Fourth Sunday of Lent

March 15th, 2026

10am Service

The Rev. Katie Holeman Presiding

The Rev. Rodney Davis Preaching

The Rev. Mike Ferrito Deacon

Peter Saunders Children's Homilist



5pm Contemplative Prayer Service

Sermon - The Third Sunday of Lent

March 8th, 2026

The Rev. Mike Ferrito Preaching

Holy Week & Easter Offerings

Holy Week Worship Services

Sunday, March 29 - 10am Palm Sunday - Livestream

Thursday, April 2 - 7pm Maundy Thursday - Livestream

Maundy Thursday Dinner at 5:30pm in Parish Hall (RSVP)

Gethsemane Watch Beginning 8pm to 8:30am Friday April 3.

Friday, April 3 - Good Friday Services

8:30am & Noon Stations of the Cross

7pm The Passion of Christ - Livestream

Saturday, April 4 - 7pm Easter Vigil - Livestream

Sunday, April 5 - 10am Easter Sunday - Livestream

Easter Egg Hunt immediately following the service. More info below.

Giving for Easter Flowers & Music

This Easter you can remember your loved ones and celebrate important moments in your life with the gift of flowers and/or music to the church.  

You can share with us the person or event you would like to give flowers in gratitude or memory of via our online form, or you can email the office. Please add "Easter Flowers & Music" to the memo line of checks and mail or drop them off to the office. You can also pay online using the drop down menu by selecting Flowers & Music (Christmas and Easter).

Gethsemane Watch 

In your preparation for Easter, consider participating in St. Michael’s Gethsemane Watch where you can “sit in the garden” to watch and pray with Jesus. This begins immediately following Maundy Thursday's 7pm service and goes until 8:30am Good Friday Stations of the Cross. More info found here.

Easter Brunch Potluck

Join us Easter Sunday immediately following the 10am service and Easter Egg Hunt for a potluck Easter Brunch and fellowship! Please sign up to bring a dish or treat using the button below.

Easter Egg Hunt Donations

We are hosting an egg hunt on Easter morning after our 10am service and we need your help! Donations of candy and/or stuffed Easter eggs are being collected in the Church office. We will be stuffing the Easter eggs during Coffee Hour following our Palm Sunday service on March 29. Please join us!

St. Michael's Blood Drive

First time donors to Vitalant will need to create an account.

Use Blood Drive Code 100560512

Please speak to Renee Pierce with any questions.

At the end of last month St. Michael’s hosted a successful community outreach event with Rise Against Hunger packing food to be distributed to communities in need throughout the world. St. Michael’s parishioners along with family members from St. Michael’s Episcopal Day School, Starr King Tk-8 and beyond made up the 60+ volunteers working together over a 2-hour period to pack over 10,000 meals. As always this was a wonderful and fulfilling event and we look forward to hosting it in 2027. More photos from this fun event can be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Easter Food Gift Cards!

We are asking for donations to buy Food Gift Cards to help those in need have a special Easter meal. If you are giving by check, please write “Food Gift Card" in the memo. You can also give online or put cash in an envelope (you can find these in the pew pockets), mark it with "Food Gift Card" and put it in the plate on Sunday. Please have your donations to the church or office by Sunday March 29.

Your donations will buy Safeway gift cards that will be distributed at River City Food Bank and The Center at St. Matthew’s. Easter is a wonderful time for us to give in thanksgiving for God's blessings and forgiveness. For more information please contact Terry Bridges or the Office.  

Regular Outreach opportunities

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

& Distribution every Wednesday & Friday

Food Barrel located at the back of the Narthex

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

God's Helping Hands Laundry Will not operate this month. Starting in March it will be located at Mega Wash on Fair Oaks Blvd. at El Camino. Volunteers are needed every 3rd Saturday of the month, and donations are appreciated.

Connecting with the Psalms: A Spiritual Formation Invitation

The Psalms have served as a prayer book of the faithful for thousands of years, capturing every human emotion from the heights of joy to the depths of despair. As we begin preparing a special new offering centered on these Biblical songs, we want our collective voices to be part of the journey. Please email Meghan Humlie or the Church office with the psalm (or psalms) that resonate with you. Dates and Times of this new offering will be published in upcoming messengers and bulletins.

St. Michael's Continuing Studies & Offerings

• Thursday Open Bible Study Thursdays at 10am via Zoom.
• Sacred Circle - Last Wednesday of every month 6pm via zoom.
• Centering Prayer - Mondays in Friendship Center at 9:00am & Thursdays on Zoom at 7pm.
• Healing Circle - Second Saturdays 11am in Friendship Center.
• Just Peacemaking Sundays at 11:30am in the Friendship Center

Weekly Services

10am Sunday Morning Worship Eucharist (also Livestreamed)

Nursery available during worship

5pm Sunday Evening Contemplative Prayer Service on Zoom

9am Morning Prayer – Zoom Monday through Thursday

8:30am Friday Morning Contemplative Eucharist

Celebration of Life Services

We will be having a Celebration of Life Service for Mary Hutchinson on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 1pm at the church with a reception immediately following in Parish Hall.

We will be having a Celebration of Life Service for Marguerite Clugston on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 11am at the church with a reception immediately following in Parish Hall.

Piano Meditation by John Cozza

Organ Prelude in b minor by Bach, arr. Siloti

Here is a piece whose mood is very appropriate to the Lenten season:  the Organ Prelude in g minor by J.S. Bach, transcribed/arranged for piano by Alexander Siloti. Siloti was a pupil of Franz Liszt, professor at the Moscow Conservatory in the early 20th Century, and most famously, Sergei Rachmaninov's cousin! This transcription is dedicated to his daughter Kyriena. I hope hauntingly beautiful work this provides some peaceful accompaniment to your Lenten meditations.

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.

Giving Thanks with Flowers!

You can 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

Name tags are available at Sunday morning check in's on the greeter cart. 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 10:00am - 1:00pm

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

Pastoral Hours



Rev. Megan is on maternity leave through May 17 and will be available on request after May 18. For pastoral and programmatic matters: Associate Rector Pastor Katie Holeman - pastorkatie@stmichaelscarmichael.org, for church administration: Parish Administrator Michelle Falcy - st.michaels@stmichaelscarmichael.org and for other church Business: Senior Warden Greg Dewey - tgregdewey@gmail.com. 

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

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

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



Giving & Stewardship

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 via the donate button below. 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. 2026 Pledge Cards can be found here.

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