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Please join us for a celebration that is guaranteed to fill you with the Christmas spirit!
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December 11- December 20, 2015
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Meeting Next Week
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WED. 5:00 PM
History Commission
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Angel Tree Breakfast and Celebration
Saturday, December 12, 9:00 AM
The children in our mentoring program at Craig-Houghton Elementary and their siblings will join our parish family on Saturday, December 12th at 9:00 AM to celebrate Christmas.
Our Schedule for Saturday
- Saturday morning, breakfast cooks arrive at 8:30 AM.
- Other volunteers are asked to come at 9:00 AM.
9:30 - 10:00 Sign in, welcome, and decorate cookies
10:00 - 10:40 Breakfast
10:40 - 11:00 Music with the Bentley family in the chapel
11:00 - 11:15 Story time with Martha Scroggs
11:15 - 11:30 Closing circle, blessing, prayer, & gifts
Parishioners of all ages and abilities can volunteer to help with set up, signing children in, cooking, providing hospitality to the children and families, helping with cookie decorating and crafts, and cleanup.
Contact Kim Butler
for more information.
Thanks to everyone for all that you have already done! I am so, so grateful for each of you. We are looking forward to a special morning celebrating our kids and Christ's love for us all!
Love, Kim
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Our Schedule This Sunday
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8:00
AM
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Holy Eucharist Rite I without music |
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8:30
AM - 10:00
AM
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Continental Breakfast in Tyler Hall |
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9:55
AM
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Christmas Pageant Rehearsal |
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10:00
AM- 10:50 AM
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Christian Formation Classes for all ages |
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11:00
AM
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Holy Eucharist Rite II with the Saint Paul's and Canterbury Choirs
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Following the 11:00
AM Service
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Spiced Cider on the Lawn |
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5:00 - 6:30
PM
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EYC |
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5:30 - 6:15
PM
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Celtic Evening Prayer & Communion
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| The lessons for this Sunday are Zephaniah 3:14-20; Canticle 9 Song of Isaiah; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18. |
Christmas Pageant Rehearsal
PLEASE NOTE THE TIME
Rehearsal for the Christmas Pageant will begin promptly at 9:55
AM in the church. All cast members are asked to arrive no later than 9:50
AM. Rehearsal will continue in the Children's Christian Formation Wing from at 10:30 - 10:50
AM.
Email Dea Baldwin
for more information.
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 Advent Book Study
Sunday, 10:00 AM, Berlin Room
Remember to meet in the Berlin Room. We will discuss chapters TWO and THREE of Being Christian. We will begin at 10 and concluded at 10:45.
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Family Foundations (A Class for Parents)
Sunday, 10:00 AM, located in the Chapel this Sunday
This Sunday only, Family Foundations will join the Adult Forum in the Chapel.
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EYC Will Meet at Saint Paul's
Sunday, 5:00 - 6:30 PM
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Celtic Evening Prayer & Communion
with Prayers for Healing
Every Sunday, 5:30 - 6:15 PM
Amid the busyness that leads us to our Christmas celebration, Saint Paul's offers an opportunity to approach this celebration in a more contemplative and meaningful manner.
While our Sunday morning worship of scripture, song and prayer is instrumental in our procession to Christmas, our Celtic Evening Prayer and Communion will offer a more focused and quiet counterbalance to the frenetic and harried world about us. Each Sunday evening there will be a singular focus on the themes of the Advent season. Themes of Creation, Light and Darkness, Obedience, Birth and Re-birth will be offered through quiet reflection, focused prayer, calming music, all the antithesis of what we find in the hustle and bustle around us.
This Sunday's Guest Musician is
Rob Foster.
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| Next Week |
December 14- December 20 |
 Pick-up Individual Directory Photos
If you had your photo taken for the Parish Directory and had it sent to Saint Paul's, you may pick it up this week in the parish office from Elisabeth Price.
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Advent Resource for Families
Building Faith, a ministry of the Center for the Ministry of Teaching at Virginia Theological Seminar offers this resource to families using an Advent Wreath.
Click here for
Advent Prayers at Home.
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Wreaths, Poinsettias, and Christmas Brass
Wreaths and red poinsettias in the church are enjoyed throughout the Christmas season and additional professional musicians enhance our Christmas Eve services. If you would like to contribute toward the cost of Christmas Eve music, or give a poinsettia or wreath, please return the form found in your bulletin today to the Parish Office.
