St. Alban's Episcopal Church of Albany, CA

09/08/2026

Weekly Newsletter from St. Alban's - https://mailchi.mp/st-albans-albany/weekly-newsletter-13915532 All the information you'll need for this Sunday's service, plus resources from last Sunday.

Art: "The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant" painted in 1556 by Jan van Hemessen.

09/08/2026

September 6, 2026 Reflection by Steve Hitchcock

When we recently moved to Albany – 43 years ago now – the house we purchased started out as one of the turn-of-the century weekend cottages that dot Albany: two tiny bedrooms, one small bath, and a combination living room-dining-kitchen. ...

When we recently moved to Albany – 43 years ago now – the house we purchased started out as one of the turn-of-the century weekend cottages that dot Albany: two tiny bedrooms, one small bath, and a…

09/04/2026

Sunday Worship Reminder from St. Alban's - https://mailchi.mp/st-albans-albany/weekly-newsletter-13915412 This Sunday, we gather at 10:00 for Morning Prayer. Sandy Burnett officiates, with a Reflection from Steve Hitchcock and piano music from Jesse Distiller. We hope to see you in person or online!

This week's art: a vintage Sunday School reminder card.

09/01/2026

Weekly Newsletter from St. Alban's - https://mailchi.mp/st-albans-albany/weekly-newsletter-13915297 In which we announce next Monday's Labor Day office closure; urge you to get your tickets NOW for the September 27 If A Tree Falls show; and give you all the info you'll need for this coming Sunday's Morning Prayer service, as well as resources from last week.

Art: "Calumny of Apelles, a 1500 Italian engraving by Girolamo Mocetto

08/28/2026

Sunday Worship Reminder from St. Alban's - https://mailchi.mp/st-albans-albany/weekly-newsletter-13915220 This Sunday at 10:00, The Reverend Ryan Zavacky returns to St. Alban's to celebrate our Holy Eucharist service, with organist Brett Wheeler. We hope to see you in person or online.

08/25/2026

Weekly Newsletter from St. Alban's - https://mailchi.mp/st-albans-albany/weekly-newsletter-13915143 All the news and events going on around St. Alban's! We also give you all the information you'll need for this Sunday's Holy Eucharist service, as well as resources for this past Sunday's Morning Prayer service.

This issue's cover art: a photo by Niomi Smart, illustrating this week's Gospel passage (Matthew 16:21-28)

08/24/2026

August 23, 2026 Reflection by Chanthip Phongkhamsavath

Good morning. In starting this reflection I managed to stumble across the one I wrote at this time last year and will admit I started later than I normally do....

Good morning. In starting this reflection I managed to stumble across the one I wrote at this time last year and will admit I started later than I normally do. Not that the readings were particular…

08/21/2026

Sunday Worship Reminder from St. Alban's - https://mailchi.mp/st-albans-albany/weekly-newsletter-13914998 On the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we invite you to join us in person or online at 10:00 AM for our Morning Prayer service. Larry DiCostanzo officiates, with a Reflection from Chanthip Phongkhamsavath, piano music from Nico Cardenas, and a vocal prelude by Amyellyn Kessler.

Art Credit: "Christ Handing the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter," a 15th-century work by Pietro Perugino.

08/18/2026

Weekly Newsletter from St. Alban's - https://mailchi.mp/st-albans-albany/weekly-newsletter-13914977 All the news and events going on around St. Alban's! We also give you all the information you'll need for this Sunday's Morning Prayer service, as well as resources for this past Sunday's Holy Eucharist service.

This issue's cover art: "Peter," a 1953 lithograph by John Ward McClellan.

08/13/2026

Sunday Worship Reminder from St. Alban's - https://mailchi.mp/st-albans-albany/weekly-newsletter-13914869 - Let's warmly welcome our guest celebrant, the Reverend Ryan Zavacky, to St. Alban's this Sunday at 10:00! Rev. Ryan presides and preaches on this Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, with piano music from Jeffrey Frederic Paul. We hope you'll join us in person or online.

The art illustrating this week's Gospel is Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1568 masterpiece "The Parable of the Blind."