Tuesday Night Dinner, Drinks and Discussion

Tonight will be our first weekly Tuesday night "Dinner, Drinks and Discussion" meeting. 

It will begin at 7:30pm (come later if you can't get out of work) at the Heijmens' apartment, 242 East 71st St. Apt 2E, between 2nd & 3rd Avenues. We'll wrap up around 9pm, but you'll be welcome to hang out as long as you like.

See you then!

Summer Schedule

This summer, St. Paul's will have two regular weekly meetings:

Sundays, 5:30pm, beginning May 31st:

A casual time of teaching, music and prayer, with food to follow. 122 East 83rd Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues.

Tuesdays, 7:30pm, beginning May 26th:

Dinner, drinks and discussion at the Heijmens' apartment. 242 East 71st Street Apt 2E, between 2nd & 3rd Avenues.

We hope to see you soon!

Please note: there will be no meeting this Sunday, May 24, due to the Memorial Day Holiday.

Preview Service this Sunday!

Join us for a Preview Service this Sunday, May 17th at 10:30am.

The service will be at the Metropolitan Republican Club (St. Paul's has no political affiliations:) at 122 East 83rd Street between Lexington and Park Avenues.

Childcare will be provided and there will be refreshments to follow.

We hope to see you then!

This (past) Sunday's Sermon: Emotion & Action

This past week we looked at John 14.15-21, specifically Jesus' words that "if you love me you will keep my commandments." We talked about how we usually read those words as a challenge and an accusation, as if Jesus is saying "put or shut up" or "prove your (supposed) love to me through action," but what he is actually saying is that emotion (love) always precedes action (obedience), and that the answer is not to obey our way into love, but to actually love and let obedience naturally follow.

Also, it was Mother's Day, so we talked about how a mother's love spurns her to serve her children, and not the other way around.

You can find the link to the podcast at right.

Enjoy!

Amazing Preview Service

This past Sunday, almost 90 of us gathered for St. Paul's first Preview Service. It was a truly wonderful time and I hope that you will join us for the next one on May 17th!

Preview Service this Sunday!

This Sunday, April 26th at 10:30am, we will be having our first Preview Service as we gear up for our official launch this coming September.

As usual, we will be meeting at 122 East 83rd Street between Park and Lexington Avenues.

Childcare will be provided and there will be refreshments to follow.

I hope to see you all there!

Easter at St. Paul's

We had a wonderful Easter this past week, my facial situation notwith-standing.

I spoke on the resurrec-tion (what else?), specifically two questions, giving much more time to the latter:

1. Did it happen?

2. Does it matter?

Using the early 20th century German theologian Karl Holl as a guide, I claimed that Easter matters because Jesus is the only God who claimed to be the Friend of Sinners.

For the audio, click here.

10 days until the Preview Service!