by Office | Mar 25, 2021 | Clergy Corner
The Blessing Box is here! Thank you to Bill and Mary Farris for creating this and Ed Ablard for helping to install it. Thank you to our Community Ministry team of Don Brainard, Pat Baker, Joe Farri, Merrilie Crafts, and Steve Bucci for shepherding this project...
by Office | Mar 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
March 23, 2021 Dear St. Paul’s Family, We are sincerely grateful for your terrific response to the March Match-ness Endowment Challenge. With one week to go, we have raised an amazing $5,859.53 towards our goal of $5,000! This Challenge was launched when one anonymous...
by Office | Mar 18, 2021 | Clergy Corner
I have hundreds of CDs, musical, not financial. Once cutting edge technology, these are now in their waning days. My collection of CDs is heavy on Anglican Church music — certainly a niche market. A few years ago, my car was broken into, they took the Garmin, but left...
by Office | Mar 11, 2021 | Clergy Corner
Dear St. Paul’s Family, Although I was baptized in another faith tradition, the vows of our Baptismal Covenant I have made over and over again are at the core of vestry service. Each vestry member offers to that service unique, God-given skills and experiences...
by Office | Mar 4, 2021 | Clergy Corner
I recently read an article about the ministry of the interim minister. The opening sentence was very familiar, but I needed to hear it again. “Always remember that the job of the interim priest is not about you, it is not about the former rector, it is not about the...
by Office | Feb 25, 2021 | Clergy Corner
Thanks to the generosity and craftsmanship of one our parishioners St. Paul’s will be installing a Blessing Box on our property in the coming weeks. A blessing box is similar to a Little Free Library. Except of course instead of donating or exchanging books the...
by Office | Feb 18, 2021 | Clergy Corner
It’s probably been a while since you last had an in person visit with a new doctor. Shortly before COVID-19 turned such occasions from routine to rare, I had an appointment with a new GP. After presenting my picture ID and medical insurance card, I was handed a stack...
by Office | Feb 15, 2021 | As Grain Once Scattered, Clergy Corner
Perhaps some of you have seen it in my office; I have a prayer rug on my floor. To most I guess it looks like an area rug that is too small for the space it currently occupies (my wife, Laurie thinks so anyway). It is a reminder for me to pray providing a regular...
by Office | Feb 11, 2021 | Clergy Corner
I am pleased to announce that, at its meeting last Monday night, the Vestry elected Teresa Singer as Sr. Warden, and Tom Sramek as Jr. Warden. The wardens, the Vestry, and the clergy work as a team to provide leadership that will help us fulfill the mission of the...
by Office | Feb 4, 2021 | Clergy Corner
The forty day season of Lent is just around the corner. Ash Wednesday, February 17 marks its beginning. This day also marks the introduction of outdoor services at St. Paul’s. At 12:10 p.m. we will gather in the garden and parking lot area for a service of Imposition...
