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March 17 |
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ADULTS
RECTOR'S FORUM, Year-round
Leader: Fr. Muir and guests
Location: The Parlor
The Rector's Forum offers a time and place for engaging conversation that is not anchored to a specific curriculum or topic. Always we consider how to honestly and faithfully live out our Baptismal vows, whatever the topic of the day.
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Women of the Bible:
A Lenten formation group offered by women for women
Location: Berlin Room
This Sunday:
Mary, Mother of Jesus and Elizabeth, Mother of John the Bapti
st - Lillian Huber
All women and youth (9th grade and up) are invited to gather for a rich Lenten study and discussion group to examine the lives of selected women from both the Old and New Testaments. We will listen to their words and explore how their lives speak to ours today. Materials provided, from Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter.
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Finding your Spiritual Practice:
Leader: Fr. Jenkins
Location: Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul
The world is a difficult and busy place, but our Christian tradition is rich with practices that help us return to ourselves and grow closer to God's ineffable presence. Each Sunday Fr. Jenkins will present a different spiritual practice of prayer. Materials provided, and all are welcome to drop in any given Sunday.
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YOUTH
FAITH & NATURE: Divine Adventures of Life on Earth
Grades 6 - 12
Leader: Todd Shafer and company
Location: The Upper Room (Upstairs Parish House)
What is up with science, the universe and God and ME? We will dig in and wonder about our place in God's creation... BUT FIRST, breakfast to get the morning going!
Questions about formation? Contact Todd Shafer.
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CHILDREN
WEAVING GOD'S PROMISES -- Ages 8-11 or Grades 3 - 5
Leader: Coleman Graham and company
Location: Blue Room, Children's Ministries Center
Our bigger children will immerse themselves in an Episcopal formation experience rooted in the stories of our faith as presented in Matthew's Gospel. In this first of a three-year cycle, our children encounter the story of our salvation from the fall to our redemption and how we fit into the story. Our theme in this curriculum year is "God loves us and stays with us-no matter what." Every session incorporates theology and history from our Episcopal-Anglican perspective. Questions??? Contact
Coleman Graham or
Fr. John.
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GODLY PLAY -- 4s to 8, Kindergarten thru 2nd grade
Leaders: Kim Butler & Ivey Coleman
Location: Godly Play Room, Children's Ministry Center
We take children and their relationship with God seriously and seek to provide both space to foster encounters with God and the language necessary to make meaning of those experiences. Within the Godly Play classroom, the Biblical narrative is lovingly presented to children using beautiful materials with an invitation to step into each story with awe and wonder. Children are then allowed time to respond to and reflect on their experience of the story.
Take a Parent Page from the table so you can talk your child about "their work" and wonder with them throughout the week about the sacred story. Questions??? Contact
Kim Butler,
Ivey Coleman, or
Fr. John.
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Hospitality Team for Rose Sunday
Sign up today for Sunday, March 31 reception
Thank you so much for all the generous donations for our last Evensong reception!
Each and every one of you make this parish a welcoming place for visitors and each other.
Our next reception is but 3 weeks away, and is again a wonderful opportunity to invite friends and family to Saint Paul's. The Parish Life Committee invites you to make or purchase a finger food or beverage for the Rose Sunday reception immediately following the Rose Sunday concert at 3:30
PM, Sunday, March 31. Please sign up to set up, serve, clean up, or bring a dish on our
Rose Sunday Sign-up Genius.
You may drop off your food items in the Tyler Hall kitchen between morning services or after the 11
AM service on March 31. We ask that you deliver your items on disposable serving ware, and we will plate the items for the tables. If you prefer to make a monetary donation, please make your check payable to Saint Paul's Church and annotate it for the "Rose Sunday Reception." Questions,
contact Bill Ford.
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 Tuesday's Music Live Season Finale
Tuesday, March 19, 12 noon
Nave and River Room
Tuesday's Music Live concludes its 31st season Tuesday, March 19, with a free concert by Carolina Pro Musica. Lunch, catered by Cordially Invited, is available after the concert by advance reservation. The cost is $12 per person. Reservations at www.TuesdaysMusicLive.com or by calling the Box Office at (706) 722-3463.
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Walk the Labyrinth: Self-Guided Walks
Wednesday, March 20, 9 AM - 8 PM
The Labyrinth will be available for self-guided walks most Wednesdays during Lent in the Berlin Room. Printed guides will be provided in the room. Please wear or bring socks to wear after removing your shoes. Check the schedule each Friday in the
Weekly Postings.
