UPCOMING ONLINE
July 15
Bible Study @ 11 am
July 19
7th Sunday after Pentecost Service @ 10 am via St. Paul’s Facebook livestream worship
Coffee Hour @ 11 am
July 20-24
Morning Prayer @ 9 am
July 21
Vestry Meeting @ 6:30 pm
July 22
Bible Study @ 11 am
July 23
Re-Opening Task Force Meeting @ 7 pm
July 26
8th Sunday after Pentecost Service @ 10 am via St. Paul’s Facebook livestream worship
Coffee Hour @ 11 am
July 27-31
Morning Prayer @ 9 am
July 29
Bible Study @ 11 am
View Sunday Services Without Using Facebook
Our Sunday online service can be accessed through our St. Paul’s website. Go to the website (www.stpaulsbenicia.org) at 10 am or a minute before and click the purple box that says CLICK THIS BOX FOR SUNDAY SERVICE AT 10 AM. This will take you to the live service.
—Betsy Zampa, Communications Coordinator
Morning Prayer – Weekdays at 9 am
This half-hour service of scripture reading and prayers will start your day off on the right foot. It’s a wonderful anchor in uncertain times! Check your Friday email from St. Paul’s for secure Zoom log-in information.
Bible Study – Wednesdays at 11 am
Join us as we dive into next Sunday’s readings while enjoying fellowship, deep conversation, and entertaining tangents. Remember – you can always call into the meeting by phone, no computer required! Check your Friday email from St. Paul’s for secure Zoom log-in information.
Re-Opening Task Force Update
Thanks to everyone for taking our survey. We received a whopping 76 responses – that’s about 2/3 of our average Sunday attendance! The task force has looked at the data and is working to craft a reopening that makes sense for our community. More news to come soon!
Having Problems Receiving Our Weekly Emails?
Several church members have contacted the office regarding issues receiving our weekly emails through Vertical Response. According to VR customer support, email providers are always updating their spam filters, so what might go to your inbox one day could go into your spam folder the next day.
Vertical Response has also been having some email delivery issues lately (particularly with Yahoo and Gmail) and is working to resolve the issue. Until this is fixed, recipients have been advised to add our VR email address to their safe-sender list. Once this is done, you should start receiving your emails normally.
Relay for Life
This year’s Benicia Vallejo Relay for Life is going virtual! St. Paul’s Holy Strollers will be joining our community online to fight cancer. Please mark your calendars for an online event Saturday, August 1 — more details coming closer to the event. This will be St. Paul’s 20th year celebrating, remembering, and fighting back against cancer.
How can you get involved? Donate online and/or sign up for the team and fundraise online http://main.acsevents.org/goto/StPauls, or if you would like to donate via check, make payable to American Cancer Society and send to me.
Create luminarias at home. Photographs will be organized into a virtual luminaria ceremony that will be shown during the online event. If you would like to honor or remember a survivor or loved one lost to cancer, let me know!
Send an email or call me with number of luminaria bags you would like to create. Mark and I will bring you a DIY kit with luminaria bag, felt pens and stickers, and more information. If you need help with photography, we can assist with that as well. Suggested donation is $10, but any amount is fine, and we have sponsorships if you would like to make a luminaria and are unable to donate this year.
For more information and to participate in luminaria making, contact Laura Peabody-Park.