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Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing
Reminder: Backpacks for Fisher House Kids
posted on Aug 5, 2019 We are collecting backpacks filled with school supplies for elementary, middle, and high school kids who reside at Fisher House (affordable housing at Westover apartments.) Please look for the display in the parish hall to see what is needed. Pur...
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Arts & Faith
Quilt Exhibit Begins in September
posted on Aug 3, 2019 Art quilter and Reston resident Terry Peckarsky will be exhibiting a selection of quilts from her series “The Quilted Word” from September 3 to October 10. The quilts are the realization of a dream — to “make pictures in fabrics” — th...
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Vestry
July Treasurer's Report
posted on Aug 1, 2019 Our income as of June 30, 2019 is ahead our projected YTD income budget by 11%. For the same period, our expenses were slightly below our projected YTD budget (95%). St. Michael’s has 72 pledges totaling $258,480 in 2019. Fifteen of these pledg...
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Arts & Faith
Sacred Threads
posted on Jul 30, 2019 On Thursday, July 18, 10 women from St. Michael's and 8 women and 2 men from Lomax AME Zion ventured to Herndon to see the "Sacred Threads" exhibit. They were joined by artist Terry Peckarsky (seen at far right in the photo), who will be exhibi...
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Children & Youth
Children's Chapel Orientation and Blessing of the Backpacks
posted on Jul 28, 2019 …and lunch boxes, and teacher bags! On Sunday, September 8 students of all ages are invited to bring their school bags to church for a blessing. During the 10 AM service we will wonder with the children about how we are “Blessed to be a Bless...
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XYZ - Xtra Years of Zest
XYZ Lunch: Afternoon Delight
posted on Jul 26, 2019 Join us, Thursday, August 1, for a potluck lunch at the rectory (1421 N. Jefferson St., a block north of Washington Blvd.). For this relaxing summer gathering, we’ll enjoy old-fashioned conversation—no formal program. Pretzels and punch at 12...
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Doorways for Women and Families
Mission and Outreach Thank You
posted on Jul 17, 2019 A big thank you to St. Michael’s parishioners for their participation in two M&O summer activities. We had 18 potential donors and collected 15 units of blood during a June 15 blood drive that Dan Ruff organized through Inova Blood Services. (T...
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Care of Creation
What’s Up in the Garden?
posted on Jul 15, 2019 In 2016 St. Michael’s applied for and received a matching grant from Arlington County’s StormwaterWise program to remove turf grass and install conservation landscaping on the steep hill on either side of the stairs on the Ivanhoe Street en...
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Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing / Community / Our Neighborhood
Backpacks for Fisher House Kids
posted on Jul 14, 2019 We will be collecting 18 backpacks filled with school supplies for elementary, middle, and high school kids who reside at Fisher House (affordable housing at Westover apartments.) Please look for the display in the parish hall to see what is need...
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Community
Community Flooding
posted on Jul 11, 2019 Arlington and surrounding areas experienced flash flooding on Monday morning that had a devastating impact on our community, as you all are doubtless aware. Please let the staff know if there's anything St. Michael's can do to assist you or tho...
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