Episcopal Churches to Raise Funds for Shelter
An auction to benefit the Episcopal Service Alliance’s Martha House, the only facility in Orange County for single, homeless women, will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro.
Presented by the Trinity Episcopal Church in Orange, the auction will also feature help from the Blessed Sacrament Church in Placentia, St. Anselm’s Episcopal Church in Garden Grove and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Tustin.
Last year, a wine tasting and silent auction sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church raised nearly $10,000 for the facility, which ministers to homeless women and helps them become independent again. This year’s event includes a no-host bar and hot buffet for $15 per person. All donations are tax deductible.
Martha House, which opened in Santa Ana in 1983 and later moved to Orange, focuses mainly on women with the skills to make it on their own but who are temporarily homeless, according to an interview with the Rev. Douglas Edwards, pastor of Trinity Church. The Episcopal Service Alliance, an ecumenical service agency, is also planning to open a facility for homeless families in San Clemente.
Anyone interested in attending the benefit should call the Episcopal Service Alliance at (714) 637-6109.
Our Lady Queen of Angels Church in Newport Beach will celebrate its Silver Jubilee beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church, 2046 Mar Vista Drive. The celebrations will begin with Mass at 3 p.m., followed by a performance by a choir of parishioners and a procession of members representing 50 parish organizations. Also included will be a ground-breaking ceremony for the church’s future parish hall. For more information, call (714) 644-0200.
The Rev. Michael H. Wenning will speak for the first time at 9 and 11 a.m. services Sunday at Geneva Presbyterian Church, 24301 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills. Wenning, the church’s new pastor, was formerly with the Pleasant Hills Community Church in Pittsburgh and also served at the second largest Presbyterian church in Durban, South Africa. Child care will be provided during worship services. For more information, call (714) 837-2323.
The Presbyterian Church of the Master will ordain Gary D. Mills as associate pastor at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the church, Oso and Marguerite parkways in Mission Viejo. The Presbytery of Los Ranchos, which oversees the south county area, will conduct the ceremonies. Pastor Ben Patterson of Irvine Presbyterian Church will preside. Mills has served as youth director at Church of the Master for the last 2 1/2 years. For more information, call (714) 582-2670.
Rabbi Irvin Brandwein will be formally installed at 8 p.m. worship services Friday at Temple Beth Emet, 1770 W. Cerritos Ave., Anaheim. Installing officer will be Rabbi David Baron of the Synagogue for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Also installed during the service will be new youth and educational services director Michelle Kramer. An Oneg Shabbat will follow the service. For more information, call (714) 772-4720.
