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Spring Cleaning our Riverbank
Over the span of four hours last Saturday, we removed 378 pounds of trash
(mostly plastic, styrofoam, and cigarette butts) from our section of the Savannah River and its banks!
Thank you to all who came out for our River Cleanup-we made a positive impact on this vital resource.
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Service Participant Schedule
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Meeting this Week
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TUES 11:45 AM
Evangelism/Marketing
WED 5:30 PM
Creation Care
WED 5:30 PM
Outreach
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What do you want to see in your next bishop? Share your input today.
Open Comment period closes Monday, April 1.
The election of our next bishop takes place this November, but THIS MONDAY is the last day to make your comments to the search committee before they compile the data and compose the profile used to inform potential candidates about our diocese and our hopes for the future. Your vestry and clergy strongly encourage your participation.
Begin the survey now.
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Food, Faith, & Philanthropy Forum
Saturday, March 30, 2-4
PM
Saint Paul's has a fresh, new opportunity to expand our ministry to the hungry: gardening! Join other parishioners on Saturday, March 30, from 2-4
PM at the Master's Table Soup Kitchen, 702 Fenwick St., Augusta, to hear about three new ways to get involved:
- Garden Team - churches partner with existing gardens to volunteer, donate, and support existing community gardens
- Glean Team - join a calling/email list to volunteer at short notice when a farmer has excess crops to be harvested & donated to the Master's Table/Golden Harvest Food Bank
- Grow Team - individual gardens to "Grow a Row" for Golden Harvest Food Bank
The Food, Faith, & Philanthropy Forum is co-hosted by Augusta Locally Grown and Golden Harvest Food Bank. For more information,
contact Marilyn Grau, 706-860-8037.
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Hospitality Team for Rose Sunday
Sign up today for Sunday, March 31 reception
The Parish Life Committee invites you to make or purchase a finger food or beverage for the Rose Sunday reception immediately following the Rose Sunday concert at 3:30
PM
, Sunday, March 31. Please sign up to set up, serve, clean up, or bring a dish on our
Rose Sunday Sign-up Genius
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You may drop off your food items in the Tyler Hall kitchen between morning services or after the 11
AM service on March 31. We ask that you deliver your items on disposable serving ware, and we will plate the items for the tables. If you prefer to make a monetary donation, please make your check payable to Saint Paul's Church and annotate it for the "Rose Sunday Reception." Questions,
contact Bill Ford.
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| Our Schedule this Sunday |
March 31 |
Formation classes for ALL ages
See schedule below
Coffee and Conversation
Tyler Hall
Holy Eucharist, Rite Two
with the Saint Paul's and Canterbury choirs
The Nursery is available.
following 11:00 AM
Lemonade on the Lawn
hosted by the Daughters of the King
Rose Sunday Concert
Reception following in Tyler Hall
5:30 PM
Celtic Evening Prayer and Communion
with Prayers for Healing
Laura Tomlin is our guest musician this Sunday.
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Rose Sunday Concert & Reception
Sunday, March 31, 4 PM
This year's Rose Sunday Concert is Sunday, March 31, 4
PM followed by a reception in Tyler Hall and the Celtic Service at 5:30
PM. Our organist, Keith Shafer, will play music of Bach, Mozart, Franck, and will conclude with a performance of "Phoenix," by William Bates, an organ work commissioned in 2016 "for Saint Paul's Church, Augusta, Georgia, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the recovery from the devastating fire of March 22, 1916." 100 years ago this month Saint Paul's Church was preparing to open the present building and "Phoenix" commemorates these significant events in the life of the parish.
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The Daughters of the King will host Refreshments and Conversation following the 11 AM service this Sunday at the Lemonade on the Lawn.
Who are Daughters of the King?
We are an international prayer and service order in the Episcopal Church. As a community of women, we promise to pray, work, and support the spread of God's Kingdom here on earth remembering that prayer is always the foundation from which our service grows. Currently, the Saint Ruth Byllesby Chapter provides the following prayer based ministries at Saint Paul's with more to come:
- Confidential Prayer Requests for Daily Prayer that can either be submitted via prayer cards from the pews or through the Saint Paul's Website.
- The College Student Ministry - Supporting college students of the parish through personal contact and daily prayer as they transition from their homes to life away from most of what they know.
- The Advent Prayer Tree.
- Quiet Days for Prayer and Meditation & Guided Labyrinth Walks.
- Spring Bra Drive for "Free the Girls," an international ministry for women recovering from lives in human trafficking, to provide bras that are used to support their financial independence and enhance women's chances of recovery from of this oppressive life in developing countries.
- A Lenten Christian Formation Series "Bible Women" to stimulate discussions and scriptural reflections on the voices of women and what they had to say in the Bible.
Want to know more? The St. Ruth Byllesby Chapter at Saint Paul's will hold discernment classes for new members from May - July. Daughters will be available on March 31st
after the 11
AM service for Lemonade on the Lawn. Please stop by so we can provide information and answer any questions you may have. You can also
contact Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau
or by telephone (706) 910-9331 for more information.
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| Formation Classes this Sunday |
March 31 |
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ADULTS
RECTOR'S FORUM, Year-round
Leader: Fr. Muir and guests
Location: The Parlor
The Rector's Forum offers a time and place for engaging conversation that is not anchored to a specific curriculum or topic. Always we consider how to honestly and faithfully live out our Baptismal vows, whatever the topic of the day.
