Our family has a few movies on repeat. Emma (2020), Spirited Away, and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy whenever I have a say. 

In fact, when my wife Brit spent a weekend in Toronto for her best friend's wedding, I plotted a Lord of the Rings movie marathon with my little girl Eve. 

Not our first attempt. We usually watch the first movie and then parts of the last. The middle movie The Two Towers has too many dry scenes to capture our attention.

Probably the same can be said about the ministry of Jesus found in the bible. ...

Join us on Sunday at 10 am for the season after Pentecost while we explore and celebrate how the gift of the Holy Spirit is working through our lives and the church.

Celebrant:

The Rev. Bryan Beveridge

Readings:

GENESIS 32:22-31;

PSALM 105:1-11, ;

ROMANS 8:26-39;

MATTHEW 13:31-33, 44-52

Hymns:

Here I am to worship You Link

CCLI # 18723 - Great is thy faithfulness Link

CCLI Song # 1083764 - I will offer up my life Link

CP #404 - The Trumpet Sounds the Angels Link

I am the Bread of Life Link

CCLI Song # 3798438 - Blessed be Your Name Link

Reader: Helen

Greeter: Helen

Pianist: Suzanne

Join us for Coffee with Seth after his last service at St. Michael's on Sunday, August 20th.

Income $ 74,617
Expenses $ 89,412
Operating Income $- 4,787

It is important to note that the $4,787 loss includes the generous donations applied as of June 30 from the stewardship campaign last year to retain Seth for 2023. As you all know, Seth will no longer be our Associate Priest as of September 1. While we hope that you will continue to support our clergy and staff, if you donated to the campaign and you do not want your donation to continue to support clergy salaries once Seth has left, there are a few options.
First, if you are donating your pledge weekly or monthly, you have the option to stop your offerings at the end of August.
Second, you have the option to fulfill your pledge and assign the remaining portion of your pledge to a particular use in the church, such as outreach, capital fund or operations.
Third, if you have already fulfilled your pledge and received a tax receipt, we are not able to issue any refund. You do have the option to apply the September to December amount of your pledge to your 2023 pledge for operations.
If you want to make a change to your pledge for Seth, leave a note for Sandy at the office. Otherwise, you do not need to take any action.

Soul Care Women's Retreat with Cathy AJ Hardy, Mission, BC
Claire Ziprick at the Mt.St. Francis in Cochrane. To book email or call780-893-8372
clairezip@gmail.com

John Mason Neale was born in London in 1818, studied at Cambridge, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1842. He was offered a parish, but chronic ill health, which was to continue throughout his life, prevented him from taking it. In 1846 he was made warden of Sackville College, a position he held for the rest of his life. Sackville College was not an educational institution, but an almshouse, a charitable residence for the poor.

In 1854 Neale co-founded the Sisterhood of St. Margaret, an order of women in the Anglican Church dedicated to nursing the sick. Many Anglicans in his day, however, were very suspicious of anything suggestive of Roman Catholicism. Only nine years earlier, John H. Newman had encouraged Romish practices in the Anglican Church, and had ended up joining the Romanists himself. This encouraged the suspicion that anyone like Neale was an agent of the Vatican, assigned to destroy the Anglican Church by subverting it from within. Once Neale was attacked and mauled at a funeral of one of the Sisters. From time to time unruly crowds threatened to stone him or to burn his house. He received no honor or preferment in England, and his doctorate was bestowed by an American college (Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut). However, his basic goodness eventually won the confidence of many who had fiercely opposed him, and the Sisterhood of St. Margaret survived and prospered.

Neale translated the Eastern liturgies into English, and wrote a mystical and devotional commentary on the Psalms. However, he is best known as a hymn writer and translator, having enriched English hymnody with many ancient and mediaeval hymns translated from Latin and Greek, including the following:

It's Food Bank Sunday. Items on high demand are:

• canned and dry soups
• plant milk
• baking mixes that require adding only water
• rice

Please be advised admin won't be working between August 22nd and August 25th as Howard generously approved my little holidays. 

We were very pleased with the response to our survey and the interest that has been shown for this project. However, Corporation has decided to hold off on the grocery gift cards for now. The level of interest for one store and the number of sales required to get to a good return will take too long toachieve. Given that current interest rates are high, it is in St. Michael’s financial interest to continue toinvest the funds that would be needed to start the program in an investment certificate at the bank. We have the information required to start the program and we will monitor interest rates and returns from the bank so that we can start up if it becomes a better deal for the church.

Thank you for interest in this project. We do hope to start it up at a more advantageous time.

The Diocese of Calgary sends out a e-newsletter every two weeks. To view their most recent newsletter click the button below.

Food and Friends has a new way to sign up as a volunteer. Opportunities are listed through July 31.

There are lots of openings available. The Food and Friends program is a great way to contribute to a St. Michael’s outreach program and to the community. Consider signing up for one or more weeks by clicking the button.

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