Easter Day 2020 Please enjoy and share.  Sermon begins around the 28 minute mark.  HE IS RISEN! CoronaVirus lock-in service.

Fr. Michael chats about the weekend and upcoming events.  Update from vestry on different aspects of how St. Michael’s moves forward out of this current environment.  Children and their growth in faith and maturity, skills and talents, is being pursued and planned as we use the talent that the Spirit has brought to us during…

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…

Musical Notes June 30, 2019 Trinity 2 Prelude                                Partita on “Ebenezer”                    John A. Behnke Theme – Pedal Solo – Bicinium – The Cross The recessional hymn (#519) is from an 1845 poem, “The Present Crisis,” by the American poet James Russell Lowell. It was first included in the 1916 edition of The Hymnal. The hymn tune…

  OBSERVATIONS ON THE EVIL ONE, THE FALLEN ANGELS, AND DEMONS AS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BIBLE & RELATED TEXTS The Rev’d. Allen Fisher Lead Us Not into Temptation When our Lord Jesus Christ gave His disciples the model prayer, a sixth of its petitions was devoted to being delivered from “the evil one” (see…