Weekly Postings
July 14 - July 23, 2017
In This Issue
Backpack Drive for Craig- Houghton Elem. begins this SUN
Veterans' Ice Cream Social This SUN
Our Schedule This Sunday
This Sunday's Lessons
July Service Participant Schedule
Summer Formation This SUN
Celtic Evening Prayer
Manna Pantry 7/21 & 7/22
Open Sunday for Altar Flowers
Donate Summer Music
Book Club "Shoot-Out" 7/27
2018 Choir Trip to Greece
Diocesan News
July Birthdays
Meeting Next Week


This Sunday July 16
Back-to-School Backpack Drive
Beginning this Sunday
The back-to-school backpack drive for our friends at Craig-Houghton Elementary begins Sunday. Drop-off boxes are located in the Narthex and the Parish Office. We need all sizes, small to full size, male and female. Cash donations welcome. Please mark your check Outreach Backpack Drive. Our blessing of the backpacks will be Sunday, August 13. For more information, contact Kathy Enicks.
Veterans' Ice Cream Social
Sunday, July 16, 2:15 PM
Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home

Thank our Veterans for their service Sunday afternoon, July 16, at our quarterly ice cream social. We'll meet at the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home on 15th Street in the dining hall at 2:15 PM to serve ice cream and cookies and spend time visiting with our Veterans. All ages welcome. Contact Louis Walker for more information.
Our Schedule This Sunday 

8:00 AM
 Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:30 - 10:30 AM 
Summer Formation  
Berlin Room
10:30 - 10:45 AM 
Coffee and Conversation
Tyler Hall
11:00 AM
Holy Eucharist Rite II 
Following 11:00
AM Service 
Lemonade on the Lawn
5:30 PM
Celtic Evening Prayer and Communion
with Prayers for Healing
Lessons for This Sunday  are Genesis 25:19-34; Psalm 119:105-112; Romans 8:1-11; and Matthew 13:1-9,18-23.
SUMMER FORMATION: A History of Christianity (video & conversation) - Part 6 of 10
Sundays Thru August 13, 9:30-10:30 AM, Berlin Room
(Children and Youth Formation resumes August 20)
Our faith has a surprising history that has much to teach as we live out our faith today. All are invited to join this ongoing discovery as we watch the next installment of Diarmaid MacCulloch's A History of Christianity followed by conversation around your insights and curiosity.

Celtic Evening Prayer & Communion
with Prayers for Healing
Sundays, 5:30 PM

This Sunday's guest musicians are Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold.
Next Week July 17 - July 23
Manna Pantry
Friday, July 21, 4 - 5:30 PM
Saturday July 22, 9:30 AM - 12 noon

We need additional helpers to pack and move boxes at our next Manna Pantry July 21 and 22 in Tyler Hall.  Families with children and youth are encouraged to join parishioners of all ages serving this ministry. 

Manna Pantry at Saint Paul's Church provides a box of food six times a year to those in our community who need this supplemental assistance. Food is ordered from Golden Harvest Food Bank and is delivered to Saint Paul's on Friday evening.

Manna Pantry volunteers unload the truck, organize the food, and assemble boxes for recipients Friday evening from 4:00 - 5:30 PM. Recipients are registered and served on Saturday morning from 9:30 AM - 12:00 noon. Volunteers also help carry boxes to the cars. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Anita Tanner.
Open Sundays for Altar Flowers
September 3, 10, 24 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 . 
Donate summer music
The Saint Paul's Choir begins its summer vacation on July 9 and beginning on that Sunday and continuing through September 3rd we will have guest musicians participating in our services. Summer music is made possible by gifts in celebration of something or someone or as a memorial. The cost is $150. Please contact Director of Music, Keith Shafer, or by call 706-724-2485 extension #215.
Looking Ahead 
Saint Paul's Book Club Annual "Shoot-Out"
Thursday, July 27, 10 AM, Tyler Hall 
The Saint Paul's Book Club Annual "Shoot-Out" for the selection of books to be read for 2017-18 will be Thursday, July 27, at 10 AM in Tyler Hall. Please bring at least three book recommendations for the upcoming year, and bring a tasty salad to share. The "Shoot-Out" is a great time to hear about books, and enjoy delicious food and the fellowship of this fun group. For more information contact Anita Tanner.
Follow in Paul's footsteps
April 11-21, 2018
The Saint Paul's Choir is going to Greece next April 11-21, visiting important places in the life of the Apostle Paul. The choir will sing at St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Athens and at the amphitheaters at Ephesus and Epidaurus. Other sites to be visited include Corinth, Delphi, and the islands of Mykonos, Crete, Santorini, and Rhodes. A 5-day, 4-night cruise on the Celestyal Crystal is part of the tour.  Click here for a brochure and further information, call Keith Shafer in the Music Office at (706) 724-2485 #215.
News from the Diocese

Click here to read this week's Diocese of GA Newsletter: From the Field 
 
July 2017
Are we missing your birthday?
Please contact the Parish Office to update our files.

Our "Second Sunday"  Birthday Celebration  will be July 9.  Please Join us. 
 




 
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