Upcoming Events
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The Feast of All Saints & Generosity Sunday
November 1 | 8am & 10am | Church
Remember the saints who show us what it means to follow Jesus! Bring your pledge cards and join in our procession of thanksgiving, as we commit to sharing our time, talent, and treasure in generous ways that make God’s reign of love visible at St. Paul’s. Stay for fellowship and refreshments after church as we celebrate the ways we are built on faith and growing in joy, as we embrace our future with courage and hope!
Volunteer Opportunities for LifeMoves BreakfastFriday or Saturday, November 6 and 7, 2026 | various times (see sign up list)
St. Paul's Kitchen and First Step for Families in San Mateo
St. Paul’s Outreach Ministry invites you to join us either as a Shopper, Food Preparer or Delivery and Set-up volunteer. Shopping will take place on Friday November 6. On November 7, in our St. Paul’s kitchen, we will be preparing breakfast/brunch food for 36 families at the First Step for Families Shelter. The food will then be delivered to First Step for Families Shelter in San Mateo by our delivery volunteers. If you have questions please contact Bonnie Adams at bonnie417@aol.com or 650-759-4604.
You can see details and sign up for volunteer options using this link or the QR code.
Remembrance Prayers in the Garden
Sunday, Nov. 8 | 9am | Columbarium Garden
St. Paul’s is honored to gather with family and friends of all who are laid to rest in our Columbarium and those whose lives have been touched by death. All are invited to participate in a brief time of ritual, reflection, and prayer designed to help us to rest in God’s care and the love that enlivens our remembrance of those we love and see no longer.
All Souls’ Sunday
November 8 | 10am Choral Requiem
Bulletin Dedications Due by November 1
The Choir of St. Paul’s will offer movements from the Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A
chamber orchestra of clarinets, bassoons, string quintet, and timpani will accompany. Special family seating in the nave’s front pews will help little ones participate in the prayers and solemnity of this Holy Eucharist. Bring photos and mementos of dear ones you love and see no longer to honor at our altar of remembrance by the baptismal font, near the back of the church.
Donations to underwrite instrumentalists and white roses of remembrance may be dedicated in
memory of loved ones, with a deadline of November 1 (All Saints’ Sunday) to be listed in the
bulletin. A donation of $500 will underwrite one instrumentalist, but all size donations are gratefully appreciated. If you donate online at www.stpaulsburlingame.org/give, please also remember to email your dedication language.
Book Group Discussion of Culpability
Sunday, November 8 | 4pm | Higbie Library
Our conversation about Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability will be a lively dialogue that explores the novel’s arc, where moral responsibility and ethical consequences of AI show up in very real ways in a world shaped by autonomous cars, drones, chatbots, and other nonhuman forces. Adults and teens are most welcome! Contact Elizabeth Kendall or Bill Phillips for more information.
Movie Night: The Philadelphia Eleven
Wednesday, November 11 | 7pm | Higbie Library
Join us for a screening of this inspiring documentary about the eleven women ordained as Episcopal priests in 1974, challenging tradition and opening doors for future generations of leaders in ministry. Their story is one of faith, courage, and perseverance. The impact of their striving for justice and dignity continues to shape our church’s practice of inclusion and welcome in every level of our life together as Episcopalians. Come be part of the conversation and bring your friends!
Cast Call for the 2026 Christmas Eve Pageant
Survey Due November 15
Participating in St. Paul's 4pm Christmas Eve Pageant is a treasured experience to tell the Nativity story in word and song. Youth of all ages are encouraged to participate in one of the many roles available – from angel Gabriel, Mary and Joseph to visitors to the manger arriving just on Christmas Eve.
Please complete the cast call survey by Sunday, November 15, so we may best match you with the roles available. You may also sign up for a craft time to make pageant props to give out at the door so visiting children may join in the pageant. The survey lists all required rehearsals, with varying schedules depending on the part.
Advent Festival & Giving Tree
Sunday, November 22 | 11:15am | Foote Hall
Celebrate the beginning of Advent with activities for all ages as we gather to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ. Design your own fresh Advent wreath to take home. Select gift and food tags on Sundays through mid-December to support six or more Samaritan House client families with children. Join in gift wrapping, food sorting, and deliveries on Sunday, December 20. Gather, create, pray, and share as we enter the season of Advent together!
Advent Lessons and Carols
Sunday, December 6 | 4pm
A procession from darkness to the light of God among us
All are invited to this very special service of the Advent season. Be immersed in readings and music of Advent, as acolytes light the choir’s path through St. Paul’s sacred space, a journey to the light of the Gospel news that Mary will give birth to Jesus, God among us. In addition to the reading of scripture, this year’s service includes poetry of Lucille Clifton and Langston Hughes, and new prayers by St. Paul’s own Mia Malhotra. Anthems will be sung from six different places, with all invited to join in the Advent carols.
