Announcements for the Week of February 19 -25, 2012

The Flowers on the Altar are given to the Glory of God in thanksgiving for Jeanette’s birthday   by Bill McGee.

The Stephen Ministers will have their monthly meeting  tomorrow evening at 7:00 in the Library.

Shrove Tuesday is this week - Fr. Chris will be shriving (hearing Confessions) from 5-6:00 pm in the Choir chapel. The HAMs will be serving up a traditional Pancake Supper at 6:00 pm. Please come and join us.

Ash Wednesday is also this week. The Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 am and at 6:00 pm. Ashes will be imposed at both services. Fr. Chris needs volunteers to assist at both services - a lector and a server. Please speak to him this morning if you can help. It is a day on which to fast. Lent begins!

Thursday evening at 7:00 the Mass will be celebrated for the eve of Saint Matthias’ Day.

Please begin to sign up this morning for our Lenten Wednesday series. We need people to bring - soup, salad, or bread. The Ten Commandments is the theme this Lent. Fr. David Allen, rector of Saint Francis’ Church in Dallas will be our first speaker on the 29th. Stations of the Cross at 6:00 followed by supper and our speaker’s presentation. Mark your calendar!

A Word of Thanks! - To everyone who helped with the reception for my 25th ordination Anniversary Mass, food, serving, cleaning up - all of it! To everyone who helped serve. To Jack for the marvelous music. To you all for the very generous present. I am most grateful - Thank you! It was a tremendous evening and I am thankful for your love and support. God bless you all!

Fr. Chris +

The Kalendar for the Week of February 19 - 25, 2012

Monday: February 20   
        7:00 pm        Stephen Ministers’ meeting

Tuesday:  February 21       Shrove Tuesday
        9:00 am         Low Mass & Unction
        5:00 pm        Confessions
        6:00 pm        Pancake Supper

Wednesday:  February 22  Ash Wednesday fast today
         9:00 am        Mass with Ashes imposed       
        6:00 pm        Mass with Ashes imposed
       
Thursday:  February 23      Lenten Feria (Saint Polycarp, Bishop & Martyr)
        7:00 pm Mass for the Eve of Saint Matthias

Friday:  February 24    Saint Matthias the Apostle               
        Rector’s Day Off

Saturday:  February 25     Lenten Feria (Saint Ethelbert, King & Confessor)

        Rector’s Day Off

Sunday:  February 26       The First Sunday of Lent                                
            8:00 am        Low Mass
      9:00 am        Forum
      9:30 am        Choir Rehearsal
    10:00 am    Sung Mass
    10:00 am    Godly Play
            Children’s Sunday School: Who is My Example?
    11:15 am    Coffee Hour

Announcements for the week of February 12-18, 2012

The Flowers on the Altar are given to the Glory of God in memory of Zack Wood by Tracey Mince; and in memory of Steve Summers and Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Shomo by Julia Summers.

Tomorrow,  Monday the 13th of February is Fr. Chris’ 25th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood. He will be celebrating a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving at 7:00 pm. Fr. Richard Cantrell will be the guest preacher, Bishop Iker and many of the diocesan clergy will also be present and assisting. Please plan to be with us. A wine and cheese reception will follow the Mass.

Wednesday the Walsingham Mass will be celebrated at 6:00 pm followed by the praying of the Rosary at 6:30, this time - the Glorious Mysteries.

The men of the parish are invited to the HAMs monthly breakfast meeting this Saturday at 8:00 am.

The Vestry will meet immediately after the HAMs breakfast this Saturday at 9:00 am.

Please bring any blessed Palms that you have from previous Palm Sundays and place them in the basket in the Narthex.   They will be burned to make the ashes for use on Ash Wednesday.  Dehn Wilson is the contact person for the palms. Please bring them at your earliest convenience.

Shrove Tuesday is the 21st, plan to join us for our Annual Pancake Supper that evening at 6:00 pm. Fr. Chris will be available to hear confessions from 5-6:00 pm that day also. That’s what puts the shrove in Shrove Tuesday, being shriven of your sins!

