Next Week's Calendar
Sunday, May 20
8:00am: Men's Breakfast in Parish House
8:30am: Holy Eucharist in Chapel
9:45am: Choir Practice
10:15am: Nursery Opens
10:30am: Holy Eucharist in Sanctuary
11:45am: Vestry meeting in Parish House
Monday, May 21:
4:30pm: Centering Prayer in Parish House
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Tuesday, May 22:
7:00pm: Al-Anon in library
Wednesday, May 23:
5:30pm: Holy Eucharist in Chapel
6:45pm: Choir Practice
7:00pm: Dick Underwood Book Club
Thursday, May 24:
11:30am: Crisis Assistance in Parish House
12:00noon: Al-Anon in library
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Jim Lyall needs our help with the "Festival of the Arts" for our Crisis Assistance Ministry fundraiser on May 19th. Tickets are $20, which includes a pasta dinner and an evening of music and art. He needs our help with finger foods and desserts. If you are willing to help, please bring your food to the Parish House by
4:00pm on Saturday the 19th. Thank you in advance for helping to support this wonderful ministry at St. Paul's! If you have questions please call Gwen Temple at 336-984-6469.
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The Men’s Breakfast will meet on
Sunday, May 20th from 8:00-10:15am
in the Parish House and will be cooked and served by the men of St. Paul’s. A donation of $5.00 per person to cover our cost is appreciated. Come join your fellow parishioners for delicious food and fellowship.
If you would like to get involved with the Men’s Breakfast, please contact Ken Canter at
rkencanter@aol.com
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Exciting news! Using the funds given to St. Paul’s by Ms. Betsy Barber, specifically for this purpose, we have hired 2 fabulous ASU student interns to organize our archives this summer. Ms. Butler is a graduate student who will be with us all summer and lead this work. Ms. Ball will be with us the first half of the summer. Included are their photos and a short biography. If you cross paths with them Tuesday-Thursday, make them feel welcome. We anticipate chances for you to meet them officially and for them to share their work.
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Grayson Butler, from Greensboro, North Carolina, graduated from Appalachian State University in 2017 with a Bachelors of Science in Applied and Public History and a minor in Appalachian Studies. She is now pursuing a Masters Degree in Public History at Appalachian State. Grayson has worked on several projects while studying public history, including the Digital Watauga Project,
Building Our Foundation: The History of Appalachian State University
, and
In the Evening West: Boone’s Revolutionary Drama.
When not studying or working, Grayson enjoys flyfishing and hiking on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Emily Ball, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is currently attending Appalachian State University in pursuit of a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied and Public History and a minor in Anthropology. She is a Junior with an expected graduation date of 2019. For the past two summers, she has worked part time as a cashier at Harris Teeter. When time allows, Emily enjoys reading, practicing needlework, and archery.
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Birthdays:
May 20-Betsy Almoney
May 21-Diane Shaw
May 21-Jenny Richardson
May 24-Carl Yale
May 24-Luke Sturdivant
May 25-Mary Earley
May 25-Richard Barber
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May 25-Karen Shupe
May 25-Brookelyn Hall
Anniversaries:
May 20-Jim & Betsy Almoney
May 21-Stan & Susan Dudek
May 21-Ryan & Rachel Minick
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Prayer List
Please remember in your prayers:
All those who are ill or unemployed. All those who are on our prayer list.
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Illness
Rik Absher, Carol Ambrose, Jim Andrews, Bob Arthur, Joe Barber, Dub Canter, Ken Canter, Rancene Cook, Ann Davis, Ernestine Freas, Gail Gattis, Mike Graf, Edward C. Griffith III, Janet Hartzog, Gerald Hendley, Larry Hendley, Margo Hurd, John Jacobson, Pat Jones, Joan Knox, Joe Manolovich, Maggie McCann, Susan McManus, Ann McNeill, Donna Moore, Bertie Pardue, Jeffrey Parisi, Curtis Parker, Kathy Sapp, Bob Skees, Ester Small, Duane Smith, Marie Waddell, Jerry Waddell, and Cole Younger.
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Armed Forces
Let us pray for
the safety of
all our troops
,
especially Rob Beauchaine, Alex Cline, Philip Cooney, Karl Duerk, Mike Earley, William Grant, Edward C. Griffith IV, Jacob B. Hall, Jonathan Johnson, Brandon Moore, Russ Necessary, Charlie & Lauren Pendry, Adam Pinkerton, Philip Southwell, Mark Stone, Jackson Triplett, Nathan Wyatt, and all others who serve in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout
the world.
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Readings:
The Liturgy of the Word for May 20, 2018
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Acts 2:1-21
When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs-- in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power." All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine."
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
`In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy.
And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
The sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day.
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.' "
Psalm 104:25-35, 37
O Lord, how manifold are your works! *
in wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
Yonder is the great and wide sea
with its living things too many to number, *
creatures both small and great.
There move the ships,
and there is that Leviathan, *
which you have made for the sport of it.
All of them look to you *
to give them their food in due season.
You give it to them; they gather it; *
you open your hand, and they are filled with good things.
You hide your face, and they are terrified; *
you take away their breath,
and they die and return to their dust.
You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; *
and so you renew the face of the earth.
May the glory of the Lord endure for ever; *
may the Lord rejoice in all his works.
He looks at the earth and it trembles; *
he touches the mountains and they smoke.
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I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; *
I will praise my God while I have my being.
May these words of mine please him; *
I will rejoice in the Lord.
Bless the Lord, O my soul. *
Hallelujah!
Romans 8:22-27
We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
Jesus said to his disciples, ”When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. You also are to testify because you have been with me from the beginning.
“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
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