Call for Volunteers This Saturday, January 30th, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am Training for service at church! Calling all 11 year olds and older to learn the roles of usher, acolyte, reader, altar guild and choir. What an incredible way to grow closer to God and your Church, but also to learn more about…
Hello – The next two weeks (and a half) feature four important events. After that, things mellow out a little. It’s been a very rich and productive beginning to to 2016. I hope for your continued attention because the four things I list below have the potential to make us a stronger, more loving community.…
Dear Families, Thank you for your feedback and support these past few weeks! We can’t wait to see you this Sunday, when Jim and Janet lead our kids out after the Collect. Also, some upcoming events: Saturday, January 30th, 9-11am – If you usher, altar guild, acolyte, read, offer hospitality or you would like to…
Hello – A saying repeated often through the course of the Psalms is the admonition to “worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” Since I came to St. Paul’s nearly twelve years ago that phrase has nicely summoned up our attitude to worship. Next Saturday, the 30th of January we are taking two hours,…
Dear Families, Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a nice week. Our plans for this Sunday will be to gather the children after the Collect and head to Duncan Hall. We will read a Bible story that relates to Sunday’s reading(s), as well as an art project around a dinner prayer. It is as follows,…
Dear Friends – I write to let you know that Walter D., a strong and faithful leader of St. Paul’s and a good man, died on Monday night at his home. Walter had been living with cancer for some time. It was a cancer that began in his neck. A couple of months ago his…
Dear Friend, How will you mark the season of Lent this year? As has been our custom since 2011, we offer the PrayWorshipServe Lenten challenge as an option. We challenge you to take a next step in your spiritual life by adopting a deeper rhythm of life: 20 minutes of prayer a day with scripture,…
Hello – The first quarter of 2016 is unusually full at St. Paul’s. Last week I sent a series of four emails that outlined many activities under the categories of ‘”Together,” “Prayer,” “Worship,” and “Service.” These four are words from our mission statement. This week, I send to you a simple calendar with the major…
Hello – This is the last of four daily emails that orient us for 2016. The four emails focus on four different key words in our mission statement which is “following Jesus together in prayer, worship and service.” Today I focus on “service.” “Service” means what Jesus points to in Matthew 25 when he says…
Hello – This is the third of four brief emails based on our mission to follow Jesus together in prayer, worship and service. Each email is based on a word in the mission statement. Today, we focus on our shared call to “worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” When we worship we do…