|
Sermon Sunday October 25, 2026
The Rev. Rodney Davis Preaching
| | |
Last Chance to Submit Names
Honoring our Deceased Loved Ones
Names for All Saints Day & 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. This year we will be honoring our loved ones a little differently. We are inviting you to bring photos of lost loved ones to hold up during the services where there will be time(s) of remembrance.
We will be celebrating All Souls' Day at our Friday Morning Contemplative Eucharist on Friday October 30 at 8:30am where we will read all the names of our loved ones aloud. On All Saints Day at our 10am & 5pm services on Sunday November 1 we will print their names in the bulletin and have a moment of extended silence in remembrance. Please email or call the office with the names of people you want us to read aloud and/or printed during these services. Please include phonetic spelling so we can be sure to pronounce them correctly at the Friday service.
Please have your names submitted by 5pm Wednesday, October 28.
| | |
Daylight Savings - Sunday November 1
Turn Your Clocks Back This Weekend
Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday November 1 at 2:00am. Remember to change your clocks so you are not an hour early for service! Early arrivals are great, but the church will not likely be open....
| | |
St. Michael's Stewardship
Faith & Giving
| | |
St. Michael’s Ingathering Sunday Luncheon
Thank you to everyone who attended our Ingathering service and lunch. It was a warm and welcoming day to bless the pledges so generously given. It was our best-attended service to date, which shows the love and care you all share for this church to sustain our vibrant community.
| | |
Prior Testimonials
In case you missed a previous testimonial you can check these out on our website through on our Stewardship Page and/or find this through the front page of the website. We have also added a new Stewardship Testimonial Playlist to our YouTube accessed here.
| | |
Reserve your space today!
Life Planning Guide Workshop
St. Michael’s - Saturday, November 7, 2026
Doors open at 8:30 with Program from 9 - noon
WILL YOU LEAVE A LEGACY OR A MESS?
A Life Planning Guide workshop can help.
This lively workshop includes vital information for every adult, from young parents to Seniors, with discussions on many topics, including: Making arrangements for your children....preparing your Advance Directive, end-of-life choices, understanding Hospice....and the difference between a will and a trust. The program, developed by Marcie Larkey and Todd Murray has now been offered to 900+ individuals. Testimonials & full article below.
I attended this workshop a few years ago and found the information very helpful in organizing and preparing for the future. I highly recommend it! - Renee Pierce
Click here to read more..
| | St. Michael's Youth & Family | | |
Sunday School
Sunday School is taught in the Godly Play room in the Church office. Children who would like to attend the class are invited to join the Sunday School Teachers immediately following the Children & Community Homily for a lesson, crafts, and prayer. Our teachers will escort the children back to the service during the peace so they can join their families for communion. Our classes will be led by a rotation of our wonderful parishioners including Rev. Kathy Hopner, Kathy and John Rojek, Cindy Dewey, and Sue Corbin. Please contact the church office with questions.
| | |
Trunk or Treat
Tomorrow, October 29
| |
Join us for a night of Fun, Friendship and Food for our annual Trunk or Treat! As an added treat, the St. Michael's Day School 5th Grade class will be helping run our games!
Metro Fire Engine #110 is scheduled to be on hand to greet everyone. A perfect photo opportunity!
We will be serving Nachos with Chili (regular and vegetarian) and Cheese! We need volunteers to help with set-up and clean-up, please use the RSVP button.
| | St. Michael's Learn & Connect | | |
Book Reading with Marilyn McEntyre
Sunday November 15
Join us after coffee hour to hear Marilyn McEntyre read from and discuss her new book, As We Age: A Conversation.
Co-authored by Marilyn and a longtime colleague and friend, the conversation that unfolds in As We Age, beyond personal reflections, offers an invitation to readers to reflect on their own aging—what questions and challenges arise in the final season of life, and what unexpected pleasures. It ranges among memories of learning moments, passages from beloved books, observations about shifting friendships and family relationships, and speculations about death, dying, and what lies beyond that portal.
| | |
Documentary and Dessert evening
Sunday November 15 at 6:30pm
Sacramento, along with many other cities, is in the thick of public debate about proposed construction of AI Data Centers. Join us Nov. 15, 6:30-8:00 in the Friendship Center for a short PBS documentary about data centers and reflective discussion about some of the promises and perils of AI development.
| | |
Welcome Table
The Welcome Table is open during Coffee Hour. This is your point of contact for visitors, new and existing members to find connection with our various ministries, learn about upcoming events and programs, or connect you to the office or clergy. Please stop by to say hello!
| | |
St. Michael's Continuing Studies & Offerings
| | |
In the Community & on Campus
SingIN event with the Carmichael Resistance Choir- Wednesday November 4 at 6:30pm in Johnstone Hall at St. Michael's. Flyers can be found here & in the Narthex on Sundays.
| | |
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 15.
