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Weekly
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Wednesday
February 3
7 am Yoga
8 am Morning Prayer
6:30 pm ACOA
7 pm "11:15" Choir Practice
Thursday
February 4
8 am Morning Prayer
9:30 am Holy Communion
10 am Book Group
7 pm Loose @ 9 Choir Practice
8 pm Alcoholics Anonymous
Friday
February 5
12 pm AAEDS
Mardi Gras
Saturday
February 6
12 pm Young living Oils
Sunday
February 7
7:30, 9 & 11:15 am Holy Communion w/
Justin Remer Thamert
10:15 am Adult Education
10:15 am Bereavement Group
5 pm Live at Five
Monday
February 8
8 am Morning Prayer
7 pm Contemplative Prayer
7:30 pm Alcoholics Anonymous
Tuesday
February 9
8 am Morning Prayer
9 am Food Pantry Distribution
5:30 pm Shove Tuesday Pancake Supper
7 pm NMIP&L
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Fourth
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after the
Epiphany
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Jan. 31, 2016
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| Submissions Submissions to the e-Noticias or Sunday's print version of the Noticias can be sent to [email protected]. E-Noticias - deadline is Monday at noon. Noticias - deadline is Thursday at 9am.
We reserve the right to edit any submissions for content and space considerations
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| Alcoholics Anonymous meets on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall and on Thursday evenings at 8 p.m. in the Chidren's Chapel. All those seeking recovery are welcome. ACOA - Adult Children of Alcoholics
holds meetings every Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. in the Pavilion, all who are affected by alcoholism are welcome.
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| SAFETY REMINDER - Please do not leave anything of value visible in your car such as a cell phone, or ipad, etc. as this seems to attract break ins. There have been multiple incidents recently so please exercise caution. |
In case of bad weather please check our website f
or updates on services and campus activities
www.all-angels.com
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Children's Chapel for kids age 3-9, meets during the first 40 minutes of worship service, and includes music, a Bible lesson which follows the weekly readings we use in church, and fun activities or crafts. The kids join their families at the time of the Peace to take communion with the congregation. The kids gather with their chapel leaders in the Children's Chapel room, at the east end of the Preschool wing, beginning at 8:50.
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Godly Play for kids age 3 - 9 meets during the education hour, beginning at 10:15 in the Godly Play room - across from the preschool classrooms in the east wing of the Parish Hall.
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Youth Group
Feb. 7 at 10:15 a.m. The youth group will meet and participate in an exciting pottery project facilitated by Jeanelle McGuire. The event is open to all high school and middle school students.
Northwest Deanery Youth Event
Feb 14 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Roller Skate City
400 Paisano St NE
(I-40 and Juan Tabo)
Entrance & Skate Rental $6.00
includes a slice of pizza
Grades 5-12
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Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Justice Justin RemerThamert
Feb 7 - The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) is a partnership of faith-based organizations committed to enacting fair and humane immigration reform that reflects our mandate to welcome the stranger and treat all human beings with dignity and respect. Coalition members work together to advocate for just and equitable immigration policies, educate faith communities, and serve immigrant populations around the country.
Lenten Series on Abraham Joshua Heschel with Fr. Joe
February 14 - March 13 - A Life Compatible with God's Presence: The Life and Witness of Abraham Heschel. As reading for the series, copies of his essential writings, edited by his daughter Susannah Heschel, will be available for purchase for $15.
Join us each Sunday at 10:15 in the Pavilion.
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Tuesday, February 9: Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
Pancake Supper, 5:30 - 7:00 pm; Burning of the palms
Wednesday, February 10: Ash Wednesday
Services at 7:00 am, 12:00 noon, and 7:00 pm
"Ashes to Go," corner of 4th and Montaño, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
February 14: First Sunday in Lent
The Great Litany in Procession
Book table with Lenten readings available after each morning service
March 5: Saturday
Lenten Quiet Day, led by the Rev. Carolyn Metzler, 9 am to 12 noon at the parish
March 6: The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Youth Group walk: The Way of the Cross, 10:15 am
March 13: Fifth Sunday in Lent
Prayers for Healing
Every Sunday during Lent:
Preaching Series at all morning services: "Livin' in these (troubled) Times"
Fr. Joe Britton
Rosary before Live @ Five in the Chapel at 4:30 pm
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Dear Friends,
A number of parishioners have asked if we could spend some time looking together at the life and work of Abraham Joshua Heschel, the Jewish theologian, activist, and spiritual writer, based on the research and writing I have done on him.
