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Sunday, 3/19
8:00 am Holy Eucharist
9:00 am Discovery Hour: 5 Marks of Love
9:15 am Christian Education Formation - Children's music / children's chapel
10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist
11:30 am Coffee Hour
Tues, 3/21
10:30am Bible Study
Wed, 3/22
6:00pm MSG
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Readings for Worship
March 19, 2017
Exodus 17:1-7
Romans 5:1-11
John 4:5-42
March 26, 2017
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Ephesians 5:8-14
John 9:1-41
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St. Joseph's Parenting Center
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Kindly deposit your donations for the local Neighbor to Neighbor food pantry in 1) the baskets inside the church entrance or 2) in the wagon outside the church office or 3) in the box by the main interior stairs heading up to the Day School. Thank you!
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The Observance of a Holy Lent
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During this holy season of Lent, we are invited to "self- examination and repentance, by prayer and fasting, and self-denial: and by reading and meditation on God's holy Word" (BCP, 265.).
Continuing this Sunday,
through April 2nd, I will lead a four week program during Discovery Hour. This will be an interactive program titled
"5 Marks of Love" with a short video and small group discussion time.
Also, during Lent we will be participating in Lent Madness, a daily learning program of Forward Movement. Using brackets like March Madness, each day an email will be sent to allow you to read about two saints. Select the saint which you choose to be the "most saintly" and vote. It's very fun and educational. We will be keeping track of the votes on a poster in Selleck Hall.
Register on-line at lentmadness.org
We have also set-up a small lending library of current and classic books for opportunities for reflection and meditation. The books will include a broad range of topics including our Presiding Bishop's newest Book " Crazy Christians" to "Parenting from the Pews."
Books will be set-up in Selleck Hall. Please enjoy and return as soon as you have finished so that others may also enjoy these books.
In Christ's peace,
Stephanie
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Drawing Water
from
Jacob's Well
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 Another memorable experience during our Holy Land pilgrimage was of drawing water from Jacob's well in the town of Nablus ( Shechem in Hebrew).
Here in the ancient region of Samaria, just north of the West Bank, the same site where this Sunday's Gospel tells the story of Jesus' profound encounter with the woman at well; where He promises to provide living waters to all who follow Him.
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St. Paul's
Prayer Wall
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You are cordially invited to stop by our Prayer Wall, located in the foyer of the Carter Wing, for a moment of prayer and reflection sometime during these 40 days of Lent.
Simply tie one of the multi-colored strings to the fishing. Each represents a prayer offered for yourself, family member, friend or our world! Lets try and fill the net with as many colorful prayers as we can in the days to come!
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Run For the Roses!
St. Paul's Spring Auction
What you can do to help
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 If you are interested in helping with our "Run for the Roses" fundraiser, please contact co-chairs Amy Fallon ([email protected], 617-777-2035) or Margaret Feldmeth ([email protected], 203-524-5293).
And for auction solicitation questions or confirmations, please contact Wendy Browning-Lynch ([email protected], 917-749-9607).Click here for the donation letter from the church. Click here for the donation form. Click here for a script with auction item suggestions (should you desire a kick start). Hard copies of these can be found outside of the office and in Selleck Hall (by the Faith In Action bulletin board).
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Please sign up
for
Knowing One Another:
Sacred Conversations
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Please do sign up for our Knowing one another: Sacred Conversation. Our recent gatherings have given everyone an opportunity to learn about and from each other
as we explored where God is calling us together in the years ahead. We have laughed and talked, prayed and dreamed. It has been a wonderful chance to be together as God's people in a small group setting.
One more evening gathering will be held at the home of a parishioner on Sunday, March 26, 4-5:30 PM.
To ensure that we have no more than 10-12 people at each gathering so that everyone's voice can be heard, Blakely Stinebaugh will be taking RSVPs. Please be in touch with her at [email protected] or 203.561.0607.
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Trinity's Annual Conference
"Water Justice" Webinar
Hosted at St. Paul's
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On
March 23 and March 24th
, St. Paul's will be hosting a live stream of the Trinity Institute's Annual Conference with this year's theme
"Water Justice" which brings together scholars, authors and activists in the effort to ensure clean water for all.
We will live stream two mornings and one afternoon sessions of the conference, followed by facilitated conversation by The Reverend Stephanie Johnson, who has led workshops on sacred water in various settings around the church.
The morning programs begin at 9 AM in the Waterman Library and run until about 11:30 AM each day. On Thursday, March 23, the keynote speaker will be Maude Barlow is a political activist, author, policy critic and a former United Nations Senior Advisor on Water.
The Friday morning session will feature Thabo Makgoba the Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa. He has served as the chair of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network, and in that role convened a global gathering of bishops in 2015.
The afternoon session will be led by climatologist Katherine Keyhoe on March 24th at 2PM, followed by a short conversation.
Members of St. Paul's are warmly invited to attend and bring friends to either one or all of the sessions.
The Episcopal Church in Connecticut is funding both the registration costs and the refreshments for the program, so there is no cost to participants.
Please register on the ECCT site - click here.
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March Birthdays
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 Happy Birthday...
If we missed your name, please let us know so we can update our database. Lindsay Alfano, Gabrielle Arredondo, Andy Awad, Ellen Barolak, Kelsey Barolak, David Barth, Mary Katherine Blum, Peter Brush III, Suzanne Burch, Sarah Burdick, Phyllis Carr, Lexie Carter, Kimberly Crossman, Gabi Crouchley, Kat Crouchley, Kevin Crouchley, Logan Cuneo, Jackson Dana, Marcia Davis, Ned Davis, Sophie de Bellisen, Heather De Vries, Hayley Duus, Will Ehrhart, Stephanie Frankel, Audrey Fritsch, Missy Gilson, Sarah Gleeson, Michael Gorka, Chelsea Grimm, Joan Hall, Hayden Hanes, Dev Hawley, Rachael Hogan, Bill Howland, Gigi Imperatore, Katie Ingrassia, Lauryn Isford, Craig Lanzoni, Linda Lund, Will Lynch, Duane MacFarland, Scott Marshall, Cooper Milledge, Alexandra Ornstein, Pat Parker, Skip Parker Jr. , Laurette Rindlaub, Cameron Riolo, Alec Rogozinski, Susan Schwarz, Ashley Smith, Lena Wells.
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Summer opportunities for high school students
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This summer 2 programs are available to
high school teens to deepen their understanding and appreciation of God's people and the church.
Service trip to the Dominican Republic
for teens to lead a vacation bible school from July 1-9th. Ten Connecticut teens works with 10 teens in the DR to run a week long program for 200 kids. Deadline is the end of March.
Jeru
salem Peacebuilders
works to bring together teens from Israel, Palestine and the US to talk about Mid-East peace. The deadline is March 15th, various weeks and locations are open. Here is a link to the program. https://www.jerusalempeacebuilders.org/
Please be in touch with Rev. Stephanie to discuss these options as she has been involved in all three programs and can help with the applications.
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