From the Music Director Dr. Miriam Zach

We would like to invite you to our international King's College, Cambridge Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 10:30am, St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 4315 NW 23rd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida with the St. Michael's Singers, St. Michael's Recorder Ensemble, and the Alachua Consort Annemieke Pronker-Coron, violinist; John Netardus, oboist ; Dr. Miriam Zach, organist and Director of Music St. Michael's. In addition to congregational singing of carols from our 1982 Hymnal, the choir will sing anthems by Palestrina, Kodaly, Rachmaninov, Rutter, Aleotti, and Vittoria from Italy, Hungary, Russia, France, Puerto Rico, Holland, and Spain, with chamber music from Belgium, England, and Germany.

We would also like to invite you to our upcoming holiday services:
Monday, December 24  7pm Christmas Eve
Sunday, December 30 8am & 10:30am  New Year's Eve
Sunday, January 6  8am & 10:30am Epiphany

Pastoral Letter from the Bishop

This might be of interest to parishioners. Bishop Howard sent a pastoral letter to all churches in the diocese, and here is the link to the pdf

Dio-Logue Newsletter from November 28

Here's the link: http://eepurl.com/scysz

Death Announcement

The Rev. George Bedell, died on November 28th, 2012. Funeral services will be held at Holy Trinity, Gainesville on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 11.00 a.m. Additional parking will be available in the former Villa East Building at 301 N. Main Street, and in the Holy Trinity parking lot in the 300 Block of North Main Street.

Rest eternal grant to him, O Lord; And let light perpetual shine upon him.
May his soul, and the souls of all the departed, Through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Alachua Consort Concert and Lecture

The second concert in the 2012-2013 Baroque Chamber Music Series at St. Michael's Episcopal Church will take place Sunday, November 18 at 4pm. The Alachua Consort (Annemieke Pronker-Coron, violin; John Netardus, oboe; Dr. Miriam Zach, organ) will perform German Baroque sonatas by Princess Anna Amalie, Johann Joseph Fux, Johann David Heinichen, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, and Johann Joachim Quantz. 

Immediately following the concert Dr. Mikesch Muecke will present a paper about St. Michael's Episcopal Church that he gave on October 18, 2012 at the Annual Meeting 2012 of SESAH (Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians) in Athens, Georgia. The paper is entitled "How to Connect with the Sky and the Land: A Case Study of a 1975 Schweizer Associates Architects of the Environmental Design Group Building in North Central Florida." 

Admission to the concert and architectural presentation is free. 

Donations are welcome to St. Michael's Episcopal Church. 

Concert by the Alachua Consort

Upcoming concert of the consort! All Italian Baroque Chamber Music on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Gainesville, FL. Worth driving to! The concert will include works by Caterina Assandra, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Arcangelo Corelli, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Maria Ruggieri, and Antonio Vivaldi. This is the first concert of a “trip-tik through the Baroque era,” visiting Italian, German and French Baroque composers, and this first concert will focus on Italian Baroque music.

Free admission. Donations are welcome.

Conference on Practical Leadership Skills for Ministry

September 27-29  

Claiming the Episcopal Future: Practical Leadership Skills for Ministry at Christ Church, Ponte Vedra featuring Diana Butler Bass 

The Anglican tradition and the Episcopal Church have much to offer the 21st century, but to realize the future that is within our grasp, lay people and clergy must be effective leaders, sound administrators, and inspiring teachers. Join us at Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra for this innovative conference where we will sharpen the skills we need to lead the Episcopal Church in today's world. Registration is available online at www.christepiscopalchurch.org.

St. Michael's Episcopal Church4315 NW 23rd Avenue
Gainesville, Florida  32606
  

Ministry Exploration Weekend coming up

Ministry Exploration Weekend - October 19-20

If you are interested in further exploring a call to new areas of ministry in the Church -- lay or ordained -- please make plans to attend the annual Ministry Exploration Weekend to be held at Camp Weed from 5:00 P.M., Friday evening, October 19th, thru Saturday afternoon, October 20th.  The registration deadline is October 4th.   

