T HE S UNDAY N EWS January 17, 2016
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
Happy New Year and welcome to Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. Monday our country remembers the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. You are encouraged to seek ways to spread understanding, compassion, and justice throughout our community and our world. Saint Michael and All Angels will be closed Monday in observance of the national holiday. Thank you for worshiping with us today. Rector Search and Transition Committee Status Report. The Rector Search and Transition Committee issued our Parish Profile shortly before Advent, based on the Parish Survey and several Town Hall Meetings. It is available online at www.saintmichael.org/profile. The committee is excited by the range of impressive priests across the Church who are interested in leading our church. As is customary, the Committee must keep confidential the names of priests entering into discernment with us to be our next Rector, but rest assured God has a wonderful next Rector in mind for us! Jubilee Sunday: Celebrating Cultures. We will celebrate the cultures of the Jubilee Park community on Sunday, January 31. About 200 of our neighbors from Jubilee Park will join us at 11:00 in the church, bringing their rich African American and Hispanic cultures to our worship. Following the service, we will welcome our Jubilee friends to our Chili and Gumbo cook-off in Parish Hall. Women Of Saint Michael Luncheon Features Jessica Heer. Jessica Heer, Vice President of Economic Develop at the Dallas Regional Chamber, will address the Women of Saint Michael on Wednesday, January 20. Ms. Heer leads the chamber’s corporate recruitment efforts to attract companies to locate in the region. The luncheon begins at 11:30 in the Parish Hall. Tickets to all of the Women’s programs are available online at www.saintmichael.org/wosmluncheons. Let the Good Times Roll: Mardi Gras Party Set for February 6. Get the glad-rags out for another fun Mardi Gras party, sponsored by the Women of Saint Michael, on Saturday, February 6 at the Park City Club. There will be plenty of Cajun food, a rockin’ band, and spirits. Get tickets online at www.saintmichael.org/mardigras.
$600,000 Stewardship Challenge Our 2016 Stewardship Campaign needs to raise $600,000 by February 1st to maintain the church’s current programs and staffing. Last year, we pledged a total of $5.2 million. Today, our pledges for 2016 are at $4.6 million. The needed $600,000 will only let us maintain the status quo. If you have not pledged, please do so now. If you have pledged, please consider an increase or an additional onetime gift to sustain Saint Michael and All Angels. If you have questions, contact Mary Kardell, Director of Giving, at mkardell@saintmichael.org.
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 & Young Adults The Reverend Hunter Ruffin, Associate for Mission and Outreach The Reverend Bob Johnston, Associate for Evangelism The Reverend Michael Harmuth, Sunday Associate The Reverend Rich Towers, Sunday Associate The Reverend Mary Lessmann, 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 If you have an urgent need to contact a priest after hours call 214-232-7512. Connect Card Use the card to register as a guest, make prayer requests, RSVPs, and provide information on yourself. Need Prayer Prayer Teams can pray with you after Sunday morning services. Ushers can direct you to private prayer locations. Prayer Candles A $1 donation is appreciated for lit candles in the Bishop Moore and Saint Michael Chapels.
• Volunteers who can bake cookies for Funeral Receptions are needed. Contact Ann Mills, amills@saintmichael.org. • Drive a Meals-on-Wheels route a couple days a month. It takes about 2 hours. Contact Mary Bartholow at mary.bar@ sbcglobal.net. Chili and Chowder Cook-Off January 31 – Got Your Team? The Saint Michael Chili and Chowder Cook-Off will be Sunday, January 31 and the competition will be delicious. Get your team together, make your recipe, and start cookin’. We expect 200 of our Jubilee Park neighbors to join us. Whether you cook or not, you’ll want to be a part of the tasting beginning at 12-Noon. Find details on forming and registering a team, or when and where to show up for the fun and food, on the website, www.saintmichael.org/chili. Any questions contact Tish Visinsky at tvisinsky@saintmichael.org.
Christmas Offerings Top $42,600 – Support Outreach Ministries. Saint Michael parishioners gave $42,625 at the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day worship services, all of which will be divided equally between three outreach ministries. $14,208 will go to each ministry: Dallas – North Texas Food Bank; National – Episcopal Relief and Development, domestic disaster relief fund; Refugee Ministry of St. Paul’s within the Walls Episcopal Church in Rome.
