Sunday News - October 18

T HE S UNDAY N EWS October 18, 2015

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. It’s Stewardship Sunday with a lot of opportunities for fellowship focusing on the important role your church plays in your life and those of our parishioners. Matt Hess from the World Hunger Relief Farm will open his Veggie Truck from 11:00 to 12:30 near the north lanai entrance. You should visit it. Thank you for worshiping with us today.

CitySquare Director to lead The Forum – Faith and Society. Larry James has led CitySquare for more than 20 years. Its programs are credited with addressing poverty issues and turning around lives through service, advocacy, and friendship. He will discuss CitySquare’s programs at 10:00 in the Saint Michael Chapel.

October is Women’s Health Month. The Parish Nurse Ministry is focusing on Women’s Health Month. Today you can consult with a Parish Nurse regarding women’s health issues or other related questions. Contact Dianne Boyd, dboyd@ saintmichael.org.

Cuba Missionaries Leave on Friday. The final mission trip to San Bernabe parish in Cuba departs on Friday. The missioners will be working alongside members of the local parish to finish remodeling their new church home, which Saint Michael and All Angels helped purchase. Please keep our missioners and the parish in your prayers over the next week.

Vestry and Diocesan Delegate Nominations Are Open. Nominations are being accepted for people to serve on the vestry for a three year term beginning in February 2016, and for delegates to serve at the Diocesan Convention in 2016. They will be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Parish on February 28, 2016. The deadline to submit nominations is 4:00 p.m., Friday, December 4. Nomination forms are available from the church receptionist and online at www.saintmichael.org.

Women Of Saint Michael Luncheon Features Jann Mackey. Jann Mackey will address the Women of Saint Michael on Wednesday, October 21. Jann is a frequent lecturer in SMU’s Continuing and Professional Education programs as well as for local historic preservation organizations. She is on the board of Preservation Dallas and the Saint Michael and All Angels Foundation. Jann will discuss “Historic Neighborhoods of Dallas: The Heart of the City.” The luncheon will begin at 11:30 in Parish Hall. Tickets to all of the Women’s programs are available online at www.saintmichael.org/wosmluncheons.

Stewardship Sunday is Sweet!

Today is Stewardship Sunday as we kickoff our fall giving campaign. If you have already pledged go by the St. Mary’s Guild table in the South Lanai and pick out your favorite sweet. If you haven’t pledged yet, there are cards at the tables. So pledge and get your sweet. At 10:00, Saint Michael’s youth (grades 6 – 12) and their parents will launch Stewardship 2016 in the Youth Center with breakfast and Matt Hess from the World Hunger Relief Farm with his Veggie Truck and goat.

Saint Michael and All Angels is a great church with more than 100 ministries serving our parish. You make it possible with your pledge. Give generously!

Parish Clergy The Very Reverend Doug Travis, Interim Rector The Reverend Bill Murray, Vicar The Reverend Lisa Flores Musser, Associate for Pastoral Care The Reverend Greg Pickens, Associate for Operations and Pastoral Care The Reverend Oliver Butler, Associate for Youth and Young Adults The Reverend Hunter Ruffin, Associate for Mission and Outreach The Reverend Michael Harmuth, Sunday Associate The Reverend Rich Towers, Weekend Associate The Reverend Pamela Theodore, Sunday Associate The Reverend Neal Hern, Sunday Associate

Parish Vestry Matt Waller, Sr. Warden Kathy Jenevein, Jr. Warden Grady Schleier, Treasurer Charlie Sartain, Chancellor Margaret Spellings, Clerk Peter Beck, Eric Conner, Mark Demler, John Gorman, Beth Hise, Kathy Kelley, Rachel Morgan, Sallie Plummer, Randy Rekerdres, Tom Rhodus, J.C. Snead, and Kay Whelan.

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 9:00 a.m. - Joy Mass - Parish Hall 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. - Eucharist Rite I, Church 11:11 a.m. - Celebration, Theater 5:30 p.m. - Evening Prayer and Eucharist - SMC www.facebook.com/ smaadallas www.twitter.com/smaadallas

Priest on Call: Should you have an urgent need to contact a priest after hours dial 214-232-7512.

