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The Epistle
November 2005 | Volume 18, No. 11
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From the Rector
A Busy End to the Church Year

My dear parishioners and friends of St. Paul’s,
While I always find November slightly difficult because we move into the fall and the beginning of winter, for the Christian year it is a wonderful time, beginning, as it does, with the great Feast of All Saints and concluding with the Feast of Christ the King. And, this year, the beginning of the Christian new year, the First Sunday of Advent, falls on November 27. November gives us a wonderful picture of the Church triumphant and expectant all under the kingship of Christ. 

All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days

On Tuesday, November 1, All Saints’ Day, there will be a Low Mass at 7:00 AM, and in the evening we will be joined at 6:30 by the clergy and people of our friends at the Church of Ascension and St. Agnes for a Procession and Solemn Mass. I will be the preacher at that Mass. The following day, All Souls’ Day, Wednesday, November 2, there will be low Requiem Masses here at 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM, and in the evening at 7:00 we will join the people of Ascension and St. Agnes at their church at 12th and Massachusetts, N.W., for a Solemn Requiem.

The Feast of All Saints is actually the only feast that the Prayer Book allows us to observe not only on the day itself but also the following Sunday, and that will be the case on Sunday, November 6, when we can expect to see some baptisms, including, possibly, the Wallner triplets. 

Guild of All Souls National Requiem

On Saturday, November 12, at 11:00 AM, we shall be privileged to host the annual National Requiem for the American Guild of All Souls. The celebrant will be the Rev’d Barry Swain, the Superior of the Guild of All Souls. The preacher will be the Rev’d Douglas Anderson, actually a former seminarian of my home parish of Grace Church, Sheboygan, and now the rector of St. James’, Texarkana, Texas, in the Diocese of Dallas. Fr. Anderson will be staying with me for the weekend, and has also graciously agreed to preach the next day, Sunday, November 13.

Mass of Thanksgiving for parish benefactors

On Saturday, November 19, we will have a first here at St. Paul’s, to my knowledge. At 11:00 AM there will be a sung Mass of Thanksgiving for our parish benefactors.  (See story below.) In a way, this will kick off our planned giving awareness work, as we seek to encourage our members to be generous to the church in their wills and by other means of planned giving, such as charitable remainder trusts. 

In the last Epistle you have already read something of the work on planned giving that you can expect in the coming year. If you are aware of recent benefactors, please don’t hesitate to let me or Larry Toombs know so that we can make quite sure that such benefactors are included in that Mass. The Planned Giving Awareness Taskforce will give a presentation to the parish between Masses at the rector’s forum on Sunday, November 20.

Christ the King and catechumens’ Rite of Admission

Sunday, November 20 is the Feast of Christ King and the last Sunday of the Christian year. There will be processions at both the 9:00 AM and 11:15 AM Masses, and the 11:15 AM Solemn Mass will see the Rite of Admission for our once again rather large Pilgrims in Christ catechumenate.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday, November 24, and the usual Thanksgiving Mass schedule will obtain, with a Low Mass at 8 AM and a Sung Mass with incense at 10:30 AM. I am delighted that an old friend of mine, Fr. Philip Stowell, rector of Trinity Church, Moorestown, New Jersey, has agreed to preach at that Mass; he is a regular visitor at the rectory, in any event, on this day. 

The start of Advent

The last Sunday of November (the 27th) is the first Sunday of the Christian new year, the First Sunday of Advent. As last year, our very popular service of Advent Lessons and Carols will be offered on the first and the second Sundays of Advent and will again this year be immediately followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

Stewardship

By the time you receive this Epistle, you will have certainly completed and sent in your pledge card with your sacrificial gift to God, through your parish church, for the coming year. It really is most urgent that these cards be returned in a timely fashion since, as I hope you know by now, our plans for the coming year, now only two months away depend entirely on the promise of money to operate our budget from people like yourself. 

Not to respond with your pledge card is to put ministries in jeopardy, so I urge your immediate and, of course, generous response. I am very grateful to the Stewardship Committee and especially to David Schnorrenberg for his very fine presentation on the Feast of Dedication, the first Sunday in October, when we had a wonderful Mass, a splendid lunch, and a most thorough and competent presentation regarding stewardship, parish finances, and budget. 

