T HE S UNDAY N EWS February 26, 2017
Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church 8011 Douglas Dallas, Texas 75225 214-363-5471 www.saintmichael.org
Followers of Christ, Spreading God’s Love
Welcome to Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. Today is the Annual Parish Meeting at 10:00. The Rector, Chris Girata, will present his vision for Saint Michael and we will elect new Vestry members, Diocesan Convention delegates, and Women of Saint Michael officers. The meeting also will include reports from the Wardens and the Treasurer. The meeting will give you a good overview of this dynamic parish. The Rev. Bob Johnston Begins Sabbatical. After 13 years as a priest, The Rev. Bob Johnston has been granted his first sabbatical. He will be on sabbatical for 90 days during the seasons of Lent and Easter to pray, refresh, and study. Bob will return in early summer to help direct implementation of new energy and programming in the 11:11 Celebration worship service. Please keep Bob in your prayers. Vocal Majority to Perform at Saint Michael Presents March 5. The internationally acclaimed men’s ensemble The Vocal Majority will perform at the Saint Michael Presents concert Sunday evening, March 5 at 7:00. The 100+ men’s chorus has performed around the world and produced more than two-dozen recordings of their diverse repertoire. Tickets to the free concert are necessary to assure adequate seating and can be obtained online at www.saintmichael.org/saintmichaelpresents or at the south lanai reception desk.
Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Lent This week we enter Lent. We begin Tuesday evening at 5:30 with a family favorite, Shrove Tuesday with pancakes flipped by the Men of Saint Michael and Louisiana-style gumbo. The following day, Ash Wednesday, there are five worship services with the Imposition of Ashes, including one at 5:30 in Saint Michael Chapel for families and young children. On Saturday, the Lenten Quiet Day Calling All Men! Help cook pancakes and gumbo retreat with Br. James on Shrove Tuesday. Sign up at www.saintmichael. Koester from the Society of St. John the Evangelist org/parishevents. will begin at 9:00 in the Coke Activities Room. A card outlining the numerous opportunities for worship and formation during Lent is included with your service bulletin.
Parish Clergy The Reverend Christopher Girata, Rector The Reverend Bill Murray, Vicar The Reverend Lisa Flores Musser, Associate for Worship and Liturgy The Reverend Greg Pickens, Associate for Pastoral Care The Reverend Hunter Ruffin, Associate for Mission and Outreach The Reverend Bob Johnston, Associate for Evangelism The Reverend Oliver Butler, Associate for Young Adults The Reverend Mary Lessmann, Associate for Spiritual Growth The Reverend Michael Harmuth, Priest Associate for Worship The Reverend Rich Towers, Priest Associate for Worship The Reverend Dr. Hiltrude Nusser-Telfer, Priest Associate for Pastoral Care
Parish Vestry Matt Waller, Sr. Warden Kay Whelan, Jr. Warden Grady Schleier, Treasurer Charlie Sartain, Chancellor Margaret Spellings, Clerk Peter Beck, Eric Conner, Mark Demler, Whitney Grogan, Beth Hise, Kathy Kelley, Rachel Morgan, Tom Rhodus, Elizabeth L. Selzer, J.C. Snead, Arnold Spencer, Kay Whelan, and Chris Wiley.
Worship Schedule Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m. - Eucharist Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. - Healing Service Saturdays 8:30 a.m. - Eucharist 5:30 p.m. - Candlelight Mass Sunday Services 7:30 a.m. - Eucharist Rite I, SMC 9:00 a.m. - Eucharist Rite II, Church 9:00 a.m. - Discovery Mass, SMC 9:15 a.m. - Joy Mass, Theater 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. - Eucharist Rite I, Church 11:11 a.m. - Celebration, Parish Hall 5:30 p.m. - Evening Prayer and Eucharist - SMC www.facebook.com/ smaadallas www.twitter.com/smaadallas
Priest on Call If you have an urgent need to contact a priest after hours call 214-232-7512. Communications Card Use the card to register as a guest, make prayer requests, RSVPs, and provide information on yourself. Need Prayer Prayer Teams can pray with you after Sunday morning services. Ushers can direct you to private prayer locations. Prayer Candles A $1 donation is appreciated for lit candles in the Bishop Moore and Saint Michael Chapels.
