March 23, 2025

The Third Sunday in Lent

10am Service

Pastor Katie Holeman Presiding

The Rev. Mike Ferrito Preaching

The Rev. Rodney Davis Deacon

The Rev. Andy Lobban Assisting

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

The Second Sunday in Lent

The Rev. Rodney Davis

Sunday March 16, 2025

Bulletins & Following Along on Sundays

As you may have noticed last week, we were short on bulletins due to some printer troubles we have been having. We are working to correct this but we may be low on bulletins again this Sunday. However, there are many ways to follow along with the service without a printed bulletin! If you are comfortable using an iPhone, Smart Phone, iPad or Tablet you can download or access the PDF version of the bulletin from the front page of the website and the Sunday morning e-blast or you can follow along in the Book of Common Prayer and The Hymnal 1982 found in the pew pockets. This could also be a great opportunity for us to take additional strides in going green with less printed versions of the bulletin! Thank you for your understanding. Please contact the office if you have any questions.

Holy Week Worship Services

Sunday, April 13th- 10am Palm Sunday

Thursday, April 17th - 7pm Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday Dinner at 5:30pm in Parish Hall

Gethsemane Watch Beginning 8pm to 8:30am Friday April 18th.

Friday, April 18th - Good Friday Services

8:30am & Noon Stations of the Cross

7pm The Passion of Christ 

Saturday, April 19th - 8pm Easter Vigil 

Sunday, April 20th - 10am Easter Sunday

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

Easter Brunch Potluck

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

Easter 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 April 6.

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 at terrycbridges@gmail.com or the Office. 

EYEGLASS COLLECTION FOR GHANA

Dorothy Eddings, along with Bishop Wright and 22 others from the Diocese of Atlanta are making a pilgrimage to Ghana. Because of the prevalence of Glaucoma, which often goes undetected, they are taking EYEGLASSES to Ghana.

Please go through your house and bring eyeglasses that you no longer use to church and place them in the drawer in the narthex. We need to ship them to Dorothy on April 14.

Saturday March 29th, 12 - 2pm

Parish & Johnstone Halls

Come pack meal bags that reach hungry people throughout the world. It is a very fun event and a great opportunity to gather as community to do something for those in need. Last year we packed over 10,000 meals that went to support those in need in Philippines. We have reached our goal of 70 volunteers, thank you to all who have signed up! If you have questions, please contact 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

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

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

Please remember any of the priests can offer the Rite of Reconciliation and Lent is a great time for this. If you would like to schedule time with one of the priests, please contact the office at 916-488-3550.

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 the Gethsemane Watch. The watch represents the time Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane wanting the disciples to stay awake with him. It begins immediately following the Maundy Thursday Service and concludes at the start of the Good Friday 8:30am Stations of the Cross. The watch takes place in the Columbarium and it is a time of silence. Spiritual books and writings will be available. Please consider "sitting in the garden" to watch and pray with Jesus.

There are still plenty of spots available and more than one or two can sign up for any given time. It is preferable for there to be at least two people per slot in the wee hours of the night. Sign up on the board in the narthex on Sundays.

Upcoming Celebration of Life Services

We will be having a Celebration of life service for Peggy Henley on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 10am at the church with a light reception immediately following.

Choral Masterworks

by John Cozza, Music Director

Sicut cervus by Palestrina

This week's Choral Masterwork is the anthem the choir sang last Sunday. Sicut cervus is a motet for four voices by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It sets the beginning of Psalm 42, Psalmus XLI in the Latin version of the Psalterium Romanum rather than the Vulgate Bible. The incipit is "Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes" (As the deer desires the fountains) followed by a second part (secunda pars) "Sitivit anima mea" (My soul thirsts). It has become one of Palestrina's most popular motets, regarded as a model of Renaissance polyphony, expressing spiritual yearning.

For more information, here is the Wikipedia article:

And here is a beautiful YouTube video by the Sistine Chapel Choir recorded in the Vatican:

St. Michael's Easter Egg Hunt

We will be having an egg hunt Easter Morning after the 10am service. All children will be invited to join in. We need St. Michael's help: we need donations of candy and/or stuffed easter eggs. Please bring donations to the church office during the week or drop them off in the parish hall on Sunday mornings. We will be stuffing Easter Eggs at Coffee Hour on Palm Sunday, April 13th! Please join us! We are thrilled to have the opportunity to hold this event! Thank you for all your help. Pr. Katie

Theater Camp 2025 registration is filled!



At this time all spots for Theater Camp have been filled. To be placed on our waitlist please see the website. The Camp will run from June 16-20, 23-27 from 9am-3pm (June 27 9am-1pm). If you are interested in volunteering contact Pastor Katie at pastorkatie@stmichaelescarmichaels.org.

Rereading Lent:

New Reflections on a Storied Season

11:45am in Friendship Center (in-person only)

In this year's Lenten series, Rev. Andy and Marilyn McEntyre will be leading reflections on the purposes and themes of the season, the ways we can reclaim ancient words for our own historical moment, and the question of how to read--and reread-- biblical stories. We meet on the Sundays of Lent in the Friendship Center at 11:45am. Each week we'll focus on a theme (Listening on March 16, Solitude on March 23, Repentance on March 30 and Imagination on April 6), a few passages of scripture, and the ways those stories summon us now. We look forward to the conversation! Please contact Rev. Andy with questions.

Living Compass - Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit

Lent is a time for introspection and self-reflection, a time to reflect on what it means to live a Christian life in the midst of great change and uncertainty. As we cultivate the fruit of the Spirit over the next forty days, we have a powerful opportunity to make our faith the central compass that guides life, helping us receive and share God’s transformative love.

The Living Compass Lenten booklets are available, free of cost, at the church. We will not have a weekly group this season however there are multiple other ways you can engage with this material through Living Compass at https://www.livingcompass.org/lent

St. Michael's Continuing Studies

• Sacred Circle Meets the last Wednesday of every month at 6pm via zoom. For more information please contact Kate Muris.
• Thursday Open Bible Study meets every Thursday in the Friendship Center (and on Zoom) at 10am - 11:30am. We study the scriptures for the following Sunday. For more Bible Study information, please email the office at st.michaels@stmichaelscarmichael.org.

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

For those interested in starting or continuing a centering prayer practice, please contact Chuck Schaller, chuckschaller2@gmail.com



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



Rev. Andy will be available on request. Please email revandy@stmichaelscarmichael.org to schedule.

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 

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.