http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul St Paul Lutheran Church, Jersey City, NJ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:34:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every Wednesday in Lent, we gather at 7 pm for a liturgy of Holy Communion. This year, these Wednesday worship services center around the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, author, and leader in the anti-Nazi Confessing Church.  Bonhoeffer loved African-American spirituals as a musical expression of the faith, so these ... http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2010/03/01/bonhoeffer-and-spirituals/ Join us on Sunday, March 7, at 4 p.m. for a concert by our choir in residence, Schola Cantorum on Hudson, entitled American Melting Pot. Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, founder and director, will conduct a concert highlighting works by immigrants to America in a variety of genres, from spirituals to ... http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2010/02/21/american-melting-pot-march-7/ No, this isn’t a typo. The saints of St. Paul Lutheran Church (simultaneously saints and sinners, as Martin Luther taught us) raised over $1,000 at our Souper Bowl Sunday event on February 7. Our confirmation class, in concert with thousands of Christian youth groups across the country, led us in ... http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2010/02/10/saints-win-souper-bowl/ The Sharing Place, St. Paul's ministry to the needy in our neighborhood, sees nearly monthly increases in the number of people who come to us for bags of nutritious food. On the last two Saturdays of every month, we provide bags of groceries or, for the homeless, of ready-to-eat food, ... http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2010/02/10/feed-the-hungry/ [caption id="attachment_1272" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="photo by Amanda Thompson Ragsdale"][/caption] Pastor Jessica Lambert has begun her maternity leave. From this Sunday throughout Lent until Palm Sunday, March 28, the Rev. Fr. Peter Hoyer, retired (pictured left), will preside and preach at the Sunday liturgies. The Rev. Birgit Solano, pastor of Good Shepherd, ... http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2010/02/10/welcome-fr-peter-hoyer/ Once in a while you get a St. Paul email containing a post from months back - most recently, Pastor Jessica's Pentecost letter. (And a good letter it was, too!) This is a glitch that neither we nor our tech guy know how to fix. We have recently discovered a ... http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2010/01/23/a-message-to-our-email-subscribers/ Thanks to United Way of Hudson County and particularly its executive director, Daniel Altilio, the Sharing Place at St. Paul Lutheran Church was able to provide a fresh, hot Thanksgiving feast to over 250 of our needy neighbors on Thanksgiving Day. United Way donated all the food and provided the ... http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2009/11/28/photos-from-a-thanksgiving-dinner-that-couldnt-be-beat/ Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church--children and adults--are learning the books of the Bible with a fun rap song introduced by Cindy Kuperus. Sunday School begins each week at 11:30, following the liturgy, with the entire congregation together, learning our Bible-book rap and enjoying a game where we see who ... http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2009/09/16/bible-rap/ We worship not only on Sundays at 10 am but also every Wednesday. During Advent, we pray Holden Evening Prayer at 6 pm. Evening Prayer is a contemplative liturgy built around Psalms, Scripture readings, and song. Come experience the grace of God in this peaceful mid-week oasis. http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2009/09/09/wednesday-evening-prayer/ Since last year, patrons of the Sharing Place, St. Paul's hunger ministry, have been donating from the little they have to help those even less fortunate. A "world hunger" can sits near the intake area, where clients can make a donation, though they are never asked to do so. We ... http://stpauljerseycity.org/stpaul/2009/07/26/hungry-neighbors-give-to-world-hunger/