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I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in
your hearts though faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and
grounded in love, may have power, together with the saints, to grasp
how wide and long and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love
that surpasses knowledge -- that you may be filled with the very nature
of God. Ephesians 3:16-19 (NIV)
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St Patrick's
Upcoming Indoor Holy Eucharist Service
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It’s time to make a joyful noise again. Will you  join us?
The choir will have its first rehearsal of the season on Wednesday, August 24th from 7:00-8:30PM in the church sanctuary and return to worships service on Sunday, September 11th. On that Sunday the choir will perform “Oh, God, Our Hearts Were Shattered”, which was written to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Joining many voices to create one voice in the praise of God is a very powerful and moving experience. Don’t let thoughts like “I don’t know how to read music,” or “my voice isn’t good enough or strong enough..” stop you from experiencing this special type of worship.
I am proud to say that even with the difficulties of Covid, we were able to add three new members to the choir last year. My goal is to add six new members this year! We are deeply in need of adding men, so we can be a more balanced choir. Ladies, don’t worry. We will take you in, as well!
If you have ever thought about singing in the choir, I ask that you consider coming to our rehearsal on August 24th. Come. take us for a “test drive” and I’m sure you will enjoy the ride!
Click the audio file below to enjoy our 2021 recording of “Come thou Fount of Every Blessing”
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Parish Bible Study & Compline
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Bible Study
Parish Bible Study will be on break until Wednesday, October 5,
at 9:00 by Zoom.
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Compline
Compline Service:
We meet on Thursday evenings
at 4:00 on Zoom
Please use The Book of Common Prayer during the service.
Click here for the
Zoom Invitation
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Centering Prayer & Practice
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Join Priest Doyle for Centering Prayer Class and Practice
On Friday Mornings at 10:00 a.m.
 We will pray and study in community.
Please purchase the book, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, by Cynthia Bourgeault. You can find it on Amazon and eBay. Or, you
can find it at Barnes and Nobel. Please order ASAP so you will have it by the time the class begins.
If you want to read ahead or have them ready to go, the next two books we will be reading and discussing are, in order: The Heart of Centering Prayer, Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice and The Wisdom Jesus, Transforming Heart and Mind, both by
Cynthia Bourgeault.
Centering Prayer Practice and Class will begin Friday, September 9,
meeting in the Common Room.
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Meal Train for Our Friends
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A Meal Train has been set up for Judy, Charlie and Jenniffer Buff. Please go to the following website and see what date is available to bring a meal for the Buffs.
https://mealtrain.com/2e1wm8
You may ask... What is Meal Train?
There are times in our lives when friends and family ask, "What can I do to help out?" The answer is usually to help them with a meal. When many friends provide support through a meal, Meal Train keeps everyone organized.
MealTrain.com is a free meal calendar tool that makes planning meals among a wide group easy and less stressful.
It’s best to call Charlie at (707) 539-2667 regarding when you would arrive and what you will bring. The perfect time is between 6 and 7pm. All of this plus additional information is listed under “Review All Instructions” on the app or website for those of you who are interested and able to bring a meal. In addition, Charlie really appreciates your prayers. If you wish to send a card, their address is also in the app/ website. Thank you.
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Meet & Greet at Dunbar BBC-Schools
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Welcome BACK DUNBAR SCHOOL!! We hope you enjoyed your SUMMER BREAK!!
Check out these photos from Dunbar Meet & Greet and children who are involved with the ViVO Orchestras program.
Thank you to Laurie Boone Hogen for providing all the photos!
BBC-Schools Team
Pat Coleman, Laurie Boone Hogen, Eleanor Albon, Ann Phillips
From left to right
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Save the Date
Parish Picnic & Ministry Fair
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We are so excited to share that our Parish Picnic is back this year and we will also have our Ministry Fair! Please join us on Sunday, September 11th following the service. We will have hot dogs and hamburgers and all the fixin's plus a pot luck of your favorite summer treats!
Please sign up so we know how many to plan for. Sign up sheets available this Sunday in Narthax and Stevenson Hall or call or email Ann Schneider 406-899-2463 or anndaplin@yahoo.com.
Ministries should contact Karl Mutch at karlmutch@gmail.com or (650) 704-7440, for sign up and display information.
We are excited to see you there!!
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Read Eleanor's thankful note below to her awesome volunteers who helped her distribute food earlier this week!
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" and the high temperature didn't stop us, either! We were all red faced and guzzling water, but we completed the St Pat distribution! Thank you to Kathleen B, Lauri/Tim D, Lynn K, Carolyn W, drop-in Beth B, driver Ron (I was late, but saw him as he was leaving St Pat's), and our ever faithful rep. Arturo. 44 households and 159 individuals received food from REFB at St Pat's tonight! It's so rewarding to hear the thanks and see the smiles as we put food in their cars.
The worst of covid seems to be on the decline, but food prices and other essential items continue to escalate. I suspect the need for food will continue or increase. Volunteers for St Pat's are ready!
REFB has begun "meals on wheels" type of program. If you can help, please contact them at refb.org.
Eleanor
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Greetings St Patrick's!!
Please click the link to read the Outreach Ministry meeting minutes. We are doing great things with YOUR help!! Thank you!!
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Racial Reconciliation Training
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 There is a Racial Reconciliation Training Day for our deanery on September 24, 2022 at the Church of the Incarnation in Santa Rosa. All St Patrick's clergy, Vestry members, Lay Eucharistic Ministers, and lay leaders are required by our diocese in the Episcopal Church in the USA to participate in this training. Please put this date on your calendars.
