Reminders

Spring Clergy Conference set for May 12-14:  ‘Questions of Jesus’
Jesus asks 307 questions in the gospels and only answers 3. What is he asking you?

The 2025 Spring Clergy Conference will be held May 12-14, 2025 at the Mission Inn hotel in Riverside. The keynote speaker will be the Rev. Canon Whitney Rice, Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development in the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. 

“Through devastating fires to a bishop transition, your diocese is walking through liminal space with fidelity and courage, but many are feeling a little worn and wondering how to live into new realities,” Canon Rice notes. “Come take some time to reconnect with Jesus and how he calls us as disciples. We’ll dwell together in his questions and let them strengthen us to continue building the household of faith in Los Angeles, inviting the Spirit to bathe our souls in The Living Water.”

As a reminder, attendance at this event is expected of all active clergy in the diocese. The contracted rate for a hotel room is increasing to $189/night, however the registration fee will remain the same.

Click here to register for the conference, and here to reserve your hotel room.

About Clergy Conference Speaker: The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice 

The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice (she/her/hers) is an Episcopal priest who serves as the Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development for the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. She is a graduate of Yale Divinity School where she won the Yale University Charles S. Mersick Prize for Public Address and Preaching and the Yale University E. William Muehl Award for Excellence in Preaching.

She has served as a researcher and community ministry grant consultant for the Indianapolis Center for Congregations, and is currently a writer for the Episcopal Digital Network’s Sermons That Work, a member of the national Episcopal Church Evangelism Council of Advice, an active participant in the activist clergy community for racial and economic justice in St. Louis, and creator of the nationally recognized church revitalization initiative Requiem or Renaissance. A communicator of the gospel at heart, she writes and teaches on a wide variety of topics including rethinking evangelism, stewardship, leadership in the changing church, and spiritual development.

When she’s not thinking about church praxis, you’ll find her swing dancing. Find more of her work at her website Roof Crashers & Hem Grabbers. 

TENS: The Episcopal Network for Stewardship

The Diocese of Los Angeles maintains a membership in TENS, so all congregations may access its stewardship resources. The log-in for 2024 is Ephesians5:2 (note: case sensitive, no spaces). The website is here.

“The theme for the year is Walk in Love, a celebration of the joy and gratitude we have for God and our community that lead us to share our stories, our journeys, and our gifts. Our resources are making a special effort to lift up diverse voices as we share the stories that inspire us to share our wealth, works, and wisdom with our ministry.”  — TENS

URGENT CALL: Update Clergy Supply List with Office of Formation and Transition Ministry

We are in great need of more assistance with Sunday supply and interim positions. If you are available to assist with supply, long term supply, transition ministry, etc., please email Tom Quijada-Discavage at tdiscavage@ladiocese.org to make sure you are on our list. Please consider helping us out!

Grants available for deacons in financial need

The Fund for the Diaconate provides vital financial assistance for deacons and those in diaconal formation who have insufficient funds for their needs. Most deacons in The Episcopal Church serve as non-stipendiary ministry leaders, and lack church pensions to draw upon in times of crisis. Grants are available for ongoing support, declared emergencies, medical expenses, and diaconal formation. Applications are accepted at any time. More information is here.

Connections

PAT EUSTIS  has concluded her ministry at St. Philip’s, Los Angeles, and is moving back to North Dakota.

JOSEPH OLOIMOOJA is serving as priest-in-charge-under-special-circumstances at Holy Faith, Inglewood.

STEVE SWARTZEL  has been called as rector of Trinity, Orange, and will be installed at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 14. The diocesan community is invited to attend. Clergy: red stoles.

Requiescat in pace – Richard Estrada

A funeral Mass is set for 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, for the Rev. Canon Richard Estrada, who died March 31. Bishop John Harvey Taylor will preside.

A parish prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at Church of the Epiphany, Lincoln Heights, where Estrada was assisting priest since 2015.

He was well-known for championing the rights of immigrants and at-risk youth throughout his priesthood, firs tas a Claretian catholic and later as an Episcopalian. He died at PIH Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, on the birthday of his late friend and fellow activist César Chávez. He was 83 and had been suffering with double pneumonia.

A full obituary is here.

Requiescat in pace – Argola “Golie” Haynes

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 11 for the Rev. Argola “Golie” Haynes, a retired priest of the diocese and former teacher in the Pasadena Unified School District, who died March 29 at age 84.

She is survived by a daughter, Tina Ayres, two grandchildren;and two sisters, Anna Parker and Alma Stokes.

A daughter of an ordained pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Haynes was born in 1940 in San Bernardino, Calif. She became a teacher in the Pasadena Unified School District from which she retired in 1995 after a 30-year career serving students in elementary grades.

Answering a call to ordained ministry, Haynes completed a master of divinity degree in 1998 at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, the Episcopal seminary in Berkeley, CaliMass is set for 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, for the Rev. Canon Richard Estrada, who died March 31. Bishop John Harvey Taylor will preside.

A full obituary is here.

Congregational Openings

April 2025

Clergy are encouraged to request that their name be placed on an “interest list” if they would like to be considered for:

a) positions, regardless of the progress of the congregation in determining their process, or their readiness to receive names;

b) placement by the bishop in mission congregations or where an appointment is otherwise applicable.

Contact the Rev. Canon Tom Quijada-Discavage at tdiscavage@ladiocese.org or via phone at: 213.482.2040.

Open positions:

ACTIVE (Rectors)

Receiving names/Soon to post

Los Olivos, St. Mark’s in the Valley Parish / Rector

St. Mark’s seeks a full-time rector who is called to community leadership both within the church and beyond its walls. We seek leadership who will bring a dependable, caring presence while nurturing all ages of our multigenerational church. Our rectory is a short walk through this burgeoning and historic town to our beautiful church. Come be a part of our thriving community!

