March 24, 2024

Palm Sunday

10am Service

Pastor Katie Holeman Presiding

The Rev. Mary Claugus Preaching

The Rev. Rodney Davis Deacon

The Rev. Mike Ferrito Deacon

5pm Contemplative Prayer Eucharist with Zoom

The Fifth Sunday in Lent

Pastor Katie Holeman

Sunday March 17, 2024

Holy Week Worship Services

Thursday, March 28th - 7pm Maundy Thursday (with Livestream)

Maundy Thursday Dinner at 5:30pm in Parish Hall

Gethsemane Watch Beginning 8pm to 8:30am Friday March 29.

Friday, March 29th - Good Friday Services

8:30am & Noon Stations of the Cross

7pm The Passion of Christ (with Livestream)

Saturday, March 30th - 7pm Easter Vigil 

(with Livestream)

Sunday, March 31st - 10am Easter Sunday

(with Livestream)

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

St. Michael's Easter Egg Hunt

We will be stuffing Easter Eggs at Coffee Hour on Palm Sunday, March 24th! Please join us!

Our Easter egg hunt will be held in the Courtyard immediately after our 10am Easter Morning 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 Palm Sunday! We are thrilled to have the opportunity to hold this event! Thank you for all your help. Pr. Katie

St. Michael's hosting the Capital Deanery Vacation Bible School 

June 24 - 28th | 9 am - 1 pm | St Michael's, Carmichael

Churches are welcome to participate in our Capital Deanery Vacation Bible School (VBS) Day-Camp this summer at St. Michael's in Carmichael. Planned in collaboration between Faith Cameron Park, St Michael's, and Trinity Cathedral - this day camp will be a place of celebration and fun for kids 4 years old - entering 5th Grade. Entering 6th graders and up are welcome to attend as camp helpers for free!  

Cost is $50 for each child, with a cap of $90 for every family. The day will include outdoor play, chapel time, a focus for each day (art, STEM, drama, cooking, water) that provides learning, enrichment, and most importantly fun! All campers are expected to bring their own lunch.  

Click here to register. 

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!

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 March 24th.

Your donations will buy Safeway and Target 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. 

Starr King Hygiene Kits

Your are invited to support Starr King's 5th Grade hygiene unit by donating items for hygiene kits for the students in the class. This is the third year of this ministry. The students appreciate receiving these items. We have created a Target Community Registry for your convenience. You can participate either in store or online! The link for the registry is included below.

Items needed are:

• deodorant/antiperspirant
• toothbrush
• toothpaste
• dental floss
• shampoo
• soap
• body and face wash

Please note, items can be purchased from stores other than Target if preferred. If you have additional questions on the registry please talk to Rev. Mary or the office.

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

Regular Opportunities include:

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

Confirmation & Reception into the Episcopal Church classes coming in Easter!

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 will be offered on Sunday's, April 7, 14, 21, 28 from 11:45am to 1:15pm in the Friendship Center.

We will cover Church History, Worship, Outreach, and Evangelism

Contact the office if you have questions.

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.
• Living Compass - Living Well Through Lent Meeting Sundays, March 24. Please contact Lisa Sargent by email if you are interested in attending. More info here.
• Writing as a Spiritual Practice Workshop meeting Sundays, March 24 at 11:45am with a light lunch provided in the Friendship Center. More info here.

Join Us!

Maundy Thursday Dinner

Thursday, March 28th at 5:30pm in Parish Hall before Maundy Thursday Service at 7pm.

Easter Sunday Brunch

Hosted by our wonderful Mercy & Social Justice members on Sunday, March 31st in Parish & Johnstone Halls immediately following our Easter Sunday service and Easter Egg Hunt in the Courtyard.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Walk Out Parkinson's

Join our St. Michael's team to support the annual "Walk Out Parkinson's" on Saturday, April 6th at 9am at Maidu Park. We are rallying around our team leader, longtime parishioner, and choir member Kay Griffin (and in doing so, you will be supporting all those with Parkinson's). Please contact the office if you would like to join the St. Michael's team!

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.

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).

Choral Masterworks

by John Cozza, Music Director

Cantata for Palm Sunday by Bach

Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (King of Heaven, welcome),  BWV 182, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Weimar for Palm Sunday, and first performed it on 25 March 1714, which was also the feast of the Annunciation that year. It opens with a short instrumental (and unusually-titled for a Bach cantata) "Sonata," which is, "in effect a miniature French Overture for solo violin and recorder in dialogue with a pizzicato accompaniment. A madrigal-like welcome song for chorus (#2)...suggests a growing throng come to salute Christ as God's representative on earth. Seldom is Bach so freshly light-hearted...The cantata ends with a pair of choruses, the first a motet-like chorale fantasia built around Melchoir Vulpius' fine melody of 1609 to the authorized hymn of Palm Sunday, the second a sprightly choral dance that could have stepped straight out of a comic opera of the period. It needs the poise of a trapeze artist with the agility of a madrigalian gymnast--and is altogether captivating." (John Eliot Gardiner)

Here is the live performance with our faithful Bach Cantata guides John Eliot Gardiner, the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir:

Translation: 

Wikipedia: 

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!

If you are interested in Confirmation, Reception, or Reaffirmation, please let Rev. Mary know. We are planning Youth and Adult classes beginning April 7th, more information below.

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. J. 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. We can be very proud of our continued

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

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.