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Service Participant Schedule
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Meeting this Week
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MON 5:30 PM
Vestry
WED 4:30 PM
History
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Manna Pantry
Tomorrow morning
Saturday, May 18, 9:30 AM
Manna Pantry is a ministry that provides food to 150 families and individuals on odd-number months throughout the year. 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.
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Canterbury Choir and EYC 
Celebrate the Year and Kick-off-the-Summer Party
Saturday, May 18, 12 noon, The Home of Kathleen & Jack Chandler
EYC and Canterbury Choir, get ready to celebrate! Bring your own chair/gear and come ready to boat, fish, or swim. Parents are welcome to hang out, too!
RSVP to Kathleen.
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| Our Schedule This Sunday |
May 19 |
Holy Eucharist, Rite I
No Music
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Formation classes for all ages (see schedule below)
The Nursery is available.
Coffee & Conversation (Tyler Hall)
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
with the Saint Paul's and Canterbury Choirs
The Nursery is available.
following 11:00 AM
Reception in honor of our Graduating Seniors
5:30 PM
Celtic Evening Prayer
and Communion
with Prayers for Healing
Rob Foster is our guest musician.
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Senior Sunday
This Sunday we celebrate with our graduating high school seniors. The sermon will be given by Molly Joseph; Hill Nixon, Trey Farmer, and Ezra Barrett will read our lessons; and the prayers of the people, written especially for Sunday, will be read by the author, John Cook. Please join us following the 11
AM service at a reception in honor of our graduating seniors given by the Daughters of the King.
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Parents of Graduating Seniors
The Daughters of the King at Saint Paul's are continuing to grow a ministry with our college students, sending gifts at fall and spring exams and praying for them throughout the year. If you are interested in knowing more about this ministry, please talk with them after the 11
AM service Sunday or contact
Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau.
As your children register for housing for the fall semester, please forward updated mailing addresses to the
Parish Office.
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Episcopal Youth & Children's Services special offering
EYCS is a unique organization in the Diocese of Georgia that provides need-based college scholarships for undergraduates and financial assistance for children who might otherwise not be able to go to summer camp at Honey Creek, the Episcopal camp & conference center of the Diocese of Georgia. Several Saint Paul's youth have been recipients of this scholarship. To make a donation, please make your checks payable to Saint Paul's and note your gift to EYCS.
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| Formation Classes This Sunday |
May 19 |
CREATION CARE
Facilitator: Fr. Jenkins
Location: Berlin Room
Humanity is not set apart from or over God creation and what God created is not given for human exploitation. In this series of workshops offered by our Creation Care ministry, we will wrestle with the implications of our theology in light of the state of the planet and focus on three aspects of relationship with the whole creation to develop personal, concrete pledges that embody 1) Loving, 2) Liberating, and 3) Life-giving relationships with God's creation. This series i
s inspired by
the Episcopal Church's Creation Care initiatives; explore here:
www.episcopalchurch.org/creation-care/.
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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.
Arrive between 9:25
AM and 9:30
AM. Pick up is 10:25-10:30
AM. 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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| Next Week |
May 20 - May 26 |
YEA (Young Episcopal Adults)
Sunday, May 26, 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
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Parish Office Hours
The Parish Office will be closed Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day. |
 EfM: Calling the Curious
2019-2020 ENROLLMENT is OPEN!!
Are you curious about your growing in faith? Consider
Education for Ministry
(EfM), a small-group experience with a big impact. Fall enrollment is now open. The Tuesday morning EfM group has 3 spaces available, and the Sunday evening group has 6 spaces. NEW for EfM ALUMNI: alumni may participate in ANY year of study under the new curriculum for the cost of your books-no tuition. NEXT STEP:
Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau and
Kathleen Chandler or
Fr. John Jenkins
to explore this opportunity.
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 Two Open Sundays for Altar Flowers
Independence Day (July 7) & July 21
Two open Sundays for altar arrangements: Independence Day Service, July 7, and July 21. If anyone would kindly like to sponsor a Sunday 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.
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 Donate Summer Music
On the summer Sundays when the choirs are on vacation special music is provided by guest instrumentalists or singers. If you'd like to donate the music on these Sundays please email Director of Music, Keith Shafer or call him, (706) 724-2485 ext. 215 for further information and cost. Gifts can be made as thanksgivings or memorials.
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Are we missing your birthday?
Our "Second Sunday"
Birthday Celebration
will be May 12.
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