The Kalendar for the Week February 12 - 18

Monday: February 13     Absalom Jones, Priest  1818
        7:00 pm        Fr. Chris’ Anniversary Mass

Tuesday:  February 14       Saint Cyril, Monk & Saint Methodius, Bishop,
                    Missionaries to the Slavs, 9th Century   
        9:00 am         Low Mass & Unction

Wednesday:  February 15  Thomas Bray, Priest & Missionary, 1730
     6:00 pm        Walsingham Mass       
        6:30 pm        Rosary Chapter
        7:00 pm        HAY (Holy Apostles Youth)   
    
Thursday:  February 16      Feria
   
Friday:  February 17    Feria
                Rector’s Day Off

Saturday:  February 18     Saint Simeon of Jerusalem,
                        Bishop & Martyr, 1st Century   
        8:00 am        HAM’s Breakfast Meeting
    9:00 am         Vestry Meeting

Sunday:  February 19       The Last Sunday After The Epiphany:
                    Quinquagesima                     
            8:00 am        Low Mass
      9:00 am        Forum
      9:30 am        Choir Rehearsal
        10:00 am    Sung Mass
        10:00 am    Godly Play
                Children’s Sunday School: Who is My Example?
        11:15 am    Coffee Hour

Announcements for the week of February 5, 2012

Welcome:  We are very glad you are here.

The Flowers on the Altar are given to the Glory of God in honor of and in thanksgiving for Jeff Eubank by Nancy Eubank.

Please bring any blessed Palms that you have from previous Palm Sundays and place them in the basket in the Narthex.   They will be burned to make the ashes for use on Ash Wednesday.  Dehn Wilson is the contact person for the palms. Please bring them at your earliest convenience.

Save the Date: Monday the 13th of February is Fr. Chris’ 25th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood. He will be celebrating a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving at 7:00 pm. Fr. Richard Cantrell will be the guest preacher, Bishop Iker and many of the diocesan clergy will also be present and assisting. Please plan to be with us. A wine and cheese reception will follow the Mass.

Kalendar for the week of February 5 - 11, 2012

Monday: February 6     Saint Titus, Bishop & Confessor, 1st Century     
   
Tuesday:  February 7        Feria   
    9:00 am         Low Mass & Unction

Wednesday:  February 8      Feria
     7:00 pm        HAY (Holy Apostles Youth)   
    
Thursday:  February 9      Feria
   
Friday:  February 10    Saint Scholastica, Virgin and
                    1st Benedictine Nun, c. 543     
            Rector’s Day Off

Saturday:  February 11     BVM   
   

Sunday:  February 12       The Sixth Sunday After The Epiphany:
                   Sexagesima                     
            8:00 am        Low Mass
      9:00 am        Forum
      9:30 am        Choir Rehearsal
    10:00 am    Sung Mass
    10:00 am    Godly Play
            Children’s Sunday School: Who is My Example?
    11:15 am    Coffee Hour

Announcements for the week of January 29 - February 5

Welcome: We are very glad you are here. Please join us in the parish hall following this service for coffee, refreshments, and conversation.
 
Visitors, please take a moment and fill out a visitor’s card in the pew and place it in the Alms basin when the offering is collected OR sign in our guest book located just to the left of the double doors as you exit.

The Flowers on the Altar are given to the Glory of God in thanksgiving for their birthdays by Joe & Gerry Stevens.

Congratulations to our new Vestry members - Collin Andrus, Jim Owens and Shorty Mendoza. Fr. Chris has appointed Collin to be the Senior Warden for 2012, the Vestry elected Bruce Trahey Junior Warden, Charra Wright Treasurer and Michele Walker Clerk of the Vestry. We are grateful for their willingness to serve!

Please bring any blessed Palms that you have from previous Palm Sundays and place them in the basket in the Narthex. They will be burned to make the ashes for use on Ash Wednesday. Dehn Wilson is the contact person for the palms. Please bring them at your earliest convenience.

Thursday is the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, a.k.a. Candlemass. The service is at 7:00 pm, come join us.

Saturday, the Annual Diocesan Parish Administrators’ Workshop will be taking place in the parish hall pretty much all day long. The Altar Guild will have their regular monthly meeting in the library at 9:30 that morning.

Save the Date: Monday the 13th of February is Fr. Chris’ 25th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood. He will be celebrating a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving at 7:00 pm. Fr. Richard Cantrell will be the guest preacher, Bishop Iker and many of the diocesan clergy will also be present and assisting. Please plan to be with us. A wine and cheese reception will follow the Mass.

