Sunday, September 27

Blessing of the Animals

Saturday, September 26 | 10:00am | Lawn
Bring your furry, feathered, or fuzzy friends (or photo or stuffed animal!) to be blessed for the Feast of St. Francis! Held on the lawn, this short service welcomes everyone!

Grounds for Faith

Sundays, September 27, October 4 and 11 | 9:00 am | Lounge
Have you ever wondered how the person sitting next to you sees God at work in their life? Find out at Grounds for Faith, a Sunday morning conversation about the places where faith and everyday life meet. Join us on Sunday, September 27, for a presentation and conversation as Kerene Moore shares stories of work, calling, and seeing God present in the ordinary.

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).

Upcoming Events

Music for Meditation: Neptune String Quartet

Sunday, October 4 | 4:00 pm | Church
The Neptune String Quartet presents a program of Final String Quartets by Scarlatti, Mozart, and Beethoven. This concert is free and open to the public.

Compline will be sung at 5:00 pm by the St. Andrew’s Early Music Ensemble. Don't miss this meditative offering of thanksgiving to God for the blessings of the day and appeal for protection through the night!

Caregivers’ Luncheon

Tuesday, October 13 | 12 noon in the Lounge
If you are caring for a spouse, parent, child, or friend, you know both the deep love and the quiet demands that come with that calling. You are warmly invited to join us for a Caregivers’ Luncheon on Tuesday, October 13 at noon in the Lounge. We’ll share a simple meal, time for reflection, and the encouragement that comes from being together with others who understand. Please know you are not alone in this work. For more information, or to make a reservation for lunch, please contact Fr. Paul at pfrolick@standrewsaa.org.

Homelessness in Our Community

Tuesday, September 13 | 6pm Light Supper, 6:15 pm Screening | Parish Hall
This fall, our Outreach and Social Justice Ministry is sponsoring programs on homelessness in Washtenaw County. This will be an opportunity to learn from people doing this work every day, reflect on the root causes of homelessness, and begin to discern together whether there’s something St. Andrew’s is called to contribute. On Tuesday, October 13, we will screen and discuss The Road Home, a documentary about homelessness in Washtenaw County.

On Tuesday, November 10, Katie Hoener, the program administrator of Washtenaw County Community Mental Health will speak about the connections between mental health and homelessness. We hope you will join us for these programs as we learn about the crisis of homelessness and begin to discern how St. Andrew’s might respond. Please RSVP to Fr. Paul at pfrolick@standrewsaa.org so we can plan for food.

Volunteer Interviewers Needed for Bicentennial Oral History Project

St. Andrew’s is collecting recorded conversations with parishioners as part of our 200th anniversary celebration in 2027, and we are looking for volunteers to serve as interviewers for this project.

No experience necessary! Volunteers will participate in a half-day training workshop led by a specialist from the Michigan Oral History Association (date to be announced), which will include a light lunch. All recording equipment and technical support will be provided.

If you are a good listener, good with conversation, and would like to help preserve the voices of this community for future generations, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Ally Norris to sign up, or with any questions you might have.

Family Halloween Concert at Hill Auditorium

Saturday, October 31 | 2:00 pm Join your St. Andrew’s friends for this fun and spooky annual Halloween Concert performed by student orchestras at U of M. We’ve reserved a block of tickets so we can sit together and enjoy the show, recommended for ages 3+. Tickets are $16 and are available for purchase at this link.

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.

Bible Study

Thursdays | 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.

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.

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

Rota: October 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.

Sunday School Announcements

Music Notes

Hymn344: Lord, dismiss us

This tune originated among sailors in the Mediterranean, which is why it carries the name “Sicilian Mariners.” In Italy, where it was first written down (by a German scholar of folk songs), the song was a hymn to the Virgin Mary, so you may hear it at Christmas time on the radio, sung by early music groups. Our hymnal uses this tune for two texts, including this pilgrim hymn. The music has a joyful lilt in its dotted rhythms, and cheerful harmony in parallel thirds, so it will send us out into the world rejoicing in the power of the Spirit! - Donna Wessel Walker

Servants of Peace

This morning’s anthem by K. Lee Scott (b. 1950), an adjunct faculty member at both the University of Alabama School of Music and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Music, sets a text by James Quinn based on the famous prayer by St. Francis of Assisi. Scott studied the numerous arrangements by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker of folk songs and tunes from the Sacred Harp tradition; the “elegant frugality” of those arrangements, Scott acknowledged, greatly influenced his own compositional style. In this piece, that influence is evident in the use of a thoughtful leading voice and the way the SATB parts support each other, even with divisi.  - 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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