YAMs Host Dinner for Wider Church

YAMs Host a Dinner for Wider St. Paul’s Community

Friends,
On Sunday, January 17th, at 6 P.M., the YAMs will host a dinner for the wider St. Paul’s Community in Key-Andrews Hall. During the dinner, a quest speaker will talk about the current State of the Church. The Guest Speaker will be the Canon to the Ordinary of The Diocese of Lexington, Sam Moore. If you are interested in meeting some YAMs and finding out whom they are, why they are here, or anything else, please consider coming to this most enlightening evening. The YAMs want a relationship with you; do you want a relationship with them? Prove that the YAMs are important to you by coming to this dinner that they are hosting. Many of you have asked me if you could share a meal with the YAMs at Greenlife Grocery, well now here is your chance. Child care will be provided, and the cost is $6. (Please do not let the cost be a limiting factor.) Please RSVP to me or by calling the Church office by January 13th.

Yours in Christ,
Bob

YAMs Christmas Party at the Leopolds’ Home

YAMs Christmas Party at the Leopolds’ Home

Friends,

At 6:00 PM on the evening of Sunday, January 3rd, the Leopolds will open their home to host a Christmas party for the St. Paul’s Young Adults (please note that this is a change from Saturday, December 26th). The festivities celebrating the natal feast of our Lord will continue until about 9:00 PM. All that participants should bring are positive attitudes, unless there are special dietary restrictions to be considered. Please email me to RSVP and for directions. This will be a chance for us to celebrate the birth of our Lord and the end of the year together. I do hope that you all will be able to make it out for some fun and gluten-free treats.

Yours in Christ,

Bob

P.S. Check out the evite here.

Sermon from Advent I, Year C

Friends,

As I mentioned below, I was allowed to preach twice this past weekend. Here is the second sermon of the two, for Advent I.

Here is the Collect:

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Here are the readings:

Jeremiah 33:14-16
Psalm 25:1-9
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Luke 21:25-36

Here is the Gospel reading in audio format.

Here is the sermon.

Enjoy! I just love the image of my sermon sitting next to Styx or some other dirty-little-secret band on someone's iPod. I am not sure if this actually happens, but I do love the image.

Yours in Christ,
Bob

Thanksgiving Day Sermon

Friends,

This past weekend, I got a double-whammy of preaching done. Here is the first sermon from Thanksgiving Day.

Here is The Collect:

Almighty and gracious Father, we give you thanks for the fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those who harvest them. Make us, we pray, faithful stewards of your great bounty, for the provision of our necessities and the relief of all who are in need, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Here are the readings:

Joel 2:21-27
Psalm 126
1 Timothy 2:1-7
Matthew 6:25-33

Here is the Gospel reading in audio format.

Here is the Sermon.

I hope that everyone had a happy Thanksgiving.

Yours in Christ,
Bob

Pictures from the 2009 Grateful Gobbler

Friends,

Thanks to all of you who were able to walk in the Grateful Gobbler Walk or attend the Thanksgiving Day Service or both!

Here are some pictures from the event. These were taken and lovingly shared by Andy Montgomery. Thanks Andy.




I just love the huge group that we had from St. Paul's and other area Episcopal Churches that met under the Episcopal flag. Pretty neat.

Yours in Christ,
Bob

YAMs Deliver Goodies and Go Advent Caroling

YAMs Meet for Lunch, Delivery of Baked Goodies, and Advent Caroling

Friends,

As mentioned previously, the St. Paul’s Young Adults will be caroling to homebound members of St. Paul’s. We also plan on making some other surprise appearances – consider yourselves warned! We will begin with a quick lunch after the 10:30 AM service at (Greenlife as usual) and then make our way a-caroling where we will hand out baked goods that were crafted the day before. We should be finished by mid-afternoon. Please try to come to our singing practice the previous morning if at all possible. We will be advent caroling, which means that we may need some help on our songs. In addition, you can help us bake. Bob Leopold needs help baking.

Yours in Christ,

Bob

P.S. Check out the evite here.

YAMs Bake Goodies and Rehearse Advent Carols

YAMs Prepare Baked Goodies and Rehearse Advent Carols

Friends,

On Saturday, December 19th, at 10:00 AM, at the St. Paul’s kitchen, the YAMs will gather to prepare baked goodies and practice our singing for the following day’s activity. The YAMs will meet to make baked goodies to hand out the following day after the 10:30 church service to those to the homebound whom we will visit. So, bring your favorite cookie recipe and the necessary ingredients and come on out and cook with us. Also in preparation of Sunday, the 20th, we will practice our “Advent” caroling songs. We will welcome our Director of Music, Keith Reas for this endeavor. Please bring your favorite singable tunes in and we will practice while we bake.

Yours in Christ,
Bob

P.S. Please view the evite here.