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Welcome to St. Paul's!
If you are looking for a church community, you may have just found it! St Paul’s has a long tradition of superb music, an inviting Sunday School, active youth group and effective outreach. This is a place where God is first and you can make a difference. "We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us--and we ought to lay down our lives for one another." I John 3:16 |
Announcements: Fourth Sunday of Easter + The Bishop is Coming! May 6th @ 9:30 Confirmation/Reception (if you are roman catholic)/Reaffirmation preparation on Sundays at 5 pm (4/8,15, 22 & 29). We meet to ask questions, affirm our faith and prepare to renew our commitment to the goodness and presence of God. This includes ANYONE, especially youth, newcomers or those who haven't gotten around to it. Now is a very good time to affirm the source of Goodness! Pizza and priest provided. God is. God is good. God is with us, all of us, always, in all ways. Ready to affirm? + Sunday Morning Bible Study is on "The Lord's Prayer", 8:30 in the Conference room in the office. + New England Bible Study T 9:30 or W 7 pm, This week Colossians and Ephesians. + Parish Prayer Calendar for April is finances. + Food Pantry requests: bar soap, hearty soup and stew, canned green beans, spinach, beets and tomatoes, crackers (Ritz/ Saltines...),stuffing mix, cereal, condiments (ketchup, mustard, etc.). + Where did you see God today? The sun on the water... + Please call the office if you or someone you know needs a visit. |
From Inside the Collar
"Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action." We get the concept, but the execution remains elusive.
The definition, much less the living of love, is not common knowledge.
Biblically "to know" does not mean intellect, but participation. We can't read about it and then do it. (You can't learn how to ride a bicycle from a book.) To know love, first we must be loved. Tragically, many of us are not only imperfectly loved, but actually wounded by those who vowed to love us but were not able. Because they didn't know themselves. Break the cycle.
We love because He first loved us. There is one source of perfect love and God loves all of us, perfectly. We have one perfect parent in God who invites us to live in His Love, eternally. Our Father...
Loaves & Fishes RI
Dear Friends,
Here comes April—hooray! We are so blessed to have your dedicated participation in our food ministry to the Emmanuel House shelter in Providence. Last time, although we had to cancel our food truck run due to winter storm prediction (one of several!), we did take your early-arriving items to them the afternoon before the storm, and made a run to the wholesale food mart with some basics that Emmanuel requested to see them through the storm.
Now may you have spring weather for all that you do, including whatever donations you so generously make to our homeless friends. Your caring heart blesses both giver and receiver.
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