March 3, 2025 - Ash Wednesday is tomorrow
Blessings to all! I pray that all of you find peace and the love of Christ every moment of your lives. May we seek out God in all that we do and all that we meet.
Notes From Pastor John
February 17, 2025
Blessings to all of my Beloved followers of Christ! May God’s favor find you in every moment!
February 4, 2025
Beloved, may we all take a deep breath and welcome God’s presence in our lives. I realize that it has been difficult to take a deep breath with all the ash from the fires, but as I pray for a good rain this week, my hope is renewed as the fires are put to sleep. Like many of you, I cringe to watch or hear the news, local or worldwide. Most of us are weary from bad news. From the craziness of politics to catastrophic destruction to airplane crashes, yes Lord, we are weary. I have and always will believe that from every crisis comes opportunity. An opportunity to find God in turbulent times. In every burned-out home and every broken heart lies opportunity. God is with us.
January 14, 2025
Blessings to All!
A Message of Welcome
Let me extend a warm and friendly welcome to everyone who stopped by to read this. As I am now entering my 3rd year as Padre here at St Paul's United Methodist Church. I'm truly honored to be a part of such a loving, caring group of very good people doing very good work. Love & Blessings to All - Padre Juan
An Advent Note from Pastor John - December 17, 2024
Buon Natale!! May this Advent season bring you Hope, Peace, Joy and Love!
As we all prepare for the Christ child may we find the Love of one another every moment. Yes, this Sunday marks the fourth Sunday of Advent, and the gift of Love abides in us all. Above all else we are Loved by God always. And if we have been recipients of God’s Love, then we in turn should Love one another.
This past week, we celebrated the gift of Joy. Boy did we celebrate! On Saturday over one hundred kids, young and old, visited Santa’s workshop, had lunch with Santa and received gifts provided by many of you. Many of these kids may have received much less, but by the Joy and Love of St. Paul’s ministry, Project Needs, happy smiles were abundant. Spreading Joy to children, what a gift! Santa Ho, Ho, Hoed his way through the afternoon blessed by a troupe of elves dedicated to bringing Joy to all. THANK YOU!!
As Santa asked the kids what they wanted for Christmas, a couple were particularly noteworthy. Three youngsters slipped Santa notes of their requests trying to avoid a watchful parent. When Santa got home, he found the lists and got to work with the elves to fulfill their wishes. A young lady asked for a puppy. A wary father looked at Santa, but Santa let her know that his people would call Dad’s people, declaring it is good to know people. And one young lady said it all when asked what she wanted for Christmas. She simply said, Serenity. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful gift for all of us. Thank you!!
On Sunday we celebrated Advent with our Christmas Cantata. WOW!! Wonderful music, young voices and incredible leadership guided a near full house to the Joy of Christmas. I cannot thank all of you enough for your participation, your presence and yes, your Joy! Thank you, Diane and Dolly! Thank you, Dan! Thank you, Nancy! Thank you, Steve! And Thank You to all of you!! Music is alive and well at St. Paul’s UMC!!
Please be here this Sunday as we live into the gift of Love and also be here on Christmas Eve at 8:00 P.M. for our candlelight service.
May you be blessed with the gifts of God and spread them to all you encounter!
Feliz Navidad,
Pastor John