Easter Season 2023
Lent is a 40 day season of reflection; by contrast, the Easter season offers us 50 days of celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. Join us at St Paul’s this Easter!
6pm Saturday service returns to Old St. Luke’s for the Easter Season
Join us for Saturday 6 pm Services at Old St. Luke’s Church, 330 Old Washington Pike, Carnegie, PA 15106 from April 15 – May 20.
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Guys’ Night Out: Bible and Beer
- Sunday, April 23, 2023, 3:30 PM
- Sunday, May 14, 2023, 4:00 PM
At Caliente Pizza & Drafthouse, 329 Castle Shannon Blvd.
Iftar at St. Paul’s
Sunday, April 16, 7pm in the Undercroft
Our Turkish friends are generously sharing an iftar meal with the St. Paul’s community during the holy month of Ramadan! Please come, share a meal, and celebrate! Please register for the event here. Also, volunteers are needed to help with cleanup – please sign up to help here. Contact the Rev. Erin Morey [email protected] with any questions.
St. Paul’s Small Groups: The Difficult Words of Jesus
Small Groups begin the week of April 16th.
Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God’s word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14:26), to act as if they were slaves (Matthew 20:27), and to sell their belongings and give to the poor (Luke 18:22). He restricts his mission (Matthew 10:6); he speaks of damnation (Matthew 8:12); he calls Jews the devil’s children (John 8:44).
In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine shows how these difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation.
Groups start the week of April16th and run until Pentecost. You can read along on your own or join one of our Small Groups.
Small Group Time and Leaders:
- Tuesday at 7:00AM on Zoom – Led by Noah Evans– Email: [email protected]
- Tuesdays at 2pm on Zoom – Led by Cat Munz– Email: [email protected]
- Wednesday at 7PM on Zoom– Led by Eileen Sharbaugh– Email: [email protected]
- Thursday at 11:30AM on Zoom– Led by Erin Morey– Email: [email protected]
Creation Care Film Series: Kiss the Ground
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 6:30 PM
In the Undercroft
Join us for the first film in a series of screenings and discussions about Creation Care and sustainability! We will be screening the film “Kiss the Ground.” This award-winning documentary explores the link between soil health, global climate, habitat loss, and food supplies. Please contact the Rev. Erin Morey [email protected] with questions.
Earth Day in Mt. Lebanon Park
Sunday, April 30, 2023, 11:00 AM
Join St. Paul’s for Earth Day in Mt. Lebanon Park. Celebrate Earth Day with our Mt. Lebanon community in Mt. Lebanon Park (near the Recreation Center), and learn about local, sustainability – minded organizations. There will be food, and activities for kids and the whole family! St. Paul’s will also be tabling at the event, so if you are interested in helping set up at 9am and spread the word about how we care for Creation, please email the Rev. Erin Morey.
Learn About Solar Energy
Thursday, May 4, 2023, 7:00 PM
In the Undercroft
Join Pennsylvania State Representative Dan Miller for a panel discussion about solar energy. More details to come soon! Contact the Rev. Erin Morey [email protected] with any questions.
Life of the Beloved
A 5-week Group Spiritual Direction Program via Zoom
When: Zoom meetings will be Monday evenings, April 17 and 24, May 1, 8 and 15, at 5-6pm EST.
The resurrection has been accomplished! Lenten studies have ended, and you may be asking, “Is that it? Do I just coast from here until Advent?” Certainly not!
The sacrifice of the cross is the beginning call of the Beloved. In this short series, we’ll be reading Henri Nouwen’s book “Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World.” As Nouwen says, “The great spiritual call of the Beloved is to pull their brokenness away from the shadow of the curse and put it under the light of the blessing.” Our world and ourselves live out the reality of that brokenness daily. How do we face it?
Each week we’ll focus on one chapter, having read it, and in a quiet, meditative time, prayed about the reading and then journaled our thoughts and reactions to each – Loved, Chosen, Blessed, Broken, and Given. At meeting time, we’ll share our reflections (as we so desire) and always in a covenant of confidence.
