The Sunday newSJune 14, 2015

Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church8011 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. Last week we had one of our most successful Vacation Bible Schools ever. You can see video highlights beginning tomorrow at www.saintmichael.org/vbs. They are great! The Honduras Threads and the youth Corpus Christi Mission Trips are leaving Sunday, June 28th. Keep them in your prayers. Thank you for worshiping with us today. Remember if you’re traveling, Sunday’s 10:00 worship service is available at www.saintmichael.org.

the rev. liSa FloreS ShareS a Favorite Book at Faith and literature today. The Rev. Lisa Flores reviews one of her favorite books, Moon Light Sonata at the Mayo Clinic at the Faith and Literature class at 11:00 in the Coke Activities Room. It is a portrait of illness and how it can change faith and life. Next week, June 21, The Rev. Oliver Butler will talk about Thomas Hardy’s classic Far from the Madding Crowd. If you miss one of the presentations you can see it online: www.saintmichael.org/adults/summer-adult-sunday-classes.

courtyard and columBarium tour today. Take a stroll, enjoy a cool drink, and experience the beauty of Saint Michael’s new Nave Courtyard and Columbarium after church. The Columbarium Committee will tell how the combination of wind, water, and sky are blended in this wonderful space enhancing the serenity of our entire campus.

traveling thiS Summer? take Saint michael With you – Sunday WorShip to Be livecaSt. Heading to the mountains, the beach, Europe or Asia this summer. Wherever you go, you can worship with Saint Michael and All Angels. The 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning worship service in the Church is livecast. You can watch it live or access it whenever you want at www.saintmichael.org.

FarmerS market reaching Beyond FruitS and vegetaBleS. Saint Michael’s Farmers Market is reaching out to the community by collecting donations for four organizations that help those most in need: The Shoe Bank, Brother Bills Helping Hand, Austin Street Center, and Rainbow Days. A complete list of the items they need is on the website, www.saintmichaelsmarket.com/outreach. The Market is open every Saturday from 8:00 – 12:00 in the north parking lot.

chriStian yoga Schedule changeS. The summer brings changes to the Christian Yoga schedule. The class will NOT meet tomorrow, June 15, Monday, July 6, or during the month of August. Yoga classes will resume on Monday, September 14. Classes led by licensed instructor, Annette Lentz, meet at 5:30 in the Youth Center on Monday evenings. Contact Annette.lentz@sbcglobal.net.

SingleS-n-SaintS lounging at Soda Bar thurSday evening. Relax above downtown Dallas Thursday evening June 18 at the rooftop SODA Bar at NYLO Dallas South Side hotel with the Singles-N-Saints. SODA Bar is perfect for enjoying the sights with your Saint Michael friends. There’s no reservation needed. Just show up…and bring a friend. 1325 S. Lamar St.

tell uS oF neW arrivalS to your Family. Have you had a new baby born in your family? Let us know so that we can spread the joy. Send the baby’s name, parents names, whether a boy or girl, and date of birth to Ellen Talley, Early Childhood Ministry Coordinator, at etalley@saintmichael.org.

The Reverend Dr. Bob Dannals, RectorThe Reverend Bill Murray, Vicar

The Reverend Lisa Flores, 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 Ariail Gores, DeaconThe Reverend Michael Harmuth,

Sunday AssociateThe Reverend Pamela Theodore,

Sunday AssociateThe Reverend Neal Hern,

Sunday Associate

Matt Waller, Sr. WardenKathy Jenevein, Jr. WardenGrady Schleier, Treasurer

Charlie Sartain, ChancellorMargaret 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.

monday-Friday

7:00 a.m. - EucharistWedneSdayS

10:00 a.m. - Healing Service SaturdayS

8:30 a.m. - Eucharist5:30 p.m. - Candlelight Mass

Sunday ServiceS 7:30 a.m. - Eucharist Rite I, SMC

10:00 a.m. - Eucharist Rite II, Church 10:00 a.m. - Discovery Mass/ Joy Mass /

Celebration, SMC

11:00 a.m. Sunday School Classes

11:00 a.m. - Eucharist Rite I, SMC 5:30 p.m. - Evening Prayer

and Eucharist - SMC

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WorShip Schedule

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 more 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.

• Meals on Wheels needs drivers this summer. The time commitment can be as little as two hours a month. Contact Mary Bartholow at mary.bar@sbcglobal.net.

• Can you work in the Saint Michael Book Shop a couple of hours a week this summer? Contact Chris at bookshop@saintmichael.org.

Jubilee Park is looking for volunteers. Join us by participating in one or all of the following:

• Volunteer for Jubilee Park’s Brighter Bites on Fridays. Brighter Bites is a Jubilee Park program that provides families with 30 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for the weekend. Volunteers are needed from 11:00 – 2:30 to sort and pass out the bags of food on June 19 and 26, and the five Fridays in July.

• Chaperone a Summer Camp Field Trip. Jubilee Park’s Summer Camp is taking three field trips to exciting Dallas area attractions and needs volunteer chaperones. The field trips will be on Fridays June 26, July 10, and July 24. Chaperones must be 21 or older.

