by Office | Sep 11, 2020 | Clergy Corner
This Sunday, September 13, we are gathering together for worship and a parish picnic at Long Leaf Park (Shelter #4) beginning at 10:30 a.m. I am happy to announce that we are fully booked for this celebration. Eventbrite reservations for the picnic are no longer being...
by Office | Sep 8, 2020 | Clergy Corner
I am excited to join you on September 13th at Long Leaf Park for our parish picnic. In my dreams I imagine it will be a sunny day of 72 degrees with no humidity. I always wake up from such a dream and am reminded that we live in South Eastern North Carolina where a...
by Office | Aug 27, 2020 | Clergy Corner
I grew up in a Christian denomination called the Church of the Brethren. It was about as nonliturgical a church as one could find. Holy Communion was offered just twice a year. When I was 16, I discovered the Episcopal Church because I was offered a part time job as...
by Office | Aug 20, 2020 | Clergy Corner
This past Sunday members of St. Paul’s Children’s Ministry held its first Children and Family Eucharist. The service was held in our parking lot and each family unit was invited and required (I grant that sounds less hospitable) to sit together in their own circle. We...
by Office | Aug 13, 2020 | Clergy Corner
We devoted our Vestry meeting last Monday night to working on St. Paul’s Strategic Plan. It is an exciting and ambitious plan. In many ways, its foci are self evident and interconnected. The plan is not just some good ideas we ought to try, it addresses urgent needs,...
by Parish Administrator | Aug 6, 2020 | Clergy Corner
The Transfiguration: Luke 9:26-3 Today, August 6th, is the day the Church observes the Transfiguration. Did you know that all 3 of the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) include a version of this event? John’s Gospel does not include this event...
by Office | Aug 3, 2020 | Clergy Corner
As part of the Prayers of the People on Sunday mornings, we are invited to name before God “the losses we have suffered during this pandemic and those things we long for in our lives.” Not being able to receive the sacraments is a common lament we share. This Sunday,...
by Office | Jul 16, 2020 | Clergy Corner
By chance, I ran across this prayer by Tommy Tenney, a Pentecostal preacher and best-selling author. “Lord Jesus, my soul aches at the mere mention of Your name. My heart leaps for every rumor of your coming, and each possibility that You will manifest Your presence....
by Office | Jul 9, 2020 | Clergy Corner
In last week’s E-News, Ray laid out succinctly the development of the Anglican Church in the colonies to the Episcopal Church in the United States following the Revolutionary War. Ray made the point that the Episcopal Church was born out of revolution putting our...
by Office | Jul 3, 2020 | Clergy Corner
Before the COVID-19 virus shut down Broadway, my children and I went to see the blockbuster musical “Hamilton.” It was two and a half hours of sheer pleasure. The talent and energy of the actors was captivating and the play itself is fairly faithful to Ron...
