July Outreach: Family Promise
Family Promise is one of three emergency shelters in Wake County that allows families to stay together, regardless of the ages and genders of children and parents. This spares parents the difficult choice between keeping their families together and finding a safe place for their children to sleep. We also offer a continuum of services and partnerships to move families all the way from homelessness to safe, affordable, permanent housing.
St. Michael’s commits to providing meals and groceries for the residents for a week, twice a year. Look for the meal sign-up around July 18.
Contact: Mary Reca Todd
2024 Mission Grants
The St. Michael’s Mission Grants Application is open.
We invite non-profits to complete the application using the link below by Sept. 5, 2024.
The Mission Grants Committee’s goal is to partner with local and global organizations to help alleviate poverty. We focus on housing, hunger, education, skill building, and access to physical and mental health care, with an emphasis on organizations that prioritize and demonstrate diversity, equity and inclusion in their organization. Our hope is that the grants provided will transform lives and bring us all closer to Jesus.
We will select up to five grant recipients, which allows St. Michael’s to make a larger financial impact on each organization and build deeper relationships with each grantee.
Send an email to grants@holymichael.org if you have any questions.
Durham Bulls vs. Gwinnett Stripers Sunday July 28 | 5:05 p.m.
Join your St. Michael's Family for a fun night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park!
Tickets $20/person which includes admission plus ball park food and soft drinks.
We have the Lowe's Foods Landing reserved. This is a private picnic area that has patio seating, yard games, and bar chairs overlooking the game.
7 tickets left!
Please note: Children under the age of two DO NOT require a ticket.
We will email the tickets to you the week before the game.
Contact: Mary Battle Roethling
OWLS Spring Fling
Congratulations to our Senior of the Year, Barbara Elliott!
Barbara , and her late husband, Paul, set up a searchable archive system to protect St. Michael’s history.
She spends multiple hours a week scanning documents and making sure our history is saved in an efficient way.
She has assisted Greg finding historic facts about St. Michael’s.
She knits prayer shawls each week.
Update from the ECW Garden Party
Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. Michael’s,
On behalf of the ECW, we would like to extend our deepest appreciation for the numerous ways in which this church community supported the ECW Garden Party & Auction over the past few months. Without your encouragement, participation and support, the event would not have been nearly as successful!
We are so thankful for the St. Michael's staff members who assisted behind the scenes, for all the volunteers who pitched in before, during and after the event, for the over 300 Garden Party attendees (and many more who were there in spirit) and for all the donors who made financial and/or in-kind donations to benefit CASA's King's Ridge. Thank you!!!
We are still in the process of calculating expenses and determining proceeds, but we can confidently share at this time that we have well-surpassed our goal of $20,000! We look forward to sharing the grand total raised for CASA's King's Ridge just as soon as we have that information available. In the meantime, we are continuing to connect auction item winners with respective auction item donors, so be on the lookout for email communications over the next week.
Thank you once again, St. Michael's! We are incredibly grateful.
Claire Duff
Chair, ECW Ways & Means
Elizabeth Harrell
Chair-Elect, ECW Ways & Means
Setting Sail with Paul: Pilgrimage Deadline June 5!
Last Call to Board!
Don’t miss this amazing Pilgrimage on the shores of the Mediterranean.
Celebrity Cruse Discount Pricing ends June 1st.
Inspiration Travel Registration Deadline is June 5th.
Sign up before it’s too late, we’d love to have you join us!
Vacation Bible School: June 23-27
VBS
Passport to Bethlehem
Sunday, June 23 | VBS Kickoff | 5-6:30 p.m. Family dinner provided
Monday, June 24-Thursday, June 27 | 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Thursday, June 27 | 11:30 a.m. Closing service in the transept for families.
Three-year-olds–4th graders are invited to participate.
$25 per participant
Parent Commitment: 2 volunteer sessions
Pathway to the Labyrinth
Honor a loved one with a brick paver—paving the way to our beautiful labyrinth.
Perfect for a birthday, graduation, Confirmation, Mother's Day, or Father's Day.
Acknowledgement cards are available.
$60 per brick. Mail your check to St. Michael's (1520 Canterbury Rd., 27608; Att.: Ann Garey)
You may include up the 3 lines—20 letters/spaces per line.
Email Ann Garey if you have questions (garey@holymichael.org)
Habitat House Episcopal Build
Thanks to everyone who participated at the Episcopal Build on April 13!
Kicks for Kids Fundraiser
The 2023 St. Michael's Youth Missionaries are raising money to provide shoes for the children at Holy Cross Anglican School in San Pedro, Belize. Money raised will be used to purchase shoes that will be sent down to Belize with the 2024 mission team. The 2023 Youth Missionaries are working directly with the school to purchase the size and style of shoes needed.
There are three ways to donate:
Use the QR Code below.
Use this giving link.
Make out a check payable to St. Michael's and add "Kicks for Kids" in the memo line.
Place cash or check in an envelope labeled "Kicks for Kids" in the offering plate on Sunday.
Deadline to donate is Feb 29. Thank you for your support!
Kahle van Staveren, Ellery Ferguson,
Bayliss van Staveren, Baker Ferguson,
Richard Kennedy and Connor Jordan
A Letter from Bishop Rodman: Reparations and Restitution Ministry
While the work of racial reckoning, justice and healing has been ongoing for several years in the Diocese of North Carolina, we are in the early stages of visioning this new ministry.
