New Beginnings

Gabriel from the outside

This photo is the exterior wall of the stained glass window of Cyprian's. It's the same window of the angel on our Cyprian’s Live website, an incredibly chilled out angel blowing a very long horn, it's our own St Dizzy on the trumpet blowing out Lyon Street Blues.

I noticed this promptly when I parked across the street today – the grey facade has a patch of yellow, lovely, pale sunflower yellow. That touch of bright amidst the drab means the painters began work on the Turk Street facade of the church this week.

New Beginnings

It's a little late in the season to talk about New Year resolutions and such – by the fourth week of the new year some of those resolutions lose a little steam – daily to the gym, walking past the cupcake shop and not stopping in, watching less TiVo. Even if we slip and grab a cupcake whilst missing our spin class, the intent remains to make a change for the better. And we can, because tomorrow is another day with promise of New Beginnings.

At St Cyprian's our annual meeting is Sunday; it is our time for the year in review. Last year was a great year, one of concerts, repair the leaks in the tower and west wall, of painting the parish hall, tower and stairwells. The Bishop visited, Fr Will made Vicar, a dozen people baptized, confirmed and received into the church. The NoPNA / Cyprian's Holiday Party was a blast, the community kitchen planning dinner incredible and the Xmas Pageant of great fun. I know there were more events I forgot, I beg forgiveness; we were busy. Sunday's meeting we will learn of this and more as we asses where we are and where we are going.

'Old things pass away, and all things become new,' and this New Year has promise; at the fundraiser 'Beyond the Blaze' the community came out to support the victims of the Pierce St fire. Generous donations of cash, food, art aided the rockin' music in our packed church, it demonstrated the impact of community building here, showed clearly how well we are connecting with each other.

It was crowded that night, there were as many people socializing downstairs as listening to the bands upstairs. Connexion was made that night, I ask 'can we out live our baptismal promise to see the face of Christ this year?' I think so, I feel the new resolutions happening around me; the music playing whilst relocated residents and friends listened to their neighbors on stage at the benefit, the bright splash of yellow of our new painting project shows the New Beginnings are happening this year. Angel, blow that horn!

Come by and see us in February – worship , music and film await at www.saintcypriansf.org

See you at Turk and Lyon

-eric

Saint Dizzy, blow that horn!