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Rick Alexander Remembered
Richard George Alexander April 16, 1946 – January 14, 2025 Organist and Choirmaster at St. Paul’s Chestnut Hill (1970-2008) Richard Alexander passed away peacefully on January 14, 2025 at the age of 78. He was the oldest of four children born in Washington, DC to John Dmitri Alexander and Alice Olive Learn. Growing up at […]
We are honored to Welcome the Very Rev. Judy Sullivan as preacher this Sunday
The Very Rev. Judy Sullivan is the retired Dean of the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral. During her thirteen-year tenure, she led a $120 million real estate development of the Cathedral campus to generate funds for ministry to the community and for the stabilization the historic Cathedral building. The project has become a model for the revitalization […]
February & March Collections: Family Promise of Philadelphia
In February and March St. Paul’s will be collecting new and gently used car and booster seats to help families being served by Family Promise. Previously used car and booster seats must not be pass their expiration date and not have been in an accident. If you would like to purchase a new car and/or […]
Adult Education Forum: Sacred Grounds THIS Sunday at 10AM in the Dixon House Library
The property committee and St. Paul’s Youth (SPY) have joined forces to lead an exciting new landscape initiative for the campus. We are taking part in a program sponsored by the National Wildlife foundation – Sacred Grounds. The program recognizes congregations, houses of worship, and faith communities who both create wildlife habitat and actively link […]
Adult Education Forum “Syriac Christianity: A Love Story” with Kim Leach. 10AM in the Dixon House Library
Our experience as Western or Latin Rite Christians including both Catholic and Protestant denominations may seem far removed from the beliefs, rituals, and practices of Eastern Rite Christianity and particularly the Oriental Rite, namely Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, and Ethiopian churches. However, the Book of Acts tells us the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch […]
