Michaelmas and The Messenger!

This Sunday, August 25th, we're celebrating Michaelmas, our patronal Feast of St. Michael! There will be just one Mass at 9:30 AM for this week only, preceded by Morning Prayer at 9 AM and followed by a festive brunch. Please plan on attending as Brother Dave Hedges celebrates his first Michaelmas with us.

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Hi, Everyone! It's a bit late, but I think you'll be pleased with our latest issue of The Messenger. At 12 pages, it's the biggest issue we've done, at least in my time working on it. (It turns out that the history of The Messenger goes back all the way to the 1950s!) In here you will find interviews with both Father Richard and Brother Dave, news and info on upcoming events, and even a love story! Happy Michaelmas! - K
Click here for your copy.

Scenes from Michaelmas 2015

Photos from Confirmation and Reception will follow soon.

Announcements for Week Ending 9/27/2015

NEW BIBLE STUDY CLASS

A note from Fr. Richard!

I am beginning a weekly Lectionary Bible Study. There are two sessions. ONE meets at 10:00 am on Thursday mornings and the other will meet at 6:30 pm on Wednesday.  Each class is 90 minutes and will take place in the Parish Center.

We will be using the magnificent and extraordinarily creative Bible Workbench approach that is replete with top notch scholarship, penetrating questions, poetry and wise musings to engage the biblical narrative.  If you plan to attend, sign-up sheets are in back of church so the proper number of packets may be ordered (or call the Parish Office).


THE FEAST OF SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS
COMMONLY CALLED MICHAELMAS

Next Sunday one Mass only, celebrated at 9:30 am, Bishop Kirk Smith presiding. Following the Eucharist, there will a “Festive Brunch” in the Parish Center, created by “Chef Andy Bruno”.
Everyone is invited. (a donation of $5 to defray the cost of the food will be greatly appreciated.)



CANDY MAKING COMING SOON!

Mark your calendars!  We will be making Angel Food Candy beginning Monday, November 2 through Friday morning, November 6.  On Monday we will need crews for dipping and patting, and for opening boxes, and setting up the packing stations.  The rest of the week, will need crews for dipping and packing.  Please help if you can, even if only for a few hours one day.  New angel food makers are particularly welcome.  We will teach you what to do!  If you have questions, please see Peter Schmidt, Dorothy Cameron, Pat Miller or Sherry Terrell.

PARISH LIFE OKTOBERFEST!

Get out your Lederhosen!  We’re celebrating Oktoberfest!  Join Parish Life at Millie’s Pancake Haus, 6530 East Tanque Verde Road (near Sakura)o n Thursday, September 24th at 6:30 PM.

ANNUAL ADVENT BAZAAR

We need your help.  We are still looking for more volunteers for St. Michael’ Annual Advent Bazaar, December 5 and 6, 2015. The Bazaar is a wonderful event at St. Michael’s.  The old adage “Many hands make light work!” Call Jim at 520/603-6885 or email: jimsteinman7@gmail.com for more information!  You’ll be glad you did!  

Come Celebrate Michaelmas with Bishop Kirk Smith!

Join Us For Michaelmas! Sunday, September 27th, 2015 Bishop Kirk Smith plans to visit us on 27 September to help us celebrate the feast of St. Michael and All Angels, commonly called Michaelmas. There will be just one mass at 9:30 AM for this feast of our patron Archangel, with Bishop Smith presiding. The service will include confirmation and reception of several of our parishioners. A Festive Brunch in the Parish Center will follow the Eucharist, created by Chef Andy Bruno. All are invited. (A donation of $5 is requested and greatly appreciated to defray the cost of food.)

Michaelmas is Coming!

An announcement:

Bishop Kirk Smith plans to visit us on 27 September for the celebration of Michaelmas, feast of our patron Archangel. If you would like to be confirmed or received, if you are transferring from another denomination, please contact Fr. Richard Mallory for detailed plans.  The time is short, but never too late! 

