From the Rector: Looking ahead to February
Dear Friends,
I'm just going to whiplash your Advent/Christmas brains a little and talk about February for a moment. Sound good? Good. This is like getting your snow tires put on before the first snow flies.
Before you know it (on Febru...
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From the Rector: Opportunities of togetherness
Dear Friends,
Last Sunday, it was hard to leave church. An old friend of St. Paul's showed up and hung out with us in the sunshine out front. Children added their voices to our worship reminding us who we are. The music wrapped our hearts in d...
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From the Rector: Full Calendar Ahead!
Dear Friends,
If you aren't a regular reader of the full E - pistle , I suggest you read this week. It's that time of year, when things change, launch, and move about (amplified by continued Covid- pivoting, building project ponderings, and ...
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From the Rector: Emerging from a cocoon
Dear Friends,
This is just a brief note to say thank you for the four weeks off I just enjoyed. Thank you to Katy, Kelvyn, Lynn, and Chris for holding down the fort. Thank you to each leader, preacher, reader, LEM, usher, tech supporter, a...
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Covid Sabbath - June 13 to 25
Dear Friends, Back in March, the Bishops and Standing Committee of our diocese sent all the churches a letter urging us to take a "Covid Sabbath". You can read their letter HERE . While they asked us to take a couple weeks off in the first ...
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Rector's Reflection: The Marchiest March Ever
Dear Friends,
Life lately seems to be about as predictable as March in New England. That is to say; it is not boring, new things are surfacing left and right, and sometimes the cold seems relentless....but only until the sun comes out......
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Rector's Reflection: On Ashes and Blooming
Dear Friends,
Ash Wednesday this week felt like the first Ash Wednesday I have really experienced in a long time. For various reasons, I have not officiated an Ash Wednesday liturgy in full since 2018.
This week with you, was thus li...
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Peace for Ukraine
Dear Friends,
It wasn't until I logged onto our St. Paul's Coffee Chat Thursday morning that I learned about Russia's attack on Ukraine. The reality of this war, the lives lost already, the death and violence still to come has been s...
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Rector's Reflection: Keeping in the Loop!
Dear Friends, Last night on Compline I mentioned something about a conversation with a developer who is interested in our Gale House land (which we are not necessarily selling), and someone said, "Wait, what? I have been out of the loop fo...
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