Category: Newsletter

Friends – What a glorious Holy Week it was! Many thanks to those who helped to organize, to those who participated, and to those who attended the various services offered during the special week! Hopefully some traditions have been established which will continue for years to come! I believe this will be a fantastic Eastertide!… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – 4 April 2024

Blessings, Dear Friends! Holy Week Details Holy Week is in full swing, so be sure to mark your calendars for the following events! Christian Formation Last Sunday, the Sunday of the Passion (3/24), we discussed chapter 7 – The Rung of Renewal – in the book Ladder to the Light by Steven Charleston. A Native American,… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – 28 March 2024

Greetings, Loved Ones! The Sunday of the Passion For over five weeks now, we have been observing the season of Lent. This coming Sunday (3/24), Palm Sunday, marks the beginning of Holy Week. We will hear once again, the glorious and heart-wrenching saga of Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem and journey to Golgotha – a timely… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – 21 March 2024

Greetings, Everyone, and Lenten blessings. The Fifth Sunday in Lent Last week (3/10), the fourth Sunday in Lent, Canon Steve reminded us that all of our sins, as well as all of the blame we place on others, was atoned for by Christ’s death on the cross. In our Gospel lesson this coming Sunday (3/17),… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – 14 March 2024

With Sympathy and Prayer Dear friends, it is with sadness that we share the news that Barbara Bajon’s mother, Velma Landley, has passed from this life. Please join us in prayers for her family and friends as they walk through this difficult time.  O merciful Father, who has taught us in your holy Word that… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – 7 March 2024

Happy Leap Day! Did you know that many ancient calendars had entire leap months? That Julius Caesar introduced Leap Day, with help from the Egyptians? Or that Caesar’s calculations were inaccurate which created a problem for the Catholic Church, especially concerning the issue of the date for Easter? To learn more about these interesting facts… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – February 29, 2024

Dear Friends, I invite you to a Holy Lent.  Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts… ~ From the Ash Wednesday Liturgy, BCP 264 May you find this to be a season in which… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – February 15, 2024

Greetings, Friends! In Celebration of the Life of Pat Hanks Our condolences to the family and friends of Patricia Robinson Hanks who passed from this life on February 3, 2024. Several of you may have known her as an active member of St. Paul’s who served on the Altar Guild for many years. For those… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – February 8, 2024

Hello, Dear Friends, and happy February! “The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within.”  ~ William C. Bryant Celebration of New Ministry Join us THIS EVENING – Thursday, February 1 @ 6:30 p.m. – as The Rt. Rev. Bishop Poulson C. Reed inducts The Rev. Nancy Gill as… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – February 1, 2024

Greetings, Dear Siblings and Friends! Even Greater Things Last week (1/21), we read and learned about how Jesus’s disciple, Nathanael, and the Old Testament character, Jonah, seem to have shared the same attitude (that of skepticism). Yet, God’s call to them persisted – just as it does to us today – to proclaim the greatness… Continue reading St. Paul’s Newsletter – January 25