1895 Laurel, Saint Paul MN 55104

Saint Mary's Episcopal Church

1895 Laurel Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104

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Saint Mary’s Weekly – April 22, 2022

April 22, 2022 by communications


Weekly Worship Services

Sunday, April 24, 2022 

  • First Message:  Acts 5: 27-32
  • Gospel:  John 20: 19-31 (Jesus appears to disciples and to Thomas)
8:00am – Adapted Morning Prayer with Gospel Based Discipleship discussion creating the homily—Virtual only—led by Steve Andrews. After the service a Zoom social gathering will be held.
For the 8am Zoom worship service on April 24, 2022 Click HERE
If asked for a passcode, enter 171895
If asked for a meeting ID, enter 878 4182 3048
 
For the April 24 Service Bulletin for the 8am service – Click HERE
 
9:00am – Virtual Family Church Service via Zoom. All are welcome.  The service begins at 9am and lasts about 20 minutes.
To join the 9am Family Church Service on April 24, 2022 Click HERE
If asked for a meeting ID, enter 860 0920 4974
If asked for a passcode, enter Fun
 
10:00am – Adapted Morning Prayer with favorite hymns and songs of St. Mary’s parishioners. Come and sing with us!! In-person and virtual. After the service, a Zoom social gathering will be held for those worshipping virtually and for in-person worshippers, there will be a social gathering held in the entryway with doors open (and outdoors if weather permits).
To join the 10am worship on April 24, 2022 Click HERE
If asked for a passcode, enter 277625
If asked for a meeting ID, enter 818 4016 4967
 
To join by cell phone only (voice only, no video),
call: 312-626-6799
Enter Meeting ID 818 4016 4967
If asked for a passcode, use 277625
 
For the April 24 Service Bulletin for the 10am service – Click HERE
For the April 24 Hymn Sing Lyric Sheet – Click HERE

What’s in this Weekly?

Worship Team

  • What’s new?–Hymns, DOTS, and an Annual Meeting!

St. Mary’s Annual Meeting & Celebration for Reverend Moss

  • St. Mary’s Staff & Committee Reports
  • Candidates for St. Mary’s Leadership
  • St. Mary’s Delegates to the 2022 ECMN Convention
  • Thank You Reverend Susan Moss!

Children and Youth

  • Pre-Tweeners
  • Youth Group and Tweeners
  • Family Service Update

Outreach

  • Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light Federal Climate Action Event
  • KIVA Update

Announcements

  • Violin and Viola Concert, Friday,  April 29 at 7pm
  • Mission Area Gatherings, Saturday, May 14
  • Discounted Tickets for Bach Society of MN At the summit, B Minor Mass, Saturday, May 14
  • Episcopal Night with the Minnesota Twins!

Prayers in the Weekly

  • Prayer Requests
  • CaringBridge for Don Horton

Upcoming Events at Saint Mary’s


Worship Team

What’s new? 

