Epistle

From the Rector
Plans for the New Year

My dear parishioners and friends of St. Paul's,

The deadlines for our monthly newsletter never cease to confuse me! I don't know how real journalists do it! This is being written at the end of the first week of the new Christian year in anticipation of the first week of the new secular year, and so requires a change of the gears of the mind from Advent to Christmas and Epiphany!

While the First Sunday in Advent fell on Thanksgiving weekend, we still got off to a good start. The annual services of Advent Lessons and Carols really are extraordinarily powerful and beautiful. We had a full house with lots of visitors on Advent I. The real challenge was for our new music director, Mark Dwyer, who, only with us for two-and-a-half weeks, was thrown into the musical and choreographic deep end -- and more than survived with flying colors! And I have no doubt that the same will be true for Advent II and the demands of the Christmas schedule

January events
And January does begin with a demanding schedule. The secular New Year's Day, January 1, is a Saturday and, in the sacred time, is the Feast of the Holy Name, a feast of our Lord. Thus the 9:30 AM Mass that day will be a Sung Mass, and I hope you will not only come to Mass but also come afterwards to the rectory for a glass of champagne or juice -- or both -- in honor of the eighth day of Christmas and of the Holy Name.

The Second Sunday after Christmas, January 2, will see the usual Sunday morning schedule and, in the evening at 6:00 PM, Christmas Lessons and Carols. The latter is one of those occasions perfect for inviting guests, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to join us.

Thursday, January 6, is the Feast of the Epiphany -- a neglected but most significant feast. It is the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles, and so the inclusion of the likes of most of us into the revelation of the Son of God beyond the Jewish context. It is the full blossoming of the Incarnation and in a sense is to the Feast of the Nativity what the Ascension is to Easter. Our principal celebration will be at 6:30 PM with a Procession and Solemn Mass.

I am delighted that an old friend of St. Paul's since his Virginia Theological Seminary days, Canon Harry Krauss, has agreed to be in the pulpit that evening. Many places do not keep the Epiphany with all the "bells and whistles" that we are accustomed to -- so it is yet another opportunity to bring a guest!

Sunday, January 9, is the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. This is one of those days that is designated in the Book of Common Prayer as especially appropriate for baptisms. I am aware of a number of new arrivals who may be candidates at this time. The next baptism opportunity will be the Great Vigil of Easter, Saturday, March 26, at which time those adult candidates in our Pilgrims class will be baptized.

At 4:30 PM on Sunday, January 9, you will have an opportunity to come to a tea in the Guild Room. This will be an opportunity to find out more about our third parish pilgrimage to Walsingham in England, scheduled for departure on April 15. Our itinerary this time will take a northern route, with a flight to Manchester. We'll settle in at York for a week to explore from there some wonderful and beautiful holy sites. Then a long weekend in Walsingham and the last couple of days at Lincoln before returning home.

You can find details of this pilgrimage in the December Epistle, on the parish website (www.StPauls-KSt.com), and at the tract rack at the back of the church. These pilgrimages in the past have been occasions of exploration, adventure, fun, and growth. I hope you might consider joining us. I am very grateful to David Eld for all the hard work he has done in organizing this trip. This year, the challenge has been greater to keep the cost reasonable in the face of the ever-declining value of the dollar against the pound sterling. This is a good year for Brits to visit the United States!

As in recent past years, we shall observe our Patronal Feast, the Conversion of St. Paul, on the Sunday nearest to January 25 (as permitted by the Book of Common Prayer) -- this year, Sunday, January 23. The usual service schedule will obtain, with the addition of Processions at 9:00 AM and 11:15 AM. This is also a day when we can come together to give thanks for God's many blessings to this Christian family under St. Paul's patronage. It also allows us, most importantly, to rededicate ourselves to work for God's vision for mission and ministry here at St. Paul's.

Our Diocesan Convention will meet at the National Cathedral in the afternoon and evening of Friday, January 28, and the day of Saturday, January 29. Our delegates elected by the Vestry for this year are Richard Best, Lawrence Toombs, Marcia Stanford, and Arnitta Coley, and the alternates are Allen Payne, Dorothy Spaulding, Douglas Wood, and Geoffrey Peckham.

