Announcements

Annual Parish Picnic

Fundraising for the Seccombe Fund for Outreach

We hope you will be able to come to the annual Parish Picnic on May 17th to enjoy a delicious picnic lunch, enjoy games and time with fellow parishioners and support our fundraiser for the Seccombe Outreach Fund.


The Marketplace will have a lot to offer this year, including a steak and wine dinner, handbell fun and refreshments, a Bunco party, a garden tour and artisan pizza cooking demonstration, an Afghan take-out dinner and the ever popular Chicago-style deep dish pizza dinner with Reverend Dan. We also have a wide selection of wines in all price ranges; some being quite unique with party games included!


You are also welcome to make a direct financial donation at before, during or after the event. If you find that the events and wine are not what you are looking for, but you want to support our outreach efforts, there will be a basket for cash and check donations at the Picnic; credit card donations will also be available. If you can’t make it to the picnic and would like to make a donation, you can write a check to St. Bede’s and mark it for the Seccombe Fund and send it to the church office. The Community Outreach Steering Committee thanks all of St. Bede’s parishioners for giving generously to help those in need in our local community.

Other Announcements

Monthly Simple Supper

Next Simple Supper is on June 3rd at 6pm! Join us for our next Monthly Simple Supper in Lehman Hall. This event is held on

Farmer’s Markets on the Peninsula​

Farmer’s Markets on the Peninsula Summer is the season of Farmer’s Markets! Support your local growers, and often find better deals on fresh produce than chain

Food Drive for EHP

St. Bede’s works to support the Ecumenical Hunger Program throughout the year, and we need your help. Consider adding a few additional non-perishable items to

Pizza Theology

Our next Pizza Theology session will be held on Thursday, May 21st at 6pm in Lehman Hall. Join us for light-hearted discussion on the lessons of

Vic De La Cruz

Music Director

     Vic has been the music director at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church since 2022. In his time, he has continued the longstanding musical tradition of prestigious music while bringing the ideals of contemporary choral music to the church’s congregants. While bringing thought-provoking and worship enriching repertoire to Sunday services, he has also collaborated with many musicians both within St. Bede’s and the surrounding community for several special services, including bringing Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols to Menlo Park as well as many Evensong Services.

     Outside of St. Bede’s, Vic is the Head of Music and Director of Vocal Studies at Ohlone College where he directs the Choral Ensembles, instructs voice lessons, and teaches courses in musicology. He earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Northwestern University (where he acquired an intense love of both contemporary choral music and deep-dish pizza) and a Master of Arts from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, both in Choral Conducting. He is originally from Orange County, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Choral Music Education from California State University, Fullerton.

    Beyond music, Vic has a deep love for Olympic style wrestling, which he both enjoys as a fan and trains and competes for regularly. The remainder of his free time goes to his lovely mini aussiedoodle – Buffy.

Service

We engage in serving the needs of the unhoused, the food insecure, and those in need of educational assistance in the Peninsula as we proclaim the Gospel and promote justice, peace, and love for all people.

Education

We strive to understand the workings of Jesus and enrich our lives with continuous learning. We strive to teach those around us about the good works that Jesus performed, and strive to input His teachings into our own lives.

Community

We join with one another to support one another in all things, celebrating the high points of life, mourning together the low points, and following the example given to us by Christ during his life among us.

Worship

We gather together to set forth God's praise, to hear God's holy Word, and to pray for those things that are necessary for our life and our salvation, believing that the way of Jesus is the best possible way to live.

St. Bede’s has been home to Jane for a startlingly long time. She taught music in Trinity School and was the Music Director at St. Bede’s for many years. She was then ordained, and served as the Vicar of Holy Innocents in San Francisco. In her retirement, she has returned to St. Bede’s where her family also attends. Her delight is working with the Children’s Ministry but she can occasionally be spotted being useful in other ways.

Rev. Jane McDougle

Associate Priest, Family Ministry Lead

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Jane McDougle (Team Lead)

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Claire Lawrence

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Martin de Jong

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John Wenstrand

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St. Bede’s has been home to Jane for a startlingly long time. She taught music in Trinity School and was the Music Director at St. Bede’s for many years. She was then ordained, and served as the Vicar of Holy Innocents in San Francisco. In her retirement, she has returned to St. Bede’s where her family also attends. Her delight is working with the Children’s Ministry but she can occasionally be spotted being useful in other ways.

Jane McDougle

Associate Priest

      St. Bede’s has been home to Jane for a startlingly long time. She taught music in Trinity School and was the Music Director at St. Bede’s for many years. She was then ordained, and served as the Vicar of Holy Innocents in San Francisco. In her retirement, she has returned to St. Bede’s where her family also attends. Her delight is working with the Children’s Ministry, but she can occasionally be spotted being useful in other ways.