April 14, 2024

The Third Sunday of Easter

10am Service

The Rev. Mary Claugus Presiding

The Rev. Dr. Mike Ferrito Preaching

Pastor Katie Holeman Deacon

The Rev. Rodney Davis Assisting

5pm Contemplative Prayer Eucharist

The Second Sunday of Easter

Pastor Katie Holeman

Sunday April 7, 2024

Upcoming events

More information in the body of the newsletter and on the website

April 13 - Fundraiser: Spring in Paris

April 20 - Rise Against Hunger Outreach

April 21 - Celebrating Earth Day

April 27 - Fearless Faith Revival and Workshops

April 28 - Celebration for the 60th Anniversary of St. Michael's Day School

May 4 - Habitat 4 Humanity's - Rock the Block - Oak Park

May 5 - Bishop Megan Traquair's Visitation to St. Michael's

The first Earth Day was in 1970. This was on the heels of Rachel Carson’s Book Silent Spring, published in 1961. Silent Spring was seen as the catalyst of the modern environmental movement because it condemned the overuse of pesticides. DDT was banned in the United States in 1972 because it posed unacceptable risks to the environment and human health.

From 1965 until 1977, different administrations saw the wisdom of legislating environmental regulations. Examples are:

• The Water Quality Act (1965)
• The Clean Water Act (1972)
• The Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act established the Federal Energy Administration to meet the nation’s energy needs (1974).

I began working at SMUD in 1972 and moved up to a marketing position in 1977. It was groundbreaking at the time because I was the first woman in that position, and I was pregnant with our daughter Emily.

Triggered by the 1973 oil embargo, President Jimmy Carter announced his energy plan in 1977 to lower U.S. energy demand and reduce gasoline and imported oil consumption. Carter wanted 20% of the nation’s energy from renewable resources by the year 2000. It took longer than he hoped, Today, renewable energy provides about 20% of our generation. His National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) changed my life. I went on a short maternity leave with one job and returned to a new position to develop a plan for SMUD to meet the NECPA Final Rules established by the U.S. Department of Energy, and I worked with all the gas and electric utilities in California. SMUD has a goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

Now, we look to the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act provisions that provide incentives for energy reduction and solar installations to help us meet the Episcopal Church’s mandate to develop a plan for becoming carbon neutral by 2030. For the first time, nonprofit organizations can receive tax refunds for energy-saving measures, even if they don’t ordinarily receive refunds. For more information, look at www.interfaithpowerandlight.org to see how a national consortium of religious institutions is working together to help save our planet.



That’s why I am so passionate about our Green Team's opportunities to submit a plan to our diocese showing how we will be carbon-neutral by 2030. We are making progress. We just received the analysis from the expert the Diocese recommended and will go over the report in detail with him soon.

Our team, John Quené, Sue Davis, and Sue Gaston, and I invite you to our Earth Day 2024 coffee hour, Sunday, April 21^st.

Peace, Pat

Sunday, May 5th, 2024

10am

The Rt. Rev. Megan Traquair will be preaching and presiding at our 10am service. Bishop Megan will confirm, receive, and reaffirm at this service as well. She will also join us for coffee hour. Please mark your calendars!

Rise Against Hunger

Saturday April 20th, 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 15,000 meals that went to support those in need in Vietnam. Come be a part of this super fun event!

Please sign up on their website. If you have questions or need help please contact the office. If you are willing to help with set up or clean up please let us know!

Please note: There is a place to donate to this organization when you sign up. We have already made a generous contribution for the meals, so you can give if you would like to support the Rise Against Hunger organization, but you do not have to give in order to participate. We have already done that on your behalf!

Rock the Block – Oak Park

Saturday May 4, 2024

St. Michaels will once again join Habitat for Humanity in assisting our Oak Park neighbors improve their homes and community.  

Volunteer to be a member of St. Michael’s Rock the Block team.  As a member of the team, you will help revitalize an underserved community of low-income families, seniors, and Veterans. We will Work on a variety of projects such as home repairs, planting community gardens, rebuilding fences, community landscaping/clean-up etc.

