Sunday, September 13

Backpack Blessings

As our students settle into the new school year, we invite all young people to bring their backpacks to church on Sunday, September 13 for a special blessing! Backpacks will be blessed at the Family Service, and at the end of the 10:00 am service, when our young people come forward to lead the dismissal. Whether you’re heading into kindergarten or your senior year, come with your backpack and receive God’s blessing for the year ahead.

Happy Birthday, September!

We’ll celebrate September birthdays at coffee hour after the 10:00 am service. Join us on the lawn for cake!

Sunday School Announcements

Upcoming Events

Bible Study

Thursdays, starting September 10 | 10:00 am | Zoom
Some questions are better explored together! Bring yours to our weekly discussion of the coming Sunday's readings. Come spend an hour on Zoom, with facilitators Steve Hastings and Jim White, discussing the readings for the coming Sunday. We start with the puzzles that each of the readings seems to offer: what does this passage really mean to me or to you? The heart of what we do lies in the experience of reading our sacred texts in relation to each other. Newcomers and drop-ins are welcome! Contact Jonathan Gardner at jgardner@standrewsaa.org to be added to the email list including the readings and Zoom link.

Ministry Fair

Sunday, September 20 | 11:15 am | Parish Hall
Are you looking for new ways to get involved and build community? Leaders and representatives from our many ministries will be available to answer your questions and invite you to get involved in a ministry here at St. Andrew’s that appeals to you. We’ll have some tasty refreshments and enjoy getting to know each other and learning about all of the great things going on in our congregation. See you there!

Coventry Supper Kickoff!

Sunday, September 27 | 11:30 am | Parish Hall Are you looking for the opportunity to enjoy fellowship with other members of St. Andrew’s? Coventry Suppers are a wonderful way to get to know other members that you might not have met otherwise. These small groups meet throughout the next 12 months with each group setting their own schedule. Interested? Please join us for the Coventry Supper Kickoff on Sunday, September 27 after the 10:00 am service in the Parish Hall. Contact Susan Wakefield to sign up or for more information.

Young Adults and Young Families Meetup

Sunday, September 27 | 11:30 am | Play-yard
Join us in the play yard after the 10:00 am service Sunday, September 27! Come socialize and enjoy our play structure (rain location: preschool classroom).

Education for Ministry

Mondays | 6:30 pm | Lounge
EfM offers a one or four-year program devoted to studying the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, church history, ethics and spirituality. Whether new to the church, a cradle Episcopalian, or someone with more questions than answers, EfM is a space for fellowship and reflection. For more information contact Mandy Davis at madavi@umich.edu or visit EfM’s website.

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!

Canterbury News

Canterbury House Tea Party

Sunday, September 20 | 3:00 - 5:00 pm | Canterbury House Ann Arbor (721 E. Huron)
Bishop Bonnie Perry and the Canterbury House Board invite you to join us for a Tea Party as we bid farewell to our outgoing chaplain, The Rev. Matthew Lukens, and welcome our new interim chaplain, Marisa Quiery, as we launch our next chapter. Join us for tea, snacks, music, good company, and good cheer. All Are Welcome! Come learn about campus ministry at UofM.

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.

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.

September Rota

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

Rota: September 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

Hymn 674: “Forgive our sins as we forgive”

This hymn is a thoughtful meditation on this morning’s difficult teaching of Jesus, that we forgive each other, over and over. The words were inspired by a garden, but not by sweet flowers. Rosamond Herklots (1905-1987), author of many popular hymns, found that tough weeds, so hard to dig out, were like her own bitterness and resentments, choking out love and grace in her life. So she wrote of the difficulties of forgiveness and our need for grace. The tune “Detroit” comes from the shape-note tradition; its many variants reflect its popularity as a folk song in the early 19th century. - Donna Wessel Walker

I Give You A New Commandment

Peter Aston (1938-2013) taught composition at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, for twenty five years. He is best known as a composer of church music. In addition to serving as a Lay Canon of Norwich Cathedral, he founded the Norwich Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Aston also has written extensively on music of the Baroque era. He founded the Tudor Consort and the English Baroque Ensemble. In addition to conducting the Aldeburgh Festival Singers, he was Principal Conductor of the Sacramento Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra here in the United States. - Dennis Powers

Revised Common Lectionary (The RCL)

Sunday, September 6 - Pentecost 15 | Proper 18

Ezekiel 33:7-11   •   Psalm 119:33-40   •   Romans 13:8-14   •   Matthew 18:15-20

Sunday, September 13 - Pentecost 16 | Proper 19

Genesis 50:15-21   •   Psalm 103:8-13   •   Romans 14:1-12   •   Matthew 18:21-35

Sunday, September 20 - Pentecost 17 | Proper 20

Jonah 3:10 – 4:11   •   Psalm 145:1-8   •   Philippians 1:21-30   •   Matthew 20:1-16

Sunday, September 27 - Pentecost 18 | Proper 21

Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32   •   Psalm 25:1-9   •   Philippians 2:1-13   •   Matthew 21:23-32

Looking ahead?

Please visit The Lectionary Page. St. Andrew's generally follows Track Two.

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