Each person expresses and experiences love in different ways – does the way you express love get the message across? Derek Ball, a marriage and family therapist, will lead a two-part discussion on The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, Jan. 31 and…
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Hope Yates, a first-year student at Iowa State University, will be pulling an all-nighter on Friday night. Hope is a dedicated student, but this staying-up-all-night event will not be to study for a big test or finish a paper. She will be putting on…
Texting, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Twitch. The digital channels for kids (and adults) are many – the identity choices are, too. A new St. Paul faith milestone event this year for sixth-graders and their parents, Digital Identit…
Chicago, Illinois – The board of directors of The Christian Century, the flagship journal of Protestant thinking in America, has named Pastor Peter W. Marty as publisher. Marty’s role will be to advance the vision and financial strength of the public…
The topic of the afternoon was fostering excellence in pastoral ministry. Five students – Karyn Kost, Steven Gallego, Anders Nilsen, Kevin OBryan, and Daniel Heim – gathered with Pastor Peter Marty in the Luther Loft earlier this week, thinking throu…
This Sunday, Jan. 10, Sunday learning returns for adults, kids, and youth at St. Paul. ADULTS Sunday morning learning for adults starts back up with three options, 10:45-11:30 a.m. Explore big questions with a presenter in the Chapel. Engage in a tho…
Smooth and unfinished, wooden palm crosses have touched the lives of countless St. Paul people and those they love. As the creator of these simple objects of faith begins to step into retirement, and their availability in the St. Paul Book Corner dis…
St. Paul’s annual meeting will be held on Sunday, Feb. 7, at 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary. This meeting includes approving the 2016 budget, and the review of 2015 financials and annual report. Pastor Peter Marty will present a state-of-the-church repo…
Flight Behavior, a novel from American author and biologist Barbara Kingsolver, is the 2016 All St. Paul Reads selection. Discussion about the book, set in an Appalachian town in Tennessee, will take place on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6-8 p.m., in the Lib…
All former Youth Choir singers, in college and beyond, are invited to join the current Youth Choir for worship on Sunday, Jan. 3. Gather to rehearse a favorite anthem, Who Is the Lamb?, at 8:30 a.m. in the Chapel. The choir sings during the 9:20 a.m….
A Sunday-morning series will explore the practice of voluntary simplicity – listening to our lives through a dialogue about time, money, food, spirituality, heritage, community. Led by Pastor Katy Warren and Ann McGlynn, director of communication, th…
One of my favorite Christmas carols is Once in Royal David’s City. Whenever the music begins and I hear the soprano solo during the first verse, I get overwhelmed by the sacredness that is Christmas. Every time I sing this song, it evokes my memories…