Worship

St. Michael’s Organ Renovation
During August and part of September our pipe organ will be undergoing renovation, addressing wear-and-tear issues and tonal restoration. As a result, different parts of the instrument will be out of action from week to week. Every attempt will be made to leave enough of it operational for leading our 10.30am worship, but it will not be possible to enjoy its normal volume or variety of sound. This is a great opportunity for you to make up for this by singing all the more heartily! Organist Jo Vroon will be grappling with this challenge while I am on vacation in August (Jeannie Martin will be in charge of the choir). Parts and pipes from the organ will need to be stored in areas of the gallery and these will be clearly roped off. It is hoped that the organ will be completed by mid-September when we will look forward to it being gloriously restored physically and tonally. ~ Edward Norman - Organist and Choir Director
Exciting music ministry opportunities are being planned
and developed this summer!

I will be directing, with the expertise collaboration of our excellent Director of Music, Mr. Edward Norman, the St. Cecilia Choir (4ys-1st graders), the Junior Choir (2nd-5th graders), the Youth Choir (6th-12th graders), and a new group, the St. Michael’s Choir Chimes!

The Choir Chimes will be for children 5 years of age-5th graders. I was approached in the spring by an eager and excited group of children about playing bells. The choir chimes are designed specifically for children and would play pieces during the 10:30 worship service. This group would also play some pieces with the St. Michael’s Hand bells, which I started a few years ago and direct. So, what is needed, well of course it would be funding. It will cost approximately $1200 for a 2 octave set of choir chimes. That price would also include books and rehearsal pads.

If you would like to contribute to this music ministry please contact me or you can designate a contribution by check and specify it to the St. Michael’s Choir Chimes. All of these choirs are an important part of supporting our children with their walk with Christ.

Please keep these ministries in your prayers!

~ Jeannie Martin - 330-0966

Prayer Corner

Please pray for St. Michael’s Church and our mission, which is to transform every heart and home, the Holy City, the Hurting Coast and the Hungering World through Jesus Christ. Pray specifically for the Rt. Rev. Mark Lawrence and his family; for Douglas Born and his mission in Charleston; for Dallas and Janie Wilson and St. John’s Chapel; for Rob Dewey and Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy; for Tabitha Wang and her mission in China; for Simon Guillebaud and his mission in Burundi; for our missionary in Yemen; for Pastor Peter and the Church in Ukraine; for Rob Kunes as he transitions into new ministry at Galilee Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach; and for Tyler Prescott, Elizabeth Cooper, and Holly Craighead, our seminarians.

Prayers for Deployed Military
PFC Tony Roderick, Afghanistan (grandson of Paulette and Randy Gobel)
Army Specialist Adam Chapman, Fort Bliss, Texas (son of Eason Chapman)
Sergeant Jonathan G. Morrison, Afghanistan (grandson of Marilyn Morrison)

Parents-to-Be Prayer List
God said, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.”
Kathleen and Ramsay Camp (July 2010)
Julie and Rob Kunes (August 2010)
Becca and Rob Weil (August 2010)
Katherine and Richard McElroy (September 2010)
Karey and Phillip Wilson (September 2010)
Abigail and Paul Speights (September 2010)
Walker and Hunter Jordan (October 2010)
Anne Wimberly and David Holman (October 2010)
Gina and George Greene (November 2010)

Birth Annoucements
Mary Margaret Halford, daughter of Amy & Blair Halford, was born on May 26th, 2010! Mary Margaret weighed 8 pounds and 15 ounces.

Mayes Elizabeth Jefferies Unger, daughter of Betsy & Jay Unger, was born on June 24th, 2010! Mayes Elizabeth weighed 7 pounds and 1 ounce.

Prayers for Employment
“But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today”
Hebrews 3:13a This new list, for those needing employment, includes names and recent employment skills.
Ross Early – land surveyor
Kathy Heavner – arts education
Eddie Steele – manufacturing; engineering
Heather Bryan – marketing; writing; teaching



 

 

 

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