We are excited to announce and welcome Diane Dennison and Jennie Wandfluh to the St. Michael's staff. Adding more administrative staff to support our growing parish was one of our 2021 parish goals. As we continue to make Christ known within and beyond our walls we look forward to the gifts they will bring to our staff and parish.

Diane has worked with her husband, Jim, as his administrative assistant for twenty-five years in an independent insurance agency in Virginia. In 2010 they moved to Colorado Springs to be near three of their daughters and most of their 10 grandchildren. They quickly made St. Michael’s their spiritual home and since then Diane has served on several ministries: clerk of the Vestry, greeter on Sunday mornings, church office volunteer, Altar Guild, Tuesday Ladies Fellowship, SMASH Event Coordinator, Stephen Ministry and most recently she started the Flower Guild. Email Diane to welcome her at [email protected]!

Special Events & Ministry Coordinator Jennie is originally from Kansas City, where she grew up serving her Episcopal Church through children's choir, as an acolyte, and lay reader. For 20 years she has worked with children and youth in the church through a variety of programs, events, and in nursery care. Married to Brett, together they are raising three children and live in the Falcon area. She is enthusiastic about fellowship and loves a good party! Her vast experience in catering, restaurants, and promotional work enriches her event management style. She's so excited to be a part of the St. Mike's team!! Email Jennie to welcome her at [email protected]!

While we can't wait to get everyone back inside, we still have a bit of work to do getting things ready. Can you help Matt this Sunday (8/29) after church from 11:00 - 2:00 PM? If so, don't forget a bag lunch. We need help from about 10 people putting together bookcases, carts, chairs, and cleaning tables! We are also working on some small landscape projects at the Rectory to prepare for the Lerena's arrival. Can you help? Contact Elise at [email protected] to volunteer!

Bob Kean is working through a challenging back injury and is waiting to see a neurosurgeon. Linda is grateful for the extra assistance provided through this meal train. CLICK HERE to be redirected to the meal train digital sign up. Most importantly, please keep Bob in your prayers.

Rev. Angela and Rico are so excited to be joining us here in Colorado! To help with the adventures of moving with young twins and jumping right into everything at a busy church, we'd like to offer them the support of a meal train as they first arrive. CLICK HERE to be redirected to the meal train digital sign up. Welcome Lerena family!

Both Angela & Owen are looking for furnish for their new places. If you have any furniture you are looking to donate that you think they might like, please reach out to them directly: [email protected] or [email protected].

All are welcome to a special St. Michael's open house on Friday, September 10. Come see the new classrooms, prayer room, choir room, and several other spaces on campus we've enhanced during the pandemic. We will also have sign ups throughout the building if you are interested in joining a ministry or small group at St. Michael's! Light refreshments and warm hospitality guaranteed.

Join us for a festive worship service on Sunday, September 12 at 10:00 AM. This will be an indoor worship service and we will also livestream the service. After the service we will celebrate together with an outdoor lunch. Then on Sunday September 19 we will resume two worship services going forward with education for all between the services. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks about worship times and locations.

Thank you all for your amazing backpack and school supply donations which went to organizations including: District 20 Resource Center, Partners in Housing, TESSA, & Mercy's Gate.

Since our humble beginnings, we have been blessed by faithful leadership and the generosity of many who call St. Michael’s their spiritual home. To ensure future generations can continue to worship, pray, and grow spiritually at St. Michael’s, “St. Michael’s Legacy” was created to recognize those who make a lifetime or planned gift to our endowment fund. The endowment fund provides sustainable resources to ensure the future vitality, care, and sustainability of our community, buildings, and campus. You should have recieved a letter with more details recently, but if you didn't receive yours please visit www.stmikeschurch.com/legacy for more information.

We are gearing up for a great year at St. Michael's with our children and youth! If you have a child under the age of 18, CLICK HERE to register them to participate in activities, events, and groups this fall. Interested in teaching, volunteering, or helping out with children and/or youth this year? Contact Owen at [email protected].

As we begin transitioning into the Fall and our service times change, September 5 will be the last day for Drive Thru Communion. And as we enter this new phase of indoors services, we are aware that not everyone is ready to move back inside yet. If you are unable to make the service but would still like Communion September 12 and forward, sign up HERE to for Home Communion Delivery.

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10:00 AM Fellowship on the Lawn

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Drive thru Communion

This week at a glance ... (All blue links are clickable)

7:00 PM - Virtual Evening Prayer

8:00 AM - Men's Fellowship - Pavilion

11:00 AM - Chris Burdekin's Memorial Service - *Indoors & Masked

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*9:00 AM - Holy Eucharist - Outdoor In-Person (& Online) Worship

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View & Download the Digital Bulletin CLICK HERE

10:00 AM - Fellowship on the Lawn-In Person Outdoors

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Drive thru Communion

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Laundry Love (Offsite)

Tuesday, August 31

7:00 AM - Virtual Men's Fellowship

9:00 AM - Staff Meeting

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Picnic in the Pavilion, Outdoors (No RSVP)

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Girl Scouts - Plaza & Pavilion

7:00 PM - Boy Scouts - Plaza

*8:00 PM - Virtual Compline

Wednesday, September 1

2:30 PM - Virtual Contemplative Prayer

*8:00 PM - Virtual Compline

7:00 PM - Virtual Evening Prayer

9:00 - 10:30 AM - Virtual Daughters of the King

9:00 - 11:00 AM - Flower Guild - St. Andrew's/Flower Guild Room

2:00 PM - Caregivers Support Group - Pavilion

All we need is U

It takes a village and St. Michael's is looking for amazing volunteers with all sorts of talents and skills. Current opportunities to help:

Thank you all for your wonderful continued support of this ministry, we are so thankful for all the quarters we've collected. While we have an amazing group of volunteers already, we are looking for new faces to volunteer to staff the Laundry Love events themselves. We'd love to get more parishioners involved in getting to know our amazing friends and neighbors each Monday. CLICK HERE to sign up to volunteer for September & October dates! For questions contact Gary at [email protected].

This summer we switched our church database to a new online software called "Breeze". Once fully functionally you will be able to log into your account to view contribution information and access the online directory. We are also updating all the individual and family photos in the database. To update our Breeze database and prepare these directories, we are asking for you to send in a current family/household picture, as well as a picture of each individual within your home. Please CLICK HERE for instructions on what kinds of photos to send. Email your photo(s) to the following email address: [email protected].

Much like last year's Picnic with the Priest, join us this year for a wonderful opportunity to get to know not only Rev. Matt Holcombe, but even more of our St. Michael's Clergy and Staff including Deacon Gary Darress, Director of Music Amalia Dobbins, Newcomer Coordinator Linda Kean, and Owen Copps. Bring your lunch and enjoy this time of fellowship with your St. Michael's family and friends in our great outdoors! No RSVP required.

Birthdays This Week:

August 30 David Dempsey

August 30 Lindsay Fenton

August 30 Justin Morrill

August 31 Marne Deverell

August 31 James Kellen

August 31 Ryan Kololdzej

September 2 Terry Marquart

September 2 Chase Mason

September 3 Jan Wiedey

August 31 Rev. Matt & Alicia Holcombe

September 1 Pat & Pete Wilson

September 2 Carol & James Pierce

September 4 Rev. Judi & Rod Sato