 | The GrapevineSt. Patrick’s Episcopal Church |
| | | Thanks Living:
Joyfully Transforming Lives
Our Mission Statement:
"To be a community that shares the joy of God's Love" |
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| |  | This past Sunday, when we got home from church, our first order of business was to chalk the front door. The Epiphany house blessing is something we’ve done for years, but it felt extra special this year. After the past few weeks of packing, moving, unpacking, setting up our new place, cleaning the old place, and the busy-ness of Christmas complete with family visiting from Colorado, the prayers and chalking gave us a much-needed pause. After we finished, we just stood fora moment in silence on our new front porch, and gave thanks to God for all our blessings, and especially for the blessing of becoming part of St. Patrick’s. My hope for us all this Epiphany season is that the chalk marks
20 + C + M +B + 25
above our doors will remind us that we are called to make our homes beacons of light in our communities, and to strive to make our homes places of safety, comfort, and hospitality to all who enter.
Please email or text photos of your front doors with your Epiphany blessings to Mack.Saintpatricks@gmail.comso we can share them in the next edition of the Grapevine!
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| | And a Wonderful Time was Had by All: Nomadic Shelter on January 4th With scores of caps and scarves from which to choose, it was a warm and welcoming evening, including a tour of the church! Scroll down for more Shelter News! |
|  | | We’re settling into the New Year and thinking about the stories we will tell at Annual Meeting! Thanks to everyone who has already submitted a report.
Flower Guild has openings for new volunteers! See below. |
| |  | “Bayou Baptism” by Lauren Wright Pittman. Used by permission. |
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Sunday January 12, 10 am - The Baptism of the Lord
When God’s love rains down upon us all!
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| Saturday January 10 - Women’s Breakfast, 10am Boudin, Montgomery Village |
| |  | This Sunday, the choir will sing a setting of a wonderful poem by Howard Thurman, “The Work of Christmas.”
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among others,
To make music in the heart.
Those of us who participated in Sacred Ground read Thurman’s profound little book "Jesus and the Disinherited,” one of the most compassionate responses to injustice it has ever been my privilege to read. Rev. Carol+ |
| Have News to Share in the Grapevine? Send articles and pictures to carol.luther@gmail.com no later than Thursday morning. Submissions received after that will be published the following week. |
| | IF YOU NEED A CHECK OR REIMBURSEMENT
We now have a special box in the copy room for your request forms. Left side, 2nd from the top. We want to get your payment to you ASAP! Thanks. |
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| | The Rev. Mack Olson, Priest-in-Charge
Email: mack.saintpatricks@gmail.com Phone/text: 707-395-5572 |
| St. Patrick’s Upcoming Worship Service In Person and on Zoom |
| |  | The Flower Guild Ministry is seeking additional volunteers to help with the flower decorations of the church. There is no cost to the volunteer—reimbursement for expenses is easily available. We rotate duties so that typically no one is responsible for flowers more than one time per month and we adjust schedules to accommodate each person’s availability. During Lent, Easter, Advent and Christmas we work together as a team to decorate the church. If you have any questions and possible interest –please contact me – Please know you don’t have to be an expert floral arranger!—Margaret M. (707)542-8146 |
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Our first Nomadic Shelter of the new year was on January 4. We had 16 guests, including 3 women and the usual 2 staff early in the evening and 2 others overnight. They arrived just before 6 p.m. and left on Sunday at 6 a.m., leaving Stevenson Hall clean and tidy.
We had our wonderful head cooks, Fr. Mack and Jeremy who prepared lasagna, mixed vegetables, and garlic bread. Dakota and Brianna brought Caesar salad and Ron Keith made his delicious Ambrosia. Bernadette Gibb brought salami, cheese, and crackers. Rebecca Randolph brought cupcakes.
The set-up crew which included Adele Daw and Carol Luther got the tables set and decorated, set up the coffee table, and laid out all those scarves, hats, and gloves and guests took what they could use.
