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At our Sunday School teachers’ meeting in May, we wondered how to celebrate today, on Trinity Sunday the last day of Sunday School for this year. Should we have ice cream and cake? Outside? Inside? What would be our theme? Some of you have read Miranda Johnson’s report in our newsletter with the Sunday school …

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Stewardship – October 19, 2008 As Pastor Anne mentioned, the theme of this year’s stewardship campaign is the story of “Stone Soup”. Many of you may be familiar with the story, but I thought I would take a few minutes to refresh your memory and explain why I thought the story was a good starting …

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For those of you connected to St. Paul via the website–here’s some interesting news. We’ve started the building project: Building the Dream, as of the end of August. The front of the building has been removed, even the granite stairs, and a new foundation for an extension is in place. Entering the building is a …

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We postponed church today, Dec. 16th, until Wednesday night, Dec. 19th at 7:00 p.m. Earlier this week, several of my friends in other churches up and down the Eastern seaboard debated whether to cancel their Christmas Pageants, or their Sunday school rehearsals for this Sunday. Phones buzzed on Friday. Then, yesterday, our Cape Ann community …

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Commitment Sunday – St. Paul, Gloucester, MA Fourth Sunday in Easter April 29, 2007 John 10:22-30 The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 10th chapter. At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the …

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Planning Weekend March 25, 2007 St. Paul, Gloucester, MA John 12:1-8 Rev. Charles R. Lane The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 12th chapter. Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and …

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This morning the sea is quiet, smooth, and clear as glass, the horizon line between water and sky irrelevant, one dissolves into the other, the lines between things are blurred, everything softened. We are in the middle of Holy Week, tonight Passover begins, tomorrow is Maundy Thursday. All around, the world is waking up for …

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This morning news of Hurricane Katrina continues to worsen, with devastating floods in New Orleans and surrounding cities and towns. If you have been watching the news, you are no doubt wondering what we can do to assist people there. Here’s a couple things: while the people on the Gulf Coast have asked for all …

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Today we awoke to the news of bombings in London. I am writing out of mourning for the victims who have died, and those who were injured, for their families, and the people of London. I ask your prayers for all of them. I find myself bewildered and saddened by such violence, rather than angry, …

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This is the newest addition to our website–a Blog, which means, I’m told, a web log. One of my pastor friends told me about the software, and our trusty webmaster found it on-line and installed it for our use on the website, for which we offer him our heartfelt thanks. Most pastors use web logs–Blogs–to …

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