On Saturday, August 28th, there will be a Safe Church training at St. Christopher’s Church in Roseville. Safeguarding God’s Children will be from 9am - 12noon. If you work with our children, you are required to attend a training class every 5 years. There is a $10 fee and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Sandy Wittman at sandy@stchristophers-mn.org. If you are also required to attend the adult training, Preventing Adult Sexual Harassment, this we will be held from 12:30-2:30pm on the same day. If you have further questions please see Kitty Reese or Kathie Brown
…will be held here at St. George’s over the next 10 days. If you have time in the coming days and would like to help out, please see Camille Schroeder. Thanks to everyone who as donated and is participating in this community outreach.
Remember to mark the date. The Corn Feed is on Saturday, August 28th. Tickets will be available beginning Sunday, August 8th. Tickets are $5.00 each with a $15 maximum per family.
St. George’s will again be the site of the annual St. Louis Park Emergency Program’s Back-to-School project in August. In preparation for this event, we need to collect new school supplies to be distributed to the students. While it seems early to be thinking about school starting (it’s hardly over!), it is a great time to watch for good prices on school supplies. Traditionally some of the best buys in school supplies are in July. Walgreen’s and target do agreat job by having low prices on needed items. Zippered 3-ring notebooks, two-pocket folders without fasteners, Ticonderoga pencils, 12-count Crayola colored pencils, adult-size Fiskars scissors and glue sticks are some of the most needed items. Good-quality backpacks for high school students are also needed.
Please watch for the bargains as you decide just what you want to donate to the students in St. Louis Park. Also think about vulunteering to help out with this project. News of specific times will appear in the August newsletter or you can ask Camille Schroeder.
It has been the tradition at St. George’s to have a corn feed in August where the parish comes together for a fun event for the whole family. If this something you would be interested in working on, please talk to Laura Harmon or call her at 612-920-3506.
This summer at St. George’s we will be offering re-runs of some of the best received Adult Christian Education Classes from the previous year. This will be a chance for those who missed these classes to enjoy them now. For those who have already attended these classes, this will be a great chance to learn more.
Sunday, July 11th: St. Mary the Virgin in Angelican Tradition
We will explore how the Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ has been honored and understood within Anglican theology and customs. We will also review the use of prayer beads.
Sunday, July 18th: Angelican History
A very brief overview of the birth of the Anglican Tradition and subsequent developments in our history.
Sunday, July 25th: The Sacraments
What are the Seven Sacraments? Howdo we define and understand them?
Sunday, August 1st: Liturgical Prayer/Practices
What is all of this bowing, kneeling, genuflecting and crossing ourselves all about?
The deacons of the Episcopal Church are collecting shoes to send to Haiti. Schueler Shoes in St. Louis Park has agreed to pay the expenses of shipping the shoes. A container for yoru shoe donation is in the Narthex. Please tie your shoes in pairs.
The Buildings & Grounds Committee is holding a Spring Fundraiser. We would like to raise a little extra money for some special projects, for example replacing the bushes along Minnetonka Blvd. and repairing the stonework by the front steps.
We will be selling Butter Braid paistries. We will take orders in the Parish Hall on Sunday March 28th and April 11th. The pastries would be available for pick up on Sunday, May 2nd, one week before Mother’s Day. THe pastries are frozen and will need to stay frozen until use. Each pastry costs $10 and there are several fillings available. We sole these previously and they were quite good and well received. Please look for committee members in the Parish Hall to place your orders.
As part of our ministry for Alzheimer’s and other memory loss, we would like to offer a support group at St. George’s. This group is open to people who are currently caregivers, spouses, children and grandchildren; persons who have memory loss and persons who are interested in a pastoral role with persons with memory loss.
The day, time and topic for discussion will be determined by the group. Please contact Rev. Mildred Cox about your interest - 612-529-7221.
It is with a great deal of pleasure that the Discernment Team and the Vestry announce that The Rev. Paul Allick has been called to be the seventh Rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church.
A little over one year ago, Father Paul Allick came to St. George’s as Priest in Charge. He was very down to earth and his sermons were easy to listen to and understand. It seemed that all of us were almost instantly comfortable with him. He quietly went about his work which included Gospel Based Discipleship, feast-day services, teaching, calling on the shut-ins and hospitalized, a joint confirmation class with two other Episcopal churches and facilitating a Newcomer Committee, to name just some of what he has done in his time here. He showed us how much we can learn from the Book of Common Prayer, and he emphasized the role of the baptized and the laity in the church. And he encouraged those who weren’t baptized or confirmed to consider taking steps to receive those sacraments which many have already done.
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