March 26, 2026 l ISSUE 13

Sunday Morning

Adult Formation Conversations

Join us every Sunday in Lent

9:15 a.m. in the Parish Hall

Unbound: Seeking the Freedom of God’s Love 

This Lenten season, join our Adult Formation conversation in following Jesus through the wilderness and into the heart of the Empire. Along the way, we’ll wrestle with what it means to be truly free: to remove our masks, reject false power, center on the excluded, accept God’s love, and choose life even in the shadow of darkness and despair. We’ll meet Gospel characters like Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman at the well, the man born blind, and Lazarus, and explore how Jesus invites each of them – and us – to step into the light to claim life abundant. Each session will focus on the Sunday Gospel reading. Join us at 9:15a.m. in the Parish Hall each of the six Sundays in Lent.

Sunday service at 10:30 a.m.

in-person or online

UPCOMING SCRIPTURE READINGS

SUNDAY LEADERS

Palm Sunday, Sunday March 29 - 10:30a.m. 

Liturgy and Blessing of the Palms

Holy Tuesday, March 31 - 7:00p.m.  

Women of the Passion

Holy Thursday, April 2 - 7:00p.m.

 Liturgy of the Lord's Supper

Good Friday Service, April 3 - 12:00noon

Holy Saturday, April 4 - 8:00p.m.

The Great Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday, April 5 - 10:30 a.m.

Liturgy & Holy Eucharist

A Note From Fr. Jeff

This coming Sunday, Palm Sunday, March 29th, we will begin our sacred journey with Jesus through the painful and awe-filled events of Holy Week. Weather permitting, we will begin our worship in the front yard. After a few prayers, a Gospel reading, and blessing of the palms, we will make our procession into the Church to continue the service.

We could, as many Christians do, celebrate the Palm Sunday liturgy and then skip the passion and death of Holy Week and pick up the story on Easter Sunday. But we would be missing the incredible impact of walking with Jesus in thanksgiving for His walking with us each and every day. We would miss out on the amazing gift of Jesus' life given in unfathomable love for us. Our journey will have a deep emptiness if we don't walk closely with Jesus during this sacred week and the day of Resurrection will not be as exciting and blessed without the Holy Week journey.

I invite you into a truly Holy Week, a day-by-day journey walking with Jesus, expressing our love for him and fulfilling our call to a Holy Lent. Into the darkness of the uncertainty and hopelessness around us, there is this opportunity to go with our Lord to the table, to prayer, to the garden and walk the Via Dolorosa, to look with love at his mother and his beloved friends, to the cross of his agonizing death, to the tomb, to the resurrection, and to the radiant hope and light of new life in the Lord! In just one week, the journey Christ walked, has changed our lives in countless ways known and yet to be discovered. Come and have your life changed anew!

After our long dreary winter and our current troubling winter of the soul of our humanity, if ever we needed the light, love, hope and joy of new life, it is now! Let us walk this sacred journey together throughout the upcoming week. Please plan to join me, and many others:

Tuesday evening, 3/31 at 7:00p.m. for the Women of the Passion Stations of the Cross

Thursday evening, 4/2 at 5:30 for our 1st Thursday supper and then the Sacred three days of Triduum begins with the Holy Thursday liturgy, memorializing the first Eucharist and the blessed ritual of foot washing at 7:00p.m.

Good Friday, 4/3, the solemn liturgy will take place at 12:00 noon.

Holy Saturday, 4/4, The Great Easter Vigil, the most holy of all liturgies, will take place at 8:00p.m.

Easter Sunday, 4/5 at 10:30a.m. when we complete our journey with Jesus to the shouts of Alleluias

Please plan to walk this Holy Week as a loving church family, as we show the world what true love looks like!

For those wishing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation (or confession), often a Lenten discipline, please call me to schedule an appointment. 314-910-8076.

Fr. Jeff

-- What's Happening at St. Paul's --

Come for FOOD, FUN and FELLOWSHIP!

Meal preparers are also needed for April 16. 

Sign up sheet on table in lobby area.

"Women of the Passion: A Journey to the Cross,"  written by Katie Sherrod, offers participants a unique Lenten encounter. Women from Scripture who were transformed by their encounters with Jesus narrate the story of Christ's Passion through the traditional 14 Stations of the Cross. 

Experience the Passion through the eyes of such women as the widow with the mite, the woman with the flow of blood, the bent-over woman, the woman taken in adultery, and, of course, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Jesus. This evening service sets the stage with the anointing of Jesus by a woman, his denial by Peter as described by the High Priest's maid, and the dream of Pilate's wife. Then, Station by Station, readers accompany Jesus on his journey to the Cross. Listen as the service ends with Mary's wild grief over the loss of her son and the peace she finds as she places him in the tomb. Women and men, young and old, are invited to attend this moving Holy Week journey.  

Become A Camp Firebird Sponsor!

If you recall, last August 2025, St. Paul's sponsored Clyde Williams, our livestream monitor, in attending Camp Firebird, our Diocese's summer camp. Clyde had an amazing experience, along with eighty other young folks from throughout our diocese. Registration is quickly filling up for the last week of July, with even more young adults wanting to attend. It would be a very wonderful thing if St. Paul's could sponsor two or even three young people to attend this year. If each St. Paul's member could pledge $10/month, or more if possible, for the next five months, March thru July, we could easily achieve that goal. The fee per camper runs between $450-$500. Note that this amount does not fully cover the cost of a single camper. A good portion of the cost is covered by our diocese.  

In the last few years, Camp Firebird has had a name change (previously Camp Phoenix), a leadership change and a location change! Camp Directors, Compass (Katrina Moore) and Bear (Rev. Erin Pickersgill) are delighted to invite the children, youth, and young adults of this diocese to join them at Camp Firebird 2026! This year, Camp Firebird will again take place on the beautiful grounds of the United Church of Christ’s Camp MoVal in Union, MO, from July 26 - 31.  

Rising 2nd graders to 10th graders are campers, rising 11th - 12th graders are on the Apprentice Track, and 18+ young adults are eligible to be counselors.

Camp Firebird staff are the best staff in Missouri! All staff go through a safe recruiting process, are completely up to date on their Safe Church, Safe Communities training, have thorough background checks, have two references, and complete an in-person training before Camp begins. The staff also have a shared passion for supporting young people in their faith lives.

Camp days are filled with fun and structured activities, including regular meals, outside activities and group challenges, free time, swimming time, rest time, and a rhythm of prayer, worship and formation. Campers of all faiths and belief systems are welcome to attend Camp, with the knowledge that they are deeply loved by Jesus Christ. Campers will feel a sense of belonging, safety, and excitement and that Camp Firebird will be a unique extension of their parish/weekly church experience. 

This year’s camp theme is “Traveling Through Time,” as we enter into the whole church year in one week, for a truly immersive and transformational adventure! 

You are encouraged to complete a Camp Sponsor Pledge Card (available at the church) to affirm your commitment to sponsoring a few young folks at Camp Firebird! Thank you for your commitment and generosity!  

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