10/31/22 - Inspiration to Help you GROW in Faith
Because Inspiration isn't just for Sundays...
This week we offer the following resources
to help you build spiritual strength and live a more fulfilling life.
We offer lots of resources for you this week. You can either scroll through and select the videos you'd like to watch or click on this link to see a playlist with all of them:
This Week's Videos - A Playlist for You
Get inspired while exploring the wonder of Holy Scripture...
Scripture Readings for Coming Sundays:
Twenty-first Sunday After Pentecost, 10/30
All Saints, 11/6
Help make a difference by putting your Faith in Action
Faith in Action Suggestion for the Month of November:
We are called to pray, AND we are called to put our faith into action. We are called to follow Jesus which means we need to love and serve our neighbors in the name of Christ. It’s also our job to stand up to injustice and respect the dignity of every human being.
Urge Senators to Support Marriage Equality - The Episcopal Church believes that God is love, and God’s love extends to LGBTQ+ children. That is why the Church supports marriage equality. Married couples ideally reflect the love of God to each other, and we affirm the spiritual and human value of the love couples share. Last year, Executive Council affirmed that “over the course of more than 40 years, the Episcopal Church has prayed, studied, and declared the blessing that LGBTQ people are and always have been in the Church" (1976-A071). In 2012, General Convention passed a resolution urging Congress to “pass legislation to allow the U.S. federal government to provide benefits” to same-sex couples. Yet, the legal rights and privileges afforded to same-sex married couples could be under threat. You can find more information at https://www.episcopalchurch.org/ministries/office-government-relations/.
Looking for Ways to Take Action to #endgunviolence? Check out our Enews ORANGE Edition
Help serve the world in the name of Christ...
This Month's Outreach Project
Want to help needy families feel the love of Christ this Christmas?
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS SHOPPE TOY COLLECTION – through December 11
We are collecting new, unwrapped toys to help make Christmas a little brighter for some families who are finding things challenging. Take an ornament off the Christmas Tree in the Narthex. Shop for the child described on the ornament, and bring your new, unwrapped gift(s) to add to our toy box. You can make a difference! Thanks for helping us share the love of Christ this season. Last day for giving: Sunday, Dec. 11th.
Here's what you can Look Forward to Next Sunday:
This Sunday, November 6th at 10:15am
In this week's service we’ll celebrate the lives of all the Saints and gather up the pledges made during our Annual Giving Campaign to be blessed at the altar. These generous gifts will see us through the coming year and help us continue the mission and ministry of St. Paul's Ventura through the pandemic and beyond. We’ll also enjoy inspiring scripture, uplifting music, prayers that express our love and concerns, and explore ways to build spiritual strength for challenging times. Online, we offer Spiritual Communion. In-person, we offer Eucharist, the body of Christ, the bread of heaven. Come get inspired!
Lots of great things are happening!
Keeping Up with Everything Offered at St. Paul's:
This is an overview of this week's resources to help you GROW in faith. To learn about everything going on at St. Paul’s, please see our E-newsletter. If you don’t receive it, please let us know. We’d be happy to add you to the list!
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Finally, I welcome you to reach out to share your spiritual journey. Next week, we’ll have new ideas and resources for you. And week after week we’ll get stronger, go deeper and offer ourselves to be transformed more and more into the people God is calling us to be.
God bless you this week and always,
Rev. Susan+
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