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Last night 25 people from St. Cyprian's Episcopal and St. Paulus Lutheran gathered together to share food and stories about the history of these two unique San Francisco congregations. We also spent time getting to know one another sharing what we sense God doing in our lives both individually and collectively. This Sunday, we will hold our third joint worship service and next Wednesday we'll engage in another evening of exploration. A number of participants commented on how these two congregations similarly were founded many years ago with a mission to serve very particular groups of people and are now intentionally striving to be welcoming communities for all. There's much to learn, many more conversations and stories to share. The striving of these two communities to be present to one another, to listen, share and trust across great differences are themselves inspiring practices. Many thanks to all who participated, to the planning team from St. Cyprian's and St. Paulus who put together these events.