Saturday, October 14, 9:30 AM - 1 PM, Christ Church

EYC (grades 6-12) serves at Christ Church tomorrow morning,  Saturday, October 14. In place of Sunday night EYC this week we will gather together at another Episcopal parish in Harrisburg, Saturday morning 9:30 AM  - 1 PM, to serve a meal to those from the neighborhood. Please come directly to Christ Church (1904 Greene St., Augusta). If you have any questions, please email Ranie. 

Lessons for This Sunday  are Exodus 32:1-14; Psalm 23; 

Philippians 4:1-9; & Matthew 22:1-14.

Click here to view the Service Participant Schedule for October

Sundays, 9:30-10:30 AM, Berlin Room

 What are the connections and implications between environmental realities and core issues of Christian faith, morality, and spirituality? Join this seven week program of prayerful inquiry and discernment for ourselves and our church. A workbook ($9) accompanies this program. Two meeting opportunities weekly: Sunday, 9:30-10:30 AM & Wednesday, 12 noon-1:00 PM.  More information included in this email.    Contact Rev. Jenkins with questions.  

Coats for Kids at Craig-Houghton continues this Sunday. PLEASE help keep our young friends warm this winter!
Fall is officially here although it may not feel like it yet! Many students at Craig will NEED coats and jackets when the weather cools off. We can use heavy coats, lightweight jackets, fleece jackets, sweatshirt jackets, boys and girls gloves, mittens, and hats too. All sizes are needed; children's size 6-16 and adult sizes S, M & LG, new and gently used are accepted. Great places to pick up a coat or jacket are Target, Old Navy, Costco and TJ MAX. Cash donations are happily accepted also! Donation boxes are located in the Narthex and Tyler Hall. Questions please contact Kathy Enicks.

Sunday, October 15, 2:15 PM

with Prayers for Healing

Sundays, 5:30 PM

This Sunday's guest musician is Carl Purdy.  

RSVP now for the Fall Primetime Party (adults 50+) Sunday, October 15, 6-8 PM, at the home of Millie and Steve Whitney. $5 per person at the door. Bring an appetizer to share. Need address/directions? Contact the Parish Office by email or call (706) 724-2485.

The Saint Paul's Choir needs basses. Could this be your contribution to our worship? Please contact Director of Music, Keith Shafer, and let him know of your interest. Rehearsals are Wednesday evenings from 7-8:30 PM and Sunday mornings at 10 AM.

Tuesday's Music Live, 30th season continues Tuesday, October 24, at 12 noon, with a free concert by Keith Shafer. Lunch, catered by It's Official, is available after the concerts by advance reservation. The cost is $12 per person.  The full schedule including lunch menus is available at  www.TuesdaysMusicLive.com . Advance lunch reservations, $12 per person, required. 

Friday, October 27, 6:30 - 9 PM 

Saturday, October 28, 9 - 10:45 AM
The Master's Table Soup Kitchen located at 702 Fenwick Street will be staffed and sponsored by Saint Paul's Church volunteers Saturday, October 28. The Prep Team works from 9 - 10:45 AM. This is a great opportunity to get to know other parishioners while chopping, stirring, and preparing lunch for 150-250 guests. 

Sunday, October 29, 6-8 PM

New to the Saint Paul's family in the last year? Please  join us at our Fall Newcomers' Party for drinks and a light supper, Sunday, October 29, 6-8 PM at the Home of Susan and George Muir.  RSVP to Elisabeth Price in the Parish Office. 

Walk with the Spirits

Saturday and Sunday, October 28 & 29, Saint Paul's Churchyard

Historic Augusta's 11th annual historic cemetery tour returns to Saint Paul's Churchyard. This event aims to increase awareness of Augusta's past by connecting current residents and visitors with the people and places that still influence us today by their contributions to Augusta's cultural legacy. Tours begin every 20 minutes from 1:20 - 4:00 PM each day and last approximately 45 minutes.  For more information or to purchase a ticket, please contact Historic Augusta at (706) 724-0436 or visit www.historicaugusta.org.

This year, two of Saint Paul's parishioners will be participating as featured "spirits" in the tour. William "Chip" Lamb will portray the Reverend William Henry Clarke (1820-1877), who was a widely beloved and respected Rector of Saint Paul's Church that served through the Civil War until his untimely death at the beside of a parishioner. He is buried in the crypt beneath the altar. Catherine Robertson will also portray her ancestor, Sarah Hudson Barnes (d. 1794), who was the wife of George Barnes, an Irish immigrant and wine merchant that served as a "Chairman of the Vestry" at Saint Paul's. The church is built over their graves.

On All Saints Sunday, November 5, we remember especially those in our Parish Family and in our families who have died in the past year.  Please email Elisabeth Price or call  (706) 724-2485 if you would like to place someone special on the list.

Quarterly acolyte training is Sunday, November 5, 12-1:30  PM . Anyone ages 9 and up interested in becoming an acolyte and all current acolytes are invited and encouraged to attend. Lunch will be served in Tyler Hall with training following in the chapel. Participants are requested to register so that lunch can be planned.  Email Acolyte Master, Todd Shafer , for more information or to register

Evensong is at 5:30 PM on Sunday, November 5, and the service will include the premiere of the Preces and Responses that were commissioned by the Saint Paul's Choir from British composer, Paul Leddington Wright, and dedicated "in memory of our beloved cantor, James Claiborne Coleman III, who died last year. The choir will also sing Mr. Wright's Evening Service written for St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Wheeling, West Virginia, and his setting of "Let saints on earth in concert sing," composed for the Belmont School of Music in Nashville. Mr. Wright is the conductor and arranger for the BBC Television series, "Songs of Praise" and formerly the Director of Music of Coventry Cathedral. A reception in Tyler Hall follows Evensong and child care will be available. 

Open Sunday for Altar Flowers 

November 19 & November 26 are open for altar flowers. If you would like to sponsor the flowers in thanksgiving or memory of someone special, please  contact the parish office . 

From the Augusta Chronicle:

Eight Over 80: Meet eight local faces who have made Augusta a better place

"Earlier this summer, Augusta Chronicle columnist Bill Kirby suggested it would be fun to come up with an Eight Over 80 list, one that would showcase some local men and women who have "made and continue to make Augusta the best place to live and work - our Senior Class, so to speak."

And readers responded with many nominations, some submitting lists of many names. So, to start, here are Eight Over 80 we'd like to you to know, in the off chance you haven't already heard of them." 

We think you'll have heard of at least 3 of them.  Click here to read the full article in the Chronicle. 

"The Bond Distinguished Athletes Award was created to honor Tiger athletes who exemplify character, citizenship and service. ... This year's distinguished athlete exemplifies the characteristics that the Bonds had in mind when they first conceived the award.  Highly-skilled surgeon, humanitarian, athlete, veteran, community leader, proud family man and proud Clemson Tiger...all these aptly describe Randy Smith, M.D."  

Read the full article here. 

 

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Our "Second Sunday"  Birthday Celebration  will be October 8.  Please Join us. 

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