WORSHIP

Fall, Winter, Spring Service Schedule--Sunday Services are:
  9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II & Children's Chapel
10:15 a.m. Sunday School
10:20 a.m. Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall
10:45 a.m. Morning Prayer at Potomac Genesis Eldercare (Holy Eucharist first Sunday of the month)
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I
12:30 p.m. Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall

October 5 - October 12

Sunday, October 5, The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost. There will be Holy Eucharist Rite II using Eucharistic Prayer C at 9:00 a.m. Children in kindergarten or pre-school through second grade are invited to Children's Chapel during the first portion of this service. Holy Eucharist Rite I using Eucharistic Prayer I is offered at 11:15 a.m. The Adult Choir sings at this service A Lay Eucharistic Minister and lay readers will have a service of Holy Eucharist using consecrated elements at Potomac Center at 10:45 a.m.

Lay Eucharistic Ministers will take consecrated elements to Powhatan Nursing Home for a service of Holy Eucharist on Friday, October 10 at 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, October 12, There will be Holy Eucharist Rite II using Eucharistic Prayer C at 9:00 a.m. Children in kindergarten or pre-school through second grade are invited to Children's Chapel during the first portion of this service. The Youth Choir sings at this service. Holy Eucharist Rite I using Eucharistic Prayer I is offered at 11:15 a.m. The Handbell Choir and the Adult Choir participate in this service. A service of Morning Prayer led by lay readers will be conducted at Potomac Center at 10:45 a.m.

Children’s Worship--Children’s Chapel for children in kindergarten or pre-school through second grade at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings resumed on September 21 as the Fall, Winter, Spring schedule of Sunday worship began.

Make a Joyful Noise!--Join one of St. Michael’s choirs. Rehearsals:

• Wednesdays    7:00 p.m.    Youth Choir in the Children’s Chapel
• Thursdays       7:00 p.m.    Handbell Choir in the Music Room
• Thursdays       7:30 p.m.    Adult Choir in the Music Room

CHRISTIAN FORMATION

School Days! School Days! Good ole’ Sunday School Days!-- Sunday School will began on September 21st after the 9:00 AM service. Our Sunday School has four classes serving preschool children (age 3) through the eighth grade. Our dedicated group of volunteer teachers is looking forward to helping your child grow in God’s love this year. Registration forms are available in the Parish Hall.

Interested in helping out? We are looking for Sunday School volunteers who can help expand our teaching staff. You can take on a class of your own, teach a few Sundays a month, serve as a trained, on-call substitute for emergencies or just be a special guest in a class from time to time. High school-age volunteers are welcome. Contact Robette McLellan for more information at edwardmcl@verizon.net.

“Dietrich Bonhoeffer: His Witness and Legacy”--a series of lectures and discussion by Victoria J. Barnett, General Editor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, English Edition/Director of Church Relations, USHMM. The series will take place at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 1132 N. Ivanhoe St., Arlington, VA 22205 in the Parish Hall on the dates and times below:

Wednesday, October 1, 7:30 p.m: “Dietrich Bonhoeffer and His Times”. An overview of Bonhoeffer’s historical context and the way in which it shaped his life, theology, and his movement into the German resistance.

Sunday, October 5, 3:00 p.m.: showing of “Bonhoeffer” (Journey films, 2003) and discussion.

Wednesday, October 8, 7:30 p.m: “Bonhoeffer the Pastor”. In the darkest days of the resistance, Bonhoeffer wrote a friend that if he knew he had only days to live, he would “preach more often.” We’ll discuss how Borthoeffer’s understanding of his pastoral role shaped his work with his students, sustained him through the most difficult decisions, and is evident in many of his writings, from sermons to the prison letters.

Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 p.m: “Bonhoeffer the Prophet”. Bonhoeffer was one of the earliest and most outspoken critics of his church’s compromises with National Socialism. This made him an outsider in his own church, even after 1945, yet it has led Christians throughout the world - particularly those struggling with oppression and violence — to identify with his work. We’ll discuss how he himself wrestled with the role of “prophet” and how we can understand his work in that light today.

OUTREACH

Outreach Envelope Collection--The yellow envelope collection in October will go to The Christian Children’s Fund (CCF)

Outreach Basket Collection--in October is for The Reading Connection.

