 Manna Pantry
Friday, March 23,
4:00 - 5:30 PM
& Saturday, March 24,
9:30 AM - 12:00 noon
Our next Manna Pantry is Friday and Saturday, March 23 & 24, in Tyler Hall. 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. Manna Pantry volunteers unload and organize food from Golden Harvest, and assemble boxes for recipients Friday 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.
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Easter Music and Lilies Deadline
Friday, March 23
Easter Lilies are placed in the church and are enjoyed throughout the Easter season and additional professional musicians enhance our Easter services. Gifts may be made by
e-mail to [email protected], no later than Friday, March 23, (place your check in the offering plate on Sunday).
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| Our Schedule This Sunday |
March 25 |
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8:00
AM
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Holy Eucharist Rite One (no music)
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8:45 - 9:30
AM
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Continental Breakfast
Tyler Hall
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9:30 - 10:30 AM
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Christian Formation Classes for all ages (see schedule below.)
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10:30 - 10:45
AM
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Coffee and Conversation
Tyler Hall
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11:00
AM
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Holy Eucharist Rite Two with the Canterbury
and Saint Paul's Choirs
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Following 11:00
service |
Lemonade on the Lawn
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5:00 - 6:30
PM
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EYC at Saint Paul's
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| 5:30 PM |
Celtic Evening Prayer & Communion
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Invite someone to join you at Saint Paul's on Easter
Easter is the easiest day to invite someone to church because the great joy of Our Lord's Resurrection is reflected in the beauty of our worship. Please take an Easter Invitation found in the Narthex or from an usher and invite someone to join you on Easter morning.
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Make a Palm Cross
Sunday, March 25, 9:00
AM
- 10:45
AM
For many years it has been the tradition at Saint Paul's Church to create palm crosses from palm fronds to be worn on Palm Sunday. On Sunday, March 25, all are invited to join us at 9:00 AM in Tyler Hall to learn (or re-learn) the art of palm cross making! Please drop in, as your schedule allows 9:00 - 10:45 AM. All materials and friendly instructors will be provided.
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 Please recycle your bulletins
Please notice and utilize the eight blue Recycling bins now located throughout our buildings for your bulletins and other papers. Your Creation Care Committee spearheaded the ministry by collecting and recycling most of the paper generated here at Saint Paul's to better care for our resources and to reduce the amount of waste we create.
Volunteers are needed to gather and empty these bins of paper every
Monday on a rotating schedule. Please
contact Nancy Cercy to volunteer or for more information.
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EYC
Sunday, 5 - 6:30
PM
EYC (Episcopal Youth Community, grades 6-12) will meet this Sunday, 5 - 6:30 PM at Saint Paul's. Dinner will be served and friends are always welcome. Email Ranie with question or for more information on our EYC
2018 spring schedule.
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Celtic Evening Prayer and Communion
with Prayers for Healing
Sundays at 5:30 PM
Rob Foster is our guest musician this Sunday. |
Lenten Book Study 
Beginning Sunday, February 18 & Wednesday February 21, Tyler Hall
This Lenten season, we invite the whole community at Saint Paul's to participate in a series of holy conversations grounded by a reading of Verna Dozier's beautiful, profound, and highly readable book: The Dream of God. The clergy will guide conversations during the formation hour Sundays (9:30 AM) and Wednesdays (noon to one) in Tyler Hall. The clergy also will lead Noonday Prayers in the Chapel each Wednesday at 11:45 AM.
Whether or not you attend these holy conversations, please participate by reading this wonderful book. 30 copies of
The Dream of God
will be available in the narthex and parish office or
order here
. Please give what you can afford: $5 - $20 by check-memo: LENTEN BOOK.
Contact the clergy for further information.
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Confirmation for 9th and 10th graders 
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My Faith - My Life -- grades 6-12
Youth Formation held in the Youth Room, Upstairs Parish House. But first, breakfast to get the morning going!
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 SPARK -- Ages 8-10 or grades 3-5
Location: Room #1, Children's Ministries Center
Our older children will again immerse themselves in SPARK, where they will work with the same themes and Scripture that we all encounter in common worship. Every lesson follows a four-part pattern: Gather, Open the Bible, Activate Faith, and Send. Week after week, the children and their leaders gather together, explore the Scriptures, enjoy one another's company, pray, and discover God's presence in their midst. |
 Godly Play -- Ages 4-7
Location: Room #2 Children's Ministry Center
ALL children inherently know God, but it is up to us to give them the language of the Christian faith so they can grow to make meaning of our faith in their own lives. Godly Play is a profound method rooted in Montessori principles that forms child spirituality by attending to their natural gifts for wonder and discovery. |
| Next Week |
March 26 - April 1 |
 Easter Egg Hunt Preparations
Wednesday, March 28, 4:15 - 6:00 PM, Tyler Hall
The annual Easter Egg Hunt on the lawn follows the 9:00
AM service Easter morning. Please help us prepare for this joyful event by bringing 12 filled Easter eggs for each child participating in the hunt to the parish office by Wednesday, March 28.
