Dear St. Paul's family,
This week we celebrate Pentecost, the day when the church was born. It's a day to rejoice in the ways the Spirit has gifted each of us for ministry and to be listening for the movement of the Spirit in our life together. I've been listening hard these last few weeks, both to the Spirit and to you. My weekly letters are starting to generate conversations of all kinds, and I am grateful for the parishioners who let me know what they are hearing. If we can't tell each other the truth, we have no business trying to be a faith community. So please keep the feedback coming so that we can respond and ensure that everyone is heard and cared for.
As Chapter, executive staff, and I continue our work to plot a sustainable course forward, people share ideas that don't have to wait for a strategic plan. Read more here. |
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Sunday, May 20
at the Cathedral
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Sunday We Celebrate Your Time and Talent
At our Cultivate Community Homecoming event in the fall, we renewed our energy in our ministries; now let's celebrate the time and talent each of you have given the community over the last many months. To do so, Sunday we thank you and appreciate the gifts that the Holy Spirit gave each of us. We also celebrate each of our ministry areas in the liturgy at 8 and 10:30 a.m.
After the 8 a.m. service, there will be a light brunch in the courtyard
After the 10:30 a.m. service, there will be a nacho bar in the Great Hall.
After the 1 p.m. service, there will be a lunch in the Great Hall.
Tokens of appreciation from the dean will be offered at each gathering.
Sunday We Also Celebrate Pentecost
We will celebrate Pentecost with our traditional reading in multiple languages.
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Forum: Explore Life-Long Practice of Discernment
9 a.m., Great Hall
Join professor and Henri Nouwen scholar Dr. Michael Christensen as he explores the importance of being open to God's movement in our lives and how we can use the signs of daily life to discern where God is calling us to go in the world.
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Honor World Fair Trade Day
12 p.m.
Stop by the Fair Trade table for your own superior chocolate, coffee, tea, and snacks. We'll have some treats for you!
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Help Us Celebrate First Communion
1 p.m.
Several children from the Latino/Hispanic congregation will be taking the Holy Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood for the first time in a very committed way. Parents and Godparents will be present, and we will have a celebration in the Great Hall after the service. Join us for this special occasion.
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Come to the Special Evensong for Sudan
5 p.m.
Join us to honor the Martyrs of Sudan Feast Day, with the help of St. Luke's. We will enjoy music from St. Luke's, and The Rev. Laurel Mathewson will officiate. Our preacher, Nicodemus Awuol Lim, was one of "the lost boys" of Sudan. After being separated from his family in 1987 by the civil war, he was deprived of everything a child needs and lived in two refugee camps for almost 13 years. He immigrated to the U.S. in 2001 and is a member of St. Luke's.
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This Week
at the Cathedral
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Have Coffee and Conversation at the "Dean's Breakfast" Tomorrow
Friday, May 18, 8 a.m.
Our Friday morning breakfast and conversation continues tomorrow morning. We meet at Bread and Cie on University between 3rd and 4th Avenues, next door to Peet's. Join us for this great opportunity for fellowship and to meet each other!
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Join us Sunday!
Sunday, May 20
See details about our Sunday schedule above and in the link to the Cathedral Life.
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Join Others in Their 20s and 30s for the Time and Talent Celebration
Sunday, May 20, after the 10:30 a.m. service, meet in the Courtyard
The 20s/30s Group is for young people to get to know others at St. Paul's. Sunday, we will meet in the Courtyard to attend the end of year celebration together. No need to RSVP. INFO: Hazelruth Adams, hazelruth.a@gmail.com.
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Volunteer to Help with Showers Outreach
Monday, May 21, 9 a.m. to noon (set up at 8 a.m.)
Provide volunteer help at this month's Monday showers event (usually the fourth Monday of the month). INFO: David Tremaine, tremained@stpaulcathedral.org
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Find Peace During Our Free Weekly Organ Recital
Tuesday, May 22
, 12:30 p.m., free
Gabriel Arregui will offer the free gift of a recital on our landmark organ.
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Chamber Music Concerts in the Great Hall
Friday, May 25, 7 p.m., Renée Calvo, soprano, and Gabriel Arregui, piano
Please join us for the first of three in a concert series with very special guests! Through the series, we will soar with music both familiar and less known, experiencing a range of human emotion as expressed by some of Western Civilization's the greatest composers. At each concert, a freewill offering will be collected to raise money to restore our Steinway piano-with a goal of $25,000. Restoring the piano will provide an opportunity to host musical programs for everyone--whether churchgoers or not. Click here to give the piano fund now, and choose piano restoration fund.
Save the date for the rest of the series:
Saturday, June 2, 7 p.m., Laura Vaughn and friends
Friday, June 15, 7 p.m., Adam Provencio, flute; Gabriel Arregui, piano; Martin Green, baritone
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Join St. Paul's Urban Walkers for a Nature Walk
Saturday, May 26, 8:30 a.m., Cathedral parking lot (6th and Olive) to carpool
We will walk in through the Tijuana River Estuary's natural habitat, through which various species of birds migrate in spring. We will start at the trailhead in Imperial Beach near Imperial Beach Blvd and Seacoast Drive. An optional lunch follows at the Tin Fish at the end of the Imperial Beach Pier. INFO or directions: Jim or Ron, (619) 971-1518, ilanboys@cox.net
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Memorial and Columbarium Committal and reception for Carole Hayward
Saturday, May 26, 2 p.m., Cathedral
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Forum: Explore The Spiritual Practices of Taoism
Sunday, May 27, 9 a.m., Great Hall
Join Bill Helm from the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego, who will teach about the various spiritual practices of Taoism and offer a unique insight into the spiritual practices of another faith tradition. INFO: David Tremaine,
tremained@stpaulcathedral.org
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