• The ladies of the Altar Guild ensure that Saint Michael’s worship places are prepared to enhance every parishioner’s worship experience. Join them! Contact Frances Shepherd Tompkins at francesshepherdtompkins@gmail.com • Provide dinner for one of our Youths’ LiveWIRE meetings on Wednesday night. Contact Lauren at lwainwright@ saintmichael.org. Youth Serving at The Gathering Today. Saint Michael’s youth are worshipping and serving lunch today at The Gathering, the church for the homeless at Thanks Giving Square in downtown. Our group will leave from the church’s north parking lot at 12:15 and will return by 3:00. Contact: Lauren at lwainwright@saintmichael.org. Youth Mission Trip Signup Deadline This Week. Wednesday, March 1 is the deadline to signup for the Youth Ministry’s New Orleans mission trip this summer. The 6th – 12th grade students will spend June 18 – 24 working with Trinity Episcopal’s Loaves and Fishes program, the Second Harvest Food Bank, and Green Light New Orleans. The cost is $500. Register online at www.saintmichael.org/youth. Stephen Ministers Help Face Life’s Challenges. At Saint Michael and All Angels there is a dedicated group of men and women who have received specialized training to walk with you, confidentially, when life’s challenges become overwhelming. If you know someone who might benefit from having a Stephen Minister or you could use one yourself, contact The Rev. Greg Pickens, gpickens@ saintmichael.org, or lay leader, Jean Coleman, jwcoleman@sbcglobal.net. Honduras Threads Spring Line in the Book Shop New Honduras Threads creations have arrived in the Book Shop! There is a wonderful selection of pillows in a variety of sizes, and colorful cocktail napkins in spring colors from which to choose. Come in before we sell out! The Shop hours: Mon-Fri
10:00 – 3:00
Sat
9:00 – 11:00
Sun
8:30 – 12:30
Lent Meditation Booklets Available. Lenten Mediation booklets with daily reflections written by parishioners, clergy, and staff of Saint Michael are available at several locations at the church. The meditations will be on the church website beginning Ash Wednesday, March 1. Living With Grief: Four Week Class During Lent. This four week class will explore the practical and emotional experiences that come with the loss of a loved one. The series will be led by Connie Webb, a financial planner and widow of the Rev. Jim Webb, and Fran Shelton, founder of Faith and Grief Ministries. The first class, Emotional Consequences of Loss taught by Ms. Shelton, will be Sunday, March 5 at 10:00 in the Parlor. Jubilee Park Needs Book Buddies. Book Buddies is a one-on-one reading/mentoring program for O.M. Roberts 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students having challenges with reading. The program is weekdays between 8:30 to 2:30, with a time commitment of a 30-minute session, twice a week. To volunteer contact Ovidia Amaya at oamaya@jubileecenter.org. College/Career Speakers: Volunteers are needed that who can share their career path with our Teen Program, including the obstacles to achieving goals. To volunteer contact Ovidia Amaya at oamaya@ jubileecenter.org. Cooking for Austin Street Shelter on Monday This Week. Cooking for the Austin Street Shelter dinner has been moved to Monday this week because of Tuesday’s Shrove Tuesday Gumbo and Pancake Supper. This week the cooking will be tomorrow from 5:30 to 8:00 in the Parish Hall kitchen, refrigerated and delivered to the Shelter for Wednesday's for the meal. Saint Michael will lead an Ash Wednesday service for shelter residents before serving dinner and could use extra help. To volunteer contact Rita Davis at rrdavis14@ aol.com. Holocaust Museum Director To Speak at Prime Timers Meeting. Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Director of Dallas’ Holocaust Museum will be the speaker at the Prime Timers’ luncheon Thursday, March 2. She will talk about “The Children of the Holocaust.” The meeting starts at 10:30 in the Coke Activities Room. Make lunch reservations ($10) with Mary Davis by Sunday, February 26 at 214-363-7761. Alcoholics Anonymous. Meets on the first and third Sunday of each month in the Coke Activities Room at 7:30-8:30 in the evening. The group is open to both men and women. More information is available by contacting The Rev. Neal Hern, nealhearn@aol.com. Caregivers Support Group. We invite those with the responsibility of caring for a loved one to join us on the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in the Parlor, from 11:00 to 12:30. Contact, Sandra Klingeman, jsklingeman@sbcglobal.net. Women’s Cancer Support Group. This long-term women’s cancer support system meets Mondays, 1:45 in the church parlor. Contact: Sue Patton, pattons@sbcglobal.net, or Charlie Stobaugh, charlie@stobaugh.net. Centering Prayer Group. You are invited to join us on Tuesdays at 10:00 in the Clergy Conference Room, to engage in Centering Prayer. Sit in silence and learn how to rest in God. Contact: Shannon Callewart at scallewart@tx.rr.com. Search Committee Formed for Organist/Choirmaster. Rector Chris Girata has appointed a five-person search committee to find the church’s new organist/choirmaster. Former Senior Warden Stewart Thomas will chair the group which includes Kelley Christian, Suzanne Lipscomb, The Rev. Lisa Flores Musser, and Vestry member Chris Wiley. The committee expects to call a new organist/choirmaster this summer. James Diaz and Hyeon Jeong, choirmaster and associate, have announced they are leaving Saint Michael following Easter.
W E L C O M E T O S A I N T M I C H A E L
Christian Formation Sunday Mornings at 10:00 The Forum
Bible Study
Fellowship Class
Living With Grief
Saint Michael Chapel
Coke Activities Room
Parish Hall
Parlor
Annual Parish Meeting - No Classes
02/26
03/05
Br. James Koester, Superior, SSJE
Hear Br. James Koester In The Forum Class
Ten Easy Rules Bill Murray
Emotional Consequences of Loss Fran Shelton
Join us next week Children and Youth Sundays @ 10 Childcare Story Keepers Story Telling, Age 3-5 Room 10 Catechesis Level One Catechesis Level Two
Atrium (2nd Floor) and Power Library Rooms 101, 213
Spark: Activate Faith! Kindergarten - Grade 3 ESD Lobby The Edge
4th and 5th Grade Blue Room - Youth Center
Disciples Confirmation Class 6th Grade Theater Youth Sunday School 7th - 12th Grades
Green Room
The Prayers of the People During the Prayers of the People you are encouraged to offer aloud or silently your own petitions. As you pray, please remember the following people who as of Thursday, February 23, have asked for our prayers: Michael Boellhoff, Sherrill Brown, Bob Chestnut, Doris Cowling, Laura Crowl, Allen Dickey, Ken deGruy, Jody Guenther, Jim Hamlin, Liam Hawk, Wayne Houston, Jim Howell, Charlotte Huthnance, Emily Irwin, Ann Jennings, Grace and Lynne Jordan, Kate and Dana Juett, Stacey Ligon, Sonny Marak, Susie McDonough, John Mitchell, Peggy Norman, Kathy O’Doherty, Tom Park, Kathryn Miller Rabey, Rhoda Ramsbottom, Randy Rekerdres, Richard, Kelly Roach, Katy Rubarth, Katherine Stanzel, Valerie Guenther Unger, Shelly Vescovo, Jack Day Watson lll, Katie West, Kristen Woolery, and Joe Yardley. Great Expectations – Families expecting children: Meredith and Bryce Dolan, Cindy and Matthew Ford, Mai and Ernest Franklin, Caroline and Benjamin Germany, Tara and Mike Oneacre, Mary Katherine and Christopher Roby. The Altar Flowers are given in memory of Mary Ann Barker, Lisa Dorbandt, Mark Dorbandt, Martha Dorbandt, Wesley Dorbandt, Charles P. Freeman, Jr., Marjorie Gilliland, Jean Ann Sloan Holt, David Michael Humphrey, Steve Rundell, and Horace M. Warden.