T HE S UNDAY N EWS October 25, 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. We are honored today to have The Rev. Canon Dr. George Sumner, Bishop-Elect of the Diocese of Dallas preaching at the 9:00 and 11:00 worship services in the Church. He will be in the parlor between services for informal conversation. Thank you for worshiping with us today. Make it a habit. Dinner to Promote Honduras Mission Trip Tonight – All are Welcome. Join us for a pot-luck dinner tonight to hear about the 2016 mission trip to Tela, Honduras. We will gather at 6:00 at Sissy and Mike Massad’s home, 4200 McFarlin Blvd. The mission trip is scheduled for Saturday, February 6 through 13th. For more information and RSVP contact Chris Schupp at 214-912-8324. Vestry and Diocesan Delegate Nominations Are Open. Nominations are open for people to serve on the vestry beginning in February, and for delegates to serve at the Diocesan Convention. The vestry members (5) and Convention Delegates will be elected at the Parish Annual Meeting on February 28. The deadline to submit nominations is 4:00 p.m., Friday, December 15. Nomination forms are available from the church receptionist and online at www.saintmichael.org. The Holidays are Coming: Stock Up on Your Greenery and Support our Choir. The St. Dunstan’s choir guild is selling Christmas Wreathes and Greenery in the hallway near the Church today and next Sunday, November 1. If you have questions, contact Dawn Morrill at dlmorrill1@aol.com or 972-896-8222. SMU Concert Choirs to Lead Saint Michael Presents Community Concert Season. Three choirs from Southern Methodist University will combine to perform the holiday-themed concert, Home, at the opening of the Saint Michael Presents’ season on Thursday, November 12 at 7:00. Tickets, at no charge, will be necessary and are available online at www.saintmichael.org/saintmichaelpresents or the south lanai reception desk. Learning About Lego’s on Prime Timers Program. The Prime Timers will play with Lego’s during their meeting Thursday, November 5. Emily Given, Saint Michael’s Children and Family minister, will introduce “Lego My Bible” which she developed to teach Bible stories to our parish children. The meeting is at 10:30 in the Coke Activities Room, includes lunch for $10. Make reservations with Mary Davis by November 1 at 214-363-7761.
Enhance Your Gifts to Saint Michael and All Angels Many companies have programs in which an employee’s charitable gift is matched by the corporation. In most cases, a gift to Saint Michael or the Saint Michael and All Angels Foundation will qualify. Check to see if your company has a matching gifts program. It’s a way to enhance your gift to Saint Michael. If you have questions, contact Mary Kardell, Director of Giving, at mkardell@saintmichael. org.
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 part of Saint Michael’s neighbor-to-neighbor ministry, The Good Shepherds. Contact Ann Mills at amills@ saintmichael.org. • The after-school programs at Jubilee Park Community Center need tutors. It takes as little as an hour a week. Contact: Allison Johnson at volunteer@jubileecenter.org. Disciples Class Wants Books for Jubilee Park – Make Donations by November 4. Saint Michael’s 6th Grade Disciples Confirmation Class is collecting books for the Jubilee Park Literacy Fair. Bring new or gently used books for all ages to the Youth Center by November 4. Help spread the word. Contact ebower@saintmichael.org.
