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Welcoming Our Neighbors

September 15, 2022 Gregory Kostka

Good morning loyal subjects!!! Well, guess what time of the year it is again? Feels like we just thanked the last departing visitor from Doors Open 2021!!! Once again St. Paul’s will be participating in […]

We Welcome the Rev. Drs. Jim and Mary Trainor!

September 15, 2022 Cindy Wilmeth

While Father Lane is enjoying some well-deserved time away, we are pleased to welcome the Rev. Drs. Jim and Mary Trainor as our celebrant and preacher for the next two weeks! The Rev. Drs. Jim […]

Common Ground in the News

September 15, 2022 Cathy Simpson

Several of our parishioners live in Sherman Park and last week, two of them, Cathy and David Simpson, were present at Washington High School for the groundbreaking of the new athletic field. Common Ground started […]

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Adult Formation Resumes September 18

September 15, 2022 Dana Fritz

After a long summer hiatus, Adult Formation is back! This year, Adult Formation will be a biweekly program, meaning there will be lectures on the first and third week of every month, with alternate programs […]

Community Room Library Gets a Polish

November 7, 2022 Kathy Thome

St. Paul’s Library in the Community Room welcomes you to browse and borrow. Soon Advent books will be front and center. We have a good collection of works on church history, theology, biography, liturgy, prayer […]

St. Paul’s on YouTube!

September 10, 2022 Terry Zimmer

Starting Sunday September 11, St. Paul’s will begin live-streaming services on YouTube, as well as continue to live-stream on Facebook. If you wish to view the Sunday services on YouTube, visit our website at https://www.stpaulsmilwaukee.org, […]

Church Offices Closed on Easter Monday

April 4, 2023 Cindy Wilmeth

The church office will be closed and staff will be off on Monday, April 10. We wish everyone a joyful Easter season! Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, April 11.

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Interim Rector Takes a Break

September 9, 2022 Lane Hensley

The Interim Rector will be taking some needed time away in the coming days. He’s taken time off from St. Paul’s before, but as the senior warden corrected noted, except for sneaking an extra day […]

Baptism Removes the Sting of Death and Yellow Jackets

August 12, 2022 Lane Hensley

The Interim Rector baptized Henry George Pruitt and Penelope Chapman (“Poppy”) Read, grandchildren of Ross and Mary Read, Thursday, Aug. 11 at Nashotah House. Elder grandchild Charlie Read assisted by pouring the water into the […]

Mr. Paul Goes to the Cathedral

August 12, 2022 Lane Hensley

Want a change of pace and earlier service this weekend? This Sunday, August 14, the Interim Rector will be preaching and celebrating at the 9 a.m. Eucharist at All Saints’ Cathedral as cathedral dean Kevin […]

Becca Stevens is Keynote Speaker at Diocesan Convention

August 26, 2022 Graicey Van Spankeren

2022 Diocesan Convention The 175th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee is scheduled to be held on Friday, October 7 (evening) and Saturday, October 8, 2022. Get ready to feel inspired to keep loving […]

Interim Rector Forum This Sunday

July 28, 2022 Lane Hensley

The next Interim Rector Forum will be held at 9 a.m., this Sunday, July 31 in the Great Hall, and everyone is encouraged to participate. The topic will be our ongoing conversation with All Saints’ […]

Interim Rector Forum Moved to July 31; Cathedral Dean to Preach at St. Paul’s July 24

July 22, 2022 Lane Hensley

The next Interim Rector Forum will be held at 9 a.m., Sunday, July 31 in the Great Hall, and everyone is encouraged to participate. The topic will be our ongoing conversation with All Saints’ Cathedral, […]

Dean of All Saints’ Cathedral addresses our changing congregational relationship

July 22, 2022 Kevin Carroll

In many churches, summer is a time when the life of the congregation slows down. Not so at All Saints’. Right now, preparations for the Great Hunger Book Sale are in full swing. The Holy […]