As always, this comes with my love and gratitude,
Andrew Sloane+

Peter Minnig

Head Chorister’s Farewell to the Choir of Men and Boys

Head Chorister Peter Minnig gave the following speech at the end-of-year choir banquet last June. It is a testament to the meaning of the choral experience he gained as a chorister at St. Paul’s.

I came to the St. Paul’s Boys Choir just two-and-a-half years ago, already with a fair amount of choir experience and a surplice on my shoulders. So, having been around the block (or, I guess it was actually up the hill), I may be in a position to instruct you younger boys — and girls — on a thing or two. This may be, in effect, preaching to the choir, but I want all of the choristers to pause and be mindful of something: We are very lucky!

Our good fortune begins because of the nature of people at St. Paul’s. We get to make music in a place with nice, talented people. But think hard about the situation: In this small, somewhat inconspicuous church that many passersby might not even notice, we get to do something that is typically reserved for the grandest of cathedrals — we get to uphold the great English choral tradition! And, with only a little bias, I will add that we do it quite well. 

In my relatively short time here, the choir has made a recording and traveled to sing in great places in New York and in Williamsburg. We have also traveled to 7-Eleven, been treated to a fantastic baseball game in our very own city, and enjoyed more than few games in the parking lot. Wonderful chances of all sorts — musical and social — abound here at St. Paul’s!

The girls are fortunate to be part of an excellent adult ensemble, to be treated like real singers in a real choir; the boys are privileged to be members of that rare bird — a choir of men and boys that sings every Sunday. One knows this is rare because of the great amount of time spent explaining how an all-male choir can sing all four parts. At St. Paul’s we sing some of the most challenging and revered musical works ever written for the church. To be able to sing these works, with talented people all around, accompanied by an organ known far and wide for its excellence, is a great opportunity that must not be taken for granted. 

Take stock of what a chorister learns and uses at St. Paul’s: solfege, key signatures, time signatures, definitions of musical terms, musical notation, rhythmic notation, Latin, sight-singing, ear training, how to blend, phrasing, how to make a good sound, several kinds of chant, and all of the great choral literature that we sing. The list goes on and on. To be taught such things at any age is a great gift, but to be given these great tools at such a young age — and to be expected to use them in a professional manner — is a very special honor. I urge all of the young members of the choir to make good use of the opportunities that surround them.

This year was one of change at St. Paul’s. We thank Mr. Dwyer for continuing the great music tradition here, and we thank him for being our choir director and friend. 

I’m sure I speak on behalf of the entire choir when I thank Fr. Sloane and Fr. Barnett for their continued support of the music program at St. Paul’s. Their belief in the importance of this kind of music at church has sustained the choirs. Thank you both for welcoming young choristers in this place and for allowing us the chance to learn all that we do.

We also bid Fr. Barnett farewell as he moves to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where we’re sure the music won’t be what he is accustomed to, but with his help — in time — they may catch up!

And, I, along with the choirs, would like to thank Mr. Burks for everything he has done here at St. Paul’s, especially as he bridged the leadership of Jeffrey Smith to that of Mr. Dwyer. You will be sorely missed as you head to your new life in (of all places) Albany.

So, when you choristers are singing the Benediction hymns, making other joyful noises in the choir stalls or the choir room, or tossing a ball in the parking lot, please make a conscious note to yourself: I am lucky, and I will take this experience with me always.

Choristers Visit San Francisco Choir Festival

Grace Cathedral in San Francisco welcomed five choristers from St. Paul’s to its choir festival, September 22-25. Three trebles, Ned Sieverts, Stephen Moran, and Ben Coleman, along with two men, Ben’s father, Jonathan, and Mr. Capaldini, participated. The Cathedral’s director of music, Jeffrey Smith, formerly of St. Paul’s, directed a choir of singers from choirs all over the country and those who sing at the Cathedral regularly.

