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Paul - who has written 27 posts on St. Peter’s Anglican Church.
Paul Martin is the youth pastor at St. Peter's and has a heart for pouring out the gospel into people through discipleship that transforms lives. Paul is married to Cathy and has two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth.
The Need for Creed - Beeson Event
Several years before his death, Jaroslav Pelikan published an essay on The Will to Believe and the Need for Creed, which has been selected as the theme for this conference at Beeson Divinity School. Pelikan stressed both the confessional and unifying purposes of the creeds as an expression of Christian belief and identity, and this [...]
Continue reading...Alpha is Coming!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Over thirteen million people have explored the Christian faith at Alpha courses all over the world. People from different backgrounds attend Alpha for many reasons, but they have one thing in common – questions! If you have questions about Christianity, or are just curious about what you believe, please feel free to attend. Alpha starts at St. Peter’s [...]
Continue reading...Heroes of the Faith
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Come and join the Heroes of the Faith class this Sunday morning at 10:30 AM as we study those who have gone before us and lived out the life and faith of our Lord Jesus Christ! In this eight-week class we will be taking a look at Church History. We will examine the lives of [...]
Continue reading...Cornerstone Festival
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
This summer, our youth will travel to Bushnell, Il. to see countless bands, hear inspiring and challenging messages fo faith, and camp out in a field all to be a part of Cornerstone 09. Cornerstone is a Christian music festival that brings together many (hundreds) Christian artists and some incredible experiences for teens across the [...]
Continue reading...Youth Mission Project
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The youth ministry will be hosting the youth group from Pawley’s Island and working together to help local people in Birmingham. June 10 - 13, we will be working with the youth group from Pawley’s to build some much needed wheelchair ramps for handicapped people in need, also painting and roofing some houses. Please pray [...]
Continue reading...Youth Summer Mission
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
This summer, June 17 - 20, the teens of our church along with the teens from the church at St. Pawley’s island will serve the people of Birmingham. We will be hosting the youth group of St. Pawley’s at the church and working along side them in building wheelchair ramps for some people in need [...]
Continue reading...Wednesdays @ St. Peter’s
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Our Wednesday night programs are set to start back on January 21. We will have three offerings to reach the needs of our community. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction - Lead by Gordon Bals As a society, we are no less obsessed with the immediate than when Eugene Peterson first wrote this Christian classic. If [...]
Continue reading...Report from Rwanda
Monday, December 8, 2008
The Team takes a day of retreat following our own Glandion Carney’s ordination by Bishop John Rucyahana. SPJ preached at the Cathedral on Sunday and led the Discipleship portion of the ordinands’ (eight deacons and four priests) retreat. On the day of rest, the Team also traveled to the Congolese Border (yes, the DRC) and [...]
Continue reading...Our Next Date
Thursday, October 9, 2008
A headline caught my eye recently. “Put your marriage before your kids: It’s the key to raising a healthy family.” Immediately I was reminded of all the members (over 40 couples between 25 and 50 most of whom are raising young children) of our community of faith that have struggled, are struggling, or will likely [...]
Continue reading...UnBurdened
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Jesus said come to Him everyone who is burdened. We seem to be pretty good at burdening ourselves. We take on more tasks than we should, extend our credit as much as possible, we budget our time because it will get away from us if we don’t - basically we are very good at living [...]
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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