Saturday, September 24 | 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Church of the Incarnation | Santa Rosa
Register here: https://forms.gle/PFhqthoixtXYG3Vi6
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Greetings Friends,
Jenny Froyd is a friend and member of the Kenwood Community Church in Kenwood. We would like to share this great opportunity to you!
A meditation session will be held at Star of The Valley’s Mary’s Garden, 545 White Oak Drive, (in Oakmont) on August 25 at 4 PM. Marcy Fox, retired theology teacher, is using the “seven steps to inspire kinship and care for our sacred earth” as presented by Rosanne M. Siino, PhD (Student of ecological theology at Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley). All are welcome.
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Eager to catch up with friends??
Throughout the the pandemic, our Tuesday Coffee Hour has been a way for parishioners to connect during the week. We would love to invite you to join us!
Click HERE for your Zoom link!
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Film Showing
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 AT 5:00 P.M.
ST. PATRICK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, KENWOOD
THIS ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE FILM IS A NATURE AND ECOLOGY DOCUMENTARY, NARRATED AND WRITTEN BY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH AND SCIENTIST JOHAN ROCKSTROM.
This important film examines the earth’s biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can be healed. Bring your friends and family to this free film, enjoy some popcorn and be all the wiser about what we can do to save our planet.
Please RSVP to Bobbiejo at parishadm9000@gmail.com or call 707-833-4228, ext 1.
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 9000 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood, Ca. 95452
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Six Week Course with
The Rev. Bruce Bramlett
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Join religious studies scholar and interfaith facilitator, The Rev. Bruce Bramlett, in a fascinating six session exploration of:
Uncovering and Challenging a History We Thought We Knew:
The Development of Rabbinic Judaism and Classical Christianity, 586 B.C.E. to 325 C.E.
Image by Marc Chagall/ Art Institute of Chicago
This six-week class will explore the long developmental trajectory of Rabbinic Judaism and Classical Christianity through the critical period of western history from 586 B.C.E. to 325 C.E. Beginning with the traumatic, decisive events of exile in Babylon where what we call “Judaism” began, we will trace the development of Jewish tradition and self-consciousness through its encounter, accommodation, and resistance to the Hellenistic world. Then, with the spread and growing power of the Roman empire, we’ll follow Judea’s struggle for identity and survival leading through the tumultuous period of unrest and revolution in the first century C.E. One development from that struggle was the growth of a renewal movement that followed a Galilean peasant, Jesus of Nazareth, whose life and death would ultimately spawn a different trajectory from within the heart of the Jewish tradition. While history would come to declare this movement a separate religion called Christianity, our work together will show the overwhelming ways in which there was not a “parting of the ways” until after the rise of Constantine in the fourth century of the Common era. This is a history filled with surprises that will challenge everything you thought you know, even those who believe they know it well.
This course will be held on Tuesdays from 11:30-1:00 on the following dates:
September 13, 20,27 and October 4,11,18. Class will be held in Stevenson Hall at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 9000 Sonoma Highway in Kenwood, California.
We will have light refreshments at 11:15.
A recommended donation of $30 for the course will help off-set expenses. Please. R.S.V. P. to Bobbiejo at parishadm9000@gmail.com or call 707-833-4228 ext. 1.
Click below to read The Rev. Bramlett's biography!
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Upcoming Education opportunities:
- Shinrin Yoku - Forest Bathing walk by Earth Care Alliance - August 22, Click HERE for more info!
- Film Showing at St Patrick's- September 9th: Breaking Boundaries: The Science Of Our Planet
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Uncovering and Challenging a History We Thought We Knew: The Development of Rabbinic Judaism and Classical Christianity, 586 B.C.E. to 325 C.E. with The Rev. Bruce Bramlett. September 13, 20,27 and October 4,11,18.
- A field trip to Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga on Wednesday, October 19 - Time to be announced. Place is limited. Please contact Stephanie Chapralis. Email: schapralis@aol.com
- Pumpkin Fashion Show, decorate a pumpkin for display on Sunday, October 30th. Have fun with and be creative!!
The Education committee is open to all who are interested. The agenda and minutes are available from the church office. Email Laurie Boone Hogen if you want to attend any meetings or have suggestions.
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Sonoma After-School Cafe Volunteer Opportunity
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Volunteer Food Delivery Drivers for After-School Cafe program
We are looking for volunteer drivers to deliver healthy meals to children attending afterschool programs. With your help, we can serve approximately 1,064 meals per week. This is an opportunity that can be done solo but also can be great for a team of two. Volunteer with your spouse, your coworker, or your friend.
As a volunteer driver, you may take your personal vehicle or drive one of our vans, to deliver meals in insulated coolers to Afterschool Programs in Sonoma, Cotati, and Rohnert Park.
Meals are picked up at Santa Rosa City School Kitchen Monday through Thursday. Pick a date that works best for your schedule, and help us feed children before they head home for the day.
The volunteer shift is 3-4 hours, with a monthly commitment preferred but there is flexibility. If you are interested and would like to find out more, please contact Volunteer Coordinators, Liz Berry, or Jorge Delgado.
Minimum Requirements:
- Valid California Driver's license and proof of vehicle insurance
- Minimum age 21
- Able to lift 35 pounds
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Richard Rohr
Daily Meditation
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Thursday, August 18, 2022
Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM
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Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Please Support Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church Ministry
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Please remember that if you choose to mail your gift, our mailing address is P.O. Box 247, Kenwood CA 95452.
Thank you!!!
If you choose to mail in your gift, please consider to send checks only. This is for your security.
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Priest Doyle Dietz Allen Contact Information
Email: stpatricksrector@gmail.com
Parish Office Phone: 707-833-4228
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9000 Sonoma Highway
PO Box 247
Kenwood, CA 95452
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