St. Paul's Episcopal Church

April 21, 2024

The flowers on the Altar are given by Katie Murphy
in loving memory of her mother

ALL ARE WELCOME! Come to Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall following both the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. service! If you are visiting, please sign the guest register and fill out one of our WELCOME cards found on the back of the pew and place it in the offering plate. We treasure your presence with us.

Sunday, May 5, 5:00 pm
Organ and Wind Ensemble Concert
Paul Blanchard and the St. Paul’s Wind Ensemble (Jennifer Murray, Flute; Jim Gibboney, Jim McCammon, Paul McCandless, clarinets) will perform music based on three early Easter Hymns: Victimae Paschali Laudes, Christ ist Erstanden & Christ lag in Todesbanden

Tuesday, May 7, 7:00 pm, Linda Maxwell home
Rainy Day Readers Book Club Meeting
The book for discussion is A Year of Biblical Womanhood, How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on her Roof, Covering Her Head and Calling her Husband "Master" by Rachel Held Evans. The Amazon book review is as follows:  Have you ever wondered what God truly expects of women? Is there really a prescription for biblical womanhood? Does the Bible's idea of womanhood have a place in modern Christianity? New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on a year-long study of what it means to live by the standards of biblical womanhood.

Sunday, May 19, 5:00 pm
Choral Evensong
Our music will celebrate the Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, from 960 - 987. 
It will feature a Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, and choral anthem by Charles Wood (1866-1926).

Rector's Sabbatical:  At bottom of announcements are Q and A's about Mother Sally's upcoming Sabbatical.

St. Paul’s Cookbook
Cooks of St. Paul’s—gather some of your favorite recipes to share in the church cookbook under development! The website is “Familycookbookproject.com”. To enter recipes, use your log in information which was sent to you via email in mid-March. The website is easy to use and you can view all recipes submitted thus far. Alternatively, bring copies of recipes to the church office and a Cookbook Committee member will enter them on your behalf. We are looking for 100 to 150 recipes in total. Thanks for your contributions to this parish wide project. Jennifer Murray, Cookbook Editor.   

Coffee Hour Openings
The following dates are available for signing up, May 5 and 26. Remember it doesn’t need to be fancy—something sweet and something savory will be very appreciated by everyone!

Food Drive
Due to the success of the Lenten Food Drive of our Sunday School, we will continue accepting donations for the Healdsburg Food Pantry. Bring donations to the church and we will get them to the Pantry! Most needed: Canned tuna, canned chicken, peanut butter, rice, pasta, oats, dried beans, low sugar cereal.

AED Up and Running
We are pleased to announce that we have a brand-new AED (automated external defibrillator).  It is all charged and currently stored in the office until we find a permanent home

Online Giving Using Cell Phone
Here is an easy way to make a donation/payment to St. Paul’s from your cell phone by sending a text message!!! For example, if you want to donate $50 from your checking account or on a credit card, send a text to 73256 with the text message of…STPAULHB 50. You will receive a reply back saying, “You’re almost there”.  A link is then provided to your Giving Account at St. Paul’s. At this point, you specify the fund (Outreach, Pledge, etc.). Call church office if you have any questions, 707-433-2107.

Community Ministry Update

Needed Items:  3 in 1 body wash, shampoo, conditioner

 Year to Date: 491 showers and 806 lunches

Weekly Sunday Dinner: 50 – 60 meals per week

Held at St. Paul’s Church

Hosted by Churches of Healdsburg Shared Ministry

Thank you for your ongoing donations of goods and time!

Many thanks to Healdsburg Food Bank, Farm to Pantry, Healdsburg Senior Center,

and the community at large for the food we are able to hand out throughout the week.

Small Church, Big Heart, Big Impact

Ask us how you can get more involved! (707-433-2107)

About Our Rector's Summertime Sabbatical

Our Rector, The Rev. Sally Hanes Hubbell will be on a Sabbatical leave this summer, enjoying some much needed time away for spiritual reflection and renewal. Below are some questions and answers about this leave and what you can expect while Mother Sally is away.

How long will the Rector be on Sabbatical?

Mother Sally's Sabbatical is for a period of 13 Sundays, from June 4th through September 4th.  We  look forward to welcoming her back on Sunday, September 8th. 

Will Sunday Services continue while she is away?

Yes—a full worship service will occur each Sunday, at 10:00 a.m., our usual summer schedule. We will have Assistant Priest, Pastor Jim, Priest Associate, The Rev. Linda Clader, as well as additional supply priests, who will preach and lead the Eucharist during the Summer Sabbatical period.

Will St. Paul's offer its regular activities while the Rector is away?

The Vestry and church staff are making preparations to provide for the ongoing common life of St. Paul's church during Mother Sally's time away. This includes visits by Lay Eucharistic Visitors, the continuation of the Shower Ministry, Bible Study, Wednesday service, and other activities that typically fill our summer calendar. We have access to back up Priests, in case of an emergency. Please contact the church office if you have a specific question or emergency need this summer. 

How do we reach Mother Sally while she's away?

We love our priest, and she loves us, but...we won't be in touch with her over her Sabbatical!  The point of this time away is for clergy to recharge their energy through quiet time spent in reflection and retreat.  

She's definitely coming back!

The terms of the Sabbatical are outlined in the written contract between St. Paul's and the Rector. We look forward to her return in September, and to continuing our shared ministry with her well into the future. 

What impact does the Sabbatical Leave have on St. Paul's annual budget?

It has no impact.  Financial planning for this Sabbatical has been on-going. 

St. Paul's has been setting aside funds for this in coordination with the Diocese since the first year of our contract with our Rector.  While on Sabbatical, a Rector receives their usual compensation.  There is no additional cost to this year's budget to provide for supply Priests while Mother Sally is on Sabbatical. 

What can I do to assist during the Sabbatical? 

Please keep Mother Sally, her family, and St. Paul's in your prayers this summer.  Please remember your Vestry and Church staff in prayer as they provide leadership in the weeks ahead, and remember the many volunteers that make contributions as well. This is an important season in our common life and our ministry continues even while our Rector is away.  We will joyously welcome her back in September. 

Your Sabbatical Planning Committee

Jennifer Murray Linda Maxwell Jim McCammon Doug Pepe 

 

 

Our Ministries Are In Operation!

Choir Rehearsal
Tuesday,  6:30 – 8:00 pm, St. Paul’s Church

Bible Study 
Wednesday, 3:45 p.m. (Zoom)
If you wish to join in with Zoom, please send an email request to the church by Wednesday morning:  office@stpauls-healdsburg.org. You will then receive an email invitation with instructions how to join Zoom. We study the lectionary texts for the upcoming Sunday.

Mass in the Moss Room, An altar in the world
Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. 
Paul Mahder Gallery, 222 Healdsburg Ave.
Second Wednesday of each month we have a Lectio Divina followed by a potluck dinner.