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
Happening Now
Mark Your Calendar for "Back to Church" Day and Parish Picnic
Saint Michael’s will welcome back the choir and church school on Sunday, September 12th, and the 10:00 service will return to its normal order. Following the 10:00 service will be the Parish Picnic on the church lawn. Please bring enough food for your family and a favorite dessert for the Parish dessert table.
FETE & FAIRE
Saint Michael’s Ninth Annual Fete & Craft Faire and Silent Auction will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2010, starting at 10:00am. Go here for a full schedule of events and to see the flyer for the Puppet Show. And don't forget to listen to this! We look forward to seeing you there.
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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!
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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!
Upcoming Events: Please be sure to stay in touch with what is happening, as things are happening!
Lychgate
The September Lychgate is available for download here.
ROTAs
An updated version of the soup kitchen ROTA is now available on the Calendar page beneath the Calendar.
August ROTA is on the Calendar page beneath the Calendar.
Recovery Eucharist
Saint Michael’s Parish offers the Recovery Eucharist as an informal celebration of healing and recovery for everyone on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, at 7PM in the Parish Library. First service is April 20th.
Recent Events
The Peaceable Kingdom: A Celebration of Evolving Life
Sunday May 2, the Colossal Puppets and the St. Michael's Choir will perform this new puppet event. A brand new set of puppets has been created for this special performance, and you won't want to miss seeing them. To learn more...
Teddy Bear Tea Party
Saturday May 8, 1:00-3:00pm. To learn more...
A Meditation on the Lenten Season
March 21, 2010 ~ 4:00 pm
Scripture and poetry readings, hymns, and motets; featuring the St. Michael's Choir
Please read Rev. Jenni's blog post on this hour well-spent.
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.
