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We are thrilled to announce that The Reverend Kevin Warner has accepted our call to be the Rector of St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church! He comes to us from Advent Episcopal Church in West Bloomfield, MI. His first Sunday will be September 6th. For more information about our wonderful new Rector and his family, please click here: Fr. Kevin Warner PDF.

We would like to thank our Calling Committee for all of their hard work and dedication to this process, especially our two co-Chairs, Ray Henson and Grant Bening. We also thank Father David Montzingo, St. Dunstan's Vestry, staff and parishioners, as well as Canon Jenny Vervynck and Bishop Mathes for their support. Singular thanks go to our Interim Rector, Father Tom Phillips, for his leadership and devotion to this parish during our transition. Ultimately, thanks be to God for all of His good gifts before, during, and after this process, and especially for bringing us Fr. Kevin and his wife Sue!

Don't Miss Our Annual July 4th Independence Day Concert & Ice Cream Social!

When: Saturday, July 4th - 2 pm

Where: In the courtyard at St. Dunstan's

Featuring: The San Diego Concert Band

Join us at our annual July 4th Independence Day concert and ice cream social featuring the 60-member San Diego Concert Band. Bring your lawn chairs or blanket to spread out on the lawn, or sit on our chairs, on the patio and revisit the patriotic tunes we know so well. Following the concert make your own sundae or enjoy brownies, cupcakes, cookies, chocolate covered strawberries, lemon bars . . . whatever turns up on the dessert bar. AND it's all free (well, there will be a basket for free-will offerings). Be sure to attend!

HOW TO SHARE YOUR FAITH IN 101 WORDS OR LESS

A number of young people came over from the local high school to complete a history assignment. They wanted me to tell them about Christian Faith and the history of Christianity. I asked them to come into the library and we could talk. "Actually," they said, "Couldn't you just do it in a couple of minutes? You know, the 90 words or less thing."

I can't even tell you my name in less than 90 words! What a challenge.

I ransacked my brain, trying to find some sort of outline to give them. The history part was easy. The content of the faith was the part I wanted to get right.

I rehearsed mentally the opening words of our Communion Service. "Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and blessed be his kingdom, now and forever."  That's the faith I wanted to communicate. This is what I said:

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY

On Sunday, June 7, St. Dunstan's completed a Triad of special worship services that began in Holy Week, extended fifty days to Pentecost and culminated in the celebration of the Holy Trinity. We would not celebrate the Trinity were it not for all that has gone before.

Christian faith admits that there is no direct reference to the Trinity in Holy Scripture. On the other hand, the Faith also stresses that there are three persons in scripture that all have the attributes of the divine, yet are not the same. These three persons have names: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The concepts of all three have foundation in the Old Testament and full exposure in the New Testament. God is known as the Father of Israel. The Spirit is known as the essence of divine wisdom. And there is a mysterious figure sometimes referred to as "one like the Son of Man" --Daniel 7:13 or the exalted king--Psalm 72:1; 102:22, 110:1-2, who is also treated with reverence and has attributes reserved only for the divine.