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This Sunday at Saint Paul's

You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture,
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”  James 2:8

04Feb2024 Epistle

Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at the 10:00AM liturgy, in person and via Zoom; login instructions above. We welcome the return of The Right Rev. Craig Loya, X Bishop of Minnesota, as our presider and preacher.

Flowers on the retable this week are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Renee and Charles Marsh, parents of Kevin Donnan-Marsh.

Join us for Coffee Hour snacks, puzzling, and fellowship immediately following in the Undercroft.

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Prayer Calendar

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Church of the Province of Myanmar.

In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Episcopal Homes of Minnesota, Episcopal Group Homes, Guardian Angels, local senior residential facilities and care centers, and all other institutions which provide ministry for and with the elderly. We pray for all farmers and laborers working with the harvest, especially San Jose Obrero Mission in Montgomery, and Good Courage Farm. We also pray for La Misión El Santo Niño Jesús (Saint Paul).

Saint Paul’s Parish Prayer List can be found here.
If you wish to be contacted by a member of our Pastoral Care Team and/or priest, request prayers for yourself or someone else on the Parish Prayer List, or simply make someone aware of an acute or ongoing need, click the blue button below:

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Common Book of Prayer & The Hymnal 1982

provided for your prayers and meditations, and song

SERVING THIS SUNDAY AT 10AM (click to open or close)

EUCHARIST 10AM 
Donald Childress
Gene Tierney
ushers

Tom Lockhart
crucifer

The Right Reverend
Craig W. Loya
presider, preacher

The Reverends
Dr. Penelope Warren
and Ramona Scarpace
assisting priests

Laura Austrian
Pat Trumbull
lectors

Deb Low
vestry announcements

Jacob Manier
organist, well-rested

Team II
altar guild

Deb Low
bread baker

The Vestry
hospitality

Caytie Anderson
Peter Montgomery
vestry tellers

The Pastoral Care Team has a request for all: Take a few minutes every day to call someone to see how they are doing – to reach out and say a prayer with them and/or find out if they need anything. If there are those who need help, please let us know and we will figure out how to assist; if you are that person, please reach out to Reverend Ramona or Pat Trumbull. As Jesus said: Love one another.

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Upcoming Events

15 SEPT: Homecoming Sunday 2024 is next week! A festive Eucharist featuring the return of the Parish Choir is drafted, and a celebratory Coffee Hour awaits. We hope to see you there!

16 SEPT: The September Vestry meeting* will be held in the Conference Room 7:00-9:00PM. All are welcome to attend the general proceedings. If you have an agenda item, please contact Rev. Ramona or one of the Wardens. *Note: these meetings have moved to the third Monday of the month.

24 SEPT: Fall Book Study: Rev. Penny Warren will lead a series of 10 Tuesday evening Zoom sessions discussing Marianne H. Micks’ Loving the Questions: An Exploration of the Nicene Creed by Marianne H. Micks… continue reading

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Faith in Action

You may be asked…
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September’s food shelf theme is BABY BLESSINGS: disposable diapers, wipes, formula, shelf-stable food, and the like. Place your items in the bins outside the Undercroft.
p.s. General donations are always welcome.
Email Liz Gamble Taylor or call 612-889-5250 to assist with delivery.

Many thanks to all who donated school suppliesduring our Faith in Action collection event for Ella Baker Global Studies & Humanities Magnet School – they were gratefully received!!

From Joyce Uptown Foodshelf: “Monetary donations are the most helpful and can be made through PayPal *new link*here or sent to Joyce Uptown at 3041 Fremont Ave S, Minneapolis 55408. For every $1.00 donated we can purchase $2.20 of food from our foodbanks.”
Saint Paul’s Little Library is perpetually popular! Children’s picture books and adult fiction are most needed; all donations can be placed in the bins outside the Undercroft. Your continued generosity helps make this outreach possible.
Episcopal Relief & Development accepts donations to aid those in need both at home and abroad. Click here to donate in a way meaningful to you.
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And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”
Matthew 25:40

Subscribe to our Bridge of Song playlist, now on YouTube.  Is there a hymn or song you’re particularly longing to hear, your requests are welcome, and may be e-mailed to Jacob Manier. Click the thumbnail of the video you would like hear to play.