Requests may also be made by e-mail
and through the Saint Paul's App
no later than Wednesday, December 16.
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Parents of College Students
The Daughters of the King keep our college students on their prayer list and would like to continue to send cards and small gifts to them. If you have a child in college, whether in town or out of town, please send address, email and birthday to the Parish Office so that they may stay in touch.
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MARDI GRAS IN ADVENT?
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Advent's here, and we're all busy with Christmas preparations. Why not surprise the adults on your Christmas list with a gift they'll remember always-a fun-filled evening of fabulous food and drink, good music, and special friends! Take advantage of our DECEMBER SALE now -a great deal for a great cause! Tickets are available now in the narthex (checks/cash only), in the church office, or online at www.saintpauls.org. Don't wait; $10-off sale ends December 31.
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Tickets on Sale This Sunday.
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EYC CALENDAR & INFORMATION
Parents of EYC Students Connect by Text
To receive a text reminder for EYC events follow these easy steps to be added to the Saint Paul's text group via Remind 101:
- send a text to this number: 81010
- In the text write: @speyc
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YC Meets Sunday nights, 5-6:30
PM December 6 & 13
Mark your calendar for the EYC Cornerstone Christmas Party
Sunday, December 20, 5 - 8 PM, The River Room at Saint Paul's
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Holiday Movie Night in the Berlin Room
Friday, December 18, 6:30 PM
Celebrate the last day of school at our Holiday Movie Night, Friday, December 18th at 6:30 pm. We will be watching A Christmas Carol. Join us for dinner at 6:00 pm. Movie begins at 6:30 pm. Contact Todd Shafer for more information.
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 EYC Cornerstone Christmas Party at Saint Paul's
Sunday, December 20, 5:30 PM, The River Room
Mark your calendars for our annual EYC Christmas Party for Cornerstone, Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 5:30 pm. Wear your tacky Christmas sweater and get ready for a blast!
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The Greening of the Church
Monday, December 21, 9:30 AM
The Flower Guild will begin the Greening of the Church at 9:30 Monday morning December 21st. Contact
Lynn Mays
or
Clint Carroll
if you are interested in helping to decorate the church for Christmas.
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Master's Table Soup Kitchen
Saturday, December 26, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
The Master's Table Soup Kitchen will be staffed and sponsored by Saint Paul's Church volunteers Saturday, December 26. First shift from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. will cook and set up; second shift from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. will serve. We welcome all volunteers. There's a job for everyone no matter your age. Come be a part of this wonderful ministry. Contact Marilyn Grau for more information.
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Lynndale West Christmas Party Rescheduled
Monday, December 29, 6:00 PM, Tyler Hall
You're invited to join us as we celebrate the season with our friends from Lynndale West, Monday, December 29 at 6
PM in Tyler Hall. Our annual gathering to celebrate our love for Christ includes music, games, riddles, photos, refreshments, and presents! For more information
email Margaret Lester Jordan or contact by phone at 706)736-6172.
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| Christmas & New Year's Week Schedule |
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CHRISTMAS WEEK SCHEDULE
Our
Christmas Eve
Services will be held at 4:00 PM
and 10:00
PM
. A nursery is available for the 4 o'clock service. Our 10 o'clock service will be broadcast live on WGAC 95.1 FM.
On Christmas morning
, we celebrate Christmas Eucharist with carols in the chapel at 10:00
AM
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The parish office
will be closing at noon on Thursday, December 24th and will be closed on Friday December 25th.
We continue our celebration of Christmastide with a Festival of Lessons and Carols on the first Sunday after Christmas,
December 27th, at the 11 o'clock
AM
service. The 8:00 AM
service and Celtic Evening Prayer at 5:30
PM will be held on December 27th as usual.
NEW YEAR'S WEEK SCHEDULE
New Year's Week, the parish office will be closing at noon on Thursday, December 31st, and will be closed on Friday January 1st.
Our regular worship service schedule resumes on Sunday, January 3rd. Please join us as we celebrate Epiphany with the arrival of the three Kings.
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| Outreach Opportunities Oct. - Dec. |
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| News from our Neighboring Parishes |
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A Service of Hope and Comfort
Church of the Good Shepherd, December 16, 6:30 PM
A Service of Hope and Comfort will be offered December 16th at 6:30
PM, at Church of the Good Shepherd, for those who anticipate a difficult holiday season.
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Are we missing your birthday?
Please contact the Parish Office to update our files.
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