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Dragon Tales E-News
May 24, 2023
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A Note From Reverend Peter | |
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One of my favorite prayers comes from the Iona Abbey Worship Book. One day I might make it to Iona for a pilgrimage—although it would be hard to go to Scotland for something other than golf. And frankly going on a pilgrimage to a place where everyone else is on their own pilgrimage doesn’t sound like my idea of a pilgrimage.
Anyway, here’s the prayer:
Before God and you who are near me,
I release anything I hold against you;
I regret all I have done to harm you;
I stand beside the wrong in my life
And ask for God’s forgiveness.
For some of us, the first four lines are the easiest. Sometimes it’s easier to do the internal work ourselves, on our own. It might even be less painful to own our sin, as the fourth line suggests. To actually acknowledge that we’re imperfect, that we get it wrong.
What I come to often times is the grace that comes in the last line. How difficult it is to ask for God’s forgiveness, fully knowing that I have already been forgiven.
And how to make this individual action part of how we shape and live in our communities! We can’t just say ‘we’re forgiven’ and move on as if nothing has happened. We need to be just as quick to forgive! How would our world be changed if we embraced the truth that we are both flawed and forgiven.
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Due to technical difficulties with the phone system in the office, we have not been able to retrieve messages. If you need to contact the office and you get the answering machine, leave your message on Extension 125. | |
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Check your pockets for extra keys!
If you have a key to the Formation Building and are not currently actively conducting or supporting a program in the Formation Building, please turn the key in to the office as soon as you can. Thank you!
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Please give weekly if you are choosing not to pledge!
Giving is Easy! Pledge Here:
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NAMETAGS ARE HERE!
Can't remember the name of someone you've seen and talked to over and over?
The Outreach Council decided nametags would be the best way to strengthen our community and welcome newcomers. Nametags for all adult parishioners will be hung up on the board outside the Sanctuary this week. All nametags will be inside the Narthex of the church for now. There will also be a board for nametags in the side (Annex) entrance, which we will start using in the coming weeks. We are aiming for 100% nametags so no one is left out. There are sticker nametags for guests, new parishioners, or those without nametags. If you don't see your nametag or your name is written incorrectly, please make a note on the paper next to the nametag board and we will make one for you. You can also email Molly Owens for nametag name changes at msowens817@gmail.com.
Please wear your nametag during the service and coffee hour if you attend! There are baskets at all the church and Parish Hall exits for your nametag when you leave. Please drop your nametags in the basket before you leave. Nametags will be set up and waiting for you next Sunday.
Thank you for giving this new initiative a try and extending grace as the kinks are worked out!
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SMC-Hupp Music Scholarship
St. Margaret’s Church strongly believes in supporting music education and the positive impact that music and the arts has on the community. Thanks to the vision of the Hupp family we are pleased to offer a $1500 non-renewable scholarship to a graduating Anne Arundel County high school senior accepted to major in a collegiate music program. Applicants are required to submit an essay, performance recordings, and a music teacher’s endorsement. Additionally, scholarship recipients are invited to perform at St. Margaret's. To view application materials for our 2023 scholarship, click the link below. Application deadline is May 31.
https://www.st-margarets.org/smc-hupp-music-scholarship.html
| Can You Help With Set Up, Clean Up, or Staffing the grill for our Parish Picnic? Sign Up Here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4EA5AF23A0F49-parish | |
The Women’s Guild Spring Luncheon will be at Café Mezzanotte on Monday, June 5. Cost is $40.00 per person and must be paid by Sunday, May 28. All are welcome. Bring a friend! Payment can be made by check (please write in memo line Women’s Guild) or through Realm. If paying through Realm, please let Judy Hall know that you have made a payment.
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The Lighthouse Food Drive will be coming this June! Watch here for updates!
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VESTRY- The Vestry of the church, our group of twelve elected lay representatives who help the Rector run the church, meets on the third Tuesday of every month except August. The meetings are hybrid and are open to the congregation to attend. Please let the Rector or the Senior Warden know in advance if you’d like to attend and if you have a matter to bring. You need to be on the agenda to have a voice. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, June 20th at 7pm.
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You recently heard about Masquerade for Missions, the planned gala to raise much-needed funds for our grants program. To be held on campus, Saturday, October 14th, tickets to this exciting evening will cover catered food and drinks, with hourly star-tenders and their signature cocktails. Swing with your partner to live music, and capture your silly in the photo booth. Our live auction will thrill and inspire you. Plan to partner up with friends or family for vacation get-aways, boat excursions, dining events and more.
To make this a truly special evening we need "one-of-a-kind" donations for our live auction packages. Please consider donating an experience (think sports tickets; boating on our beautiful Chesapeake Bay; live entertainment; vacation homes; fine jewelry; private chef services; lunch with your famous friend – wait is that you with Cal Ripken at Grumps?!). Contact Fran Becker, fran.becker10@gmail.com or Anne Sessions, akslctm@earthlink.net. THANK YOU!
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Vacation Bible School Registration is Open!!