Candlemas is coming
This is a good place for me to remind you and give you advance notice of our celebration of Candlemas on Wednesday, February 2. It is a lovely feast and is beautifully celebrated at St. Paul's with the blessing of candles to be used in the church during the coming year, the candlelight procession, and then the Solemn Mass. For many years now -- I think since Fr. Richards' day -- we have invited a bishop to be with us. This year, it will be our privilege to welcome back to St. Paul's the Most Rev'd Drexel Gomez, Archbishop of the West Indies. The Archbishop's sister, Myrtle Gomez, is a faithful member of our congregation. The Archbishop is in his element in a liturgy such as ours, and I think he enjoys being with us as much as we enjoy having him celebrate and preach. As always, whenever we have any bishop celebrating and/or preaching, I am grateful to Bishop Chane for his willingness to give his canonically required permission for such to happen.

Candlemas is another one of those feasts not usually observed in most other churches with the beauty and solemnity I hope we do not take for granted here at St. Paul's -- and so yet another opportunity for you to invite guests. Let me also remind you that child care is always provided at evening Solemn Masses on major feasts, in the hope that families and children in our congregation might make the observation of such feasts a feature of their family routine. For advance notice of such days, simply check "Special Events" on our website and in the trifold brochure available at the tract rack at the back of the church.

Hospitality help needed
Traditionally, an important aspect of our celebrations of such major feasts at St. Paul's has been the lovely receptions that usually follow such services. These occasions are wonderful times when our far-flung parish family can come together as one -- something that doesn't happen on a Sunday morning with our multiple masses and coffee hours -- and when we can offer a warm, cheerful, and hospitable opportunity to greet and welcome visitors.

If you have been reading the parish notices, you will have noticed that regrettably I have had to cancel such occasions for lack of willing, capable, and appropriate volunteers to head up our ministry of hospitality. Hospitality is an essential component of our Christian fellowship, and it is an area in which our parish has had some good renown. However, as I have observed repeatedly, those who have for years given so generously and tirelessly of their time and talent to enable such hospitality to happen are now tired, worn out, and quite rightly wanting to take a break.

You know, as well if not better than I, that we see the same faces time and time again in the kitchen, setting up the tables, and clearing the dishes. We are desperate for new blood in this area, and God will provide. He hasn't yet shown me or the wardens or Vestry who these people are.

If it is you, please let me know!

The responsibilities of the coordinator(s) of hospitality do not include putting on the various social events, but do include the task of finding volunteers to assume responsibility for a particular event. This, though, can also be frustrating (as I have also stated many times), for while expectations for social events are very strong and very evident, volunteering to do the necessary work is not so forthcoming.

Aspects of hospitality include the three (no less!) Sunday coffee hours; special receptions on Feast Days; the annual Lenten suppers on Wednesdays; Quiet Day breakfasts; maintaining details/files for set-ups, budgets, decorations, etc.; and monitoring the hospitality budget set by the Vestry and assigning budgets for specific events. Some aspects of our hospitality look after themselves -- breakfast each morning after daily Mass; pizza for the Canterbury group on Sunday evenings; snacks for boy choristers on Sunday afternoons; the various suppers and snacks that accompany most of our adult formation classes; and more.

Please watch out in the parish notices for an opportunity I shall establish for all those with an interest in our ministry of hospitality to come together to find some positive and creative and exciting solutions.

And looking still further ahead
Let me end this too-long letter with another "advance warning"! Lent this year begins very early, just the week after Candlemas on Wednesday, February 9. That in turn means Easter is early, on Sunday, March 27. And that in turn means that Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi both fall in the month of May! Corpus Christi will in fact fall on Memorial Day weekend.

Lots of opportunity for new life and new encounters with God and each other. In the season of Epiphany the Church's focus is on mission and evangelism -- the manifestation of Christ. May that be our focus in the days and weeks ahead, too.

With my love and gratitude as always in Christ,

Andrew Sloane+

New Parishioner Profile: John Presley

John Presley grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, with an Episcopalian father and a Baptist mother. He was brought up in the Baptist faith but started to attend Episcopal churches as an adult.

"I found St. Paul's after attending All Saints, Margaret Street, in London, when I taught in England many years ago," John reports. "So I have attended on occasion for several years when I was in D.C."

John moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, six years ago, and found St. Paul's to be the closest Anglo-Catholic parish.

John is a member of this year's Pilgrims in Christ class and is interested in our Honduras mission work. He appreciates the warm welcome he has received here at St. Paul's and is particularly grateful that he has found our Pilgrims group.

