Monday, June 27, 2005

Announcements for Week Ending July 3rd, 2005

Please note the time change - the Low Mass for Church Unity will now start at 12:10 PM every Friday. All are invited to attend this Church unity-building service with celebrant Fr. Carey Womble.

A support group formed for anyone who has experienced a loss at sometime meets monthly. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 11th, at noon, at the City Grill restaurant located at 6464 E. Tanque Verde Road. Please call Peggy Speese for details or for a ride or to make reservations at least three days prior to the meeting.

Father Smith's latest sermon is now available on the Sermons page. The St. Michael's Arts blog (http://smaaarts.blogspot.com) will also be updated tonight with a related opinion peice from webmaster Karen.

Father Smith on pilgrimageThe rest of Father Smith's Camino photos should be posted on smaa.mavarin.com by the end of the coming week. The first forty can be seen now. Karen is running behind on this project, but the results should be worth it.




Monday, June 20, 2005

Begin Your Virtual Pilgrimage With Father Smith!

The first forty pictures from Father Smith's Camino pilgrimage through northern Spain are now uploaded for easy viewing. Begin your tour here:

Camino, Part One


Starting up the Pyrenees

Announcements for Week Ending June 26th, 2005

Vestry Meeting this Tuesday following the 8:00 AM Mass in the Parish Center. All are invited to attend.

Father Smith's Camino photos will be posted this week at smaa.mavarin.com/Camino, about 40 pictures per day. Check back here for the links as these are uploaded. A sample:

Me with my trusty pole and too heavy pack.
Me with my trusty pole and too-heavy pack.

The arrow pointed the way--it started to snow.
The arrow pointed the way--it started to snow.

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Father Smith's Camino Photos

AOL members can click here (I think!) to see the first half of Father Smith's photos of his pilgrimage walking El Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain. I will be making the pictures available to everyone via the two church blogs and smaa.mavarin.com over the next couple of days.

Click on the image to see your album.
wa7iic's Album:Camino de Santiago 05
Click on the link above to view the 114 pictures in this album. As the recipient, you can download, re-share and order prints and merchandise containing these pictures. Please do not use the owner's pictures in an unexpected way.

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wa7iic's Album:Camino de Santiago part 2
Click on the link above to view the 131 pictures in this album. As the recipient, you can download, re-share and order prints and merchandise containing these pictures. Please do not use the owner's pictures in an unexpected way.

Monday, June 13, 2005

Announcements for Week Ending June 19th, 2005

Social Concerns Meeting next Sunday following the 8:00 AM Mass in the Parish Center. All are invited to attend.

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Women’s (ECW) Meeting and Luncheon this Wednesday, June 15th, starting at 10:30 AM in the Parish Center with Mass at 11:00 AM in the Church. A lunch catered by EnJoy Cooking will follow the Mass in the Parish Center. A $5.00 donation is requested to cover the cost of the meal. A sign up sheet is located on the usher’s cabinet.

Monday, June 06, 2005

Social Concerns Updates - Summer 2005

Summer meetings follow 8 AM Mass June 19th, July 17th, and August 21st. Everyone is always welcome, with a voice and, if needed, a vote.

Thanks to those who gave via the special collection May 22. We raised $ 548.50, plus $500 match!

Casa Maria June 10th, Parish Center, 6:30 p.m. (500 sack lunches for the homeless). Attendance was down a bit in May. Please bring 2 dozen shelled, boiled eggs and help this Friday; also July 8th and August 5th.

Primavera Meal Team for homeless shelter needs one time only vacation respite for a great group of regulars. Second Sunday each month. Chili, coleslaw, etc.. Call Joel.

GUATEMALA PROJECT



Guatemala bound June 16th:
• Acolyte Jay Croswell (1st visit, returns 7/12)
• R.N. Sarah Roberts (3rd visit, returns 7/12)
• Miluska Martinez, U.A., (Ist visit, returns 8/10)
• Coord. Ila Abernathy (18th visit? returns 8/10)
Please keep the travelers in your prayers.

Guatemala Sendoff with Writer Byrd Baylor & Dueling Gazpachos - Wed. June 8, 6 p.m., Parish Center. Please come, enjoy yourselves, and greet our guests. If you can help with setup, ticket sales, cleanup, desserts, call Ila. $10 suggested donation. This is a major public fundraiser. Parishioners needed.

Project needs:
Funds for incentive payments to 26 Mayan health workers who serve their communities as volunteers, and for medicines, etc.;
Low tech supplies/ medicines, especially prenatal and children’s vitamins, gastritis treatments, child’s wheelchair, Foley catheters # 16. Bargains only! World Care and Carondelet St. Mary’s both make donations, and health workers and Project reps buy lowest cost medicines in country. Deliver to the church next Sunday, or call Ila.

St. Michael’s Guatemala Project is an ongoing, non sectarian informal partnership with the Maya of the CPR Sierra [Communities of Population in Resistance of the Sierra] that continues a relationship begun in 1993. Focus areas include community health and health education, advocacy, arts and culture, mutual learning, and commitment to indigenous self determination.



The Tailey Family (Liberian refugees)
“It takes a village . . .” and we’re it!

Josephine and her friend Naomi are going to Chapel Rock
, July 3rd-9th. Thanks to your regular donations to Social Concerns, we are able to pay for Episcopal summer camp for Josephine and her 12 year old friend Naomi, also a Liberian refugee. Naomi is giving Josephine the courage to try this new venture. Camp also gives Josephine a week’s respite from being “second mom” to her nephews. Her burning question: “Will there be pizza?”

Camp needs - One of the Parish’s many “honorary grandmothers” will take the girls shopping for basic camp needs, but we’d like to BORROW 2 light or medium-weight sleeping bags. If you can help with this or donate 2 beach towels, flashlights, nalgene water bottles, or children’s Bibles, please call Georgianna.

Eric received an excellent report from his pre kindergarten teacher. He’s looking forward to joining a Parks “build a dinosaur” project arranged by yet another Parish “grandmother.”

Mom Helena has now held a job at Canyon Ranch for 15 months. She also attends basic language / education classes 4 evenings a week, depending upon transportation and weariness. She has never been to school before, and the school routine, combined with her being a single mom, illiterate, and working, is difficult for her. She is now having to pay $400 per month for part of daycare, so there’s no extra cash.

Josephine will take African dance classes with Barbea Williams, thanks to another “grandmother.”

Tailey support team needs rides to/from church once per month (call Sue); male role model for Eric, rides to/from evening classes, 5-7 PM (call Gail); babysitting, and other rides (Gail).

Thanks to the “village” team: Gail, Georgianna, Ila, Joel, Joyce, Karen, Mary, Proscovia, Shigeko, Sue, YOU! Call Gail to help the group.

Announcements for Week Ending June 12th, 2005

Casa Maria volunteers will meet this Friday at 6:30 PM in the Parish Center to prepare sack lunches. Your help is needed the volunteers can always use a few extra hands and shelled hard boiled eggs, especially during the summer months. Join them for fellowship and to help with this good work.

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Women’s (ECW) Meeting and Luncheon Wednesday, June 15th, starting at 10:30 AM in the Parish Center with Mass at 11:00 AM in the Church. A lunch catered by EnJoy Cooking will follow the Mass in the Parish Center. A $5.00 donation is requested to cover the cost of the meal. A sign up sheet is located on the usher’s cabinet.