VBS will have the theme Stellar: Shine Jesus' Light! Camp will run the week of June 26th to June 30th from 9am to 12:30pm for children entering Pre-K to Middle School. High Schoolers and Adults needed as volunteers. Please email Emily at emily@st-margarets.org for more information.
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Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations
Task Force Update
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Sunday, June 18th 1:00-8:00pm at Brownswood Park
Annual Father’s Day Foundation, St. Margaret’s community partners, is hosting their 3rd Annual Father’s Day Celebration! Fellowship, family fun, face painting, food, music and more! Stop by to show St. Margaret’s support for AFDF’s commitment to family, community and service. https://www.annualfathersdayfoundation.com/events
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Saturday, August 26th
The 60th Anniversary of The March on Washington will be recreated in Washington, D.C. and in Annapolis! Details to come.
All Are Welcome to TRR Meetings!
May 24th 7:00pm AFDF & TRR meeting
May 30th 7:00pm TRR Meeting via Zoom
Contact Beth Kopack esolchamp@icloud.com to participate.
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Annapolis Pride Festival on June 3rd
Hello all! Pride Parade is drawing ever nearer! Thank you to all who have expressed interest in participating and to all who have offered to help! Below are some updates!
1) If you offered to help assemble ribbon wands, a bag with your name on it containing materials has been placed in the narthex, under the name tag board across from the bathroom. Please return the assembled wands to the narthex when you have finished (No later than June 1st please) and text me when you have so I can pick them up (410-271-0776). If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call or text.
2) We are still in desperate need of people to staff our SMC booth during the Pride Festival!! If you are willing to volunteer one (or more) hour(s) please use the signup genius below. This will be an excellent way to reach out to our community about how uniquely accepting, caring, and inclusive SMC is! It will also be a lot of fun! We need two people per shift from 11-5 and have three people in total now! Please help! (I may need someone to drive our float (My truck) because I might be at the table!)
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4EA5AF23A0F49-pride1
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3) Jeff Conover and the Youth group are busy constructing a “Six-Foot-Tall Rainbow Dragon” out of paper Mache to be the centerpiece of our float!! Amazing! We will need A LOT of rainbow colors of paint! If you have any left-over cans of paint in ‘rainbow’ colors you would like to donate to the cause, please bring it in to the church. I will leave a collection box in the narthex! If you are interested in further assisting with the design, please use the signup genius below.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4EA5AF23A0F49-pride
4) We are hoping that the addition of a float will make “marching” in the parade more available to those who may have small children or who may not be able to walk the entire route but still want to participate. If you are interested in joining us in our march, please use the signup genius below! It is a blast and the more people, the more fun it will be!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4EA5AF23A0F49-pride1
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IMMEDIATE UPCOMING EVENTS/OUTREACH CALENDAR
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT SMC's MISSIONS
Light House: Ongoing: Sign up to prepare and deliver food to Light House for one (or more!) of SMC's Monthly Dinners in 2023. For more information and to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4aaba62fa7f85-smclight
ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE WILL BE IN JUNE! More information soon!
SMC POC for 2023: Janet Allen, Light House Dinner Coordinator
443-717-4190, janettuckerallen@gmail.com
Dinner Cooks Needed: Light House currently provides dinners year round for 50 community members in need. St. Margaret’s Church parishioners provide and prepare that meal just one night a month. For now, the work involves planning, purchasing and preparing the meal offsite and delivering it to Light House. It is a great activity to share with friends, relatives or groups of which you are a part. Thank you to those who have already signed up for this year’s dinners. Please consider signing up for the remaining date: November 22. Preparing a meal for 50 is a big undertaking in both time and talent, but knowing you have been a part of helping others makes it all worthwhile. Thank you.
Light House: Ongoing: Donate REQUESTED food and other items to Light House by placing in the designated area under the window in the Narthex. Please see list of needed items here: https://annapolislighthouse.org/get-involved/needs/
SMC POC: Pam Roth, SMC's Light House Donation Coordinator rothsbythebay@verizon.net
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Servers have been added to Realm connect: check on your profile page under "serving." For more info about how to find your schedule, contact JoEllyn Fountain at jfountain777@gmail.com | |
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May 28- **, (No Sunday School)
June 4- ***, Start of Summer Service Schedule, Bluegrass Sunday, Parish Picnic
June 11- ***, Baptism Sunday, Communion Class following 10am service, Confirmation Service at Cathedral of the Incarnation, Baltimore, 3pm
June 18- ***
June 20- Vestry Meeting 7pm
June 25- ***
June 26-June 30- VBS 9am-12:30pm
July 2- ***
July 9- ***
July 16- ***
July 23- ***
July 29- Square Dance Social 4pm-6pm
July 30- ***
** Unless otherwise noted, Sunday Services are 7:30am, 9am, and 11:15am; and Sunday School is 10:15am-11am every Sunday. Other events listed are IN ADDITION.
***Summer Service Schedule is 7:30am and 10am, with Lemonade Hour following the 10am service.
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