Who is welcomed at Saint Paul:

Welcome to St. Paul’s Holy Communion worship. We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, widowed, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight, questioning, filthy rich, comfortable, or dirt poor. We also extend a special welcome to wailing babies and excited toddlers.

We welcome you whether you can sing like Pavarotti or just growl quietly to yourself. You are welcome here if you’re “just browsing,” just woken up or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Pope, or haven’t been to church since Easter ten years ago.

We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome athletic moms, football dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, and junk food eaters.

We welcome you regardless of your skin color, your profession or the language you prefer to speak. We welcome those in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems, are down in the dumps or don’t like “organized religion.” (At times we’re not that keen on it either.)

We offer a welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or are here because granny is visiting and wanted to come to St. Paul’s.

We welcome those who are inked, pierced, both or neither. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throat as kids or got lost in the midst of wine tasting and wound up here by mistake. We welcome pilgrims, tourists, seekers, doubters . . . and you!

Our Purpose is to:

Connect with God, each other and the world…

Our Priorities are:

  • Outreach to families with children and youth
  • Deepening Spirituality
  • Strengthening Stewardship
  • Developing Leadership

Our Vision is Oasis:

An Oasis is a place of refreshment, respite and renewal.

An Oasis is a place of “home” security and of comfort.

An Oasis is a place of peace where all can gather to exchange ideas, points of view and stories from individual journeys. It is not an ending point.

An Oasis is also a place that people become equipped to go out into the world and carry on their work, their journey, their ministry. St. Paul is an oasis for all.

St. Paul Lutheran Church is located at 701 S. Pleasant Ave, Lodi, CA   95240-4733     †     Contact us at (209) 368-2747

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