"It has been one of the most valuable experiences I have ever had," he says. "I guess my favorite writer, Flannery O'Connor, would call it 'the mysterious grace of God.'"

John has a Ph.D. in Education and an extensive academic background as a teacher, author, and administrator. He is retiring at the end of the year from his position as vice president for Academic Services at Germanna Community College but intends to continue working, part time, teaching a graduate program for the University of Richmond.

"With retirement pending, I now have a bit more time to focus on what is really important in my life," he says.

John enjoys reading, music, bird watching, and travel. He has planned trips to Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico early next year where he will have a total immersion in the Spanish language.

Please greet John at the 9 and 11:15 Masses. [ST]

Parish Party Returns

Mark your calendars now -- we will have a parish party on Saturday, February 5, 2005. This will be a Mardi Gras Party on the last Saturday before Lent and will be our first big fundraiser to support our new foreign missions in Malawi and Honduras.

The Malawi mission is in support of the new convent in Malawi started by the Sisters of St. Mary. For several years the sisters in New York have been training young Malawian women, facilitating the work of the Bishop of Northern Malawi in starting a new convent in Luwinga, Malawi. Our assistance will particularly help them to build a large, brick chicken house, which will provide the sisters with a livelihood by selling chickens and eggs.

Our parish Honduras Mission involves a partnership with the congregation of the Episcopal Church of Protección in the Deanery and Department of Santa Barbara, Honduras. This relationship will include helping to build a new clinic to assist the community with medical care and helping the congregation to become self-sufficient through the fees to be charged at the clinic. We will begin this mission with a working trip to Protección in summer of 2005.

Although the party is just in the planning stages as this issue of the Epistle is going to press, we do expect that we will have exciting events to delight those of all ages, including music, foods, and prizes to sample the cultures of both Honduras and Malawi. Watch the Sunday parish notices for full details as the time draws nearer. [JAS]

WinterJam Concert at St. Paul's

Here's a trivia question: When was the last time Billy Joel's "For the Longest Time" was sung in St. Paul's? Experts were unsure of previous performances, but it was definitely heard on December 5, when Canterbury -- St. Paul's college fellowship -- hosted the "WinterJam" concert by three of George Washington University's a cappella singing groups. A sizeable crowd -- mostly students, with parishioners and others of all ages -- heard wonderful music enthusiastically presented by the Sirens, the Troubadours, and Sons of Pitch. Afterwards, performers and audience alike flocked to the dining hall to feast on pizza and cookies.

This is but an early step in the rekindling of a relationship between St. Paul's and the nearby GWU campus. The overwhelming reaction from the performers was one of great appreciation for the opportunity to sing in such a marvelous space, and each group is eager to return for future concerts.

More importantly, conversations with individual students after the concert gave parishioners an opportunity to invite them to return for Advent and Christmas services. More than a few said they would look forward to coming to Mass in coming weeks! Hats off to Canterbury students for planning the event and to the many parishioners who helped with their contributions of cookies and labor before, during, and after the concert. [DM]

High Schoolers to Go on Retreat This Month

Parish teenagers will have an opportunity to have fun, unwind, get to know each other better -- and learn about God's creation and their place in it -- when the high school Christian formation class takes a retreat to a cabin in the Shenadoah this month.

The retreat is part of a new approach to the high school Christian formation class this year. On Sunday mornings from 10:15 to 11:00 AM, the class studies a curriculum similar to that used by the adult Pilgrims in Christ class, which surveys the basics of the Faith and its practice, from Church history to its application in each person's own life.

So, on a typical Sunday, the class might talk about an issue of church history or theology or look at scripture and talk about how it applies today. The students ask tough questions, tell fun stories, and hopefully learn a little along the way.

This month the class -- which is taught by Tygh Bailes, Stephanie Chesson, and Allison Freeman -- will take a small physical journey as part of their overall pilgrimage as a class, heading with Fr. Barnett to the Meekhof cabin for an overnight excursion January 14 and 15.

The weekend is sure to include scenic views, fun games, raucous laughter, walks, talks, hot chocolate, delicious food, and perhaps a bonfire or snipe hunt or two.

All high schoolers are invited to join us for the retreat! Come to Sunday school to learn more or contact Tygh, Stephanie, or Allison.

