Come participate in this year’s Christmas Eve Pageant! All children are welcome, including any visiting family, friends, and neighbors.
This nativity scene needs angels, animals of all kinds, wise persons, and more. Join us for a festive afternoon of music, play, and celebrating the Birth of Christ!
The pageant is on Wednesday, December 24th, with a quick rehearsal at 3pm and the show beginning at 4pm.
Children need a safe and supportive space to explore the mystery and depth of God, themselves, and their world.
At St. Bede’s, we hold that space.
For our youngest worshippers, we offer Nursery Care just ten steps away from the sanctuary.
Children are met with kind volunteers, and occupy their attention with toys, books, and art supplies while their grown-ups attend the Rite II service at 10:15 a.m.
Young children are lead through the year-round Godly Play curriculum where, through music and art, they learn stories from both the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament.
Class starts at 10 a.m., and students will re-join the Rite II service in time for Holy Communion.
Godly Play continues and expands for our older students, allowing for deeper conversations and critical thinking as they discuss ways to apply their faith-based lessons to the world around them.
Class starts at 10 a.m., and students will re-join the Rite II service in time for Holy Communion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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