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              Weekly Newsletter, April 1, 2014
In This Issue
March 30 Sermon
Salt & Light Log
Marriage Equality Letter
Newcomers Class
AAEDS News
Lenten Contemplative Prayer
Lenten Study Groups
De Profundis Concert
Adult Formation
United Thank Offering
Helping Hungry Children
St. Martin's Breakfast
Casa San Miguel
High Scorers' Lunch
Lenten Service
Walk through Holy Week
Urban Way of the Cross
Good Friday Pilgrimage
Heading Home
Handmade Soap Class
Pride Parade
Pride Interfaith Service
CLAD Retreat

Fourth Sunday in Lent
March 30, 2014
Sermon
The Rev. Deacon Judith Jenkins 

 

All I know is:  That I was blind and now I see!
Questions and more questions:
Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parent, that he was born blind?
Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?
How were your eyes opened?
Where is he? (the one who sent you to the pool of Siloam?)
How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?
What do you say about him?  It was your eyes he opened.
Is this your son, who you say was born blind?  How then does he now see?
How did he open your eyes?
Why do you want to hear it again?  Do you also want to become his disciples?
You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?
And the question that spoke to me:  Surely we are not blind, are we? 

 

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Weekly Calendar

Tuesday, April 1
* 8 am Morning Prayer
* 9 am Food Pantry Distribution
* 6:30 pm New Members' Class
 
Wednesday, April 2
* 7 am Morning Yoga
* 8:10 am Morning Prayer 
* 6 pm Evening Yoga
* 6 pm Divorce Care (off-site) 

 

Thursday, April 3
* 8 am Morning Prayer
* 9:30 am Holy Eucharist
* 10 am Book Group
* 5:30 pm Search Committee
*  7 pm "Loose at 9" Rehearsal

Friday, April 4
* 8 am Morning Prayer

Saturday, April 5
* 3 pm Young Living Oils
* 7:30 pm De Profundis Concert

 

Sunday, April 6
* 10:15 am Grief Support Group
* 10:15 am - Adult Formation: Food for the Poor
* 5 pm  Live at Five 
 
Monday, April 7
*  8 am Morning Prayer 
*  7 pm Contemplative Prayer 

 

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Live at Five Weekly Letters

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This Week at St. Michael's
Salt & Light Log

 

Here are a few of the many ways St Michael's folks are sharing the light of Christ in the world around us . . . 

 

Providing care to my ill wife

 

making a casserole for St Martin's

 

Bringing some joy to patients and parents at Carrie Tingley Hospital with my therapy dog, Lucy.

 

Listening to and advising a new VP of homeowner's association

Marriage Equality Letter

 

The Vestry, Wardens, and Clergy have sent a letter in response to Bishop Vono's pastoral letter from February 6, 2014. The letter requests that the Bishop change his position and modify the same-sex blessing to allow clergy to officiate at same-sex marriages and sign same-sex marriage licenses as many other dioceses in marriage equality states have done. You can read the Bishop's pastoral letter here and the response from the Vestry here.

 

There will be an opportunity for any who would like to add their signatures to the letter on Sunday April 13 following the three morning services and Live at Five.

Newcomers: Exploring the Episcopal Faith

Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00 pm

 

This class is for all who are seeking to know more about our church, theology, history, and everyday practice of our faith. It serves those interested in adult Baptism, Confirmation, Reception into the Episcopal Church, or Reaffirmation of faith. It is also helpful for anyone who has transferred to our parish and serves as a refresher for those who have not explored these subjects recently. Participants who complete the course will be invited to the retreat on June 14, 2014, and Confirmation service held on June 15, 2014.

 

Even if you didn't make it for the Orientation or first class, there is still time to join! Classes continue on Tuesday evenings, meeting in our Parish Hall, from March 18th through May 20th, starting at 6:30 pm and ending at 8:00 pm. There will be no class on April 15th due to Holy Week. Leaders for the coursework include Clergy, Vestry members, Lay Leaders and members of the staff.

 

Cost of the materials booklet is approximately $10.00. A Book of Common Prayer may be purchased for $21.00 for your personal use and study.

 

We hope you will join us on the Newcomers: Exploring the Episcopal Faith Class faith journey whether you are new to our parish or have attended for some time. If you would like more information, please call the parish office (345-8147 ext. 111) or email office@all-angels.com.  
All Angels News 

 

Spring has sprung at All Angels Day School and we are busy little Angels! We currently still have a few openings in all rooms for our fall program. Fall term begins August 11. We will also be selling pie gift cards from Village Inn on April 6 for Easter and Mother's Day. Stop by our table this Sunday and have a sample!

Lenten Contemplative Prayer 

Mondays at 7pm in the Church

 

If you are seeking silence and a peaceful space during Lent, please consider joining us in the church on Mondays from 7 to 8 pm for meditative reflection on scripture, silence, and a short Compline.

Lenten Study Groups 

 

Groups are discussing Down and Out in Providence, by Geralyn Wolf. Visit the St. Michael's website to see a complete listing of group times and places! Please contact Kristin for more information at kristins@all-angels.com or 345-6148 x115. 

