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Service Participant Schedule
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Meeting this Week
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WED. 5:30 PM
Creation Care
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| Our Schedule This Sunday |
June 2 |
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
Lemonade on the Lawn
5:30 PM
Celtic Evening Prayer
and Communion
with Prayers for Healing
Matthew Dickerson is our musician.
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This Sunday
This Sunday is the last Sunday for Spring Formation Groups.
At the Peace we will recognize our Christian Formation Teachers and the gifts they have brought to our parish during this school year. Please help us thank them for sharing their time, talent, and love with us.
We also will celebrate with two members of our parish who are new EfM graduates and our EfM mentor who all completed the four-year program in May. EfM participants will be available on the Portico before and after our 11
AM service to answer your questions about the program. (See more information below.)
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First Sunday Offering
Your generous non-pledged offerings (cash and designated checks) on the first Sunday each month support our clergy's Discretionary Account. Frs. Muir and Jenkins use these funds to meet urgent needs within our community, to further the ministries of the church when other funds are not available, and to support community programs and institutions that serve those in need.
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YEA (Young Episcopal Adults)
Sunday, June 2, 7 PM , The Home of Robert MacGregor
Please note the change of location
Calling all 20-30-somethings for a monthly gathering at the home of Robert MacGregor following Celtic Evening Prayer & Communion. (Celtic Service attendance is not a qualifier!). For more information or directions, email John Jenkins.
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| Formation Classes This Sunday |
June 2 |
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ADULTS
RECTOR'S FORUM 
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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CREATION CARE
Facilitator: Fr. Jenkins
Location: Berlin Room
In this series of workshops offered by our Creation Care ministry, we will openly and bravely wrestle with the implications of our understanding of God (theology) and what our place is on a planet in environmental peril. This work of reflection and dialogue will guide each of us to develop personal, concrete pledges of action and behavior that enact 1) Loving, 2) Liberating, and 3) Life-giving relationship 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 |
June 3 - June 9 |
Creation Care Upcoming Opportunity
Savannah Riverkeeper Cleanup at Lake Olmstead
Saturday, June 8, 9 AM
Volunteers from Saint Paul's will again join the Savannah Riverkeeper to clean up our waterways. This time it's at Lake Olmstead, Saturday, June 8, 9
AM. We'll cleanup both the banks and the water, so bring your kayak or canoe, or stay on terra firma and clean up the ground-with old shoes that can get dirty. Wear your Saint Paul's Love your Neighbor volunteer shirt if possible! Questions or to RSVP,
contact Nancy Cercy.
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 The Sacrament of Holy Baptism
Sunday, June 9
We will celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism on the Feast of Pentecost, Sunday, June 9. All who wish to be baptized are invited to
contact the clergy.
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Second Sunday Birthday Celebration
Sunday, June 9, 10:30 - 10:45
AM
, Tyler Hall
Next Sunday, June 9, is Birthday Sunday. Join us for our brief but joyful celebration in Tyler Hall during Coffee and Conversation (10:30
AM
) for all whose birthdays fall in June.
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Youth Mission Trip Fund-raiser Lunch
Sunday, June 9, Following the 11 AM service, Tyler Hall
Eat lunch at Saint Paul's next Sunday, June 9, to support one of our youth who will join the Diocese of Georgia Youth Mission Trip this summer. This year's group will be working in partnership with the Appalachia Service Project to help families in Central Appalachia make homes warmer, safer, and drier. To raise funds Molly Lindsey is hosting a lunch following the 11
AM service next Sunday in Tyler Hall. Tickets are $10 or donation. The menu will be pulled-pork with bun, baked beans, coleslaw & peach cobbler with whipped cream.
RSVP to Dianna Lindsey.
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 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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Pub Theology
Tuesday, June 11, 7 PM, The Larder in Hammond's Ferry
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 John Jenkins.
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Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner
Wednesday, June 19, 6-7
PM
Join us for our monthly fellowship dinner, Wednesday, June 19, 6-7 PM, in the River Room. $5 per person; $15 max per family. The menu will be available next week. A reservation is not required; however, if you know you plan to attend, please RSVP on our sign-up genius.
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"The Lord Almighty,
grant us a peaceful night and a perfect end."
COMPLINE - closing prayers for the day
Wednesday, June 19, 7:00 - 7:15
PM
Chapel of St. Peter & St. Paul
Bring your mid-week evening to a prayerful close in a still, candlelit sacred space with one another and God. Compline is a much beloved, simple prayer service for the end of the day. It also may be observed in private at the end of your day and is found on p.127-135 in The Book of Common Prayer. |
Longest Day Luncheon and Musical Memories
Friday, June 21
On the summer solstice, people across the world will participate in fundraising activities to fight Alzheimer's disease. Saint Paul's Outreach Committee invites you to join us that day in remembering those in our parish who have died or who are living with the disease.
11:15 AM, Tyler Hall. Sandwiches and a message on coping with the disease by Beth Williams of Alzheimer's Association.
12:00 noon, Nave. Dr. Robert Foster, Professor of Music at Augusta University, will present a program with several local musicians in memory of his father and others who have succumbed to or are living with Alzheimer's disease.
We also invite you to share with us the names of your friends or family to be remembered in our bulletin for this event. There is no charge for the luncheon or concert, but donations to fight Alzheimer's disease are appreciated. Make a donation to the Alzheimer's Association either online or at the event.
Contact Marilyn Grau for more information.
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Master's Table Soup Kitchen
Saturday, June 22, 9-10:45
AM
The Master's Table Soup Kitchen located at 702 Fenwick Street will be staffed and sponsored by Saint Paul's Church volunteers. This is a great opportunity to get to know other parishioners while chopping, stirring, and preparing lunch for 150-250 guests. Contact Al and Laraine Yarbrough for more information.
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 Open Sundays for Altar Flowers Third Quarter
July 21, August 25; September 1 & 8
Open Sundays for altar arrangements: July 21, August 25; September 1 & 8. 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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 DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR
Independence Day Service & Parish BBQ
Sunday, July 7
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Are we missing your birthday?
Our "Second Sunday"
Birthday Celebration for June
will be June 9.
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