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. UTO encourages making daily gifts in thanks for our blessings. Take a United Thank Offering box, and as a family give in thanks. High School Youth Minister Resigns. Carolina Armstrong, who has led Saint Michael’s High School programs for the past three years, has resigned to pursue a career in web development and design. She will continue to facilitate the high school Wednesday evening and Sunday morning programs through the end of the year. The Vicar Bill Murray and The Rev. Oliver Butler will work directly with the youth and parents to implement the youth programs. Two parish committees, working with consultants Ministry Architects, are restructuring our youth ministry and searching for two people to serve as middle school and high school ministers. More information on the youth programs is available at www.saintmichael.org/youth. Saint Michael to Host Order of St John Investiture Saturday, October 31. Nearly 400 people from across the U.S. and U.K. will be at Saint Michael and All Angels Saturday, October 31 to attend the Fifty-Fifth Service of Rededication and Investiture of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The Order’s Grand Prior, His Royal Highness, The Duke of Gloucester, Sir Richard Alexander Walter George, first cousin to Queen Elizabeth II and grandson of King George V, will preside at the service. Thirty Saint Michael parishioners are Order Members. The Jerusalem based St John Eye Hospital Group, which is supported by Saint Michael and All Angels, provides high quality eye care in the Holy Land. The service begins at 2:00 in the Church. All are welcome. Tree Planting at Jubilee Park. On November 7, Saint Michael volunteers will plant trees in the Jubilee Park neighborhood from 8:00 - Noon. This is a great opportunity for youth to earn community service hours while supporting the residents of Jubilee Park. To volunteer contact Allison Johnson at volunteer@jubileecenter.org. The Senior Thanksgiving Luncheon at Jubilee Park Needs Your Help. The Thanksgiving luncheon for seniors living in Jubilee Park will be Thursday, November 19. Volunteers are needed to prepare food and drive the food from Saint Michael to Jubilee Park, and to help serve the meal. If you can help, contact Beth Hise at jbhise@att.net. New Carpet for the Parlor is Just the Beginning. Stop by and check out the new carpet in the Parlor (and be careful with that cup of coffee). The carpet is just the beginning of our updating of the Parlor, which will be completed by Christmas. Saint Michael Christmas Ornament Available in the Book Shop. The 2015 Saint Michael Christmas ornament, designed by parishioner Kelley Salewske and inspired by the pipes of the Saint Michael Church organ, is available in the Book Shop. It makes a great gift and will stand out on any tree. The Book Shop is participating in Partners Card from October 30 through November 8. With your Partners Card everything in the Book Shop is 20% off. St. Michael’s Woman’s Exchange’s New Store is Open. The St. Michael’s Woman’s Exchange newly remodeled store in Highland Park Village is open. 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. All proceeds go to Dallas area charities selected by the Women of Saint Michael’s Gifts Committee. Faith and Grief Luncheon. The Faith and Grief Luncheon is scheduled for Thursday, November 12, 12:00 Noon, in the Coke Activities Room. Contact: Katherine Bowen for reservations. kbowen@saintmichael.org. Lifeline: Dallas, a night of music and prayer and meditation. This event, sponsored by the Recovery Advocates at Saint Michael, is scheduled for November 17 at 7:00 in the Theater. Contact Melanie McGill for more information, melanie.mcgill@gmail.com.
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 Forum: Faith and Society
Bible Study
Fellowship Class
Coffee and Conversation
Saint Michael Chapel
Coke Activities Room
Parish Hall
Parlor
Everything You Wanted to Know About Judaism But Were Afraid to Ask
A Strange Menu
Town Hall Meeting: 10/25
Rector Search and Transition Commitee Report
Dr. Howard Cohen
Oliver Butler
Greg Pickens
11/1
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
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 22, have asked for our prayers: Troy Alexander, Web Carr, Charles Cooper, Doris Cowling, Laura Derby, Anna Finley, Connie Gordon, Guy Griffeth, Katie Hairgrove, Ken Heideman, Jim Howell, Charlotte Huthnance, Emily Irwin, Lynn Jerabek, Grace and Lynne Jordan, Jim Klingeman, Bill Leech, Leech family, Evelyn Moreau, Douglas Nettle, Christi Nutt, Halimah Olaekeji, Caroline Lyne Oliver, Peggy Oncken, Libby Owens, Tom Park, Brown Plummer, Larry Prohaska, Avery Young Rademacher, Maudie Sharp, Pat Shaw, Parker Snead, Herman Willie, and Lamar Wilson. The Altar flowers are given in memory of Patricia Hardin Davis Beck, Bess Brown Beck, Lisa Dorbandt, Mark Dorbandt, Martha Dorbandt, Wesley Dorbandt, Margaret Beck Grinnan, Elizabeth Bell Higginbotham, Grace Byrde Peck, The Rev. Robert Michael Swann, Dorothy Wallace, Mariam C. Watson, and Marion C. Young.