Sunday News - December 6

T HE S UNDAY N EWS December 6, 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

Saint Michael and All Angels thanks you for worshiping with us today. At the 11:00 service the choir with orchestra and scripture readings will perform the beautiful Kings College, Lessons and Carols. Throughout Advent there are wonderful activities and events that will make the Christmas season more meaningful for you and your family. Take the Advent Activities card in your worship bulletin and participate as often as you can.

Yearend Giving Discussion Today in the Parlor. The tax implications of yearend giving will be discussed today at 10:00 in the Parlor. John Bergner, chairman of the wealth preservation group at Dallas law firm Winsted, P.C., and Jim Smith, Managing Director of Smith, Jackson, Boyer & Bovard, will review tax deductions that are easy to overlook, provide information on making yearend gifts, and answer your taxrelated questions.

Advent Home Communions This Week. An Advent Home Communion is a wonderful celebration of our life at Saint Michael. There are three this week: Monday, Diane Bumpas hosts at the home of Mary & Neil Dorflinger, 5527 Farquhar Lane; Tuesday at the home of Nell Ann Hunt, 3704 Hildago in Irving; Wednesday the Saints ‘N’ Singles meet at the home of Ellen & Chris Carrie, 6810 Turtle Creek. Please notify the hosts of your plans to attend. The schedule of the Home Communions is available online at www.saintmichael.org/homecommunion .

Heal the Hurt of the Holidays at the Advent Liturgy of Remembrance and Light December 8. Through prayers, music, and the lighting of candles, the Advent Liturgy of Remembrance and Light seeks to bring peace, healing, and wholeness in the midst of grief during the holiday season. The service is Tuesday at 6:00 in Saint Michael Chapel. A reception will be in the Parlor following the service.

Advent Meditation Booklets Available Now. Devotions written by parishioners, staff, and clergy are available in the Advent Meditation booklet, which is available at the church and online at www.saintmichael.org/advent-meditations.

Take advantage of your employer’s matching gift program when you make your Stewardship pledge. Many employers will match your contribution or even more. My employer, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, matches all employee charitable giving by five times! It is such an amazing opportunity that benefits our entire parish.

Please pledge!

Victoria Brown, 2016 Stewardship Committee

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.

• Help with the Nativity Pageant and luncheon on December 20. Contact Erika Bower at ebower@saintmichael.org.

• Be a host or hostess at the Home for the Holidays reception on Christmas Eve. Contact Tish Visinsky at tvisinsky@ saintmichael.org.

Pajama Prayers Wednesday Evening. Hop into your pajamas and head to the Saint Michael Chapel for storytelling, singing, prayers, and a yummy bedtime snack Wednesday evening at 6:00. Led by Emily Given, Pajama Prayers (kids’ Compline/ bedtime prayers) is geared toward preschool and early elementary families. For more information, egiven@ saintmichael.org.

Youth Ministry Progressive Dinner Wednesday, December 9. Saint Michael Youth (grades 6 – 12) will be eating their way around town on Wednesday evening, December 9. An end-of-the-season and holiday Progressive Dinner will begin at 6:00 at the church. For information and signup go to www. saintmichael.org/youth.

Saint Michael Episcopal School Christmas Program to be Livestreamed. The students of Saint Michael Episcopal School perform their Christmas program Thursday, December 10 at 11:00 in the Church. The program will be livestreamed at w w w. s a i n t m i c h a e l . o r g for out-of-town parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and best friends. The December 20 Nativity Pageant and two Christmas Eve worship services will be streamed as well.

Crèche Collection at the Center of Tomorrow’s Women of Saint Michael Tea. Start the Christmas season with the Women of Saint Michael. Join hosts Mary Appleton, Effie McCullough and Louise Griffeth tomorrow at 4211 Windsor Parkway from 2:00 – 4:00. See Mary’s incredible collection of over 100 crèches from all around the world. Tickets are $25 and proceeds go to the Women of Saint Michael’s Grant Program. Buy tickets at www.saintmichael.org/crechetour. For more information contact Effie McCullough at effiemc@gmail.com Noonday Stress Reliever – Music and Prayer on Wednesday, December 9. The lunchhour is a great time to relieve a little stress and reboot your day. On Wednesday, grab a sack lunch and meet at the Saint Michael Chapel at 11:45. Music director James Diaz will play the music of Bach, and The Rev. Lisa Flores Musser will lead Noonday Prayers.

You’ll be on your way before 1:00. Treat yourself to a refreshing break in the midst of the busy holiday season.

I Believe in Angels Shopping Day is Saturday. Today is the final day to deliver the “I Believe in Angels” gifts to the church. Next Friday will be set-up day, and Saturday, December 12, will be “Shopping Day” for Jubilee residents. Volunteers are needed for both days. Sign up at www.saintmichael. org/ibia. “I Believe in Angels” helps make a wonderful Christmas for hundreds of children and seniors in the Jubilee Park community.

“Heart Of Giving” Supports Outreach Ministries. Heart of Giving is a great way to recognize family, friends, or business associates at Christmas.

It supports Saint Michael’s Mission and Outreach Ministries: The Good Samaritan Fund, Jubilee Park, Rosebud Indian Reservation, Honduras Mission, and the Amistad Bolivia Mission. Purchase Heart of Giving cards outside the Book Shop, at the South Lanai reception, or online www. saintmichael.org/heartofgiving.

Christmas Flower Memorials. If you would like to remember a loved one this Christmas, 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 Wednesday, December 16. Flower Memorial envelopes are also available at the South Lanai reception desk.

Honduras Threads: Cursillo in Action. Honduras Threads, an outreach ministry of Saint Michael’s, gives women in small villages of Honduras a means to sustain their families and their faith. For Saint Michael missioner, Melanie McGill, Honduras Threads was a life-changing experience…Cursillo in action. Hear Melanie’s story today at 12:00 Noon in the Youth Center.

Tube Socks for Meals on Wheels. Meals on Wheels is collecting tube socks for the elderly and homebound in Dallas who receive their meals from the organization. There is a collection basket in the South Lanai.

For more information contact Mary Bartholow at mary.bar@sbcglobal. net.

Vestry and Diocesan Delegate Nominations Close December 15. The deadline to nominate people for positions on the vestry or as a delegate at the Diocesan Convention is a few days away: 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 15.

The vestry members and convention Delegates will be elected at the Parish Annual Meeting on February 28. Nomination forms are available from the church receptionist and online at www.saintmichael.org.

W E L C O M E T O S A I N T M I C H A E L

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Coffee and Conversation

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Hunter Ruffin

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Nativity Pageant - No Classes

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, December 3, have asked for our prayers: The Rev. Melinda Archer, Ellen Colter, Doris Cowling, Ken deGruy, Brian Delaney, Connie Gordon, Guy Griffeth, Janet Hale, Michael Holt, Jim Howell, Charlotte Huthnance, Lynn Jerabek, Grace and Lynne Jordan, Jim Klingeman, Douglas Nettle, Elizabeth Nolan, Halimah Olaekeji, Caroline Oliver, Peggy Oncken, Tom Park, Brown Plummer, Larry Prohaska, Kathryn Miller Rabey, Cheeku Samuel, Pat Shaw, Parker Snead, Valerie Guenther Unger, Jack Day Watson, lll, and Herman Willie.

The Altar flowers are given in memory of Mary Ann Barker, Palmer Haworth, John Michael Teal, and in thanksgiving for Palmer Levi Barbera.