Blue Connect Card: Fill out a card to make Prayer Requests, RSVP, register as a guest, or to get information on Saint Michael.

Need Prayer? Want to pray on someone’s behalf, or offer up thanksgivings? Prayer Teams are available to pray with you after each Sunday morning service.

An usher can direct you to the various prayer locations.

Prayer Candles. Prayer candle stands are in the Bishop Moore and Saint Michael chapels. A $1 donation for lit candles is appreciated.

• Become a member of the largest and best acolyte team in the Episcopal Church.

Contact Tony Briggle at tonybriggle@ sbcglobal.net.

• The Funeral Reception Guild needs volunteers to bake cookies. Contact Ann Mills at amills@saintmichael.org.

The Edge All Saints All Souls Lock-In. All 4th and 5th graders are invited to the lock-in which begins at 7:30 on Friday. The cost $30: register at www.saintmichael.org/theedge. For more information contact ebower@saintmichael.org.

Home Communion and Instructed Eucharist.

The Paddock family will open their home for an informal home communion and light dinner on Sunday, October 25 at 6:00. The Paddock home is located at 5436 Neola Drive in Greenway Park.

Contact Emily - egiven@saintmichael.org.

Middle school Fall Fun Event to Whirlyball.

It’s part lacrosse, part basketball, part bumper cars and all fun. Join us Saturday from 12:30-2:30 for Whirlyball, laser tag and pizza. $30: register at www. saintmichael.org/youth.

6th-12th graders are Going to Six Flags. All youth are invited to join us after the community breakfast on Sunday, November 1 for a trip to Six Flags. $35: register at www.saintmichael.org/youth.

Disciples Class Wants Books for Jubilee Park – Make Donations by November 4. Saint Michael’s 6th Grade Disciples Confirmation Class is collecting books for Jubilee Park. Bring new or gently used books to the Youth Center by November 4.

Help Our Interim Rector – Wear Your Name Tag. You may know everyone in the Church, but our Interim Rector Doug Travis doesn’t. A great way to help welcome him is to wear your name tag. If you need a new one, the receptionist in the South Lanai will make it for you.

Bishop-Elect George Sumner to Preach at Saint Michael October 25. Come welcome bishop-elect George Sumner to our diocese on Sunday, October 25. The Rev. Sumner will preach at the 9:00 and 11:00 services in the church. The Bishop-Elect’s consecration will be 11:00 Saturday, November 14 at First United Methodist Church at Ross and Harwood.

The Holidays are Coming: Stock Up on Your Greenery and Support our Choir. The St. Dunstan’s choir guild will begin selling Christmas Wreathes and Greenery next Sunday.

Guild members will be in the hallway near the church Sunday, October 25 and Sunday, November 1. Contact Dawn Morrill at dlmorrill1@aol.com or 972-896-8222.

United Thank Offering Boxes Available. United Thank Offering Collection Boxes are available at several locations throughout the church and will be collected during worship services on November 14 and 15. Coordinated by the Women of Saint Michael, the UTO was established to encourage making gifts each day in Thanks for our many blessings.

Cursillo Sets Grand Ultreya. Cursillo’s Grand Ultreya is October 25 at St. Anne’s church in Desoto beginning at 5:30. For more information contact Britt McGannon at 3britt@gmail.com.

St. Michael’s Woman’s Exchange Opens New Store Tomorrow – Book Signing on Thursday. The St. Michael Woman’s Exchange opens its newly remodeled store in Highland Park Village tomorrow. On Thursday, October 22, the Exchange will have a book signing with Southern Living Magazine’s editor-at-large Kimberly Schlegel Whitman, author of Monograms for the Home from 1:00 to 3:00. The shop is next to the new grocery store and just a few steps from its previous location. Run by volunteers, it is open from 9:30 to 5:00 Monday through Saturday.

