St. Paul’s regular schedule of Sunday services resume on Sunday, September 8 at 9:30. Please join us.
Welcoming Sunday
4 Pentecost (Proper 9)
A couple of weeks ago, as we began our journey through Ordinary Time, I said that a distinct characteristic of Ordinary Time is that we are journeying with Jesus and his early followers through their experiences beforethe events of Easter and Pentecost and Ascension. So we do well to try to suspend some of what we know happens later in order to be able to enter our gospel stories – this year from the Gospel of Luke – and engage them from the vantage point of the moment in the process that is being described in the story at hand. When we do this, the richness of each story opens up more fully…
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Feast of St. Peter & St. Paul
I have shared a number of times from this pulpit that while I felt called to ordained ministry quite early in my life, I was also quite resistant to the idea. It really was for me an experience of being pursued by the “hound of heaven.” For a lot of my life, my sense has been that what I was resisting most was what I pictured as the lifestyle of the clergyperson. But it was really much deeper than that. “I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they … will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths” (2 Timothy 4:3-4).
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Summer Service Schedule
In the summer our schedule of services changes and services alternate between St. Paul’s and Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Ossining. Note that services at St. Paul’s are at 9:30 AM on Sundays, while Trinity’s Services start at 10:00 AM. The first July services is at Trinity Church in Ossining at 10 AM on July 7. For the full schedule for July and August, please click the title above.
This Month’s Thoughts by Rev. J. Cooper Conway
Cooper at Canterbury
The Sabbatical ended last Sunday and since then, Peter and I have been vacationing here in England. Our first stop was to ser Yejide in a lovely town called Shrewsbury. She has taken on the leadership of two parishes here and the are both beautiful. Now we are in Canterbury where we were able to attend the Eucharist and Evening Prayer yesterday. It is just as wonderful as you can imagine. Today we move on to Bath and then back to Dublin. I really want to thank all of you for this sabbatical period. The thirty day retreat was intense but also very touching. It centered on the Gospels and was designed to bring us as participants closer to Jesus through prayer and imagination. Strangely, the prolonged silence was more of a gift than a challenge. You all were very much on my mind during that time. I look forward to seeing you all shortly, August is right around the corner! Much love, Cooper+ – at Canturbury Cathedral