Weekly eNews

March 15, 2024

This Week at St. Michael's

St. Patrick's Fish Fry-day

Today, Friday, March 15

The annual Fish Fry is tonight from 5:30 - 7:30 PM! Come join as the St. Mike's BBQ Ministry serves up a delicious meal alongside your favorite Irish (or not) beverage to celebrate the patron Saint of Ireland. Suggested donation of $10. There's still time to RSVP to attend and/or to help.

Sunday Forum: Ta-LENT

This Sunday, 9:15 AM

How is LENT inviting you to use your God-given taLENTs in new ways? Come join Rev. Vicki to discover how to further develop your spiritual muscle to serve.

Family Sunday School

"A Morning with The Saint John's Bible"

This Sunday, 9:15 AM

This month's Family Sunday School, in which parents are invited to accompany their children to Sunday School, will be led by our Saint John's Bible docents. This will be a wonderful opportunity to engage in imaginative bible study as a family using the first handwritten and illuminated bible in over 500 years!

IHN Volunteer Lunch

This Sunday, 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Multipurpose Room

Thanks be to God and your generosity, we have filled all but a couple of slots for our upcoming IHN hosting week. We ask that all volunteers PLEASE plan to attend the Volunteer Lunch Meeting this Sunday, March 17 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM. Click below to RSVP if you haven't already. Even if you have been involved before, there are always changes and new pieces of information to pass along. Plus it's a great opportunity for some additional fellowship! Please contact our IHN Co-Leaders Kelly Belvis at kellydean0409@gmail.com or Andy Laffely at alaffely@msn.com with any questions.

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Easter Flowers & Brass

Donations Due March 20

Your donations toward Easter flowers and brass truly make a difference, and we are honestly far behind where we would like to be with donations thus far. Please help us fill the church with beautiful flowers and wonderful brass music (for both the 8:00 & 10:30 AM services) by making a donation in thanksgiving for or in memory of a loved one.

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Also this weekend & the week ahead....

Handbell Choir, Sunday, 8:00 & 10:30 AM

We are grateful to have the Handbell Choir enhancing our worship experience this Sunday at both services.

Baptism Prep Class, Sunday, 9:15 AM

This three-part series continues with its final class exploring the symbols of baptism. Join Rev. Matt in the downstairs Chapel.

BeYou!, Sunday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Since there's no Youth Group during Holy Week, we hope everyone will gather at BeYou! (First Lutheran Church, 1515 N Cascade Ave) on Sunday for a "journey through Holy Week" with lots of fun activities that might even include an Easter Egg hunt. Email owencopps@stmikeschurch.com with questions.

Easter Candy Donations, Due Wednesday

Please drop off any final peanut-free candy for our Easter Egg hunt by this Wednesday, March 20, as our middle and high schoolers will be stuffing eggs during youth group this week. Many thanks in advance!

Lenten Soup Suppers, Wednesday, March 20

Soup Suppers continue this Wednesday from 5:30 - 7:00 PM with a discussion of the fifth practice helping us follow in the "Way of Love:" BLESS. Click below to sign up to bring soup or just yourselves and your appetites.

On the Calendar

This Sunday, March 17

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Volunteer to Help with Worship this Sunday

Worship Volunteers Needed

Can you be an usher, greeter, lay reader, nursery helper, or assist with coffee hour?

Click above to sign up today & thank you!

Worship with Us

8:00 AM Holy Eucharist with Handbell Choir

10:30 AM Holy Eucharist with Adult Choir & Handbell Choir

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Education & More!

9:15 AM Education for All

Sunday Forum - Ta-LENT

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9:15 AM Baptism Prep Class

Nursery Care is available for Children 5 and under 7:45 - 12:00 PM.

Join for Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall after the service.

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It's hard to believe we will celebrate Palm Sunday next Sunday, marking the beginning of Holy Week. Please prayerfully consider the numerous upcoming activities available to enhance your journey through this most sacred time of the year leading to the cross and the resurrection.

Palm Sunday Offerings

Brunch, Bread Making, & Music Interest Session

In addition to our palms procession and worship services, there are several other activities happening on Palm Sunday:

Palm Sunday Brunch: Following both the 8:00 & 10:30 services, please join for our annual Palm Sunday brunch in the Parish Hall. No RSVP is required to attend, but we are still needing volunteers to contribute items and help prepare, serve, and clean up. Please click below to learn more and to sign up.
Communion Bread Making: At 9:30 AM, children of all ages are invited to the Multipurpose Room to make communion bread with Owen that will be used during our Maundy Thursday worship service.
Children & Youth Music Interest Session: Immediately following 10:30 Worship, Children, Youth, and their families are invited to gather in the sanctuary for a Music Interest Session led by Amalia to discuss opportunities for young people to share their musical talents both at Children & Youth Sunday and Sundays beyond.

Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service

March 28, 7:00 PM

The Seraphim Choir is excited to present “We Remember Calvary,” a contemporary Tenebrae service by Joel Raney. Derived from the Latin word for “shadows,” a tenebrae service recreates the emotional and spiritual aspects of the passion story. In this, seven candles will be lit at the beginning of the service and gradually extinguished as the story of Christ’s final hours is told. Foot washing is optional followed by the stripping of the altar and the overnight Garden Watch.

Overnight Garden Watch

Maundy Thursday PM - Good Friday AM

"So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?" After the last supper, Jesus and the disciples went into the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus asked his disciples to stay awake with him. Our Garden Watch is an opportunity to sit in the church, pray, meditate, and stay awake with Jesus. We have two spots available for each hour from 8:00 PM Thursday through 9:00 AM Friday. Thank you for helping us mark this solemn occasion by signing up below. Instructions will be provided during Holy Week if you register.

Good Friday Offerings

Reading the Gospels, Liturgy & Passion Reading, Stations of the Cross

Commemorate this most holy day when Jesus suffered and died for our sins through the following:

Reading of the Gospels, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM: Spend an hour (or more) with The Saint John’s Bible, reading aloud with others supported by a trained docent. Learn more and sign up below.
Liturgy & Passion Reading, 2:00 PM: Our Good Friday Liturgy will include a powerful reading of the Passion narrative, sermon, and prayers. Join us in-person or online. Nursery provided.
Stations of the Cross, 3:00 PM: Walk with Rev. Matt around our campus visiting 14 stations as we reflect on Jesus' final moments and journey to the cross. Meet in front of the church at 3:00 PM.

Upcoming Events & Parish Life

Creating Space

Saturday, March 23, 9:00 AM - Noon

As we prepare for Holy Week, Creating Space will explore the expression of prayer through music using the lens of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Please bring your sketchbook, journal, or favorite nap-mat and blanket. Shalom!

Middle School Lock-in

Overnight, April 5 - 6

Middle Schoolers are invited to spend the night at St. Michael's! They will eat dinner, play games throughout the church, watch a movie, and hopefully get some sleep as well! Drop off kiddos with sleeping bags in hand at 6:00 PM Friday night and retrieve them pancake-filled at 9:00 AM on Saturday.

Gently Used Furniture Needed

Can you help?

In preparation for The Rev. Frank Allen's stay in the Rectory while Rev. Matt is on sabbatical, please help us enhance the space with gently used furniture and other items. Click below to see the needed items and to learn more.

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