A COLLECT FOR MOTHER’S DAY
All-nurturing God, from the womb of your love came forth all creation. You sustain us with your loving care always. Incarnate in Jesus, you lived as a human child under the nurturing guidance of Mary your Mother. Pour out the abundance of your grace upon all our mothers: those among us today, those who have passed away, those whose children live, and those who have lost children. Bless also, we pray, those who hope to be mothers someday, and those whose hopes for children have been frustrated. We thank you for all men and women who have mothered others in any way: substitutes, foster mothers, sage women, and caregivers. Finally, we pray for the wholeness and wellness of the Earth that bore us all and provides sustenance from you.
We ask this in your tender mercy’s sake. Amen.
adapted from prayers of Fr. Bryan Owen and Sherry McCameron Peyton
The Office of Morning Prayer is said each Sunday from 8:00-8:30am in the Chapel. All are welcome.
Thank you to the Building & Grounds Commission for hosting Coffee Hour this week; next week, the Finance Commission. Parish Directory entries can be updated and photos taken this week.
WONDER Eucharist will be offered the first Sunday of the month) at 3:00pm in the Chapel. Bring your littlest worshippers for a brief liturgy of stories, sacrament, and fun!
NEW! View The Year in Photos
(thanks to Angie Paulson for compiling and creating the video!)
Hands to Service
Desperately Seeking Driver: A weekly driver for our food shelf donations is needed for the month of May; the sign-up sheet and directions are posted near the nursery. Contact Laurie Larsen (612-849-1348) with questions.
DCEH’s spring Household Goods Drive is going on now through May. Donations large and small are welcome. Click here to read details on how you can help someone newly housed make a home.
The Bridge for Youth is seeking a partnering organization –which could be Sant Paul’s– to assist with gardening projects this summer. Want to use your green thumb to guide young people? Read more details here.
Upcoming Events and General Announcements
13 MAY: The second of four Eco-Spirituality classesled by Deacon Babs will be held from 6:30-8:00pm; the next two Tuesdays in May complete the series. For more information, refer to your Spring Messenger; contact Barbara del Caro Scaia with questions.
15 MAY: Submissions for the summer (yes, you read that correctly) issue of The Messenger are due by midnight THIS WEDNESDAY. Send all materials to our online publication crafter, Susan.
16 MAY: The Hidden One, Norm Mitchell’s first installment of his trilogy People of the Blood, is now available in paperback. Norm will be reading from and discussing the book at Subtext Books in St Paul at 7:00pm.
18 MAY: Don’t miss the Bigger Hearts Philanthropy Party: 100% of proceeds from this free community event will benefit Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness, First Nations Kitchen, and the Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery. Click here for details.
18/19 MAY: Flowers and veggies and herbs, oh my... Now that spring is finally here, are thoughts of garden beds filling your dreams? Saint Paul’s can help make your perfect garden a reality, and you in turn can help Saint Paul’s. Check here for updated details of our Spring Plant Fundraiser.
31 MAY: The deadline for inclusion in Saint Paul’s printed parish directory is today. Please contact any member of the Evangelism Commission with questions, or to get your family entered. Don’t be an addendum!
1 JUNE: Save the date: The Building & Grounds Commission has picked the date for the Saint Paul’s Spring Clean-Up Day. Watch this space for developments and specifics…
Arriving for Pentecost: a new printed Parish Directory! The project kicked off on Easter Sunday, and continues through this month. Be sure to check your entry for completeness, provide missing info, and get your family’s picture submitted (or snapped on-site) during coffee hours in May for our own Book of Faces.
Saint Paul’s Author Forum: Are you or someone you know a creator of written word? Read here about the formation of an Author Forum.
The Episcopal House of Prayer in the City invites all to join for their weekly Contemplative Prayer Practice each Monday at 6:30pm in the Auxiliary Classroom. Whether you are looking for a way to revitalize your prayer life or just searching for space and quiet, pray-ers of all abilities are welcome. If you are new and would like an orientation, feel free to come at 6:00pm.
Food Shelves
Have you taken the Saint Paul’s Food Shelf Challenge?
It’s the fourth month of the year, so the challenge is to bring four items in MAY.
Only four items spread across the whole month of MAY?? That’s just one each week – you can do it!
Pastoral Care
If you have need to be visited by a member of our Pastoral Care Team (including our rector or deacon), want to request prayer for yourself, place someone’s name on the parish prayer list, or simply want to make someone aware of an acute or ongoing need, please click the button below.
Father Marcus’s office hours at Saint Paul’s are on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9am-5pm. To make an appointment, please contact him directly.
Recurring Events
1st Sun 3p
WONDER Eucharist
Mon 6:30p
Contemplative Prayer
1st Wed 1-3p
Saint Lydia’s Circle
Prayer Calendar
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Anglican Church of Korea.
In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for all academic graduates, educational institutions, and specialized chaplaincies in those institutions, especially ECMN’s School for Formation, Breck School, and Shattuck-Saint Mary’s and their chaplains; University Episcopal Community; and all those who work with campus ministries. We also pray for the parish of the Good Shepherd (Windom).
Our Parish Prayer List in its entirety can be found here.
Our Parish Prayer List can be found here.
If you wish to be visited by a member of our Pastoral Care Team (including our rector or deacon), request prayers for yourself or someone else on the Parish Prayer List, or simply make someone aware of an acute or ongoing need, please e-mail [email protected].
This list is maintained to assist you in praying for the parish and the larger community throughout the week. To add your friend or loved one to this list, e-mail Deacon Barbara with your request and any additional details: [email protected]. Your request will be shared with our pastoral care team, as well as Saint Paul’s clergy.
From the Organ Bench
Choir Diary for 10:00am Eucharist
Voluntary: Mater nostra (Henry Lebedinsky)
Psalm: Psalm 23 (Charles Hylton Stewart)
Anthem: The call (A.B. Smith)
Voluntary: Carillon (Herbert Murrill)
Serving This Sunday
Paul Hanson & Steve RiendlNancy & Pringle Rodman
greeters
Paul Carlson
Jim Dow
ushers
Tom Lockhart
crucifer
The Reverend
Marcus G. Halley
celebrant
The Reverend
Barbara del Caro Scaia
deacon
Simon Struyk
Angie Paulson
lectors
Gary & Marcy Wegner
eucharistic ministers
Jacob Manier
choirmaster-organist
Steve Clarke
master of ceremony
Team II
altar guild
Beth Carlson
Tom Lockhart
vestry tellers
Building & Grounds Commission
coffee hour hosts
Father Marcus’s office hours at Saint Paul’s are on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9am-5pm. To make an appointment, please contact him directly
SAINT PAUL’SLEADERSHIP
The Reverend
Marcus G. Halley
rector
The Reverend
Barbara del Caro Scaia
deacon
Jacob Manier
choirmaster-organist
SAINT PAUL’SLEADERSHIP
Brad Lien
finance
Kelly Belanger
sexton
Meredith Johnson
vestry senior warden
Beth Carlson
vestry junior warden
Coffee Hour Corner
Food Shelf
From the Pulpit
Catch up on our most recent sermons
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