Blue Christmas
Wednesday, Dec. 9 | 7pm | Church
Whatever we carry in our hearts at this complex time of year, readings, songs, and candlelit prayers invite us to renew our spirits in community. Music offered for reflection in this service will include Amy Beach Nunc dimittis and Lucy Walker Give me your stars, sung by a chamber group from the choir.
Caroling with the Choir & Healing Team
Wednesday, December 16 | 6pm
Join the Choir in caroling through St. Paul’s neighborhood. Following a brief warm-up rehearsal at St. Paul’s labyrinth, the group will walk to make stops at houses and an assisted living center. Enjoy hot cocoa on the 7:15pm return to St. Paul’s. Prerequisite: Love of sharing the joy of Christmas carols!
Christmas Concert with the Choir of St. Paul’s
Sunday, December 20 | 4pm
You can tell the world
Delight in the 11th Annual Christmas Concert by the Choir of St. Paul’s, accompanied by chamber
orchestra and organ. Program highlights include Sandstrom Es ist ein Ros, Britten A Hymn to the
Virgin, Lauridsen O nata lux, Christmas spiritual arrangements for choir, Nixon The Holly and the Ivy and Holst Christmas Day. Watch for the opening of ticket sales on St. Paul’s website after
Thanksgiving Day.
Decorate St. Paul’s for Christmas
Wednesday, December 23 | 9:30am–12pm | Church
Help the Altar Guild decorate the church for Christmas.
Children’s Christmas Pageant & Holy Eucharist
Thursday, December 24 | 4pm | Church
Experience the joyful telling of Jesus’ birth by children in word and song, with communion and Silent Night sung by candlelight. Children may come in costume or pick up props at the door the
day of the pageant to join in a visit to the manger during the pageant.
Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist
Thursday, December 24 | 10pm | Church
On this holy night, gather at the Eucharistic table to celebrate Christ’s birth, hear once again a solo voice sing “Once in royal David’s City,” and join in congregational carols with the Choir of
St. Paul’s, chamber orchestra, and organ.
Christmas Day Holy Eucharist
Friday, December 25 | 11am | Church
Celebrate the Savior’s birth on Christmas morning, with carols for congregation, choir, and organ.
Congregational Christmas Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 27 | 11am
On the third day of Christmas, come to worship in a service of scripture and congregational carols in English and Tongan, as we rejoice in the miracles of this sacred season. Officiated by lay leaders of the community.
Weekly Offerings
Enjoy fellowship, food, and beverages with folks from St. Paul’s after church services (following the 8am, 10am and 1pm services).
For 10am community: Want to help to host? Coffee is made, you set-up the table with snacks and beverages provided!
Please sign up HERE to select a date that works for you.
Hospitali-tea and Coffee
Many Sundays
Our chapel is set-up to offer a spacious place to be, to pray, to walk, talk, color, create most Sundays at 10am. We welcome families to sit, play, pray in this space while worshipping at St. Paul’s.
Family PrayGround
Every Sunday at 10am
St. Paul's new initiative to help the residents of Samaritan House's Safe Harbor Shelter has begun--would you like to help? We help serve dinner cafeteria-style. This is an opportunity for those 18 years and above.
The location is just north of the airport--about a 15-20 minute drive from St. Paul's. To learn more, please contact Tish Busselle or sign up immediately, use this link: Safe Harbor sign-up.
Volunteer at Safe Harbor
1st, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month | 4:30-5:45pm
All are welcome to check out St. Paul’s new beginner level T'ai Chi class, which takes place immediately before St. Paul's 5pm Continuing Level Class. Jeff Madonich, our instructor, is a masterful teacher whose gracious leadership makes classes informative and enjoyable. Everyone in T’ai Chi feels like family!
T’ai Chi Weekly Beginner Class Wednesdays | 4:30pm – 5pm
Continuing Level Weekly Class | Wednesdays | 5pm – 6pm
Foote Hall
ChurchNext, an offering of Forward Movement, will provide a new online curriculum, “Becoming Beloved Community: Understanding Systemic Racism.” The course is available for individuals at no charge. You may register for the course any time at churchnext.tv.
Designed for study over a period of six weeks, the curriculum explores how systemic racism has been integrated into U.S. culture from the very beginning, as well as the Episcopal Church’s history of active participation in systemic racism. The curriculum offers guidance on learning from this history and building toward what the Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop Michael Curry describes as “the Beloved Community of God.”