T HE S UNDAY N EWS November 19, 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. If you are visiting today, please stop by our Welcome Center in the Parlor so that we may get to know you and answer any questions you have. As we enter the holiday season, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving, and hope you will join us throughout Advent as we prepare for the birth of Jesus Christ. Thank you for worshiping with us today. Have a Happy Thanksgiving. The Church will be closed on Thursday and Friday this week for the Thanksgiving Holidays. Next Sunday, there will be no Children’s Chapel during the 9:00 worship service in the Church and no Sunday School classes. Today is Parish Nurse Sunday. The parish nurse is available to meet with you in the South Lanai to check your blood pressure and answer your health questions. She will also have Flu/Pneumonia Prevention and Treatment information. Contact: Dianne Boyd, dboyd@saintmichael.org I Believe in Angels Underway – Adopt an Angel. I Believe in Angels provides Christmas gifts for children and seniors living in the Jubilee Park neighborhood. Adopt an angel from tables located by the Parlor or near the Saint Michael Chapel or online at saintmichael.org/ibia. Return the gifts by Sunday, December 8. Volunteers are needed to help sort gifts on Friday, December 15, and at the family “shopping” day on Saturday, December 16. For more information contact Maria Martin mariaomartin@ sbcglobal.net or Nancy Moore nancystahlamoore@yahoo.com. Meeting of 4th and 5th Grade Parents Set Sunday, December 3. Parents of 4th and 5th grade students will meet on Sunday, December 3, to discuss changes in our Confirmation schedule for young students. The Rev. Dr. Eric Liles, Associate for Formation, will outline how changes in the ages at which we Confirm students will impact 4th and 5th graders. The meeting will be at 10:00 in the Youth Center. Saint Michael Presents Christmas Concert December 3. “Three Tales of Christmas” by the renowned men’s choral ensemble Cantus is the Saint Michael Presents community concert on Sunday, December 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church. Beloved holiday stories such as A Christmas Carol, The Gift of the Magi,The Night Before Christmas, and others will be reimagined through familiar carols and new holiday classics. The concert is free, but tickets are necessary to assure adequate seating. Get tickets at the South Lanai receptionist or online at saintmichael.org/ saintmichaelpresents. North Dallas Shared Ministries Month. Fill at least one grocery bag during November and bring it to the South Lanai. Suggested items: macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, tortillas, canned food items, saltine crackers. A more extensive list and grocery bags are available at several locations throughout the church. Financial contributions are just as valuable. Make checks payable to North Dallas Shared Ministries and bring to the South Lanai receptionist. November
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Parish Clergy
The Reverend Dr. Christopher Girata, Rector The Reverend Dr. Bill Murray, Vicar The Reverend Lisa Flores Musser, Associate for Worship and Liturgy The Reverend Greg Pickens, Associate for Pastoral Care The Reverend Dr. Eric Liles Associate for Formation The Reverend Mary Lessmann, Associate for Spiritual Growth The Reverend Bob Johnston, Associate for Modern Worship The Reverend Rich Towers, Associate for Student Ministries The Reverend Michael Harmuth, Priest Associate for Worship The Reverend Dr. Hiltrude Nusser-Telfer, Priest Associate for Pastoral Care
Parish Vestry Eric Conner, Sr. Warden Margaret Spellings, Jr. Warden Arnold Spencer, Warden At-Large Grady Schleier, Treasurer Charlie Sartain, Chancellor Margaret Cervin, Clerk Bonner Allen, Marla Jacks Briggle, Mark Demler, Whitney Grogan, Warren Houser, Kathy Kelley, Ben Leal, Christine Paddock, Sally Schupp, Elizabeth L. Selzer, J. C. Snead, and Chris Wiley.
