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Mission Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara Mission, is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order near present-day Santa Barbara, California. It was founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén on December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission for the religious conversion of the indigenous local Chumash- Barbareño tribe of Native American people.

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Chumash
Barbareño, Canaliño

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The Mission also has the oldest unbroken tradition of choral singing among the California Missions and, indeed, of any California institution

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Santa Barbara Threshold Choir | Threshold Choir

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Although we are not a "performance" choir - that is, our form of service is to sing to one person (plus caregivers) at the bedside - we generally say yes when invited to sing for events and occasions that align with our mission.

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The Santa Barbara Mission is perched on top of a gentle hill overlooking the city and the distant ocean. An extensive rose garden offers the visitor a place to picnic, play and enjoy the Spanish architecture of the mission.

This is my city. The weather is glorious and I imagine the Spanish Franciscans who founded the mission in 1786 thought so, too. Three adobe churches were constructed on the site-one of which was destroyed in the 1812 earthquake. Today, the mission hold services as well as opportunities for groups to gather for retreats.
What You'll Need:

Paper bag or brown construction paper

Black waterproof marker (I used Sharpie brand)

Puck tempera paint (cake tempera)

Paint brushes and water containers

Drawing the Mission
Drawing the mission is not as difficult as it appears. The lines and shapes that make up the main facade is easy for children to see and understand. I have done a ceramic mission with much success with my 3rd and 4th grade students and used a simple diagram that helped them build their ceramic piece. This diagram/drawing proved helpful when drawing the facade.

Draw a square on the piece of paper. Beside the square draw two rectangles on either side. Top the square with a triangle.

On top of both side rectangles, draw two squares with arches in them. On top of the last "box" draw a dome, a smaller rectangle and finally a cross. Lots of stacking!

Fill in the triangle roof with a border line.

Add columns to the main facade making sure to leave enough room for the small arched doorway.

Resist filling the side columns with a brick patterns for now. Leave this detail until after you paint. Then, once the paint dries, this detail can be applied with marker over the paint.

Add a rectangle above the triangle roof and add a step effect to reach the cross.

Add steps on the bottom of the drawing. The steps are a series of growing rectangles.

Once the mission is drawn, the children drew large roses or there flowers near the bottom of the paper. Then, they drew a horizon line in back of the mission and then our Santa Barbara foothills and mountain range in behind.
Painting the Mission
Selecting the right paint medium for this project was a bit tricky. At first I assumed that I would use liquid tempera paint but after experimenting with it, I found it too messy for the small details I knew my students would be creating. Watercolor paints soaked into the paper too much so I ended up using my sets of cake or puck tempera paints. And what do you know. They were perfect. Puck temperas have this silky quality when applying to paper. I'm not sure why but it is really different from liquid tempera. The colors are thick and vibrant yet they dry quickly.

Paint the mission first using a mixture of yellow, orange and white or brown and white. When you order puck tempera, you can sometimes order specific colors and then place them in separately purchased trays. Sometimes the paints come in trays like the set above. I have three sets of puck tempera: an 8-piece set that includes brown and white, the set above and a small set of fluorescent paints.

Using a brush, paint the rose garden, grass and sky. Some children had fun with the sky, opting to select colors other than blue, but its pretty common for kids in 2nd grade to choose blue.

Final Step
The last step is really important because without it, the painting will look like a hot mess. Children might even become discouraged after seeing their beautiful drawing covered by paint. Assure them that by tracing over all of their lines again with a black marker, the drawing will not only spring back to life but the colors will pop.

This is always such a transformative step.
Our beautiful Santa Barbara Missions by Mrs. Hernandez's amazing second graders...

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Santa Barbara Mission Paintings | Deep Space Sparkle

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The Santa Barbara Mission is perched on top of a gentle hill overlooking the city and the distant ocean. An extensive rose garden offers the visitor a place to picnic, play and enjoy the Spanish architecture of the mission. This is my city. The weather is glorious and I imagine the Spanish Franciscans who founded...

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Writing poems and letters

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Roy Spicer is the Director of Liturgy and Music for St. Barbara Parish at Old Mission Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, CA. The Mission was founded in 1786, 10th of the 22 California Missions along California's El Camino Real (The Royal Highway).

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Mission Model

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Grades 5-8

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San vs Santa K-8 differential

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Grades 1-2 too

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Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, 1535 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

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Video for class as example

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Learn 5 Facts about Mission Santa Barbara

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As part of a school project Tom Kraft presents 5 facts to know about the mission of Santa Barbara.

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to grades K-5

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Ethan's 4th Grade Mission Report. An epic tale filled with thrills, spills and chills. Don't miss the musical montage and bloopers at the end!

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Mission model

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How to build Mission Santa Barbara diorama

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How to build 4th grade diorama model of Mission Santa Barbara out of sugar cubes.

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Drawing a California Mission

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Let's Draw a California Mission! (San Diego)

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Tres

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Mi corazón tan lleno de recuerdos.
Si deslizan suaves, pétalos en el mar.
Mi corazón perdona los dolores,
Ofrece paz eterna,
Iluminación.

