Spreading God's Word, Not the Virus
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The Good Shepherds
Dear St. Paul’s Family,
Today we have the first of a series of feature stories on the rectors/priests-in-charge who have served our church family since our inception as a mission church in 1904. The series is titled “
The Good Shepherds
,” and it will include biographies of our first six rectors who served our church after we became a “parish” in 1946 and the priests-in-charge who served our church when we were a “mission.”
I’m very grateful to Tim Kilpatrick, our interim Director of Youth Ministry, who is writing this series. Tim and his wife Caren have been serving as St. Paul’s representatives to our Diocesan 50th Anniversary Committee. In that role, they have collected lots of archival material and researched a lot of the history of our beloved St. Paul’s.
I hope that you will enjoy learning more about “The Good Shepherds” who so faithfully served our church family over the course of our 116 year history. In the midst of these challenging days of pandemic and our national need for healing the wounds of racial injustice, this series will offer us inspiration as we learn more about the faithful rectors and priests-in-charge who have served us.
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Hubbs Hall!
By
Tim Kilpatrick
,
Interim Youth Minister
The Rev. Dr. John Brewster Hubbs served as the Priest-in-Charge of St. Paul’s from 1932 – until his death in 1938. He was born in Elnora, New York in 1856, and he (
race forward
) received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Union College, and his Master of Divinity from General Theological Seminary in New York City. While a Deacon, he received his Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Chicago.
Rev. Hubbs served in several parishes in New York state, and even built Grace Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan while serving as the Rector from 1891-1897. He married Ana Frances Newton on September 10th, 1889, and had two sons together. The oldest, Andrew Hubbs, was an ambulance driver in the US Army during World War I. After the war, he became a doctor and practiced medicine in Geneva, New York until his death in 1957. The younger son, Horace Newton Hubbs, received his PhD. in Mathematics from Cornell University in 1931.
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The Episcopal Church's Response to Racist Violence
In this time of national upheaval, outrage, and fear, we are writing to share resources with you on the Church’s responses. Over the weekend, as the nation and the Church mourned the egregious death of George Floyd, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry shared this message with the Church:
“Our long-term commitment to racial justice and reconciliation is embedded in our identity as baptized followers of Jesus. We will still be doing it when the news cameras are long gone.”
The Episcopal Church’s Department of Reconciliation, Justice and Creation Care and the Office of Government Relations assembled resources to assist individuals, congregations and communities seeking to LEARN, PRAY and ACT. We hope you find these useful, and we encourage you to make your voice heard in all the ways you are able to.
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Faithful Giving
Please help us to keep our mission and ministry strong. St. Paul's staff, operations, community outreach, and our missions to help the most vulnerable are dependent on Sunday offerings to keep afloat. When Sunday offerings decrease, our missions become at risk. Please support St. Paul's now by one of the options below:
Safe and secure online giving on our website
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St. Paul's has a safe and secure electronic donation service available allowing you to make single donations or set up recurring donations. Click the button below to visit our donation page:
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Mail
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If you prefer to send your pledge or other donation by check, please send your contribution to: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444.
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Zoom Coffee Hour
Sunday, June 28th, at 11:30am
Please join us for this Sunday morning coffee hour after our 10:00am virtual service!
No Zoom account needed to join:
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A snapshot of St. Paul's virtual coffee hour for Father's Day, June 21st
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Check Out Our NEW Website!
ALL new with tons of info
and pictures!
Take a video tour of Bondeau and
Meet some of the leaders!
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Please Subscribe to the South Florida Haiti Project’s YouTube Channel!
The South Florida Haiti Project now has a YouTube channel now that we will be using for our Journey with Bondeau Virtual Event on August 7. Currently all the videos from our website reside there as well. In order to have our name on the channel (
youtube.com/southfloridahaitiproject
) we must have 100 subscribers FIRST. It will be much easier for people to find us with our own name... please take 2 seconds to subscribe... it literally will take you only 2 seconds.... click on the link below and then once the page comes up, click on the subscribe button.
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Save the Date!
Friday, August 7 at 7:00 PM
You are invited to join us from your own home!
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MONDAY, June 22:
Alban
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
Twice in my life, I have made the pilgrimage to St. Alban’s Cathedral in England for the feast of their patron saint. Alban was the first English martyr killed for harboring a priest fleeing the Romans. There is a cost to following Jesus.
But here’s the thing—Alban gave everything gladly. The story isn’t one of dread but of joy. Even the modern celebration of his life is filled with joy—a parade through the city square leading to the steps of the cathedral, where a giant puppet of St. Alban is beheaded. There are streamers, and music resonates through the city. Children cheer for Alban!
What is the cost of being a Christian in your life? A man comes to Jesus and asks how he can be saved, and Jesus replies that the man should give up everything and follow him. That is a steep cost, but it is one demanded of us also.
MOVING FORWARD:
What do you know about Saint Alban? Do a little sleuthing about this joyful saint today.
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A Prayer for Healing Racial, Systemic and Social Inequity
from Buddhist Activist and Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh
Aware of the suffering caused by racial, systemic, and social inequities, we commit ourselves, individually and as a community, to understanding the roots of these inequities, and to transforming this suffering into compassion, understanding, and love in action.