For more information about labyrinths, please visit www.veriditas.org
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 Parish-wide Lenten Book: Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
Wednesdays in Lent, 12 noon, Tyler Hall
Beginning Wednesday, March 13 and each week following, we invite you to gather in Tyler Hall at noon for an engaging and expansive conversation about
Just Mercy: A story of justice and redemption
, by Bryan Stevenson. In this coming of age memoir, Bryan Stevenson recounts his early career and the legal cases and struggles that led him to found the
Equal Justice Initiative
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A STUDY GUIDE for the book is available here
. Bring a lunch. Coffee and water provided.
Copies available in the Narthex and Church Office: $12
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 Order of Service for Noonday Prayer
Wednesdays in Lent, 11:45 AM, Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul
Prior to our noon hour Lenten book discussion, Noonday Prayer will be observed in the chapel. Gather in silence at 11:45
AM, prayers begin at 11:50
AM.
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 Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner
Wednesday, March 20, 6-7 PM
Join us for our monthly fellowship dinner, Wednesday, March 20, 6-7 PM
, in Tyler Hall. On the menu: Buttermilk Fried Chicken Breast, Southern Salad, 4 Cheese Mac and Cheese, Southern Style Succotash, Biscuits and Honey Cornbread, Strawberry Shortcake. $5 per person; $15 max per family. A reservation is not required; however, if you know you plan to attend, please RSVP on our sign-up genius. All are encouraged to participate in Compline, a simple and brief Night Prayer service, immediately follows in the chapel, 7-7:15
PM.
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"The Lord Almighty, grant us a peaceful night and a perfect end."
COMPLINE - closing prayers for the day
Wednesday, March 20, 7:00 - 7:15 PM
Chapel of St. Peter & St. Paul
Bring your mid-week evening to a prayerful close in a still, candlelit sacred space with one another and God. Compline is a much beloved, simple prayer service for the end of the day. It also may be observed in private at the end of your day and is found on p.127-135 in The Book of Common Prayer.
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 Manna Pantry
Friday, March 22, 5:00
PM
Saturday, March 23, 9:30
AM
Manna Pantry is a ministry that provides food to 150 families and individuals on odd-number months throughout the year. Friday, volunteers help unload the truck, arrange tables, assemble boxes, open and sort items, and box food for persons who will need special assistance the next day. On Saturday, volunteers will greet and check in guests, then fill their boxes as they move them along the tables cafeteria-style. Some volunteers are needed to assist persons by carrying their loaded boxes to their cars. Contact Melissa Friedman for more information. |
 Let's Clean our river together
Saturday, March 23, 9 AM, at Saint Paul's
Let's care for God's Creation by joining with the
Savannah Riverkeeper 9
AM-1
PM Saturday March 23 to clean up the banks and waterway of our Savannah River, right here by Saint Paul's! Cleanup will be both on land along Riverwalk, and on the water, so you can bring your kayak or canoe if desired, or stay on terra firma and clean up from the ground. We'll meet 9
AM at the 5th Street Marina.
Questions or to RSVP, contact Nancy Cercy. Gloves and trash bags provided; bring your own water, and wear a Saint Paul's Love your Neighbor tee if possible. Please join in this very meaningful action, rooted in our faith, while also enjoying the beauty and fellowship of the morning!
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History Preservation Event is Back
Saturday, March 23, 10 AM - 4 PM, Berlin Room
Our History Preservation Event Is Back, Saturday, March 23, 10
AM-4
PM, in the Berlin Room! Among other gems, our fast-fading Parish Register Index 1820-1913 records visits from three Confederate generals. Bring your laptop, tablet, or smart phone, and key the index into a simple on-line form. Sign up for 2 hours or stay all day. Lunch, snacks, drinks, and ice cream will be provided. Learn more this Sunday, 9:00-10:30
AM, in the Parish Hall. For information or to sign up,
email Jaime Figueroa.
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 YEA (Young Episcopal Adults)
Sunday, March 24, 7 PM, The Bee's Knees
Calling all 20-30-somethings for a monthly gathering at the Bee's Knees following Celtic Evening Prayer & Communion. (Celtic Service attendance is not a qualifier!). For more information,
email John Jenkins
or
Robert MacGregor
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Calling all Gardeners!
