Commitment to truth telling lays the groundwork for the openness and honesty that is the heartbeat of love. When we can see ourselves as we truly are and accept ourselves, we build the necessary foundation for self-love. We have all heard the maxim “If you do not love yourself, you will be unable to love anyone else.” It sounds good. Yet more often than not we feel some degree of confusion when we hear this statement. The confusion arises because most people who think they are not loveable have this perception because at some point in their lives they were socialized to see themselves as unlovable by forces outside their control. We are not born knowing how to love anyone, either ourselves or somebody else. However, we are born to respond to care. As we grow we can give and receive attention, affection, and joy. Whether we learn to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. [excerpt from bell hooks, "All About Love"]
How to Join Sunday Worship 
(please note this is the same zoom info from last week and will remain the same)


The link for Sunday worship (11 am) will always stay the same. Please note a "waiting room" has been enabled so that we can make sure everyone who comes for worship is present for prayer and support.

click here to participate online:


or you can phone in:
+1 669 900 6833

meeting id: 813 1165 8277
password: cyprians




beginning tonight

During Lent we will be reading Amy-Jill Levine's Entering the Passion of Jesus.

Happy hour beginning at 6pm and book group at 6:30pm.

If you'd like to join us for book group please send rev. hannah an email at vicar@stcyprianssf.org.


beginning feb 25 with EcHouse

Leadership is hard. Convincing others―and yourself―that you are capable of taking charge and achieving more requires insight and courage. Lead from the Outside is the handbook for outsiders, written with an eye toward the challenges that hinder women, people of color, the working class, members of the LGBTQ community, and millennials ready to make change. Stacey uses her hard-won insights to break down how ambition, fear, money, and failure function in leadership, and she includes practical exercises to help you realize your own ambition and hone your skills. Lead from the Outside discusses candidly what Stacey has learned over the course of her impressive career in politics, business and the nonprofit world: that differences in race, gender, and class provide vital strength, which we can employ to rise to the top and create real and lasting change.

thursdays @ 5:30
zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsceqqrT8oHtc-ZOKRoCYIsMcDSuaHJSLb
support for our TX neighbors following the winter storm


Many in the Diocese of Texas are without safe shelter, food, and basic supplies and their local churches are reaching out to serve those in need. 

You can help the Episcopal church reach out to their siblings by donating to one of these Winter Storm Relief funds:

All St. Cyprian's worship services continue to be suspended to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

We'll continue sharing updates and scheduling changes via email and our Facebook page. Feel free to share our services with anyone!

Please don't hesitate to stay in touch and reach out to Rev. Hannah (vicar@stcyprianssf.org or 415.439.3998) for pastoral care, assistance getting food (or even toilet paper), access to bulletins/morning prayer, or if any other needs arise.

More information about the diocese's response to COVID-19 is available here.