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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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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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Formation and EYC Schedule for April 1 & April 8
There will be No Christian Formation Classes, Confirmation Classes, or EYC (Episcopal Youth Community) Sunday, April 1, and Sunday, April 8. Formation and EYC will resume Sunday, April 15.
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 Open Sundays for Altar Flowers
April 8, 15; May 6; June 10, 17
If anyone would kindly like to sponsor one of these Sundays in honor or memory of someone or "many" someones please contact the parish office. The normal charge is a minimum of $100. What a lovely way to remember or honor someone and contribute to the Flower Guild at the same time. For more information or to inquire about another date in 2018, please contact the parish office .
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 Recycle Ink Cartridges and Batteries
Drop your empty printer ink cartridges and used batteries in the designated red and green recycle bins in Tyler Hall. Our Saint Paul's office staff earns Staples credit when the Creation Care Committee recycles these items. So please pitch in! |
 Pub Theology
April 9, 7 PM, The Pizza Joint Downtown Augusta
Mark your calendars for Pub Theology April 9, 7
PM, at the Pizza Joint in downtown Augusta! Join a varied group of young(ish) adults to explore some of the "big" questions around our meaning, purpose, and God. We hope to grow in our understanding of ourselves and God as we gather together over drinks (whether coke or ale). We welcome all faiths, but especially focus on the Christian perspective informed by the Episcopal tradition. For more information
please email Ranie or visit our page on Facebook, "
Pub Theology of Augusta."
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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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 2nd Sunday Birthday Celebration
Sunday, April 15, 10:30 AM, Tyler Hall
Birthday Celebration, Sunday, April 15, during "Coffee and Conversation." Join us for our brief but joyful celebration in Tyler Hall for all whose birthdays fall in April.
Please note the change of date.
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 EYC City Serve Project
Saturday, April 21
SPC Youth will serve the community with other churches from our area doing various service activities in our neighborhood through the City Serve project, Saturday, April 21. We will gather in the morning, serve, and have lunch downtown. More details are forthcoming, but mark your calendars! Contact Ranie Neislar for more information.
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City Serve Augusta's 2018 Annual Day of Service
Saturday, April 21
Volunteer with your Creation Care Committee and others from around the community to serve together improving Augusta, where we live, work, worship, and play. This initiative organizes local churches, nonprofits, and community leaders to partner in addressing community needs in Christ's name. More details to follow. Mark your calendars and plan to join us.
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 Veterans' Ice Cream Social
Sunday, April 22, 2:15 PM, GA War Veterans' Nursing Home
Join us for our quarterly Veterans' Ice Cream Social, Sunday, April 22, 2:15-4
PM, at the GA War Veterans' Nursing Home located at 1101 15th Street. We'll dish and serve ice cream and cookies; then spend much-appreciated time visiting our oft-forgotten heroes. All ages are welcome to participate.
Contact Louis Walker for more information.
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 Saint Paul's YP Monthly Gathering
Sunday, April 22, 7 PM, The Bee's Knees
Calling all 20-30-something young professionals, grad students, and wayward souls for a monthly gathering at the Bee's Knees following the Celtic Service. (Celtic Service attendance is not a qualifier!) For more information,
email Ranie .
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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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Senior Sunday
Sunday, May 20
Parents of Graduating High School Seniors: Senior Sunday is May 20. Please contact the parish office as soon as possible if your son or daughter is interested in being included in this service. |
 Education for Ministry (EfM) program
Begins August
CALLING THE CURIOUS: Are you curious to explore the meaning of Holy Scripture, the history and traditions of Christianity, and our ever-changing understanding of God that you may more deeply live your faith? Then it is time to consider the Education for Ministry (EfM) program. EfM is a small-group study and spiritual growth program open to ALL people and begins each August. Contact Saint Paul's EfM leaders, Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau and Fr. John Jenkins to have a full conversation about it. WE LOVE EfM!
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 Episcopal Campus Ministry at Augusta University(ECM)
Episcopal Campus Ministry at Augusta University(ECM) is a group for young adults-even if you aren't a student. ECM welcomes everyone: no matter who you are; no matter where you come from. We wrestle with questions about faithfulness, belief, and what it means to be formed by the way of Jesus Christ in our social/political world and with how we LIVE that out in our lives and through service! We gather weekly on and off campus. We share a meal at our house off-campus, Tuesdays, 7:30 pm, at 1867 Central Ave., Augusta. Contact Ranie or text at (706) 254-5332 for more information. |
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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