Worship Schedule
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 7:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer Tuesday and Thursday 7:00 a.m. - Eucharist Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. - Healing Service Saturdays 8:30 a.m. - Eucharist, BMC 5:30 p.m. - Candlelight Mass, SMC Sunday Services 7:30 a.m. - Eucharist Rite I, SMC 9:00 a.m. - Eucharist Rite II, Church 9:00 a.m. - Discovery Mass, Parish Hall 9:00 a.m. - Joy Mass, SMC 10:00 a.m. - Children and Youth Sunday School 11:00 a.m. - Eucharist Rite I, Church 11:00 a.m. - Celebration, Parish Hall 5:30 p.m. - Evening Prayer and Eucharist, SMC 8:00 p.m. - Compline Service, Canterbury House SMU 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.
• Jubilee is seeking committed leadership to serve on a Jubilee Housing Task Force. Contact Jeff Rice (rice1070@gmail. com) or David Martin (daviddmartin@ sbcglobal.net) • Children and Family Ministry is looking for high school musicians to accompany the singers at this year’s Nativity Pageant. Contact Gabrielle Ott at gott@ saintmichael.org. Youth Headed to Justice League Movie This Afternoon. Saint Michael youth (6th grade – 12th grade) are going to see the new hit movie Justice League, this afternoon at the Studio Movie Grill. The kids should meet at the theater on Central Expressway near Royal Lane at 4:15. Pick up after the movie is at 7:00 p.m. The cost is $15. Need information: Chase Monson at cmonson@ saintmichael.org. Deadline Nears for Youth Alaska Mission Trip. December 1st is the deadline to register for the Youth Alaska Mission Trip this summer. Our 6 – 12 graders will go to Anchorage from July 18 - 25 to work with local agencies serving the homeless and hungry. Our mission trip for 9 – 12 graders to Amistad’s Casa Esperanza in Bolivia will be from June 24 through July 2. The signup deadline for this trip is February 1. Register at saintmichael.org/youth/mission-trips Let St. Mary’s Guild
be Your Holiday Baker. St. Mary’s guild is busy baking for your holidays! In addition to our regular Sunday morning fare, we are baking and packaging treats for gifts and all of your holiday entertaining. Visit our bake table and let us help you with hostess gifts, teacher gifts, and special festive treats!
SMU’s Canterbury House Needs Your Connections. Do you have connections with students or student groups at SMU? We want to tell them about our new campus ministry and the Compline service on Sunday nights at 8:00 at the Canterbury House. Send your student contact information to Fr. Rich Towers at rtowers@ saintmichael.org. Catechesis Classes Combined This Week. The two level I catechesis classes will be combined in the atrium classroom on the 2nd floor this Sunday, November 19 only. Royal Chef Shares Secrets at Exchange Book Signing. Darren McGrady, personal chef to the Queen and Princess Diana, will share his secrets for making “palaceworthy” meals for your friends and family Wednesday, November 29, at St. Michael’s Woman’s Exchange in Highland Park Village. Chef McGrady will sign his new cookbook, The Royal Chef at Home: Easy Season Entertaining, from 2:00 – 4:00. Focusing on holiday festivities his book features Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day, Mothers Day, and other special occasions. Advent Quiet Day Saturday, December 2. Do you wish God spoke to us like God did to characters in the Bible? Examine this question at Advent Quiet Day, Saturday, December 2, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Coke Activities Room. Dr. Jane Patterson from the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin will lead the retreat, “A Blessed and Costly Listening." Cost $10. Register at saintmichael.org/adventretreat. Lessons and Carols Sunday, December 3. Lessons and Carols, a beautiful service of Scripture and song, recounts the Fall, the promise of a Messiah, the Incarnation, and the Great Commission to preach the Gospel. The Saint Michael Choir, with the first performance of our youth choristers, will bring this 200 year old tradition to life at the 11:00 worship service in the Church…a perfect beginning to Advent. Be a Jubilee Book Buddy. Volunteer one-on-one to work with a child at that needs your help to improve their reading skills! Be a Book Buddy at O.M. Roberts Elementary, our Jubilee neighborhood school. You can pick the time and day that best works for you, 30 to 60 minutes once a week. You will make a difference in a child’s life. Contact Susan Campbell at sucam@airmail.net to get started. Award Winning Columbarium Architect Gives Inspiration. Nationally acclaimed architect, Max Levy, will discuss the inspiration that led him to create the Saint Michael Courtyard Columbarium at a special meeting Sunday, December 3, at 10:00 in the Parlor. The Saint Michael Columbarium was selected as one of Texas’ 10 best architectural designs in 2016 by the Texas Society of Architects. Mission and Outreach Volunteer Opportunities. Are you aware that there several ways to find Mission and Outreach volunteer opportunities? There is a “jobs available” column in the monthly Archangel and online at saintmichael.org/missionoutreach/serve-now. If you have a project for which you need volunteers to help, contact Oleta Salyards at osalyards@saintmichael.org.