We are therefore planning an Adult Forum Series on the five Sundays of Lent (February 14 - March 13), entitled "A Life Compatible with God's Presence: The Life and Witness of Abraham Heschel." As reading for the series, copies of his essential writings, edited by his daughter Susannah Heschel, will be available for purchase.
Heschel is remarkable as someone who had a deep personal piety, from which he developed a strong social consciousness as well as a sophisticated theological insight. Born in Poland in the Hasidic tradition, he was educated in German philosophy before immigrating to the United States, where he taught mysticism and ethics at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. His writing reflects all of these influences: it is at once edifying, challenging, motivating, and perplexing.
Over the five weeks, we will cover topics that will offer a broad engagement with his work, from spirituality to ecumenism to activism. The topics, week by week, will be:
1. Wonder and Amazement
2. Being Human
3. The Prophetic Voice
4. Piety and Prayer
5. Christian, Jew, and Muslim
I invite you to join us each Sunday at 10:15 a.m. in the Pavilion. Heschel may be complex, but he is never dull!
Faithfully yours,
Fr. Joe
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In 2015 we received $23,572 ($18,717 from the parish, $3,000 from the diocese, and $1,855 from the burrito breakfast). In 2015, we spent $18,565 to purchase food. We also spent nearly $5,000 to perform some emergency plumbing work and to complete electrical refurbishments. Anyone who owns an older home (and the oldest part of the pantry is over 100 years old) can appreciate that sometimes you have to make repairs. We also spent money on miscellaneous maintenance and fundraiser expenses.
We want to acknowledge that out of the funds we received in 2015, all but $3,000 came, one way or another, from the parish. This equates to 92% of Casa San Miguel's funds coming from St Michael and All Angel's congregation and we are incredibly grateful for all the support you have given us and we are so pleased to be able to represent this splendid congregation to our neighbors.
We also want to point out that, of the $23,571.91 we received in 2015, we spent $18,565.25 on food, so, about 79% of our income was spent on food to distribute, and that is as it should be. We exist to provide food to the needy, not rebuild old homes. And, we hope that our projects are behind us and we can look forward to 2016 as a year where we simply get food and give it out.
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Feast
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This Good Friday we will be participating with other parishes in the diocese on a Pilgrimage Walk to Chimayo. St. Michael's will be the coordinating parish. We do not have details as yet. There will be two classes about preparing for a pilgrimage, taught by Fr. Daniel Gutierrez, here at St. Michael's. Times to be announced but they will be on Sundays. We will need drivers, and volunteers to help with various aspects of preparation. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Kathryn in the office. More information to come... stay tuned.
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Breakfast at St. Martin's
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This Sunday, February 7
th
is time to sign up for our breakfast at St. Martin's on Sunday, February 14
th
. The new kitchen has been completed and we can resume serving hot casseroles along with our offerings of fruit, juice, tortillas, cheese and hard boiled eggs (plus posole, of course). The sad news is that there are more hungry guests than ever, about 325, so we will need many, many casseroles, about 18 big ones. We will be gathering your delicious donations at 2PM on Saturday the 13t
h
in the east parking lot. Please sign up to bring food or serve!
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Calling all Knitters, Crocheters and anyone interested we will be meeting twice a month on the 2nd Thursday @ 4:00 PM and the 4th Tuesday @ 11:00 AM in the Parish Hall. Our first gathering will be Thursday February 11th, 4:00 - 5:30, Parish Hall. Join us for a time to share while creating a gift of comfort with love and prayers for someone in need. All are welcome, hope to see you there.
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Who knows what St Michael's seniors might be celebrating at the next High Scorers pot luck lunch. It will be perilously close to Valentine's Day. Actually, it's on Thursday, 11th February. As akways, we gather in the church hall at 12 noon. All are welcome to this unfailingly pleasant social event. If you haven't been, why not come this time and give it a try?