In honor of the twentieth anniversary of the Very Rev’d Alan Jones as Dean of Grace Cathedral much festive music was sung, some of which Dean Jones had himself sung at the coronation in 1953 of Queen Elizabeth II. On Sunday morning in the sung Eucharist, a top-notch brass band joined the choir and organ in Orlando di Lassus’ Missa Bell’ Amfitrit altera and William Walton’s brilliant Te Deum (1953). Not one to leave his musicians idle, Dr. Smith composed a festive fanfare for the brass, played during the opening of the Ghiberti doors, a special practice usually reserved for Christmas and Easter. The festival continued and concluded at Evensong later that day. Evensong started with Walton’s high-spirited and entertaining Orb and Sceptre, followed by Hail Gladdening Light by Charles Wood, Dyson’s Evening Service in D, the African Versicles and Responses by Barry Smith, the sixteenth-century Rejoice in the Lord Alway, and Handel’s Zadok the Priest, a favorite at coronations since 1727.

Dean Jones gave us a very warm welcome at dinner on our first day. He told us about singing at the 1953 coronation and passed around a precious souvenir from that day, a green card edged in gold — his pass to get into Westminster Abbey. He told us how, as a treble, he had stuffed it in his pocket before the coronation. 

Although we spent much time rehearsing, we still had time for sightseeing. On our second day we went to Alcatraz, where we went on an audio tour through which you could hear some of the inmates’ and guards’ voices. At the end of another tour, a park ranger named Jim showed us some areas normally off limits to the public. We went through the only tunnel on Alcatraz, saw a restored fire engine that was used on the island, the power plant that generated electricity for the island, and the wash house, which still had the washing machines in it that the prisoners used.

From the music to the sightseeing, the trip to San Francisco was fun and rewarding. We visiting choristers felt welcome from the beginning to the end and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. [SM]

Thanks from a New Orleans Visitor to St. Paul’s

Dear Fr. Sloane:

As an evacuee from New Orleans, I want to thank you and the congregation of St. Paul's for your presence in Washington. After arriving here to stay with a relative while waiting to be able to return to New Orleans, I was delighted to find St. Paul's. The spiritual nourishment I felt has helped to carry me through very trying times. I applaud the fact that you have offered full Catholic worship to all who come to your doors.

I am a parishioner at Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans and it may be some time before our congregation will be gathered together. I am returning to New Orleans tomorrow, October 3, and although I may be without my parish for a while, I will carry with me the spiritual food given me at St. Paul's.

Please accept my thanks and I ask for your continued prayers for the people of the Gulf Coast region who will be in need for some time to come.

Yours in Christ, 
Richerson Rhodes

Volunteers Needed for Parish Mailings

Volunteers are needed to assist in various parish mailings. This entails two or three hours on weekday mornings about once a month to prepare the Epistle and other mailings. One is not obligated to participate in every mailing. If you would like to volunteer your time, please contact Ken Springstead at 703-671-9429 or LKSpringstead@aol.com

Ministry Needs Your Help

Three articles in previous editions of the Epistle this year have spoken about the work of the . The main focus is on the elderly, sick, homebound, and others who have either a physical, mental, or emotional deficit. In addition to visiting with these people and taking Communion to them, much time is spent in grocery shopping for them, driving them to doctors’ appointments, reading mail for the blind, helping them with their finances, and a multitude of other tasks, as requested. This ministry is of vital importance to them, as they have no one else to help them.

The is an unpaid employee of the church; however, she is reimbursed for her mileage, which averages about 700 miles per month. There is no money in the present parish budget for this reimbursement. If you would like to see this ministry continue this year, your help is needed. You can contribute by writing a check to St. Paul’s Church and, on the memo line, write in “ Fund.” Thank you in advance for your generous response. [JL]

Parish Bake Sale to Be Held October 30

On Sunday October 30, St. Paul’s will hold its second annual parish bake sale benefiting the Malawi mission and its efforts to encourage and support the Sisters of St. Mary’s Convent in Luwinga, Malawi. 

Funds raised in 2004 went to support the completion of a chicken house. Funds raised in 2005 will be used to complete a brick fence, which will provide security for the Sisters in Luwinga. 

All goods sold at the bake sale will be homemade items. Specialty cakes and pies will also be available. Those donating food items are asked to also provide their recipe and any story associated with the recipe. The recipes will be included in a St. Paul’s Parish cookbook.

