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SAINT MICHAEL and All Angels Episcopal Church

The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost September 20, 2026

11 AM CONTEMPORARY Parish Hall

WELCOME

The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost Holy, Holy, Holy Holy Eucharist: Rite II Opening Song: “Holy Holy Holy” (standing, sung by all)

FROM THE RECTOR

The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata

We’re so glad you’ve joined us at Saint Michael today. We’d love to get to know you better, so please take a moment to fill out the welcome card, either physically or digitally, that can be found on this page or in the pew back in front of you. Our Welcome Team members are in the hallways today to help you with anything you need.

1.Ho - ly, ho - ly, 2.Ho ly, ho - ly, 3.Ho - ly, ho - ly,

morn - ing our song shall rise to thee: gold - en crowns a - round the glass - y sea; hu - man eye thy glo - ry may not see,

Mer fall there

Per art, power,

Please make sure you pick up a Sunday News handout this morning. It details lots of extra programs between Sundays, such as the new season of Weekday Meditations. As we emphasize the importance of prayer this year, these meditations are an excellent way to incorporate prayer as a regular part of your day. Thousands have been listening, so why not join them. Save the date for the Grand Opening and Dedication of our new building next Sunday, September 27. We will celebrate together at the 10 a.m. hour with a ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by food, fellowship, and fun that will continue through lunch in the atrium and the plaza. Everyone is welcome, so please bring family and friends to celebrate with us. As we prepare to worship together, I invite you to take a moment and center yourself on God’s presence. Worshiping, learning, and giving together help us grow closer to who God created us to be, and you’re part of that work. May God bless you today and every day, and I hope to see you again very soon!

4.Ho - ly,

ho ho ho

ci - ful ing down is none

ly! ly! ly!

Lord God Al - might - y! All the saints a - dore thee, Though the dark-ness hide thee,

and be be

sons, and in

might fore side

Ho - ly, ho - ly, cher - u - bim and on - ly thou art

y, thee, thee,

bless - ed ev er love, and

ho - ly,

ly!

Lord

Ear - ly in the cast - ing down their though the sin - ful

Trin more pu

ho ly! ser - a - phim ho ly;

God which per -

i shalt ri -

God Al - might - y!

in wert, - fect

three and in

ty. be. ty.

All

thy works shall

CONNECT WITH US

praise thy Name, in

earth, and sky,

and sea;

Ho - ly,

ho - ly,

ly!

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Mer - ci-ful and

might - y,

God

in three Per - sons,

Words: Reginald Heber | Music: John Bacchus Dykes

Words: Reginald Heber Music: John Bacchus Dykes

bless-ed Trin - i - ty.

Waiting To Hear Your Words Notation The Lesson: (seated)

Sequence Song: “Waiting To Hear Your Words” (standing, sung by all)

Jonah 3:10-4:11

When God saw what the people of Nineveh did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry. He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing. And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” And the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?” Then Jonah went out of the city and sat down east of the city, and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, waiting to see what would become of the city. The Lord God appointed a bush, and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort; so Jonah was very happy about the bush. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered. When the sun rose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” Then the Lord said, “You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?”

Verse 1

Our

hearts

Words

that

are

wait

ing;

wait-ing to

hear

Your

words.

the

earth.

the

Word

spoke

all of cre - a - tion on

May our

minds 25

o - pen, and hearts

re - cep-tive

God.

Verse 2

are

fore,

sur - round

ed by this great cloud of

wit - ness - es.

There

Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

ask for a

glimpse of

Your

ho - li

ness.

Give

Ending

wis - dom, let us

feel

Your

pre - sence

this

place.

hear

Your

Our

hearts

are

wait

ing;

wait - ing

words.

The Gospel: (standing)

Matthew 20:1-16

Preacher The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. People Glory to you, Lord Christ. Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and he said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’ When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’ When those hired about five o’clock came, each of them received the usual daily wage. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received the usual daily wage. And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” Preacher The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise to you, Lord Christ. The Sermon: (seated)

The Reverend Kenneth H. Brannon

Offertory Song: “O for a thousand tongues to sing” (seated, sung by the Contemporary Band) O for a thousand tongues to sing my dear Redeemer’s praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace!

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My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim and spread through all the earth abroad the honors of thy Name. Glory to God and praise and love be now and ever given by saints below and saints above, the Church in earth and heaven. Jesus! the Name that charms our fears and bids our sorrows cease; ‘tis music in the sinner’s ears, ‘tis life and health and peace. He speaks; and, listening to his voice, new life the dead receive, the mournful broken hearts rejoice, the humble poor believe. Glory to God and praise and love be now and ever given by saints below and saints above, the Church in earth and heaven. Glory to God and praise and love be now and ever given by saints below and saints above, the Church in earth and heaven. Words by Charles Wesley | Music by Carl Gotthilf Glaser | Adapted and arranged by Justin Brooks © 2024 Elgie Street Music

Sanctus (Micah Blalock)

We Remember Notation

Sanctus: (standing, sung by all)

Communion Song: “We Remember” (sung by all) Verses 1 & 2

ly,

ho - ly Lord,

God

pow

er and

might,

1.Ho 2.All

ly who

and are

gra wear

cious y,

Fa come

ther to

You the

made ta -

Heav-en and earth are

full

of your glo

ry. Ho - san - na in the high

us ble

Pre-Chorus

est.

