“Classics” Senior Ministry will meet in The Parish Hall. We will be having a very important topic covered titled: FRAUD PREVENTION. The presenters are from the Fraud Prevention Team of the First Financial Credit Union. This is a meeting you do not want to miss!! Everyone is welcome at these meetings   (and you don’t have to consider yourself a senior) and please bring someone with you.

The parish partnership with our Navajo siblings continues with this “trunk sale”! Here’s how to participate: Sell large and small items from your trunk. Or curate your collection of games, puzzles, and books, bringing the ones you are finished with to the Parish Hall by Friday, September 18, and we will sell them for you. All proceeds go to Good Shepherd Mission in Navajoland. Contact the parish office so we can connect you to Diane Taylor and Jane McGuire to answer questions.

Our Fall Newcomers Class will meet Wednesdays at 6:00pm in the Parish Hall, beginning with a potluck dinner on September 30. All are welcome! We are also looking for members who have been around awhile to serve as part of the team.Talk to Mike Angell. Sign-up is available online and in the Narthex. If you have questions or you’re interested in supporting the Newcomers Ministry this fall, contact Mike.

Our parish feast day will be held the last Sunday in September. For this day, we will have just two services (7:30am and 10:00am). We will celebrate the life and ministry of the parish at 11:15am with a ministry festival. There will be food! Come to hear about ways to be involved and to support the work of St. Michael’s.

Beginning in September, we’ll embark on a year-long spiritual journey through Brian McLaren’s book We Make the Road by Walking. Throughout the year, we’ll gather for different seasons of the book, beginning with the Creation Season. Discussions this fall will be led by the Rev. Judith Jenkins and the Rev. Annette Mayer.

The group will meet at noon on Wednesdays in the Pavilion at church from September 2-October 7 to discuss the “Creation” section, beginning with chapters 1 and 2.

Please join the LGBTQ+ Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande for a cookout on Sunday, September 13 at 4:30 pm at Church of the Holy Cross in Edgewood. (Edgewood is 22 miles east of Albuquerque on I-40.) A service of Holy Eucharist will follow the cookout. Please plan to attend. We’ve missed getting together with everyone.

Holy Cross will provide meat and veggie burgers, all the fixings, and non-alcoholic drinks. If you are able, please bring side dishes, desserts, and additional drinks.

Holy Cross (address: 367 NM-344, Edgewood NE 87105) is only 22 miles east of Albuquerque from Tramway and I-40. (Directions: Drive east on I-40 19 miles to Exit #187, NM-344. Turn north on NM-344 and drive 3.5 miles to Holy Cross.)

Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross is the ONLY church in Edgewood who welcomes and affirms the LGBTQ+ community. Let’s show how much we appreciate their support and hospitality by having a great turnout and filling up their sanctuary!