News
Maintaining a healthy work environment and a healthy spiritual home
The Vestry is currently revising our personnel policies and procedures and it is good for the parish to hear about some best practices that make sense and ensure a balanced and healthy relationship between the congregation, the Vestry and our dedicated staff. First of all, we need to thank our staff team for all the […]
Celebrating true freedom on July 4th
I can still remember my first 4th of July celebrations in Berkeley, California. I was on vacation from serving in a parish in Dublin in the late 1970’s with my partner, Frank Wilson. We were staying on the campus of Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) where my best friend from Bangor University in […]
Tales from the Crypt 2 — Creature Feature
Trigger warning: This photo is of an actual closet at St. Paul’s. It has not been posed. Shield your eyes. You never know what you’re going to find when you open a closet door at St. Paul’s. This week we found Miss Kitty who apparently got lost trying to find her way back to the […]
This Sunday’s celebration of St. Peter and Paul-rejoice and sing!
There is a lot to celebrate! After a long and difficult year, the Vestry has approved new guidelines for worship that permits fully-vaccinated people to come to church (without pre-registration, masks, and restrictions on singing). Non-vaccinated people or people with immune related issues may continue to wear masks. Details of this new and exciting development […]
COVID-19 Protocols Update (based on the Diocese’s recommendations)
Dear parishioners: At a meeting of the Vestry on Monday evening, we reviewed the current status of our careful response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the safety of our members, visitors and partner organizations who use our campus. The following changes were approved by the Vestry: + Pre-registration, check-in, and temperature checks […]