A Rock the Block workday begins with breakfast at 8:00am and concludes at 3:00pm. To volunteer please see Holly Yue.

Sign up soon, we need to submit our team roster to Habitat for Humanity by April 19^th.

Additional Outreach opportunities can be found on our website calendar linked below!

Confirmation &

Reception into the Episcopal Church

On-going classes!

Youth classes will be offered on Thursday's, April 11 - May 2 at 4:15pm. For information about the youth class, please connect with Pastor Katie.

Adult classes are Sunday's, April 14, 21, 28 from 12 - 1:30pm in the Friendship Center.

We will cover Worship, Outreach, and Evangelism

Contact the office if you have questions.

St. Michael's Episcopal Church Scholarships

St. Michael's Church has been offering Scholarships to college and trade school students since 2002. The Scholarship is designed to open the doorway to a college education or vocational training, by offering partial financial assistance, to assist the student with tuition, enrollment fees, books, and/or supplies. 

Criteria for Candidates

• Must be an active member or the child or grandchild of active members of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church or St. Matthew’s Mission.
• Must be enrolled or enrolling in a two or four year accredited college or technical/trade school.
• It is recommended that the applicant has a G.P.A. of 3.0 and Community Service Credits and/or work experience.



Scholarship applications can be found on our website below. Applications should be submitted by May 31st.

Centering Prayer

Important Notice for next week's Centering Prayer session, please join us! On Wednesday April 17th we will start our review and reflection on the Divine Dance by Richard Rohr, as our discussion focus, after 20 minutes of silent prayer. The book brings the Holy Trinity powerfully alive, and deepens our relationship with God through the relationship between Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the Trinity.

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 connect with the office.

Diocesan 2024 Fearless Faith Revival

Registrations are open now! To register or for more info use the buttons below or check out their website!

St. Michael's Celebration of The Episcopal Day School's 60th Anniversary - Sunday, April 28th

We will celebrate our ministry with the Day school for the past 60 years. Our founding rector, The Rev. Thurlow Baker began the Day school shortly after St. Michael's became a parish of the Diocese of California. Over the past 60 years, it grew from a preschool to what it is today, a well respected Episcopal and Independent preschool through 8th grade School.

Mary Heise, the Head of School will join us, with the President of the Board of Trustees to share with us some highlights.

Come celebrate with us at Coffee Hour after the April 28th 10am service.

St. Michael's hosting

Capital Deanery Vacation Bible School 

More info found on our Children & Youth Page.  

Weekly Services

10am Sunday Morning Worship Eucharist & Choir also Livestreamed

Nursery opens at 9:30am

5pm Sunday Evening Contemplative Eucharist with Zoom

9am Morning Prayer – Zoom, Monday through Thursday nm

11:45am Thursday Noon Day Prayer – Zoom

8:30am Friday Morning Contemplative Eucharist

Baptism

Baptisms are coming up! If you are interested or know of anyone who might be interested in getting baptized please connect with the office.

Piano Meditation

by John Cozza, Music Director

Rachmaninov-Moment Musicaux, Op. 16/#3 in D-flat

This week's Piano Meditation is in commemoration of its composer's 151th birthday. Sergei Rachmaninov (April 1, 1873--March 28, 1943) composed a set of six Musical Moments (Moments Musicaux in French) inspired by Schubert's compositions of the same name (also in a set of six), in 1896. The third is one of his most lyrical and beautiful works.

The Hearing Loop is fixed!

Thanks to our dedicated sound company we were able to repair the hearing loop in the sanctuary last week just in time for Easter!

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

All are welcome to come and pray! Centering prayer meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month via Zoom. Newcomers are welcome to come at 6:45pm for a Centering Prayer Newcomer Orientation. Centering Prayer begins at 7pm. We will offer a 20 minute centering prayer sit, followed by a variety of contemplative practices. They may include: Lectio Divina, experiential spirituality and occasionally a guest speaker. For more information, please contact the office 916.488.3550 or Chuck Schaller 916.390.3465.

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. Mary will be available on request. Please call the office to schedule.

916.488.3550.



Pastor Katie will be available on request. Please email pastorkatie@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.