August Calendar

Is the High Church the Christianity of the future? By:  Gracy Olmstead is associate editor of The American Conservative. St. Michael the Archangel is experiencing strong growth among young couples and young families.  Difficult and confusing times bring questions and clarity.  Is this article on to something?

We gave thanks (Eucharist) to God for the many blessings He has bestowed upon our country and prayed that his blessings will continue to guide us and protect us. As well, we also had fun after fellowship meal hour as we sang some fun patriotic songs in the parish hall…a sneak peak

The laws that govern the administration within the Province. As well, the Cannons list procedures in the APA for becoming ordained Click here

Prelude Prelude on “Picardy”                      Jeanne E. Shaffer Offertory The Peaceable Things                    Clay R. Christiansen Postlude Postlude for Full Organ                  George E. Whiting Jeanne Shaffer (1925-2007) was chair of Visual and Performing Arts at Huntingdon College and organist-director at All Saints Episcopal Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Her composition on the folk tune from Picardy is a…

THE INSTRUCTED EUCHARIST (2019) St. Michael the Archangel Matthews, NC 28105   The Celebrant will announce: Please be seated.   Let us gain a better understanding of the chief and central act of Christian worship: “the Lord’s Own Service / on the Lord’s Day.”   First let us speak briefly concerning the clergy preparation: Significance…

THE SACRAMENTAL LIFE:  Sacramental symbols draw on our salvation history and reflect the role of the Church as a Sacrament of God’s presence in the world.  God performs the Sacraments with ministers as God’s human agents.  Sacrament comes from a Latin word (sacrare) meaning holy.  Anglican definition of a Sacrament is: “The outward and visible…