Church of Saint Paul — Local services in Ham Lake

The Church of St Paul has been our home parish since 1990! We immediately felt at home and welcomed. We enjoy the Worship, have great friends and a wonderful pastor, Fr. Jim Livingston. There are many wonderful ministries to become involved in! We also have 24-hour Adoration, Praise and Worship nights on the 2 ND Thursday of the month at 7 pm in our beautiful Chapel - come join us! Many of our youth are involved, even in Music Ministry - at their Youth nights, they lead the Worship! Our Family Formation Program is really great and used in many other parishes! One wonderful highlight of our parish is Living Stations of the Cross, a moving drama with music of the events leading up to Jesus' death and ressurection, put on by our fabulous Youth, and our Adult Music Ministry. Our Vacation Bible School provides a lot of fun for our younger children, as older youth and adults share with them their faith through skits and songs and teachings. In addition, our sister parish in Katui, Kenya greatly benefits from monetary donations brought in each day by the children and their families. (1000s are raised in just this short week! A testament to the love and generosity of people, especially kids of the parish!) We stand firm on the teachings of the Catholic Church, and desire to lead others to a closer relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Come check us out! We are looking forward to meeting you and discovering where the Lord wants your gifts...

The church turned on me! Last year two gunman shot in my car 40 times one hit me in the back in the spine! It happen in front of my house! I lost everything! In the middle of winter I ask the church for help! Ask father tim which he says the church going to help! Judy was so nasty towards me! Ask me what do I need! I said I don't have anything a coat would help me! Well after meeting with the pastor and deacon tim! They say sorry can't help! Really! They says stop acting like a victim! Wow I am a victim and a member and the church have not even called to check on a member! A child of God! No Jesus would of brought me a coat! Jesus would of help! That's God money! It's ok tho because God has the first and last! Stop telling members who cares about me that I'm ok the church doesn't even know! I'm hurt by this church! Why did I become...

We never felt at home in a parish until we came to the Church of Saint Paul. Our kids have such a great friend base here and so do we. There are so many great programs for our family, (kids ages 15 years to 15 mo.) and so many great things about the atmosphere and culture here. We are a youngish family and we are constantly blessed by the older parish members in their support of us.

It feels weird to review a priest, so you have to come and meet Fr. Jim to see how amazing he is. Our son (age 5) with Down Syndrome knows he is Fr. Jim, but calls him Jesus sometimes and I don’t think it is because he is confused. It is because Fr. Jim is so much living...