Other happenings for senior high students in January include the option to join other young people of the Diocese at the Church of the Epiphany for the Feast of Lights on January 9 from 4-7 PM. The event will include time for food and fellowship, as well as worship in a style quite different from that at St. Paul's. Yes, we're talking about a praise band. Bishop Chane will give the homily.

For more information contact Allison Freeman at thesecondjoke@yahoo.com or 202-328-3536. [AF]

My Choir Experience -- and Faith Journey

My name is Naomi DeVries, and my faith journey has been a winding one, inextricably bound up with my church singing.

I was born into the Methodist church, but only because my parents like to sing. My parents are both pretty ambivalent about religion. My father was raised fundamentalist Dutch Reformed in Michigan, and my mother is Jewish. She converted and was baptized before marrying her first husband, and my father was her second. They found a large Methodist church where they could sing and keep my father's parents happy, and thus I was baptized and sent off to Sunday school every week, and joined the kids' choirs, and moved up through the ranks.

Things went on without much excitement until I was 15. Then they got interesting. A nice boy asked me out and our second date was to his family's Passover seder. Now, I knew my mother was Jewish, and I thought that was pretty cool, but I was unaware that it had any implications for me. But that seder was an eye-opening experience -- it was the first time I ever thought this whole God thing might be for real. And when I got home and told my mom how amazing I thought it all was, she told me that having a Jewish mother made me Jewish, too.

The relationship with that boy lasted six months (though the ensuing friendship lasted nine years, and we are cultivating a romantic relationship again) but I identified myself as Jewish from that night on. I wore a gigantic Star of David necklace all the time. But I continued to sing in the choirs of my Methodist church. I really liked singing, you see. And synagogues don't have high school choirs, at least none that I knew of. And I thoroughly enjoyed the power trip of sitting in church and telling myself I disbelieved all the New Testament stuff. I thought that made me very sophisticated. I also found religion very interesting and enjoyed the fact that I knew more about Christianity than several of my friends that were practicing Christians. I thought I was the cat's meow.

I also had a very strange thought that would come to me whenever I reflected on my religious choices. I thought, "God came to me, uninvited, and made me aware of Himself at a Jewish seder. When He wants me to believe in Jesus, He'll come back and do that, too."

When I went to college, my father started singing at the Episcopal cathedral in Pittsburgh, very close to my school. They needed another alto for the Christmas music, and he suggested I do it. I enjoyed the people -- I knew several of them already -- and so I started as a paid member that February. I felt very happy in that church because the choir faced the back wall and on that back wall was a giant stained-glass Star of David. I figured I could be happy in any church that was so aware of what it owed to Judaism. I still thought I was the coolest thing on earth for rejecting Christ.

I sang there for four years. There was a brief hiatus when I went to sing for a Christian Science church -- for more money. I figured it didn't matter where I sang, I don't believe this stuff, right? I should have known when I couldn't stomach the place that something was happening in me, but I didn't recognize it yet. I just knew I was uncomfortable there, and the choir at Trinity Cathedral generously took me back.

I started apartment hunting in New York City in November 2001 and moved there February 2002. Maybe 9/11 engendered a more reflective spirit in me. I just know that as I sat on the Greyhound to New York, I started to think about how the first thing I wanted to do when I got settled was to find a church job. Not audition on Broadway, not get a "real" job, not find a temple singing gig, but get a church job. Then came the shock. I realized that even if I couldn't find a church job, I'd be going to church every Sunday. This was huge. Growing up, church was a chore. Somehow, singing at Trinity had taught me that singing in church is the most wonderful thing in the world. And I realized that by rejecting Christ, I showed I believed in Him all along. I just wasn't ready to accept was He has to say. But I never really denied Him. To reject something is to affirm its existence.

I spoke to two very kind priests at Trinity, who were both quite supportive and patient and took the time to educate me and guide me through the decision I was making. I found a wonderful church in New York where I felt my faith growing roots that my Jewish wannabe-ism never had. And now that I am in D.C., and life gets harder and the choices get less obvious, singing the wonderful music of the church keeps me feeling safe and confident -- and humble.

The hardest thing is that, as I said, that nice boy and I are giving our relationship another try -- but he's still Jewish. I have to learn to be respectful of his life in a faith that I feel as though I grew out of. When I was Jewish, Christians drove me crazy with their proselytizing and conversion attempts. Now I feel myself wanting to share the joy I've found in Christ with everyone, especially the man in my life. But I'm learning tolerance. I'm learning respect. I'm learning to "let go and let God," as they say.