  • To listen to the homily given by The Reverend Susan Moss on Easter Sunday, April 17, Click HERE.
  • What a glorious Easter celebration at St. Mary’s! It felt almost like a pre-COVID Sunday with 80 people in the sanctuary! Add to that close to 20 people who joined via Zoom, and we came mighty close to topping 100 people in the St. Mary’s community being together to celebrate the Risen Christ!! Alleluia!!
  • Hand Sanitizer… The Altar Guild has noticed that hand sanitizer takes the finish off the pews. Please use hand sanitizer carefully.
  • What’s so special about April 24, 2022?? Well, first, it’s the 2nd Sunday of the Easter season and that’s worth celebrating!! It’s joyful! The “Alleluias” continue. Second, we’ll be singing and singing and singing…many of our favorite hymns and songs! (All the hymns/songs may not be sung on April 24, but there are several more Sundays in the Easter season! Stay tuned!) Third, see the next bullet point re DOTS!
  • “Covid Comfort” & DOTS!!…Do you need 6′ spacing to feel safe at church? Do you prefer elbow and fist bumps? Are you hankering for hugs? Well, now we have a new way for you to communicate your level of comfort with physical contact during Covid.
    • There are stickers available for you to put on your name tag or your shirt to let all of us know how close you’re willing to get when we’re greeting each other.
    • A RED • dot will indicate that you’d like to maintain social distance (peace sign, air hug); a YELLOW • dot will tell us that you feel comfortable coming closer and would like a wave or a fist or elbow bump as a greeting; and a GREEN • dot will indicate that you are willing to be close and are potentially open to hugs.
  • May 1st is now only one week away.  You’re invited to worship at 10am either in person or via Zoom. This will be Susan Moss’ last Sunday with us. Also on May 1st, St. Mary’s will hold its Annual Meeting following the worship service, again in person and via Zoom. On the Agenda are reviewing St Mary’s financials and voting for a new Warden and new Vestry members. We need a minimum of 25% of our adult membership (age 16 and over) for this to be a valid meeting. Please come and join in organizing St. Mary’s for this new phase of our future.
  • Worship Schedule for April & May 2022 (hybrid—in-person & virtual unless otherwise noted)
    • April 24—
      • 8:00am Adapted Morning Prayer with Gospel Based Discipleship discussion in place of a sermon. (virtual only)
      • 9:00am Family Service (virtual only)
      • 10:00am Adapted Morning Prayer service with LOTS of St. Marians’ favorite hymns and songs.
    • May 1—
      • (Note: Yet to be determined whether or not the 9am Family Service will continue into May.)
      • 10:00am Eucharist/Annual Meeting/Susan Moss’ last Sunday
    • May 8—
      • 10:00am Morning Prayer straight out of the BCP led by Jim DeLuca
    • May 15—
      • 10:00am Eucharist, The Rev John Bellaimey (Guest Preacher & Celebrant)
    • May 22—
      • 8:00am Adapted Morning Prayer with Gospel Based Discipleship discussion in place of a homily. (virtual only)
      • 10:00am Morning Prayer straight out of the BCP led by Jim DeLuca
    • May 29—
      • 10:00am Gospel Based Discipleship (VIRTUAL ONLY)—Memorial Day Weekend
  • Weekly Worship Services
    • Mondays—Compline 7:30pm (virtual only)
    • Thursdays—Contemplative Service 7:00pm in St Mary’s Chapel.

Feedback is welcome!
Still thinking about giving the Worship Team input about your yearnings/longings around worship at St. Mary’s? It’s never too late to let us know what you’re thinking about. Use the feedback link below.

Click HERE to give feedback. Thanks!

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May 1 – St. Mary’s Annual Meeting & Celebration for Reverend Moss

St. Mary’s Staff and Committee Reports
In advance of our St. Mary’s Annual Parish Meeting on Sunday, May 1st following the 10am worship service, please review the annual reports presented by staff and committees. Please note that the Treasurer’s Report will be a part of the May 1st meeting:
  • Children, Youth, and Family
  • Music
  • Worship
  • Stewardship
  • Buildings & Grounds
  • Communications
 
Candidates for St. Mary’s Leadership
The approval of candidates to serve in our open leadership roles will be an order of business during our upcoming annual meeting on May 1, 2022.
 
We have several open positions:  Warden, Vestry, Treasurer, and Clerk. We are so blessed and so thankful to have these members of our community step forward with willingness to volunteer their time to do this work of Saint Mary’s as we move into an exciting new phase of our life in community.
 
Please take a minute to get acquainted with our members who have indicated interest to serve by following this link: (https://saintmarysepiscopal.org/new-members-for-vestry-2022/)
If the full slate of our candidates is approved, the whole of the leadership body (Priest, Wardens, and vestry) could include twelve (12) people! This is such a positive sign indicating the strength
of our community and our combined energy for a bright future.
 
Many thanks to our candidate-members!
 
St. Mary’s Delegates to the 2022 ECMN Convention
At the May 1st St. Mary’s annual meeting we will be voting on delegates to represent St. Mary’s at the 2022 ECMN annual convention, to be held in Rochester on October 27-29. The annual convention is both a way to learn more about what is happening in the wider diocese and to vote on decisions being made there. St. Mary’s is entitled to two delegates, and we generally name an alternate as well. If you are interested in serving as a delegate, please contact warden Brian Nerbonne by Sunday, April 24 either at church or via email.
 
