It is a great gift to me to be here, in this place and at this time, with all of you! I’m grateful for your hospitality and for the honor of being entrusted by your Rector with the care and feeding of St. Paul’s while he is away. As I said to Christopher, I will…
From the Senior Warden: This weekend the sun will reach its highest point in the sky, we’ll have the longest days of the year, and summer has definitively arrived. Likewise the Church’s liturgical season has passed from Pentecost to Ordinary Time, also called Trinitytide. “Ordinary” doesn’t mean regular or every-day, but rather comes from ordinal, meaning…
Hello – This Sunday, for the third time, we begin a new liturgical season with a worship service centered in silence. Brigitte and Pat will be leading this celebration of silence at the 8am service. The 10am service will be as usual with at least three important additions. Jacob will be sharing with us a…
Hello – This Sunday, our late service will be at 10:30am at Nativity Church at 333 Ellen Drive in San Rafael. Like last year, we will be celebrating Pentecost, the birth of the church, with Nativity, Redeemer and St. Francis’ Episcopal Churches. The Rev. Lynn Oldham Robinett, former Associate Rector of St. Paul’s, will be preaching a…
Hello – The next two weeks at St. Paul’s are spiritually rich. Here’s the rundown of what’s going on: 1. Annual Assessment of Christian Practices. Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out the Annual Assessment of Spiritual Practices. It’s just 12 multiple choice questions. It’s open form now until June 9th, Pentecost. Here’s the link.…
Thanks to St. Paul’s San Rafael for hosting the first Values in Action Event “We had a delightful, community-building event preparing the bags of Honore flour for our sister churches throughout the country. We started and began with prayer and had a productive, sociable and flour-covered two hours together. Our one piece of advice is…
Hello – I want to briefly draw your attention to four ways people are being spiritual leaders of their own faith at St. Paul’s. But first, a public announcement. We are getting the parking lot sealed over the weekend so it will be closed for Sunday services. The lot across the street is available as always.…
Hello – Here’s an orientation and update to five stories unfolding at St. Paul’s this month and into the summer: • RenewalWorks. The RenewalWorks group is keeping us focused on becoming spiritual leaders of our own faith. This Sunday, after both services, we are invited to gather with them in Duncan Hall and share stories…
Hello – The bathrooms by Duncan Hall and the upstairs office are again temporarily unusable. The bathrooms at the top of the stairs in the education wing can still be used but accessibility is an issue. We have the plumbers coming as soon as possible to fix the problem, but it may be some days. We just replaced the pipes going through…
Hello – At St. Paul’s we invite you to become a spiritual leader of your own faith. With that invitation in mind, here are three next steps, in reverse chronological order: 1. Confirmation. In the four Sundays in May, join a group preparing to be Confirmed, Received or Re-arrirmed as an Episcopalian on Saturday, June…