From the Governor's School for the Arts website:

“The mission of the Governor's School for the Arts (GSA) is to create and maintain an educational environment for gifted students that maximizes the artistic talent of each individual and to promote arts in the community… From cities and suburbs, from farms and coal fields, from every corner of the Commonwealth, Kentucky’s most talented, creative high school students gather for three weeks each summer to learn and grow together in the GSA.  Rising juniors and seniors in high school are offered in-depth instruction in one of nine artistic disciplines: architecture, creative writing, dance, drama, instrumental music, musical theater, new media, visual art or vocal music… During their three week stay on the beautiful campus of Transylvania University, the student artists are immersed in a rigorous schedule of daily seminars, master-classes, lectures, hands-on workshops and field trips…”

St. Michael’s is privileged to be the site of one of the annual GSA field trips!  Please join our parish and the choir from GSA on Sunday, July 5 dirong the 10:00 PM service for a morning of beautiful music and worship. 

St. Michael's Parish Family weekend at the Domain is scheduled for August 14th - 16th.  In order to hire the cooks, we need 20 adults each night to attend.  This is a great opportunity to invite a friend to experience The Domain!  Depending on your choice of A/C, prices range from $40-$52.50 per adult/per night and $30-$35 per child/per night.  Children 5 and under are free.  All prices include meals!  Please contact Rene Leaver to reserve your spot. 

The lectionary Bible study will meet at 9:00 AM in the Chapter Room when we go on the summer schedule on Sunday, May 17. We would like to reach out to those attending all worship services.  The lectionary is designed to develop themes important to understanding the ministry of Jesus, and the scripture's relationship to other aspects of Christain faith. 

Sunday Evening Book Discussion Group will meet Sunday at 7:00 pm in the EFM room to watch a DVD, "The Persuaders", on how opinions are shaped in America today, and they will discuss new books to read together. 

All are invited to come and join us in our Bible study and reflection. We meet on Wednesdays, at 1:00 P.M. in the EFM room. 

Save the Dates:  Wednesday Nights, June 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th.  Each Week we will explore different forms of prayer.  All ages are encouraged to attend. More details are coming soon. 

Godly Play I and II are in recess until Sunday, Auguest 2nd.  Watch for start-up announcements. 

The Youth Church School that meets each Sunday at 10:10 AM in the Youth Room (in the Undercroft) is on Summer Break until August 5th. 

The Parents of Young Children Class will not meet during the Summer.  The class will resume on August 2nd.  Watch for announcements. 

Our Summer Sunday schedule with two Masses, 8:00 AM Spoken Mass and 10:00 AM  Sung Mass, will continue through Sunday, July 26th.  On Sunday, August 4th, we will return to three services.

Special musical presentations are planned during the summer months.  Watch the MUSIC channel for details. 

The church office is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Friday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM. 

The New Rector Nominating Committee has been established and was announced on Easter Sunday, April 12th, at all three worship services.  The Committee is:  Pat Callahan, Clint Collins, Charles Coulston, Pat Evans, Casey Hinds, Frank Kebbell, Ken Overturf, Rebecca Rumery, Janet Shedd, Robert Srodulski.  The Vestry Liaison is Junior Warden, Ken Davis.  The committee will be commissioned on May 10, when Bishop Sauls visits St. Michael's.  Pray for the Nominating Committee and its important work. 

The document describing the Rector Search journey, in which we are currently taking our first steps, can be found on the RECTOR SEARCH channel page. 

The youth had a wonderful time at the Domain cleanup at last week's St. George Festival.  Check out the pictures on Saint Michael's Youth Group Facebook page!  Get information on upcoming youth events, join the group and share youth news and pictures. 

Policy and Procedures sounds like a pretty dull ministry area.  However, having this documentation available, in a controlled and central location,  can make the job of running the ministries of our Church much easier while enhancing  efficiency.  The Process and Procedures committee just kicked off an effort to review, update,  and approve existing documents.

However, a lot of knowledge about our ministries is stored in the heads of the wonderful people of our Church.  And as we pass ministry from person to person, there is no reason why the new person must reinvent those ministries from scratch.

We need the help of everyone who ministers on behalf of Saint Michael's.  Take some time to document how you do your jobs.  Please go to the Documents page to see details on how you can help document your ministries. 

That's not backwards.  I won't trot out one of those little sayings of Jesus that guilt us into trading TV time for helping others.  Think of it more as a spiritual exercise; it may not be the first thing we would choose to do, but after it's over, don't we feel better for having done it?

• Firstly, if you currently head an outreach group, I may or may not know about you.  Make sure I do.
• Secondly, if you feel this is where your ministry is calling you.nbsp; ...or if that sounds too heavy, how about "I'd like to help"? 

