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4/18/2021Prayer by Karen Kaufmann Please join me in prayer, for the church and for the world.  When I say “Lord in your mercy,” will you say “hear our prayer”? O Holy One, source of all insight, we thank you for this time apart, for worship, prayer, reflection, renewal.  We give thanks for those who, weekly, guide our worship and reflection: pastors, readers, musicians, technicians, hospitality hosts; and all...

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March 14, 2021 Dear Friends in Christ of St. Paul’s UMC,             May the grace and peace of our Loving God be with you this day!             I am looking forward to partnering with you in ministry in July, as together we offer the love of Christ to Ithaca and far beyond.  I continue to uplift you,...

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Introducing Pastor Beckie


Posted By on Mar 1, 2021

Rev. Rebekah Sweet Greetings St. Paulians! My name is Steve Beyers and I am chair of the St Paul’s Staff-Parish Relations Committee, or SPR.  According to the United Methodist Book of Discipline, the first duty of SPR is to encourage, strengthen, nurture, support, and respect the pastor(s) and staff and their family(ies).   I have very good news to share, so I’ll get right to it: Bishop Mark Webb of our Upper New York Annual...

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Watch Night Devotional


Posted By on Dec 29, 2020

Centering and Introduction The first watch night service was on December 31, 1862, as African Americans, both slave and free, gathered in churches and homes across our nation, and waited and watched for the new year, 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. Watch Night—Freedom Night. Every year since, New Year’s Eve is a time for the black community to remember a time when they were enslaved and a time when freedom...

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7 Everyone should give whatever they have decided in their heart. They shouldn’t give with hesitation or because of pressure. God loves a cheerful giver. ~ 2 Corinthians 9:7 Greetings beloved St. Paulians and Family in Faith! Before I share some wonderful details for this Christmas season, I want to express my deep, deep gratitude for your amazing generosity during this time of social isolation due to the pandemic. We are all...

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Greetings St. Paulians friends and family! Grace and peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you! God spoke through the prophet Isaiah, in chapter 43, to a frightened, exiled people—a people who felt all they knew and loved was gone, and that they were far from where they longed to be. Isaiah proclaimed: But now, says the Lord—the one who created you…    the one who formed you…Don’t fear, for I have redeemed...

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