Notes from the Parish Office - 9/25/14

Just a few notes to keep everyone one up to date with what's happening here at St. Michael's:

Sunday, September 28 ~ Michaelmas Celebration - one Mass only at 9:30 am with the Festive Brunch to follow in the Parish Center, to including the "Slaying of the Dragon Pinata". All are invited to attend our annual celebration.

Wednesday, October 1 - 10 AM ~ For Our Special Parishioners age 90 and over, there is a special meeting in the Parish Office workroom, just to decide if: 1. Would we like to meet?  2. How often ?  3. What would we like to do? We would like to see you and your ideas!

Saturday, October 4 - 9 - 3 pm  in the Parish Center ~ "Forum on "Global Climate Change - A Religious Response". Experts will be attending. The day begins with Mass at 8:30 am (optional) with a Buffet Luncheon at noon (a fee will offering is suggested to defray the cost of the food). (there are reservation sheets located in the back of church) All are invited.

Sunday, October 5 ~ Episcopal School Sunday and Blessing of the Animals.  The 9:00 am Family Mass and the 10:15 am High Mass will be combined with one Mass at 9:30 am. The Mass will be followed by the traditional "Boy Scout Pan Cake Breakfast" coordinated by Byron Brandon. A generous donation will certainly help our Boy Scouts. (there will be the regular 7:45 am, 12:30 pm and 5:30 pm Masses that day.)

Tuesday, October 7 ~ Taizé Service at 6:45 pm in church.

​Many Blessings and Peace.​

Nancy

Happy Michaelmas!

The big weekend is here! Bishop Guerra is visiting us from Guatemala, the big, free Arizona Baroque concert is tonight at 7 PM, and the actual Mass of Michaelmas is going to be an extravaganza!

Rehearsing the procession.

Our best dragon ever is waiting in the wings, and soon may have to give up his candy to St. Michael's children!

 Puff waits patiently.

The church website has been updated with current info on the Music page, an expanded History page and a detailed listing (with more to come) of church groups and activities on the Ministries page.

And we have new publications! The Michaelmas issue of The Messenger is ready, all 12 pages of it, with articles by Fr. Joel Ireland, Michael Leeming and others, looking back across the history of St. Michael's and also forward into the future. There is also a new brochure of church ministries and activities, a two page history of St. Michael's to match the History web page, and a print only, full color pamphlet on the Art of St. Michael's!

So as you can see, we've been busy, getting ready for the Big Weekend, and now it's here! All we need now is YOU! Sign up on Facebook to let us know you're coming to tonight's concert, or just show up, and bring someone with you! And don't forget to attend our Michaelmas procession and High Mass. There will be a Family Mass session at 9 AM, and the main mass will start at 9:30. Mision San Miguel will be art of this mass, with two Bishops participating, special music and a Confirmation. Be there!

Arizona Baroque on Michaelmas Eve!

Arizona Baroque, the University of Arizona's baroque ensemble, will perform a concert at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church on Saturday, September 28. The free-admission event begins at 7:00 p.m.

Collaborating with St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church as part of the 2013 Michaelmas Patronal Feast, Arizona Baroque will present a beautiful program of Latin American vocal and instrumental music from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The concert will be followed by a reception with the Rt. Reverend Armando Guerra Soria, Episcopal Bishop of Guatemala and Primate (Presiding Bishop) of the Anglican Region of Central America. The reception features Latin American foods from Mision San Miguel and Tucson’s Guatemalan community, as well as "Baroque" light fare from concert organizers.

St. Michael and all Angels parishioners sponsor the concert as part of Michaelmas (Feast of St. Michael) events celebrating sixty years of prayer, service, and advocacy since the founding of the church in 1953.

Images of Michaelmas 2009

Selected photos from Michaelmas 2009

by Jim Peterson

St. Michael icon, Michaelmas 2009

From St. Michael & All Angels Arts

Blessing the City.


Mariachi Brillante Juvenil.

All photos copyright 2009 by Jim Peterson.

Click here for larger photos of Michaelmas by Jim Peterson

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Selected photos from Michaelmas 2009

by Reed Karaim

At the Mass.

