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1704 NE 43rd Avenue • Portland, Oregon 97213 • 503.284.7141
Sunday Services:
7:30/Rite I
9:00 & 11:00/Rite II with Supplemental Liturgical materials
1:00 pm Misa en Español

"Chicago" gals, February 2011

Broadway Night, Saturday, May 12, 6:30 pm

This annual fundraiser for the music program at St. Michael’s is coming up fast! Get your tickets on Sunday for a fabulous night of fine dining and entertainment put on by your own St. Michael’s Singers. Tickets are $40 each, or you can invite your friends and reserve a table for only $50 extra (includes a bottle of wine).

Taizé Prayers, Monday, May 14

All are invited to join us at 7:00 pm for Taizé Prayer Service, taking place every second Monday of the month in the Nativity Hall. The service includes quiet, contemplative songs and silence as well as meditative moments of scripture and prayers. Read more.

Family Worship, Saturday, May 19

All families are invited to our Family Worship Service. Music Makers happens at 4:30 pm, followed by a short, family-friendly  liturgy with Eucharist at 5:00 pm. Plan to stay for a potluck supper following the service. Read more.

The Day of Pentecost, Sunday, May 27

Pentecost 2011

Come celebrate Pentecost the St. Michael’s way! That includes Festive Eucharists, St. Michael’s Singers at 9:00 and 11:00 am, lots of balloons, Pentecost cake and strawberries, parishioners “speaking in tongues” (various languages), and congregants dressed in their finest red, orange and yellow. Click here  for a signup form to help.

To check the “lineup” for Sunday mornings, see the Liturgical Ministers Schedule for May. It contains the clergy, liturgical ministers, coffee hour hosts, Vestry greeters, and childcare providers scheduled for all four services as well as the readings for each week.

Outreach & Community Involvement

Brian Tierney Update
Thank you to all who have already reached out to Brian with cards, donations, meals, and prayers, and to all those who attended the amazing concert on April 22. The family has  set up an account at Unitas Community Credit Union, P.O. Box 1937, Portland, 97207. Please make checks payable to the credit union and write “Brian Tierney Fund” in the memo line. Brian is now at home and continues to improve.

Sunday, April 22, 10:10 am, New City Initiative
St. Michael’s is beginning the process of finding out how to support homeless families.  The Forum speakers today will make a joint presentation on how we can “adopt” a homeless family by becoming part of their support network as they transition from homelessness into housing. Read more about the Sunday presentation. Click here for EMO’s newsletter.

Sunday, May 6, 10:10 am, Occupy Portland Panel
The Forum today promises to be an eye-opener! The panel will share with us what they do and why they do it. Their focus is on peaceful social protest. Come to listen and learn, and be sure to bring your questions.

Tuesday, May 8, 6:00 pm, El Porvenir potluck
Come to share joys and accomplishments and look for areas of cooperation between St. Michael’s and Fremont United Methodist. Read more.

Bread for the World Sunday, May 20; Forum at 10:10 am
Come to hear more about Bread for the World’s activities and how you can make your voice heard about our country’s priorities.  Read more.

For ways to stay informed of global relief efforts, visit Episcopal Relief and Development. To read the latest issue of Lamplight, a Newsletter of the U.S. Disaster Program, click here.

To learn more about how committed Episcopalians are working for a better world, please visit Episcopal Public Policy Network. Or visit the EPPN’s Action Center for links directing you to ways in which you can make an immediate difference.

To view a copy of the 2011 Annual Report, please click here. It contains a good overview of parish programs as well as parish statistics and financial information.

April and May Adult Forums, 10:10 am, Nativity Hall
To read more about these upcoming Forums, click here.

2012 Cake Auction - Angel bread

April 15   No Forum today; don’t miss the Annual Cake Auction to benefit the MOWs’ building improvement projects!

April 22   New City Initiative

April 29   No Forum today; Bishop’s Visitation

May 6   Occupy Portland Movement

May 13   No Forum today;  enjoy your Mother’s Day!

May 20   Bread for the World Sunday

May 27   No Forum today;  The Day of Pentecost, with festive Eucharists and receptions

Book Studies

The St. Michael’s Daytime Book Group has finished reading Parker Palmer’s Healing the Heart of Democracy and will continue to meet the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month in the Raphael House (formerly Room A).  On May 21, we will meet to discuss Christianity After Religion, by Diana Butler Bass. Newcomers welcome!

The St. Michael’s Book Group is now reading The Case for God, by Karen Armstrong, which is available for purchase in the church office for $11.50.

The Circle of Trust group is leading four Thursday gatherings entitled Bread for the Post-Easter Journey. Over bread, cheese, and fruit, the group will read and reflect on select writings from John Kater, Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, and Parker Palmer.

Please click here for more information about these book studies.

Episcopal 101 returns in May
Join Rector Chris Craun, Assistant Rector Gabe Lamazares, and Associate Clergy David Perry and Caroline Litzenberger for another series of inquirers’ classes, to be held on four Wednesday evenings in May.  Read more.

Parish Life

April 27-May 22    Stewardship Small-group Gatherings
Be sure to attend one of the small-group gatherings happening on various days of the week and different hours of the day. Parishioners will host some of these gatherings, and others will be held at the church. Rector Chris Craun and members of your staff and Vestry will be at every gathering. Please come to share your ideas and vision for St. Michael’s.  Read more.

2011 Dragonslayers

Sunday afternoons, April 29-June 3   Return of the Dragonslayers!
Come cheer on your St. Michael’s softball team.  Click here for the schedule and locations through June 3.  Click here for photos of a 2011 game.

Sundays, May 6-23, 3:00-4:00 pm   Nia Exercise Classes
All are invited to try Nia, an exercise program led by our Promotores de Salud (Health Promoters), for a dynamic cardiovascular workout.  Read more.

Friday-Sunday, May 18-20    Men’s Retreat
The men of St. Michael’s are going on retreat! Join us at a retreat center near Silverton for a weekend of building community, deepening our faith, and having fun! Sign up in the Gallery.  Read more.

Mondays, May-July, 6:00 – 9:00 pm: 
Registration for Food Preservation Classes now open
Urban Growth Bounty, from the City of Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, is offering a series of  hands-on food preservation classes in St. Michael’s Parish Hall and kitchen. Click here for more information and registration.

Youth News

Every Sunday, 10:10 am   All youth are welcome to hang out and eat snacks in St. Michael’s House between the 9:00 and 11:00 am services.
2nd and 4th Sundays, 2:15 pm  All youth are welcome to join our bilingual Grupo Juvenil, which takes place during the convivio, the meal following the 1:00 Misa.

Sundays, May 6 & 20, 12:30 pm   Mission trip meetings continue in Nativity Hall.  The Youth Variety Show (The Big Easy, in honor of our mission-trip destination of New Orleans) on April 21 was an awesome success, raising close to $2,000 and providing dinner and entertainment to over 75 folks! Click here for photos of the event.

Friday, May 11   First Friday madness continues with an outing to Sky High, a trampoline and game spot in Tigard. Email Adrienne at stmaayouth@stmaa.org for more information or to RSVP.

The new Messenger is available here (skip over the two blank pages contained in this Messenger). The deadline for the next Messenger (to be mailed on Thursday, May 17) is May 7.