Hello – Every Sunday morning we offer two different ways to worship God. The 8am service features silence, the 10am service features music. Both provide strong paths to the culminating event of sharing the one cup and the one bread. Next Sunday, December 2nd, for one time only, the 8am service will go even more…
Hello – As you consider what to put on the pledge card you bring to church on Sunday for In-Gathering Sunday, gaze for a brief moment on the 5 things St. Paul’s is making happen this Saturday: • Richard invited his friend Terry, who lives in Thomas Keaton’s monastery of Snowmass for 11 months of the year,…
Hello – 1. Movie at 7pm in Duncan Hall. This Day Forward. The Director and the subject will both be there. Here’s the link. See the cool preview at the link! 2. Death Row, every other month meeting 5:30 to 6:30pm. This is the perfect “come and see” event. No commitment necessary. Just come and learn.…
Hello – Five things in the next ten days: 1. Death Cafe is this Sunday in Duncan Hall from 4pm to 6pm. Come to an open conversation about a reality we all face, hosted by Chloe. 2. Death Row Ministry has its bi-monthly Wednesday night meeting next Wednesday the 14th from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Please…
Hello – Every year, on the Sunday closest to November 1st, which is the feast of All Saints’, I read a list of all the loved ones of the people in our parish who have died over the last year. Below, please read the list I plan to read on Sunday. If someone you love and…
Let’s take a look at some of the former church members. Looking around the church, there are many plaques that name former members of the congregation memorialized by their gifts to the glory of God and in remembrance of loved ones. On the right side of the church just beyond the choir pews is a plaque that reads: “ This flag has…
November 2018 Epistle
Hello – Here are 7 quick ones: 1. Vanity. Thursday night Bible Study starts again this week at 6:15pm in the Downing Library. We’re reading Ecclesiastes. 2. Two Sits. Nearly every week I do a 20 minute meditation in the church on Tuesday at 5:00pm and on Thursday at 5:45pm. You’re welcome to join for all…
Hello – I just tried an odd thing. I went to Mapquest and got the blinking dot in the middle of the map to be at St. Paul’s. I then took my right hand and, with my palm hovering over St. Paul’s, successfully put my thumb and four fingers on five places that are or…
Hello – St. Paul’s Vestry cordially invites you to our second annual, world famous, Champagne Brunch. Sunday, October 21, 2018, 11am to 1pm On the menu: Fresh fruit & tossed green salad with apples and caramelized walnuts Delicious ham-and-cheese croissants Toasted bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon Mini pulled pork sandwiches (pork cooked and…