Below you can find a message from the Very Rev. Pamela. These are sent out most Fridays in our newsletter. Published May 29, 2026.
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Message from the Very Rev. Pamela from May 29, 2026:
Dear Ones,
This Sunday is Trinity Sunday, and it seems appropriate that we are also taking time to celebrate and thank so many members of our community. I wanted to add my own word of thanks to everyone who makes the liturgy and the music at St. Martin’s so wonderful week after week, especially our sanctuary choir and their leaders, Suzanne and Jeffrey, as well as all of those who have stepped up this year to provide leadership to our children and youth. Thank you!
My sense of gratitude was also overflowing last Sunday, as we experienced the movement of the Spirit throughout the celebration of Pentecost. The flowers, the music, the extraordinary reading of the passage from the Acts of the Apostles in that incredible multitude of languages—all of which could only be topped by our time together after worship, chatting and feasting, all thanks to the work of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, who already give so generously of themselves to our parish.
I will be away on vacation next week, enjoying a BIG high school reunion in Hawaii. I admit to a little trepidation, but I remember my spiritual director’s repeated admonition that “comparison is the thief of joy.” And I rejoice and give thanks in knowing that there is a loving, joyful, dedicated congregation here still doing the work that God would have us do, being Christ’s hands and feet in the world and especially right here in Davis. What a tremendous gift and blessing!
Mahalo and aloha,
Pamela+
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