9 10

Bless-ed is he who comes in the name of the

Lord.

Ho - san-na in the high

for as

your - self, you are.

and when we had fall - en, Taste of the mer - cy

you, in your mer-cy, of sin for - giv - en.

came to Cleanse our

dwell. hearts.

Sanc - ti - fy us;

est. bring us out of

death in - to

life.

Pur - i - fy us;

bring us from the

dark

in - to

light.

Chorus

We re - mem

ber you;

the blood

that was shed

on the cross

where you bled,

we re - mem-

- ber.

We re - mem - ber you

in the wine

and the bread,

in your suf - f'ring and death, we re - mem - ber.

Bridge

We ce

le-brate the cross of

re - demp - tion,

and the pow

of your res - sur - rec -

- tion.

drink

from the cup of sal - va - tion.

We re - mem - ber,

we re - mem - ber.

Chorus

We re - mem

ber you;

the blood

that was shed

on the cross

where you bled,

we re - mem-

- ber.

We re - mem - ber you

in the wine

and the bread, in your suf - f'ring and death, we re - mem - ber.

Words and Music by Justin Brooks | Chris Clayton © 2012 Elgie Street Music (ASCAP) Claytonia Music (ASCAP) Words and Music by Justin Brooks | Chris Clayton © 2012 Elgie Street Music (ASCAP) Claytonia Music (ASCAP)

O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing Notation - Chorus

SEPT

Closing Chorus: Chorus of “O for a thousand tongues to sing” (standing, sung by all)

Glo - ry

God

and

praise

and

love

now

and

giv'n

saints

be - low

and

saints

a - bove,

the

Church

earth

and

heav'n.

Words: Henry Van Dyke (1 852-1 933) | Music: Hymn to joy, Ludwig van Beethoven (1 770-1 827) | adapt. Edward Hodges (1 796-1 867) | alt Arrangement: Justin Brooks

Parish Prayers of the People as of September 9, 2026 John Aldridge, Christine Andrews, James Baird, Barbara Hart Bell, Len Bourland, Linda Brown, Sherrill Brown, Helen Bustamante, Karen Callon, Darrell Calvin, Cosette “Coco” Cathey, Barbara Jean Chock, Carolyn Cochran, Jean Coleman, Frances Culp, Barbara Dewes, Michael Estill, Kristen Ewing, Sande Wilkinson Ford, Osward Gonzalez, Jody Guenther, Eileen Hudnall Hannum, Hayes Harriman, Roberto Hernandez, Barbara Hornback, Amanda Huerta, Virginia Broughton Hunter, Lynne Kent, Julie Kenrick, John Khoury, Danny Landeros, Janey McIntire Lowe, Jose Ernesto Lugo, Margie McCummins, Sandy McDonough, Sharon McGannon, Sarah Margaret Mannes, Dimitri Margetis, Michael Matamoros, Tink Moir, Heather Nemec, Aleida Oehlke, Inge Oncken, Peggy Patterson, Cynthia Phillips, Lynne Remy, Jim Riggert, Celso Rocha, Kristen Romo, Zoe deRopp, Danny Schnacker, Ryan Scott, Craig Short, Arden Showalter, Hank Showalter, Lillian Smart, Brad Smith, Chad Smith, Lauren Steinfels, Fadey Suleiman, Samuel Tanksley, Jamie Taussig, Byrd Teague, Zach Threat, Carla Thomas, Renee Torres, Chasity Wallace, Keller Webster, Henry Wheeler, Lamar Wilson, Karen Winn, Mary Wolf , Stephen Wycokoff, Beth Ygartua, Dereck Zachary

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Saint Michael Chapel

9 AM Traditional Church

Joy! A Children’s Service Parish Hall South

10 AM Education for All Ages

11 AM Contemporary Parish Hall South

Traditional Church

5:30 PM Traditional

Saint Michael Chapel

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Words by Charles Wesley Music by Carl Gotthilf Glaser Adapted and arranged by Justin Brooks

sunday

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EDUCATION CLASSES

Sundays | 10 a.m. | 2nd floor of the Education Wing

Adults

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Faith & Practice | Anglican Communion Today Room 201 | Led by the Rev. Ken Brannon & the Rt. Rev. Dean Wolfe Explore Anglicanism today through its Instruments of Communion, their contributions, and proposals reshaping their role for tomorrow’s Church. Engaging the Word | Testimony to Grace Room 203 | Led by Dr. Tim Smith Explore Paul’s letter to the Romans, discovering the gospel, grace, and enduring themes that have shaped Christian faith. Class for Parents | Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic and What We Can Do About It Room 212 | Led by the Rev. Robin Hinkle Help your children pursue excellence with balance, resilience, and Gospel-centered purpose amid today’s pressures and expectations.

Youth Middle School: 6th and 7th Grade | Youth Room A Confirmation: 8th Grade | Youth Center High School: 9th – 12th Grade | Youth Room B

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Godly Play: PreK (Room 213), Kindergarten (Room 211), 1st Grade (Room 218) One Family of Faith: 2nd – 3rd Grade (Room 209) Launch 45: 4th – 5th Grade (Room 207) Our nursery is now available on the 1st floor, near the elevators, in rooms: Childcare North: Up to 24 months Childcare South: 25 – 36 months

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