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December 5, 2019
Announcements

The  Mitten Tree  is located in the Narthex, waiting for your donations. The scarves are from Carol Duncan. 

Save the date for the half-day Parish Advent Retrea t – Saturday, Dec 7, 2019

On December 8th, there will be a staged reading of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol  at 3:00 p.m. in the Guild Hall, followed by a traditional English Tea.

Christmas memorial poinsettia orders  are due by Monday, December 16th. Please place your order in the collection basket or send to the office.

All are welcome to join our Social Justice Book Club:   Next session is December 10, 2019.  Books provided – snacks provided. Currently we are reading “How to be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi. We meet at 6:30pm in the Guild Hall. For more information visit 
www.starkfresh.org/calendar.
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Mark your calendars today …..  Greening of the Church  will take place after service on December 22nd. We need your help! 


Scriptures for Sunday
December 8, 2019
The Second Sunday of Lent

Isaiah 11:1-10
Psalm 72:1-7,18-19
Romans 15:4-13
Matthew 3:1-12


Participants in the Liturgy

Celebrant/Preacher: The Rev. Philip F. Kunder+, Long Term Supply Priest
Parish Musician: Mark Peterson
Eucharistic Ministers: Marcia Enslen, Beth Paynter
Lectors: Linda Heitger, David Lewis
Ushers: John Titmas, David Lewis
Greeters & Oblationers: Richard Reinbold, Carol Sutek
Acolytes: Olivia Johnson (C), Beth Paynter (A), Marcia Enslen (T)
Healer: Douglas Colmery
Lay Eucharisitic Visitor:
Altar Guild: Barb Anderson
Weekly Cleaning: Beth Paynter
Closers/Counters: David Lewis, Deb Shamlin

Above: Suzanne Wood performed in December 4th's Concert and Compline, "Ding Dong, It's Christmas".
Photo by David Rotthoff.

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St. Paul’s Church is a radically welcoming Episcopal community in downtown Canton,
grounded in faith, called by God’s Love to minister to the world.