THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, May 17
10:00 AM: Online service
11:00 AM: Online Coffee Hour
Everyone seemed to have enjoyed the coffee hour after the service on Sunday, and we are planning on making it available to parishioners again. Please contact Laurie at
Laurie@csmsg.org
or Fr. Tom at
Talbinson@csmsg.org
with questions or for the Zoom "coffee hour" information.
8:00 PM: Compline:
Fr. Peter and his family have been saying Compline over Zoom at 8 PM. Compline is the last of the four Daily Offices and includes prayers that are always timely, but even more so given this season of uncertainty. Compline takes about 10 minutes to pray, and its focus is on resting in the peace of Christ. If you are interested in joining Fr. Peter for Compline over Zoom, please email him at
psperopulos@csmsg.org
,
or Laurie Brown a
t
laurie@csmsg.org
and they will send you the link.
MONDAY, May 18
8:00 AM: Morning Prayer
9:00-9:45 AM: Women's Bible Study Live. Father Peter is leading a discussion of Proverbs. Download the computer program Zoom onto your computer or phone and e-mail
marty@csmsg.org
to register so she will know to send you a Zoom invitation Monday morning.
TUESDAY, May 19
8:00 AM: Morning Prayer
12 Noon-12:30 PM: HS Girls Bible Study Live.
Genesis
All HS Girls are invited to participate via Zoom
WEDNESDAY, May 20
8:00 AM: Morning Prayer
7:00 PM: Youth -
on ZOOM.
Youth/families please email Kyle for the ZOOM link
THURSDAY, May 21
8:00 AM: Mornin
g Pr
ayer
FRID
AY, May 22
8:00 AM: Morning Prayer
SATURDAY, May 23
8:00 AM: Morning Prayer
12:00 PM: Yoga Class via Zoom
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SATURDAY YOGA CLASS
Parishioner Michelle Gurrola Burks will be teaching a 55-minute class to be held online at noon on Saturdays at 12:00 PM.
Michelle has attended the 8 AM service at CSMSG for 18 years. She and her husband Jack were married at the church 3 1/2 years ago. She has taught yoga for 20 years and can be found at IMAYOGAGIRL on Instagram where she leads yoga challenges. Michelle is a LuLulemon ambassador.
A yoga mat is helpful, but not necessary, a non slippery spot with no socks will work fine too. We look forward to seeing you all this Saturday!
Benefits of Yoga, Supported by Science:
Can Decrease Stress.
Relieves Anxiety.
May Reduce Inflammation.
Could Improve Heart Health.
Improves Quality of Life.
May Fight Depression.
Could Reduce Chronic Pain.
Could Promote Sleep Quality.
Will provide fun with fellow parishioners!
For those of you who joined us last Saturday, the Zoom information remains the same.
The classes are free!
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Isolation Memory Box
The pandemic has turned out to be a defining moment for CSMSG, and once the dust begins to settle the church will have a key role to play as the shock of the disease and isolation wears off and parishioners begin to process their experiences. Bringing those two pieces together, we would like to start collecting "journal moments" (for lack of a better term) from the congregation to compile as a time capsule of sorts for future generations. Perhaps a photo and/or 200(?) words from each family to capture a specific memory/experience -- loneliness, homeschooling, empty shelves, exercise routines, etc.
The idea behind soliciting moments from parishioners is to reflect the day to day realities of individuals and families in isolation, and to provide another way to bring the congregation together by using these challenging times to inform future generations.
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STEWARDSHIP
Thanks to everyone who continues to contribute to CSMSG. We are grateful that you have accepted the invitation to participate in serving and caring for our Church through your time, generosity and talent!
Would you like an easy, secure and quick way to support CSMSG? Introducing text to give on your mobile device! If you know how to send a text message, you can make a gift. Click
here
for a few quick steps. Thanks for your generosity as we continue to serve and care for each other.
It is clear that many parishioners may be facing financial challenges. Please be aware of the availability of the Pat Johnson Assistance Fund. (Some of you may have known her as Patricia Mary). This emergency fund was set up to assist parishioners who need financial support in times of need. So, if you are facing financial hardships and would benefit from monetary support, please reach out to a priest with your request and rest assured your request will remain confidential. CSMSG is here for you. Do not hesitate to seek the help you need. We are blessed to have this opportunity due to the generosity of Pat Johnson.