 

Questions for Reflection for Week Four (Pages 100-130):

Too Cold for Waiting

 

"I feel we are all bound up with seeing money for personal use instead of as a tool, a commodity, a way of ensuring a better life for all people." pg. 105

How does our faith affect the way we see and use money? What difference might it make to see money the way Bp. Wolf describes?

 

"I am to bring good news to the poor, yet they have brought good news to me." pg. 121

What is the good news Aly receives from the people she knows in the shelters?

 

"Love isn't huggin' and kissin,' it's taking off your jacket in the cold weather, and Wanda lettin' me sit on her, and it's Florence keepin' me warm, and that girl givin' me her coat. God, I'll never forget any of ya. That's what love is."

Tell about a time you have experienced love in action.

De Profundis Concert

Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 pm

 

You are invited to a concert of de Profundis, directed by David Poole! This a cappella men's chorus will perform "Songs Across the Pond: Yankee Ditties and Celtic Aires." Concert is Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 pm here at St. Michael's. Cost is $15 General / $12 Senior / $10 Student / 12 and under Free; Identify yourself as a St. Michael's Parishioner - buy one ticket, get one free! You can get your tickets online at dePro.org or at the door. For more information, call 266-4240.

Adult Formation

 

Sunday, April 6 at 10:15 in the Pavilion

The Rev. Michael Cassell will tell us about his work with Food for the Poor, an organization which provides direct relief assistance to help the poor in the Caribbean and Latin America.

 

Sundays, April 13 & 20

Palm Sunday & Easter (no Adult Formation).

 

Sunday, April 27 at 10:15 in the Nave

Transition Update with the Vestry.

 

Sunday, May 4 at 10:15 in the Pavilion

Bread for the World offering of letters.

United Thank Offering

 

Use your United Thank Offering "little blue box" as a daily reminder to give thanks for each of our many blessings.   We might sing or dance our prayers, we might kneel, sit, stand or even lie down, but no matter how we do it we are called to pray. An outward and visible sign of our thankfulness is the little blue box into which our coins are placed to accompany our daily prayers. Next week, on Palm Sunday, we ask you to return your UTO box, filled with your coins of blessings and thanks. Every penny from every Episcopal Church will go towards the furtherance of God's mission in the world.   If you will be away on Palm Sunday, you may bring your UTO box any Sunday after Palm Sunday. There are United Thank Offering envelopes in the card rack if you would like to use them for a personal check. There will be baskets available in the Parish Hall, our gathering place for Palm Sunday, and in the Narthex into which you may deposit your United Thank Offering "little blue box". 

Helping Hungry Children

 

Once again St. Michael's is participating in the Title I project where teachers identify children who might not have enough food over the weekend, and offer a bag of healthy snacks to take home on Fridays. St. Michael's is responsible for several hundred individual sized servings of dried fruit. If you could donate a few mini-boxes of raisins or other fruit snacks, please get them St. Michael's by Saturday April 12. There will be a bin in the Parish Hall for this purpose. And if you would like to help put the bags together, please join us at the Palm Saturday family worship and craft event, at St. Chad's, at 4pm. Call Francesca (459-4250) or talk to Rev. Kristin for more details.

St. Martin's Breakfast

 

Look for the sign up sheet in the Parish Hall this Sunday to choose your selection of food for the homeless. We will be serving approximately 300 very hungry people on Sunday, April 13. Food will be picked up Saturday, April 12, in the Parish Hall. Cash donations to purchase plates, sugar, cream, etc., would be appreciated. Thanks to all of you for your continued support of this ministry.

Casa San Miguel

 

We have a continuing need for personal hygiene items since these cannot be purchased with food stamps.  If you are considering buying something to donate to the pantry, consider soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and even toilet paper.  All are welcome and all are needed.

Next Week and Beyond
Seniors Break Lenten Fast
Thursday, April 10 at 12:00 noon

 

St Michael's seniors meet for the monthly High Scorers lunch on Thursday, April 10, just in time to get ready for Holy Week.  It's pot luck as always; we meet at 12 noon in the church hall, and all are welcome whether you've been to High Scorers before or not.  If bringing a contribution is a problem for you, come anyway; there's always plenty.

Lenten Service: A Time for Prayer and Reflection
Friday, April 11 at 6:00 pm

 

Come one and come all. The Discernment Guild will gather for a service of reflection and prayerful song on April 11 at 6:00 in the church. We are delighted to present this opportunity for silence and praise and hope you can join us.

A Walk Through Holy Week: Palm Saturday
Saturday, April 12 at 4:00 pm at St. Chad's

 

Join us for a city-wide intergenerational event for young people and their families. All ages welcome! "Walk through Holy Week" with Palm Sunday banners, Tenebrae candles, Maundy Thursday food bags for APS homeless students, Good Friday crosses, Holy Saturday "empty tomb rolls," and Faces of Easter Prayer Chapel. We will join in evening worship at 5:00, and then share dinner afterward.  Each family is asked to bring side dish to share. To reserve your spot, please contact Debra Kincaid at 296-6014 or email dkincaid@stchadsabq.org by April 7. Suggested donation is $5 per family.

