St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Austin, TX
Trunk Or Treat is fast approaching on October 28th at 5:30pm in the SMEC parking lot and we’re looking for folks to park their cars and open their trunks for fellowship, fun, and copious amounts of candy.
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Every year St. Michael’s selects a long-time parishioner to receive the Heritage Award to honor their dedication and involvement with various programs and ministries. This year Gail Reid will be honored. She began attending St. Michael’s in 1989 when St. Michael’s was last without a rector. Since then she has been involved with many different ministries at St. Michael’s. Gail is very active in serving on the Altar Guild. She is a member of the Order of the Daughters of the King and often serves as a Eucharistic Minister during worship. She has been involved with many of the various outreach ministries such as Trinity Center and Mobile Loaves and Fishes but her service has been most evident in her past work with the St. Michael’s garden. St. Michael’s provides organic vegetables to our food pantry and the St. James Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program. Please help St. Michael’s honor Gail by attending the Heritage Dinner on Saturday, May 6. To RSVP for this dinner, please click here.
To see more details of the events and work of St Michael’s Women’s Group please click on the following link Women’s newsletter
We have an Interim Rector! Your Vestry approved Rev. Dr. Peter F. Casparian to begin leading St. Michael’s beginning March 21 (two days per week plus three Sundays per month). He will be celebrating at all services this Sunday, March 26.
Rev. Casparian was born and raised in New York, NY. He earned his undergraduate degree (Anthropology, Art and Psychology) from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN; his Masters and Doctorate in Divinity were earned from the University of the South, Sewanee, TN. Additionally, Rev. Casparian has a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts/Sculpture from The University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO.
Rev. Casparian was ordained in 1975 and has served as Rector in several parishes: Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY (2004-2014), St. James Church in Florence Italy (1995-2004) and Lexington, KY (1986-1995). Prior to these calls, he served as a Chaplain and Vicar in Lawrence, KS and Dallas, TX and as Associate Rector in Kansas City, MO.
He has served in numerous positions of local, national and international civic/non-profit boards and Diocesan appointments. Rev. Casparian is also long time Rotarian. He currently lives in San Marcos and is married to Marguerite (40 years!). They have two adult daughters: Rachel, a working actress in NY and Hannah, a corporate chef in Austin.
Rev. Casparian is conversational in Spanish and Italian, has a good sense of humor and loves to travel. He is a regular jogger, a competent photographer, a former goldsmith, an avid flea-marketer!, a robust singer and an ardent movie aficionado.
Please welcome Rev. Peter Casparian!
Liturgy and Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes will take place at all three of these services at St. Michael’s.
Can’t make it to St Michael’s? then join us at Town Lake from 8:30-11am for Ashes-to-Go! We will be at the Rock on the Hike and Bike trail under the Mopac bridge on the north side of the river near Austin High: 2102-2104, Stephen F Austin Dr, Austin, TX 78703. Contact Rev Brin if you would like to know more.
Bring the whole family to our annual “Pancakes and Pajamas” supper party on Shrove Tuesday, February 28. The St. Michael’s Men’s Kitchen Crew will be flippin’ flapjacks and serving up smoked sausage and side dishes from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall.
Lots of kids (grownups, too!) like to wear their pajamas to this event, but come dressed any way you like! We’ll have music and table decorations as we enjoy a time of fellowship before the start of Lenten season.
Cost of the pancake supper is $3 per person, with a max of $10 for families of four or more. Proceeds from the event will support adult and youth ministries at St. Michael’s.
So mark Tuesday, February 28, 5:00 to 7:00 pm on your calendar – and bring your appetite and your jammies to St. Michael’s!