Recycle paperback books--there is a violet box in the Narthex to receive your recycled paperback books to be donated to our friends at Potomac Nursing Home. Contact Dave Wright at dfw@intairnet.com.

PARISH ACTIVITIES

Daytime Book Group-- The reading list for upcoming months:

• October 22, 2008 The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Eagan
• December 3, 2008 Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky
• January 28, 2009 Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
• February 18, 2009 The Bible: A Biography by Karen Armstrong

YOUTH ACTIVITIES

PARISH ADMINISTRATION

Help Wanted!--Volunteers are needed to answer the telephone in the Parish Office while David Bell is on vacation. Coverage for 10:00 am. through 3:00 p.m. would he best. The days coverage is needed are:

Monday	6 October
Tuesday	7 October
Wednesday	8 October

Coffee Hour--There will only be one sign-up for Coffee Hour, the 9:00 a.m. service Coffee Hour, but there will still be a self-catered Coffee Hour after the 11:15 a.m. service. We do ask the hosts signed up for the 9:00 a.m. Coffee Hour to make two (2) pots of coffee and leave any leftovers for the 11:15 a.m. Coffee Hour. Click here for suggestions on hosting a coffee hour.

The Guardian--The print version of the October issue of The Guardian is available in the Parish Hall. Please pick up your copy of The Guardian and sign the sheet in the Parish Hall. By picking up your Guardian at church, you help St Michael’s save postage! Thanks! The web version of the October issue of The Guardian is available.

The calendar for October is available on line.

Questions? Contact Cindy Matlack at cmatlack@mac.com.

Parish Directories--Parish Directories are available for pick up in the Parish (Guild) Hall! Please help yourself up to two (2) per family.
Click to see how to update your information.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sharon Nachman, Altar Guild Chair of VA ECW writes:-- “Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The Altar Guild of the Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of Virginia is asking for your help. This will be a unified effort and an opportunity to prove what God can do through us.

Over a year ago, the majority membership of eleven churches in our Diocese voted to leave the Episcopal Church. Episcopalians who were members of four of those churches have reconstituted (Epiphany, Oak Hill; Falls Church, Falls Church; St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge; St. Stephen’s, Heathsville), and their member ships are growing even through they are worshiping in borrowed spaces. Everything that they need for a worship service must be set up, taken down, moved and stored each week. These congregations have very little, if anything, in the way of vestments, hymnals, prayer books, or sacristy supplies --the basic items for worship services that we take for granted every week. The sacristy supplies of one of the reconstituted churches consist of four purficators and a chalice. The ECW of the Diocese of Virginia is accepting donations to give each reconstituted church a “Sacristy in a Box” that will include basic (new) items for setting an altar. Our goal is to present all four boxes to these churches at the ECW Annual meeting October 21, 2008.

Please contact Sharon Nachman, Altar Guild Chair for ECW (sharonsn@aol.com) if you have any questions.”

DIRECTORY UPDATES

Should you have updates, corrections, or additions to the St. Michael's Episcopal Church Parish Directory, please contact Cindy Matlack who is maintaining the database.

NAME BADGES

Since we have many new parishioners, you are reminded to wear your name badges. If you need a name badge, please request one on the form located on the table by the name badges and one will be made for you.

BRIDGE

Do you play Bridge? If you do, join us in the Parish Hall on the first Saturdays of each month. Contact Maria Abbott for further information.

LOOKING FOR USED CELL PHONES

Doorways for Women & Children, along with other women's shelters, collects used cell phones. The phones are either recycled and used for emergency service for women who are being threatened or harassed, or they are turned into Shelter Alliance which recycles components of the phones and pays the shelters for each phone that is turned in. Either way, the women and shelters benefit and you can clear out some junk from your home! Please put the cell phones in the box at the back of the Church. Any questions, call Caroline Haynes.

ENJOY COFFEE HOUR - SIGN UP TODAY TO HELP!

We have posted some hints on what to do to host a Coffee Hour at St. Michael's.

RECYCLING OF EYE GLASSES

St. Michael's collects used eye glasses to be recycled by the Lions Club. A box for receiving these glasses is available outside of the Church Office.

FALL, WINTER, SPRING SCHEDULE OF SUNDAY SERVICES

• 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II and Children's Chapel
• 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I