T HE S UNDAY N EWS March 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. Along with your worship bulletin and Sunday News you will find a card with a schedule of the Holy Week and Easter Sunday services. Take it with you and join us often. The cards are in several locations throughout the church. Take several and invite a friend to join you. Thank you for worshiping with us today. Organist/Choirmaster Listening Session is Today. The Organist/Choirmaster Search Committee is holding a Listening Session today at 10:00 in the Theater. Interested parishioners can provide input and the committee will update its search progress. Questions: Contact The Rev. Lisa Flores Musser at lflores@saintmichael. org. Living With Grief Seminar Concludes Today. The Rev. Greg Pickens concludes the Sunday series “Living with Grief ” today at 10:00 in the Parlor. He will talk about planning a memorial service during a time of stress and sadness. Neighborhood Nights Moves into University Park. The Sunday evening gettogethers, Neighborhood Nights, move into University Park on April 2. Phoebe and Carl Moore are hosting the event at their home at 3713 Wentwood Drive from 5:00 to 6:30. The only item on the evening’s agenda is to get to know your Saint Michael neighbors. RSVP online at www.saintmichael.org/neighborhood-nights. Hunter Ruffin to Start New Episcopal Church in Fort Worth. The Rector, Chris Girata, has announced that The Rev. Hunter Ruffin has been called to start a new church in the Diocese of Fort Worth. His last Sunday at Saint Michael is May 7. “We will certainly miss his joyful presence, his infectious laughter, and, most of all, his inspired leadership of our Mission and Outreach Ministry,” Rev. Girata said. In a letter to the parish, Rev. Ruffin said, “I have accepted God’s call and now I ask your blessing as I embark on this next step of my ministry.” A celebration of his ministry will be Sunday, April 30. If you wish to contribute to a purse for Hunter, send a check to Saint Michael marked Rev. Ruffin Purse. (Read the Rector’s announcement and Rev. Ruffin’s letter at www.saintmichael.org.) Easter Flower Memorials. If you would like to remember a loved one this Easter, fill out one of the Flower Memorial envelopes enclosed in the worship bulletin with the names of those you want to honor either in Memory or Thanksgiving and return it with your check by Sunday, April 9. Flower Memorial envelopes are also available at the reception desk. Thank You Reception for Music Directors Next Sunday Join us as we honor and thank our music directors James Diaz and Hyeon Jeong for nearly 20 years of ministry. They are leaving to pursue performing and composing opportunities. We will gather in the Garden Cloister following the 11:00 worship services. Their last Sunday with us will be Easter. To contribute to the purse honoring their ministry, send a check to Saint Michael and All Angels – Diaz/Jeong purse.