Hello – Three things in the next ten days: • Tonight families are gathering in Duncan Hall at 6pm to make over 100 bagged lunches for Vinnies. All are welcome. • Sunday, Cara will be our preacher and then afterwards, in Duncan Hall, will be in conversation with Jacob about her new book, Church Camp. She’ll be signing and selling copies. I’m almost…

Post-Holy Week Schedule Hello – Here are four events to bear in mind in the coming weeks: 1. Family Service Night:  Join the families of St. Paul’s on Friday, April 25th at 6pm to pack lunches for St. Vincent de Paul’s. All ages welcome! 2. Cara’s Book Signing. Our monthly preacher, Cara Meredith, has just published her second book,…

Hello – We have four services for the remainder of Holy Week. Thursday. Maundy Thursday service is at 7pm at Nativity Church at 333 Ellen Drive in San Rafael. We remember the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper and enact the foot washing. Friday. The Good Friday service is at noon at St. Paul’s and…

Hello – The coming week is the most important week of the church calendar. It is the time when we not only remember the mighty acts by which we were saved, we enact them. Palm Sunday is this Sunday at 10am. It begins with Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and ends with his betrayal and the…

Hello – This Sunday is our second annual Bring a Friend Sunday. Last year some folks came to St. Paul’s thanks to our invitations and they stayed. We have a good thing going here and it can be a joy to introduce the people we know to something they find life-giving and meaningful. Please take…

Dear Friends- We are neither a red church nor a blue church, we are a purple church. I want to share with you three things about what that means for us at St. Paul’s. I write because I’m aware of a few small misunderstandings and anticipate that things will get more stressful. 1. Jesus in…

Hello – You have three opportunities to begin a small group practice for Lent this weekend. 1. Tomorrow at 8:45am in Duncan Hall I hope to create anywhere from one to three new Discipleship Groups. 8-10 folks have indicated that they will be coming. I’ll play a little bit of matchmaking and invite each of these groups…

Hello – In the next ten days St. Paul’s provides you with various ways to practice a Holy Lent. Wednesday is Ash Wednesday with services at noon and 6pm. The noon service will be broadcast. Thursday the 6pm Zoom Bible Study begins to read Paul’s great, short letter to the Phillipians. Friday the parents gather at 5:45 for…

Hello – With Lent approaching, there are a variety of ways to deepen your spiritual life and your sense of belonging at St. Paul’s. • The 10am Wednesday Bible Study begins to read the book of Daniel next week. Join us as we both read this colorful and exciting book and look at the whole trajectory of apocalyptic literature…

Hello – For the last year the heart of my work has been Transcending Contempt Practice Groups. Last January, last September, and again this January, I started weekly Saturday morning Practice Groups. Each group helped us use God’s love and power to avoid the trap of treating our fellow human beings as less than fully human. Many…