Kalendar for the week of January 29 - February 5

Monday: January 30 King Charles the Martyr, 1649

Tuesday: January 31 Feria
9:00 am Low Mass

Wednesday: February 1 St. Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, 523
7:00 pm HAY (Holy Apostles Youth)

Thursday: February 2 The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple
7:00 pm CandleMass

Friday: February 3 Saint Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg,
Missionary to Denmark &Sweden, 865
Rector’s Day Off

Saturday: February 4 Saint Cornelius the Centurion
8:00 am Diocesan Parish Administrators’ Workshop
(parish hall)
9:30 am Altar Guild Meeting (library)

Sunday: February 5 The Fifth Sunday After The Epiphany
8:00 am Low Mass
9:00 am Forum
9:30 am Choir Rehearsal
10:00 am Sung Mass
10:00 am Godly Play
Children’s Sunday School: Who is My Example?
11:15 am Coffee Hour

Announcements for the week of January 23 - January 29

The Flowers on the Altar are given to the Glory of God in thanksgiving for Katy Walker by David & Michele Walker.

Reminder: Fr. Cantrell will be away this week, Jan. 23rd - 26th attending the annual Diocesan Clergy Retreat. Morning Prayer will be read on Tuesday at 9:00 am.




We need your help. Check the signup sheets in the Parish Hall

Kalendar for the week of January 23 - January 29

Monday: January 23, 2009 Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, 1893

Fr. Chris attending the Annual Diocesan Clergy Retreat
Monday through Thursday

Tuesday: January 24 St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor, 1612
9:00 a.m Morning Prayer


Wednesday: January 25 The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle (tr.)

Thursday: January 26 Ss. Timothy & Titus, Companions of St. Paul

Friday: January 27 St. John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407

Rector’s Day Off


Saturday: January 28 St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar, 1274

Rector’s Day Off

Sunday: January 29 The Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany
8:00 a.m. Low Mass
9:00 a.m. Forum
9:30 a.m. Choir Rehearsal
10:00 a.m. Sung Mass
10:00 a.m. Godly Play
Children’s Sunday School: Who is My Example?
11:15 a.m Coffee Hour

Announcements for the week of January 16 - January 22

The Flowers on the Altar are given to the Glory of God in Memory of Gladys Mayfield by David & Michele Walker.

The Forum this morning is a presentation by Mr. Kyle Spradley of the Diocesan World Mission Committee. Come hear what is happening with our relationship with Northern Malawi.

The Rosary Chapter meets tomorrow at 6:30 pm in the Lady Chapel for the “Joyful Mysteries”.

The Stephen Ministers’ meet tomorrow, Monday, January 16th at 7:00 pm in the Library.

Wednesday is the the Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle. Mass will be celebrated at 7:00 pm. Come join us.

The Parish Life Committee will meet this Thursday at 7:00 pm in the Library.

The Annual Parish Meeting is next Sunday, January 22, following the 9:30 am Mass. Please Note: There will be only one Mass that morning.

End of the Year Reports - Please turn in written Commission/Guild/Group reports to the parish office by Tuesday, January 17 so they may be put into a packet for the annual meeting.

We need you! There are several open Sundays coming up on which we need Altar Flower donations as well as Coffee Hour Hosts and Ushers. Please check the lists on the signup table in the parish hall and indicate where you can be of assistance.

Kalendar for the week of January 16 - January 22

Monday: January 16 Feria
6:30 pm Rosary Chapter - “Joyful Mysteries”
7:00 pm Stephen Ministers’ meeting in the Library

Tuesday: January 17 Saint Antony, Abbot in Egypt, 356
9:00 am Low Mass & Unction

Wednesday: January 18 The Confession of
Saint Peter the Apostle
7:00 pm Low Mass

Thursday: January 19 Saint Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095
7:00 pm Parish Life Commission meeting

Friday: January 20 Saint Fabian, Bishop and Martyr at Rome, 250 6:30 pm HAMs Spaghetti Supper
Rector’s Day Off

Saturday: January 21 Saint Agnes, Martyr at Rome, 304

Sunday: January 22 The Third Sunday After The Epiphany
9:30 am Sung Mass
9:30 am Godly Play
Sunday School: Who is My Example?
11:00 am Annual Parish Meeting

Announcements for the week of January 9 - January 15

The Flowers on the Altar are given to the Glory of God.

