Wherever you are in life, there’s a place for you at St. Michael’s.  We believe every person is created in the image of our loving God; that God's radically inclusive love excludes no one.  Everyone is welcome here without exception.

 

We encourage you to explore our website, and join us for worship in person or online. Email Fr. Bill if you have questions or simply stop by for a chat. Whatever method or frequency you choose to join us, you will always experience the warmth and welcoming that is the core of St. Michael's.



Sunday Service

9:30am*

coffee hour to follow  (*will be livestreamed)

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Saturday Service 5:00pm

social hour to follow

2304 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel FL


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2025 Love Sanibel Back!


Love Sanibel Back Happenings

Featured Happenings

Sanibel Cafe

Monday, June 30th - 11:30 AM

The Original Cheeburger Cheeburger

Wednesday, July 2nd - 6:00 PM

Dates & Neighborhood

Week 6: June 29 - July 5

Tahitian Gardens 1975 Periwinkle

Participating Businesses - all Week & Specials

Sanibel Cafe

The Original Cheeburger Cheeburger

Adventures In Paradise Outfitters- Additional 10% sales rack all week, June 30-free mimosas

A Little Adventure: Additional 10% sales rack all week, June 30 free slushy with purchase

Wilford and Lee: Gift Card Giveaways Top Prize $100 – Complementary Snacks & Bottled Water

Shiny Objects: Free gift for coming in, new collections unveiled with free gift with purchase

Synergy: 10% your purchase with a LSB button all week

Sanibel Sole: 10% your purchase with a LSB button all week

Sanibel Pilates & Spa: Enter to win a $50 gift certificate all week long. Don’t miss our Sip and Shop event on July 2nd, 4-6pm!


REFLECTIONS

Inclusion

Brian McLaren considers how Jesus’ inclusive message invites us to ongoing conversion:  


“[Jesus] loved to compare the kingdom of God to a party. He would demonstrate the open border of the kingdom of God by hosting or participating in parties where even the most notorious outcasts and sinners were welcome.  


Jesus was often criticized for this “table fellowship” with notorious sinners; his critics assumed that Jesus’ acceptance of these people implied an approval and endorsement of their shabby behavior. But they misunderstood: Jesus wanted to help them experience transformation. Rejection hardens people, but acceptance makes transformation possible. By accepting and welcoming people into his presence, just as they were, with all their problems and imperfections, Jesus was exposing them to his example and to his secret message. In this way, he could challenge them to think—and think again—and consider becoming part of the kingdom of God so they could experience and participate in the transformation that flows from being in interactive relationship with God and others…. 


The thrust of Jesus’ message is about inclusion—shocking, scandalous inclusion: the kingdom of God is available to all, beginning with the least. Yet Jesus often warns people of the possibility of missing the kingdom. “Unless you become like a little child,” he said, “you shall not enter the kingdom” (see Matthew 18:3). So the possibility is real: the kingdom of God that is available to all can be missed by some.  


What we need is a requirement that those who wish to enter actually have a change of heart—that they don’t sneak in to accomplish their own agenda, but rather that they genuinely want to learn a new way of thinking, feeling, living, and being in “the pastures of God.” Perhaps that is why baptism … was so important to Jesus and his disciples…. It was important to call people to a change of heart and give them a dramatic way of going public by saying, “Yes, this change of heart has happened within me, and I’m willing to identify myself publicly as a person who is on a new path.” And perhaps the Christian ritual of Eucharist was intended to function in a similar way—a kind of regular recommitment where people say, by gathering around a table and sharing in bread and wine, that they are continuing Jesus’ tradition of gathering in an inclusive community. “I’m still in,” they’re saying, “My heart is still in this mission and dream. I’m still committed.”  


Peace,

Bill+




Upcoming Events







Announcements


List of Services


Recurring Events & Programs


List of Services


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9:30am Worship Service

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11:30am Love Sanibel Back (feature) ~ Sanibel Cafe

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10am F.I.S.H. of SanCap - Counseling

6pm Love Sanibel Back (feature) ~ The Original Cheeburger Cheeburger

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10am ZOOM: Bible Study

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Independence Day - Church Office Closed

Sanibel 4th of July Parade

7:30pm AA Meeting

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10am Busy

5pm Worship Service

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9:30am Worship Service

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9am Cancelled: CCMI EveryDay Cafe Volunteer Day

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8:30am HYBRID: Men's Fellowship

1pm Staff Meeting

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10am F.I.S.H. of SanCap - Counseling

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10am ZOOM: Bible Study

1pm Hybrid: Outreach Ministry

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7:30pm AA Meeting

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5pm Worship Service

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9:30am Worship Service

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8am ZONTA

10am F.I.S.H. of SanCap - Counseling

11am ECW Executive & ALT

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10am ZOOM: Bible Study

1pm Cancelled: Vestry Meeting

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7:30pm AA Meeting

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5pm Worship Service

6pm Summer Saturday Supper - Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille

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9:30am Worship Service

4pm Messy Church

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1pm Staff Meeting

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10am F.I.S.H. of SanCap - Counseling

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10am ZOOM: Bible Study

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7:30pm AA Meeting

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5pm Worship Service

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9:30am Worship Service

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Last Day Noah's Ark for Summer (10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)

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10am F.I.S.H. of SanCap - Counseling

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10am ZOOM: Bible Study

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7:30pm AA Meeting

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5pm Worship Service


Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church

2304 Periwinkle Way

Sanibel Island, Florida 33957

(239) 472-2173