St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Port Huron Historical Page

12/26/2020

Merry Christmas to all our former parishioners. We hope you are remaining healthy during these difficult times, and that the New Year brings you renewed hope and happiness.

11/29/2019

Advent begins this Sunday, so goodbye green. See you in Epiphany.

01/01/2019

A little Episcopalian humor for us all this New Year..

Today is the 8th Day of Christmas. There are still four more days of Christmas before the Epiphany.

12/06/2018

On the Episcopal calendar, December 6 is the feast of Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra.

09/26/2018

Some have asked why this page has yet to be “taken down,” as St. Paul’s closed as an active congregation in 2014. The reason is simple - closing the Church didn’t close our memories, transferring our remaining membership to Grace didn’t mean we transferred or threw out the impact our congregation had. In June, I asked for input on this, and former members of our congregation resounded with their agreement it should remain, if possible.

Why you ask?

The “why” is it is worth continuing to honor our roughly 150 year heritage, and so you’ll see the slight modification of adding the word “historical” to our title. If you have historical photos, memories or just want to look back to this page and remember the good works done here, please do so.

God Bless -

T.J. Gaffney, page admin.

06/14/2018

Hello -

I was contacted not too long ago by former members of the church/ current member of the Archdiocese, who have asked if I would remove the page. I have left it here to date to honor the 177 + year history of the church - which I feel is significant, and shouldn't be simply wiped off the face of the earth because it was merged into Grace Church. To be fair, however, I would like to have a consensus of those who follow this page - if the a majority of the feeling is that it should be removed, I will do so.

Sincerely,
TJ Gaffney
Former St. Paul's Episcopal Church Social Media Admin.

05/19/2017

We thought our former church members would like to know that three of the original St. Paul's windows (the ones that were in St. Anne's Chapel) that had been moved to the Church in 1959 have been reinstalled in a new room at Grace Episcopal. These were the three windows you would have seen walking down the hallway on your right if you were leaving the main church. The remainder of the original windows stayed with the building when it was sold, as a way to honor our time there.

08/22/2015

“We are closed,” said the Rev. Bob Diehl. He and the Rev. Shirley Seely were the two priests at St. Paul’s. “Our ecclesiastical corporation will be dissolved Aug. 9, which was the day of our last service there.”

08/02/2015

Sadly, after a lengthy period of negotiations, the congregation of St. Paul's has decided it's best to close our doors after 139 years of service to the Port Huron area.

This was not an easy decision, and as noted in the letter below, many of us feel as though we have been living under a cloud since a purchase offer was received for St. Paul's earlier this year for the church's property. Our current congregation will, in essence, be going back to its roots, as our Church began in 1876 as an off-shoot of Grace Episcopal Church, designed to serve the then village of Fort Gratiot. We wish to thank everyone who has supported us through the years, and hope that they understand that we did this with the best intentions of all involved.

Thank you and God Bless.

04/20/2015

Rev. Jane Diehl on her recovery and the changes coming to St. Paul's in today's sermon.

03/06/2015

This month's Epistle. Enjoy!

02/15/2015