From St. Michael & All Angels Arts

Ready to Support St. Michael!

Mariachi Brillante Juvenil.

All photos copyright 2009 by Reed Karaim.


Click here for larger photos of Michaelmas by Reed Karaim

Happy Michaelmas! and other news

(Download the full size pdf file of this flyer here.)

Come home & celebrate
Michaelmas 2009
St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church & School
602 N. Wilmot Road (Wilmot at 5th Street)
Sunday, September 27th - 9:30 AM

Including:
* Outdoor procession to bless the City of Tucson
* High Mass

* Music ~ pieces by Johann Ernst Eberlin for Strings and Organ
* Mexican Fiesta Brunch with Mariachi Music and special children's pinata

RSVP 886-7292 or church@stmichael.net
St. Michael’s ~ a church for all ages!

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Announcements for Week Ending September 27, 2009

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The Barnabas/Fellowship Luncheon will take place Monday, September 28th at 11:30 am in the Parish Center. Come savor a delicious lunch (catered by EnJoy Cooking) for $10. To make your reservation, please sign up on the sheets located at the back of church. Bring a Friend!

Friday, October 2nd is Grandparent’s Day at St. Michael’s Parish Day School. The event is from 8 AM until 11 AM and involves being a surrogate grandparent for a child that does not have a grandparent attending on that day. There is an assembly and then visit the child’s classroom. There is a sign up sheet in the back of church for this event and also the schedule for the morning. Make a child happy – be a grandparent for a few hours.

The September issue of The Messenger is now available. See the sidebar for downloadable copies of The Messenger in PDF format! Please submit your article for the August issue to church@stmichael.net or the church office.

Lectionary Bible Study - Save the date! Wednesday, October 7th at 10:00 AM is the beginning of another opportunity to attend the Lectionary Bible Study facilitated by Peter Schmidt. Currently the Lectionary Study meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM. To accommodate those who do not wish to be out in the evening, Peter has graciously offered a second study on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 AM. Won’t you join us?

St. Michael's has a Facebook group! If you or a loved one are on Facebook, please consider joining. Help us connect with online-savvy St. Michael's parishioners!

Keep up with the parish and Fr. Smith on Twitter.com. Sign-up and then “follow” Fr. Smith (wa7iic) and the activities of our parish (smallangels). Or just watch the twitter feed on the sidebar of this very page! Feel connected, involved, and able to pray for the ministry of our parish in real time. Check it out!

Opportunities for Giving

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Casa Maria will meet at 6PM this Friday, September 25th in the Parish Center. We make 500 lunches for distribution to the poor, homeless, and out of work people in our community. Your help is needed to prepare sack lunches; volunteers can always use a few “eggstra” hands and as always “shelled” hard boiled eggs. Bring a dozen, (or two) hard-boiled (and shelled) eggs for the egg salad sandwiches. Join us for fellowship and to help with this good work.

USED CELL PHONE COLLECTION & FUNDRAISER! This summer our church is participating in a cell phone fundraising drive. There is nothing for you to buy or sell to participate. We simply ask that you donate your extra inactive cell phones to our drive. This drive will benefit your family, your church, and the environment by keeping harmful materials the phone contain out of our landfill. The collection box is in the back of church. A Tax Deductible Receipt for you is located on the box.

FOOD PANTRY - We are always in need of:

• Canned fruit
• Juices
• Small boxes of cereal
• Peanut butter
• Evaporated milk
• tuna
• crackers
• snacks
  

We are also in need of plastic bags in which to place the food. We thank you for your continued generosity.

Parish Life is Growing -
When Will We See You?
~ UPCOMING EVENTS ~

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Bowling – October 9th – 6:30 PM - Camino Seco Lanes.

UA football - Opponent – Date – Time – Stay tuned! (Tickets will be $28.00 - $32.00)

Save the date – Saturday December 19th at 3 PM. We have 25 tickets for the Gaslight Theater Christmas performance On the Road to the North Pole, or The Snow Must Go On. Sign-up sheets are in the back of church.