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.
| | |
Gifts from the Heart
Gifts from the Heart (GFTH) is back again for its 34th year at St. Michael’s!
The gift tags will be available starting Sunday, November 1, from 9:30 - 10 and 11:15 - 12. We have 130 gift tags this year. Please stop by to select your gift tag/s.
The program which provides Christmas gifts for children, seniors, and disabled adults began 39 years ago via the inspiration of a single CPS Social Worker. In 2026, 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 Quené or Holly Yue or contact the office.
| | |
Formula Collection through November 15
In partnership with St. Michael's Episcopal Day School's 5th Grade Class November collection we will be collecting baby formula now through November 15 in the baskets in the Narthex. Please consider picking up a pack of formula when you are on your next shopping run to contribute to the young families in need in our community. Thank you for all you do!
| | |
Plastic Film Collection
St. Michael’s is now a collection point for all of your clean plastic film and bags. Please check out the flyer for more details and instructions on what items are taken. Please contact Laura Quené if you have any additional questions.
| |
|
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 located at Mega Wash on Fair Oaks Blvd. at El Camino. Volunteers are needed every 3rd Saturday of the month, and donations are appreciated.
| | St. Michael's Worship & Music | |
Weekly Services
10am Sunday Morning Worship Eucharist (also Livestreamed)
5pm Sunday Evening Contemplative Prayer Service on Zoom
9am Morning Prayer – Zoom Monday through Thursday
8:30am Friday Morning Contemplative Eucharist
| | Forward Day by Days Available - November - January 2027 editions are now available at the welcome table, usher's desk and church office. We are still waiting for the large print versions to arrive. Donations towards these are welcomed. | | |
Choral Masterworks
by Dr. John Cozza, Music Director
Ein deutches Requiem, Op. 45 by Brahms
A work particularly appropriate for All Souls'/Saints' Day also happens to be one of the greatest of all choral masterworks--A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 (German: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift) by Johannes Brahms, a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, a soprano and a baritone soloist, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest composition. A German Requiem is sacred but non-liturgical, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem, A German Requiem, as its title states, is a Requiem in the German language.
Brahms's mother died in February 1865, a loss that caused him much grief and may well have inspired Ein deutsches Requiem. Brahms's lingering feelings over Robert Schumann's death in July 1856 may also have been a motivation, though his reticence about such matters makes this uncertain. Brahms set out to compose a work that would comfort the living, without the fire and brimstone of such Latin Requiem texts as the Dies Irae ("Day of Wrath"). This he does so admirably, especially in the lone movement for solo soprano, Ihr habt nur Traurigkeit ("You have only sadness"), in which the soprano (=Brahms' mother?) sings the words from John 16:22: And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
For more info, here is a link to the complete Wikipedia article:
And here is a link to a wonderfully profound, spiritual performance by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan, recorded live at the 1978 Salzburg Easter Festival
Johannes Brahms - A German Requiem - Karajan - Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg 1978 - REMASTERED
I hope this work moves you as much as it does me.
| |
|
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.
Mercy and Social Justice Committee
The Mercy and Social Justice Committee exists to provide St. Michael’s parishioners with opportunities to share God’s love and justice. We accomplish this by offering parishioners several ways to participate in outreach to our most vulnerable and marginalized neighbors. The last committee meeting for this year will be 7 – 8pm on November 2nd. We will be discussing our upcoming 2027 calendar as part See Terry Bridges if you are interested in attending as a guest.
Name Tags
Name tags are available at Sunday morning check in 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 will be available on request. Please email revmegan@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. 2027 Pledge Cards can be found here.
| |
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
2140 Mission Avenue, Carmichael CA 95608
| | | | | |
