Livestream and In Person Worship & Resources
The primary way to participate in worship with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at this time is livestreaming. In addition to our Livestreaming Worship, we also are offering several supplementary opportunities to receive communion. All services that require pre-registration, and registration forms go live each Friday at 7:00AM for the following Sunday. We are not able to take registrations at the door.
Worship with us via Livestream at 10:45 a.m.
We will be livestreaming our service on Sundays at 10:45am, and our Wednesday services at 11am using Facebook live. You can view the service even if you do not have a Facebook account. You can view it here: https://www.facebook.com/
You can find the 10:45am Bulletin here.
Book of Common Prayer Online is here.
Downloadable PDF of Book of Common Prayer is here.
You can find the hymnal here.
You are invited to light a candle in your home, or wherever you are joining us in worship.
We will again be using Zoom on the production end of our service, allowing readers, our preacher and musicians to be brought from their individual homes into the worship service. Because of this, you can participate either directly on Zoom or through our usual Facebook Live feed. Here's how to join in:
This method uses Zoom's webinar feature. You will be required to enter your name and an e-mail address, which Zoom requires only as a security measure. The passcode: 1066.
You can also view Facebook live here
In-Person Worship & Other Worship Opportunities this Weekend
We will offer Communion Appointments in the St. Paul’s Sanctuary on Sunday from 1-2PM. Communion Appointments are a time when members of your household come for a short private service and receive the Eucharist in the sanctuary. Pre-registration is required. Please sign up here.
This Sunday, Drive Through Communion in the St. Paul's Parking Lot from 9AM-10AM and 12 Noon - 1PM. Drive Through Communion is a time when members of your household come for a short prayer service and receive communion in your car with one of our clergy or Eucharistic minister. Drive Through Communion does not require pre registration, though there may be a short wait. Masks are required.
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If you would like to be added to the list to receive a no-contact Eucharistic visit, which happens approximately every other weekend, please sign up here.
Sunday Service Over the Phone
St. Paul's will be playing the Sunday morning service over the phone at 1:30pm on Sunday afternoons for folks who do not have internet access. If you know someone who would like to listen to our services. We have shared this information with our list of parishioners who have expressed interest, and if you would like to join us please call this number at 1:30pm on Sundays: 1-646-558-8656, meeting ID: 412 531 7153. The password is 1066.
Music Notes
Christin Cooper, Assistant Music Director for Children
This Sunday’s music features the diverse voices of America as we mark the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. African-American composers like William Grant Still, Betty Jackson King, and H. T. Burleigh made significant contributions to the repertoire of classically trained organists, pianists, and vocalists. Indeed, Burleigh’s settings of spirituals played a significant role in introducing this unique tradition into the American mainstream, and influenced the compositions of European composers such as Antonín Dvořák. Burleigh lived for many years in Erie, PA where he got his start in church music at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul. The incipit of Burleigh’s last published hymn, “In Christ there is no East or West”, can be seen in the stained glass windows of the cathedral today. His feast day is celebrated in the Episcopal church on September 11th.
In addition to hymns and spiritual settings, we’ll highlight Thomas Dorsey’s famous gospel song “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” (a favorite of Dr. King), as well as familiar Civil Rights anthems like “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and Pete Seeger’s “If I Had a Hammer”. In closing, we are reminded of the power of music to create an interfaith community through the message of “Peace, Salaam, Shalom.”
