Easter
On Easter Sunday, we celebrate the Resurrection with Festival services featuring brass instruments. The services all feature Holy Eucharist and a sermon by the rector.
All are welcome to join us, and kids are welcome between the two services for an Easter Egg hunt.
Services with a single asterisk (*) will be broadcast online
Services with a double asterisk (**) will feature the use of incense
Holy Week
Palm Sunday
April 13, 2025
7:30, 9:00a*, and 11:15am**
Holy Week begins with a protest. Join us this Sunday as we dance our way into the start of the holiest week of the year.
Good Friday
April 18, 2025
12:00pm Stations
7:00pm*
Service
At noon, join us for stations of the cross.
At 7pm: This year, we experience the liturgy newly adapted by the Episcopal Church in response to a history of antisemitism. We remember Christ crucified with the victims of history.
Maundy Thursday
April 17, 2025
6:00pm
Maundy Thursday begins the Triduum, the three holy services that take us from crucifixion to resurrection. Maundy Thursday gets its name from the Latin “mandatum” or command. We remember the last supper, and Jesus’ command to love one another.
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After the service, join in the overnight Vigil. (Signup coming soon).
Easter Vigil
April 20, 2025
6:00am**
The Easter Vigil begins in the dark of the early morning, as we anticipate Christ’s resurrection. We read stories which remind us of God’s presence with us through the great trials of human experience. We baptize new Christians or remember our baptismal vows. Gather with us in the dark, as we kindle the fire of hope.
Services with a single asterisk (*) will be broadcast online
Services with a double asterisk (**) will feature the use of incense
Journey through Lent
You’re invited to join St. Michael's as we make our way from Ash Wednesday through Lent and Holy Week to the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection on Easter. See below for our schedule of services, formation offerings and meditations for the season.
Ash Wednesday
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5 when we will have three services of Holy Eucharist: The Imposition of Ashes at 7:00am, 12:00pm, and 6:00pm. We will also offer Ashes-to-Go from 8am to 10am in the East Parking Lot
Lenten Retreat: Howard Thurman, Grounding with a Mystic of the Civil Rights Movement
March 8, 9 am - 12 pm. Sign up closed
St. Michael’s Contemplatives invites you to a half-day Advent retreat with the Rev. Mike Angell, “Howard Thurman, Grounding with a Mystic of the Civil Rights Movement.” Lunch will follow the program.
Sacred Ground
Facilitated by Rev. Simone Drinkwater, the curriculum for this 5-week class is built around powerful films and readings designed to enable dialogue on race, ethnicity and history. The Lenten series from the Episcopal Church helps us to stand for a community where all people are honored, protected, and nurtured as beloved children of God.
Wednesday evenings during Lent, 3/12 - 4/9, 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
I Confess
The concern which I lay bare before God today is
My concern for the life of the world in these troubled times.
I confess my own inner confusion as I look out upon the world.
There is food for all - many are hungry.
There are clothes enough for all - many are in rags.
There is room enough for all - many are crowded.
There are none who want war - preparations for conflict abound.
I confess my own share in the ills of the times.
I have shirked my own responsibilities as a citizen.
I have not been wise in casting my ballot.
I have left to others a real interest in making
a public opinion worthy of democracy.
I have been concerned about my own little job,
my own little security, my own shelter, my own bread.
I have not really cared about jobs for others,
security for others, shelter for others, bread for others.
I have not worked for peace; I want peace,
but I have voted and worked for war.
I have silenced my own voice that it may not
be heard on the side of any cause, however, right,
if it meant running risks or damaging my own little reputation.
Let Thy light burn in me that I may, from this moment on,
take effective steps within my own powers,
to live up to the light and courageously to pay for
the kind of world I so deeply desire.
-Howard Thurman
