Next Week's Calendar
Sunday, May 6: First Fruits
8:30am: Holy Eucharist in Chapel
9:30am: Adult Forum & Sunday School
9:45am: Choir Practice
10:15am: Nursery Opens
10:30am: Holy Eucharist in Sanctuary
Following 10:30am service: Pastoral Ministry Team Intro & Training
Monday, May 7:
4:30pm: Centering Prayer in Parish House
5:30pm: VBS planning in church office
6:00pm: Active Shooter Preparation training
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Tuesday, May 8:
9:30am: Giving Garden Planting Day
7:00pm: Al-Anon in library
Wednesday, May 9:
5:30pm: Holy Eucharist in Chapel
6:45pm: Choir Practice
7:00pm: Dick Underwood Book Club
Thursday, May 10:
11:30am: Crisis Assistance in Parish House
12:00noon: Al-Anon in library
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Pastoral Ministry Team
On
May 6th after the 10:30 service,
there will be an Introduction to St. Paul’s pastoral ministry team followed by a training titled ‘Active Listening and the Power of Presence.” All are invited to attend and lunch will be provided for all who RSVP by
Thursday, May 3rd
. Those who would like to be a formal part of the Pastoral Ministry Team are required to attend the four training modules, though the order of training is not important. To RSVP, please email Ann at
rector@stpaulwilkesboro.org.
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May the Fourth be with YOU!
Sports fan? Star Wars fan? Both? Join us at the Winston Salem Dash came on
Friday, May 4th at 7:00pm
. Tickets are $13.00 each.
Call the office (336-667-4231) or email Rachel at
stpaulscyfm@gmail.com
to sign up.
Tickets will need to be reserved by Thursday, May 3rd.
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Planting day May 8th
Children, youth, and adult volunteers are invited to join in the garden to plant our first round of crops in the Giving Garden from
9:30am-12:30pm
. We will break bread together after our outdoor work!
Anyone interested in volunteering in the backyard garden, please contact Rachel at
stpaulscyfm@gmail.com
. We are looking for regular and periodic waterers, weeders, planters, and harvesters.
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VBS Volunteers:
The Christian Education Committee is looking for artists, musicians, actors, designers, dancers, creative-types, outdoor lovers, and child-wranglers to help with our new VBS model– Arts Camp VBS! If you have a talent and are curious as to how it might fit into this model, talk to Rachel!
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Birthdays:
May 6-LaMar Creasman
May 8-Drew Mayberry
May 8-Lauren Morrow
May 10-June Canter
May 10-Edward Southwell
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May 11-Lynn Durchman
May 11-Ann Dieterle
Anniversaries:
May 8-Dub & June Canter
May 12-Ray & Cassie Stone
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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, Terry Duncan, Ernestine Freas, Gail Gattis, Mike Graf, Edward C. Griffith III, Janet Hartzog, Gerald Hendley, Larry Hendley, Bentley Holbrook, Margo Hurd, John Jacobson, Pat Jones, Joan Knox, Joe Manolovich, Maggie McCann, Susan McManus, Ann McNeill, Donna Moore, Bertie Pardue, Jeffrey Parisi, Curtis Parker, Bob Skees, Ester Small, Duane Smith, Marie Waddell, Jerry Waddell, Donna Weber, and Cole Younger.
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Armed Forces
Let us pray for
the safety of
all our troops
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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 6, 2018
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Acts 10:44-48
While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter said, "Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days.
Psalm 98
Sing to the Lord a new song, *
for he has done marvelous things.
With his right hand and his holy arm *
has he won for himself the victory.
The Lord has made known his victory; *
his righteousness has he openly shown in the sight of the nations.
He remembers his mercy and faithfulness to the house of Israel, *
and all the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands; *
lift up your voice, rejoice, and sing.
Sing to the Lord with the harp, *
with the harp and the voice of song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn *
shout with joy before the King, the Lord.
Let the sea make a noise and all that is in it, *
the lands and those who dwell therein.
Let the rivers clap their hands, *
and let the hills ring out with joy before
the Lord,
when he comes to judge the earth.
In righteousness shall he judge the world *
and the peoples with equity.
1 John 5:1-6
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.
John 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church | 336-667-4231 | office@stpaulwilkesboro.org | https://stpaulwilkesboro.org
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