Welcome to Saint Paul’s!
St. Paul’s is a different kind of church. We’re not a large megachurch with a sound stage and a suped-up production machine, but we strive to be a church full of authentic followers of Jesus. No matter how you come to visit us, we pray you’ll find clear examples of God’s love, whether through us or through our ministries – but hopefully both!
You might be excited about finding a church to belong to, or you might be a bit fearful from bad church experiences in the past. Either way, if you are looking for a church that focuses on creating spiritual fruits, not religious nuts, then you have come to the right place!
As a Christian family of faith,
Saint Paul’s affirms God’s love by
transforming lives,
connecting generations,
impacting our community & world,
and
making disciples for Jesus Christ.
It’s Back to School Time!!!!
The turn of the calendar is a signal to us that things are changing, and soon we’ll be talking with our friends, family, and church about the upcoming holidays. Some of us grieve over summer, and I can certainly understand why, but the Bible tells us that “for everything there is a season, and a time for every activity under heaven” in Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NLT). These patterns of the year are more than drudgery or lost opportunities; they are future opportunities for us, individually and collectively, to Be Jesus in our workplaces, our schools, our “watering holes,” or wherever else we happen to be.
I was speaking to someone the other day who was telling me about a missionary that visited her church to give a talk about his mission work in a foreign country. When asked about how he and his family spread Christianity, he said they start with something God has already gifted him for: fixing cars. Like the Apostle Paul, he plies his trade and prayerfully builds relationships with local auto mechanics and neighbors, teaching them what he knows, which turns into “get to know you” type conversation, then to conversation about faith in Jesus. He’ll end up doing prayer and Bible Study with local mechanics that might turn into a worship service as it grows. Through simply getting to know the people in town, he begins to build a church!
With the declining trust and influence of Christianity in our society today, we all need to become missionaries wherever God has placed us. The times have changed, as Ecclesiastes tells us they will; and many people will simply never consider going to a church because they’ve never been to one before. This change requires missionaries instead of showy religious spectacles.
So how can you become a missionary? You don’t need to preach to a stadium, nor do you need any supernatural gifts or to memorize any sort of formula. All you need is to prayerfully get to know your neighbors and pray for God to open doors for the Gospel. As you have more of these conversations, you might want to start praying for each other and/or reading the Bible together. As you head into the new calendar of the school year, be a missionary by getting to know your neighbors and see how God uses it!
May God bless this season! ~Robert