January 18

Organ Scholar

Our Organ Scholar, Oliver Steissberg, will be exercising more of a leadership role in today’s liturgy as a part of his apprenticeship in Church Music. Oliver has chosen the hymns and anthems and will be directing the choir and playing the organ voluntaries.

Upcoming Events

Annual Meeting and Potluck Lunch:
January 25, 2026

Please plan to stay after worship on Sunday, January 25, for our Annual Meeting and Potluck Lunch. Bring a favorite dish to share (or just bring yourself—we’ll have plenty!) Items can be brought with you to church and taken downstairs to the parish hall kitchen to be refrigerated or kept warm in the ovens.

Come and enjoy good food, great conversation, and the chance to reflect together on our life at St. Andrew’s and the year ahead. It will be a wonderful way to spend time with friends old and new. We hope you’ll join us!

Thank you those who have agreed to stand for election.
Nominees for the Vestry are:
Kathryn Barnes, Diane Long, Dennis Powers, Norm Richert
Nominee for Convention/ Deanery delegates is:
Luke Thompson

BOOKLET: Meet the Vestry/Delegate Nominees

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. On Wednesday, January 21, we’ll read and reflect on Psalm Psalm 27:1, 5-13, found on page 617 in the Book of Common Prayer. All are welcome.

Book Discussion: “How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith”

January 13, 20, 27 | 7-8:30 pm | Zoom
Join facilitator Jackie Doneghy on January 13, 20, and 27 from 7-8:30 pm via Zoom (link provided upon registering) for a discussion on Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde’s book. A work of inspiration, this book provides the key junctures in life that, when navigated with faith and discernment, make the way for us to become our courageous selves. For more information and to register, contact Jackie Doneghy.

Actors Wanted!

First Meeting: January 16 | 7:00 pm | Lounge
The St. Andrew’s Players are looking for actors in a production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, to be staged in the sanctuary on February 20 and February 22.  Rehearsals will begin with a reading on Friday, January 16 at 7:00 pm in the Lounge.  There are many parts to fill, large and small -- we are particularly interested in casting a high school-aged boy and girl.  Talk to Norm Richert if you are interested.

Music for Meditation: Pure Winds

Sunday, February 1 | 7:00 pm | Church
Woodwind ensemble Pure Winds presents a program entitled “Winter Winds” featuring works by Antonio Vivaldi, Adam Schoenberg, and Astor Piazzolla. This concert is free and open to the public.

Come early! Compline will be sung at 6:30 pm by the St. Andrew’s Early Music Ensemble and Compline Choir. Don't miss this meditative offering of thanksgiving to God for the blessings of the day and appeal for protection through the night! 

Volunteer Opportunities

Rotating Shelter Hosts Needed: February 22 - March 2

St. Andrew’s will be hosting the Rotating Shelter program of the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County from Sunday, February 22 to Monday, March 2. This program provides overnight shelter to 25 men due to over-crowded conditions at the Delonis Center. The men are screened and transported to St. Andrew’s at about 7:00 pm each evening.

Each night, we will provide two volunteers (college age and above) to serve as overnight hosts from 6:30 pm until breakfast the next morning. Additionally, we will be providing dinner this year, and need many donations of food, as well as at least three serving/cleanup volunteers (age 14+) each evening. Training, recipes and other information will be provided.

You can sign up online via the links below or contact Kim Hudolin at KimHudolin@gmail.com. If you are unable to volunteer or donate food, cash donations are also welcome (payable to St. Andrew’s with the notation “Rotating Shelter”). Thank you for your consideration.

Sign Up: Volunteer Hosts & Servers

Sign Up: Food Donations

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.

Join us this Thursday, January 22, for a recital by Jonathan Ryan, a guest organist coming to us from Christ Church Cranbrook. Jonathan is a multi prize-winning organist acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for his strong communicative skills in numerous styles, depth of musicianship, and passion. His career as a musician extends beyond the organ to the podium, as he has founded and directed new choral groups of all ages and abilities, and has premiered works with renowned musical groups. His program features works by Bach, Mendelssohn, William Grant-Still, and living composer Sarah MacDonald. We hope to see you there!

This recital series is a unique opportunity to hear not only young, talented, and passionate organ students perform, but also the exceptional playing of their highly acclaimed professors!

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Saturday, January 17 | 1-3:30 pm | Bethel AME Church
The Turner African American Services Council presents a Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration: Strategies for Surviving Today’s Political Climate. Join TAASC on Saturday, January 17 from 1-3:30 pm at Bethel AME Church (900 John A. Woods Dr., Ann Arbor). Register at https://forms.gle/QL5xsw1kdo5hj3xN6 or call (734)998-9354 for more information.

Academy of Early Music Concert: Les Délices

7:30 pm | Saturday, January 17 | St. Andrew’s
Les Délices presents A Red, Red Rose: Celebrating Songs & Poetry of the Scottish bard Robert Burns. From 'A Red, red rose' to 'Comin’ thro the rye' and 'Auld lang syne,' Robert Burns’ poetry and music is beloved the world over. This new program from Les Délices features “shining” tenor James Reese performing eighteenth-century ballads composed and collected by the poet himself. Once you’ve raised a glass of Scotch Drink, decried Such a parcel of rogues, tapped your toes to Caledonian Country Dances, and fallen head over heels for Highland Mary, you’ll find you’ve left your heart in the highlands. For more information or to purchase tickets visit academyofearlymusic.org.

Family Folk Dance

Family Folk Dance at the Pittsfield Grange (3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd)! Saturday, January 24 from 2:30-4:30 pm. $15/family or $6/person. Enjoy live music by Susie Lorand, Josh Burdick, and Donna Baird; dances led by Drake Meadow. Learn more at pittsfieldgrange.org/family-folk-dance

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.

January Rota

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

Rota: January 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

Hymn 7: Christ, whose glory fills the skies

This lovely morning hymn suits this season well, for in Epiphany we have of the star in the East, the light shining upon all nations, and Christ being called the “brightest and best of the stars of the morning” in a famous Epiphany hymn. Charles Wesley published the words in 1740; they became very popular very quickly. As early as 1859 the novelist George Eliot pictured a country carpenter, Adam Bede, singing this hymn, coincidentally on a snowy Sunday morning in February. This text has been sung with this tune since 1861; it is adapted from a 16th century German hymn. - Donna Wessel Walker

Lead Kindly Light

This morning’s anthem by Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), published in 1871 as part of Five Sacred Part Songs, sets the familiar hymn text by John Henry Newman. The part song enjoyed great popularity in England in the nineteenth century. Its form was clearly defined: the melody lay in the top line, with the other voices providing the accompaniment. - Dennis Powers

Revised Common Lectionary (The RCL)

Sunday, January 4 - Epiphany

Isaiah 60:1-6   •   Psalm 72:1-7,10-14   •   Ephesians 3:1-12   •   Matthew 2:1-12

Sunday, January 11 - Feast of the Baptism

Isaiah 42:1-9   •   Psalm 29   •   Acts 10:34-43   •   Matthew 3:13-17

Sunday, January 18 - Epiphany 2

Isaiah 49:1-7   •   Psalm 40:1-12   •   1 Corinthians 1:1-9   •   John 1:29-42

Sunday, January 25 - Epiphany 3

Isaiah 9:1-4   •   Psalm 27:1, 5-13   •   1 Corinthians 1:10-18   •   Matthew 4:12-23

Looking ahead?

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

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