Saturday, November 22, 2014

Announcements For Week Ending Nov 29th



St. Michael's School is holding their annual food drive on Monday, November 24.  The food they provide goes to St. Michael's Food Pantry and to the Community Food Bank.  We need volunteers to stock the shelves in our food pantry and our storeroom.  Please come to the church office at 9:00 on Monday morning.  With your help, we'll be finished in an hour or two.

Our Primavera team prepares and serves the evening meal at the men’s shelter on the second Sunday of each month. We are now in great need of a chili cook. We will give you our recipe). We also need people to substitute. If you can help, please call Joel Williams ~ 520/886-1804. Just another opportunity for giving!
 
ITEMS NEEDED FOR THE POPULAR “RECYCLED GIFTS AND TRINKETS” TABLE TO HELP COVER COSTS FOR ST. MICHAEL’S ADVENT BAZAAR (DEC. 6&7: COLLECTIBLES, COSTUME JEWELRY, THAT IMPULSE BUY YOU CAN’T USE AND THAT REALLY LOVELY GIFT AUNT AGATHA SENT THAT JUST DOESN’T SUIT YOUR STYLE. BRING ITEMS TO THE CHURCH OFFICE THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER. SUNDAY’S ONLY, YOU MAY LEAVE THEM IN A MARKED BOX IN CHURCH. THE BAZAAR IS ONE OF ST. MICHAEL’S MANY GIFTS TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY, AND TO THE SMALL NONPROFIT GROUPS THAT NEED THIS SALES VENUE.

CALL FOR BAZAAR PARTICIPANTS ~ KNOW A SOCIALLY – COMMITTED NON-PROFIT GROUP THAT MIGHT LIKE FREE SPACE TO SELL ITS WARES DEC. 6 (EVENING) AND 7 (DAY) PLEASE ASK THEM TO CONTACT ILA, ill@mindsspring.com. 623-3063. Parish groups and artists, that includes you!

Don’t forget your “Angel Food” for a different and delicious Christmas gift in an attractive gift-ready box. This is an affordable means of sharing the fund raising effort by your parishioner volunteers. Just stop by the church office for your Angel Food. Share the goodness and sweetness of St. Michael and All Angels Church!

 
Fr. Smith’s Pantano Rotary Shoebox Project is underway bringing joy to children in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. These children live in makeshift houses on hillsides around Nogales. Many of these households have no one employed. This is a THREE-NATION effort for 600-800 or more filled shoeboxes – infants through 12 years and 500 blankets. Warm mittens, caps, toys, etc can fill the wrapped shoe box with top lid NOT attached to the bottom (border inspection). Blankets may be new or used and if used must be dry cleaned (leave cleaning tag attached). Shoeboxes need to be returned to the Parish Office no later than Sunday, December 14. Blankets need to rolled like a bedroll and tied with twine or ribbon. More information in back of church.



Friday, November 14, 2014

Douglas Leightenheimer in Concert!

American Guild of Organists Showcase Concert
Sunday, November 16, 7:00 PM
Catalina United Methodist Church
2700 E. Speedway Boulevard



Our own Douglas Leightenheimer and Will Thomas will perform music by Mendelssohn, Vierne, Sowerby, and others on Catalina’s new four-manual Quimby organ. 

Rex Woods with guests Sara Fraker, Jerry Kirkbride, Daniel Katzen, and William Dietz will perform Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452

Suggested donation is $10. Reception follows.

Saturday, November 08, 2014

Announcements November 9th throught 15th

 
St. Michael’s Angel Food !
Angel Food production has ended. Remember an angel you love this coming Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season with the best Coconut Macadamia Toffee you have ever tasted. Fill out the order blank, drop it in the collection basket and pick-up the delicious Angel Food from the Parish Office beginning Monday, November 10. You will be glad you did!
  

CASA MARIA VOLUNTEERS WILL MEET, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH at 5:00 PM, in the Parish Center to prepare sack lunches. Your help is needed - the volunteers can always use a few extra hands and two dozen SHELLED hard-boiled eggs. Join us for fellowship and to help with this good work.

Thursday, November 06, 2014

Reminder: Maya Textile Sale and Exhibition is This Weekend!


Maya Textile Sale / Exhibition, with a Silent Auction 
(items from local businesses)

Exceptional and daily use textiles from 
Indigena Imports of Austin

St. Michael and All Angels
602 N. Wilmot (at 5th St.), Parish Center


Friday, Nov. 7, 5 to 8 p.m.: Opening reception and sale. Hor d’oeuvre gala. Charles King, solo guitar. $10 suggested donation (to help cover costs) will be applied in full to your first purchase from Indigena Imports). Guatemalans, volunteers, and special guests gratis, of course.

Saturday, Nov 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Sale, Exhibit and Silent Auction continues. Morning coffee.  Fry bread and Indian tacos on sale after 11:30 AM (Maria Garcia, indigenous form Michoacan and owner of La Indita Restaurant, will step across traditions to feed us well).  No requested donation.

Sunday, Nov 9, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Same as Saturday, including food.

Who benefits? St. Michael’s Guatemala Project, The Castaneda Museum of Ethnic Costume, Maya women who continue the weaving tradition, and you.  This is a unique opportunity to celebrate and explore.  Please come, whether you intend to make a purchase or not.

What else to look for? Castaneda Museum’s exhibit of some of their 4000 textiles and other artifacts from around the world; Guatemala Project’s recent acquisitions from rural communities on sale (many quite inexpensive).

Maya women leaders in Guatemala frequently say they will build a just society the way they weave, one thread at a time. We’ll add that they do so with consummate artistry, skill, patience, and resilience. As CPR-Sierra leader Berta reminded us in Guatemala last summer, even in the darkest years of the war, culture and tradition sustained them, as did moments of cheer and laughter. We have much to learn from these sisters (and brothers) who have persisted in the face of great adversity.
-- Ila, Coordinator, Guatemala Project