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Weekly eNews

June 7, 2024

This Weekend & The Week Ahead

Rev. Frank Allen Meet & Greet

This Sunday, 9:15 - 10:10 AM


What are Rev. Frank’s favorite pastimes? When and how did he hear his call to ministry? What are three unique facts about him? Join in the sanctuary at 9:15 AM for a Meet & Greet to hear the answers to these and your questions to get better acquainted with Rev. Frank Allen, our Priest in Residence for the next two months while Matt continues his sabbatical. Join live or online.

Musical Notes

LEVAS Hymnals & Summer Choir


It was wonderful seeing the Lift Every Voice and Sing (LEVAS) Hymnals being used in last Sunday’s services, but unfortunately some have gone missing. If you inadvertently took one out to your car on Sunday, please bring it back. These are generously on loan to us for the month of June while we enjoy these African-American spirituals and gospel music as a part of our liturgy. 

Next, as a reminder, all are welcome to join Summer Choir to help lead hymns and sing an easy offertory anthem during the 10:30 AM summer services. No need to make a weekly commitment - come when you can! Simply meet in the Choir Room at 10:00 AM for a brief rehearsal. Contact Amalia at amalia@stmikeschurch.com with any questions.

Pikes Peak Pride

This Saturday & Sunday

"God Paints in All Colors"


Pikes Peak Pride Festival is this weekend, and if you find yourself available to volunteer, it's not too late. Click below to sign up as a part of this "Affirming 365" collaboration to support Pikes Peak Pride.

Sign Up with Pikes Peak Pride

Or to represent the Episcopal Church in Colorado at the Grace and St. Stephen's welcome booth, click the link below. For more information on either of these opportunities, contact Katherine Brennan at clanbrennan@hotmail.com or Rev. Vicki at vicki@stmikeschurch.com.

Sign Up with Grace & St. Stephen's

Hymn Sing & Ice Cream Social

Next Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30 PM


If you were in church last Sunday, you likely noticed that Rev. Frank is quite musically gifted. He and Amalia will be leading us in our first ever St. Michael’s Hymn Sing on the Pavilion (weather permitting) - followed by another of Rev. Frank's favorites, ice cream - next Thursday evening, June 13, and you won’t want to miss it! It’s not too late to request a favorite hymn….Traditional, Gospel, Spiritual, Children’s, Modern…anything goes! Drop your request into the basket located in the Gathering Space or email Amalia at amalia@stmikeschurch.com.

Care & Share Support

Next Friday, June 14

AM & PM Shifts


Next Friday, a group from St. Michael’s will be volunteering at Care & Share, and there are still available slots. As you pack food with others from St. Michael’s to be distributed to our food insecure neighbors, you will learn more about the wonderful work being done at Care & Share, you will have some laughs with fellow parishioners, and you’ll leave with a sense of accomplishment! Click below to sign up using the event reservation code of StMichaels. Contact Justin Morrill at justin_morrill@msn.com with any questions.

Sign Up to Volunteer at Care & Share

Summer Yoga

Continues next Tuesday

Yoga 11:15 AM / Lunch 12:00


Summer yoga with Amalia continues next Tuesday. All levels are encouraged to join at 11:15 AM for yoga class and stay after for a "bring your own lunch" time of fellowship from 12:00 – 1:00 PM. No RSVP required. Come as you are!


Spiritual Practices Online

Next Wednesday, June 12

6:30 - 7:00 PM


The Well's rotating Spiritual Practices Online continue next Wednesday evening. Join on Zoom for 30 minutes to experience The Examen, the second practice in their rotation. Click below to visit The Well’s website page to learn more about each of these practices being offered and to access the Zoom link. The schedule and link will also be available via the parish calendar and under Worship & Online on the website. Join as you can to experience these! 

Learn More & Access Zoom Link

Young Episcopalians in Service (YES) Trip

Leaving Sunday!


Owen Copps and 30 middle and high school students from across the diocese are headed to Albuquerque, New Mexico from this Sunday to the following Saturday to serve beyond our walls in the community there. Please pray for these young people and adults as they seek to make an impact through their interactions and work while also making new discoveries about themselves, God, and the world during this time of service. 