For more information about us and our church, please visit: www.smitv.org

Parish profile may be found here.

Other info can be found here.

For more information, please contact the Rev. Canon Thomas Quijada-Discavage directly at the email below or by phone at 323-350-7675. All interested appplicants should respond with: a letter of introduction/interest, a current CV/resume, and an updated OTM to: tdiscavage@ladiocese.org

ACTIVE (Vicars)

Receiving names/Soon to post

Rancho Santa Margarita, St. John Chrysostom Mission / Vicar 

The Office of Formation and Transition Ministry is currently accepting materials from clergy interested in applying for the open position of Vicar at St. John’s.

The successful candiate will be a collaborative change agent and oversee a mature, highly functioning congregation and a pre-K through 8th grade school with over 500 students.  

Position description may be found here.

Interested candidates should submit via email: a digital photo, a Letter of Introduction/Interest, current CV/resume, and updated OTM to: tdiscavage@ladiocese.org

ACTIVE (Associate/Curate/Other Positions)

IRVINE, St. Andrew’s / Assistant Priest, half-time 

• St. Andrew’s is seeking a half-time priest with strong preaching, interpersonal, and collaborative skills. The ability to welcome new and diverse persons and to communicate with young people is essential. This person would assist with preaching, Christian formation, and would partner with our rector in supporting the ministries of our congregation.
• For more info, visit website:https://standrewsirvine.org, Facebook link
• Please send cover letter/questions/resume toPeter@standrewsirvine.org

SANTA BARBARA, All Saints by the Sea / Associate Rector for Children, Youth, and Families, full-time.

All Saints has grown over 18% last year and we are seeking to expand our relationship and opportunities to nurture the faith of our children, youth, and families. We are seeking a collaborative, creative leader with a joy for parish ministry and for making our faith accessible to all ages with experience with children, youth, and young adult ministry to oversee all programming associated with children, youth and young adults, nurture parents in their roles in their families, coordinate our school chapel program, preach, coordinate all liturgies associated with children and youth, support the pastoral care of our community.

• Housing is provided. If you resonate with this, please send your resume, CDO profile and a letter of introduction to The Rev. Channing Smith at Channing@ASBTS.org. Have a great day!

TUSTIN, St. Paul’s / Curate – Associate for Children and Youth 

St. Paul’s, Tustin, a progressive parish in the heart of suburban Orange County, California, seeks to add a full-time associate priest/curate to our staff, to better serve a new influx of younger families with children.

This role includes responsiblity for education and program for the parish’s children and youth, oversight of the Sunday School, recruiting and training teachers and aides, and regular curriculum updates. This person will have direct responsibility for the high school youth, offering weekly meetings and possibly outings and retreats, as well as service opportunities.

The successful candidate will ensure that all volunteers working with children and youth will undergo appropriate background checks and training. They will also participate in collaborative liturgy and educational event planning and implemention worship leadership and preaching, and exercise a pastoral presence with families.

For more info, visit St. Paul’s website, FaceBook page and YouTube channel.

Please forward resume, cover letter, and video link of a sermon you’ve preached to: administrator@stpauls.org.

OXNARD, All Saints’ ~ Todos los Santos / Associate Priest for Children’s and Youth Ministry (part time) 

This person should be ordained or about to be ordained as a priest, conversant in Spanish and English and ready to learn and support our children’s, youth, and family ministries. Flexible scheduling is available. Please be in direct contact with the Rev. Melissa Campbell-Langdell, rector, with any questions and paperwork, if interested, at: revmelissalangdell@gmail.com. For more info, click here.

SAN CLEMENTE, St. Clement by-the-Sea. Assistant Priest, part-time.
Ministry to include preaching once per month, help with pastoral care, and faith formation. Ideal for a shared ministry with another congregation or a retired clergyperson. Please be in contact with the Rev. Patrick Crerar with any questions and paperwork if interested at: FrPatrick@scbythesea.org or 949-492-3401.

NON-ACTIVE

Parish congregations that will at some point be searching for clergy leadership, but are now working with supply clergy, a long-term interim or priest in charge:

Arcadia, Parish Church of the Transfiguration

Downey, St. Mark’s Parish

Fullerton, Emmanuel Parish

Fullerton, St. Andrew’s Parish

Garden Grove, St. Anselm’s

Lancaster, St. Paul’s Parish

Los Angeles, Church of Christ  the Good Shepherd

Los Angeles, St. John’s Cathedral

Los Angeles, St. Philip’s Parish

Los Angeles (Melrose), Trinity Parish

Monterey Park, St. Gabriel’s Parish

Ojai, St. Andrew’s Parish

Ontario, Christ Church

Pasadena, All Saints Parish

Pasadena, St. Barnabas’ Parish

Pomona, St. Paul’s Parish

San Fernando, St. Simon’s Parish

Santa Maria, St. Peter’s Parish

Santa Paula, St. Paul’s and Emmanuel Lutheran

South Gate, St. Margaret’s Parish

Van Nuys, St. Mark’s Parish

OTHER OPENINGS

WITHIN THE DIOCESE

 LOS ANGELES: Episcopalian Hospital Chaplain, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, 1225 Wilshire Boulevard. Full time, salaried. Reporting to one of our department supervisors or managers, this position provides spiritual support to patients, their loved ones, and staff in our hospitals. This chaplain serves people of all belief systems (religious and non-religious), and provides or arranges special rites and rituals as requested by patients and/or surrogates. Full job description and information here.

OUTSIDE THE DIOCESE

 A list of postings from the wider Episcopal Church is here.