October 13, 2024

The Twenty First Sunday After Pentecost

10am Service

The Rev. Rodney Davis Presiding

Pastor Katie Holeman Preaching

The Rev. Mike Ferrito Deacon

5pm Contemplative Prayer Service on Zoom - New Zoom Link - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4883550916!

The Feast of St. Francis

The Rev. Mike Ferrito

Sunday October 6, 2024

Come Listen! And Talk!

Come share your cherished ideas for St. Michaels’ future. And come listen to the ideas of others. The results will inform the Profile and help us to define what we would like to see in our new Rector. Small-group Listening (and talking) Events are planned for the following days/times:

• Sunday, October 13 after Dianne & Lee's Coffee Hour Celebration in Johnstone Hall
• Sunday, October 13 at 7:00 pm – Zoom only
• Wednesday, October 16 at 6:30 pm in the Friendship Center

Your ideas and your vision for our church matter—and will help to shape St. Michaels’ for years to come.

So that we can successfully plan for the Listening Events, please RSVP indicating which date/time you prefer using the following link:

Listening Event RSVP: stmichaelscarmichael.org/parish-listening-events/

Thank you very much.

Doug Davy

St. Michael’s Transition Team

Profile Team Chair

The CAT's Meow! 

Our CAT survey shows that St. Michael’s is The CAT’s Meow!—in that we score as a high energy/high satisfaction church ranking above average on all of the key metrics, compared with similar churches, in the Holy Cow! Congregational Assessment Tool (CAT) survey. For those of you who missed Greg Dewey’s excellent presentation of the Holy Cow! CAT survey results, the PowerPoint slides are on St. Michael’s web site here:

If you would like to dive deeper into the results, you can find the full report, called the Holy Cow! Vital Signs Report, on the web site here:

Don't forget to RSVP for one of the upcoming Listening Events using the button above. They will be held October 13 and 16. More details to follow.

Doug Davy

St. Michael’s Transition Team

Profile Team Chair

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church

Mercy and Social Justice Ministry

2024 Parishioner Guided Grants

Due Wednesday, October 16th

Parishioner Guided Grants Program:

You are invited to nominate a program in which you, or someone you know at St. Michael’s, is actively involved. The grants will be awarded to programs that address basic needs of food, shelter, education and health. For this cycle, grant amounts are anticipated to range from $500-$2,000.  Please mail or drop off all nominations to the office during business hours OR email to st.michaels@stmichaelscarmichael.org by end of day Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Paper copies of the grant application will be on the Usher’s desk in the Sanctuary. Grants will be awarded in December 2024. All recipient organizations will be invited to participate at our 2025 Outreach Sunday by sending a representative and organizational information, including volunteer opportunities.

For more info please contact Mary Ellen Ferguson or Dancy Dobrenick.

Regular Outreach opportunities

River City Food Bank Center at St. Matthew's - Distribution Prep every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday & Distribution every Wednesday & Friday

Carmichael HART Carmichael Presbyterian Church - Lunch program every Thursday & the Shower Ministry every Saturday

God's Helping Hands Laundry LaunderLand every 3rd Saturday of the month

Upcoming Dates for Diocesan Convention

Online Convocation

Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 9 - 11am open to everyone

 Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 824 8138 4445

Passcode: 328353

Online Town Hall  

Thursday, October 23 from 5 to 6:30 p.m

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 848 3043 8378

Passcode: 180601 

Online Convention

Saturday, November 9, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

For registered lay and clergy delegates, guests, and visitors.

Getting to know St. Michael's

Sunday October 20th

11:45am in Friendship Center

Please join us October 20, all are invited! We will gather at 11:45am in the Friendship Center for a time where we will get to know the Episcopal Church and St Michaels a bit better while getting to know each other as well! We will review our many ministry opportunities to get more involved. This is a great time to refresh and reconnect for all! Please mark your calendar and join us!

For any questions please contact Pastor Katie or Father Rod.

St. Michael's Open Bible Study

Thursdays 10am in Friendship Center & on zoom!

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4883550916  

Please join us either in person in the Friendship Center or on Zoom! The initial format will use the lectionary page lessons for the following Sunday. Our Bible Study classes are very democratic and other formats such as related book reads, deep dives into specific Bible books, the use of “break-out rooms” and Lectio Divina could be voted in. For more info, please email Chris Chamness at chrischamness@hotmail.com.   

Sacred Circle Meets the last Wednesday of every month at 6pm via zoom. For more information please contact Kate Muris.

St. Michael’s is a Voting Site

Don’t Forget to Vote

St. Michael’s will be a voting site this November open Saturday November 2nd - Tuesday November 5th. Times below:

• Saturday, November 2 - 9am - 5pm 
• Sunday November  3 - 9am - 5pm 
• Monday November  4 - 9am - 5pm 
• Tuesday November  5 - 7am - 8pm 

Now more than ever it is important for all of us to support democracy by voting. The deadline for registering to vote in Sacramento County is Monday, October 21st, 2024. 

