Friday, May 27, 2011

Announcements for Week Ending June 5th, 2011


ANNOUNCEMENTS


THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND IS ASCENSION THURSDAY. MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 6:30 PM FOLLOWED BY A “POT LUCK” DINNER IN THE PARISH CENTER. SIGN-UP SHEETS ARE LOCATED IN THE BACK OF CHURCH.

St. Margaret’s Altar Guild will be having a Coffee Hour and short meeting for member, members at large and anyone who might be interested in joining the Altar Guild. The Coffee Hour will be held on Saturday, June 11th at 10 AM in the Parish Center. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Jon Rinnander will be sorting books in the Womble library from 10-2 PM, May 25, 27 and 31st. Empty cartons would be helpful if you could bring them while he is there. Recycled treasures from the library will be on sale in the parish center on Pentecost, Sunday, June 12 – to benefit TIHAN.

Knitters and Quilters will resume their meetings in September!

THIS Sunday, May 29, in the Parish Center, we’ll make migrant food packs for Samaritans to distribute to those in distress in the desert. Social action is buying in bulk (cheaper) for the basic pack. If you wish to add supplements (individual servings in durable containers), nutrition bars, trail mix, tuna pouches and fruit or applesauce cups are always welcome.

THANK YOU ~ to St. Michael’s ECW ~ St.Teresa’s Guild for their hard work and generous donation of $500.00 to Episcopal Relief and Development ~ Disaster Relief and a donation of $300.00 to St. Michael’s Peace Fund.

boiled eggCASA MARIA VOLUNTEERS WILL MEET THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD at 6:00 PM, in the Parish Center to prepare sack lunches. Your help is needed - the volunteers can always use a few extra hands and EXTRA dozens of SHELLED hard-boiled eggs (school is out!) Join us for fellowship and to help with this good work.

√ SUPPLY DONATIONS, GUATEMALA PROJECT ~ until June 12 only. General call for adult vitamins with minerals, ibuprophen, acetamenofen (Tyenol – adult, children, infants) and small tubes of antibiotic ointment. Add them to the treasure chest at the back of church, and we will take them to Guatemala in our suitcases. Other low-tech supply or medicine donations ~ telephone Ila. We are especially looking for small tubes of ophthalmic erythromycin and a new source for bulk low-cost purchase of prenatal vitamins.

Sun. June 5 -- St. Michael's new "prophetic" sign dedication, originally scheduled for May 29, will occur at the close of the 10:15 a.m. Mass June 5.  It's still a work in progress (like life!) at this point.  See a draft of the design on the Social Action bulletin board by the Parish Center.  And stay today to fill a few migrant food packs for us to donate to Samaritans.