• Jubilee Needs Reading Partners for the Fall School Term. We need tutors to work with elementary school students this fall who are reading below grade level. One can volunteer for as little as one hour a week and work with the same student year-round. Formal teaching experience is NOT required. Training and support is provided. 

• Help Jubilee Kids Learn to Sew. Sewing Classes at Jubilee Park start June 23 and help is needed to teach 4th and 5th graders how to sew. Classes are Tuesday and Wednesday mornings 10:00 - 11:30, June 23 - July 29. Contact Mary Jo Forbes maryjoforbes@gmail.com or 972-306-3856.

For more information or to sign up contact Allison Johnson at volunteer@jubileecenter.org.

congregational care volunteerS Serve in Special WayS – Join them! If you enjoy providing compassionate hospitality consider volunteering to help during funeral receptions at the church. If you enjoy cooking and sharing meals with parishioners needing a little loving care, becoming an Extended Care Cook is for you. And, Good Shepherds are the eyes and ears of the health and well-being of parishioners living in their neighborhood. However you want to serve, at Saint Michael there’s a place for you. Contact Ann Mills at amills@saintmichael.org.

Summer Sale in the Book Shop. The Saint Michael Book Shop has started its Summer Sale with 50% off select items: gifts, cards and books! Remember, the Book Shop is observing its summer hours. It’s open Monday – Thursday from 10:00 – 3:00, closed Friday, Saturday 9:00 – 11:00, and on Sunday from 8:30 – 12:30.

the prayer ShaWl knitting miniStry. As of June 2, 1,973 prayer shawls have been knitted, by this ministry. Help knit another 27 by the end of the year. Join us on Tuesdays from 1:00 -3:00 in the Coke Activities Room. If you don’t know how to knit and would like to learn, please come. If you are unable to attend and knit at home, you still can be a part of this ministry. Contact Byrd Teague at byrd.teague@gmail.com and she will tell you how.

alcoholicS anonymouS. This group, open to both men and women, meets on the first and third Sunday evenings of each month at 7:30 in the Coke Activities Room. Contact: The Rev. Neal Hern, nealhern@aol.com.

WELCOME TO

SAINT MICHAEL

Welcome Hunter, Say Goodbye to Marta, and Celebrate America Sunday June 28.

As part of our Independence Day reception, at 11:00 in the Garden Cloister, we will have the “official” welcome for The Rev. Hunter Ruffin, our new Associate for Mission and Outreach, and say goodbye to Marta Holden, our Director of Engagement, who is moving to South Carolina. Help make this a very special occasion by sharing

your favorite pie – apple, cherry, peach, peanut butter, or whatever – with the rest of the parish. If you can bake (or bring) a pie, contact Tish at tvisinsky@saintmichael.org.

Hunter Ruffin Marta Holden

The Prayers of the PeopleDuring 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, June 11, have asked for our prayers:Troy Alexander, Chris Alexandris, Margretta Aviles, Martha Chawner, Linda Clark, Doris Cowling, Jenny Harris Crandall, Maeve Crawford, Lewis Good Voice Eagle, Lisa Finas, Connie Gordon, Angela Hammons, Royce Hammons, Thomas B. Howard, Jim Howell, Charlotte Huthnance, Kathleen Janssen, Grace and Lynne Jordan, Bill Leech, Leech family, Mary Scott McArron, Caryl McFarland, Randi McFarland, Tiffany Meador, Nick Mitchell, John Morrison, Doug Owen, Brown Plummer, Tammy Proctor, Larry Prohaska, Avery Young Rademacher, Mary Ann Scott, Pat Shaw, Parker Snead, Annie Sparks, The Rev. Mike Wallens, Jack Day Watson lll, Karen Weber, Lorraine West, and John Whitehead.The Altar flowers are given in memory of T. Ned Anderson, Julia F. Fuertes, J. E. Goodnight, Rachel Elizabeth Virden Hulscher, Walter J. Lightbourn, Walter S. Lightbourn, Brett Morris, Van R. Nance, V. M. Nance, Rex C. Outlaw, Albert Gunther Pabst, Julius Frohne Pabst, Robert P. Riordan, Roland Joseph Sikorski, Gordon George Smith, Margaret Stoddard Smith, Dr. Phillip Earle Williams III “Bo”, Paul C. Young, and in thanksgiving for The Marriage of Kalita and Ed Blessing, Ned Washburn, and Roy Washburn.

Christian Formation Sunday Mornings

Faith and Literature 11:00 in the Coke Activities Room

Throughout the summer clergy members will share their favorite books, all of which are available in the Saint Michael Book Shop.

06/14

Moon Light Sonata at the Mayo ClinicReviewed by Lisa Flores

06/21Far from the Madding Crowd

Reviewed by Oliver Butler

a Stephen miniSter can help you over the rough SpotS. Do you have a burden that you cannot handle alone? Saint Michael and All Angels offers a dedicated group of men and women who have received specialized training to walk with you, confidentially, on this journey. Consider asking for a Stephen Minister. If you know someone who might benefit from having a Stephen Minister or you could use one yourself, please contact The Rev. Lisa Flores, lflores@saintmichael.org. or lay leader, Jean Coleman, jwcoleman@sbcglobal.net.