Rector's Discretionary Account
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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 Join the Hospitality Team for Evensong
Sunday, March 10
Sign up on the Saint Paul's website for Spring Evensong Hospitality Team. You may drop off your food items in the Tyler Hall kitchen between morning services or after the 11
AM service on March 10. If you prefer to make a monetary donation, please make your check payable to Saint Paul's Church and annotate it for the "Evensong Reception."
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| Formation Classes this Sunday |
March 3 |
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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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This Sunday only, no youth formation.
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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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 Tuesday's Music Live
Tuesday, March 5, 12:00 noon
Nave and River Room
Tuesday's Music Live continues its 31st season Tuesday, March 5, with a free concert by Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold. Lunch, catered by Cordially Invited, is available after the concert by advance reservation. The cost is $12 per person. Reservations at www.TuesdaysMusicLive.com or by calling the Box Office at (706) 722-3463.
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 RSVP for Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday, March 5, 6-7:30 PM
The men of Saint Paul's will host this year's Pancake Supper, Tuesday, March 5, 6-7:30
PM, in the River Room. Come try out our pancakes - blueberry, chocolate, banana. $5 per person, $15 family.
RSVP using our sign up genius link on the website. Men, please
contact Jonathan Flanagan, if you wish to volunteer your services. Or, check out sign up genius on Saint Paul's website to volunteer for this event.
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 Ash Wednesday Service
Wednesday, March 6, 12 noon and 7 PM
Ash Wednesday services will be held March 6, 12 noon and 7
PM in the church. A Nursery will be provided for the 7
PM service.
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 3 Bridges Run Sign-Ups
Saturday, March 9, 9 AM
Saint Paul's NEW Outreach Ministries Fundraiser, 3 Bridges Run, is Saturday, March 9, 9
AM
. This is the 2019 fundraiser for our outreach ministries. There are THREE ways to participate: be a sponsor; be a race volunteer; be a race participant; or do all 3! More information
here.
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 EYC at Saint Paul's
Saturday, March 9, 2-4 PM
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 Second Sunday Birthday Celebration
Sunday, March 10, 10:30-10:45 AM, Tyler Hall
ALL are invited to our brief but joyful celebration for all whose birthdays fall in March. J
oin us during "Coffee and Conversation" (10:30 - 10:45
AM
) in Tyler Hall for "Birthday Sunday."
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 Welcome to Saint Paul's for visitors and newcomers
Sunday, March 10, 10 AM, the Chapel
New to the Saint Paul's community? Wondering what your next steps might be? Get your questions answered and meet some of our staff and parish leaders in an informal gathering in the parlor 10 AM, Sunday, March 10.
RSVP to Elisabeth in the Parish Office.
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 Listening Session for XI Bishop Search, Augusta Convocation
Sunday, March 10, 2:30 PM, Church of the Good Shepherd
The Search Committee for the 11th Bishop of Georgia will be holding a series of Listening Sessions around the diocese over the next several weeks. The Augusta Convocation session is March 10, 2:30
PM at Church of the Good Shepherd for anyone who can attend. The Search Committee wants to include as many voices as possible in the conversation and recommends these thoughts to ponder before you arrive at one of the Sessions: what miracle/joy/success have you seen in the last 10 years? What was your best moment in the Diocese? What have we missed, or what could we have done better? What are your hopes for the next 10 years?
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 Evensong & Reception Following
Sunday March 10, 5:30 PM
The Saint Paul's Choir will sing Evensong at 5:30
PM on Sunday, March 10. The service will include the premiere of a composition by Heard Robertson, son of Tom and Lee Robertson, and a former Head Chorister of Saint Paul's Church. Child care will be available and a reception in Tyler Hall follows the service. More than 200 people attended the last Evensong. Please invite family and friends.
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 Daylight Saving Time Begins
Sunday, March 10
Spring Forward. Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday, March 10. Don't forget to move your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed Saturday Night, March 9.
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 Pub Theology
Monday, March 11,
Mark your calendars for March 11, 7
PM at the Pizza Joint in downtown Augusta. 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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 Lenten Guided Labyrinth Walk
Wednesday, March 13, 6 PM, Berlin Room
This year, you may consider not giving something up for Lent. Consider starting something new, perhaps the spiritual practice of walking a labyrinth. Saint Paul's recently blessed labyrinth will be available many Wednesdays during Lent
for self-guided walks (please check the calendar or
Weekly Postings
for specific times). Make plans to join us on Wednesday, March 13, 6:00
PM
for a guided Lenten walk facilitated by Belinda Peebles, a Veriditas certified Labyrinth Facilitator. No previous experience with walking a labyrinth is required. Brief instructions will be given prior to the walk. For more information about labyrinths, please visit
www.veriditas.org
. This walk is sponsored by the Daughters of the King and all are welcome. For questions, contact Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau.
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 Tuesday's Music Live Season Finale
Tuesday, March 19, 12 noon
Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner
Wednesday, March 20, 6-7 PM
Manna Pantry
Friday & Saturday, March 22-23
YEA (Young Episcopal Adults)
Sunday, March 24
Rose Sunday Concert & Reception
Sunday, March 31, 3 PM
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SAINT PAUL'S CREATION CARE
Compassionate Service to God's Creation
DID YOU KNOW?
It requires 95% less energy and water to recycle a can than it does to create a can from virgin materials.
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
Heggie's Rock Tour
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.
Heggie's Rock is a spectacular granite outcrop in Columbia County which spreads over 60 acres and rises 100 feet high. Our Saint Paul's group will have a private guided tour, which will last over two hours. This natural wonder is notable for its unusually high diversity of plant and animal life because it includes a dry outcrop, forests and beaver-impounded streams. The granite outcrop, Heggie's Rock, dominates. It is here you see exposed granite, lichen and moss covered rock, soil islands and the beautiful vernal pools, or dish gardens, which support rare and unusual plants. Heggie's Rock is owned, preserved and protected by The Nature Conservancy of Georgia.
More info on the preserve here.
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.
NEXT CREATION CARE MEETING
-April 3, 5:30
PM
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