Anyone 18 years of age or older interested in further exploration of serving Christ in the Church is welcome and encouraged to attend. During this event, participants will hear from laypersons, deacons and priests on the many and diverse areas of ministry within the Church -- with an emphasis on discerning your own call as you may sense God urging you to explore. "Exploration" and "discernment" are central to the weekend's focus.  

While this weekend is a required step in the Diocesan "Journey of Discernment" for aspirants for Holy Orders -- Deacon or Priest -- it is also intended to provide the opportunity for greater clarity for those sensing God's call to potentially new or broader areas of ministry, or perhaps a more focused ministry, but which may yet be unfolding.  The weekend is offered by the Commission on Ministry and guest presenters.

For further information, please contact The Rev. Randall Sartin, Chair, Commission on Ministry, at rsartin@advent-church.org.   To register click here, print the registration form and mail it to the Diocese of Florida (address is on the form).  Please note: you must contact Camp Weed at 386-364-5250 to make your room and meal reservations.

St. Michael's Episcopal Church4315 NW 23rd Avenue
Gainesville, Florida  32606

Clean Up Saturday

This coming Saturday, June 23, will be the last clean up session before the bishop's visit on Sunday. We'll meet on the church grounds at 7:30 am, weather permitting. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and be ready for yard work....

Summer School at St. Michael's!

Have you heard about St. Michael's Day School's SUMMER SESSIONS?

Summer Camp 2012 is packed full of fun, learning & excitement!

This summer children ages 3 to 7 can spend their days learning from exciting science experiments, enjoying water days, and dress up fun! Plus, this year we will welcome guest speakers each week who will bring exciting things to share like scaly reptile friends or teach us something new like how to ZUMBA!

Session I is from June 25th to July 12th

Session II is from July 16th to August 2nd

Both Sessions run Monday-Thursday, 9am to 1pm.

Campers will bring a packed lunch from home.

Each session requires a $50 materials fee and tuition of $260.

Enjoy both sessions for $500!

No Summer Camp on July 4th!

You can now sign up for summer camp on a week by week basis.

The cost is $88 per week!

St Michael's Blog

We are writing the 7th of June 2012 today, and the blog for St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Florida, just went live. 


I have also posted a few blogs from the last months and backdated those....

Graduation

Graduation will soon be here!

Graduation will be held at 10am on Friday, June 8th in the St. Michael's Sanctuary.

Friends and family are welcome to attend.

Help us celebrate the success of all our VPK students!

Box Tops for Education

The Day School is collecting Box Tops for Education. Save your box tops and bring them in on Sundays, someone will see that get to Ms. Kelly or Ms. Mary at the school.

Dinner Out at Zaxby

How about dinner out on Wednesday, April 25^th?

A portion of the proceeds of the sales on this night (5-8 p.m.) will go to our school.

During last month's Zaxby's Night Out we raised $206.00!

Raising Funds for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

In April, our community service project is to help raise awareness and funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We look forward to teaching the children about this charity. Ms. Amanda is one of our Purple Puffins' teachers and her daughter Sage will be coming to school to help us understand her disease and learn how our contributions help kids just like her!

We will be having a bake sale as well on April 23^rd.   

If you are able to donate a baked good for the sale please let Ms. Kelly or Ms. Mary know!

Our school wide goal is $100.00.   

If the school reaches our goal, we will celebrate with a cookie party at the end of the month!!!

Raising Funds for the Children's Miracle Network

Each month our school chooses a charity or service to assist. Teaching our students about giving is very important to us. During the month of March our school participated in raising funds for Children's Miracle Network. Students were encouraged to bring in change to donate to the charity. Families were offered the chance to participate by purchasing "stickers" for $1 that showed the CMN hot air balloon. The class that sold the most stickers won pizza party! 


Congratulations Purple Puffins! We were able to raise $150.00 for Shand’s Hospital for Children!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated!