gifts to the church every few years have really increased our disposable income by significantly reducing the taxes that we have to pay. Their CPA calculates the percentage gift that will produce the most usable tax deduction. The gift qualifies for a charitable income tax deduction. We are also thrilled to know that one day when our home is sold, the proceeds will create a perpetual endowment to support our parish, added his wife. Here s a gift that can increase current after-tax disposable income while insuring a permanent legacy of love. A portion of your home can make a huge difference when you no longer need it. For more information about giving your home away a brick at a time contact your Gift Planning Officer at Richards@diocal.org or (415) The Rev. Richard L. Schaper, CFP (415) Gift Planning Officer RichardS@diocal.org Episcopal Diocese of California EpiscopalGift.org SAVE THIS DATE! Friday June 7, 2013 We will make and take Shepherd's Pie for the Graduation Luncheon at OPTIONS RECOVERY SERVICES in Berkeley. We'll need help with purchasing, cooking, transporting, serving and cleaning our kitchen. If you want to participate in an awesome experience, filled with God's love and joy, let us know and look for more details to come. Patti Farris Leslie Firth

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16 ST. TIMOTHY S EPISCOPAL PAL CHURCH 1550 Diablo Road Danville, CA A D D R E S S S E R V I C E R E Q U E S T E D Tidings is published monthly by: St. Timothy's Episcopal Church TELEPHONE: (925) FAX: (925) hour access to voice mail (925) address: parish@sainttimothysdanville.org web site: SaintTimothysDanville.org Clergy and Staff Rector The Rev. Jeffrey L. Frost Ext. 14 JFrost@SaintTimothysDanville.org Associate Priest The Rev. Kurt Levensaler Ext. 13 KLevensaler@SaintTimothysDanville.org Associate for Family Ministry Lori Robinson Ext. 23 LRobinson@SaintTimothysDanville.org Associate for Music Ministry Pat Parr Ext. 15 PatParr@SaintTimothysDanville.org Facilities Bev Matsunaga Ext. 11 BKMats@aol.com Noah s Ark Executive Director Sue Enes (925) NoahsArk@SaintTimothysDanville.org Secretary Beatriz Pussman Ext. 10 Parish@SaintTimothysDanville.org Treasurer Carleen Carns Treasurer@SaintTimothysDanville.org Intercessory Prayer prayers@sainttimothysdanville.org