As a global community of practitioners, we are aware of the disproportionate racial violence and oppression committed by institutions and by individuals, whether consciously or unconsciously, against African Americans, Indigenous peoples and people of color across the United States and beyond.
We know that by looking deeply as individuals and as a community, we can engage the collective wisdom and energy of (our faith communities) to be our foundation for Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Mindfulness, and Right Insight. These are the practices leading to nondiscrimination, non-harming, and non-self, which heal ourselves and the world.
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Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, we are not meeting until September.
South County Civic Center
16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach, FL
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Help Wanted!
More volunteers are needed to keep this regular program of interfaith dialogue going and growing.
Specifically, we need persons with financial skills, public relations skills, leadership skills, and computer proficiency. If you are interested in joining our diverse and talented leadership team, please let us know.
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Interfaith Committee:
Shower Truck Donations Needed
In this midst of this COVID-19 pandemic, the Interfaith Committee of Delray Beach has partnered with the Delray Beach Police Department to keep their shower truck operations available to those enduring homelessness in our area.
A major aspect of this shower truck program is the distribution of clean clothing to participants afterwards,
if you would like to help by way of donating these much needed pieces of clothing, please contact Caren Kilpatrick, Parish Administrator, at (561) 319-7947.
"Specifically, the shower truck needs men’s shorts or jeans sizes 32-34 desperately. We have larger sizes!"
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Gentle Flow Yoga
With Patti Daniell
Tuesday, June 23rd at 9:30am
Friday, June 26th, at 9:30am
Every week on Tuesdays and Fridays, until June 30.
(The Zoom login link has been updated as of May 6th, prior Zoom links will no longer work.)
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Prayerful Virtual Yoga
Tuesday, June 23rd
at 7:00pm
TUESDAYS: 7:00pm – 8:30pm,
hosted via Zoom
We will practice a nourishing posture sequence filled with twists and turns + Breath of JOY + Blessings upon Blessings ON OUR MAT in the comfort of our own homes!!!
Root to Rise, Twist and Turn,
Energize then RELAX
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CHAIR and PRAYER
With Sally Grillo
Thursday, June 18th, at 9:45am
“The JOY of the Lord is your strength” Nehemiah 8:10
THURSDAYS: 9:45 – 10:45 AM,
hosted via Zoom
These sessions open at 9:30 so we can communicate.
EVERY BREATH I breathe in is an acknowledgement of the
life and power of God within me!
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DELRAY'S COVID-19 TESTING SITE
NOW OPEN
Location: South County Civic Center
16700 S. Jog Road
Delray Beach, FL 33446
Call between 7am - 7pm
(561) 804-0250
Appointments are required!
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Palm Beach County Community Resource Guide
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The Volen Center has instituted a program using their fleet of buses to deliver free lunches to seniors 60+ in Boca, Delray and Boynton. Outlined below is the program and who can be contacted. If you have any people who might benefit, please send us the names and numbers or pass along this information to them. Anyone we can help is a plus.
Lunches delivered to residences daily and 3 meals on Friday to cover the weekend.
To enroll, e-mail or call the following staff:
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Volunteering Opportunities
Please email Nubia Ortega at
nubiaortega@unitedwaypbc.org
if you will be volunteering and/or providing any of the needed items to any of the agencies included in the overview.
Please be aware that you will need to connect with the agencies directly to volunteer and/or make an item donation. If you have not completed the waiver and you do plan on volunteering, please use the link to complete the waiver
https://secure.unitedwaypbc.net/inetwork/VolunteerForm
Please send a report weekly of all hours you spent volunteering. Please provide name, phone, email, where you volunteered, and how long. This data goes a long way towards bringing much needed emergency management dollars back into our community.
We appreciate everything you are doing during this difficult time!
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Many local meetings have established their own Zoom meetings which can be found at the intergroup website for the particular county.
For example, here's the link for South Palm Beach County intergroup information on meeting closures and online meetings:
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VIRTUAL SERVICES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
In response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, we at St. Paul's Delray Beach, together with all churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida, have closed for public worship and all other public gatherings until
June 30th.
This includes St. Paul's Day School, Paul's Place after-school program, and all other ministries and scheduled events through June 30th. If you have a pastoral emergency and need the services of our clergy, please contact Fr. Paul Kane (
revpaul@stpaulsdelray.org
or 561-921-7667)
We at St. Paul's Delray will offer a virtual morning prayer at 8:00am and a virtual evening prayer at 5:00pm (
both through Facebook Live streams
), Monday through Friday, and a virtual celebration of the Holy Eucharist every weekend between now and June 30th.
Click below to view our Virtual Service for the 3rd Sunday of Pentecost:
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As a church family, we will stay connected through
social media
,
email, text messaging,
our website
, and other platforms. We will continue to spread the Good News of God's love while doing our part to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
I hope that you find peace and inspiration from the many resources for prayer and worship at home offered by
Forward Movement (forwardmovement.org)
, the Episcopal publishing house that brings us Forward Day by Day.
May God bring healing to the sick, comfort to the lonely, blessed assurance to the anxious, and hope to those in despair,
Fr. Paul+
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
561-276-4541
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