the The Newsletter for Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
May 2017
This Is A Season of Transitions
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Top Angel Chefs Confirmation Bishop Visitation
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High School Senior Recognition Vestry Meeting LiveWIRE 5th Grade Welcome
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Men of Saint Michael Breakfast
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Memorial Day: Church Offices Closed
As spring explodes all around us, the trees are thick with new leaves, the days are warming and lengthening, and pollen is making nearly everyone sneeze! Over the next few weeks, students will be graduating and summer activities will begin. We will all be transitioning into the summer swing. And at Saint Michael, during this incredible season of Easter, transitions are all around us, too. In my experience, people typically don’t like change. It doesn’t seem to matter who you are or what you do, most people would prefer, if given the choice, for things to stay the same. In study after study, people from all walks of life and from every age group preferred things that were older to things that are newer. In one study, two groups of people looked at the same painting. The group that was told the painting was created in 1905 described it as more beautiful than the group which was told it was created in 2005. And in another study, participants were given a piece of the exact same chocolate. The group that was told it was a piece of artisan chocolate and had been produced in the same Swiss village for nearly 100 years found it far more delicious than the group that was told the chocolate was a new brand started only 3 years ago. There is no doubt we love consistency. I very often say, “Change is inevitable, but transition is not.” Transition takes energy, and most of us just don’t have a lot of that to spare. But we are invited to welcome transition, to welcome change and transformation for our own good. Indeed, God offers us the incredible opportunity to be
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The Rev. Chip Edens, former Vice Rector at Saint Michael, will be the featured speaker at the Women of Saint Michael Spring Luncheon on Tuesday, May 9. His theme, “Soul Purpose,” will inspire and challenge the women to live their lives with faith, hope, and love. Currently Chip is Rector of Christ Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the luncheon the women will get results of the Parish Party and the Gifts Committee’s distribution of funds to area charities and Episcopal ministries. The program begins at 11:00 a.m. at 7000 Park Lane. Make reservations online at www.saintmichael.org/springluncheon.
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