Mark your calendars for Sunday, January 29, 10:05 – 10:55 for our annual Parish Meeting. This year’s meeting will include the presentation of future vision, the end-of-year financials for 2011, Budget for 2012, installation of new vestry members, announcement of Senior Warden, and more. Please join us!
- Middle School and High School Youth should attend the Parish Meeting and sit at the Youth Tables with Mary Conkling.
- Kid’s Intermission for K – 5th graders will be in Room 4.
- Childcare for Infants through Pre-K will be in the Nursery.
A Special Mother-and-Daughter Evening!
posted on, Jan 18, 2012| Friday, January 27
6:00 – 9:00 pm Sign-up Deadline: January 22 |
Don’t miss this fun evening for Moms and Daughters (8 years and older). It’s a great way to get to know other women in our parish family and their daughters. Our time together will include dinner, an outreach project, games, pillowcase designing, delicious dessert and a closing time together at the Labyrinth.
Sign up on the bulletin board in the worship entryway. $10.00 per person.
Questions? Contact Debbie Vickery.
Wednesday Book Group
posted on, Jan 18, 2012The Wednesday afternoon book group will meet at Trianon in Westlake at 1:30pm on January 25 to discuss Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff.
Our book for February will be Holy Ghost Girl by Donna M. Johnson, a memoir of a woman raised on the evangelical tent revival circuit.
Please join us! For more information, please contact Jackie King.
Needed: Those Who Like to Play in Dirt
posted on, Jan 5, 2012St. Michael’s recognizes food as a human right and is expanding how we help those in need of food. We are establishing an on-site organic garden for the purpose of raising fresh and healthy fruit and vegetables to be donated to local food pantries, including our own, who serve food-insecure families. All we need to complete our vision are volunteers willing to donate an hour or two of their time each week to help with the planting, upkeep, and harvesting of the St. Michael’s Community Garden.
If you are willing to work hand-in-hand with others in our St. Michael’s family, please contact Beth Michaels.
“Growing food itself is medicine: not only for the body, but for the soul, for the spiritual connection to history, ancestors, and the land.” - Winona La Duke
Guest Speaker at next Outreach Commission Meeting
posted on, Jan 5, 2012-Everyone Invited-
The Rev. Linda Shelton, Diocese of Texas Liaison for Refugee Resettlement and Deacon of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas will be speaking to the St. Michael’s Outreach Commission on Saturday, January 28, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. about opportunities for members of St. Michael’s to donate their time and talent to the Episcopal Migration Ministries in Austin, as the greater church works to relieve suffering through refugee resettlement and assistance to immigrants.
Everyone is invited to hear Rev. Shelton as she discusses the variety of opportunities available to the St. Michael’s community to serve in this important ministry. Please contact Outreach Coordinator Alice Hall if you would like to attend.
De-Greening This Saturday
posted on, Jan 5, 2012| Please join your fellow parishioners at the church this Saturday, January 7 at 9 am to help remove the Christmas decorations. Your help is needed and very much appreciated. Questions? Contact Claire Bray. Thank you. |
Sunday School Schedule for Children & Youth
posted on, Jan 4, 2012Sunday School is a priority at St. Michael’s! Nurturing young people is an important part of our ministry. Children’s and Youth Sunday School classes are held during the first part of the 9 am and 11 am services. Classes then join the worship in progress because there is value in having families worship together.
Additional programs are available for the children and youth between our 9 am and 11 am services from 10:10 till 10:50:
- VIP (3-5 yr. olds)
- Kid’s InterMission (K.-5th graders)
- Breakfast Club (6th-12th graders)
We have nursery for those younger than three yrs. old every Sunday.
“Brothers” Small Groups for Men
posted on, Jan 4, 2012to kick off in the new year …
If you are interested in being part of a one-hour small group experience where men read and reflect on scripture, share their lives with each other, and enjoy fellowship, then please consider becoming a part of one of our new “Brothers” groups.
Groups will meet for about one hour weekly, covering a study series over 12-13 weeks. We plan to have groups meeting on Sundays between the 9 and 11 am worship services as well as in the mornings before work and perhaps evenings, too, during the week. Groups will be formed based upon shared interest in terms of preferred meeting days/times and topics.
