This Sunday all children & youth are invited to bring their backpacks with them for a special "Backpack Blessing" during the announcements. All children are also invited to join in the opening procession at 8:55 AM and process around the altar during the first hymn. Be sure to stick around after the service for snow cones!

Thousands of children and youth in our community will return to school this year without the necessary items needed to learn. Can you help?

Don't forget to drop off on or before this Sunday, 8/22. Questions? Call the church office 719-598-3244 for more information.

Last chance to RSVP

Men of St. Michael's, join our Barbecue Ministry Team as we celebrate the 10th Annual Rib-a-palooza. This Men's event will be held outdoors at St. Michael's from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Enjoy good food and good fellowship. Tickets are $15 each and checks, made out to St. Michael's, can be brought to the event. RSVP HERE. Questions? Reach out to Bob Wettemann at [email protected].

All are welcome to a special St. Michael's open house on Friday, September 10. Come see the new classrooms, prayer room, choir room, and several other spaces on campus we've enhanced during the pandemic. We will also have sign ups throughout the building if you are interested in joining a ministry or small group at St. Michael's!

Fall Kick off Sunday, September 12, 10:00 AM

Join us for a festive worship service on Sunday, September 12 at 10:00 AM. This will be an indoor worship service and we will also livestream the service. After the service we will celebrate together with an outdoor lunch. On Sunday September 19 we will resume two worship services going forward with education for all between the services. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks about worship times.

Since our humble beginnings, we have been blessed by faithful leadership and the generosity of many who call St. Michael’s their spiritual home. To ensure future generations can continue to worship, pray, and grow spiritually at St. Michael’s, “St. Michael’s Legacy” was created to recognize those who make a lifetime or planned gift to our endowment fund. The endowment fund provides sustainable resources to ensure the future vitality, care, and sustainability of our community, buildings, and campus. You'll receive details in the mail shortly, in the meantime please visit www.stmikeschurch.com/legacy for more information.

Children's Chapel

During the 9:00 AM outdoor service children are invited to stay with their parents until invited to Children's Chapel right before the the readings. Children's chapel will include songs, prayers, accessible readings of scripture, and an interactive message. Please reach out to Owen at [email protected] if you are interested in helping with Children's Chapel going forward or sign up HERE.

We are gearing up for a great year at St. Michael's with our children and youth! If you have a child under the age of 18, CLICK HERE to register them to participate in activities, events, and groups this fall. Interested in teaching, volunteering, or helping out with children and/or youth this year? Contact Owen at [email protected].

We are gearing up for our next Archangel which will be covering September and October. To add in a short article (about 100-150 words) please send it to [email protected] today, August 20th.

We've got a great new volunteer opportunity Sunday Mornings! Come join Owen under the Pavilion as he leads Children's Chapel for our fantastic and excited younger parishioners. We are so thrilled to have everyone involved in church each Sunday, come help as we make each service extra special and child oriented. Sign up HERE or contact Owen at [email protected] for more information.

St. Michael’s upcoming IHN non-in-house hosting week will be September 13 -17. Please help by volunteering to prepare and deliver dinners for the four families housed in the IHN “Day House” on North Tejon St. The dinner deliveries are very safe with no contact between families and volunteers, and are a meaningful way to make a big difference in the lives of the families. For more information or to volunteer please contact Justin Morrill [email protected] or 719-590-1615.

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10:00 AM Fellowship on the Lawn

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Drive thru Communion

This week at a glance ... (All blue links are clickable)

3:30 - 9:00 PM - Girl Scout Event - Pavilion & Plaza

7:00 PM - Virtual Evening Prayer

9:00 - 10:30 AM - Daughters of the King - Plaza

9:00 - 10:30 AM - Men's Kairos Meeting - Pavilion

10:30 AM - Virtual St. Clare's Guild

2:00 PM - Virtual Caregivers Support Group

6:00 - 8:00 PM - 10th Annual Rib-a-palooza - Pavilion & Plaza

*9:00 AM - Holy Eucharist - Outdoor In-Person (& Online) Worship

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10:00 AM - Fellowship on the Lawn-In Person Outdoors

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Drive thru Communion

4:00 - 5:30 PM - Middle School Youth Group - (Offsite)

6:00 - 7:30 PM - High School Youth Group - (Offsite)

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Laundry Love (Offsite)

Tuesday, August 24

7:00 AM - Virtual Men's Fellowship

9:00 AM - Staff Meeting

*11:00 AM - Prayer Service Online

11:30 AM - Tuesday Ladies Online

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Picnic in the Pavilion, Outdoors (No RSVP)

6:00 PM - Vestry Meeting & Dinner (Offsite)

7:00 PM - Boy Scouts - Plaza

*8:00 PM - Virtual Compline

Wednesday, August 25

No events scheduled

*8:00 PM - Virtual Compline

7:00 PM - Virtual Evening Prayer

8:00 AM - Men's Fellowship - Pavilion

11:00 AM - Chris Burdekin's Memorial Service - Outdoors on Plaza

All we need is U

It takes a village and St. Michael's is looking for amazing volunteers with all sorts of talents and skills. Current opportunities to help:

We are very excited to offer the Plaza and Pavilion as great outdoor meeting spaces for groups beginning to gather in-person outdoors! On the Plaza we've got great new and light outdoor tables and chairs (6 tables, 24 chairs) and under the Pavilion we've got multiple picnic tables that can be used or moved about. Please reach out to the church office by calling (719) 598-3244 x103 or emailing [email protected] to reserve either of these spaces for your group or ministry!

Thank you all for your wonderful continued support of this ministry, we are so thankful for all the quarters we've collected. While we have an amazing group of volunteers already, we are looking for new faces to volunteer to staff the Laundry Love events themselves. We'd love to get more parishioners involved in getting to know our amazing friends and neighbors each Monday. CLICK HERE to sign up to volunteer for September & October dates! For questions contact Gary at [email protected].

This summer we switched our church database to a new online software called "Breeze". Once fully functionally you will be able to log into your account to view contribution information and access the online directory. We are also updating all the individual and family photos in the database. To update our Breeze database and prepare these directories, we are asking for you to send in a current family/household picture, as well as a picture of each individual within your home. Please CLICK HERE for instructions on what kinds of photos to send. Email your photo(s) to the following email address: [email protected].

We are so happy to begin our summer of Picnic in the Pavilion every Tuesday from 12:00 - 1:00 PM! Much like last year's Picnic with the Priest, join us this year for a wonderful opportunity to get to know not only Rev. Matt Holcombe, but even more of our St. Michael's Clergy and Staff including Deacon Gary Darress, Director of Music Amalia Dobbins, and Newcomer Coordinator Linda Kean. Bring your lunch and enjoy this time of fellowship with your St. Michael's family and friends in our great outdoors! No RSVP required.

CLICK HERE to sign up to volunteer for August Outdoor Services. Ushers, Lay Readers, Fellowship on the Lawn Volunteers are needed. Sign up to volunteer today!

Birthdays This Week:

August 22 Rod Sato

August 24 Barry Oswell

August 24 Morgan Waidelich

August 25 Jacque Paul

August 26 Karlyle Levi

August 26 John Waidelich

August 26 Dan Zarecky

August 27 Marion Moore

August 28 Nathan Garcia-Lucas

August 22 Judy & Robert Jager

August 22 Charlotte & Mike Mapes

August 26 John & Rosemary Thorpe