Hello – Starting this Sunday you will be invited to take a Spiritual Inventory. We ask you to take about half an hour and check a bunch of boxes in response to questions about your spiritual practice. The Inventory is anonymous. You will have just three weeks to fill it out. The Spiritual Inventory is…
Hello – The three classes of the Fall Session of New College of Christian Practice begin tomorrow at 7pm. We have at least 35 people who have either signed up or said they would be there, and we’re confident that each class will have a critical mass. They are: • The Necessary Wisdom of Medieval…
Hello – Tomorrow, Saturday, at 9am, come to St. Paul’s and hear three brief presentations on the three classes offered the first Wednesdays of the month this fall:The Necessary Wisdom of Medieval WomenWho is My Neighbor?What is Christian Justice?This free one hour Open House will be from 9am to 10am at St. Paul’s. Hear from…
Hello – I write to encourage you to learn something new and useful this fall at St. Paul’s and to come to a free Open House a week from this Saturday, on August 25th at 9am. Imagine that you have signed up for one of the three classes we’re offering this fall on the first…
Hello – This fall you have a new opportunity to learn with Christians from throughout Marin. On the first Wednesdays of September through December, St. Paul’s will be hosting three classes, happening simultaneously. You choose one of the three classes, enjoy learning, and then enjoy hospitality with people taking the other classes. Each of the…
Hello – A major theme of the summer has been my daring our attention to two practices that are the core of both our mission statement at St. Paul’s and The Restoration Project- prayer and service. In both cases, the words mean something specific. Prayer means being by yourself for 20 minutes each day to…
Hello – This week we begin work in creating our St. Paul’s archive. At the moment, we have interesting things from our 150 year history loosely collected in various spots. Joy and Jay have been excellent stewards of this trove of documents and pictures. Twice, once in the 70s and again in the 80s, our predecessors even…
Hello – 3 things to come to, in reverse order. 1. Beach Picnic! This Saturday all in the parish are invited to come to Hart’s Desire Beach, just past Inverness out in Point Reyes. It’s a beautiful and mellow beach with areas to cook for, fun paths for adventures and of course swimming. Kati will…
Hello – Two things that make St. Paul’s different than other churches are our mission to follow Jesus together in prayer, worship and service and our structure of Discipleship Groups. Together, these things invite us into Christian spiritual depth. But if you’re new, how do you get started in embracing our values at St. Paul’s?…
Hello – Our mission is following Jesus together in prayer, worship and service. In each of those three Core Christian Practices there is an open door for you right now: Prayer At the request of the original Discipleship Group I have created a one-pager that distills the seven most helpful things I’ve learned about getting into…