Hello St. Paul’s family, This week, we’re trying something new and jumping into Antecommunion. Antecommunion means Before Communion, and true to its name, the first half of the service will look exactly the same as the service you’re used to. Then, after the offertory, we will pray the Lord’s Prayer and be dismissed. We’ll do…
Hello – Four things to take you through the next ten days at St. Paul’s: 1. This Sunday we will all be renewing our Baptismal Vows as a way to honor Hadly, Camilla and Madi, who will have been confirmed on Saturday, and Justin and Skylar, two condemned prisoners who will have been baptized on…
Hello – Tomorrow after church we will have a brief community meeting in the conversation area of Duncan Hall. It will start at 11:15 and last no more than half an hour. Erin, Mike and I all have upcoming shifts in our work at St. Paul’s, shifts that will continue over the next two years.…
Hello – The next two Sunday are the last two Sundays before my vacation. Each Sunday, there are two things to know that make each Sunday rich with significance. This Sunday, May 26th, is Trinity Sunday, as it is every year, the Sunday after Pentecost. At Pentecost, we celebrated the birth of the church through the work…
Hello – As advertised…. 1. This Sunday is Pentecost when we celebrate the birth of the church in tongues of fire. So you’re invited to wear red! 2. Next Sunday, May 26th, at 11:15am in the conversation area of Duncan Hall, we’re going to have a sort of short mid-year Annual Meeting. The primary focus will be our…
Hello – My sermon on Sunday about love had at its center a quote from the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. I thought I would share with you some of the paragraph from which the quote came so that you can continue pondering this compelling description of Christian love. First, though, I want to repeat…
Hello – Last Sunday, we successfully honored Mary with a pile of flowers, turned those flowers into 50 bouquets, delivered them all to the residents of the San Rafael Health Care Center while singing three simple songs AND we were done by 11:58am! At the end, newcomer Michelle and I slapped each other with a high…
Hello – Tomorrow is our third annual Celebration of Flowers. Please bring flowers to church tomorrow (4/28). At the beginning of the service, accompanied by a song, you can bring your flowers to a beautiful wooden stature of Mary, the mother of Jesus, that will be in front of the Rood Screen. After church, in Duncan…
Hello – Your collective attempt to make the celebration of my 20 years as Rector of St. Paul’s a surprise worked! Like Mike Struck with his 40th celebration last fall, I knew something was coming but not when or what. If I thought about it, which I tried not to, I assumed that something would…
Hello – A reminder that we have two of the most important worship services of the year coming up: • Tomorrow the Good Friday service starts at noon and will last just over an hour. • Sunday, our Easter Service will start at 10am and last about an hour and a half. Childcare will be available and there…