Weekly Services

10am Sunday Morning Worship Eucharist (also Livestreamed)

Nursery opens at 9:30am

5pm Sunday Evening Contemplative Prayer Service on Zoom

9am Morning Prayer – Zoom, Monday through Thursday

8:30am Friday Morning Contemplative Eucharist

Honoring our Deceased Loved Ones

Names for All Saints & All Souls' Day

It is our tradition to honor our departed loved ones by reading their names at the All Saints and All Souls services. We will be celebrating All Souls' Day at our Friday Morning Contemplative Eucharist on Friday November 1st at 8:30am and All Saints Day at our 10am & 5pm services on Sunday November 3rd. Please email or call the office with the names of people you want us to read aloud during these services. Please include phonetic spelling so we can be sure to pronounce them correctly.

Please have your names submitted by 5pm Wednesday, October 30th.

Upcoming Celebration of Life Services

There will be a Celebration of Life service for Elizabeth "Betsy" Burns, former teacher at St. Michael's Episcopal Day School at Congregation B'nai Israel, 3600 Riverside Blvd on Sunday, October 20, at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow at Opper Courtyard at the Temple. Read her full obituary here.

There will be a Celebration of Life service for Kathleen "Ruby" Davis, longtime parishioner at Odd Fellows Cemetery, 2720 Riverside Blvd. on Thursday, October 24, at 11am. Read her full obituary here and contact the office if you would like to attend.

Choral Masterwork

by John Cozza, Music Director

 

Quattro pezzi sacri / Four Sacred Pieces by Verdi

With Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday falling on the 10th of this month, here is one of his late works, the Four Sacred Pieces. The Quattro pezzi sacri / Four Sacred Pieces) are choral works by Giuseppe Verdi. Written separately during the last decades of the composer's life and with different origins and purposes, they were nevertheless published together in 1898 by Casa Ricordi. They are often performed as a cycle, not in chronological sequence of their composition, but in the sequence used in the Ricordi publication:

• Ave Maria, a setting of the Latin Ave Maria for four solo voices a cappella composed in 1889
• Stabat Mater, a setting of the Latin Stabat Mater for chorus and orchestra composed in 1896 and 1897
• Laudi alla Vergine Maria, a setting of a prayer in Canto XXXIII of Dante's Paradiso for four female voices a cappella composed between 1886 and 1888
• Te Deum, a setting of the Latin Te Deum for double chorus and orchestra composed in 1895 and 1896.

They were first performed together (without the Ave Maria) in a concert by the Paris Opera on April 7, 1898.

For more information, here is a link to the Wikipedia page:

And here is a YouTube recording with Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Master Chorale with score:

Thursday, October 31 at 6pm

Join us for our annual Trunk or Treat in the church parking lot. We will have cars decorated and handing out candy and treats. This year we will be adding a game lane along with our trunks with goodies and hotdogs. If you are interested in hosting a car spot and/or helping with game lane please let Pastor Katie know at pastorkatie@stmichaelscarmichael.org If you are able to donate candy please bring it to the office. Thank you all for your support of this fun event. As always costumes are encouraged but not required.

St. Michael's Men’s Breakfast

Men's breakfast is on the first Saturday of every month at FlapJacks Diner. The group meets at 8am at the restaurant. FlapJacks Diner is on El Camino Ave. Please reply to Jim Dodds so he will have an idea of the numbers. If you have any additional questions, please contact the office.

Centering Prayer

All are welcome to come and pray! Centering prayer meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month on Zoom. Newcomers are welcome to come at 6:45pm for a Centering Prayer Newcomer Orientation. Centering Prayer begins at 7pm. We will offer a 20 minute centering prayer sit, followed by a variety of contemplative practices. They may include: Lectio Divina, experiential spirituality and occasionally a guest speaker. For more information, please contact the office 916.488.3550 or Chuck Schaller.



Prayers for Pregnant Women & Their Babies

We have an ongoing relationship with the Episcopal Sisters at the Order of Julian of Norwich monastery who pray daily for pregnant women and their babies. If you have name(s) of loved one(s) who are expecting that you would like to have included in the sisters' prayers, please email Fr. Rod at fatherrod@stmichaelscarmichael.org.

Giving Thanks with Flowers!

You can still remember your loved ones and celebrate important moments in your life with the gift of flowers to the church.  

If you would like to give in this way, please let the office know

and what you would like to give thanks for in the bulletin. You can send a check (or drop it off) to the office or pay on-line.  

Name Tags Available

We have name tags available at Sunday morning check in's. Please be sure to grab and wear your name tag before the service. If you are in need of a name tag please let the office know.

St. Michael's Hours

Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9:30am - 1:30pm

Sanctuary and Courtyard are open during office hours. Please let the office know you will be coming. Call 916.488.3550 or email.

Pastoral Hours



Pastor Katie will be available on request. Please email pastorkatie@stmichaelscarmichael.org to schedule.

Fr. Mike will be available on request. Please email Revferrito@outlook.com to schedule.

Fr. Rod will be available on request. Please email fatherrod@stmichaelscarmichael.org to schedule. 



Giving 

Thank you all for generously supporting St. Michael's and our ministries. We are accepting pledge payments through the mail. We are also accepting online giving. You may have to set up an account to do so. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kate Muris.