St Mary's In-The-Hills

Episcopal Church in Lake Orion Michigan

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT (updated March 17): Sunday services and all other in-person gatherings at St. Mary’s will be suspended until May 10.  View a message from Fr. Andy.

For our most recent online services, please scroll down.

Welcome to St. Mary's! We are a family focused, welcoming church inspired by the Word and nurtured by the sacraments, to promote an active and community-conscious congregation supporting the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ.

We are blessed and strengthened by God’s diverse creation of age, race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, nationality, and spoken language. We welcome all who seek to follow Christ into the full life and service of the church.

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Palm Sunday!

Dear friends, blessings to you on this Palm Sunday! Here is our service of Morning Prayer for the day. Please feel free to gather some branches or other foliage to pray with this morning! Due to some technical difficulties, the service video broke off, so this week comes to you in two videos. The link below should take you to both videos in succession.

The service leaflet can be found here.

As we enter Holy Week, may we find together the way of the cross to be a way opened to more abundant life for all.

Sacred Space @ Home

Here’s a video from Fr. Andy with some suggestions about creating sacred space at home.

Here are some links to other resources for worshiping and praying at home:

The Book of Common Prayer

The Lectionary (Bible) Readings for the Week

The Daily Office, either from the Mission of St. Clare or Forward Movement

Daily and weekly devotions from Forward Day by Day or this great resource for families!

A whole course on Prayer and Worship in our Homes from ChurchNext

Like to color? Illustrated Ministry has some free offerings during the COVID-19 crisis

 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Friends, we have been contacted by All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Pontiac for help. They are in serious and immediate need of additional volunteers to assist with their community breakfast and emergency food distribution program.
All volunteers will need to be 65-years-old or younger. Self-evaluation will be required to determine any pre-existing conditions or conditions that would otherwise prohibit you from serving. Minors 15 years of age or older may volunteer if working with their parent(s) or guardian(s).
Please read this message, and contact the volunteer organizers as you are able. You may also contact the wardens, Peter Trumbore or Dan Tines, or Fr. Andy for more information.