If you ever attended Saint Michael’s Conference for young people, we are trying to get in touch with you! Saint Michael’s Conference is celebrating its Fiftieth Anniversary, and we want you to be there to celebrate with us. Please go to Saint Michael’s Conference and fill in the information on the form so we can send you an invitation to the Fiftieth Anniversary Alumni Reunion. We hope you will plan to join us on Friday, July 31st at The Church of the Advent in Boston and on Saturday, August 1 for a boat trip to Thompson’s Island in Boston Harbor where the conference began. In order to make plans, we really need to know how to contact you, so please complete the form at the website listed above. We hope to see you at the 50th Anniversary Alumni Reunion. May Saint Michael and all the Angels of God watch over you.

A sign-up sheet for Christmas Pageant parts will be out on the table next to the Parish Hall entrance on November 16th and 23rd. Parts will be selected on November 23rd. Please do not sign up for a part if your family wil not be here on Christmas Eve. Children not in the Pageant will still participate in learning the Carols and making Christmas crafts in the Parish Hall during Church School.

Thank you to Betsy James and all of the people who helped cook, set up, clean up, ate and danced. As part of our Every Member Canvass, wer celebrated being here on Six Forks Road for fifty years and gave thanks for the mission and ministry of our parish, not only for the last fifty years, but also for the years ahead. Everyone who pledged for 2009 came to enjoy some of Mike Lewis’s barbecue and all of the other dishes created by Betsy James and her helpers. We then kicked up our heels with some square dancing.

The Altar Guild will meet on Saturday, November 22nd at 10 AM in the Parlor. The Altar Guild Manual needs editing, the holy days for December need planning and expectations need reviewing. Please make this meeting a priority on your calendar.

Craft Sunday will be held on Sunday, November 16. If you would like to register a child for the Church School or have questions, please contact our Church School Coordinator Grace Hurst at 787-7590 ext. 1012 or ghurst@sttimothys.org.

On Sunday, November 2nd during Coffee Hour, we will have a Fall Festival for the children of the Parish. The Youth Group will be planning and hosting the Fall Festival, so please bring all the children to enjoy some fall fun on the deck and on the playground adjacent to the deck.

At the requiem that wwe celebrate on All Souls’ Day, Monday, November 3rd at 12 noon, we will remember by name departed souls of our families, friends and loved ones at St. Timothy’s Altar. Please print the names of the loved ones you would like remembered at the Altar on the bulletin board outside the Parish Office. May they rest in peace.

The Vestry has designated Sunday, November 2nd as our Every Member Canvass Sunday. On that day, we are asked to bring our completed 2009 Pledge Cards to Church and offer them at the Altar. We will have received our Pledge Cards in the mail about three weeks prior to the Every Member Canvass. This gives us time to think, pray and discuss with ourselves and our families what amount we want to give to St. Timothy’s for 2009. These pledges are truly important for a number of spiritual and practical reasons. They are an expression of our thankfulness to God for our Church and what St. Timothy’s means to us. They are our way of living out our Biblical call to return a portion to Him of all that He has given us. We use the Biblical tithe (10%) as the basis of giving. The Vestry uses the amount pledged to the Church to prepare a budget for 2009. They allow the work of our parish to continue and even grow so that many others can worship and practice their faith in this place.

There will be no Children’s Chapel on November 2nd. Please help your children complete their pledge cards and bring your children into the Church for the 11 AM Service. They will join the congregation for the Every Member Canvass and present their pledge cards.

Watch for the time change! Please remember to turn your clocks back one hour on Saturday night, November 1st.

Can you smell it? Can you smell it? If so, the reason is all of the women from St. Anne’s are baking for the November 23rd Bake Sale, which will be held after the 9 AM and 11 Am Communion Services. There will be homemade pies, cookies, breads, cakes, brownies and much more. So come with an empty tummy, and you will find an array of satisfaction. Also, this is a great time for all of us to be together for fellowship! Remember all of the money made from the sale will be used to meet the needs of the Church, so you will be helping to make St. Timothy’s an even better place!

Inspired by the two-week stay of a friend and fellow classmate, Alexa Robertson, a third grade student, collected over 200 VHS tapes and a portable TV/VHS player from members of St. Timothy’s Church for use in the UNC Pediatric Oncology Center. Tina Shaben is the Patient and Family Resource Center said the movies will go to good use by children staying in the hospital, children waiting for outpatient treatment and siblings in the waiting areas. Please contact Grace Hurst if you would like to donate any children’s VHS movies.