Meetings Rescheduled for Martin Luther King Day. Some groups that normally meet on Monday have rescheduled or cancelled their meetings due to tomorrow’s Martin Luther King Holiday. The Care Giver Support Group has moved its meeting to Tuesday, January 19, at 11:00 in the Parlor. Christian Yoga has cancelled its session Monday evening and will resume next Monday, January 25 at 5:30 in the Youth Center. Eat Right and Get in Shape. Nutrition and fitness is today’s focus of our Parish Nurses. Visit the South Lanai between worship services and let a Parish Nurse provide you with materials on how to eat well and get fit. You can also get your blood pressure checked. Contact, Dianne Boyd, R.N., dboyd@saintmichael.org Get in on the Good News at the Cursillo Luncheon Today. Cursillo proclaims the good news: that God, in Christ, loves us. Have lunch with Saint Michael’s Cursillos today at 12 – Noon in the Coke Activities Room. The cost for lunch is $10, the fellowship is free. Is Prayer Relevant in 2016? The relevance of prayer in today’s society will be explored by The Rev. Hunter Ruffin at the Prayer Ministry meeting on Thursday, January 21. If you’re interested in whether prayer still has impact today, show up and ask questions. The meeting starts at 5:30 in the Coke Activities Room, with fellowship, snacks, music, and prayer. Questions: contact, Dana Juett, dana.juett@bigplanet.com, or Joan Faubion, joan.faubion@sbcglobal.net Learn about Bargaining with God at Breakfast. The Rev. Bill Murray will give lessons about Bargaining with God, and how it worked in Sodom and Gomorrah at the Men of Saint Michael breakfast Friday, January 29 at 7:00 in the Coke Activities Room. Bring a friend or two. The breakfast is a real bargain, $5 per person for all the tacos you can eat. Men of Saint Michael Plan Brewery Tour. On Thursday, February 4 the Men of Saint Michael will tour the Four Corners Brewery at 423 Singleton, in the Trinity Groves area. $20 buys the tour, two beers, tacos, and a lot of fun. Bring a friend or two. By January 31, RSVP that you’re coming to Julia Giles at jgiles@saintmichael.org. Prime Timers Host Meet-and-Greet for Interim Rector. The Very Rev. Doug Travis will be the guest of the Prime Timers at its lunch meeting Thursday, February 4. It will be an opportunity for the group to get to know our Interim Rector, his role at Saint Michael, and his background as head of the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. The meeting begins at 10:30 in the Coke Activities Room. Make reservations for the $10 lunch with Mary Davis at 214-363-7761. RSVP deadline is Sunday, January 31.
Campus Plan Discussed in Newspaper Article An article in the Monday, January 11 edition of The Dallas Morning News and in an online blog referred to our church’s plans to lease a portion of its north campus for development. The Campus Planning Committee as part of its Master Plan review -and communicated in a previous parish message – has recommended leasing a portion of our excess property for development. To gage interest in the recommendation, the church solicited and received proposals from a number of developers. They were informed that any final decision on how the property is developed will take into account the recommendations of the Northwest Highway/Preston Center Taskforce. Additionally, our plans for the property will address our long-term parking needs and the desire to reduce on-street parking around the church. Saint Michael’s intention to develop the site has been communicated to the Taskforce but without specific details (as such details are still being reviewed and considered). We look forward to reading the Taskforce findings and to working closely with our neighbors to determine the best actions for our church and the community. A more detailed discussion of the Campus Planning Committee’s recommendation is available 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
Christian Formation Sunday Mornings at 10:00 The Forum
The Adult Bible Study Class
Saint Michael Chapel Coke Activities Room Faith, Education, and Society 01/17
Jesus as a Prophet
Meredyth Cole, Headmistress at the Episcopal School of Dallas
Elizabeth Lang, former head of the Religion Department at ESD
Finding Meaning in All We Do 01/24
01/31
Chick Deegan, Manager of Employee Spiritual Support for the Baylor Healthcare system
Jesus: A Man of Prayer, and Jesus: The Healer Kimberly Rogers, head of the Religion Department at ESD
Spirituality for the Second Half of Life
Jesus: The Healer Kimberly Rogers
Doug Travis
The Fellowship Class
Living. Faith.
Parish Hall
Chapel Conference Room
The Fall: Why Adam is Dumb
Dangerous Beliefs Greg Pickens
Bill Murry
Nephilim and the Flood Bill Murry
Real Life Gumbo: Simmering Skepticism and Belief
Chili and Chowder Cook Off
Greg Pickens
No Class
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 & 2nd grade
Room 17
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, January 14, have asked for our prayers: Jennifer Anderson, The Rev. Melinda Archer, Katy Aubarth, Annette Britt, Doris Cowling, Ken deGruy, Brian Delaney, Lisa Finas, Connie Gordon, Jim Howell, Charlotte Huthnance, Emily Irwin, Lynn Jerabek, Grace and Lynne Jordan, Kate and Dana Juett, Graham Kinahan, Jim Klingeman, Virgil Lang, Stacey Ligon, Pat Moderi, Douglas Nettle, Halimah Olaekeji, Tom Park, Brown Plummer, Larry Prohaska, Kathryn Miller Rabey, Katy Rubarth, Pat Shaw, Ann Townsend, Jack Day Watson, lll, and Herman Willie. The altar flowers are given in loving memory of Gretchen Arft Agnew, George Burns, Leonard A. Bickel, Kate W. Davis, Wirt Davis, Lillian A. Hart, John P. Hart, Samuel Adam Prinz, Kathryn Moore Roberts, Matthew Cartwright Roberts, Jr., Irene Easterling Rousseau, and George Austin Shutt.