Small Groups Continue (Reflection Circles and Centering Prayer)
Reflection Circles
Reflection Circles are “virtual" weekly small group gatherings. Each “circle" has 8 to 11 people and is facilitated by St. Michael’s small group leaders. We read and reflect on the Gospel readings for the coming Sunday, talk about life today and pray— all in a 45-minute Zoom conference call. Folks participating have enjoyed the fellowship and look forward to sharing Scripture and life together with a small group. Several groups are ongoing
We have found:
Reflection Circles foster connection for parishioners who no longer live close by, but remain interested in being part of this community.
Folks new to St. Michael’s can plug in quickly.
People can easily connect from the beach or the mountains.
People like being efficient — a lot of connection can happen in 45 minutes, with no travel time.
Small groups are about community. People miss you when you aren’t there.
We are offering five group times and can add more if there is demand.
Day and Time Options for Reflection Circles:
Monday 9 a.m.
Monday 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday 10 a.m.
Tuesday 7 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m.
Let Sam Taylor know if you have questions or are interested in joining a group (908-399-5566). If you don’t see a time that works for you, please let him know what DOES work. If there is enough interest, we will form a new group.
Centering Prayer Group
St. Michael’s centering prayer group meets by Zoom Tuesday mornings at 9 a.m. After a brief opening, we do centering prayer (silent) for 20 minutes. Then we read and discuss a book related to this topic. There is always time for personal sharing and everyone is welcome. Please come and try it with us.
Education for Ministry (EfM)
Last Sunday we celebrated the graduation of Amy Cockman and Liz Smith, who completed four years in Education for Ministry— studying the scriptures, church history, and theology. For all students in EFM, these years are also marked by community, reflecting on living out our beliefs in our daily lives, and purposely seeking where God is calling us to ministry.
Dear God who calls everyone to ministry. You give each of us the ability to serve others. We ask for the insight, discernment & courage to act when needed. We give thanks for the opportunity to serve and for our
Church community that supports us in our ministry. May your Spirit be a constant companion through
our joys and sorrows and our routine days, that we may feel your love always. Amen.
Interested in EfM?
EfM is a unique four-year program in theological education based upon small-group study and practice.
A new class at St. Michael’s will run from mid-September until the end of May. It will meet weekly on Thursday evenings from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Adult Ed. Room. If you are interested in joining us, or for more information, please contact Philip Lambe or Chris Laco.
Debi Radisch: Senior of the Year
What a fun day of entertainment, food & fellowship
as we gathered to announce our 2023 Senior of the Year—Debi Radisch!
We thank Debi for all of the OWLS planning this year—outings, lunches & speakers.
If you have any ideas for 2023-24 OWLS agenda, contact Holly Gloff .
Social Justice and Racial Equity Pilgrimage to Georgia and Alabama: May 31 – June 4
The Rev. Mary Davila, and members of Christ Church, invite St. Michael’s parishioners to join them on a pilgrimage to Atlanta and Alabama.
Highlights include:
National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site Visitor Center
Tuskegee Airman National Historic Site in Montgomery
National Memorial and Museum for Peace and Justice
Cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, just as many did on March 7, 1965
National Voting Rights Museum
Holy Eucharist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Plus much more!
The details including itinerary, costs*, transportation, accommodations, terms & conditions are outlined in thie brochure below.
*The final price depends upon the number of participants. Space is limited; register below For questions or additional information, contact: Mary Davila, Assistant Rector, Christ Church.
Read the Winter 2023 Archangel
The Winter 2023 Archangel explores angels — from our patron saint Michael to Uriel, Raphael and Gabriel to the angels that touch us a little closer to home. Click on the image below to view the online version.
Congratulations Vestry Class of 2025
We’re excited to announce our new Vestry class of 2025: Phil Lambe, Jeff McLamb, Sally Norton, Mike Penick and Ruth Scott. We thank all our nominees and for all who attended our Annual Meeting.
And we thank Katherine Poole, our senior warden; Matt Marchione, junior warden; Liz Driscoll, clerk; and Melissa Raley — Class of 2022. Well done, good and faithful servants!
Read the Fall 2022 Archangel
Our Fall issue tells the story of the Duff family, who helped plant the seed that grew into St. Michael's. We celebrate the 20th anniversary of Gifts of Grace, our signature Outreach fundraising event, by looking back at its origins. And our curate, the Rev. David Nichols, shares his path from son of a preacher to becoming a priest. We take a look at Sacred Ground, a series on race founded in faith, and we say farewell to our beloved computer guru, Bob Spaziano, whose "retiring" from a decades-long lay ministry keeping all our tech needs in order.
No Fuss Directory 2022
These days, nobody wants to corral the kids, dress them up, find a slot when no one has other plans and show up for a church directory photograph you’ll never buy. But with a growing church like ours, it’s important to have a secure way to browse “who’s who” in our parish. Our last directory, created in 2017, was out of date before it was printed. So this year, we are hoping you’ll take a few seconds to browse your phone for a picture of your family that you love and send it to us. We’ll upload it to your family information in our database and make it available to all of our parishioners through our member portal. So help everyone in our parish get to know each other by sending your photo to us! Deadline: Sunday, Oct. 23.
Susan Rountree is also available to take a quick photo of you or your family on Sunday mornings. She will be available at the Parish Picnic, on Sunday, Oct. 9. Questions? Contact Susan Rountree.