Reverend Susan Moss Celebration
May 1 will be our chance to give The Reverend Susan Moss a St. Mary’s-style send-off and show our deep appreciation for all she has done for us. That Sunday will be her last day preaching with us, and after church we will gather to give her our thanks for celebrating Eucharists, working with the worship team to plan services, giving thought-provoking sermons, helping us to heal and be ready for new beginnings, and for guiding the wardens, vestry and search team through a longer than expected search process. It is standard practice during transitions for a departing priest to leave 3-4 weeks prior to the arrival of a new rector. Susan’s last day will be Saturday May 7. That means – a party to show our thanks after church on May 1!
 
May 1 is also the date of our annual parish meeting, where we will vote on important things like new vestry members and a co-warden. Our bylaws state that we need at least 25% of us in attendance in order for a vote to take place, so this is another reason to join us.
 
As one way of saying thank you to The Reverend Moss, we are taking donations for a thank you gift through Sunday, April 24. If you would like to make a donation, you have a few options:
 
  • Write a check (or cash in an envelope) and put it in the offering plate at church, indicating “Susan” on the memo line or envelope.
  • Write a check or use your bank’s online bill pay system and send it to St. Mary’s (1895 Laurel Avenue; St Paul, MN 55104), indicating “Susan” on the memo line.
  • Online with our automated payment system through Vanco. To make a special contribution Click HERE and select “Thanks Rev. Moss!”
 
For those who are wondering, during the transition time between Susan’s departure and the arrival of our new rector, we will cover pastoral duties in a few ways. Pastoral care emergencies will be handled by The Reverend Cindi Brickson. For worship services we will have a mix of lay-led Morning Prayer services, a Eucharist with a guest celebrant and preacher, and an adapted Morning Prayer Zoom only service with Gospel Based Discipleship. If you have any questions or concerns about this transition, please let me know.
 
Hope to see you there for a fun event on May 1!
Brian Nerbonne
Warden

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St. Mary’s Children’s and Youth

Pre-Tweeners Group on Wednesday from 6:30pm – 7pm:
We just started a group for kids who are K-2nd grade.  Any child in that age group is welcome to join.  We will be having a question of the day, talk about our lows and highs and then do a show and tell.  All children K-2 are welcome to join. Please contact Mia for the link!
 
Youth Group:
Join Kat for youth group on Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm-8:00pm. Just a reminder that Youth Group is for young people who are 7th through 12th grade. Stay tuned to our text chain. Kat will inform the group if YG will be virtual or in person. Contact Mia if you need to be added to the group.
 
Tweeners:
Join Mia and Emily for Tweeners on Thursdays from 7-7:45pm. The meeting will be virtual. Please contact Mia for the link!
 
Family Service Update:
We will continue to run a Family Zoom Service in March and April.
 
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85842950103?pwd=OHhIM3VSdTZNRTlBeUtCeEtSYXFjUT09
Meeting ID: 858 4295 0103
Passcode: Church

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Outreach

Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light Federal Climate Action Event
On Tuesday, April 26, at 11:15 am, join Minnesotans of faith and conscience to raise our collective voices for federal climate action! We will meet virtually with Senator Tina Smith, who has been a champion for the $555 billion climate provisions of the Build Back Better Act. If this legislation passes the Senate, it will be the largest-ever federal investment in clean energy! Register here for the call: Click HERE 

During this event hosted by Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light, we will hear clean energy testimonies from several congregations and have an opportunity to add our own climate stories. The Senator will also share updates and how we can help get these provisions passed. We hope to have at least 10 people from St. Mary’s on the call. Join us by clicking this link: Click HERE

KIVA Update
On Good Friday, a soup supper was held to support St Mary’s efforts to provide loans to people around the world through the KIVA organization. Delicious soups and bread were enjoyed by all and $560 was collected to add to the $1480 that had been re-paid by those who received loans from St. Mary’s earlier. Totaling these up, $2040 was available to be loaned. Thank you to all who joined us for soups. And thank you to those of you who donated.

New loans were made in 13 different countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Palestine, Kenya, Berkina Faso, Ecuador, Madagascar and Rwanda; and to 16 individuals or groups; for sewing traditional clothing, making ice cream, farming, raising sheep, selling fish and cell phones and beer and candy and for home construction, toilets, pig farms, fertilizer and seeds. Making a difference around the world….