Welcome Cindy Wilmeth

August 18, 2022 Lane Hensley

As part of our continuing effort to collaborate with All Saints’ Cathedral and share resources to the benefit of both congregations, we are pleased to welcome Cindy Wilmeth, office administrator at All Saints’, who started […]

General Convention Summary of Actions Released

July 22, 2022 Michael Barlowe

Dear parish clergy and lay leaders, The 80th General Convention has just concluded its work in Baltimore: an extraordinary effort made possible by deputies, bishops, volunteers, and staff. While a shortened and smaller convention was […]

Symbols Matter

July 15, 2022 Lane Hensley

Many thanks to Jon Rauser, Mal Soward-Gatford, and others for their generous gifts to replace our faded and stained flags. The new flags have been placed in the church, and represent us well as Americans, […]

Smoothing Things Over

July 15, 2022 Lane Hensley

The City of Milwaukee has notified us that a major paving project will close E Knapp St from N Van Buren to N Prospect on Wednesday and Thursday, July 20 and 21. Side streets will […]

Sr. Warden’s Vestry Report for June 2022

July 8, 2022 Lee Coppernoll

This Vestry Report includes updates from the May This Vestry Report report includes updates from the May 17th and June 21st meetings. The May meeting included a review of the updated Vestry committee organizational chart. […]

Technology Fund Equips Ministry

July 7, 2022 Gregory Kostka

Welcome to the next edition of “Endowment 101”. So far we have reviewed St. Paul’s Unrestricted, Undesignated Outreach Endowment Fund and three other funds that specifically support the physical existence and upkeep of our beloved […]

New Internet and Phone Service Installed

July 1, 2022 Lane Hensley

Fiber internet service has arrived at St. Paul’s, thanks to Spectrum Enterprise and Trawicki Electric. Almost the entire occupied space within the church now has WiFi access, and we now are in the process of […]

Parking Information for Susan Loris Funeral Saturday, June 18 at 11 a.m.

June 10, 2022 Lane Hensley

Susan Loris, executive vice president of institutional advancement for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and wife of St Paul’s artist-in-residence J. Mark Baker, will be Saturday, June 18 at 11 a.m. Members of the parish are […]

Summer Quiet Retreat returns to DeKoven Center

May 23, 2022 Lane Hensley

The DeKoven Center in Racine is offering its annual Summer Quiet Retreat July 11-14, 2022 for those who appreciate the Christian tradition of deep, private, silent prayer. The retreat will be led by the Rev. […]

Fiber Optic Internet is Coming to St. Paul’s

June 17, 2022 Lane Hensley

Workers completed the arduous task of installing an underground fiber optic cable that ultimately will carry all our internet traffic and our telephone service. The fiber service replaces two DSL lines that fail constantly, resulting […]

Coffee Hour Canceled for June 5

June 3, 2022 Lane Hensley

The weather forecast is for a cold and rainy morning on Pentecost Day, Sunday, June 5. With sadness, we are cancelling Coffee Hour for that day. Better luck on Trinity Sunday!

Bearing with Adversity

June 3, 2022 Lane Hensley

Acts 2:2 tells us “Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.” Sadly, it will not be so for us just […]

Call Me Maybe

July 8, 2022 Lane Hensley

Effective immediately, you can call staff directly to avoid waiting for a live or automated receptionist. The main number to St. Paul’s is unchanged: (414) 276-6277, and the old extension numbers still work if you […]

St. Paul’s volunteers step up to help after ceiling collapse

May 27, 2022 Lane Hensley

On Sunday, May 8, a portion of the ceiling in the classrooms used by the Renaissance Child Development Center housed at St. Paul’s, collapsed. No one was in the room, and no one was injured. […]

EfM Graduation

June 3, 2022 Terry Zimmer

Congratulations to Kathie Beuscher (front row) for completing four years of readings and discussions covering the Hebrew Scriptures, the Christian (New) Testament, Church History and Theology in EfM (Education for Ministry). Kathie is surrounded by the […]

Ugh. COVID-19 again?

