St. Paul's Anglican Church

06/07/2026

05/31/2026

Bless you Lord, who created & sustain all things by your power & grace. In the immestiy of our universe & the heavens we often feel so insignificant, alone. But you Lord love us. You came to us through your Son to live with us, as one of us, so we could, with confidence know you are with us, always, to the end of this age & in the next.
By your Spirit you have given us life & authority, once again.
Help us to follow you in gratitude & humility, to honour you. Amen.

05/17/2026

Praise you Lord Jesus. You haven’t left us alone, but gave us your own Holy Spirit to be with us until you return again. As Scripture says, you will return, in the same way, to the same place as when you ascended.
Amen🙏🏽

04/05/2026

No coincidences with the Lord.
Only beautiful design in wisdom, mercy, grace & love.

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03/15/2026

Mark your Calendars. For all ages. Come to dance or watch...or both.

01/11/2026

This is a genuinely lovey experience. You don't have to be "good at prayer".
Please join us for one day and grow in community with other believers. 🙏🥰
January 18-25

12/25/2025

He is the Bread of Life. Whoever partakes of his body will have everlasting life. Thank you Lord for living with us as one of us.

There are numerous American towns with “-ville” at the end of their names. The suffix “-ville” means “city.” So, Jacksonville is the “city of Jackson."

There are also countries with “-stan” at the end of their names, such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. The suffix “-stan” means “place of.” So, Afghanistan is the “place of the Afghans” and so forth.

Something similar happens with place names in the Bible when the Hebrew word “beth” (בֵּית) is joined to another word. This is a form of “bayit” (בַּיִת), which means “house.” There’s Bethel (בֵּית־אֵל), for instance, which means “House of El” (“House of God”), and Beth-Eden (בֵּית עֶדֶן), meaning “House of Delight or Luxury” (Amos 1:5).

Most famously is Bethlehem which means “House of Bread.” The Bible mentions two Bethlehems: Bethlehem of Zebulun (Josh. 19:5) and Bethlehem of Judah. The latter, of course, is David’s hometown and the birthplace of Jesus.

In Hebrew, the name occurs both as two words בֵּית לֶחֶם (Beth Lechem) and as two conjoined words בֵּית־לֶחֶם (Beth-Lechem), but never, as we write it in English, as one undivided word, “Bethlehem.” The Hebrew pronunciation has a hard "h" so Beth-Lechem would have been a more appropriate spelling, but we are stuck with Bethlehem.

The noun “lechem” does mean “bread” but it’s also the generic word for “food” or “nourishment.” Were we to pray the Lord’s Prayer in Hebrew, we would ask our Father to give us this day our daily lechem, our daily nourishment.

The first mention of “lechem” in the Bible is when Adam sinned, when God told him that thenceforth “by the sweat of your face you shall eat bread [lechem]” (Gen. 3:19).

How graciously fitting, therefore, that the Last Adam was born in the House of Bread. He came to redo what Adam had undone—and to do it even better.

By the sweat of Jesus’ face, by his effort and sacrifice and his bearing of the curse for us, we now eat of him, the Bread of Life, and live forever.