Hello – Baby Shower this Sunday! Please be sure to join us for a very special coffee hour this Sunday. The families are hosting a baby shower in honor of the Sprague family (Doug, Kate, Owen, and their eagerly awaited bundle of joy), and the Fairbairn family, (James, Sophie, Alan, and newborn baby Kristen).  Come…

Hello – In the next week we start 2 conversations, both of them about books that are important to us at St. Paul’s right now. On Sunday at 11:30am Tanner begins leading conversations based on Kate Moorehead’s book Healed, which gives a new, faithful and useful interpretation of Mary Magdalene. Kate’s 18 short meditations are…

Hello – Here’s a brief run down of upcoming events: 4/14   Saturday- Wedding of Mark and Marisa at noon. All parishioners welcome. Reception afterwards. 4/15   Sunday- Open House at our home in San Anselmo, 4pm to 6pm. Email me for the address. (c.h.mrtn@gmail.com) 4/18   Wednesday- Pelican. my one act play at 7pm in the church.…

Hello – Chloe and I will be hosting a party at our home in San Anselmo this Sunday from 4pm to 6pm. All are welcome and we particularly encourage people who have come to St. Paul’s in the last few years. Already, a bunch of you have said you will be coming. Email me if you…

Hello – This Thursday at 7:30pm we begin out observance of the Great Three Days. Maundy Thursday at 7:30pm, Good Friday at noon and Easter Vigil on Saturday at 7:30pm. These are followed by the joyful codas of Easter Sunday services at 8am and 10am. Throughout we will be attending to two profound souls, Mary…

Hello, Mary Anne’s Memorial is this Friday and Palm Sunday is this Sunday. Mary Anne was a beloved part of our extended community. For many years she was here most Sundays. She was, as Jack describes her, “cheerful as a cricket.” Often, at coffee hour, she would sit down at the piano in Duncan Hall…

Hello – We are still coming down from a great event and just beginning to shift our focus to an even greater event to come. Here’s a glimpse into where things stand. We’re hard at work resolving things from the PrayWorshipServe Retreat and laying groundwork for next steps. Here are a few things to know.…

Hello, Wow! What a remarkable weekend. You outdid yourselves showing hospitality. The conversation with many of the participants on our first PrayWorshipServe weekend confirmed again and again that people noticed and appreciated the rich and deep range of you who showed up to welcome, guide and feed our guests. Thank you a million times! Among…

Hello – On Thursday evening 25 guests from 11 states arrive in Marin to stay at the Rahlston-White Retreat Center in Mill Valley. They will be here for our first ever PrayWorshipServe Retreat. The next morning, by 9am, they will take a bus to St. Paul’s where they will be joined by over a dozen…

Hello – My most heartfelt prayer right now is that as many of you as possible become involved in next week’s Retreat. Why? Because I believe that the PrayWorshipServe Retreat is the beginning of the next chapter of our life together. I believe this for a variety of reasons. One of the most important is that everyone…