Are you camara savvy?  Do you like to share your perspective with others?
We are still in need of pictures to continue building our picture library for our different electronic publications (e.g. the newsletter, web site and other electronic and printed publications!)

If you need an excuse to bring your camara to more church functions, please take this as a hint and share your pictures with us! 

Please turn off cell phones and pagers during worship services unless it is vitally important to leave them on vibrate.  These devices interfere with our sound system, even when on vibrate mode.

Thank you for your cooperation! 

But first call Sarah Marks, our yard-care coordinator.  She will enroll you in the Guild of the Holy Mowers and put you on the rotation for the mowing season. 

If you are in need of a code to access our keypad doors, please stop by the office and fill out a request form for a new code. 

If you need more information about an announcement contact the author.  Member contact information may be found on our Ministry Base.  If you are not a member or don't have access to the Ministry Base please contact the church office. 

The ECW is sending care packages to troops in Iraq.  We are looking for donations from the parish.  Desirable items include:  candy, cookies, crackers, protein bars, trail mixes, nuts, used books, CDs and DVDs, toiletries (deodorant, razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste, foot powder, etc).  There is a clear container under the ECW bulletin board in the hallway to place the items.  Please join us in expressing appreciation to our troops! 

Contact information stored in our Ministry Base, available to all members of the church with a userid and password.  Please log in to update your information.  If you do not have a username and password then either send an email to the church office.

Note:  We must have a Preferred Email address on file before you may log in.  For security reasons, the system will not allow two members to share the same username or more than one username per Email address. 

Grocery Shopping can be more meaningful if you use your Kroger re-loadable card.  Your purchases with this card allow a percentage of your bill to be given to St. Michael's.  Cards, pre-loaded with $5.00, are available in the office.  You can re-load the cards at the store office or at the store registers.  To date, over $2,000 has been raised for St. Michael's! 

Episcopal Kalendars for 2009 are now available in the Narthex on the information table next to the office door.  The Kalendars show the liturgical colors for each day of the year.  The scripture readings for each Sunday and each Feast Day are listed on the back of each month's sheet. 

Soon you will be able to follow the events at St. Michael's via twitter on your PC and / or your cell phone.  Click the birdie to set up your Twitter account. 

After you set up your account then search people for "StMichaelsLex" and choose to follow us and invite us to follow you.  Watch this page for more about our Twitter. 

The Buzz is St. Michael's bulletin board where we can discuss books, movies and other media, events at St, Michael's, committee or group issues, and ... well, just about anything that we want to discuss.

Click the link in the left navigation menu or the bees at right to join The Buzz. 

St. Michael's on-line ministry database is now called "Ministry Base".  Ministry Base is a set of tools for connecting members to members and ministries.  The web site you are viewing helps you find out about St. Michael's ministries.  Ministry Base helps you get involved with those ministries.  Find the link on the left navigation menu.

Please log in and explore Ministry Base.  If you have questions, please contact me.  I will be glad to show you what the Ministry Base can do for you and for your ministries. 

Click here to access St. Michael's Small Groups.  Small Groups are available for service, prayer, study and fellowship.  If you find a group that interests you click the "Select" button next to the group description to send the Group Leader a request for more information.  The Group Leader will contact you with more information. 

Do you have a special moment or story about St.Michael's that just needs to be told. Or many moments and stories. The St Michael's Story committee is working to make this project happen starting this summer and continuing to... If you have ideas that can help with the mechanics or just want to be a part of this group, talk to Kay Scarborough, Anne Miller or Mother Joan. Put on your memory caps, bring out your journals and help us to weave the tapestry that makes St Michael's St Michael's. 

http://www.saint-michaels.org/announcements/_rss. 

Bishop Sauls’ Blog, “Canterbury Tales:  Reflections of an Anglican Pilgrim and Bishop”, is now a part of the Lexington Herald-Leader Faith-Blogs. To read the latest installment, click the above link.  If the link does not work, go to Kentucky.com, click on Blogs and then on Faith Blogs. 

You can now support Reading Camp financially online through Paypal at The Diocese Web Site. All campers attend camp at no cost and all our money comes through grants and donations.

READING CAMPS SCHEDULED FOR 2009

• Mission House, Lexington June 15 – 19
• Cathedral Domain June 21-27
• *Grahamstown, South Africa July 12-18
• Northern Ky. Trinity, Covington July 13-17
• Trinity, Danville July 20-24
• Pine Mt. Settlement School July 25-August 1
• *Grace, Paducah July 27-31

For the first time, Reading Camp volunteer applications are available on the Reading Camp web site.

