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…

Hello – I just tried an odd thing. I went to Mapquest and got the blinking dot in the middle of the map to be at St. Paul’s. I then took my right hand and, with my palm hovering over St. Paul’s, successfully put my thumb and four fingers on five places that are or…

Hello – St. Paul’s Vestry cordially invites you to our second annual, world famous, Champagne Brunch. Sunday, October 21, 2018, 11am to 1pm On the menu: Fresh fruit & tossed green salad with apples and caramelized walnuts Delicious ham-and-cheese croissants Toasted bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon Mini pulled pork sandwiches (pork cooked and…

Hello – Thank you to the 80 of you who filled out the Spiritual Life Inventory. Jacob will now be leading the team that will be considering the picture that emerges from all of our responses. We have four meetings, the first one this Saturday, the last in early December. I am so grateful we…

Hello – The annual St. Anne’s Book Sale is this weekend. I was just part of the large crew helping to set it up and I can tell you it’s filled with great stuff. The people in our extended community have great libraries! Saturday 10am to 3pm Sunday 9am to Noon Paperbacks ar 50 cents Hardbacks are a…

Hello – From Jacob: Life moves fast. Very much so when work seems to require more and more time and effort. There are times that 20 minutes of prayer a day feels impossible. It can be easy to let reflection on our spiritual life fall by the wayside. I found it so helpful to take the…

Hello – Tanner says: Make sure to find a quiet 30 minutes before this Sunday to complete the Spiritual Life Inventory. I assure you that you will find the Inventory a thought-provoking encounter with your faith — we often just don’t think about these things in the basic — I’d even say homely — way…

Hello – Why should I complete the Spiritual Life Inventory? Because if you don’t, you won’t have earned the right to help shape St. Paul’s spiritual direction.  It’s like voting – if you don’t exercise this privilege you have no say in the direction of our city, state, country and you certainly haven’t earned the…

Hello – Over the next three days our sister church, Redeemer, is hosting 3 Conversations That Matter. Jim Ward is facilitating the first, Kirsten Snow Spalding is facilitating the second and I am facilitating the third. They are from 5:30pm to 7:00pm: TODAY: Raising Moral Children Thursday: Aging in Marin Friday: Stress and Civility Together, we’ve carefully crafted…

Hello – We’re halfway there! 42 people have taken the Spiritual Life Inventory. Each person that takes the anonymous Inventory gives us a more full and rich picture of where we are as a community. Here’s the link to take the Inventory today. We get updates every Tuesday and Thursday from RenewalWorks. Each Inventory taken is another…