Category: Aptos, CA
Aptos, CA part of Santa Cruz County, CA about 100 miles south of San Francisco
who receives the Body & Blood? Who can vote? Aptos CA Catholics & Episcopalians tighten their rules — very differently
Aptos CA Catholics and Episcopalians tighten their rules — in quite different ways.
 Episcopalians pay to pray before voting:
The laying on of hands by an Episcopalian bishop and the payment of identifiable money to the church are two of a number of  requirements for members at St. John’s in Aptos, CA who want to vote Dec. 10, 2017.
 The Rector, Mother Tracy, writes in an email 12/07/2017 that in order to be “technically” an Episcopalian,  sometime in the past an Episcopalian bishop laid hands in a church service on the person.  All who meet various requirements can vote Dec. 10 for elections to the church board.
Aptos Catholic christians also tighten their rules: The last to receive will be first now. Different housekeeping rules will be enforced at Resurrection Catholic Community. The order of who gets served first is one change.
 Remember the bible verse,  “The last will be first — and the first will be last”? [Matthew 20:16] It’s an apt summary.
  The Eucharistic Ministers at Resurrection Catholic Community  who assist with the service — these people who used to be the last persons to receive — will now be first persons  to receive.  Each Eucharistic Minister will receive from the Catholic priest prior to  serving others.
It was stated that this is an “old” Catholic rule — one of many “shoulds” that need to be done — that now goes into effect at Resurrection Catholic Community in Aptos, CA.  Further,  the tender care with which any remaining Body and Blood is handled after everyone has received, those rules are tightened.
 So — are there any Aptos Catholic christians who want to receive directly from their priest?  Ask to serve and be trained as an Eucharistic Minister. The last to receive will now be first to receive at Resurrection Catholic Community in Aptos.
 At St. John’s episcopal church all attendees standing in a circle receive the Body from the priest and then they receive the Blood from an assisting Eucharistic Minister.
Of most importance is participation as the Body of Christ. All are welcome at St. John’s episcopal and Resurrection catholic community.
Below are photos taken 12/10 on Voting Day at St. John’s episcopal. Great coffee!Â
written by Cameron Jackson
Monerey Bay Forum
Fax: 831 688 7717
Email: jaj48@aol.com
Pick those veggies at Aptos Community Garden …
Pick those vegetables at Aptos Community Garden! Look at those beautiful mustard greens and fava beans!  And clean plots please. Thanks!  Â
Christmas Boxes off around the world
Bark for Aptos Community Garden coming soon
Tarps coming soon to cover bark in case of rain. Aptos Community Garden gets prepared.
Critters in Aptos Community Garden?
https://www.freedomok.net/aptoscommunitygarden/
So what’s nibbling? Have to check and see if the peanut butter is gone! To catch a rat you don’t need a bat!
Protest $2 MILLION Aptos Creek Road plans — move that bus out of lane of traffic & fix ramp?
Move that bus out of the lane of traffic?   In the proposed Aptos Creek Road plans — at taxpayer expense of $2 MILLION – the bus cannot fully exit the lane of traffic when stopped. If the bus cannot fully exit then it sticks out in traffic. What about the traffic behind the bus?  Those cars just wait, right?
And the proposed ramp hard for those with mobility problems? So put in a ramp but don’t put in one that really works?
The info below was written by Becky Steinbrunner:
https://www.change.org/p/ lmendez-sccrtc-org-protest- taxpayers-funding-3-million- traffic-light-at-aptos-creek- road
 http:// aptosvillageimprovement. blogspot.com/
(photos of the new bus stop that will not be wide enough to allow the bus to fully exit the lane of traffic when stopped, due to required utility setbacks from the rail line)
The plans for the application #25 project this year were withheld from my Public Records Act request, with Public Works staff stating it was in the best interest of the public not to do so, but I did see a diagram of the work on the screen at the two RTC Committee meetings that I attended. I could not discern if there will be track replacement in the full Phase II project area, as there has been in the Phase I area (at huge taxpayer expense due to soil contamination problems).
Please feel free to pass this information on to others whom you think would be interested. I think we need to get alot of letters to the RTC before December 7 to protest the $1.9 million grant for Phase II and to get people to show up at the December 7 meeting. Commissioner Jacques Bertrand has already asked staff to investigate the Phase I problems with the relocated #71 Inbound bus stop in the Villag (the 100′-long 5%-grade sidewalk to access the bus stop will present problems for those with mobility challenges).
