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June 8, 2025

6.8.25 Congressional Note

6.8.25 Congressional Note

June 8, 2025 I love baptisms!  Today, we are doing two of them.  We will welcome John Francis (Jack) Alexander and Onóra Ciera Rose Hart into the Christian community, the Body of Christ.  Whether they are laughing or crying, it is a joy to pour water over their foreheads and seal them with chrism as […]

April 12, 2025

HOLY WEEK EXPLAINERS: MAUNDY THURSDAY

HOLY WEEK EXPLAINERS: MAUNDY THURSDAY

April 12, 2025

HOLY WEEK EXPLAINERS: PALM SUNDAY

HOLY WEEK EXPLAINERS: PALM SUNDAY

April 5, 2025

4.6.25. Congressional Note

4.6.25. Congressional Note

4.6.25 Dear All, It has been a rough week for all of us.  Terrible storms – my dog has still not recovered from the thunder.  Major church building issues that continue to grow.  The instability of the stock market and the unknown effects of the tariffs on the economy.  And, of course, the death of […]

March 20, 2025

3.23.25 Congressional Note

3.23.25 Congressional Note

Dear All, St. Paul’s has been invited by the Diocese to participate as one of three churches in a pilot program known as The Children’s Ministry Development Residency.  This is a one-year project that is designed to assist our church develop new opportunities for families and children.  The Diocese will assist us and provide resources […]

January 26, 2025

1-26-25 Congregational Note

1-26-25 Congregational Note

January 26, 2025 Dear St. Paul’s, With the recent change in our federal government leadership, and the reading of the barrage of executive orders on the first day, I share with you a recent posting from the blog Rose of Sharon.  She reminds us of Walter Brueggemann’s words written almost twenty years ago, that I […]

January 12, 2025

1-12-25 Congregational Note

1-12-25 Congregational Note

January 12, 2025 Dear All, A new year has begun!  How many of you made New Year’s resolutions?  I have come to a decision to no longer make resolutions as I disappoint myself every year by not succeeding.  I tend to lay expectations on myself that are either unrealistic or disrupted due to some unexpected […]

December 14, 2024

12-15-24 Congregational Note

12-15-24 Congregational Note

Third Sunday of Advent December 15, 2024 Dear All, Last night I was watching the news and found myself riveted by the film clips coming out of Syria.  As you know, after decades of suppression by powerful oppressive dictatorships, the people engaged in rebellion for the last decade to through off this yoke.  Last evening, […]

November 30, 2024

2024 St. Paul’s Advent & Christmas Season Services

Advent & Christmas Season Services

February 18, 2024

ST. PAUL’S UPCOMING EVENTS  –  February 18, 2024

This Sunday is the First Sunday of Lent.  To emphasize the dramatic change in our church year/season – moving into a penitential time of prayer, fasting, reflection as we spend a substantial amount of time pondering our lives and relationship with our Lord – we change colors, music, and our service. Last week we buried […]

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