Mother Pippa

Tie a string around your finger, post notes, set alarms, but don’t forget that Daylight Saving begins this week. Set your clocks forward an hour on Saturday, or we will miss you at church on Sunday. This Sunday is our Chalice Bearer Training! If you are currently a chalice bearer, would like to be a […]

This Sunday is our monthly Potluck Coffee Hour. Thank you to everyone who is bringing a dish to share and to the Vestry for set up and clean up! Have you ever received or gifted a prayer shawl? The St. Mary’s Prayer Shawl team knits and crochets at home and at church to keep us

Are you curious about how the altar is set up each Sunday? How do we decide what color to put on the altar? How do we pour the wine? What do we do with leftovers? Find out following both services this Sunday at our Altar Guild training. Please plan to join if you are currently

Sunday is the last Sunday after the Epiphany before we begin Lent. Each year our Gospel reading on this day is Jesus’ transfiguration – a mountaintop experience before we enter into the hard work of Lent. I hope you will join us on Sunday. Archdeacon Bill Dunlop will be with us and will preach. Following

Our first ministry training is this Sunday! Following both services, we will be talking about what it means to be an acolyte. All are welcome, whether you are a current acolyte, interested in becoming an acolyte, or just curious. We will pass out new guides for acolyting as well as discussing the way you contribute

Next Saturday (February 7) at 10 AM, we are scrubbing and polishing the pews! Come in your work clothes and make the pews shine with our care and love. Thank you to a parishioner donation that bought the cleaning supplies. Our “snow check” Bingo is also on February 7 from 3-5 PM. It will be

We have all kinds of fellowship opportunities coming up. Our next one is our Card Game Night on January 31 from 3-5 p.m. Bring a deck of cards and come ready to have fun. Snacks will be provided, so just bring your favorite non-alcoholic beverage, and any ideas for a favorite card game. The next

Life at St. Mary’s continues to hum along. The Welcome Team is hosting a Card Game night at St. Mary’s on January 31 from 3-5 p.m. Free popcorn will be provided, so just bring your favorite non-alcoholic beverage, and any ideas for a favorite card game. Or, just bring yourself. I have decks of cards

What is Holy Baptism? Holy Baptism is the sacrament by which God adopts us as his children and makes us members of Christ’s Body, the Church, and inheritors of the kingdom of God. – BCP 858 This Sunday is the Baptism of Our Lord, the feast day when we mark Jesus’ baptism by John. Matthew,

Happy New Year! Sunday is the 11th Day of Christmas (eleven pipers piping), and I hope you are feeling the warmth of the incarnation in your life (if not outside). Sunday is also our first trial of a “Potluck Coffee Hour.” Thank you to people for your feedback about the importance of food at Coffee