Urban Way of the Cross

Friday, April 18 at 9:00 am

 

Join people from various Christian congregations on a pilgrimage through downtown Albuqueruqe's community of need and mercy, pain and hope, the places where Christ is being crucified in our world today. Our walk will link us to Jesus' walk with those on the margins: neglected children, the homeless, the elderly, the poor, and the immigrant. As we share in the sorrow and pain, we will also experience the joy and hope marking the places where Christ's crossbeam is being carried and His brow wiped by people serving those in deep need. Our journey will begin and end at Immaculate Conception Church, 619 Copper St NW; all are welcome to a closing reception at the Immaculate Conception Parish Hall.

Good Friday Pilgrimage

Friday, April 18 at 6:00 am

 

As the culmination of your Lenten journey, please consider joining with your brothers and sisters in Christ who will make a Good Friday pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo.  Located north of Santa Fe, El Santuario de Chimayo is a small adobe church built in 1816 that embodies the history, culture, and faith of the people of northern New Mexico.   The shrine is known for its curative powers, and for over 200 years, pilgrims have rubbed themselves with the Tierra Bendita ("Holy Dirt") found in a small room there or have taken it back to others who have not been able to make the pilgrimage.

 

In preparation for this journey, pilgrims are encouraged to attend two meetings in Albuquerque (one on March 30, and the second on April 6) that will focus on the concepts of journey and pilgrimage as well as on Hispanic spirituality. On Good Friday, pilgrims will meet at a central point in Albuquerque at 6:00 am and will carpool to the church in Namb� (located approximately eight miles from Chimayo). Pilgrims may choose to walk from there or to drive to the Penitent� Crosslocated approximately 1� miles from Chimayo. The Good Friday Liturgy will be celebrated at the Penitent� Cross, and a Service of Healing with oil and Tierra Bendita will be held at El Santuario de Chimayo. A van containing water and first aid provisions will accompany pilgrims on their journey. Pilgrims will return to Albuquerque by approximately 6:00 pm. Carpool drivers are needed.

 

For more information about this pilgrimage, including the preparatory meetings, please contact Deacon Patty Soukup at psoukup@dioceserg.org or at 505-881-0636. Please respond ASAP in order to be included in the preparatory meetings.

Heading Home

 

Spring cleaning? Heading Home is the perfect place for that lamp that works, but you have had for 10 years and want to replace.  Heading Home is moving about 8 individuals or families who experienced homelessness into housing per week! What great news!   If you are moving or downsizing, Heading Home will come and pick up couches,dressers, coffee tables, kitchen tables and chairs, queen sized bed frames. Bed  linens, towels, pillows, dishes, glasses, silverware, pots and pans are also needed and welcome. Please contact Chandler-Smith-Stetson at  226-1700 x205 or email him at ChanS@abqeadinghome.org.

 

No items to donate? You can help by sending a gift card to Walmart, KMart, or Target to Heading Home PO Box 27636 Albuquerque. NM 87123-7636 ATTN: Chandler Smith-Stetson. Your gift will help to fill in the many things needed for our new neighbors to make their apartment into a home. To learn more about Heading Home, how you can become involved and support what what they are doing to make homelessness in Albuquerque, rare, short-lived and non-recurring, check out their website at www.abqheadinghome.org. Thank you for your generosity.

Handmade Soap Class

Saturday, April 26 at 10:00 am

 

You are invited to join the Hand Made Soap Class on April 26th 10:00 am -1:30 pm - lunch on your own about 11:30 or so. You will be able to make at least 2-3 different soaps (most people go home with about 5-7 bars),  using the safe melt and pour method. You will have the choice of adding fragrance/ essential oils to your soaps as well as food grade herbs and colors. Class/materials fee $32.24  for each student.  All Classes will be held in the Parish Hall  Deadline to register: One week prior to class.  Mail your check to John D.Teel AFS, 1313 Van Cleave Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107.  For more information contact John Teel at 385-3425 or abqfinesoaps@icloud.com. Future Classes will be held on Saturdays April 26, May 24, Jun 28, Jul 6, Aug 23, Sept 27 Oct 18 and Nov 22, no Classes in December. A Portion will be donated to the Church Building Fund.  

Pride Parade: Save the Date!
Saturday, May 31

 

The annual Albuquerque Pride Parade is being held a month earlier this year (and a month cooler, we hope!) on Saturday May 31. The entire Diocese of the Rio Grande is invited to participate in our float, themed "Episcopalian and Fabulous!" Mark your calendars and watch here for more details.

Pride Interfaith Service
Thursday, June 5 at 7:00 pm

 

To celebrate the many advancements in civil equality and rights for LGBT persons and to express our commitment to the welcome and affirmation of all people, St. Michael and All Angels will host a Pride Service on Thursday June 5 at 7:00. All are welcome! Invite your friends and families.

CLAD Retreat: Save the Date!
June 13-15, 2014

 

Mark your calendars now for the Congregational Life and Development Retreat this summer! More information coming soon.

St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church
601 Montano Rd. NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
505.345.8147   office@all-angels.com   www.all-angels.com