About Us
As followers of Jesus, we hope to act in love so that all people are seen, all are heard, and lives are changed. From Pam Miller, the priest in charge
As a child, I learned to play the piano. When I started, my teacher taught me to use one finger to press one note. The resulting music was simple and fun. It was enjoyable to be able to make music. As I continued my music journey, the scores became more complicated. I started using more and more fingers to press more and more notes. The resulting sound was complicated and rich. As with life--adding more notes and more voices increases the complexity and the richness of any music score, any community, or any religious service. On August 3, St. Paul’s will host an interfaith service, when we will have the privilege of worshiping with Episcopalians, Mennonites, and Indigenous leaders. We will have the chance to experience different faith rituals and ways of honoring the Holy. We will share our sacred space with others, and they will bring their sacred rituals to us. More divergent voices make for a more complicated and rich service. Please join us in this holy ceremony. The interfaith service is part of the annual meeting of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery. This summer, St. Paul’s is hosting the four-day event, which begins August 1 and lasts through August 4. The Doctrine of Discovery is a philosophical and legal framework, dating to the fifteenth century, that gave Christian governments moral and legal rights to invade and seize Indigenous land, and to dominate Indigenous people. The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery is a movement that calls the Church to address the extinction, extraction and enslavement done “in the name of Christ” on indigenous lands. At St. Paul’s, and elsewhere, we are attempting to right the wrongs that have been done “in the name of Christ.” While this effort may take more than one or two lifetimes, we can be part of the solution. Our parish is a rich conglomeration of different voices, different views, different dreams. Yet we also are one in Christ, and we can stand together with our Indigenous siblings and support their quest for sovereignty and self-governing. Let us welcome new and different views. Let us make complicated and rich music together. In Christ, Pam |
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About Our Worship
We share communion together.
When we worship, we gather with others before God. Central to our worship is the sharing of bread and the wine, or grape juice, if preferred, each week.
The bible is our source of instruction.
Each week we hear the Good News of Jesus Christ by reading from the Old Testament and New Testament, and by offering our praise to God through reading the book of Psalms together.
Our worship comes from The Book of Common Prayer (BCP)
The Episcopal Church uses the Book of Common Prayer to guide our worship, where we hear words of wisdom, and share in responsive readings.
We share communion together.
When we worship, we gather with others before God. Central to our worship is the sharing of bread and the wine, or grape juice, if preferred, each week.
The bible is our source of instruction.
Each week we hear the Good News of Jesus Christ by reading from the Old Testament and New Testament, and by offering our praise to God through reading the book of Psalms together.
Our worship comes from The Book of Common Prayer (BCP)
The Episcopal Church uses the Book of Common Prayer to guide our worship, where we hear words of wisdom, and share in responsive readings.
What We Believe
God the Father and Jesus
We believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. We believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. We believe Jesus was crucified, died, was buried, and rose again on the third day and ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
We believe in the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity, God at work in the world, and in the present church. The Holy Spirit is revealed in the Old and New Testament. The Holy Spirit leads us into all truth and enables us to grow in the likeness of Christ.
We believe in the Holy Scriptures
The Holy Scriptures include the Bible, both the Old and New Testament, and other books, called the Apocrypha.
We believe in Baptism
Holy Baptism is the outward symbol of being a follower of Jesus and becoming a member of the Episcopal Church. We baptize infants so they can share in a common bond with Christ and experience the ongoing renewing of their hearts and minds as they grow into maturity among other believers.
We believe in prayer
Prayer is responding to God, by thought and by things we do, with or without words. We pray for people and the world. We confess our sins through prayer, and we thank God for all things in our lives. We praise God, and lift our hearts and mind to God.
We believe in Holy Eucharist - Holy Communion
Communion is a time where we share wine and bread together as a Christian community of believers. We model the Last Supper that Jesus shared with his disciples and commanded future believers to "Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you, do this for the remembrance of me. This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me."
We believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. We believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. We believe Jesus was crucified, died, was buried, and rose again on the third day and ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
We believe in the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity, God at work in the world, and in the present church. The Holy Spirit is revealed in the Old and New Testament. The Holy Spirit leads us into all truth and enables us to grow in the likeness of Christ.
We believe in the Holy Scriptures
The Holy Scriptures include the Bible, both the Old and New Testament, and other books, called the Apocrypha.
We believe in Baptism
Holy Baptism is the outward symbol of being a follower of Jesus and becoming a member of the Episcopal Church. We baptize infants so they can share in a common bond with Christ and experience the ongoing renewing of their hearts and minds as they grow into maturity among other believers.
We believe in prayer
Prayer is responding to God, by thought and by things we do, with or without words. We pray for people and the world. We confess our sins through prayer, and we thank God for all things in our lives. We praise God, and lift our hearts and mind to God.
We believe in Holy Eucharist - Holy Communion
Communion is a time where we share wine and bread together as a Christian community of believers. We model the Last Supper that Jesus shared with his disciples and commanded future believers to "Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you, do this for the remembrance of me. This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me."
