Hope you're continuing to have a wonderful summer!
This weekend we will be joining other churches in Concord, Contra Costa and beyond as we gather for Praise in the Park, running from 1-10pm in downtown Concord at Todos Santos Park. Some great performers will be there and we will have a couple booths set up for St. Mike's/St. John's as well as our preschool.
There's a slew of acts on the stage, but the headliner is the wonderful Grammy-winning recording artist Mandisa. Here is a favorite video, "Overcomer," which is a really energetic piece celebrating the strength of God and taking as its inspiration Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her struggle after the shooting that nearly killed her, as well as Robin Roberts (of Good Morning America) and her battle against cancer, and other struggling folks. It's pretty moving!
Mandisa is a terrific artist and her music will light up the night. Get there early for good seating! Music from many others runs all day and there will be people to meet and friends to make, please come for awhile and tell 'em you're from St. Mike's! And it's free!
Sunday is a biggie as we return, at least for a time, to a
10:30 service
with coffee hour fellowship. In September we'll be doing evening services as well. This has all been requested by a lot of folks for a long time so we hope everyone will support it and let us know what you think!
Housekeeping adminsitrivia!
- If you are using the church or parish hall please, when you leave, remember to turn off the AC, all lights, make sure the doors are locked.
- Our PH doors are in good shape (thanks, John Ferrante) and all are ready for use so make sure you lock everything you unlock.
- Please, please, do not turn out the stove pilot light. Long story, trust me on this one.
- In the church please make sure you firmly shut the doors you exit from so we don't have... well, let's say, unexpected worshippers coming in when there isn't even a service. :)
- Lastly--that venerable bench next to the chapel is on its last legs so please don't sit on it. :)
I want to thank those of you that supported the music events here in July sponsored in part by the Grant Street Players. While attendance maybe wasn't as high as we'd hoped, we had a lot of fun and all the GSP members cared was that they "connected" with the audience at Pentecost Junction and they were thrilled with the response they got. We think it was of our best gigs ever!
We have a really exciting fall season planned, with St. Michael's weekend(including Opera in the Nave), some more performances from the Grant Street players and Icons in Transitions. Lots to talk about!
See you Sunday at 10:30 AM and hope that you, like our Preschoolers, are having fun all summer long!