For those members who would like to provide financial assistance to those in need, please know you are welcome to make a contribution to the Pat Johnson Assistance Fund. Please click on the
“Give Now”
button below and follow the prompts to make a donation. The Pat Johnson Assistance is the second fund listed in the drop-down box. Or if you choose to mail in a check to the Church, please write “Pat Johnson Assistance Fund” in the memo line. We are also happy to facilitate any contributions to your pledge or any other purpose to which you want to contribute. Please do not hesitate to reach out Alexis Posnansky at
aposnanski@csmsg.org
if you have any questions.
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From the Choir Room
At the beginning of this quarantine, I was looking ahead at all the wonderful music the choir was preparing for Holy Week and Easter, and I mourned its loss. There were the Tudor pieces that require such precision, the chant-based pieces that are so beautifully haunting, and the more angular anthems with crispy suspensions resolving into sure, solid major chords. With our palette of voices, those pieces would have been so very good. I was sure I was going to mourn them for weeks.
To my surprise,
I’ve accepted that those works of choral art will live in another time and place. They’ll be there when I get back. I’ve identified what I miss so much more.
I want to sing a hymn. Any hymn. With you.
Hymns. The songs we all know, the workhorses of our liturgies. The melodies you find yourself humming when you’re doing the dishes Sunday afternoon. The alto or tenor or bass harmonies that you’ve heard so many times that they’re just as natural to you as the melody now, maybe more so.
In the choir room, we start our Sunday pre-service rehearsal with our hymns of the day. It’s the official “start” of our collective action, when we know that we’re on team time now. When Rob gives us the direction to sing a hymn “standard,” that means to us that the first verse is in unison, inner verses in harmony, and final verse in unison. The hymn
is
our standard, our building block. So many of the intricate anthems we sing come from hymn melodies. Even in other languages, we know a hymn when we hear it and it’ll bug us until we think of the English lyrics we know. Hymns are our DNA, and they are powerful when we sing them together.
We sing our hymns as a community to express our common faith, and not being able to physically do that can be a painful void in this time of social distancing. Hymns are not intended to be read or studied, but sung, with the air in your lungs moving through the instrument of your body, among the pulses of your neighbors, showing we’re alive and together despite the challenges of the world.
It isn’t the same, but with the blessing of technology we can all sing our hymns from our hearts together in spirit even now. In the next few weeks, the choir of The Church of St. Michael & St. George will be working on ways to bring us all together musically with recordings that we will create and post for you, our family of faith. We are grateful for your patience as we learn what we are doing and hopefully improve with each attempt. I for one am excited that in this musical world that we thought we knew so well, there are still frontiers to ford, and am filled with hope for connections we never dreamt possible before this challenge.
Our first effort was the hymn sung today to the tune KINGSFOLD with the text “O Jesus, crowned with all renown,” which is number 292 in
The Hymnal 1982
if you have one at hand. Please take a few moments to listen or sing along with us, and I hope that you sing loudly with all the breath you have. If you’ve always shied away from singing in church, this is your chance to shine without fear! And by the way, when we get back, there is nothing I love to hear more than you loudly singing from your pew as we pass you in procession. What a boost!
It needn’t stop there. YouTube is loaded with hymns to which we can listen, join in singing, and inwardly digest. In this season of Easter, we still need to sing our Alleluia!
Whether you use your voice or just your ears, you’re singing with your heart. Please continue to sing with us in our active, living, singing Church!
Katie Beyers
Assistant Choirmaster
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FAITH IN ACTION
HUNGER MINISTRY
Food Collection for The Last Days Apostolic Church
- Peanut butter, Jelly, Canned stews, Canned meats/fish, Soup
- Kid friendly snacks, Cereal, Mayonnaise, Mustard, Ketchup
- Ramen noodles, Rice (White/Brown/Mixes), Pasta & Pasta Sauce,
- Canned Vegetables (Peas, Corn, Green Beans, Baked Beans, Mixed Vegetables), Tomato Products
- Toilet paper, Paper towels, Sanitizing items, Plastic wrap, Soap, Dish & laundry soap
Please separate food items from nonfood items.
Drop off donations at The Church of St. Michael & St. George on the Ellenwood side on Sundays from 4:00-4:30 PM. Place in vehicles with open trunks.
Please wear masks and observe social distancing.
If you plan to bring donations, please call or text Becky Zaccarello (314.494.0788) so enough transport vehicles can be available.
VEHICLES & DRIVERS NEEDED
- Drivers must be over 21 and must not have a compromised immune system
- Wearing of mask and six-foot distancing is expected.
