Hello – This Sunday is a celebration of flowers at St. Paul’s. This year, May 1st, which is an ancient day to celebrate Mary the mother of Jesus with flowers, falls on a Sunday. To celebrate that coincidence, we are doing two new and exciting things. • Our worship at 10am will begin with a song…
Hello – Tomorrow is Good Friday, one of the most important days of the Christian year. At noon we have an hour long service in the church that features the bringing in of the cross. After the service, we will set up Stations of the Cross in the courtyard and you are free to come…
Hello – A distinguishing mark of our St. Paul’s community is that we are a church OF small groups, not a church WITH small groups. Here are three weekly small groups where the door is open to you if you would like to grow in friendships and in Jesus. Thursday Night Bible Study on Zoom.…
Hello – This Sunday we will say a prayer for all who have birthdays or anniversaries in the month of March, like Chloe and Scott, so please email me if you’d like us to pray for you at cmartin@stpaulssanrafael.org. We are still exploring the possibility of going mask optional starting in April, with a mask-only…
Hello – This is the last call for the first round of Learn to Love. Together, we are learning to love God through rich and beautiful language with the help of Christian poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. You can jump in now if you’d like by doing three things: 1. Send me an email at cmartin@stpaulssanrafael.org and…
Hello – Wednesday night I was joined by 20 people, about half in person and about half on Zoom, for my first class of Learn to Love in 2022. Thanks to Jacob, that first class was recorded in high quality and is now available on YouTube. Here it is on our St. Paul’s, San Rafael…
Hello – Tomorrow night, on Zoom and in person in Duncan Hall, the Learn to Love classes begin. I’ve completed to packet with the readings and have just sent the PDF of the readings, a one page outline and the Zoom link to six people. If you’d also like to join on Zoom, please email…
Hello – I imagine that we’re all attending to events in Ukraine and wondering what to do. One response that can also lead to other concrete actions is to pray. If you would like to pray with others, parishioner Richard O. is starting half hour long prayer gathering on Zoom on Friday mornings at 7:30am through Lent. If…
Hello – Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a season of reflection. Come at noon or 6:30pm for a brief eucharist service with the imposition of ashes and the powerful words “remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Here, passed along to me from my friend Tom, are some words…
Hello – There are three big events in the next two weeks. Here they are in reverse order: Learn to Love in 2022. Wednesdays, March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6; 7-8 p.m. In-person in Duncan Hall or on zoomhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/91813976465. Strengthen your love of God through exploration of two poems and a short chapter of…