Thursday, February 16, 2006

Announcements for Week Ending February 19th, 2006

MIF Series, Adult Forum continues in the Parish Hall Sundays from 9:00 to 9:45 AM. Topic on Sunday, February 19th will be "Opening the Bible," to be presented by John Hsieh. All are welcome.

Social Concerns meeting this Sunday, February 19th, following the 10:00 AM Mass in th Parish Library. All are invited to attend.

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. Join them for fellowship and to help with this good work.

Mass For Church Unity continues every Friday
at 12:10 PM with celebrant the Rev. Carey Womble. All are encouraged to attend as we pray for the General Convention in July, dealing with the very divisive forces at work in our Church.

Inviting all Altar Guild members to attend the annual Diocesan Altar Guild Meeting schedule for Sunday, March 4th,at Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix. Meeting will include a continental breakfast, Sacristy tours, Holy Eucharist with Celebrant and Preacher Bishop Smith, program, and a musical program presented by Canon Musician Alan DePuy. Prpgram will consist of a display and comment on some unusual vestments and an antique chalice owned by Melinda Archer, a former altar guild member. A Lenten program about Judas will be presented, followed by a lunch. Cost is $10 per person. Interested people need tosign up in the Church's Sacristy no later than February 15th.

Photos of the Week: Acolyte Outing to Mt. Lemmon, February 5th:


It was a small but diverse group. Despite the age range, we had a great time together.

Lunch was pizza and giant cookies, washed it down with Sarsaparilla!


Checking out the rock climbers and magnificent views at Windy Point.

Note from Karen: I've been working ridiculously long hours recently, which has put me way behind on my posting here. I'll try to do better next week!