Interested in volunteering?  We need help making phone calls, baking goods, and staffing the day of the bake sale. Contact Stephanie Bailes at 703-548-0834 or stephaniebailes@gmail.com

Giving Thanks for Our Benefactors

On Saturday, November 19, St Paul’s Parish will celebrate the benefactors of the parish. This observance begins with a Sung Mass of Thanksgiving at 11:00 AM, and will continue with a reception and with tours of the church to highlight the many aspects of our physical plant that have been given by parish benefactors.

Examples abound: Very significant bequests from the estates of Bill Carwithen and Velma Gray are underwriting significant parts of our current building project. Recent additions to the church are being funded in part by J. Reilly Lewis’ generous gift in memory of his mother, Dora Lewis, plus special gifts by a number of parishioners and a bequest by Mary Wolfskill. In recent years, several endowments that provide ongoing support for our music and Christian formation programs have come from parishioner bequests. Around the church, one will see stained glass windows and other features that were made possible over the years by the generosity of members and friends of St Paul’s, in some cases by bequests. These all are examples of pleasant surprises that our parish continues to enjoy.

The next day, Sunday, November 20, will include a rector’s forum led by our honorary assistant, the Rev’d Randall L. McQuin. In addition to his ordained ministry among us, Father McQuin is an attorney specializing in planned giving. This forum will focus on the theological basis of planned giving. Various materials relating to planned giving will be available, and those parishioners who desire to become founding members of a Legacy Society may start joining — all will be eligible who remember the parish in their will and/or by means of other planned giving methods. 

Yes, we’re now very serious about planned giving at St Paul’s. Planned giving is one of four facets of stewardship, the others being annual giving, capital campaigns, and special gifts. Too often, churches do not get other than incidental bequests and planned gifts, simply because nobody really asks and cultivates. We’re asking, and we’re encouraging parishioners to remember both their families and the church in their plans. We’re seeking to augment pleasant surprises from a few with anticipated bequests from many, always with our continuing support and thanksgiving in this life as well as in the next.

The three parts of our ongoing program are now in place: a five-member Endowment Board, chaired by Paul McKee, overseeing and investing our endowed funds under ultimate Vestry direction; a Planned Giving Awareness Task Force, led by David Lewis, to make planned giving visible and to pave the way for the Legacy Society to take over in the fall of 2006; and the Planned Giving Response Program, coordinated by Larry Toombs, which is already assisting parishioners in making bequests and setting up other giving methods that work best for them.

We look forward to seeing you on November 19 and 20, providing you with ongoing information on the ins and outs of planned giving and its importance to your family and your parish, and working with you to effect planned gifts that work for you. Also, we continue to welcome additional parishioners to work with us. [ALT & DL]

Christmas Flower Distribution Ministry

Parishioners and visitors to St. Paul’s delight every year in the extensive arrangements of plants and flowers that spread across the altar and through the nave of the church. But for some parishioners, just one lily or poinsettia bears the glad tidings of the season from St. Paul’s.

The Christmas and Easter Flower Distribution Team share flowers with about a dozen homebound members of the parish twice each year.

People go out individually or in teams to deliver a plant and greeting card to members of the parish in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia who cannot make the trip themselves to worship with us. Those delivering the plants have ranged from the young and spry to the wheelchair-bound.

“There’s a lot of spirit,” said Arnitta Coley, who heads the ministry.

The visits can be very meaningful for the parishioners who are unable to leave their homes or care facilities.

“There was one person who never expected anybody from St. Paul’s to come visit her, and one year when I took something to her, she was so excited she jumped out of bed,” Coley said. 

The visits can range from dropping the plant at a person’s door or coming in for lunch and a visit. They provide an important supplement to the ongoing visits from the clergy and Jean Litwin because they offer a direct connection between the homebound person and another member of the parish. 

“Sometimes friendships evolve,” Coley said.

Volunteers are needed for plant distribution in December, as well as to help organize the project over the course of the next two months. If interested, please contact Arnitta Coley at 202-678-1863 or coleyarnitta@yahoo.com. [AF]

All Saints Sunday

Someone has described a saint as an ordinary Christian who does ordinary things extraordinarily well. That’s certainly not the New Testament definition, although it’s not a bad start.