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 Saint Michael Chapel
11/19
Fellowship Class Parish Hall
Paul’s Corinthian Correspondence: What did Paul really think about women? The Rev. Dr. Eric Liles
11/26
Faithful Living Coke Activities Room
Teach Us to Pray: How Much Do I Get?
Sermon on the Mount: Jesus was just Kidding, Right?
The Rev. Dr. Bill Murray
The Rev. Tom Blackmon
Thanksgiving Weekend - No Classes The Saint Michael 2017 Christmas ornament has arrived in the Book Shop!! The ornament, designed by parishioner and choir member Susan Johnson, features three children choristers, a harbinger of the new generation leadership guiding musical excellence in the church.
Children and Youth Sunday School Childcare - Story Keepers, Ages 3-5 Room 7 - Storytelling Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Level I, Ages 4-6, Atrium (second floor) Montessori Approach of Engaging Scripture and Liturgy - this week only both artiums combined Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Level II, Ages 6-9, Rooms 101 and 213 Montessori Approach of Engaging Scripture and Liturgy Spark: Activate Faith!, Kindergarten - Grade 3 ESD Lobby Exploring Scripture through a Rotation Model of Storytelling, Music, Cooking, Art, Games, and Technology
Bible 101 - Grades 4-5, Youth Center Blue Room The Foundations of the Bible Disciples Confirmation Class, Grade 6 Theater – The Trinity Middle School, Grades 7-8 Echo the Story – Studying King David Youth Center Orange Room High School, Grades 9-12 Teen Text – Studying Matthew 6: 9-13 Youth Center 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, November 16, have asked for our prayers: Jerry Andrlik, James Angelino, Fritz Arko, The Rev. Olga Barrera, Wayne Cohn, Doris Cowling, Amanda Daniel, Cliff Daniel, Donna Gigot Floberg, Bill Gayden, Zac Giles, Joyce Grant, Jody Guenther, Stephen Hines, Jim Howell, Charlotte Huthnance, Terry Inman, Emily Irwin, Grace and Lynne Jordan, Elizabeth and Spencer Knapp, John Lancaster, Judith Lide, Stacey LigonvBetty Luhn, Jeffrey K. Lorch, Jack Mackintosh, Matthew Massengale, Effie McCullough, Twyla Miranda, Charlie Moncrief, Ed Nash, Kathy O’Doherty, Adrienne O’Toole, Tom Park, Peggy & Tom Peavy, Kathryn Miller Rabey, Sandra Rose, Judy Schalk, Fred Schneider, John Stoneham, Dannye Thomas, Anne Townsend, Jack Townsend, Valerie Guenther Unger, Shelly Vescovo, Norma Wallace, Jack Day Watson III, Merial West, Madison Winter, and Tom Wittenbraker. The altar flowers are given in memory of Gertrude Terrell Best, Emily Maverick Miller, Charles Vincent Prothro, Wayne Lyle Sabo, William Robert Shelburne, Arthur Gerald Spalding, Jack Randolph Swain, Jack Randolph Swain, Jr., Mary Catterall Swain, and in thanksgiving for Kalita Blessing, Virginia McQueen Laney, and Margaret Preston Laney Silver.