Our wait staff were Dakota and Brianna Borgfeldt, Rebecca Randolph, Josh Phillips, Ron Keith, Bernadette Gibb, Merle Holtzen, Beth Lewis, Emily Lewis, Martine Fioresi, Ingo Renken, Rich and Betsy Randolph. After dinner Bernadette and others wasshed dishes. Jeremy and Fr. Mack packed up leftovers for Redwood Gospel Mission and everyone was able to leave by 7:15. It all went very smoothly, and everyone enjoyed the meal.
Our nest Nomadic Shelter is February 1, Saturday, Sign-ups will begin next Sunday. Please contact me if you have any questions. Betsy Randolph (408)981-2024 or email rjurny@gmail.com |
| | We invite you to register today for this inspiring program. |
| Ten Week Book Study and Conversation on Zoom Thursday Mornings 10:00am –11:30 January 16 thru March 20, 2025 |
| In his sequel to Sacred Earth Sacred Souls, John Philip Newell introduces us to remarkable earth souls including Thomas Berry, Julian of Norwich, Jalalludin Rumi, Carl Jung and Etty Hillesum.
“If I could introduce you to ten amazing people whose influence could transform your life by energizing your spiritual quest, they would be the nine visionaries featured in The Great Search… plus a tenth, John Philip Newell himself. What a treasure this book is. Enthusiastically recommended!” — Brian D. McLaren, author of Life After Doom |
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| John Philip Newell (b 1953) is an internationally renowned Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken to the sacredness of Earth and every human being.
Canadian by birth, and also Scottish, he resides with his wife Ali in the ecovillage of Findhorn in Scotland. In 2016 he began the Earth & Soul initiative and teaches regularly in the United States and Canada as well as leading international pilgrimage weeks on Iona in the Western Isles of Scotland.
Fee: $75.00 or what you can afford. No one is turned away for lack of funds. The Thomas Heck Memorial Fund is available to those needing scholarship aid, and we encourage donations to the fund from those who are interested supporting our operating costs and each other. |
|  | | Fri. January 10 Wellspring with Sharron Simpson, Contemplative Prayer and Conversation, 10-11:30 Parish Hall
Mon. January 13 - Art with Kate Rogers, 11 am, Common Room
Wednesday, January 15 - Eucharist and Healing
Saturday January 10 - Women’s Breakfast, 10am Boudin, Montgomery Village
Monday January 13 - Redwood Empire Food Bank, 4 pm
Saturday February 1 - Nomadic Shelter |
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Ministries of the parish that we cannot directly accomplish, except by our hospitable welcome to these fellowships and healing work include the following:
* AA Group, weekly on Wednesdays at 7:30PM, meets in the Parish Hall.
* Al Anon Group weekly on Wednesdays at 6PM, meets in the Common Room. * PEO, once a month on the first Thursday at 10AM meets in the Parish Hall.
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Jan 13 volunteers are Pam, Ned and Erin G. Can one more help? And, if you can, please let me know any other upcoming 2nd and 4th Mondays you can volunteer.
May you all have a prosperous 2025.
Eleanor |
| Collection Corner: Doing Good!Blessing Bags and F.I.S.H. |
| Blessing Bags are due Sunday, January 12
Each bag needs: A Can of Pasta and Meat w/ pop top lid Crackers with Cheese or Peanut Butter A Boxed Drink A Granola/Trail Mix Bar Napkin and sturdy plastic fork |
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Please consider sending a monetary contribution to F.I.S.H. P.O. Box 4291 Santa Rosa, CA 95402
or putting non-perishable food in the basket in the Narthex. The need is great. Thank you,
Eleanor Albon and on behalf of Margaret Merchat, Leslie Clark and Kerin McTaggert |
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| | Carol’s Corner: My Epiphany SermonIn which I, too, have an epiphany |
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St. Patrick’s Church Kenwood acknowledges that we sit on unceded lands traversed by the Coast Miwok, the Southern Pomo and the Central Wappo.
With God's help, we commit ourselves to acknowledging the truth of California's history, as well as strengthening existing relationships and improving our efforts to build collaborative relationships with Native peoples. |
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