Comments:  The public aka Becky Steinbrunner was told it was in the public’s best interest NOT to know the proposed bus stop plans in Aptos Creek Village area.  Since when is it ever in the best interest of the public to withhold information about a proposed $2 MILLION tax burden?
Be sure to sign Becky’s Petition. There are 111 signatures so far. More the better.
https://www.change.org/p/lmendez-sccrtc-org-protest-taxpayers-funding-3-million-traffic-light-at-aptos-creek-road
Cleaning locally ‘the swamp’ might start by requiring all public expenditures and the proposed plans be available via internet?
Cameron Jackson  DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
How to protest $3 MILLION for traffic light Aptos Creek Road — don’t want to pay?
Don’t want to pay $3 MILLION for proposed traffic light at Aptos Creek Road in Aptos, CA?   What you can do —
 Sign the on-line petition:
We need to have a good number of signatures or letters ready by November 13 for the first of three Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) Committee meetings where the application will be considered. Here is the schedule of those meetings (all are at the RTC Office on 1523 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 95060):
You can call the RTC Office at 460-3200 to express your thoughts about having to pay for a $3 million traffic light at Aptos Creek Road for Swenson.
I have been wondering if the RTC board meetings are recorded by CTV and finally looked.
Yes! Here is the link:
http://www.communitytv.org/ watch/government-demand/
You can also watch the Metro Board meeting for Sept. 22 at about marker 65 to see Metro Operations Officer Mr. Ciro Aguirre’s explanation of the expensive Aptos Village bus stop relocation. I later recorded him at the RTC Elderly & Disabled Committe saying that the only reason the bus stop is being moved is to provide parking for the businesses. That You/tube will be up for viewing later this week.
WE HAVE TO SPEAK OUT LOUDLY AGAINST THIS NOW OR WE WILL CONTINUE TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR BARRY SWENSON BUILDER AND THE OTHER APTOS VILLAGE PROJECT DEVELOPERS.
The printing press solves problems — when you can’t understand your priest or the readers….
What to do?  You can’t understand a word your priest says? Or you can’t hear what the Readers of the Bible said? Â
These problems matter.  Some people may stop attending your church. Or revenue may drop.
Face the problem directly.  There are simple solutions!
Use the printing press. Print the Readings — so if the Reader cannot use a microphone properly people in the pew can still hear the message. They can read it.
And print the sermon. Yes I know that’s not done. But it’s time to do it.   If your priest speaks a form of English that is hard to understand — put the sermon (or a short version of it) in the bulletin. That way people can read the sermon then or later on.
Yes there is a growing problem of people in the pew not able to understand what the priest or readers say.
This is adapted from an article in the Wall Street Journal titled  I Can’t Understand a Word My Priest Says written by Marty Sherry, Oct. 05, 2017:
Today around a quarter of Catholic diocesan priests were born outside the U.S., and about 30% of priests ordained in America last year were foreign-born. Why and how did they come? Some came after learning English as the language of commerce in their native land. Many see opportunities for ministry in the U.S. Some come as political refugees. Others find salaries are higher here, enabling them to send money home to support their families. Still others find that life in the U.S. is just more comfortable. Most see the U.S. as spiritually needy — so privledged that its people no longer crave sacramental care.
Can’t understand the priest?  The Readers mumble or cannot use a microphone properly? Solution:  The printing press!  Many Protestant churches routinely print the Readings — that way if a person is hard of hearing or the person reading does not speak clearly the congregation can still ‘read along’ and get the message.
Churches typically do not print the Sermon and include it as part of the Bulletin. Why not do so?
Let people think about what was said on Sunday. And for those who cannot understand the accent of the male or female priest – or just can’t follow along because of the length — there’s hope! Use the copy machine. Â
written by Cameron Jackson  DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
Christ Heals Then & Now! Sat. Oct. 14. Come Light a candle & say a prayer .. CA
  Christ Heals Then & Now! Â
Saturday, October 14, 2017
9:45 am – 11:45 am
Resurrection Catholic Community
                               7600 Soquel Drive, Aptos
 Come light a candle… say a prayer… for all people harmed in recent fires in CaliforniaÂ
Experience healing through   music, prayer,  laughter, sharing and listening
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Live Music (Secular & Sacred)  with   musician Lulu Manus
 Bring an object or book to share. Bring food to share. Bring a friend needs healing.
Christ Then and Now ….  Heals All….
www.AptosChurch.info    Cameron Jackson 688-6002   DrCameronJackson@gmail.comÂ