Hello – Tomorrow is Easter, a day when, more than ever, we need to receive together the reminder of the great good news. Come to our Facebook page at 9am and say with us, finally, after the Lentiest Lent ever, the great A word! Here again is the link: https://www.facebook.com/stpaulssanrafael/ And afterwards, join us for…
Hello – I’m just confirming that the Good Friday service will be at noon, as advertised, on the new Facebook page, Episcopal Churches of Novato and San Rafael. Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/Episcopal-Churches-of-Novato-and-San-Rafael-101249551541959/ The next service after that will be Easter morning at 9am, back on the St. Paul’s, San Rafael Facebook Page. It will be…
Hello – Tonight you can begin the journey of the great three days with Jesus. Come to our new Facebook Page here: https://www.facebook.com/Episcopal-Churches-of-Novato-and-San-Rafael-101249551541959/ And worship remotely with us as we remember the events of the night when Jesus was betrayed and celebrated a last supper with his friends. The service will be about 40 minutes…
Hello – Tonight at 7pm you can participate in a virtual Stations of the Cross, a traditional service where we walk alongside Jesus as he is put on trial and carries his cross through Jerusalem on the way to Golgatha. My colleague the Rev. Kirsten Snow-Spalding has created a beautiful slide deck of images of…
Hello – Last Sunday, a parishioner was watching the Palm Sunday service when his spouse walked in, looked at the screen and said “Wow! That’s beautiful!” After the service, two musicians wrote Mike Struck and said that the sound of the organ was “perfect.” Thanks to Jacob, we are now broadcasting a high quality service,…
Hello – This Sunday is Palm Sunday. Our virtual service will be at 9am as usual on Facebook Live. Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/stpaulssanrafael/ No Facebook account is required to view the livestream. If you haven’t yet joined us, please try the above link now. You will get requests to join Facebook on the way in, but you…
Hello – Two of the things we can all do to stay healthy and balanced as we shelter-in-place are to attend to ritual and rhythm. Our major effort these last few weeks has been to connect us virtually for our most important weekly ritual of Sunday worship and the rhythm of our ordinary gatherings through the…
Hello – Join us tomorrow for virtual worship. Come to your screen prepared with a piece of bread and perhaps a sip of wine or juice for a virtual blessing at the appropriate time. Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/stpaulssanrafael/ And join us afterwards at 10:15am when we will virtually discuss Gerard Manley Hopkins’ great poem God’s…
Hello – First of all, our Bible Study of the Gospel of John continues tonight at 6:15pm, and you’re welcome to jump in. Email me at c.h.mrtn@gmail.com and I’ll send you the Zoom invitation. We’re on Chapter 6. Second, we continue to work on improvements to the Sunday 9am Facebook Live Service. We’re learning as we’re going. We…
Hello – In addition to ongoing phone calls, we continue our efforts to connect as many of us together as possible via phone, Zoom and Facebook Live. • Our Sunday 9am Worship had at least over 75 people watching it live and well over 120 people total who looked at it at one point or…