Hello – 1. Did you have a birthday or anniversary in April? Let know at c.h.mrtn@gmail.com so we can pray for you by name on Sunday. 2. This Sunday is a virtual Mom’s Mini-Retreat from 4pm to 5pm. Email Karin at karina.holsinger@gmail.com so she can send you the Zoom link. Let her know whether you would like the…
Hello – As has been our norm since mid-march we will be offering live worship at 9am on the St. Paul’s Facebook Page. We will also be joined virtually by the people of Nativity. The Rev. Kirsten Snow-Spalding received a call that her mother is going home from the hospital in Massachusetts into hospice care. She…
Hello – Our mission is following Jesus together in worship, prayer and service. In the last five weeks, we have been learning how to worship in this season of pandemic and how to be together virtually. Below, I list five virtual ways that, each week, we are together. In the month of May, we pivot…
Hello – This Sunday we’re a adding a new feature to our virtual experience of St. Paul’s. As has been our norm the last month we will be offering live worship at 9am on the St. Paul’s Facebook Page. Again, here’s the link: How to Join in Sunday Worship Online Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/stpaulssanrafael/ No Facebook account…
Hello – Tomorrow is Easter, a day when, more than ever, we need to receive together the reminder of the great good news. Come to our Facebook page at 9am and say with us, finally, after the Lentiest Lent ever, the great A word! Here again is the link: https://www.facebook.com/stpaulssanrafael/ And afterwards, join us for…
Hello – I’m just confirming that the Good Friday service will be at noon, as advertised, on the new Facebook page, Episcopal Churches of Novato and San Rafael. Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/Episcopal-Churches-of-Novato-and-San-Rafael-101249551541959/ The next service after that will be Easter morning at 9am, back on the St. Paul’s, San Rafael Facebook Page. It will be…
Hello – Tonight you can begin the journey of the great three days with Jesus. Come to our new Facebook Page here: https://www.facebook.com/Episcopal-Churches-of-Novato-and-San-Rafael-101249551541959/ And worship remotely with us as we remember the events of the night when Jesus was betrayed and celebrated a last supper with his friends. The service will be about 40 minutes…
Hello – Tonight at 7pm you can participate in a virtual Stations of the Cross, a traditional service where we walk alongside Jesus as he is put on trial and carries his cross through Jerusalem on the way to Golgatha. My colleague the Rev. Kirsten Snow-Spalding has created a beautiful slide deck of images of…
Hello – Last Sunday, a parishioner was watching the Palm Sunday service when his spouse walked in, looked at the screen and said “Wow! That’s beautiful!” After the service, two musicians wrote Mike Struck and said that the sound of the organ was “perfect.” Thanks to Jacob, we are now broadcasting a high quality service,…
Hello – This Sunday is Palm Sunday. Our virtual service will be at 9am as usual on Facebook Live. Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/stpaulssanrafael/ No Facebook account is required to view the livestream. If you haven’t yet joined us, please try the above link now. You will get requests to join Facebook on the way in, but you…