St. Paul's Episcopal Church http://stpaulsmv.org Joyfully participating in God's restoration of the world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:21:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © St. Paul's Episcopal Church 2011 tkyllo@skagitcluster.org (St. Paul's Episcopal Church) tkyllo@skagitcluster.org (St. Paul's Episcopal Church) http://stpaulsmv.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg St. Paul's Episcopal Church http://stpaulsmv.org 144 144 Joyfully participating in God's restoration of the world St. Paul's Episcopal Church St. Paul's Episcopal Church tkyllo@skagitcluster.org no no Why Extremist Christians Get the Press: Sermon From June 5, 2011 http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/301 http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/301#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:52:14 +0000 webadminSP http://stpaulsmv.org/?p=301

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]]> http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/301/feed 1 0:25:44 Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Uncategorized tkyllo@skagitcluster.org no no Why We Welcome and Affirm Gay and Lesbian People http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/247 http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/247#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:02:07 +0000 webadminSP http://stpaulsmv.org/?p=247 The Bible has a lot to say about sexuality, much of which we would find to be odd and even unethical. People often respond to this in two ways.
Some people over-simplify what the various writers have written and loudly announce that they are the only ones who understand “Biblical Family Values.” The tendency here is to use a few verses from the Bible to  proclaim that homosexual relationships are by definition wrong.

Others say that if the Bible has such odd things written in it, how can it be relevant to any discussion? The tendency here is to instinctively feel that our society needs to affirm gay and lesbian people and that many who feel differently only do so out of hard-heartedness.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church takes a third approach: We see in the scriptures a God who works to move us from exclusion to inclusion, from slavery to mutual relationship, and from hatred to compassion. For Episcopalians, scripture, tradition, and reason work together in ethical reflection. We invite you to hear why we are called to welcome and affirm gay and lesbian people, and that we do so not in spite of, but from the very heart of our faith tradition.

Location:
Skagit Valley College, Tarro Theatre

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Date:
October 6, 2010

Schedule:
Presentation 6:30 PM
Conversations 7:30 PM
Wrap Up  8:00 PM

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]]> http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/247/feed 3 Lucky Rabbit’s Foot – Second Presentation http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/176 http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/176#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:24:55 +0000 webadminSP http://stpaulsmv.org/?p=176 Here is the second presentation in 4 videos. Please leave a comment!

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]]> http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/176/feed 4 Lucky Rabbit’s Foot: First Presentation http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/168 http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/168#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:58:47 +0000 webadminSP http://stpaulsmv.org/?p=168 Below are videos of the first presentation of St. Paul’s Beyond God as a Lucky Rabbit’s Foot.

We encourage your comments.

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]]> http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/168/feed 3 Beyond God as a Lucky Rabbit’s Foot http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/100 http://stpaulsmv.org/archives/100#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:25:36 +0000 webadminSP http://stpaulsmv.org/?p=100 Beyond God as a Lucky Rabbits Foot

Where is God when bad things happen?

A conversation with people in the Skagit Valley

Location: Skagit Valley College, Cafeteria

Date: January 20th and February 3rd, 2010

Time: Meal 5:45 PM, Presentations 6:20 PM, Round Table Conversations 7:00 PM, Closing Conversation 7:30 PM

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church invites you to join us for a public conversation about how we understand it when bad things happen.


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