Holy
Trinity and St. Benedict (HTSB) is in the process of growing a partnership with
the Asian Pacific Women's Center (APWC)
http://www.apwcla.org/ . APWC has a domestic violence transitional
shelter program and has also been partnering with the Alhambra Unified School
District to provide community education and empowerment programs in the San
Gabriel valley area since 2005. The recently established APWC/HTSB partnership
is one of the enablers for the APWC to expand their services as well as an
enabler for HTSB to expand our outreach programs to the community. We have
committed to work together to bring needed services to benefit the community.
On Sunday May 5th folks from both organization came together to continue with some of our renovation efforts in Hultgren Hall. We did a lot of cleaning an painting, particularly in the large meeting room behind Hultgren Hall. Thank you to the many who supported this effort. For some photos of the the clean up day click here.
On Saturday, March
25, 2006, 6 members of the Parish of Holy Trinity and St. Benedict were at Campbell Hall in North Hollywood for a whole fun day event of learning and socializing. The
ministry fair provided many opportunities to share ideas and enhance skills in
many areas of church ministry.
Gayle spent the whole day in a financial workshop for treasurers, bookkeepers and others involved in the financial aspects. Richard went to workshops on electronic ministry, learning about church web sites and bogging for Jesus. Manny and Brad spent most of the day at the wardens workshop discussing the roles of the wardens and vestry members. We talked a lot about improving communication and the decision making process in our home parishes. We also got to spend some time with Bishops Bruno, Carranza, and Talton discussing the various resources and support available to all of us at the diocesan center. Brad also went to the "Christians in Palestine" workshop which provided an overview of the Episcopal Church in diocese of Jerusalem and outlined a recent pilgrimage of several Episcopalians from Los Angeles to the Holy land. We discussed the need the church in Jerusalem have for our support and a few ways for us here in Los Angeles to provide that support through sister parish relationships, a pen pal program, and pilgrimage visits. The next pilgrimage to the Holy Land is in October and will be hosted by Bishop Jon Bruno. more to come.......
The long awaited Rex Botengan memorial monument and garden have been completed. At 11:00 am on March 11, 2006, over 200 people from various cities gathered in worship, and recognition to the various ministries of work Rex Botengan Sr. had given life to.
The celebration began with a Eucharistic service presided by Rev Rick Byrum with Bishop Zabala, former rector of HTSB, assisting. The service was followed by a dedication, blessing and prayer service in the memorial garden where the memorial monument and garden was unveiled and blessed... Click here to read more...
The parish is in need of volunteers for a news letter. An editor and journalist or two are needed to take responsibility for gathering the necessary information and writing news articles on a regular basis. Each parish organization/committee should assign at least one person to provide inputs to the newsletter editor and/or webmaster? Send articles to webmaster@htsbonline.org
Luke Jan Perido, one of our young adults was among those hand picked by Bishop J. Jon Bruno to participate in the Hands In Healing national tour and ministry outreach program against violence. To learn more about the Hand In Healing program, Luke and the other participants, latest updates from the travelers, and to follow along on the tour click Hands In Healing. Many resources there including Bios on the participants, Map, Itinerary, Travelogue, Videos, News updates, and experiences from the participants.
On March 22-24,
2002 HTSB youth ages 4 to 14 gathered for a fun filled lenten retreat at the
cathedral center of St. Paul in Echo Park. 22 children and 15
facilitators/chaperones from HTSB began the activity filled weekend Friday
night. Click to read more about the 2002 children's Lenten retreat at the cathedral center.
On Saturday, March 16, 2002, 17 members of the Parish of Holy Trinity and St. Benedict were at Campbell Hall in North Hollywood for a whole fun day event of learning and socializing. The fair was to provide opportunities to share ideas and at the same time enhance skills in every church ministry. If you see the following people, feel free to ask them what they did and learned during that day. Representing the adults were Bishop and Mary Zabala, Eduardo and Lori Biag, Mildred Rader, Clare Zabala, Sisters Virginia Claire and Elizabeth, Richard Stevenson, Brad Sherman and Harry. Youths up to 14 years old were represented by Krystle Laoyan, Nadesna Singson, Daphne Danggoec, Hazel Danggoec and the ever-present little Kimberly Padua. (If I missed someone, please let me know.) The lone representative from teenagers above 14 years old was Neal Basingat. I still have to ask him more about the HIV/ AIDS workshop that he chose for his last session after he attended the first two sessions on "Leadership for Parish Musicians". He said it was just him and an elderly woman in that HIV/ AIDS workshop.
To see more about the "Hands Around the Lake" event mentioned in the Mar issue of the HTSB messenger click here, HTSB at Hands Around the Lake. This is where you will see some photos from the event and some of the notes and pictures done by some of our youth.
Annual
camping trip in 2002 was lake Casitas where we got to play in the mud as well as
many other fun activities. To see camping 2002 slide show click here,
Camping 2002 Slide Show. Thanks Elmito for submitting.