If you look at the two New Testament lessons appointed for today [Ephesians 1 (11-14) 15-23; Luke 6:20-26 (27-36)], the one used for Service 1 gives a vision of heaven, filled with people wearing white robes praising God. It’s perhaps difficult to imagine oneself in such a context. It has the same effect, in a way, as those stained glass window depictions of people who look very holy and have soup plates behind their heads. It’s difficult to think that perhaps one day, we’ll be depicted in a stained glass window.

The lesson from Ephesians finds St. Paul in a praising mood for a change. He uses the word “saint” to describe all Christian people, and in this lesson, goes to some lengths to describe what a saint is like.

Then there’s the Gospel reading, the famous Beatitudes or “Blesseds.” Jesus identifies such experiences as poverty, hunger, grief, and persecution as marks of the blessed, and wealth, plenty, happiness, and being thought well of as marks of those who are not pleasing to God. It’s a difficult reading for us to hear, for there are very few non-middle-class Episcopalians.

Of course we like to hear the Beatitudes just as we like to hear St Paul talking about love. But where do we fit into all this?

We are often told that in Baptism we become part of the priesthood of the church. The laity are not expectant observers, but fulfilled ministers, each with an active vocation. It’s hard to accept this idea. After all that’s what clergy are for.

In our Baptisms we are also called to be and become saints. If we concentrate on the idea that saints are very, very good people, nearly perfect, then we will miss the point. Many saints have been very bad, while becoming rather good. However positive we may feel about ourselves, however strong our “self-esteem,” few of us thinks we are good enough to be saints. 

We ask the wrong question and get the wrong answer. We ask whether we are good enough to be saints, when we should be asking whether we are dedicated enough to be saints. Dedication means single-mindedness, the sort of emphasis we put on our hobbies, our golf game, our business, and even perhaps on our human relationships.

It is amazing how single minded we can be about our politics, particularly this week. It is that kind of commitment, dedication, or single-mindedness that marks a realized saint. In some churches today, everyone will sing rousingly, “I’ll sing a song of the saints of God,” which contains the line, “And I want to be one too.” Perhaps it should read, “And I want to realize that I am one too.”

God’s grace, gift, enabling power is there for us to use as we live into our calling to be saints. Like all of God’s gifts, we realize that which we are being given when we actually do something with these gifts. There’s some saintly ministry in this church or community just waiting for you, personally, to become saintly about. Everything we attempt in Christ, is aided by the prayers and fellowship of all those known and unknown saints who always surround us in love. In this company, we have security to do for Jesus the things we fear to do or even object to doing.

[The Very Rev’d Anthony F.M. Clavier is dean of the European Institute of Christian Studies and is responsible for lay, ordained, and post-ordination training in the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.] 

Hospitality Assistance Needed

Those of us who provide the hospitality after the Sunday Masses are asking for volunteers to help.  These people are on duty one Sunday of the each month.  Please contact Linna Barnes at 301-654-6145 for more information on how you can help.

We also need parishioners to support the purchase of food and beverage for the coffee hour by contributing money to the glass jars provided in the dining hall.

Update on Hurricane Katrina Donations

A total amount of $23,000 has been sent thus far to the Bishop of Louisiana from St. Paul’s to be used at his discretion to meet the immediate needs of those victims of Hurricane Katrina in his diocese. This gift comes from contributions from our parishioners, a tithe of our homeless/hunger fund, and budget dollars previously designated for quarterly disbursement later this month for local missions.

The Rt. Rev’d John Chane, Bishop of Washington, has expressed his pleasure at our parish’s "wonderful response."  We are still receiving your contributions and these will likewise be forwarded to Bishop Jenkins. 

Please make your check payable to “St. Paul’s” and put “Katrina” in the memo line.

Please keep Bishop Jenkins and his diocese in your prayers.  Thank you for your generous contributions.

