Welcome to St. Michael's Parish!

Grace and peace to you. Welcome to the St. Michael’s website and its windows into our parish life. We hope you’ll find what you seek and that after a virtual tour you’ll join us for the real thing. We look forward to your presence among us as we worship and serve God and practice the art of Christian living in fullness of life with thanksgiving.

~ Rev. Jennings Matheson

Upcoming Events

Please be sure to check our Events page for details on all the events listed below. Check our Calendar (to the right) for EVERYTHING going on.

Prayer Shawl Fellowship and Lunch ~ Sunday, January 22, 11:30am
Soup Kitchen Volunteers and Caritas Fellowship and Supper, followed by Compline ~ Thursday, January 26, 5:30pm
Celebration for the Ministry of Rev. Jennings Matheson ~ Sunday, January 29, 11:30am
Candlemas Choral Evensong and Supper ~ Thursday, February 2, 6pm
Annual Parish Meeting ~ Sunday, February 5
Please note: We will have only one service that day, at 9:00 AM, and the meeting will take place immediately following in the Community House.
Morning Prayer ~ Sunday, February 19
In place of the Eucharist, we will be conducting a full Morning Prayer.

Meet Our New Organist

St. Michael's is pleased to announce our new organist, James Bush. James has been our substitute organist this past summer, and has sung with us in previous concerts, so we are doubly-lucky to welcome him.

Planned Giving

Planned Giving is a wonderful way to ensure your legacy with St. Michael's endures for years to come, and you have the joy and satisfaction of knowing you have contributed to the long-term welfare of St. Michael's Parish. Please read more about Planned Giving and the Legacy Society of St. Michael the Archangel.

Altar Flower Requests

Please note that we are revising our practice for flowers on the altar and ask, if you wish to have flowers for a special event or memorial, that you please read this letter about flower requests, from Martha Olin, Vestry Committee Member, and use this request form for altar flowers.

Thank you!

Also of Note

We are now on FaceBook

Thanks to Jo Ann Jaacks, we now have a place on Facebook. Be sure to visit regularly and be sure you "Like" us. When you "Like" St. Michael's Facebook page, you will get prayers, information, great stories, and more in your regular Facebook Newsfeed.

Meet Your Vestry

Speaking of faces (sort of), we added a photo of the Executive Committee and the Vestry, from our meeting April 10, 2011. Click here to find out who we are along with the other staff here (scroll down to find the Vestry).

Have you signed up to get our Blog posts sent to your email?

If you see the green "SML's Blog" button here, you know we have a blog (web log). We hope you have visited our blog already! We invite you to be sure not to miss a single blog post, by signing up to get the posts delivered to your email when they are made available on the blog. To do that, click the green button to go to our blog, then scroll down until you see "Subscribe" in the right-hand column and enter your email address there. An email will be sent to you so that you can confirm your subscription. That is all you need to do!

Please read the Blog FAQ if you are new to blogs and need help with anything.

Our posts range for musings on the Lesser Feasts and Fasts, to updates on events, to various community activities, to information about the church and grounds that might be new to you... You name it, if it pertains to our St. Michael's community, we just might blog about it!

St. Michael's Messenger (formerly known as The Lychgate)

The December Messenger is available for download here.

ROTAs

ROTAs for both the church and the Soup Kitchen are on the Calendar page beneath the Calendar.

Our Mission Statement: In witness to our gratitude for God's gifts, our mission is to be a welcoming and supportive community and, guided by the Holy Spirit, to serve the spiritual and material needs of others to the best of our ability.