- Vehicles and drivers must be at Church on Sunday from 4:00-4:30 PM (Ellenwood side) with trunk open to accept donations.
- Donors will place items in your vehicle.
- Since it is unknown how many donations will be dropped off, your vehicle may not be needed. You may be asked to be a standby driver.
- You will deliver donations to Melvin Theater (2912 Chippewa, St. Louis MO 63118) on Sunday after collecting donations. This location has the space for the church to organize the food for pickup by the recipients.
- Stay in your vehicle when you get to Melvin Theater. Someone will unload the items when you get there.
HUNGER MINISTRY
- Take food to Trinity Episcopal Church. Please only bring the following items: Canned chicken, Canned fruit in 100% juice, Chili with beans, Vienna sausages, Tuna in vacuum packs, Creamy Peanut butter in regular size jars and in individual packs, Saltine crackers, Powdered milk and Boxed cereal, regular or individual size on Tuesdays from 10 AM-1 PM or Thursdays 2-3:30 PM at 600 N. Euclid, St. Louis MO 63108. Contact: Rev. Barbi Click at barbi@trinitycwe.org or 817.312.4430.
- Send a monetary contribution to Trinity Food Ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church (600 N. Euclid Ave., St. Louis MO 63108), Operation Food Search (Online or send a check to Operation Food Search 1644 Lotsie Blvd., St. Louis MO 63132) or to Gateway 180 (1000 19th Street, St. Louis, MO 63104)
- Questions: Contact Becky Zaccarello (b.zaccarello@gmail.com) or Alison Wiedle (arwiedle@sbcglobal.net)
HUNGER MINISTRY
thanks the Church Service League for the $500 donation.
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CAN YOU HELP MAKE MASKS?
The women of St. Francis in Eureka, MO have received a request to sew COVID-19 masks for St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO and are asking for help in meeting this request. The need is great and we know we can count on the good people of the Episcopal Diocese to help. The volunteer coordinator at St. Luke’s stated they will need 5,000 masks per day within the next couple of weeks.
More info
Mary Beth Tipton is working with the Transition Center of St. Louis also in need of masks. To help, email her at
mtipton@csmsg.org
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Help Bring More SMILEs to The Church of St. Michael & St. George
You can support CSMSG every time you shop at
Amazon.com
by using AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know and use…low prices, vast selection, and convenience, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to CSMSG!
Here’s the scoop: To shop at AmazonSmile, simply go to
smile.amazon.com
. On your first visit to AmazonSmile select Church of St. Michael & St. George as your charitable organization to support. Do this before you begin shopping, and then every eligible purchase you make at
smile.amazon.com
will result in a donation to CSMSG.
Thanks for getting your Smile on with CSMSG!
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CHILDREN'S MINISTRY
In honor of Mother’s Day, Church School students learned about Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, and other mothers from the Bible. Children’s Education Director Mary Beth Tipton explained how to use flowers and other plants to make lovely flower prints. Take the Mothers of the Bible quiz and watch the craft video in the
Church School Email
.
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YOUTH MINISTRY
Looking for ways to connect while we’re apart? Join us for a
Youth Group
as we live stream every Wednesday night at 7 PM on ZOOM.
Email Kyle:
ktallman@csmsg.org
for the zoom link.
Sunday School
at 11:15 AM Sunday mornings on Instagram Live!
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FIND US ON INSTAGRAM
Sunday School - Sunday mornings @ 11:15 AM
HS Girls Bible Study Tuesdays NOON
Youth Group - Wednesday nights @ 7:00 PM
Find us on Instagram:
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PARENT LINK
COVID PARENT RESOURCE
webpage -
Check out this
webpage
for current information for parents and families under Parent Link on CSMSG website.
THURSDAY MORNING PLAYGROUP:
Zoom to the rescue! Parents of newborns to preschoolers! The next “gathering” via Zoom will be at 10:30 AM on Thursday, May 21. Please email
marty@csmsg.org
to receive a ZOOM invitation for this gathering.
FAITHFUL GENERATIONS:
Join this class TODAY at 2 PM via Zoom for t
he final week
of
Barking to the Choir
by Gregory Boyle. We will discuss Chapter 9 and 10.
We will decide on our next book. This class is going to continue meeting, ALL are invited to join.
Please email
marty@csmsg.org
if you would like a Zoom invitation!
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Be on the lookout for a phone call from Church Receptionist Becky Arthur and other staff members as we update our Realm directory. Now, more than ever we need up-to-date email addresses and phone numbers. Thank you in advance for your help!
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