Hello – You have 3 ways to celebrate Easter at St. Paul’s: 1. Easter Vigil. Saturday at 7pm, a shared service with Redeemer and Nativity and featuring the baptism of Leila and joyful little party afterwards. The greatest service of the year. 2. Simple Easter Morning. Sunday at 8am the service will be joyful but…
Hello – This is a brief daily reminder of Holy Week Services. • 12pm- Good Friday. The service lasts just over an hour and includes the brining in of the cross, hammering of nails into the cross and ringing the bell 33 times, once for each year of Jesus’ life. Please also remember to invite…
Hello – Tomorrow is the first of the three great days, Maundy Thursday: • 7pm Maundy Thursday. This is an ordinary Eucharist service with foot washing in place of the prayers after the sermon. At the end of the service, in one of the most dramatic moments of the church year, the altar is stripped.…
Hello – With all that goes on in Holy Week I want to send a short daily email through Saturday to keep you up to speed. First, though, thank you to those of you who have already told me of the folks you’ve invited to church this week. Keep those invitations going! Easter Sunday at…
Hello – A quick run down of services and then a beautifully crafted invitation to invite others written by my friend and colleague, Nathan. (I was going to take his idea and modify, but he put it so well, I’m simply stealing!) Holy Week • Sunday– Palm Sunday services at 8am and 10am with blessing…
Hello, On Friday I will be sending you an email with the full rundown of Holy Week services. Today, I want to help you get spiritually oriented through May and into June. The first of the three Landmarks that the RenewalWorks Group shared with us is for each of us to “become spiritual leaders of…
Hello – Sunday, after both services, you are invited to gather with others and share or hear experiences with Lenten Practices. Whether or not you adopted a Lenten discipline, come hear the experiences of others in the conversation area of Duncan Hall at either 9am or 11:20am, In response to the 84 of us who took…
Dear Friends, There is never anything more important to us at St. Paul’s than the worship services of Holy Week. Remember, our mission is simply “following Jesus together in worship, prayer and service.” At the heart of following Jesus together in worship is following him closely through the four great worship services of Holy Week. They are:…
Hello – Three quick ones: 1. Tomorrow night is the bi-monthly meeting of the Death Row Ministry. (Wednesday 5:30pm to 6:30pm) Come and learn and maybe begin by writing a few letters. (And check out the beautiful thank you letters from men on Death Row in the bulletin board in the entrance to Duncan Hall.)…
Hello – Three things for Lent: 1. Basic Discipleship+ begins tomorrow morning (Saturday) at 8:30am and Sunday morning at 11:30am. In this four or five week class I coach people in the Christian practices of daily prayer, telling our own story, listening well to others and doing the work God gives us to do. It’s…