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! 
written by Cameron Jackson
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Hats off to those Episcopal women’s hats! And great coffee! Not many eligible voters (maybe 15) actually voted Dec. 10 at St. John’s in Aptos. About 90 attended church The election was a “slam dunk’ as 4 people ran for 4 slots on the church board. It was no horse race. The ‘discernment process’ nominated 4 women — 3 of whom have been members at St. John’s for decades and decades …. and more decades.