Time to get out your favourite recipe!

...And bring it to tomorrow's parish pot luck picnic.

Don't forget church starts at 10:00 a.m. beginning this week.

Help us kick off the summer season at St. Michael's!

Garage Sale

Today was the first day of the garage sale, and I think that it went really well. There were lot's of people and we seemed to move a lot of stuff. Thank you so much to everyone who donated items for us to sale as well as to all of the people who helped out with the selling. We really appreciate it!!!!

Doris Nelson

We are sorry to hear of the death of longtime parishioner Mrs. Doris Nelson early Sunday morning.  Her memorial service will be tomorrow, Thursday June 23, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Michael's.  Refreshments will follow the service at Emmaus Lutheran Church.  Please note that the date has changed since it was originally announced.

You can read the obituary online here: http://www.legacy.com/can-edmonton/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=152129073

This Week at St. Michael's

Blogspot isn't letting us edit this week's calendar for some reason, so I'm posting it here.


June 20-26

Monday

7:00 Roots (gardening)

Tuesday

1:00-3:00 Craft group

Wednesday

10:30 Weekly service at Dickensfield Extended Care

6-8 drop off priced garage sale items

Thursday

2:00 Memorial service for Doris Nelson
Reception follows at Emmaus Lutheran Church (one block south of St. Michael's)

Friday

2-8 Garage sale day 1

Saturday

10-4 Garage sale day 2 with BBQ lunch

Sunday

10:00 Holy Communion

Pot luck parish picnic -- bring your favourite dish to share!

Victoria Matthews

For many of you Bishop Matthews will be a familiar name. She was our Bishop in the Diocese of Edmonton for 10 years I think. She is now the Bishop of Christ Church, NZ, and has had to lead her Diocese through some terrible times with the massive earthquakes they have had. Please keep her and her Diocese in your prayers. Here are some of her reflections in a recent article from the ACC:

In the wake of yet more big jolts in Christchurch, Bishop Victoria Matthews says she fears her clergy are facing "exhaustion of spirit." 

"People are tired. They have been more than magnificent. Let me say that clearly. But I am hearing of a deep weariness of the soul, and I'm having to ask people to reach deep into their resources to meet yet another crisis."

The Anglican World

I have many goals with the blog, some internal to the church and some external. One of them is to introduce people who may not be familiar with the Anglican presence on the internet with some of the wealth of the materials out there. The first one I would like to mention is Anglicans Online. (Just click the name to go there.) It has to be the greatest resource out there, and a week doesn't go by without me looking at the new material. If you follow the various links you will find a compilation of the latest Anglican news; you can find web pages for parishes and dioceses all around the world. It is really fun to look at all of the things people are doing. You can look at theological resources, humour pages and much much more. It is worth a few hours of exploration.

New Weblog

Welcome to the launch of the St. Michael's parish blog. This blog is meant to be a resource to back up the main webpage which will also be launched soon. On that webpage we will have specific information about the parish and blurbs about the many groups and on-going activities that we have. This page will be the place where we update the news about the parish as well as have reflections, news from the Anglican church and other tidbits as we find them. Please check back once a week as we update this page.