Most of all, I'm learning how precious it is to be able to stand with others who share your core beliefs (only core -- in any choir you'll find most opinions run the gamut!) and sing. Singing is such a personal gift to bring to God. There is no instrument involved, nothing but your own body, your own self to give. There are words, and there is music, and you bring it to life to the glory of God and, you hope, to enrich worship for others. I always feel so blessed to be able to do this. After services people usually come up to choir members and thank them. We choir people always get shy because this feels backwards. We gain so much from singing services. It's the one time we mortals get to do something the angels do: singing Gloria in excelsis Deo! [ND]

The Parish Commission on Mission Activities

As the new year starts, St. Paul's parish outreach initiatives are going forward at a rapid pace. Within the past four months, St. Paul's parishioners have planned and participated in the following activities:

Trip to Honduras (St. Paul's was represented by three parishioners);
Habitat for Humanity house build in September;
Three Fannie Mae Help-the-Homeless walks -- a mini-walk at St. Paul's, a mini-walk at Flint Hill School, and the walkathon on the Mall;
Bake sale to benefit Sisters of St. Mary's Convent in Malawi; and
Launch of the Stevens Elementary School tutoring program.

Plus, Tina Mallett won a prestigious award for service with outreach programs.

It's been a busy time -- and everyone who planned, participated, contributed money to sponsor, or provided support in any way is thanked and congratulated.

In order to keep the programs active and moving forward, we need money! So, a plan for giving has been created.

Give a donation as a gift to someone for a special occasion -- holiday, birthday, graduation, anniversary, or just because you want to send them a remembrance. Donation forms and gift cards are available at the track rack in the church. Or ask a member of the Commission on Mission for help.

Going forward into 2005, there are great plans in progress, including a Habitat for Humanity/Interfaith House build scheduled for Martin Luther King Day, January 17, and St. Paul's Parish Mardi Gras party to benefit our foreign missions in Honduras and Malawi, February 5. (See story on p. 3.)

The following is a brief description of each ministry.

St. Paul's Hunger/Homeless Ministries

St. Paul's Hunger/Homeless Ministries is made up of three separate programs:

Grate Patrol -- Saturday and Sunday breakfast distribution to individuals living on the streets of Washington, D.C.
Red Sea -- weekly home-style dinner for homeless, transition, and working poor in housing
Salvation Army Dinner -- monthly dinner preparation for 100 homeless clients served by the Salvation Army.

Stevens Elementary School Partnership
St. Paul's Parish provides tutors and enrichment clubs as part of the after-school program at Stevens Elementary School on 21st and L Streets, Washington, D.C. Donations support purchasing instructional materials and school and art supplies. A long-range plan will provide additional special help for children with learning disabilities.

Additional volunteers and club sponsors are needed for these programs. Also, parishioners can contribute by saving General Mills box tops (a collection envelope is attached to the church bulletin board) and/or designating Stevens Elementary School on your Giant Bonus Card.

Habitat for Humanity/Interfaith House
Habitat for Humanity Interfaith House promotes peace and builds community among religious organizations. This groundbreaking project builds relationships among area faith-based communities while congregants work together in a demonstration of faith in action.

St. Paul's parishioners work with others to raise money, build homes, and reduce poverty in the Nation's capital; partners include the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington and the United Religions Initiative.

Donations support the cost of building a Habitat for Humanity home in Southwest Washington, D.C.

Honduras -- Episcopal Diocese of Honduras
Health Clinic in Protección, Santa Barbara: Partner with the congregation of the Episcopal Church of Protección in Santa Barbara, Honduras. The goal is to build a new community health clinic in this rural area. Immediate needs include housing repairs and supplies to help the residents start self-sustaining cottage industries.

Malawi Companions
Sisters of St. Mary's Convent, Luwinga, Malawi, Africa: The Sisters of St. Mary's Convent are striving to build an indigenous African Community that ministers to its own people in ways appropriate to their culture.

