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SUNDAY BULLETIN
for Sunday, August 9, 2026 SEE THE BULLETIN

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THIS MONTH'S ROTA
August 2026 SEE THE ROTA

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SUNDAY SERVICE
Sundays at 10:00 am Watch the Service

Service Bulletin for 08/09/26 Rota for August

Sunday, August 9

Young Adults and Young Families Meetup

Sunday, August 9 | 11:30 am | Wheeler Park playground (200 Depot St.)
We will have a trash trailblazers kit from Ann Arbor Parks and Rec to do some light stewardship/cleanup for those wishing to participate (and socialize over donuts). This has been a fun activity for the kids, too! To learn more about this group and be notified of future events, contact Bill Bryan at williamabryan@gmail.com.

Upcoming Events

Caregivers' Luncheon

Tuesday, August 11 at 12:00 pm in the Lounge. An open invitation is extended to parishioners who may be giving care to a loved one. We'll meet for an hour on Tuesday, August 11, at noon, in the Lounge for lunch, reflection, and mutual encouragement. For more information, or to make a reservation for lunch, please contact Rev. Felicity at fthompson@standrewsaa.org or 734-660-4163.

Education for Ministry returns to St. Andrew's!

Education for Ministry (EfM) now has two paths:

EfM: Classic is still the four-year program with the first year devoted to studying the Hebrew Bible and the second year to the New Testament. The third year dives into church history, while the fourth year looks at ethics and spirituality.

EfM: Wide Angle is a one-year survey course which delves briefly into all four of these topics and is perfect for those new to EfM and graduates, alike.

What unites the two paths is the intentional community of learners who use the EfM curriculum to combine the knowledge from these studies with our own lived experiences to reflect on our relationships with God, each other, and Creation. Since we are all called to minister in our world, the discussions in EfM aim to strengthen us for that ministry. Whether new to the church, a cradle Episcopalian, or someone with more questions than answers, EfM is a space for fellowship and reflection.

EfM will meet Mondays, 6:30-9:00 pm, in the Lounge. The EfM year is 36 weeks, starting after Labor Day, and participants should plan to commit to the entire year in order to support the stability of the group. Participants can expect 2-4 hours of reading/study each week. The cost is $372.75, plus the cost of books.

For more information: Contact Mandy Davis at madavi@umich.edu, visit EfM’s website, or review the book list.

Centering Prayer & Psalms

Wednesdays | 10:00 am | Chapel & Zoom
Please join us on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 am in the Chapel. We will spend about twenty minutes in silence, read and reflect on a psalm together, and then return to silence. If you are unable to join us in person in the Chapel, you can join us on Zoom (meeting link ), or sit in silence at home. You can read the psalm HERE. All are welcome.

St. Andrew’s Gets Outside Walking Group

Fridays | 8:30 am | County Farm Park, South Entrance
You’re invited to take a walk with us every Friday at 8:30 am - meet us at the south entrance of County Farm Park. If you want to leave after one lap of the park, you can still make it to work downtown by 9:00 am! If you want to keep going, we usually finish by 9:30 am. We are flexible, talkative, happy and manage to get in our steps for the day!

Community Events

Division Street Pipes

Thursdays | 12:15-12:45 pm in the Church
This event is free and open to the public.
Join the University of Michigan Organ Department for “Division Street Pipes,” a weekly series of 30-minute recitals at St. Andrew’s, featuring performances by UofM organ majors and professors. Division Street Pipes will return September 10, 2026!

Announcements

Worshiping Virtually?

The 10:00 am Holy Eucharist will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel and the bulletin is available in the Publications section of this site.

August Rota

The rota for August is available. If you are unable to serve as assigned, please contact the scheduler for your group.

Rota: August 2026

Help Us Help You!

Please make sure the parish office is notified about hospital and nursing home stays and requests for pastoral care! If you have a request or update, please leave a voicemail at (734) 663-0518 or email Jonathan at jgardner@standrewsaa.org.

Music Notes

LEVAS 79: Jesus, lover of my soul

This is one of Charles Wesley’s earliest hymns, and one of his most intimate. Drawing on both the Wisdom of Solomon and the Psalms, the text is deeply personal in its acknowledgment of how much we need Jesus to be with us, to uphold us, and to protect us. Nobody expresses our personal need for Jesus better than Charles Wesley. LEVAS II attributes the tune to both Charles Wesley and Simeon Marsh, who was a newspaper publisher and an organist active in the Presbyterian church in New York in the nineteenth century. - Donna Wessel Walker