Sunday, September 11

Fall Schedule Begins.

CSL will return on turn on September 13. 

Please note our new Tuesday schedule:

10:30 to 11:15 AM Bible Study led by Mthr. Ezgi

Lunch in the Great Hall. Lunch costs $7, and reservations are required by Sunday evening, September 11, to Marjorie Sundfors at sundfors@att.net or 314.726.1895.

Every Parishioner Is Called! Come and see the varied and wonderful ways to get involved with the community life of our church! Representatives from all guilds and ministries will be present to discuss their ministry from 8:30 AM-Noon in the Great Hall. Come meet new friends and reconnect with old ones!

Our first Steak & Stories of the Fall is right around the corner! Tuesday, September 20 in the Great Hall from 6-8 PM. Our speaker for the evening will be Charlie Valier, on the topic of George Caleb Bingham's 1846 interpretation of his election paintings. Charlie will discuss the latest interpretation of George Caleb Bingham's 1846 Election paintings. It will be a great discussion that you will not want to miss. Please RSVP by noon on Monday, September 19 with reception@csmsg.org.

St. Michael's Sunday is September 25. Fried chicken lunch will follow the 9:15 AM liturgy! Bring a friend or neighbor.

We will have two guest preachers for St. Michael's Day. The Rev. Stephen Platt will preach at the 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM and 11:15 AM liturgies. The Rev. Stephen Platt is a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, Rector of the Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oxford, England, as well as being the General Secretary of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St Sergius. He studied theology at Pembroke College, University of Oxford with Bishop (now Metropolitan) Kallistos Ware, going on to postgraduate work in the field of religious education at King's College, University of London. Fr. Platt was ordained deacon in 1995 by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom, and served as his deacon for six years, before being ordained priest in 2001 to serve the Orthodox community in Oxford. In 2010 he was elevated to the rank of Archpriest. In addition to his other duties, Fr. Stephen serves as the National Ecumenical Officer and Secretary for Inter-Christian Relations for the Russian Orthodox Church in the UK; and he is the head of the church's Department for Education and Youth Work. He is married to Anna, who works as librarian in the Slavonic Library of the University of Oxford, and they have five children.

The Rev. Canon Martin Draper will preach at the 5:30 PM service. Canon Draper is a retired priest living in London. His early ministry was in the Diocese of London, where he served at St. Mary-the-Virgin, Primrose Hill, and St. Matthew's, Westminster. Later, he served in the Diocese of Europe, where he was the Chaplain of St. George's, Paris, for eighteen years, and, until his retirement, Archdeacon of France. Father Draper now helps in a number of central London parishes, most especially St. James's, Paddington, and St. Marylebone Parish Church.

The title of the retreat is "Christ From the Perspective of Anglican Women - Meeting Jesus through the lives of six influential women of faith."

The retreat will be led by the Rev. Ezgi Saribay and the Rev. Melanie Slane from Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Webster Groves.

Join us for this half-day retreat as we explore the lives and gifts of six women, both local and international, within the history of Anglicanism. The focus will be on how each of them lead in Christ-like manners. This retreat will help us as women grow spiritually deeper in our vocation, ministries, and life. Please join us for this time of reflection and to connect with other women in our greater community.

Contact Laurie at Laurie@csmsg.org or 314.721.1502 with questions.