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Dedication

We join the family of singer Jane H. Saline (1925 - 2002) in honoring the loving memory of their mother and wife. Jane's generosity, grace, and love of harmony live on. We are grateful for her family's support, which made this CD possible.

Singing at bedsides is a calling that invites us to be sacred instruments and empowers our voices to be kind, courageous and creative. Spirit moves in us and sometimes is galvanized into songs.

We are grateful to Friends of Threshold Choir - Allaudin, Nina, Jack, Marilyn, Becky, Patricia, Dan, and Terry - for their generosity with their songs and their poetry. And we are especially proud of our choir members' songs.

Some songs are the result of a long night's vigil at a bedside; some are in memory of a loving friend or an inmate waiting on death row; one song arrived in the shower on Thanksgiving morning. All are precious to us. We love singing our sisters' songs.

We honor all the hospice workers, nurses, and caregivers who give so deeply of their precious time and their apparently never-ending supply of kindness to comfort the ailing and tend lovingly to the dying. You are our heroes.

We also acknowledge the many women across the country who, from miles away, have felt this calling, have felt the shiver down their backs when they hear about our work. Many of these women have started Threshold Choir chapters in their communities and we are grateful to have such collegial sharing and artful cross-pollination with them.

I want to thank each choir member for your unique gift to this ongoing project. Each one of you has enriched my road immeasurably.

In gratitude, Kate Munger

Lyrics

1. If You Knew
Lyrics: A Course in Miracles. Music: Kate Munger © September 2004

If you knew who walks beside you
On the way that you have chosen,
Fear would be impossible.

2. My Grateful Heart
Laura Fannon © November 2004.
Translation: Vicky Jimenez- Russo and Olivia Leon

My grateful heart, so filled with years of living.
Memories flow by me like petals on a stream.
My grateful heart forgives so many sorrows,
Brings peace that lasts forever,
Illuminates the dream.

Mi corazón tan lleno de recuerdos.
Si deslizan suaves, pétalos en el mar.
Mi corazón perdona los dolores,
Ofrece paz eterna,
Iluminación.

3. Hold Me
M.P. Scott © 2003

Oh, hold me in your love, oh, hold me in your light.
Oh, hold me in your love, O Holy One.
Oh hold me, love, oh, hold me light.
Oh hold me love, O Holy One.
Oh, hold me in love, oh, hold me in light.
Oh, hold me in love, Holy One.

4. Come with Me
Rebecca Cone © 2005

5. You Are Loved
M.P. Scott © 2004

6. From My Heart to Yours
Maria Culberson © March 2004

7. Holy Love
Patricia McKernon © 1983

8. Canonic Grace
Lyrics: Hazrat Inayat Khan. Music: Allaudin Matthieu © 1988

O Thou, the sustainer of our bodies, hearts, and souls.
Bless all that we receive in thankfulness,
In thankfulness. Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.

9. Bit by Bit: Song for Edith
Nancy Schimmel © 2004

Bit by tiny bit, the coral makes the reef.
Bit by tiny bit with but our lives to give.
We build our soil and cities, our stories, our beliefs.
And leave behind a structure
On which our young ones build a place where they may live.

10. Rain Fall Down
Bayla Greenspoon © 1995

Rain fall down on me, heal my body.
Rain fall down on me, heal my soul.
Rain fall down on all of creation.
Rain fall down on me, make me whole.
Rain fall down and feed all the creatures.
Rain fall down feed Mother Earth.
Rain fall down on all the children,
Telling them of life and rebirth.

11. + 12. Passing Time
© foonjoonjoy, T. Garthwaite © 2000

My time has come.
I'm on my way.
Love is all around me on this day.

See how fast our precious hours flee.
I'm flying home to my true nest.
Freedom lies in heaven's wilderness.

I know the way to take me home today.
I know I'm only passing through.
I hear my song, it calls to me. I am with you.
And as I go, remember me.
With all my heart I give my love to you.

13. Celebrate
Sherrin Loyd © 2003

Be True
Terry Garthwaite © 2003

Your heart will never break if
Your life is what you make it.
Take it in your hands.
Let your spirit dance.
Your dreams are coming true when
You're loving what you're doing.
To yourself be true.
Your heart is calling you.

14. Love Song to a Child
Madolin Wells © 2005

15. Tenderly Rain
Helen Greenspan © July 2000

16. Fly Away
Elizabeth Weiss © April 2005

It hurts to know I'm losing you.
Don't want to make you stay.
So I will hold you while you fly away.

17. In Breath, Out Breath
Nina Wise (Thich Nhat Hanh)

In breath, out breath, deep breath, slow breath;
Calm breath, ease breath, smile breath, release (breath).
Present moment, wonderful moment.

18. We Walk Not Into the Night
Lyrics: Dan Olivieri. Music: Tammy Heinsohn © March 2005

We walk not into the night.
We walk but toward the stars.

19. Resting in Harmony: The Chair Song
Rebecca Cone © March 2005

Breathing, floating resting in harmony.
Breathing, floating, resting in love.

