Parish Profile 2020: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill

Our three Sunday morning services present
as three distinct communities. In recent
congregational conversations, concern was
expressed that this has fragmented the parish.
Others see it as a strength. We see ourselves
as a large, diverse, strong-willed, multigenerational
spiritual family. We fret about
whether we are one cohesive community or a
collection of sub-communities. Some worry
that our services welcome each to worship as
they see fit yet separate us from one another.
A challenge for our next rector will be to help
us continue our own worship preferences
while truly becoming one united community.
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