The undesignated offering this morning goes to the Rector’s Discretionary Fund for pious & charitable uses. Please be generous.

The Vestry will meet tomorrow Monday, January 9 following Evening Prayer read in the Lady Chapel at 7 pm.

The Annual Parish Meeting will be Sunday, January 22, following the 9:30 am Mass. Please Note: There will be only one Mass that morning.

End of the Year Reports - Please turn in written Commission/Guild/Group reports to the parish office by Tuesday, January 17th so they may be put into a packet for the annual meeting.

We need you! There are several open Sundays coming up on which we need Altar Flower donations as well as Coffee Hour Hosts and Ushers. Please check the lists on the signup table in the parish hall and indicate where you can be of assistance.

Kalendar for the week of January 9 - January 15

Monday: January 9 Julia Chester Emery, 1922
7:00 pm - Vestry Meeting following Evening Prayer

Tuesday: January 10 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury 1645
9:00 am - Low Mass & Unction

Wednesday: January 11 Of the Octave
6:45 pm Evening Prayer
7:00 pm HAY

Thursday: January 12 St. Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167

Friday: January 13 St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, 367, The Baptism of Our Lord
Rector’s Day Off

Saturday: January 14 St. Kentigern, Bishop and Confessor, 612
Rector’s Day Off

Sunday: January 15 The Second Sunday After The Epiphany
8:00 am Low Mass
9:00 am Forum
9:30 am Choir Rehearsal
10:00 am Sung Mass
10:00 am Godly Play/Who is my Example
11:30 am Coffee Hour

Announcements for the week of January 2 - January 8

Welcome: We are glad you are here. Following mass this morning, everyone is invited to have birthday cake in the parish hall with those who are celebrating their birthday in January.

The Flowers at the Altar are given to the Glory of God.

HAY resumes this week on Wednesday January 4 at 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall.

We will celebrate the Feast of he Epiphany on its eve with a Sung Mass this Thursday, January 5th at 7:00 pm.

We need help with ‘Ungreening the Church’ this Saturday, January 7th at 9:00 am. We need help to take down the decorations, lights, etc. and store them away. Please come out and help - the more hands the better.

The Altar Guild meets this Saturday, January 7th at 9:30 am.

Sunday, January 8th is the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. If you have a candidate for Baptism, please talk with Fr. Cantrell ASAP.

The Annual Parish Meeting will be Sunday, January 22nd following a 9:30 am Mass. Please turn in written Commission/Guild/Group reports to the parish office by Friday, January 13th so they may be put into the report for this meeting.

Congratulations to Bruce and Sharon Trahey on the birth of their grandson, Brazos Austin Wyatt born Wednesday, December 28.

The green box sitting on the table in the narthex is there to receive donations for our Northern Malawi Centurion program. Our centurion is Fr. Connex Nyirenda of St. Peter’s Cathedral on Likoma Island. It costs about $100 a month to support a priest in Northern Malawi. Please be generous.

We continue to collect non-perishable food items for our Parish Outreach. The food is distributed through Iglesia San Miguel, our Hispanic mission on the East side of town. Please place your donation in the white basket located in the narthex.

Kalendar for the week of January 2 - January 8

Monday: January 2 2012 Christmas Feria

Tuesday: January 3 Christmas Feria
9:00 am - Low Mass

Wednesday: January 4 Christmas Feria
7:00 pm - HAY meets in the Parish Hall

Thursday: January 5 Vigil of the Epiphany
7:00 pm Sung Mass

Friday: January 6 The Feast of the Epiphany or
Manifestation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Gentiles
Rector’s Day Off

Saturday: January 7
9:00 am - Ungreening the Church
9:30 am - Altar Guild meeting

Sunday: January 8 The First Sunday after the Epiphany:
The Baptism of Our Lord
8:00 am Low Mass
9:00 am Adult Forum in the Parish Hall
9:30 am Choir Rehearsal
10:00 am Sung Mass
11:15 am Coffee Hour