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This year's theme is“Take Heart: The Power of Connection.” Yuval Ron and his international ensemble will return to bring his inspiring, unifying, and deeply spiritual music to this event.

Information/tickets here  or 310.275.0123 or info@allsaintsbh.org
All Saints’ Choir and Orchestra. The year 2024 marks the centennial of the death of French composer Gabriel Fauré, and we commemorate the occasion with a performance of his glorious Requiem. Shorter than many settings of the requiem, its final version consists of seven movements for soprano and baritone soloists with mixed choir, orchestra and organ. The work conveys an overall sense of peace, and Fauré said of the work “Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest.” The Requiem is paired in this performance with Brahms’ Vier Gesänge (Four Songs), scored for women’s voices, two horns and harp. The concert also includes the premiere of a new work by Craig Phillips, Homage to Fauré, scored for men’s voices, solo violin and strings. Tickets: $30 ($15 students & seniors). Admission free with Music Guild donor season pass.

Join the ASC Labyrinth Ministry in observing World Labyrinth Day as participants pray and meditate in a worldwide Walk as One for Peace. Some participants will “Walk as One at 1PM” by walking a labyrinth at 1:00PM local time to create a rolling wave of peaceful energy across time zones connecting people around the globe. Whether you are familiar with labyrinths or new to the idea of this ancient “moving” spiritual practice, all are welcome to take part in finding peace for all. World Labyrinth Day is an international event held on the first Saturday each May, sponsored by The Labyrinth Society in collaboration with partner organizations including Veriditas.

St. Edmund's presents its annual Spring Organ Recitals on its famous Aeolian Skinner/Rosales Organ. A reception will follow. There is ample parking and a free will offering will benefit the music fund. Additional recitals will be held on May 12 and May 19.

Information here 
Honors Ensembles from the Colburn School’s Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute, which offers one of the most comprehensive and intense pre-college level chamber music learning experiences of any music school in North America. Students are coached weekly by members of the Colburn’s nationally acclaimed faculty. Read more about Colburn School here.

Information/Registration https://www.bloyhouse.org/training-for-licensed-lay-ministries
Conducted by Bloy House, the Episcopal Theological School at Los Angeles. Classes will continue May 14, 21, and 28. Fee: $25. A limited number of spots in each class are available for lay people not in Deanery 6 who would like to register. Bloy House will offer this class again next year.

Information here or 310.275.0123 or info@allsaintsbh.org
All Saints’ Choir Schola sings Missa Ascendens, Christus in altum and Ascendens in altum by Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Bishop John Harvey Taylor will preside and confirm candidates presented by any congregation that does not have an episcopal visitation this year. To contact the cathedral office, email churchoffice@stjohnsla.org or call 213.747.6285.

St. Edmund's presents its annual Spring Organ Recitals on its famous Aeolian Skinner/Rosales Organ. A reception will follow. There is ample parking and a free will offering will benefit the music fund. An additional recital will be held on May 19.

Information here 
The Choir of Saint James performs Westminster Abbey Responses and St. James Canticles by James Buonemani (music director at St. James'); "O Clap Your Hands" by Orlando Gibbons; and "Totus Tuus" by Henryk Górecki.

Information: 562.436.4047
St. Luke’s invites all to this quiet hour of prayer, chant and renewal. Taizé services will be held online throughout the year. Online services available here or by joining on this Zoom link.  Meeting ID: 864 4405 5548, Password 525

Reservations: rfelton@bloyhouse.org
This event has been postponed; a new date will be announced when available. More about Bloy House is here.

Information: 661-259-7307 or here
The Welcome Table is an experience created by and for the LGBTQ+ community. Gather with us as we eat, pray, sing, discuss, share communion, celebrate diversity and explore our faith community as our true, authentic selves. Come as you are, this place is for you.

Registration (in-person or Zoom)

Arnali Ray is executive director of Hollywood Food Coalition, whose mission is to feed and serve the immediate needs of the hungry every day of the year so they can build better lives. The vision of HOFOCO is of a city where everyone has food, community, and support. Ray brings more than 14 years of experience in non-profit social services and healthcare, and a passion for helping marginalized communities. Her career and volunteer service have focused on helping the most vulnerable populations access basic needs and vital services. She is a founding board member of Hollywood 4WRD, a coalition driven to create systemic change to effectively address homelessness in Hollywood through advocacy, education, service coordination, and innovation. The Immaculate Heart Community Lunch and Learn programing is available to all interested peoples. Please consider a donation to cover the costs of this event. Nobody will be turned away.

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As part of our Centennial journey, we are celebrating the joy of music, dancing and connection in our newly refurbished Learning Center. Join us for an evening of fun and community, dancing along to some of the greatest hits across the decades. Heavy appetizers and festive beverages will be provided. Donations ($10/person and $15/family) are encouraged but not required. All are welcome. Validated parking available in Las Fuentes Plaza parking structure. Street parking is free after 5 p.m. on Friday. (The church parking lot north of campus may not be available due to filming.)

Come lend a helping hand at camp! The trails need a little love after a wet winter so they can be safe and accessible all spring and summer long. Tools, materials, instructions, and lunch are all provided; families and friends are welcome! Sign up here.

Join us in supporting the High Desert's local artists. For information or to reserve a table, contact Nancy Metzig, 760.792.7393 or 760.244.6444, or at sthilary@dslextreme.com

Information: here, office@trinitysb.org or 805.965.7419
Meet longtime activist, author, teacher and Catholic priest the Rev. John Dear, who will be visiting Trinity on his national book tour. During these times of warfare, gun violence, racism, poverty, and climate change, John Dear has much to say in his new book, The Gospel of Peace, which is a commentary on the Gospels from the perspective of nonviolence. Dear’s Jesus is like Gandhi and Dr. King–nonviolent to the core, a disarming healing presence toward those in need, and a revolutionary disrupter of the unjust status quo. Prepare to be stirred up and inspired! Suggested donation: $20. Books will be available for sale for an additional $20. Cash, check, and credit card accepted at the door.

The Program Group on Black Ministries and the H. Belfield Hannibal Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians invite the diocesan community to this event, which will begin with Eucharist and end with a seafood gumbo and peach cobbler dinner reception.

Talton, 82, was consecrated sixth bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles in 1991 and served until his retirement in 2010. Prior to his election he was rector of St. Philip's Church in New York City's Harlem, and served churches in St. Paul, MN; Chicago; and California. He was the first person of African descent to be elected a bishop in the diocese.

Clergy are invited to wear green or Afrocentric vestments; all attendees are encouraged to wear Afrocentric attire. Reservations are requested here. St. John's Cathedral is located at 514 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 90007.