Donations help them become self-sustaining through the sale of chickens raised on their farm. Immediate needs include a well, a heating stove, and the building of a brick wall around the compound. [RG]

January Birthdays

1 Linda DeBerry; James Patterson; Ranell Schlatter
3 David Chase
4 Dorothy Mills Parker; Carol Berger
6 Sarah Ryon; Ty'Shawn Shoemaker
9 Daniel Nevius
10 Jeanne Smith; Atlee Shidler
11 Peter Agnew; Linna Barnes
12 Gary Fischer
14 Ed Loucks; Grace Buzby; Ernest Latham, III
15 Carol Niswander
16 Mary Davis
17 Richard Best, Jr.; Henry Holst, Jr.; Shanu Okwesa
19 Glen Koontz
20 William Heron; David McGaw
21 Mark Freeland; John Crane; Joseph DiFiglio
23 William Starrett, Jr.
24 William O'Brien; Ann Martin; Michael Cunningham, Jr.; Caroline Cunningham
25 Margaret Hayes; Thomas Shoesmith
26 William Dame, IV
27 Andrew Damstadter
28 David Parker
29 Harry Green
30 Guy Korsgen
31 Mildreth Thorberg

If you have a January birthday that was not included, or if there are any mistakes, please contact the parish office. [MW]

Parish Statistics

Deaths: Everett Courtland Martin (November 23, 2004)

Transfers Out: Warren Woodfin and Charles Knapp to Church of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, New York City

Feast Days in January

The Holy Name
Saturday, January 1
9:15 AM Morning Prayer
9:30 AM Sung Mass

The Second Sunday of Christmas
Sunday, January 2
7:45 AM Morning Prayer
8:00 AM Low Mass
9:00 AM Sung Mass
11:15 AM Solemn Mass
6:00 PM A Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols followed by Solemn Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament

The Epiphany
Thursday, January 6
6:45 AM Morning Prayer
7 AM Low Mass
Noon Low Mass
5:30 PM Devotions at the Walsingham Shrine
5:45 PM Evening prayer
6:30 PM Procession and Solemn Mass
Preacher: The Rev'd Canon Harry Krauss

The Baptism of Our Lord
Sunday, January 9
7:45 AM Morning Prayer
8:00 AM Low Mass
9:00 AM Sung Mass
11:15 AM Solemn Mass
6:00 PM Solemn Evensong and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament

The Confession of St. Peter
Tuesday, January 18
6:45 AM Morning Prayer
7 AM Low Mass
Noon Low Mass
5:30 PM Devotions at the Walsingham Shrine
5:45 PM Evening prayer
6 PM Low Mass

The Conversion of St. Paul (Patronal Feast)
Sunday, January 23
7:45 AM Morning Prayer
8:00 AM Low Mass
9:00 AM Procession and Sung Mass
11:15 AM Procession and Solemn Mass
6:00 PM Solemn Evensong and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament

The Epistle
A monthly publication of St. Paul's Parish
K Street -- Washington, D.C.

Editors Alistair Nevius
Assistant Editor Allison Freeman
Desktop Publisher John Walker
Designer David McGaw
Contributors Naomi DeVries, Rhoda Geasland, David McGaw, Robert C. Maddox, Bill Ryon, Andrew Sloane+, Jo Stelzig, Shelley Thompson, Melva Willis

Submissions Invited
We welcome the submission of articles, comments, and suggestions. Manuscripts and correspondence can be dropped off at the church office or e-mailed to the editors at nevius@erols.com. Electronic manuscripts are preferred. Articles accepted for the Epistle are subject to editorial revision.

SAINT PAUL'S PARISH Washington, DC 20037-1797
phone 202-337-2020
fax 202-337-7418
e-mail info@StPauls-Kst.com
Web www.StPauls-Kst.com

Parish Staff
The Rev'd Andrew Sloane, Rector
The Rev'd Edwin Barnett, Curate
Mark Dwyer, Music Director
Charles Burks, Assistant Music Director
Melva Willis, Parish Administrator
Frederick Murdock, III, Maintenance Manager

The Vestry
The Rev'd Andrew Sloane, Rector
David B. J. Chase, Senior Warden
Philip Schlatter, Junior Warden
Ellen Purvance, Secretary
Polly Peckham, Treasurer
Larry Cook, Antoinette C. MacAulay, David McGaw, Marcia Stanford; Jeremiah de Michaelis, Debra Loucks; Kenwin Benn, Rhoda Geasland, Matthew S. Leddicote, Lynne V. Walker

Our Mission
St. Paul's Parish seeks to restore all people to God and to each other, through Sacramental Worship and Christlike lives.

Deadline for next issue
Monday, January 10