Feast Days in November

The Feast of All Saints
Tuesday, November 1

7 AM

Low Mass

6:30 PM

Procession and Solemn Mass (with the congregation of Ascension and St. Agnes)
The Rev’d Andrew L. Sloane, preacher

Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, All Souls’ Day
Wednesday, November 2

7 AM

Low Requiem Mass

6 PM

Low Requiem Mass

7 PM

Solemn Requiem (at the Church of Ascension and St. Agnes)
The Rev’d Stephen McWhorter, preacher

Saturday, November 12

11:00 AM

Solemn Requiem Mass for the Annual Meeting of the Guild of All Souls 
The Rev’d Douglas E. Anderson, council member and rector of St. James’, Texarkana, Texas, preacher
Luncheon will be served afterwards in the dining hall ($20 per person)

Saturday, November 19, 2005

11:00 AM

Sung Mass of Resurrection in Thanksgiving for Parish Benefactors

Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 24 

7:45 AM

Morning Prayer

8:00 AM

Low Mass

10:30 AM

Sung Mass with incense
The Rev’d Philip Stowell, rector, Trinity Church, Moorestown, N.J., preacher

The First Sunday of Advent
Sunday, November 27

7:45 AM

Morning Prayer and Low Mass

9:00 AM

Sung Mass

11:15 AM

Solemn Mass

6:00 PM

Advent Procession with Lessons and Carols, thereafter Solemn Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament

St. Andrew the Apostle
Wednesday, November 30

7:00 AM

Low Mass

6:00 PM

Low Mass

November Birthdays

3          Cynthia Haggard; Michael Sieverts
4          Carrie Murphy
5          David Eld
6          Katherine Kirlin; George Hesse
7          Alistair Nevius; James Jones, III
8          Grace Berrien
9          Richard Spalding; Charmaine Guishard
11        Sally Hardy; Henry Darmstadter
12        Fr. Lloyd Lewis
13        William Leggett
14        David Berrien; Justin Benn
18        Daphne Carter; Paul McKee
19        Cecilia Green Cole McInturff
22        Claire Spaulding
23        David White; Ruby Guishard
25        Fred Roehner
27        Marion Hardy LaRon
28        Kevin Brooks
29        Erin Mullarkey

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

Parish Statistics

Deaths: Arlene Hesse (October 1, 2005)
Marriages: Steven White and Stephanie Boraas (October 1, 2005)
Transfers In: Anne McCabe Stone (Mrs. Nathan Humphrey) from the Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, Maryland; Anna Stillner from Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky
Transfers Out: Ronald W. Johnson and Carolyn Meyer Johnson to Church of the Heavenly Rest, Abilene, Texas

Mission Calendar—2005

Hunger/Homeless

Grate Patrol—every weekend
Preparation—Fridays, 3?5 PM
Delivery—Saturday and Sunday mornings
Red Sea—dinner Tuesdays,  6:30 PM
Salvation Army dinner preparation—First Friday of each month, 5-7 PM

Updating Parish Records

Do you find that your birthday or anniversary of marriage, baptism, confirmation, or reception are not read at Mass or go unnoticed in the Epistle? Is your mail from the parish being forwarded? Do you fail to receive any of our important e-mails? Perhaps the records in our office database have not been updated (or—heaven forbid!—never entered). There is a handy form to advise the parish office of all pertinent information on yourself and your family members. Please pick up one of these forms on the tract rack and return it to the office with all of this vital information. [MW]

Deadline for the next issue: Monday, November 7

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

Editor Alistair Nevius
Assistant Editor Allison Freeman
Desktop Publisher John Walker
Designer David McGaw
Contributors
Anthony F.M. Clavier, David Lewis, Jean Litwin, Peter Minnig, Stephen Moran, Richerson Rhodes, Andrew Sloane, Larry Toombs, 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
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Parish Staff
The Rev'd Andrew Sloane, Rector
The Rev'd Nathan Humphrey, Curate
Mark Dwyer, Music Director
Scott Dettra, 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
Chip Heath, Secretary
Polly Peckham, Treasurer
Jeremiah de Michaelis, Debra Loucks; Kenwin Benn, Rhoda Geasland, Matthew S. Leddicote, Lynne V. Walker; Alistair Nevius, Geoffrey Peckham, David Schnorrenberg, Linda Wilkinson

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

 

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