Your help is requested to fill additional eggs Wednesday March 28, 4:30 - 6:00
PM, in Tyler Hall.
Eggs will be hidden on the lawn Easter morning. If you can help hide eggs Easter morning, please
contact Melissa Friedman .
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Good Friday Offering
Through the years many Episcopalians have found the Good Friday Offering to be an effective way to express their support for the ministries of the four dioceses of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Pastoral care, education and health care continue to be primary ministries through which the reconciling spirit of the Christian faith serves all in need. The generous donations of Episcopalians help the Christian presence in the Land of the Holy One to be a vital and effective force for peace and understanding among all of God's children.
To make a donation please make your check payable to Saint Paul's Church and write "Good Friday Offering" on the memo line.
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 Gardeners Needed
The area between Saint Paul's Church and Chapel will have landscaping improvements made next month (March). Grounds chair, Keith Shafer, would like a small group of physically fit gardeners to assist with the installation of plants and shrubs. The work will be done on a Saturday morning and should take no more than 4 hours. If you are interested in this project, please email Keith or contact by telephone at (706) 339-7208.
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| Holy Week & Easter Schedule |
March 26 - April 1 |
Holy Week and Easter Schedule
Palm Sunday
March 25
8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, and 5:30 PM
Monday - Wednesday in Holy Week
March 26-28
12:00 noon in the Chapel
Maundy Thursday
March 29
7:00
PM
Good Friday
March 30
12:00 noon
Easter Sunday
April 1
9:00
AM, 11:00
AM, and 5:30
PM
Annual Easter Egg Hunt on the Lawn
Immediately Following the 9:00 AM Service
The Nursery is available for services on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Morning at 9 and 11 AM.
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Annual Parish Meeting
Easter Monday, April 2, 12 noon, front steps
Our Colonial Charter and Bylaws call for an Annual Parish Meeting on Easter Monday. You are invited to our 268th Annual Parish Meeting, Monday, April 2, at 12 noon, on the Front Portico. The Churchwardens, Members of the Vestry, and Officers of the Parish will be installed.
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Parish Office Hours, Holy Week and Spring Break/Masters' Week
The Parish Office will close at 12:00 noon on Good Friday and will be closed during spring break/Masters' week, April 2-6.
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 Fellowship Dinner
Wednesday, April 11, 6-7 PM, Tyler Hall
Join us for our monthly fellowship dinner, Wednesday, April 11. On the menu: pork with squash and apples, rice pilaf, and stewed cabbage. A reservation is not required; however, if you know you plan to attend, please
RSVP to Todd Shafer so that we can be the best hosts.
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 Saint Paul's Night at the Ballpark
Friday, May 11, 7:05 PM, SRP Park
Take me out to the Ballpark!
It is that time of year again, for our Third Annual Saint Paul's Night at the Ballpark! This time things are a bit different. Same great night of fun and fellowship, but this time in a brand-new ballpark. Come join us on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 7:05 PM to cheer on our Augusta Greenjackets at SRP Park. They will be playing the Rome Braves, so it will be a great night of baseball. Like last year, your ticket includes admission, an all-you-can-eat dinner of hot dogs, hamburgers, pulled pork, and grilled chicken, along with tea and soft drinks.
We are asking for a $15.00 donation per person to help defray the cost of this event, as it costs the church $25.00 per ticket. Please contact Todd Shafer to reserve your tickets.
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| CREATION CARE OPPORTUNITIES
March and April
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 QUARTERLY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
Winter Quarter (January - March 2018)
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2018 ECW and DOK Retreat
April 27 - 28, St. Patrick's Albany
St. Patrick's Albany will host the 2018 ECW and DOK Retreat April 27 - 28. We are eager to "Go Share the Spirit" with women from around the diocese! Even if you do not have an active ECW, all women of the church are considered ECW members and are invited to attend. We are delighted that our keynote speaker is The Reverend Kelly Steele from Church of the Epiphany Savannah.
Registration can be done online at ecw.georgiaepiscopal.org. Attached is a form for those who prefer to register by mail. It also has important information about the meeting.
Members who register and pay in full by March 31 will be entered into a drawing for a prize with a $200.00 retail value!
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