Men of Saint Michael Plan BBQ. The Men of Saint Michael are getting ready for their autumn BBQ. On Thursday evening, October 22, the Men will gather at the home of Bob Penn at 6:00. They will gather again on Friday, October 30 for the monthly breakfast and a discussion of Ishmael from the Book of Genesis. The breakfast starts at 7:00 in the Coke Activities Room. RSVP at bmurray@saintmichael.org.

Honduras Threads Studio Sale Begins on Friday. October 23-25 is Honduras Threads Annual Studio Sale at Craighead Green Gallery, 1011 Dragon Street in the Design District. All proceeds of the sale go to the women in Honduras to support their families. For more information contact M’Lou Bancroft - mlou@hondurasthreads.org.

Learn About Saint Michael’s Tela, Honduras Mission. Saint Michael’s Tela, Honduras Mission is hosting a dinner Sunday, October 25 for people to learn more about our work and to possibly participate in the trip this spring. Honduras missionary alumni will be at a table in the Ambulatory Sunday to answer questions and give details about the dinner.

Parish Survey: Results and Conversation Meetings Continue The Rector Search and Transition Committee will have two more meetings in October to discuss the Parish Survey; your views and the characteristics you want in our new Rector. The meetings will be held: • Tuesday, October 20: at the home of Marla and Tony Briggle, 7412 Glenshannon Circle from 6:00 to 8:00 (RSVP: rice1070@sbcglobal.net) • Sunday, October 25: Town Hall meeting in the Saint Michael Chapel at 10:00 A brochure summarizing the survey results is available throughout the church or online at www.saintmichael.org/survey.

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

10/18

Forum: Faith and Society

Bible Study

Fellowship Class

Coffee and Conversation

Saint Michael Chapel

Coke Activities Room

Parish Hall

Parlor

Larry James, Director of CitySquare

Town Hall Meeting: 10/25

Rector Search and Transition Commitee Report

Adoption Runs in the Family Everything You Wanted to Know About Judaism But Were Afraid to Ask

Hunter Ruffin

Dr. Howard Cohen

A Strange Menu

Lisa Flores Musser

Oliver Butler

Bill Murray

Children and Youth Sundays @ 10 Catechesis Level One Atrium and Power Library Catechesis Level Two Rooms 101 and 213 Children’s Choir ESD Lobby Age 4 Room 15 Kindergarten Room 16 1st grade Room 17 2nd Grade Room 110

The Bridge 3rd Grade Room 108 The Edge 4th and 5th Grade Edge Room Disciples Confirmation Class 6th Grade – Theater Encounter Sunday School

7th - 12th Grades – Youth Center

Youth Stewardship Kick Off for Grades 6-12th and their Parents Today at 10:00 in the Youth Center

Ever Wondered Where all the Donuts Come From? Join Us for breakfast, a little church budget talk, special guest Matt Hess from the World Hunger Relief Farm, Goat selfies (you read it right!), and a visit to the Veggie Truck (all are welcome)!

Giving Just Got a Lot More Interesting 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, October 15, have asked for our prayers: Troy Alexander, Jim Augur, Thomas Billings, Charles Cooper, Doris Cowling, Laura Derby, Cathie Fincher, Anna Finley, Connie Gordon, Guy Griffeth, Katie Hairgrove, Ken Heideman, Jim Howell, Charlotte Huthnance, Linda Idol, Emily Irwin, Lynn Jerabek, Grace and Lynne Jordan, Jim Klingeman, Mary Jane Lang, Bill Leech, Leech family, Evelyn Moreau, Joann Muzny, Douglas Nettle, Christi Nutt, Halimah Olaekeji , Caroline Lyne Oliver, Peggy Oncken, Tom Park, Keith Paro, Tina & John Peyton, Brown Plummer, Tammy Proctor, Larry Prohaska, Avery Young Rademacher, Ellen Robb, Rob See, Maudie Sharp, Pat Shaw, Parker Snead, Herman Willie, Lamar Wilson, and Mary Wolf.

The Altar flowers are given in memory of George V. Charlton, John B. Clayton III, Maruth Smith Donovan, Charlotte W. Finlay, Alice Laska, The McDonough Family, The Peyton Family, Jennie Johnson Stoneham, and in thanksgiving for John, Susie, and Sandy McDonough.