Weekly Update May 28, 2021: A Letter from the Rector
Dear Friends,
This week I would like to inform you of some protocol changes, invite you to consider being a Student Action with Farmworkers host family, encourage you to sign up for a book study for one of Richard Rohr’s finest books, participate in the Sacred Ground Anti-Racism Series, and offer you the link to worship this Sunday. Read George’s Letter
“Delightful heresies.”
In this week’s Hope for the Journey, Fr. Javier reflects on Trinity Sunday.
Continue readingSacred Ground Anti-Racism Series Offered
Sacred Ground is a film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith developed by The Episcopal Church. You are invited to walk through chapters of America’s history of race and racism with a small group, while weaving threads of family history, economic class, and political and regional identity.
Continue readingHost Families Needed For Student Action Interns
Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) is placing interns with families in our area this summer. Host families are needed for the interns.
Continue readingScorsese, Dostoyevsky, and Frank Principe
In this week’s Hope for the Journey, Fr. George recalls an unexpected insight from a fellow priest that continues to speak to him.
Continue readingVirtual Mini Ministry Fair
Virtual Mini Ministry Fair, Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 10:15 a.m. Please join us for fellowship and information gathering at our first ever virtual mini fair. This is an opportunity to find out what’s happening with these participating ministries: Care and Share, Children’s Ministries, Food Security Action Group, IT/Communications, ONE Wake, Refuge for Refugees, and Youth Ministry.
Continue readingCapital Campaign Encore Update
The Welcoming in Christ Capital Campaign Committee is in process of raising $250,000 in additional funds needed to complete the facility renovations now underway. We are pleased to report that $78,000 has been pledged toward closing the gap. If you have not pledged to this encore campaign, click HERE for the pledge form. (NOTE: this online form had previously been broken, but has since been fixed.)
Weekly Update May 14, 2021: A Letter from the Rector
Dear Friends,
It has been exciting and rejuvenating to see you in the pews over the past few weeks. As vaccination rollout continues, diocesan guidelines are adjusting to expand access to in-person worship. We will continue to follow the advice of our bishops, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in order to ensure that we do this as safely as possible. Read George’s Letter
Fun & Rewarding Summer 2021 Outreach Opportunity
St. Paul’s is joining three other Cary churches (Cary Presbyterian, Greenwood Forest Baptist, and The Kirk of Kildaire) to offer a Summer Program for our community. Children (and their parents) will gather three days a week at the Kirk for summer fun, including games and enrichment, as well as two meals. St. Paul’s will provide five volunteers each Tuesday between June 22, 2021 and August 10, 2021 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. Anyone can volunteer!
Continue readingAscension Day
In this week’s Hope for the Journey, Fr. Javier reflects on Ascension Day: “Yes, we do not get to experience Jesus in the flesh—what a gift that would be! But he has not left us without comfort: he lives on in our hearts as the burning, refining Spirit, a vision and guarantee of a world yet to come.”
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