Saturday, March 30, 2-4
PM
Saint Paul's has a fresh, new opportunity to expand our ministry to the hungry: gardening! Join other parishioners on Saturday, March 30, from 2-4
PM at the Master's Table Soup Kitchen, 702 Fenwick, to hear about three new ways to get involved:
- Garden Team-churches partner with existing gardens to volunteer, donate, and support existing community gardens
- Glean Team-join a calling/email list to volunteer at short notice when a farmer has excess crops to be harvested & donated to the Master's Table/Golden Harvest Food Bank
- Grow Team-individual gardens to "Grow a Row" for Golden Harvest Food Bank
The Food, Faith, & Philanthropy Forum is co-hosted by Augusta Locally Grown and Golden Harvest Food Bank. For more information,
contact Marilyn Grau, 706-860-8037.
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Rose Sunday Concert & Reception
Sunday, March 31, 4 PM
This year's Rose Sunday Concert is Sunday, March 31, 4
PM followed by a reception in Tyler Hall and the Celtic Service at 5:30
PM. Our organist, Keith Shafer, will play music of Bach, Mozart, Franck, and will conclude with a performance of "Phoenix," by William Bates, an organ work commissioned in 2016 "for Saint Paul's Church, Augusta, Georgia, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the recovery from the devastating fire of 22 March 1916." 100 years ago this month Saint Paul's Church was preparing to open the present building and "Phoenix" commemorates these significant events in the life of the parish.
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 Diocese of Georgia ECW and DOK Spring Assembly
April 26-27, St. Augustine's & Church of Our Savior
The Augusta Convocation is excited to announce that this year's Diocesan Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Annual Retreat and The Order of the Daughters of the King (DOK) Spring Assembly will feature an Episcopal priest, social entrepreneur, and author as their keynote speaker, the Reverend Becca Stevens of Thistle Farms. Becca is founder and president of Thistle Farms, a global community of survivors of trafficking and addiction that includes justice enterprises. For her work as an entrepreneur and justice advocate, Becca has been named a White House Champion of Change, a CNN Hero, and holds numerous honorary doctorates. Her most recent book, Love Heals, was published by Harper Collins. Join us for a full weekend with Becca and women from Thistle Farms for the first time in the Diocese of Georgia.
Register Here.
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SAINT PAUL'S CREATION CARE
Compassionate Service to God's Creation
Next Creation Care Meeting
Wednesday, April 3, 5:30
PM
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
Let's Clean our river together
Saturday, March 23, 9 AM, at Saint Paul's
See details above.
April 27, 9: 30 AM
The Creation Care Committee invites you to a special guided tour of Heggie's Rock Saturday, April 27, 9:30
AM
. Space is limited to 12 people, and RSVP required. Participants must be able to walk 2+ miles on uneven terrain, and bring your own water and hat, etc. There are no facilities. Contact Anne Bell at (706)755-8545 to RSVP and with any questions.
There is the option of a group lunch out, after the walking tour if so desired.
More info on the preserve here.
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News from our Neighboring Parishes
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 You can Draw Anything! Teen Drawing Studio
Tuesday, March 19, 3:30 PM, Appleby Library, Walton Way
Appleby Library in partnership with Episcopal Day School presents, You Can Draw Anything with Kristen Heinlein, for ages 10 +, Tuesday, March 19, 3:30 PM. Free and Open to the Public. Call 706-736-6244 to register.
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Creating Sacred out of the Ordinary
Saturday, March 30, 8:30 AM - 12 noon
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 471 W. Martintown Rd., North Augusta
St. Bartholomew's Daughters of the King (DoK) host "Creating Sacred out of the Ordinary", Saturday, March 30. Presented by The Rev. Mia McDowell. Mtr. Mia, current priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, will awaken our imaginations to the art of creating sacred and prayerful spaces within our homes and work places. Mtr. Mia serves as Diocesan and Chapter Chaplain of the DoK and presented this workshop at the 2018 DoK Triennial in Austin, Texas. (Saint Paul's will recognize The Rev. Mia McDowell as the cantor for Fr. Jenkins' ordination service.) This event is free. Please
RSVP by March 27.
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Click here to read this week's Diocese of GA Newsletter: From the Field
Have You Taken the Survey?
The Bishop Search Committee has designed a survey for the XI Bishop Search that includes the questions that are also asked at the Diocesan Listening Sessions.
Whether or not you attended last Sunday's Listening Session, please take the time to complete this brief survey. Go
here
to get started!
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