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Announcements

Violin and Viola Concert – Friday, April 29 at 7pm
The community of St. Mary’s is invited to a violin and viola concert in the sanctuary on Friday, April 29 at 7pm. The performers are mostly students of Mary Taylor Allen, who taught from her St. Mary’s studio for many years before moving to Hawaii. Savannah and Elias, St. Mary’s youth, will perform as well. All are welcome! If you have questions, please contact Erika Scheurer at ecscheurer at stthomas.edu.

 
Mission Area Gatherings – Saturday, May 14 from 9am – 12pm
Come for a rich day of conversation, learning, and reconnecting at this Spring’s gathering for the East Mission Area. This will be a hybrid event, taking place at St. Clements, 901 Portland Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55104 with an option to attend online. Food and beverages will not be served, but join us after the gathering for an “After party” potluck lunch! Click HERE to register.

 

Discounted Tickets for the Bach Society of Minnesota-At the Summit, B Minor Mass – Saturday, May 14
For the At the Summit, B Minor Mass concert. We would love to offer a discounted price to show our appreciation to your church community. Please use promotional code “Bach18” when you purchase over the phone (Ordway Ticket Office 651-224-4222) or through the website. For this same concert, children under 12 attend for free (with a purchase of student/adult ticket)

Yunyue Liu
Executive Director
BACH SOCIETY of MINNESOTA

 

Episcopal Night with the Minnesota Twins!
Tuesday, June 21, 6:40pm at Target Field. For more information Click HERE. 

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Prayer Requests

Please pray for those on Saint Mary’s prayer list: Don; the Horton family; Amara; the Strande family; Steven; Bishop Craig Loya as he leads the ECMN; all frontline workers; teachers and those who support children and youth in education, all who have had hardships because of Covid; all who are homeless, unemployed, or struggling financially; doctors, nurses, caregivers, and all who care for the sick or dying; all who work for new systems of justice and equity; all who are in need of prayer.

If you would like a name to be added to Saint Mary’s public prayer list or special prayer shared, please email clairehorton97 at gmail.com. The prayer list will be updated weekly, and all prayers will remain on the list for one month unless otherwise requested.

CaringBridge for Don Horton
Hello my dear friends,

If you would like to stay updated on my dad’s health situation and don’t use Facebook, I will be posting updates on CaringBridge too.

Website Link: https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/donhorton

Much love,

Claire Horton

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Upcoming Events at Saint Mary’s
Opportunities for Worship, Education, Choir, & Meet Ups
for the week of 4/22 – 4/28

Sunday, April 24, 2022
Virtual Morning Prayer via Zoom
8:00am
Link

Sunday, April 24, 2022
Virtual Family Church Service
9:00am Service
Link

Sunday, April 24, 2022
In-person and Virtual Worship Service
10:00am Service
Link

Monday, April 25, 2022
Compline (Now on Mondays!)
7:30pm
Link

Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Vestry Meeting
6:30pm
Email wardens@saintmarysepiscopal.org for more information

Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Youth Group
6:30pm
Contact Mia for more information. Click HERE

Thursday, April 28, 2022
Saint Mary’s Dinner Group
6:00pm
Contact Julie Thomas for more information – julieandcats at comcast.net

Thursday, April 28, 2022
Thursday Evening Contemplative Service
Led by Erika Scheurer and Anna Clark
7:00pm
Link (please note that the Contemplative Service returns to In-person and Virtual!)

Thursday, April 28, 2022
Tweeners-Virtual
7:00pm
Contact Mia for more information. Click HERE

Visit the Saint Mary’s Calendars page for more information on what is happening.

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Filed Under: Children and Youth, News, Vestry, Weekly News and Announcements

covid 19 update

This page may not reflect St. Mary’s current programming, as we continue to emerge from the pandemic. As of June 2021, for example, we have both in-person and Zoom options for attending our Sunday 10:00 a.m. worship service.

Find the current status of all St. Mary’s programming and community activities on THIS PAGE. Join us!

Our decisions about how to conduct activities at St. Mary’s are guided by our belief that it is our duty to care for one another as children of God, as well as by guidance from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota.

 

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