20. Eternal Light
Jill Bigwood

21. Healing Light
Kate Munger © April 2005

22. How Well
Lyrics: Jack Kornfield.
Music: Kate Munger © April 2005

23. May You Be Peaceful
Laura Fannon © April 2005
Translations by Shirley Chen (Cantonese), Stella Perez (Spanish), Quyen Le (Mandarin), Vinh Nguyen (Vietnamese)
Vietnamese:
24. Keep Watch
Becky Reardon © March 2005

25. If No Other Misses You
Lyrics: Stephan Wayne Anderson.
Music: Helen Greenspan © January 2000

If no other misses you, I will.
I will sense the emptiness
Where once you breathed.

26. Remember Me
Katherine Osburn © July 2004

I'm in every breath you breathe as the wind blows.
I'm in the sunlight dancing on your hair.

Remember me. Remember me.

27. Golden Thread
Charlotte Jones © April 2005.
Lyrics inspired by Valerie Walker.

My feet to the road, the road to my feet.
I feel all the love from the people I meet
Who lead me on the path of the Golden Thread.

When we are born, our bright ray descends.
We take up the path and the journey begins
Our searching for the path of the Golden Thread.

Take me home, guide my heart.
From my loved ones I'm never apart.
For we're all on the path of the Golden Thread.

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In 1818, two Argentine ships under the command of the French privateer Hipólito Bouchard approached the coast and threatened the young town of Santa Barbara. The padres armed and trained 150 of the neophytes to prepare for attack. With their help, the Presidio soldiers confronted Bouchard, who sailed out of the harbor without attacking.

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San Fernando y San Gabriel

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Imperium Fail

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I could probably spend hours on end poring over maps, and the fact that Spain is one of my favorite geographical subjects comes as a surprise to nobody. So without further ado, here are a few of my favorite Spanish maps I've stumbled across in my internet travels.

Spain is a country that is still peppered with a wide variety of dialects and independent languages (just where did Basque come from, anyway?), so it's interesting to see how the languages spoken across the peninsula have evolved over the centuries, as Castilian came to dominate the country.

As evidenced by the evolution of languages map, Spain has a long history of immigration and mixed cultures. For non-Spanish speakers, brown represents German, blue English, green Portuguese, yellow Romanian, purple Bulgarian, and pink Moroccan. With a population of over 47 million, immigrants still make up a relatively small percentage of Spain, but the country's cultural makeup is evolving and will certainly continue to look different in years to come.

Fútbol rules Spain (my kind of country!), and hardly a week went by when I was teaching English that a student didn't ask me, " ¿De qué equipo eres? " ("Which is your favorite team?" although it literally translates to "Of what team are you?" which seems to imply an even more deeply ingrained alliance than simply being a fan). Real Madrid dominates the country, even in provinces with their own local teams. ¡Hala Madrid!

The majority of Americans I know fled the state as soon as they graduated from high school, but most Spaniards I met were born and raised in the same area in which they now live. One small village adjacent to where I taught in Andalucía is known for having an accent very distinct from those even a few miles away and a strikingly high population of red-heads, both indicators that the vast majority of the population has stayed put over the last few decades. Not surprisingly, Madrid and the Balearic Islands (Mallorca and Ibiza can be found there) have the highest number of people born elsewhere, while the proud people of Andalucía, Extremadura, Castilla y León, and Galicia often stay close to home. [Edit: Although that is what I anecdotally observed in Madrid versus Andalucía, Manuel pointed out in the comments below that my logic was flawed in interpreting this map! It's about how many people move into each autonomous community, not out of. Duh!]

Map of Madrid's Metro, 1926-1928

Madrid's metro opened in 1919, and, not surprisingly, it's grown significantly since then. I love comparing the map of today's metro to the simple layout it had in the 20s and imagining what Madrid would have been like back in the day.

Coming from a country where separation of church and state and freedom of religion are a concept that is taken extremely seriously, one of the things I was surprised by teaching in Spain is that public schools offer Catholic religion classes to students. These classes are optional, so the public school system doesn't impose any religion on students, but it's still very different from public schools in the U.S.

Sometimes I wonder if the Spanish heritage of the area I group up in means I was destined to fall in love with Spain. Anyone who's been to California knows just how many names of streets, neighborhoods, and cities are in Spanish, and it's clear how important the Spanish were to the development of the area. L.A. was once divided into various Spanish and then Mexican ranches, and it's pretty neat to see how those ranches match up with modern-day areas.

Considering what a relatively small land mass Spain occupies today, it's amazing how extensive the Spanish Empire was in its heyday. It certainly explains why Spanish is the second most popular language in the world today and why, as mentioned above, we have so much Spanish influence in the U.S. The future projections in this animation don't make a ton of sense, and, hey Spain, it's okay, I wouldn't call it a fail, but I enjoy watching the evolution nonetheless.

Do any of these surprise you? For more maps of Spain and elsewhere, check out the subreddit r/MapPorn, and share any neat ones you come across!

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7 Fascinating Maps about Spain to Geek out Over

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I could probably spend hours on end poring over maps, and the fact that Spain is one of my favorite geographical subjects comes as a surprise to nobody. So without further ado, here are a few of my favorite Spanish maps I've stumbled across in my internet travels.