On the Calendar

This Sunday, June 9

Third Sunday After Pentecost

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

10:30 AM Holy Eucharist with Choir

- Watch on YouTube

- Watch on Facebook

- Worship Bulletin

Education & More! 

9:15 AM No Sunday Forum or Education for the summer months

9:15 AM Rev. Frank Allen Meet & Greet

- Watch on YouTube

- Watch on Facebook

Nursery Care is available for Children 5 and under 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM.

Join for Coffee Hour after each service.

View Weekly Church Calendar

Creation Justice

June E-Tip


Conduct a plastics audit! Consider your daily plastic use and how you can change it. Switch to wooden cutlery sets for travel, metal straws, refillable water bottles, glass food storage containers, and bamboo toothbrushes. Look for eco-friendly packaging and buy items in bulk. Click below to take a "7-day fight plastic waste challenge" and get more ideas.

Take the Plastic Challenge

Scammers Continue

Widespread Scam Texts Sent


We hope you saw the email from the church on Wednesday alerting you to the widespread scam texts parishioners were receiving from Rev. Matt and Sr Warden, Russ Howell. The church staff have taken a number of steps to protect our information against an occurrence like this one again. But we ask you to please be extra vigilant as well in confirming the sender’s identity before replying to text or email requests, and before opening attachments or clicking on links. 

Upcoming Events & Parish Life

A Sacred Walk

Labyrinth, June 16, 9:15 - 10:15 AM


Come to the Multipurpose Room next Sunday, June 16 between 9:15 and 10:15 AM to walk and pray. A labyrinth walk may include a prayer for release, centering, discernment, care, or praise. If you have never walked a labyrinth, a brief overview of labyrinth prayer will be offered at 9:15. Otherwise, drop in during the hour as your schedule permits. Our labyrinth is cloth, so please bring clean socks, as we cannot have shoes on the labyrinth. 

Purple Tea Party

June 20, 3:00 - 4:30 PM


Our second annual Purple Tea Party is quickly approaching, and we hope you have this on your calendars. Please plan to share in this meaningful time of gathering for all parishioners...but particularly those with cognitive decline and their care givers. Who doesn't love a tea party?!?!? WEAR PURPLE in recognition of dementia/Alzheimer's month (combining the stability of blue and the passionate energy of red)! All are welcome and no RSVP is required. 

SJB Docent-Led Viewings

Schedule yours this summer!


Bring your visiting family and friends to St. Michael’s this summer to experience the first handwritten illuminated Bible in over 500 years! The Saint John’s Bible docents are ready and eager to guide small groups in seeing the Bible up close and personal. You can easily schedule a time and date that is convenient for you so please consider adding The Saint John’s Bible to your list of activities. You can contact Linda Page at lindajpage@comcast.net or you can request a time on the St. Michael’s website by clicking below. 

Schedule a Visit with the SJB

Cathedral Ridge Adult/Family Camps

In addition to camps for 3rd graders through high schoolers, Cathedral Ridge has two other camps of which we’d like our St. Michael’s family to be aware.  

Intergenerational PRIDE Family Camp, June 13-16: Join for an intergenerational PRIDE Camp open to LGBTQIA singles, couples, and families. The Rev. Tory Moir, priest in the Diocese of Colorado, will serve as chaplain with the theme of "Love without Fear." 

Care of Creation Family Camp, June 20-23: Join for a time of "Awe and Wonder" to explore this “wildly, wonderful world” God made and called “good.” In addition to traditional camp activities, they will have two wolf pups to delight and teach about wolves as well as a telescope viewing of the full "Strawberry Moon" on June 22.

Click below for more information or to register, and contact Deacon Linda Brown at codeaconljb2011@gmail.com with any questions.

Learn More & Sign Up

Electronics Recycling Week

June 24 - 29


Pack up all your old electronics and dispose of them safely at E-Tech Recyclers, 2854 N. Prospect Street. St Michael’s Creation Care Team has partnered with E-Tech Recyclers to provide responsible recycling services at a discount during the week of June 24-29. Televisions, monitors, computers and/or any other corded or battery-operated devices are eligible for this program. But you must have a St Mike’s coupon to qualify for the discount. Click below for more information and to register for your coupon. Contact Jon Numair at jnumair@verizon.net with any questions.