May 20, 2022 Lane Hensley

COVID-19 infections have increased sharply in recent weeks. The current strain is far more infectious, but thankfully, it’s also less virulent. As a precaution, we’re taking these steps starting Sunday, May 22, and continuing until […]

This Memorial Day, honor the fallen at Forest Home Cemetery

May 20, 2022 Lane Hensley

Join us for this free event on the grounds of Milwaukee’s oldest, Forest Home Cemetery: 11-11:30 Memorial Service in the Historic Landmark Chapel and a laying of a wreath in the Garden of Honor 11:30-2:30 Visit with […]

May is Endowment Month

May 10, 2022 Gregory Kostka

At St. Paul’s, one Sunday each May is designated as “Endowment Sunday”. Hopefully you are enjoying the ongoing “Endowment 101” series. In May it is time to remember our heritage, to remember and give thanks […]

The organ is back!

May 5, 2022 Lane Hensley

Last Sunday, May 1, we offered our Eucharist and later Choral Evensong without our organ. The blowers that bring life to the pipes were not functioning, and all our best efforts changed the situation. Turns […]

Eastertide Choral Evensong May 1

April 17, 2022 Lynne Fields

St. Paul’s monthly Evensong returns this May. Join the St. Paul’s choir led by Music Director Canon Joseph Kucharski and Associate Organist, Tedd King, on Sunday, May 1. Organ prelude begins at 3:30 P.M. with […]

What is to prevent me? (Acts 8:26-40)

April 8, 2022 Lane Hensley

This Palm Sunday, April 10, our bishop will return to St. Paul’s to preach, teach, celebrate Eucharist, and invoke the power and sanctity of the Holy Spirit through Confirmation or Reaffirmation of our Baptismal Vows, […]

Palm Sunday Concert

March 31, 2022 Lynne Fields

St. Paul’s welcomes J. Mark Baker and the Milwaukee Chamber Choir on Palm Sunday, April 10, at 2:30 P.M. Works include music of Bach, Brahms, Medelssohn, Poulenc, and others. Masks are requred and a freewill […]

Book Group Info for May

April 25, 2022 Sandra Halgerson

The Book Group will have its final meeting of the Spring 2022 Semester on Tuesday, May 10th, 7:00 pm, in the Community Room. The selection, recommended by Suzy Brennan, is When God is Silent: Divine language […]

Interim Rector Forum takes hiatus for June

May 19, 2022 Lane Hensley

The Interim Rector Forum will return, and the date of that return will be announced as soon as we know it. Many thanks to every who’s been attending what sometimes are surprising and very productive […]

May Adult Forum Schedule

April 28, 2022 Dana Fritz

May 1: Disability and its Implications for Personhood For thousands of years, Western philosophy has defined the person as an entity which uses language to communicate. This has called into question the personhood of certain […]

April Adult Forum Schedule

March 31, 2022 Lynne Fields

IMPORTANT NOTE! Due to the lifting of COVID restrictions, Adult Forum will now be in the Community Room on Sunday at 9:00 AM. It will be livestreamed. April’s schedule is as follows: April 3: The […]

Parking at Lincoln Center No Longer Available

February 8, 2023 Lane Hensley

Well, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that our neighbor congregation MIX, which meets on Sunday mornings at the Lincoln Center of the Arts across the street from St. Paul’s, has […]

COVID still looms

July 22, 2022 Lane Hensley

COVID-19 still is with us, and the current strain (BA.5 variant) is among the most contagious form yet. We may be tired of COVID, but COVID never gets tired of us. We now know that […]

St. Paul’s calendar is back online

March 14, 2022 Lane Hensley

We’re pleased to report that we have re-established online access to the St. Paul’s events calendar. You can view calendars online, or stay up-to-date by adding one or more of our calendars to your computer, […]

They’re baaaaaaaaaaack!

September 9, 2022 Lane Hensley

February Book Group

February 1, 2022 Sandra Halgerson

The Book Group’s next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 15th, at 7:00, via Zoom. The selection is the just recently released Black and Episcopalian: the Struggle for Inclusion by Gayle Fisher-Stewart. The Reverend Fisher-Stewart’s second book; Preaching Black […]