Announcements for Week Ending July 9th, 2006

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Tuesday, July 4th
8:30 AM Morning Prayer

9:00 AM Holy Eucharist

Parish Office Closed

Take Me Out to the Ball Game! Join Father Smith, Father Ed, Charles Duke, Joh Jean and other St. Michael's folksfor an evening with the Tucson Sidewinders on Thirsty Thursday, July 6th. Meet and carpool from the church parking lot at 6 PM. Cost is $6 for general admission, $5 for seniors nd kiddies; $1 for 12 ounce beer, lemonade or soft drinks.

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.

St. Michael's Quilters and Knitters will meet this Saturday, July 8th, at 11:00 AM at the home of Mary Gayle Nash. Please bring iseas for a new quilt group project. Our first quilt is finished, and raffle tickets are available at $2.00 each. Please see Dolores Braren for raffle tickets. Drinks and dessert will be provided at Saturday's meeting. Please bring a sack lunch and any current projects you are making.

The Barnabas Group, a support group of encuragement for those who have experienced a loss at sometime, meets monthly. Next meeting Monday, July 10th, at 11:30 AM, at the City Grill restaurant located at 6464 E. Tanque Verde Road. Please call Peggy Speese for reservations at least three days prior to the meeting.

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.

Please welcome our new curate, the Reverent Angela Emerson, on Sunday, July 16th, in the Parish Center following the 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM services. Food and refreshments will be served.