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This year's Financial Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, February 6, at the Bosque Center. In response to requests from last year, the afternoon session at this workshop will be split into a session for vestries and a session for finance teams to accommodate the specific responsibilities of each of these groups. Because there will be important new information critical for congregations, Rectors and Vicars and their Vestries or Bishop's Committees should consider this meeting mandatory and to strongly recommend that Treasurers or Wardens from each congregation make arrangements to attend. This workshop is worth five (5 Clergy Continuing Education hours for 2016 for those who attend all the sessions. If you have any questions, please contact Canon Daniel Gutierrez or Lisa Katz-Ricker at Diocesan House.
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Next Sunday, February 7 will be the official beginning of our 2016 United Thank Offering season and the distribution of the "little blue box". Everyone will find a box, folded and stuffed inside your service bulletin. I am sure that some of you have already picked up your "little blue box" from the card rack in the back of the Narthex and have begun a family routine each day of discussing your blessings, and as a token of those blessings, dropping coins into your box. United Thank Offering is entrusted by the Episcopal Church to promote thank offerings, to receive the offerings and to distribute the UTO monies through grants which will support missions and ministries throughout the Episcopal Church and in provinces of the Anglican Communion in the developing world.
"Our change changes lives"
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Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Luncheon
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The Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Bishop's Legislative Luncheon will be Thursday, February 4. Make plans to attend and be sure to make your reservation (or a reservation for a group from your congregation!) to attend this annual gathering which will begin at 12:30 pm at La Fonda in Santa Fe. Rocky Mountain Synod Bishop Jim Gonia will speak at the luncheon and will also share a message with us during the Issues Briefing in the morning prior to the luncheon. The day will begin at 9:00 am at the United Church (1804 Arroyo Chamiso, Please note this change in location!) with registration, fellowship and an opportunity to learn more about the issues for which Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM will be advocating in 2016.
The cost of the luncheon is $35 person ($30 per person when 4 or more people from a congregation or organization make reservations together). If you are only attending the morning issues briefing, the cost is $10. Please contact Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM (phone 984-8005 or email [email protected]) to make reservations or for more details. The deadline for reservations is January 31.
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Brotherhood of St. Andrew Retreat
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Is your church growing? Is the future of your church secure? Do you have good attendance by your men and young people? Would you like better attendance? We think we can help. Attend the Brotherhood of St. Andrew Retreat February 25-27, 2016 at the Bosque Center. Join Bishop Michael, Canon Gutierrez, the National President of the BStA, our Province President, our Diocesan Coordinators, Richard Rohr, many of our rectors and many of the men from the Diocese for the Retreat. You can register for the Retreat by emailing me at the link below or calling me at 575-538-5076.
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Cecil B. Fish, wife of the late Rev. Charles E. Fish passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at the age of 95. Cecil was blessed to live life to its fullest until she took a fall on her afternoon walk and was not able to survive her injuries.
Cecil was truly a woman of love, who generously gave of herself to all around her. She loved people and treasured all her friends and family. She was wise, kind and funny and will be greatly missed by all who loved her.
A celebration of Cecil's life will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 2:00 pm at St. Mark's. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to St. Mark's Episcopal Church or St. Martin's Hospitality Center.
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"Entering the River: Exploring Contemplative Practices."
Saturday, March 5
Coffee and Connections at 8:30 AM; Retreat starts at 9:00 AM
In the Pavilion
Bring a medium sized unlined notebook, a pencil and a pen.
Limited to 24 students.
$10 signup fee
Wear clothes you can move in.
To prepare, please complete at least ONE of these (you are not required to share with anyone):
- Write the story of your first conscious moment of knowing you were in relationship with something larger than your own life.
- Write the story of your relationship with God (not the church, not your education, not your youth group, but God. Who was God for you as a child? What has your image of God been at various times of your life? How has life changed your understanding of God?
- Draw what your relationship with God looks like now.
- Compose a poem about your deepest heart's desire.
Each participant, from the time they register, should spend at least five minutes every day in silence. Turn off and put away all phones, sound machines and TV. Put the "Gone fishin'" sign on the door. Sit in a comfortable position. Set a timer for five minutes. Be still. You don't need to think, pray, imagine, plan, organize, fix, or manage anything. Let the world turn without you for five minutes. contact Carolyn Metzler at [email protected] with any questions.
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The Search, Transition and Standing Committee of the Diocese of Pennsylvania has called The Rev. Canon Daniel G. P. Gutierrez to be a candidate for the 17th Bishop Diocesan of Pennsylvania. He is one of five candidates.
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