Hello – I am dying to get back into a regular small group and this week is my chance! As you may know, we have had two rounds of six-week long small groups this year. The first one focused on the Great Commandment and had a focus on loving our neighbor in the time of…
Hello – The feast of St. Francis’ is tomorrow and we will celebrate his life and witness at 4:30pm on Zoom with blessing of animals and some social time. Please follow this link to join us at 4:30pm whether or not you own an animal. It will be wonderful to see you, to pray with…
Hello – I, for one, was so grateful to hear our Presiding Bishop preach this past Sunday and to worship at distance at our Cathedral. It is good to be reminded that, as Episcopalians, we are intimately connected to a much larger family of Christians. Thank you to each of you who joined me last…
Hello – A reminder that our share distance worship this Sunday is at 11am at Grace Cathedral. This is because our Presiding Bishop, the Most Reverend Micheal Curry, is preaching a special sermon to the Diocese of California. Here’s the link, which can also be easily found on the Grace Cathedral Website: https://gracecathedral.org/calendar-events/michelmas-presiding-bishop-curry/ Also… • Spiritual…
Hello – This Sunday, Bishop Marc has invited people from all the parishes in the Diocese of California to distance worship with Grace Cathedral at 11am. This is because the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Michael Curry, will be the preacher. Here is the link: https://gracecathedral.org/calendar-events/michelmas-presiding-bishop-curry/ There will be no other worship…
Hello – Our worship services will be different the next 2 Sundays. This Sunday, September 20th, Courtyard Worship will be at 8:30am. Further, this Sunday is the test of viability. If 12 or more of us are there to worship, we will continue with Courtyard Worship at 8:30am on Sundays. If not, we will look…
Hello – Due to the poor air quality, which is expected to last until Monday, I am canceling Sunday’s Courtyard Worship at 8:30am. We’ll postpone our test of viability for Courtyard Worship until next week. So, next week we hope for a dozen worshippers to show that there is a viable quorum for 8:30am Sunday…
Hello – First of all, I just want to acknowledge how strange and disorienting these days are, with the added disruption of the smoke. As it happens, our Wednesday Bible Study hit a particularly vivid section of the book of Revelation yesterday (bowls of wrath!) and it was filled with images of smoke. These days…
Hello – I’m back from my smokey staycation and ready to dig into what looks to be a full fall. I have just two things today. First, I want to affirm that our services on Sunday will be an 8am Courtyard Worship service and the 10am Distance worship service. The last three Sundays we’ve had…
Hello – I invite you to participate in a simple way to keep us connected in this time of pandemic. Please email Lorrie at lbugatto@stpaulssanrafael.org if you would be willing to write 5 postcards to other active members of St. Paul’s. If you write Lorrie, next week she will send you a packet with 5 postcards…