Food Shelves

Have you taken the Saint Paul’s Food Shelf Challenge?

The need for grocery assistance never wanes. Let’s fill the baskets each week!! Donate today!

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General Announcements

Welcome back Jacob Manier, Saint Paul’s very own organist-choirmaster, following his summer sabbatical! Jacob’s return to the bench will be on 8 September.
A meal train is forming to assist our treble lay clerk, Kathy Lee, as she recovers from knee replacement surgery. If you’d like to help her with a homemade meal, gift card, or donation, click here.
The Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) will be using our Undercroft as its Tuesday evening reheasal space for the 2024-25 season. Led by artistic director and principal conductor Brian Edward Dowdy, MPO was the first GLBTQ+ orchestra in the country (founded 1993). Welcome to Saint Paul’s!
Ministers in Liturgy and Coffee Hour volunteers are needed to start the new program year! Please check your availability, then click here to sign up for a position (or several); an helpful customary will be emailed your week of service. Contact Caytie Anderson or Pat Trumbull with questions.
Recommended Reads updated 29 Aug: Is there a book on your nightstand you’d like to suggest to others at Saint Paul’s? Check our latest must-reads… continue reading
Verified Viewing: Now really, could this have been far behind? The list has begun, and we’d love for you to add suggestions of what to watch, streaming or otherwise… continue reading
Windows of Our Soul: The latest book about Saint Paul’s is hot off the press and available to order! This beautiful archive of our stained-glass… continue reading
Adorn the retable with flowers to mark important occasions or people in your life. Reserve the date you wish to give flowers by contacting Kathy Kullberg. Payment can be made online via Realm or a check made out to Saint Paul’s Church, with “flowers” in the memo; suggested donation $50.
If you know a parishioner who would benefit from receiving our weekly E-pistle newsletter in printed form via snail mail, please email Angie.
Do you have an announcement for Saint Paul’s parish-at-large? Submit your news to the E-pistle, or call Angie at 612-483-4187 by noon on Thursdays.

A Message from Our Rector

Rev. Ramona

Rev. Ramona’s Invitation Letter

By | Nov 29, 2024 | 0 Comments

Dear members and friends,

This Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent. It is the first season of the Church year, leading up to Christmas. Advent is a time of preparation and
expectation for the coming celebration of the birth of Jesus, the coming of Christ incarnate (the fully human and fully divine nature of God).

I invite you onto this season of waiting and longing for the coming of Christ. Spend time in prayer and reflection and in reading the scriptures. Commit to being a participant in Sunday
worship in person or on-line. Help with the greening of the church this Saturday, November 30 at 8:30AM. Join Saint Paul’s for the beautiful service of Lessons and Carols on Friday, December 6 at 7:00PM. Offer items for the Saint Nicholas Food Shelf. Give a gift to the residents and staff at Southside Care center (gift tags on the Giving Tree in the Undercroft.)

Do one kind act every day. Prepare the way of God! Attached are some resources from the Episcopal Church for Advent prayer, readings,
practices and discussion. Click on the link to access “Journeying in the Way of Love for Advent”.
https://www.episcopalchurch.org/journeying-way-love/

Also, to start you off on your Advent journey, I share with you this meditation by Ruth Burgess from her book, Hear My Cry – A daily prayer book for Advent.

A reading from John 15:15
I call you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from God.
O Friend,
Always wanting the best for us,
trusting us with justice and love:
Come walk beside us
And share our joys and fears.

Offer Prayers:
Pray for your friends past and present.
If you can, spend time with a friend today.
Write Jesus a friendly letter.
Share your news and plans with God.

I wish you a blessed Advent!
Rev. Ramona+

Reverend Ramona Scarpace, Rector - Saint Paul's Church Lake of the Isles

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Saint Paul’s Leadership

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Ramona Scarpace
Rector

The Reverend Dr. Penelope Warren​
priest associate

Jacob Manier
organist 

 

Caytie Anderson
vestry senior warden

Lu Whitney
vestry junior warden

Tom Lockhart
vestry treasurer

Pamela Hofstadter
bookkeeper

 

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