*If you would like to volunteer at these out-of-diocese Reading Camps, please contact the Reading Camp Office at 859-252-6527 X110 or at The Reading Camp Site. 

PoSM training is now available online!  PoSM Training is required for all persons working with children or youth, the Vestry and leaders of committees or mission groups.  Now you can complete the training at your convenience. To get started contact the Bishop's Deputy for Administration at 859-252-6527 at the Mission House. 

The Diocese of Lexington is in the beginning stages of development of a new Network for deployment which offers opportunities for outstanding seminary graduates to serve congregations as Priest In Charge as they continue their development in priestly ministry.  In the Diocesan News Deployment and Transitions section, the parishes who have indicated their intention to move forward with this deployment option are referenced as being involved in the "Network." Stay tuned for more information on this exciting program!  More...

The March-April issue of AMERICAN CAMPING MAGAZINE features Andy Sigmon’s photo of  Michael Walker coming off of Patterson at Camp Bill Smith I(Boys’ Camp 1) in full color as the cover. Congratulations, Andy! 

The Companion Diocese Committee of the Diocese of Lexington has announced the third annual January Mission trip, January 30th through February 7th, 2010, working with Family Health Ministries (FHM) to build a home for a family in Blanchard, Haiti (near Port au Prince).  We plan to raise $8000 for the land and the house and to lift a family out of the slum of Cite Soleil.  We hope to build a house for someone that many of our travelers have met, Emmanuel Occidor.  He currently lives in Cité Soleil and has served as our interpreter and helper on many of our trips.  More...

If you are looking for a way to contribute, please submit donations [through our church, with the funds to be forwarded] to the Companion Diocese of Lexington Fund and mark your checks 2010 Mission Project.  More...

When:  Saturdays, beginning March 28, at 5:00 PM

Location:

The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
3220 Lexington Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356
(859) 885-6391

Instructor:  Mr.  Reynold Alcius. reyjeal@yahoo.com.  Mr. Alcuis was born and raised in Haiti and speaks fluent Haitian Creole, English and Spanish.  In addition to the language, Mr. Alcuis will share cultural and historical information about his home country, Haiti, throughout the course.  More...

Volunteers are needed for the Camps this summer.  Volunteer Summer Camp Staff Forms are now available through Candice or the Church office.  Counselor training retreat dates are May 1st through 2nd and June 5th through 6th.  Volunteers must be aged 16 or over. 

Pick up summer camp forms from Candice Lucas or visit camp website. 

Come to a Cathedral Domain Summer Camp! Mini-camp (attendees of 1st & 2nd grades) to Senior Conference (grades 9-12) and Everything in between, there’s a camp for you.  Start planning now! 

In 2007 the Federal Government passed a law entitled The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act requiring upgrades to all the pools in the country.  The cost of upgrading The Domain pool will be at least $82,000..  These improvements MUST be completed before the beginning of the 2009 Camp Season or there will be NO POOL THIS SUMMER!  Your tax deductible contribution to help defray these costs will be greatly appreciated..  Please send your check to The Cathedral Domain, 800 HWY 1746, Irvine, KY 40336-8701 and write POOL on the memo line. 

Three Year Olds
Four Year Olds
Young Fives
Kindergarten
  More...

Enrollment for 2009-2010 is underway. St. Michael’s School has classes for 3-Yr-Olds, 4-Yr-Olds, Young Fives, and Kindergarten.  Classes are in session from 9:00 AM thru 12:00 PM.  Extended Day options are available from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM.  To receive a registration form please call the school office at (859) 277-7541 or contact the office through the website http://www.smslex.org. 

• CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.
• A CSA is a way for the food buying public to join in a relationship with a local CSA farm by buying a share of its production before the growing season.
• During the growing season, the CSA farm distributes fresh weekly produce to members; the summer season is 20 to 24 weeks from May to October in most CSAs.
• Why participate in a CSA?
  • High nutrition natural foods,
  • Locally grown produce helps reduce global waste from factory farming and long-distance transport,
  • Support for local farmers by sharing the risk and sharing the bounty,
  • Organically certified food in most cases (check with the farmer),
  • Connection to the seasonal rhythm of the natural foods in our area,
  • Convenient local pickup times and locations,
  • And much more ...  

Furnishings and household items are needed for the apartments that are being provided for the homeless of Lexington by the Catholic Action Center.  Some of the items requested are:

• Bowls (both cereal and those used for mixing)
• Towels
• Pots and Pans
• Silverware
• Bedding (sheets and blankets)
• clocks
• Batteries (AA)
• Card Table (or something a little bigger)
• Coffee Makers
• Microwaves

Call the Church Office if you would like to be added to the Catholic Action Center mailing list.