Hello St. Paul’s, The other day I sent an email to a couple of my chamber music friends, just to check in. We haven’t been able to play together since February, and I have been strangely reluctant to pick up my viola and practice it during the pandemic, although I have, strangely, been playing the … READ MORE…
Dear Members of St. Paul’s Cathedral: We are fast approaching the New Year of 2021. Every three years the terms of four members of the chapter end at the Annual Membership Meeting. It is time to start the nominating process. The Nominating Committee will receive nominations to fill the 4 open seats on Chapter starting … READ MORE…
Two paragraphs from Matthew’s Gospel, set side by side for us today. One, a teaching about what defiles a person, the other a story about Jesus meeting an indigenous woman on the road. Why are we hearing both of these stories today? And why did Matthew put them together? At morning prayer on weekdays we … READ MORE…
Hello, St. Paul’s. One of my favorite Collects goes like this: “Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life …” We hear it … READ MORE…
Tuesday, September 15, 6:30 p.m.Youth Crew kicks off mid September via Zoom with grades 6-12 exploring, “What does it mean to be a person of faith?”. To deepen our relationship with God, we must be willing to explore the hard questions, and there is no better place for that than Youth Group. Registration is required. Please … READ MORE…
Sunday, September 6, 12 p.m.Beginning on Sunday, September 6th at 12:00 pm, children aged 4-10 are invited to join Maya and Joanna on Zoom for a weekly series focusing on The Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are part of the “Sermon on the Mount” in the book of Matthew 4:23-5:12. Together we will climb the mountain, consider … READ MORE…
Saturday, August 29, 1 p.m.Flushed with the success of “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, the St. Paul’s Zoom Players are upping their game and graduating to Shakespeare for the next reading. We will read A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with some substantial cuts, on Saturday August 29. There are once again plenty of parts, so contact … READ MORE…
Every Monday, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. (Next donations on August 17)Have you been “COVID Cleaning” your closets and have clothing you’d like to donate to Showers of Blessings, our homeless ministry? Please drop off your gently used in good condition items at the Nutmeg side of the Cathedral on Mondays from 10 am to 12 pm. … READ MORE…
Thursday, August 13, 5:30 p.m. While we currently can’t attend live church services or recitals, that doesn’t mean music making has stopped. We are excited to announce the restart of our weekly organ recital series on a new schedule, offering them at 5:30 on Thursdays instead of Tuesdays at 12:30. While the doors cannot yet … READ MORE…
In our lesson from the Hebrew scriptures today, Elijah is tired. He has performed mighty and spectacular acts to show that the God of Israel is a living God. He has thrown down the altars of competing gods. He has killed 450 prophets of the god Baal. The signs Elijah has demonstrated have been excessive: … READ MORE…