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Women of the Bible:
A Lenten formation group offered by women for women
Location: Berlin Room
This Sunday:
Mary Magdalene & the Women at the Cross to the Tomb on Easter Morning - Robin Merriman
All women and youth (9th grade and up) are invited to gather for a rich Lenten study and discussion group to examine the lives of selected women from both the Old and New Testaments. We will listen to their words and explore how their lives speak to ours today. Materials provided, from Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter.
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Finding your Spiritual Practice:
Leader: Fr. Jenkins
Location: Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul
The world is a difficult and busy place, but our Christian tradition is rich with practices that help us return to ourselves and grow closer to God's ineffable presence. Each Sunday Fr. Jenkins will present a different spiritual practice of prayer. Materials provided, and all are welcome to drop in any given Sunday.
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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.
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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 Open Sundays for Altar Flowers
There are four open Sundays for altar arrangements in the second quarter: May 5 and June 9, 16, & 23. 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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Walk the Labyrinth: Self-Guided Walks
Wednesday, April 3, 9 AM - 6 PM
The Labyrinth will be available for self-guided walks most Wednesdays during Lent in the Berlin Room. Printed guides will be provided in the room. Please wear or bring socks to wear after removing your shoes. Check the schedule each Friday in the
Weekly Postings.
For more information about labyrinths, please visit www.veriditas.org
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 Parish-wide Lenten Book: Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
Wednesdays in Lent, 12 noon, Tyler Hall
Deepen your journey toward God this Lenten season with this deeply moving memoir about hope, mercy, and our power to transform lives. Read and reflect with the study guide in private or participate in our safe, engaging, and expansive group conversations about this extraordinary book in Tyler Hall each Wednesday, Noon to one o'clock. Questions, contact Fr. Jenkins.
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 Order of Service for Noonday Prayer
Wednesdays in Lent, 11:45 AM, Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul
Prior to our noon hour Lenten book discussion, Noonday Prayer will be observed in the chapel. Gather in silence at 11:45
AM, prayers begin at 11:50
AM.
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 Easter Lilies and Music
Easter Lilies are placed in the church and are enjoyed throughout the Easter season and additional professional musicians enhance our Easter services. If you would like to contribute toward the cost of Easter music, or give an Easter lily, please return the form found in your bulletin Sunday to the Parish Office. Requests may also be made on the
Saint Paul's website or by
e-mail to [email protected] no later than Sunday, April 7.
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 "Free the Girls" Bra Drive
Through April
"Free the Girls" Needs You to "GIVE UP" this Lent: Have you ever BRAs?! Yes, you read that correctly. Bras and the second-hand clothing market provide a safe and powerful economic opportunity for women in the developing countries that "
Free the Girls" serve. The St. Ruth Byllesby Chapter of the Daughters of the King at Saint Paul's will be coordinating a "Free the Girls" Bra Drive through the remainder of March and April. Collection boxes decorated white/aqua are located in Tyler Hall and the Narthex.
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 Mark these dates on your April calendar
Palm Sunday Services, April 14
8
AM, 11
AM, and 5:30
PM
Pub Theology at the Larder in Hammond's Ferry
April 15, 7:00
PM
Noon Eucharist Monday-Wednesday in Holy Week
April 15-17, 12 noon
Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner
April 17, 6-7
PM
Maundy Thursday Service
April 18, 7
PM
Good Friday Service
April 19, 12 noon
Easter Services
9
AM, 11
AM, 5:30
PM
Easter Egg Hunt on the Lawn
Following 9
AM
Easter service
Easter Monday Parish Meeting
Monday, April 22, 12 noon
Veterans' Ice Cream Social
Sunday, April 28, 2:15
PM
Primetime
Sunday, April 28, 6-8
PM
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 Diocese of Georgia ECW and DOK Spring Assembly
April 26-27, St. Augustine's & Church of Our Savior
The Augusta Convocation is excited to announce that this year's Diocesan Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Annual Retreat and The Order of the Daughters of the King (DOK) Spring Assembly will feature an Episcopal priest, social entrepreneur, and author as their keynote speaker, the Reverend Becca Stevens of Thistle Farms. Becca is founder and president of Thistle Farms, a global community of survivors of trafficking and addiction that includes justice enterprises. For her work as an entrepreneur and justice advocate, Becca has been named a White House Champion of Change, a CNN Hero, and holds numerous honorary doctorates. Her most recent book,
Love Heals, was published by Harper Collins. Join us for a full weekend with Becca and women from Thistle Farms for the first time in the Diocese of Georgia.
Register Here.
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SAINT PAUL'S CREATION CARE
Compassionate Service to God's Creation
Next Creation Care Meeting
Wednesday, April 3, 5:30
PM
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
Heggie's Rock Tour
April 27, 9: 30 AM
The Creation Care Committee invites you to a special guided tour of Heggie's Rock Saturday, April 27, 9:30
AM
. Space is limited to 12 people, and RSVP required. Participants must be able to walk 2+ miles on uneven terrain, and bring your own water and hat, etc. There are no facilities. Contact Anne Bell at (706)755-8545 to RSVP and with any questions.
There is the option of a group lunch out, after the walking tour if so desired.
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Are we missing your birthday?
Our "Second Sunday"
Birthday Celebration
will be March 10.
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