Wednesdays, 

March 26 & April 2 & 9

Great Wednesdays

6 PM      Great Hall

Great Wednesdays Continue! Lenten Great Wednesdays continue this week with The Passion of St. John. Come to class as we discuss the Passion from the perspective of John's Gospel and enjoy fellowship and dinner with fellow parishioners. Dinner begins at 6 PM in the Great Hall, followed by class.

Upcoming Events 

Saturday, March 29

Men's Retreat

8 AM     The Church of St. Michael & St. George

The Men's Retreat will be held on March 29. Long-time friend of The Church of St. Michael & St. George, Fr. Gene Tucker, will be the guest speaker at the 2014 Men's Retreat. His topic will be: "Off-limits to God: The Things We Keep to Ourselves." 

The Retreat begins at 8 AM with breakfast in the Great Hall and ends after Evening Prayer at 5 PM. Cost is $45 per person. For more information or reservations, contact Debbie Fenner at communications@csmsg.org or 314.721.1502. 

Fr. Tucker is the Rector of Trinity Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, in the Diocese of Springfield, and a regular at the CSMSG monthly Evensong.

For more information, download flyer

Women's Retreat  

9 AM      The Church of St. Michael & St. George

Join us for a special one-day Women's Lenten Retreat with The Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf on Saturday, April 5 from 9 AM-3 PM at Church. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 AM.

Download the retreat brochure

A $45 fee includes the costs of the retreat, breakfast, and lunch. Childcare is available, reservations are necessary.

Bishop Wolf has served the Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Rhode Island. She has faced the challenges of forgiving and accepting forgiveness.

"Forgiveness and love are allies in the Christian life, not merely as emotional realities, but as a journey of the will. When Jesus forgave the thief who was crucified with him, he was embracing each of us with a love beyond our fears."

This is a wonderful opportunity to see what the CSMSG Women's Retreat is all about. Six hours with women of the parish -- growing our spiritual faith together. 

For more information, contact Laurie at Laurie@csmsg.org or 314.721.1502.

Sunday, April 6

Choral Evensong

5 PM    Church

Choral Evensong will be sung once again on the Fifth Sunday in Lent, Sunday, April 6 at 5 PM. The choir will offer music of Herbert Sumsion, Robert Lehman, and Herbert Howells. This is a wonderful opportunity to savor stillness, quiet, and beauty - the beauty of holiness - at the close of the day, and the Lenten season, and all are cordially invited to attend.

Simple Supper

after Evensong     Taylor Room

The Youth Ministry will sponsor a Simple Supper on Sunday, April 6 following Evensong. This will be held in the Taylor Room. Make plans now to simplify your Sunday night and enjoy a night of home-cooked soup, salad, dessert, and fellowship, all while benefitting the Youth Ministry High School Mission Trip! Join us immediately after the Evensong service! Take-out meals are available. Suggested donation is $5/person minimum. 

Please note: The Simple Supper previously scheduled for April 13 has been cancelled.

Tuesday, April 8

Steak & Stories

6 PM    Great Hall

Spring is around the corner! Please join us for Steak & Stories for April 8 from 6-8 PM!

Christopher Desloge, a Roman Catholic by heritage, has been a proud and excited member of St. Michael & St. George since 2010. In addition to his family business, he has used his ability as a writer, historian, "ancestrist", devoted man of God, and his activity in lay ministry serving the poor and homeless, to bring to Steak & Stories a special perspective drawing from his ancestry to near the time of Christ.  

While the Desloge name is a part of the St. Louis historical narrative since the early 1800s, Chris Desloge will share with us excerpts from two of his books which tie the providence of God as played out in exciting historical moments, how this Providence settles on us and challenges us in our society today, while also questioning about the future, and how he trusts God will continue to form man's framework a thousand years hence. 

Mr. Desloge will offer excerpts from his books in context with God's role in His and our own desire for human improvement, and our shifting ethos over the centuries, and for centuries to come.

To make reservations please contact the Receptionist of the Church at reception@csmsg.org or 314.721.1502 by Monday, April 7.

Wednesday & Thursday, April 9 & 10

Palm Cross Making

Wydown Meeting Room   

Help is needed to make Palm Crosses. Please consider coming. Palm Cross Making requires a lot of helping hands. If you know of friends who might want to join in, please bring them! There are two sessions from which to choose:

• Wednesday evening, April 9, Palm Cross Making will begin at about 6:30 PM in the Wydown Meeting Room (formerly the Canterbury Bookstore) and will include a light supper. Please let Caroline Sheehan know if you can attend the evening "workshop" so we can plan the meal accordingly.
• The second session will be held on Thursday, April 10 at 9 AM in the Wydown Meeting Room.

Please RSVP to Caroline Sheehan for either the morning or evening session at csheehan3@me.com.

Friday, April 11

ECM/Kids in Detention Birthday Party! 

WANTED: 8-12 party hosts. WHEN: Friday, April 11, 2014 from 5:30-7:30 PM. (Actual party is from 6-6:55 PM.) WHERE: County Juvenile Detention Center 

Through the Episcopal City Mission (ECM), CSMSG, along with other sponsoring Episcopal churches, provides an important ministry to incarcerated young people who are awaiting trial. Three staff chaplains see to the spiritual needs of the youth. Among the various programs ECM offers are monthly birthday parties (see http://www.ecitymission.org/a_programs.php). Ted Drewes donates frozen custard, and the hosting church provides pizza, soda, and small birthday gifts. The party begins with prayer and introductions, followed by acknowledgment of birthdays. Food and drink are served, then a game, usually BINGO, is played. CSMSG youth are making both birthday and Easter cards to give out at the party. 

For more information, or to volunteer to join in the fun, please contact The Rev. Kit McLean at kmclean@csmsg.org.  

WSSM Nicaragua Auction and Dinner6

6 PM   Windows on Washington

OFF TO A GOOD START! Each year our WSSM Nicaragua Mission helps our partner missioners, Fundacion el Samaritano, give a "good start" to over 400 underprivileged Nicaraguan children by providing them a quality Christian education at the two schools it operates in Managua, Nicaragua. This is financed by funds raised at our annual Dinner and Auction. The time for this is upon us again!!

Come to the 2014 annual Nicaragua Dinner Celebration and Auction April 11. Have a great time, mingle with your friends, and help out this ministry. Come by yourself or, better yet, gather together a table of your friends for a great time. 

Tickets are $75 each and include cocktails, wine with a fabulous dinner, and entertainment. Those who have gone in past years can tell you how much fun this evening is! 

The cost of this evening is graciously underwritten by our parishioners, Tom & Michele Klein, so all of the proceeds go toward funding the mission and our annual trip.

To attend this affair, tickets will be available in the Great Hall after Sunday liturgies on March 23, March 30, and April 6 or click on the links below and fill out the reservations forms provided:

Invitation

RSVP Card

Seating Information

Express Pay Registration

Saturday, April 26 or May 3

Adult Confirmation

Classes for Adult Confirmation and Reception into the Episcopal Church will be held on both April 26 and May 3. Attendance is only necessary at one meeting.

If you are interested in becoming a full member of the Church, please contact Debbie Fenner in the Church offices at debbie@csmsg.org.