
Since 1904 St. Paul's Cathedral has held tightly to its current downtown location at the corner of NW 7th and Robinson and has provided a gracious spiritual heart to Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Oklahoma. The Cathedral’s history is one of enjoying booms, surviving busts, and God always being faithful. Immediately following the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995 St. Paul's became a triage site, fed numerous rescue workers, and provided a spiritual sanctuary for all seeking comfort and peace. Since 1982 the Cathedral has expanded its campus 100 percent, quadrupled regular Sunday attendance to four hundred, and established an endowment. St. Paul’s has an annual operating budget of over one million. The Cathedral houses a food pantry and emergency assistance service, the Guild of St. George, that serves 4,500 needy families a year. The Cathedral provides space for A.A. meetings, community music programs and serves as a location for the opening ceremony of the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. parade.
There are a thousand members of St. Paul's some of whom drive up to thirty miles, each way, to attend one of four Sunday services. Inspiring worship, beautiful music and authentic hospitality await every soul. More people walk through the Cathedral doors during the week than on Sunday. The Cathedral's noonday Holy Eucharist serves commuters throughout the week. In the early 1990's the Cathedral purchased an adjacent junkyard and converted the lot into a child-friendly garden. After the bombing of the Murrah building the children of St. Paul's planted a weeping willow tree in the garden in memory of the children killed. Eventually St. Paul's purchased the old auto body shop adjacent to the garden and built the Dean Back Building, now the center of administration and the home of the Guild of St. George. A million dollar garden renovation and columbarium construction project will break ground in the coming months. St. Paul’s abides as a sacred place on earth and a gateway to heaven.
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Bishop Charleston's First Sermon |
Bishop Charleston's first sermon at St. Paul's was on August 22, and we have audio for the 9 am service here:
Bishop Charleston Sermon - August 22
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