In our baptismal covenant, we pledge to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves. As members of St. Michael’s, we also pledge to shine as a light in the world to the glory of God. To seek, serve, and shine by devoting ourselves to serve the most vulnerable in our community and around the world. All ministries come with the potential of transformation for the parishioner as well as the individual served.

Canterbury Irvine welcomes people who live, work, and learn at the University of California, Irvine, striving for openness, thoughtful dialogue, and spiritual growth on the UCI campus. Canterbury UCI strives to make visible an active Christian presence at UCI by providing a welcoming Episcopal ministry to nourish members in body, mind, and spirit. St. Michael’s has supported Canterbury Irvine since 1966 through events, financial assistance, and however we are able.

Community Table is the Campus Ministry of Canterbury Irvine, UCI: www.canterburyIrvine.org. The Community Table Chaplains are:

• The Rev. Cathie Capp of the United Methodist Church, Irvine
• Joyce Swaving of Saint George’s Episcopal Church, Laguna Hills

The United Thank Offering (UTO) of The Episcopal Church is a personal spiritual discipline of thanksgiving that supports God’s mission throughout the world. UTO’s ministry invites you to:

1. Notice the good things that happen each day.
2. Give thanks to God for those blessings.
3. Make a thank offering for each blessing by dropping coins in your blue UTO Box.
4. Watch as your blessing becomes a blessing to others.

From its initial collection in 1889, UTO has focused on gratitude and the importance of making a thank offering to remember that all good things come from God. Through the combined collection of UTO Blue Box coins, the UTO Board awards 100% of thank offerings as grants for one-year projects that support transforming and innovative ministries worldwide.

The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles lives out God’s mission as a Christian community uniting some 65,000 Episcopalians in 136 neighborhood congregations and mission centers, some 40 schools and 15 other specialized service institutions located in six Southern California counties. Los Angeles is historically one of the five most populous and culturally diverse of the Episcopal Church’s 109 dioceses overall.

The Mission Share Fund (MSF) is the primary funding source for diocesan programs, institutions, and for 26 mission congregations. The MSF enables the diocese to minister in areas of need throughout the Southland — being the arms and face and hands of Christ. All parishes within the diocese pledge a percentage of operating income to the MSF.

Mission congregations are doing mission work. Our contribution to the MSF directly contributes to Christ’s mission in the world. It directly supports the important work that is feeding hungry hearts and bringing God’s love to places where it is most needed.

St. Michael and All Angels Corona del Mar and, separately, several of its parishioners are members of The Anglican Communion Compass Rose Society.

The Compass Rose Society was founded in 1997 to support the work of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Anglican Consultative Council (which coordinates the activities of the 38 provinces of the Communion) and the Anglican Communion Office. To date, the Society has donated $8.2 million to the Council and, $2.8 million to projects in individual dioceses.

The Society’s annual objective is to donate $400,000 to the Anglican Consultative Council. To achieve this, new members join the Society with an initial gift of $10,000 and subsequently donate $2,500 – $3,000 annually to sustain their membership. Some individuals, parishes, and dioceses form groups (called chapters) to raise the initial gift. The chapter collectively gives the annual gift as well. Also, Society members often donate to projects throughout the Communion that they favor. The Society accepts gifts of cash, stock or other securities.

The Society meets annually in the UK. In addition to a business session featuring prominent speakers from the Communion, members attending meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury for a group audience, dinner, and worship. Following the annual meeting, a group of Society members usually visit a diocese in the Communion to which they have been invited — a Communion Visit — or travel to an important historic site in the Communion — a Study Trip.