Hello – 2019 starts with two opportunities to deepen your faith- St. Paul’s 101 and With Gladness and Singleness of Heart. • St. Paul’s 101 begins on Sunday, January 13th at 11:30am, right after the 10am service. It will meet every Sunday well into February. I will be answering all your questions about who we…

3 Invitations to Serve this Week Hello – Our mission at St. Paul’s is simply “following Jesus together in worship, prayer and service.” Here are 3 ways you can serve this week: 1. Buy helpful things and put them in a barrel. Go to Target or Walgreens or a similar place and buy a few…

Hello – Here are significant dates in December at St. Paul’s. 12/9  Sunday   Christmas Cards to be signed and sent to our brothers on Death Row appear in Duncan Hall. You sign a few cards, we send them. 12/14  Friday     The Ritter Center picks up the barrel collecting our Christmas contributions to the…

Hello – On Sunday, Brigitte and Tanner offer a half-hour long service centered in silence at 8am. They will also be offering a sumptuous coffee hour following it. It will be a one time opportunity to worship in a slightly different way in our sacred space. Last week I wrote that our two services at 8am…

Hello – Every Sunday morning we offer two different ways to worship God. The 8am service features silence, the 10am service features music. Both provide strong paths to the culminating event of sharing the one cup and the one bread. Next Sunday, December 2nd, for one time only, the 8am service will go even more…

Hello – As you consider what to put on the pledge card you bring to church on Sunday for In-Gathering Sunday, gaze for a brief moment on the 5 things St. Paul’s is making happen this Saturday: • Richard invited his friend Terry, who lives in Thomas Keaton’s monastery of Snowmass for 11 months of the year,…

Hello – 1. Movie at 7pm in Duncan Hall. This Day Forward. The Director and the subject will both be there. Here’s the link. See the cool preview at the link! 2. Death Row, every other month meeting 5:30 to 6:30pm. This is the perfect “come and see” event. No commitment necessary. Just come and learn.…

Hello – Five things in the next ten days: 1. Death Cafe is this Sunday in Duncan Hall from 4pm to 6pm. Come to an open conversation about a reality we all face, hosted by Chloe. 2. Death Row Ministry has its bi-monthly Wednesday night meeting next Wednesday the 14th from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Please…

Hello – Every year, on the Sunday closest to November 1st, which is the feast of All Saints’, I read a list of all the loved ones of the people in our parish who have died over the last year. Below, please read the list I plan to read on Sunday. If someone you love and…

Hello – Here are 7 quick ones: 1. Vanity. Thursday night Bible Study starts again this week at 6:15pm in the Downing Library. We’re reading Ecclesiastes. 2. Two Sits. Nearly every week I do a 20 minute meditation in the church on Tuesday at 5:00pm and on Thursday at 5:45pm. You’re welcome to join for all…