Learn more & Sign up for E-Recycling Week

40s and 50s "Fire & Ice"

June 28, 5:00 - 8:00 PM


Join the 40s and 50s group for "Fire & Ice" on the plaza and lawn behind the church. They’ll supply the proteins for the bbq and ice for the coolers. It's BYOB (beverage), BYOC (lawn chair) and a side or dessert to share. This potluck celebration will be complete with lawn games - and rumor has it - the sounds of summer brought to you LIVE! Click below to sign up, and please let us know what you'll be bringing to share.

Sign Up for 40s & 50s Potluck

Altar Flower Donations

Only 5 Spots Left in 2024


If you are interested in sponsoring the Sunday Altar Flowers in thanksgiving for or in memory of a loved one for a $50 donation, please be aware there are only five dates available for the remainder of 2024. So, act quickly by clicking below. to sign up.

Donate to Altar Flowers

Chuckwagon Supper Show

Flying W Ranch, July 18

ALL PARISH EVENT!


We have a great group of roughly 20 strong already signed up to join on Thursday, July 18, from 5:00 - 8:30 PM for supper and a musical show featuring the Flying W Wranglers, but there's definitely room for more! All-inclusive tickets MUST BE PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM FLYING W RANCH BY CLICKING HERE. Once you've purchased tickets, click below to let us know you're coming so we can plan for our group. Act fast as these tickets are selling out quickly! Contact Amalia at amalia@stmikeschurch.com with any questions.

Let Us Know You're Coming

Vacation Bible School

LEGO VBS: Faith Builders

Late Registrations Still Available & More Build Days

 

Even though the deadline to receive a VBS T-shirt has passed, registrations are still open for our immersive three-evening experience available for 4-years-olds through rising 6th graders on June 24 – 26 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Rising 7th graders through graduating seniors are invited to serve as teen helpers. Click below to learn more and to sign up participants and volunteers. BRING YOUR FRIENDS – all are welcome! 

Build Days: If you haven’t already seen, the Multipurpose Room transformation into a VBS wonderland is well underway, but we still have two more build days and could use more helping hands. Click below to sign up. 

Sign Up for VBS or to Volunteer
Sign Up for VBS Build Days

Parish Retreat & Family Camp

August 9-11

Cathedral Ridge Camp

SIGN-UPS HALFWAY FULL!


After an amazing retreat last year where over 80 parishioners participated, we are returning to Cathedral Ridge Camp and Retreat Center for a fourth straight year! This fun and faith-filled weekend will include activities, games, and programming for every age. All are welcome! Registration deadline is July 1, but at the rate we're going, spaces will likely fill before then. Click below to get more information and to reserve your spot.

Learn More & Sign Up for Parish Retreat

Quick Links of Interest


Birthdays This Week:


June 10 - Shay Anderson

June 10 - Ashlynn Lowenberg

June 10 - Emily McMorran

June 10 - Katie Tompkins

June 10 - Abigail Trevillian

June 11 - Elizabeth Reid

June 11 - Sue Wiseman

June 12 - Jennifer Carpenter

June 13 - Hank Pricenski

June 15 - Leeann Blaskowsky

June 15 - Gerry Forster

June 15 - Gloria Johnson

June 15 - Kay Wettemann


Anniversaries This Week:


June 9 - Mary & Steven Ferner

June 10 - Candy & Ronald Chernak

June 10 - Christopher & Meggie Kean

June 11 - Laura & Tom DiSilverio

June 11 - Carrie Petersen & Ron Rizer

June 11 - Brett & Jennie Wandfluh

June 12 - Jim & Sally Wessely

June 14 - Sue & John Bessette

June 14 - Daniel Foster & Brent Thompson

June 15 - Dean & Vicki Logemann

St. Michael's Episcopal Church

7400 Tudor Road

Colorado Springs, CO 80919


www.stmikeschurch.com

Office Telephone: 719-598-3244

Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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