Archive for July, 2023
2023 Back to School Drive
Help fill a backpack for a Norwalk student! Requested Donations – Pencils Loose leaf paper Single Subject notebooks Highlighters Pens Erasers Binders Crayons Markers Colored pencils Scissors Tape Glue. Sturdy backpacks Gift cards (Wal-Mart, Staples, Walgreen’s, Shop Rite, etc. – anywhere school supplies are sold!) Supplies will be blessed on August 27th at St. Paul’s […]
Continue ReadingTaking Inventory
“Stewardship is not just the pledge campaign – it is how we approach our relationship with each other and all of God’s gifts to us all year round. Whatever the resources we have been given is what we must work with to accomplish the mission of the church – these include our time, our talent, and […]
Continue ReadingVisit to the Ruby & Calvin Fletcher African American Museum
As part of their commitment to continuous learning about issues of race and justice, some members of the Race and Social Justice Coalition, many of whom are St. Paul’s parishioners, recently visited the first African American Museum in Stratford, Connecticut. The Museum was founded by Jeffery Fletcher from artifacts which his mother, Ruby Fletcher, had […]
Continue ReadingStewardship – Giving & Pledging
Stewardship is defined by the Episcopal church as a practice of gratitude and generosity which allows us to “grow more and more into the likeness of the loving, generous God in whose image we are created. Episcopalians believe that it is by virtue of our baptism that we are called to this ministry of stewardship.” […]
Continue ReadingHistory Project at St. Paul’s
The history project continues its research work on slavery in Norwalk and the complicity of our Church in this practice. We recently visited the History Room at the Norwalk Library where we are able to access documents such as records of signed papers of the enslaved being released after paying their wages now owed to […]
Continue ReadingA Beautiful Counterpoint
Thank you for your wishes of comfort!Last Thursday, I “miscalculated” a step while vacuuming our stairs at home and fell hard onto my left hip. It was a bad injury which required a full hip replacement. It was unfortunate and I’m in a lot of pain, but of course, there is a beautiful counterpoint. The […]
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