All Saints Day

November 2nd, 2025

10am Service



The Rev. Megan Anderson Gartin Presiding

The Rev. Katie Holeman Preaching

The Rev. Rodney Davis Deacon



5pm Contemplative Prayer Service

The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost

The Rev. Rodney Davis Preaching

Sunday October 26th, 2025

Please note the sound is a bit off, we are looking into this.

Daylight Savings ends on Sunday, November 2nd!

Remember to turn your clocks back an hour this weekend! Although early arrivals are always welcome, no one will be in the office quite that early on Sunday...

Rev. Megan Installation Service Thank you!

Thank you to all who came out this past weekend to celebrate Rev. Megan's Installation on Saturday October 25th. It was a wonderful service and luncheon! Also a special thanks to all who helped make this a memorable and successful event. For more photos, please check out our Facebook & Instagram pages. Special thanks to our fabulous Chancel Choir led by John Cozza as well as our clergy, lay ministers, planning committee, and flower team!

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*

*NOTE: With school back in session the door is closed and locked by 8:30am. If you arrive after 8:30am please knock.

Honoring our Deceased Loved Ones

Names for All Saints & All Souls' Day - Due tomorrow

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 October 31st at 8:30am and All Saints Day at our 10am & 5pm services on Sunday November 2nd. 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 29 to ensure they are read at the services.

Lay Minister Training

For ALL Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers, and Greeters and those interested in joining one or more of these ministries. Please mark your calendars for Sunday's November 2 & 23. We will have a brief overview of the usher and greeter ministry directly after the service on Sunday November 2. This is open to EVERYONE - men, women, singles, and couples. Please consider joining this very important ministry. 

Eucharistic Minister training has been rescheduled to Sunday, November 23. This training will be for all current EMs and people interested in joining this ministry. Please mark your calendars to attend directly after church.

For more information please contact the office or Mary Ellen. 

Our Acolyte Ministry

Training on Sunday, November 2

The ministry of our Acolytes is servanthood to the clergy and congregation. Acolytes serve at both Eucharistic and Memorial Services, or whenever there is a special service. The commitment is to begin at twenty minutes before our worship and after the Service to extinguish the lighted candles. This is an especially important ministry that helps set the tone of our worship. Sr. Tina Francesca and Rev. Megan will provide training on Sunday November 2 directly after the service. All who are ages 9 and older who might be interested in our ministry. Please pray and think if God is calling you!

God’s Peace, Sr. Tina Francesca.

Forward Day By Day

The new Forward Day by Day booklets for November - January are available at the Usher's Table in the Narthex on Sunday's and in the Church office.

Choral Masterworks by John Cozza

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 by Bach

This coming Friday, October 31, is not only Halloween but also the Feast of the Reformation, celebrating the day in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the city of Wittenberg's castle church. Many important choral works have been composed over the centuries to celebrate this day, but perhaps the most famous is one of Bach's most impressive church cantatas. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott ("A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"), BWV 80 is a chorale cantata for Reformation Day by Johann Sebastian Bach. He reworked it from one of his Weimar cantatas, Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a. The first Leipzig version of the church cantata, BWV 80b, may have been composed as early as 1723, some five months after Bach had moved to Leipzig. Some years later he reworked the cantata one more time, writing an extended chorale fantasia as its opening movement. The text of the BWV 80a version was written by Salomon Franck and contained one stanza of Martin Luther's hymn "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"; for his chorale cantata versions, BWV 80b and 80, Bach added the complete text of this Lutheran hymn. Bach scored the cantata for four vocal soloists, a four-part choir and a Baroque chamber ensemble of up to three oboes of different kinds, strings and continuo. 

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott was published in 1821, the first of Bach's cantatas published after his death. The Bach Gesellschaft edition appeared half a century later.

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

And here is an exciting live recording from Switzerland with the Chorus and Orchestra of the Bach Foundation:  

Friday, October 31 at 6pm



Join us for our annual Trunk or Treat in the church parking lot. We will have a game lane, decked out trunks, hot dogs with an assortment of candy and treats. If you are interested in hosting a car spot and/or helping with game lane please contact Pastor Katie. More car trunks are needed. Please consider joining the evening. Thank you all for your support of this fun event. As always costumes are encouraged but not required.

Gifts from the Heart

Gifts from the Heart (GFTH) is back again for its 33rd year at St. Michael’s! 

The gift tags will be available starting Sunday, November 2, from 9:30 - 10 and 11:15 - 12.

We have 70 children, and 50 seniors and dependent adults. Please stop by to select your gift tag/s.

The program that provides Christmas gifts for children, seniors, and disabled adults began 38 years ago via the inspiration of a single CPS Social Worker. In 2025, multiple county agencies and community partners will bless over 3,000 people in Sacramento County with wonderful gifts. Each client’s social worker spends the time to learn what their clients need and desire and then shares that information with GFTH staff. Community partners like St. Michael’s do the rest until gifts are ready for pickup and delivery! This is such a fun and meaningful way to help our neighbors in need! They will experience a more joyful Christmas season because of our generosity.



Questions? Please direct any GFTH questions to Laura Quene or Holly Yue or contact the office.

Thanksgiving Gift Cards!

Help make Thanksgiving a little brighter! It is time for our annual Thanksgiving Gift Card collection for food gift cards to help those in need have a special Thanksgiving 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 November 16th.

Your donations will buy Safeway gift cards that will be distributed at River City Food Bank and The Center at St. Matthew’s. Thanksgiving is a wonderful time for us to share our bounty by helping the less fortunate among us have a memorable meal. 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

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

Dinner & Documentary

Some of you have shown interest in resuming “dinner and documentary” evenings, so we are planning to start them up again and hoping for suggestions from anyone interested. For the first three months (excluding December ) they will be in the Friendship Center Sunday evenings (November 9, January 4, and February 8) beginning promptly at 6:00, ending around 8:00). If you’re interested in participating, please contact Marilyn McEntyre and she’ll put you on a contact list.

St. Michael's Continuing Studies

St. Michael's Reads the Gospels

Led by Dawn & Tyson Wright

Tuesday evenings from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at our special Bible discussion Zoom meeting. Reading Plan link.

Thursday Open Bible Study Hybrid

Meets from 10 - 11:30am on Thursdays in the Friendship Room and by Zoom. We study the readings for the upcoming Sunday. For more information, email the office st.michaels@stmichaelscarmichael.org.

Sacred Circle 

This is open to all, please join us, we meet the last Wednesday of every month 6pm via zoom. We follow the Quaker example of silence, community, prayer and reflection. For more information please contact Kate Muris.

Centering Prayer

Mondays in Friendship Center at 9:00am | Thursdays on Zoom at 7pm

The ancient spiritual practice that seeks to quiet the mind and help us to rest in silence. For more information contact Kate Muris, Chuck Schaller or Father Mike.

Healing Circle

Experience God’s Peace, Restoration, and Wholeness. We meet on the second Saturday of the month at 11am in the Friendship Center. You or someone you know are invited to St. Michael’s Healing Circle. For more info, contact Kate Muris or Father Mike.

Community News & Events

150^th Anniversary Festival Celebration at Grace Episcopal Church, 1314 Spring St. Saint Helena, CA 94574 - Saturday, November 1 at 2pm. RSVP HERE before October 31. 

Best of Carmichael 2025 - We have been nominated as "Best House of Worship" in the Best of Carmichael 2025! If you agree please consider voting for us here! Winners will be announced at the Award Show on November 7 at La Sierra Community Center and online. If you would like to attend tickets can be found here.

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.



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 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

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 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 will be available on request. Please email revmegan@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.