Registration: You can register for this program by emailing Jill Gordon. Confirmation of your registration will be sent to you with any additional details, including the Zoom link. Registration deadline is Sunday, April 16, 2023. Please order your book in time to read selection prior to our first meeting.
Offering: The donation for this program is $25 and is tax deductible. You can donate by credit card or check. By check, please make payable to WVIS and mail it to 1601 Virginia Street East, Charleston, WV 25311 with the name of the program in the memo line. If you wish to register online, you can click HERE and be taken to the WVIS Tithe.ly Donation page. Click the Give button, then choose “Life of the Beloved”0
Jill Gordon (BA, W. VA. Wesleyan; MFA, University of Pittsburgh) is a WVIS spiritual direction intern and member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Mt. Lebanon, PA. A writer and former teacher, she and her husband enjoy their family (5 children and 11 grands), biking and music. This group is a required part of Jill’s training in Spiritual Direction at WVIS.
This program will be held via Zoom – a link will be provided after you register. For more information about the program or with questions, contact Jill Gordon. WVIS is a non-profit 501c3 organization.
St. Paul’s 101
Are you new to St. Paul’s, and trying to figure out the parish? Do you want to get connected or reconnected with the church during this time? Have you been here for a while, and want to learn more about the Episcopal Church or still find yourself wondering what’s going on? Do you have questions you want to talk about? Join us for St. Paul’s 101, an overview of our parish and the Episcopal Church. This class also would serve as preparation for adults who are interested in being formally confirmed or received in the Episcopal Church.
Please join us for the next session of St. Paul’s 101, which will meet on Sundays, April 16th through May 7th at 5pm. This class is taught by the Reverend Noah H Evans. For more information or to register for the class, please email Noah or call him at (412)531-7153×11.
April 16 Nooks and Crannies tour of St. Paul’s Building
April 23 Episcopal History: It’s not just about a king’s divorce! and Theology Close to the Ground: Scripture, Tradition and Reason
April 30 Worship: The Way of Prayer is the Way of Belief
May 7 Practicing our Faith: Lay leadership in the church and the world
Newcomers’ Reception
Sunday April 30, 12 noon
We are blessed to have welcomed so many new people into the St. Paul’s family recently! If you are new to St. Paul’s over the last year or so, or even just came for the first time this week, you are invited to come to one of our Newcomer Receptions. Come meet some new faces and learn about what makes our church such a special community. We are blessed with your presence and hope you’ll plan to attend. Children are welcome!
If you’d like more information, please email the Rev. Laura Di Panfilo or (412)531-7153.
Pentecost Sunday
Sunday, May 28 at 9:45AM
This Pentecost Sunday we will begin our summer combined worship at 9:45AM. We also will celebrate Doug Starr’s 30 years of music ministry at St. Paul’s on his last Sunday before retirement. Please join us for this special service which will include a multi-lingual Pentecost reading and great music. There will also be a “pull out” Children’s Chapel during the service. Following the service there will be an all parish reception and short program to celebrate Doug’s ministry and wish him congratulations on his retirement from St. Paul’s. Watch for more details on this important and special Sunday for our parish.
Memory Box for Doug Starr
At Doug Starr’s retirement celebration on Sunday, May 28, following the 9:45AM service, we will present Doug with a Memory Box filled with notes of love and appreciation from our parish for his 30 years of ministry at St. Paul’s. There will be an opportunity to write notes during the party, and also you can pick up blank cards, or drop off completed notes, to the box in the Parish Office before the celebration. For questions, please contact Rebecca at 412-531-7153 x10 or [email protected].
Pentecost Multi-Lingual Reading Participants
Are you comfortable reading aloud in a language other than English? Contact Erin ([email protected]) if you’d like to participate in the Multilingual readings at our Pentecost service on Sunday, May 28 at 9:45am. You only need to read one sentence. The more languages we can feature, the better the reading will be – so even if you haven’t practiced in a while, or are a new learner, please reach out!
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