O God, by the preaching of your blessed servant Columba you caused the light of the Gospel to shine in Scotland: Grant, we pray, that, having his life and labors in remembrance, we may show our thankfulness to you by…
Continue ReadingThe 25th Anniversary of the ordination of the Rev. Fran Toy, first Chinese American woman ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church, was celebrated recently. Read about it here.
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, by your Spirit you opened the Scriptures to your servant Roland Allen, so that he might lead many to know, live and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ: Give us grace to follow his example, that the variety…
Continue ReadingToday on the Calendar of Saints, we find Roland Allen (1868-1947, an Anglican priest and missionary to China and Africa. who worked to establish local, self-generating churches instead of ones supported by colonial missions. He was the author of the…
Continue ReadingIn 1890, Lucien Lee Kinsolving and James Watson Morris were sent as Episcopal missionaries to Brazil. The following year, they were joined by three other American missionaries. These five, along with six Brazilians, are now celebrated as the founders of…
Continue ReadingO God, who sent your Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: we bless you for the missionaries from the Episcopal Church and those who first responded to their message, joining…
Continue ReadingA new committee, charged with discerning God’s Vision for St. Paul’s Parish for the next 25 years, has been appointed to work with the Vestry. Cochairs are Tim Scheel and Mark Hansen. Senior Warden Ray Sizemore and Junior Warden Barbara…
Continue ReadingO God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and…
Continue ReadingThanks to everyone who came to church prepared to picnic! Even though it was wet and windy outside, Mark Hansen, Paul Bunner, and Rick King grilled our hotdogs and hamburgers (and veggie burgers), which Sherry King and Susan Bunner organized…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, you called your faithful servant Boniface to be a witness and martyr in Germany, and by his labor and suffering you raised up a people for your own possession: Pour out your Holy Spirit upon your Church in…
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