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Summer Church Chats

by Fr. Bill Van Oss

As a way to stay connected with parishioners near and far and to get to know one another a little better, we will be having “Summer Church Chats” on Zoom this summer. Check out the detailed article in this Brief and in the upcoming summer edition of the Red Door for the dates and topics.


Church Chats will be the second Monday of each month at 1:00 pm and the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm. The Zoom link can be found in the Brief. The first Chat will be this Monday, June 13 at 1:00 pm. The topic is: what is your favorite recipe/meal and why? What was your grandparents or parents signature dish?


Hope to see you on Zoom!


Messy Church is happening this Sunday, June 12th. If you know a person or family who is looking for a welcoming, creative, fun, interactive church experience be sure to invite them. You could offer to join them as a way of enticing them to try it.


And mark you calendar for the 4th of July on Sanibel. St. Michael’s will have a float in the parade. We will be service ice cream at the church following the parade. We will also be part of the Sanibel-Captiva Road Rally - Sanibel’s longest-running 4th of July event- in the afternoon. 


We have entered the bus so that we can fill it with happy parishioners who want to help solve puzzle clues while following a prescribed driving course around the Island. Fun for everyone, so hop on the bus, driven by our cruise director Chuck! Seating is limited to 14 people so please sign up with Sue Van Oss.


Finally, we are looking for 3-4 Flower Coordinators to oversee the delivery of the altar flowers to homebound after the Sunday service. The job is pretty simple. The Flower Coordinator divides the Altar arrangement into 3 small vases in the Flower Room.  The Flower Coordinator makes sure that any flowers going to Shell Point get to the SP driver. Joyce Crawley, on the bus, has offered to deliver them. The Flower Coordinator also either delivers any remaining flowers, OR gets someone else to deliver, like a neighbor. Often someone from the reception agrees to take a vase to deliver. Please contact Joanne Syverson if you would like to serve as a flower coordinator. This is a wonderful way to be part of our pastoral care ministry. 


Lots of things going on this summer at St. Michael’s!


Peace,

Bill+

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Hope Rising Update #72

By Fr. Bill Van Oss • December 20, 2023
Today's Excitement Dear Friends, Today was a day to celebrate! LCEC trucks arrived to install the new meter and energize it so the new HVAC system in the sanctuary can be started up! Then a couple hours later, we passed the City of Sanibel final inspection and we were given the Certificate of Completion; the final step in our permit process which started last May. We are very grateful to Councilwoman Holly Smith, City Manager Dana Souza and all the city and LCEC employees who assisted in these final steps and of course to all the FP workers and their subs for all their hard work these past several months and the Property Restoration Team; the working group was there to receive the good news today. We are very busy getting the spaces ready for opening weekend starting with our 4th Advent services this Saturday at 5pm and Sunday at 8am and 10:30am (livestreamed). Then we will have 3 Christmas Services at 4pm, 8pm (livestreamed) and 10:30am. Thanks to the volunteer teams who have been washing dishes in the kitchen, putting books on the bookshelf, hanging wreaths and a 100 other details. It is a stunningly beautiful space and we can't wait for all to experience it again for the first time in 15 months! Bill +

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By Fr. Bill Van Oss • December 13, 2023
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