WORSHIPING ONLINE ONLY
A Message from our Regathering Task Force
We are all seeing the horrifying surge in COVID cases and the burden on health care providers, and St. Paul’s wants to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. With heavy hearts and in an abundance of loving care and caution, our Regathering Task Force has decided that we should return to online worship for the remainder of January.
If you feel the need for additional pastoral care or support at this time, please reach out to clergy or via the pastoral emergency phone 619-977-6318. Cathedral Connections is here for you if you need practical help: please email Kathleen Burgess at burgessk@stpaulcathedral.org. You can also contact your Circles of Love caller.
We are all heartbroken by the need to move back to online activities, but we are convinced that this is the loving course of action in the face of the Omicron surge, and we look forward to opening the doors again in a few weeks.
- The Friday Dean's Breakfasts at Bread and Cie are suspended until further notice.
- Zoom links for this upcoming Sunday can be found below or on our Calendar.
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As we mourn the death of the Very Rev. James Carroll, first Dean of St. Paul’s, we give thanks for the long and faithful life of this beloved man. In loving memory, here’s a conversation between Jim and his son John from last year. [Watch / Read the interview]
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January 23
Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Cathedral Day
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8 am - Spiritual Communion Service (Zoom)
10:30 am - Spiritual Communion Service (Live Streamed)
11:45 am - Annual Meeting (Zoom)
12:00 pm - Kids Crew (Zoom)
5 pm - Evensong (Prerecorded)
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Annual Meeting and Chapter Election
11:45 am, on Zoom
All are welcome to join the Annual Meeting over Zoom! The agenda will include the electing of our 2022 Chapter members, executive staff reports, and recognition of longstanding and faithful parishioners with the Robinson Cross.
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Kids Crew (Pre-K to 5 Grade) on Zoom: “Jesus Goes to Nazareth”
12 pm, Zoom
This week we will journey together to Nazareth to hear Jesus read in the synagogue and proclaim Good News. No materials are required, but a piece of paper and coloring utensils might help keep hands busy while we Zoom. Click Here to join the Zoom meeting
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Evensong
5 pm, Prerecorded
The St Cecilia Choir of Girls & Men present Evensong this Sunday in a broadcast from 2019. Musical offerings include "Hail, Gladdening Light" by Charles Wood, and the glorious Hymn to St Cecilia by Herbert Howells, with text by Ursula Vaughan Williams. Also included is one of the loveliest sets of canticles by Charles V. Stanford: The Evening Service in G. Please join us on our website, YouTube or Facebook.
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Strive for Voting Rights in our Country
From our Sacred Ground In Action Committee
The Voting Rights debate is another of the many divisive issues in our country. Yet what could be more important for democracy than access to vote? As people of faith we are called to love our neighbor, which always alerts us to actions that require such a response. Here is just such an opportunity to act for our neighbors:
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Be a Climate Advocate from home with these 8 suggestions!
From our Simpler Living Committee
While yet another Covid variant has thrown us for a loop, our global faith partner GreenFaith has these 8 suggestions to advocate for Creation. Whatever you choose to do will add another voice to these important initiatives.
1. Tell the Senate: No Dirty Energy in the Build Back Better Act!
While the bill contains investments that will improve people’s lives, it also invests in harmful energy technologies that will devastate frontline communities. This delay of the Build Back Better Act is a crucial time to demand the Senate remove billions of dollars in handouts to dirty energy corporations in the final version of the bill. Reach out to your Senator HERE
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Fair Trade Products
Although Fair Trade products are not currently being offered for sale after church on Sunday, you may still buy your favorite coffees, chocolates and teas by emailing or calling Carolyn Lief. Deliveries can be arranged! ( carolynglief@gmail.com) or (858) 274-0587. |
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Free Covid Test Kits
While we are all doing what we can to ensure our own safety and well-being and that of others, we know how hard it can be to get tested if you have COVID symptoms. As of this week, anyone in the United States can order four free at home COVID tests from the United States Postal Service. Whether it's for yourself or friends and family, get what you need to keep yourself and others well!
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Keeping our Cathedral Community Safe
Even during a pandemic, St. Paul’s is constantly in use, with staff, parishioners, and visitors coming and going throughout the week. Occasionally an uninvited guest wanders in, with unpredictable results. We are constantly trying to reconcile the need to keep everyone safe with our call to be open and hospitable, so we have some requests for those engaged in non-Sunday activities.
Please do not ever prop open a perimeter door, ie the church entrances, the Great Hall door, the office entrance and the big red breezeway doors. This is a critical responsibility for all who use our campus. Feel free to close a door if you find it propped open, and check that doors latch properly.
If you can, arrange to meet during office hours and enter the building via the office entrance down the steps from the Queen’s Courtyard.
For evening and Saturday events, ensure that all participants have the sexton cell number and/or the group leader’s cell number in their phone
Assign someone to stand by the entrance door until most people have arrived and then shut the door securely. Latecomers will be able to call the sexton or group leader for access. At the end of the activity, similarly, assign someone to remain by the door as participants leave and then ensure that all doors are closed.
Thank you for doing your part to keep our community safe!
Sexton Number: (619) 977-5196
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Organ Recital Online
Thursday (tonight!), January 20, 5:30 pm, Live Streamed Only
Canon Martin Green presents a varied program, from Bach’s Prelude and Fugue known as “The Cathedral” to contemporary composer Bob Chilcott’s sparkling “Sun Dance”.
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Showers of Blessings
Saturday, January 22, 7 - 10 am, Queen’s Courtyard
Our homeless outreach ministry is back to serving our neighbors! Join us in the Queen’s courtyard (5th Ave side) as we serve to-go meals from 8 - 10 am. We will also provide hygiene supplies, clothing and haircuts. If you wish to volunteer or make donations please reach out to Claudia Dixon (cdixont@mac.com).
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Sacred Ground In Action Book Study: Caste
Wednesdays from January 26 - February 23, 6:30 - 8 pm, On Zoom
St. Paul's Cathedral and several parishes from the diocese will be co-facilitating a virtual 6 week book study from Jan 19 - Feb 23, 6:30-8:00pm The book we will be reading is "CASTE" by Isabel Wilkerson and it is available on Amazon for purchase. There is an audio version available for those that want to listen to it.
"Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" is a 2020 historical and narrative nonfiction work about the nature of inequality in the United States, India, and Nazi Germany. Race is the visible agent of caste, while caste is the unseen “infrastructure” that holds each of American society’s racial and ethnic groups firmly in their places.
The U.S. is like an old house, Wilkerson suggests. And unless Americans begin to really examine what it is that keeps that house standing—and what problems threaten its structural integrity—they will never be able to repair their country’s ills.Wilkerson is a writer and former journalist, best known for her work in the New York Times, for which she received a Pulitzer Prize.
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Middle School Group: "Jesus' Followers"
Wednesday, January 26, 5-6 pm, Christ Church Coronado
Middle schoolers will continue to explore our heritage of faith through a curriculum called "Echo the Story", wondering where our own story fits in the picture. Youth group will be on Christ Church Coronado's campus (919 C Avenue, Coronado) Questions? Email our Family Minister Maya Little-Saña (little-sanam@stpaulcathedral.org).
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High School Youth Group: “Where Everybody Knows Your Name”
Wednesday, January 26, 6:30-7:30 pm, Christ Church Coronado
In this discussion-based series, high schoolers will listen to recent episodes of the Faith to Go Podcast and explore the main "points" they take away from the gospel. Designed to encourage critical thinking and open dialogue, we hope this series helps youth engage with scripture deeply and in community. We will also have an opportunity to record a LIVE episode of the Faith to Go podcast in-house at the end of the series. Questions? Email our Family Minister Maya Little-Saña (little-sanam@stpaulcathedral.org).
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Women Together: "Journeying Together Across Cultures with Humility, Respect, & Joy”
February 3, 6 - 7:30 pm, On Zoom
The Rev. Laurel Mathewson, Ms. Katherine Bom and Ms. Ruth Japtok will share their perspectives on how we can engage faith, food, and cultural art with mutual respect and joy. They will discuss how to share across lines of culture with authenticity, Christian love and care. Please RSVP for Zoom link and additional details.
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