Weekly News & Updates

March 2, 2023

From the Rector

Dear People of St. Michael’s,

Every March when I used to work in an office these bracket charts would appear, and I would have to feign an interest in basketball.

However, there is a bracket-based tournament for grumpy church nerds like me. It's LENT MADNESS, put on every year by Forward Movement, the outfit that publishes resources like the Forward Day by Day devotional some of us use. A diverse crowd of holy women and men from Augustine to Zinzendorf face off, and every vote matters! Will your favorite saint make the Saintly 16? The Elate 8? Who will win the coveted Golden Halo?

Plus, you might learn about saints you never heard of before. So it’s almost edifying. Probably still doesn’t count as a Lenten discipline though.

If this sounds like your kind of fun, follow the tournament at LentMadness.org.

Sincerely yours,

Fr. Peter Schellhase

Image from “Lent Madness” by Mark Dukes

Parish News

Upcoming Events and Services at St. Michael’s

FEB

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Vestry meeting follows Sunday worship

Our monthly Vestry meeting is scheduled for February 12, after the 9 am Sunday Eucharist. The meeting is public.

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Announcements

Bible Study Suppers—Wednesdays at 6 PM

This Lent we are gathering every week to enjoy fellowship over a meal and study the Letter to the Hebrews. Last night we got off to a great start with chapter 1, in which Jesus is revealed as greater than the angels, and, it is hinted, than the Law itself. Join us every Wednesday at 6 pm to participate. All materials are provided, and there is no homework.

Evensong at the Cathedral of All Saints

This Sunday afternoon at 3, join the Cathedral of All Saints and the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, for a service of choral Evensong.

An organ recital precedes the service at 2:30 pm.

The Second Sunday in Lent