If you would like to join one of our Brothers groups and/or if you would like to lead a group, please contact Mary Healy.
Wednesday Afternoon Book Group
posted on, Jan 4, 2012| The Wednesday afternoon book group will meet at Trianon in Westlake at 1:30pm on January 25 to discuss Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff.
Our book for February will be Holy Ghost Girl by Donna M. Johnson, a memoir of a woman raised on the evangelical tent revival circuit. For more information, please contact Jackie King. |
Choristers Choir to resume rehearsals
posted on, Jan 4, 2012Choristers, the St. Michael’s choir for 3rd to 8th graders, resumes rehearsals Wednesday, January 18th, and will happily welcome new members at this time. They rehearse weekly on Wednesdays, 5-6pm followed by a light dinner and social time, 6-7pm. This well received & dynamic group of young musicians is trained in effective, inspiring music making and will sing anthems and motets every 5 to 6 weeks at the worship services.
For more information and/or to sign up, please contact Jean Perdicaris, Choristers director.
Christmas 2011
posted on, Dec 15, 2011
Saturday, December 24: Christmas Eve
5:00 pm – Children’s Festival Eucharist with Pageant
- See below for children’s participation in the pageant***
- Childcare is offered at this service for those younger than 3.
7:00 pm- Holy Eucharist with Carols
- Music by the Music Team.
- Childcare is offered at this service for those under 3.
10:30 pm – Congregational Singing and Choral Prelude
- No Childcare at this service.
11:00 PM – Festive Eucharist “Midnight Mass”
- Music by the Chancel Choir.
- No Childcare at this service.
Sunday, December 25: Christmas Day
10:00 am – Holy Eucharist
- Brief, family friendly worship.
- No Sunday School or Childcare today.
Sunday, January 1, New Year’s Day
7:45, 9, 11 am and 6 pm – Holy Eucharist
- Family friendly worship.
- No Sunday School or Childcare today.
- Taco Breakfast is served at 10 am.
***Calling all Preschoolers – 5th graders!
| You are invited to dress as angels or shepherds for the 5:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service. Simple costumes (white clothing, halo and/or wings for angels OR a bathrobe, dishtowel head dress and wooden “crook” for shepherds) are all that you need. Gather in the worship space entryway when you arrive. If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Vickery. |
The Edge (Youth Group) Updates
posted on, Dec 15, 2011Last Call for GIFTS!!!
The Youth Group still needs your help! So far we have collected approximately 60 gifts for our Norman Elementary School Party. This year the youth group had hoped to collect 80 gifts to give to the Pre K through 2nd graders at the elementary school. If you are able to support the youth group in their Christmas outreach project please bring an unwrapped gift to St. Michael’s by December 19th. Gifts should be valued between $10-20. Please choose a gift that does not require any batteries and that is not a weapon of any kind. The youth group thanks you for your support this Advent!
The Edge Meets Sunday Night!
The youth group will meet this Sunday evening from 5-7pm. We will be preparing for the Norman Elementary School Christmas Party, which will be held on Wednesday. All 6th-12th graders are encouraged to come and bring friends. Please bring $5 to help cover the cost of dinner.
Fiesta Texas!
The youth group is heading down to San Antonio on Friday, December 30th for a fun day at Six Flags. We will meet at St. Michael’s at 11am and will return around 10pm. If you have any questions about this event please contact Mary Conkling!
Important Dates for Youth in 2012:
YES Retreat at Camp Allen (7th-9th graders)
January 20 – 22
April 20 – 22
Junior High Retreat at Camp Allen (7th – 9th graders)
February 24 – 26
2012 Summer Mission Trip (all grads of 6th grade)
June 24 – 29
Are you Reading our Advent Meditations?
posted on, Dec 15, 2011We hope you are reading the daily Advent meditations sent to you early each morning by email. They are proving to be thought and prayer provoking. Do remember that the opinions and theology are those of the author and that others in the St. Michael’s faith community might disagree. We do this in the confidence that as we engage God’s Word, God will indeed reveal himself to us.
Not receiving these readings? Contact Alice Hall or call the church office.
Greening of the Church is this Sunday
posted on, Dec 15, 2011
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