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Open House at the Martin’s

Hello – This Sunday from 4pm to 6pm, Chloe, Simon and I will be hosting an Open House at our home in San Anselmo, just above the United Market on the Miracle Mile. These are always great fun and a terirific way to connect with good people of St. Paul’s. Email me at c.h.mrtn@gmail.com if you don’t…

Good Friday and Easter

Good Friday and Easter Hello – A reminder that our two remaining Holy Week services are tomorrow, Good Friday, at noon and Easter morning at 10am. Let us, together, see and experience the acts by which God saves us. Blessings, Christopherp: (415) 456-4842

A Simple Holy Week

Hello – This is the week we remember and enact the mighty acts by which we were saved. We do this in three beautiful worship services. Palm Sunday. Tomorrow at 10am we begin our worship with the blessing of the palms and conclude with the stripping of the altar and walking through a silent courtyard. Good Friday. At…

Joy of Serving in March

Hello – This is the first of monthly Joy of Serving emails presenting the upcoming service opportunities through St. Paul’s. Welcome to those of you who gave us your emails as part of our February effort to spread the Joy of Serving in San Rafael. There are, to date, twenty of you who have responded. Thank…

Four Housekeeping Things

Hello – Our Joy of Serving campaign has generated nearly twenty new volunteers for our Outreach ministries. Tomorrow, I’m going to send an email blast focusing on our Outreach that will include the emails of many new folks. Today, I want to share four pieces of housekeeping before new people start receiving these messages. 1.…

Fasting from Retaliation

Hello – This Lent I’m inviting the greater St. Paul’s community to fast from retaliation. Our model is Jesus. Despite betrayal, and unjust trial, mockery, derision, abandonment and physical harm, Jesus never retaliates. In fact, his words from the cross are “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” If the Christian life…

The Big Three Days

Hello – Spiritually, the big three days are the Triduum, the three days that conclude Holy Week. At. St. Paul’s, practically and emotionally, the big three days of 2026 are the next three days with the conclusion of our Joy of Serving campaign and Erin’s last Sunday as our Curate. We have been planning this Joy of Serving campaign…

The Next Five Days

Hello – I believe the next five days will be the most meaningful set of days in 2026 at St. Paul’s. After Sunday we settle back down to our usual, sustainable rhythm. This email walks you through the next five days. Next week, after these days are passed, I’ll properly introduce Lent at St. Paul’s.…

Nine Days

Hello – It’s going to be a busy nine days at St. Paul’s before things settle down for Lent. Worship. Wednesday is Ash Wednesday with services at noon, which will be live streamed, and 6pm. Next Sunday, the 22nd, is Erin’s last Sunday. We are preparing a gift for her before she leaves on her indefinite…