Christine
Nevarez
General Convention
- July 10, 2009
June 24, 1945 - September 25, 2009
The Rev. Christine M. Nevarez, deacon at Church of the Transfiguration, Arcadia, died on September 25 of cancer. She was 64.
Survivors include her brother, Richard (Martha) Nevarez and their children and a stepdaughter and her family. Her husband predeceased her.
Requiem Eucharist and interment was held at Church of the Transfiguration, 1881 South First Ave, Arcadia, on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 10 a.m. Clergy: wear white stoles.
Nevarez was raised up for diaconal ministry from the Church of the Transfiguration and served there after her ordination while continuing to work as a legal secretary and administrator. She was especially interested in pastoral visitation and was a leader of Transfiguration's English as a Second Language classes and Bible study for the growing Chinese-speaking community in Arcadia.
She periodically served as a deacon for diocesan services at the ProCathedral of St. John in Los Angeles and worked with Bishop Suffragan Chester Talton on a discernment committee for deacons. She was also a volunteer supervisor in the House of Deputies at General Convention in Anaheim, July 2009
Nevarez, who was born on June 24, 1945, received her theological training at the Episcopal Theological School at Claremont (Bloy House) and was one of ten deacons ordained during Diocesan Convention in 2006. Funeral services were at Transfiguration and included Holy Eucharist and Interment.
Pictures here are from 2004 - 2009. All were taken at Church of the Transfiguration with our parishioners and various clergy. The exception is the second row, second picture. That was taken at The Episcope Church's General Convention, 2009. Bishop Gene Robinson is next to Chris. The last picture of Christine ordination December 9, 2006..
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8