Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost - September 19, 2021
8am & 10:30am


Guest Clergy - The Rev. Cn. Dr. David Petrash
The MEMORIAL FUND
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church
GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES
THE FOLLOWING DONATIONS
IN MEMORY OF:
 
DOLORES MILTENBERGER
by
Dixie Hunt 
Ross Waldrop Krape
Bob Lanier
Bob & Carolyn Lloyd
Richard & Donna Randolph
Elizabeth Tanoos
 
CJ CATHEY
by
Elizabeth Tanoos


SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT In the last month there have been several instances of the oven or the gas from the stove being left on over night after a church activity. Leaving the oven or gas on is not only financially costly, but it has also become dangerous to our personnel, church members, and property.

Starting today, each time a person or group uses the kitchen, we are asking that the Clardy Hall Kitchen Closing Checklist be completed, initialed, and dated by those using the facilities. By working together, we can make sure that we keep Clardy Hall a safe and functioning place for all of us. Thank you so much for your help!
Friday's in September - St. Paul's School will have a lemonade stand every Friday in September from 3-5pm to raise money for childhood cancer awareness. All proceeds will go to
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.


Wednesdays - No Morning Prayer until September 29
BIBLE STUDY - Join David and Lisa Gish 7-8pm and
NEW - Kids Bible Study: Rita Woods and Jacob Faunce
for Wednesday Evening Bible Study in Clardy Hall.
Pizza provided to feed the body; Word of God to feed the Soul.


Saturday, Sept. 18
St. Joseph Guild 8am breakfast & bible study;
9-Noon Parking lot holes project.
DOK (Daughter's of the King) - 9am

Sunday, Sept. 19 - ECW Board meeting following 10:30am service


September 25: Stop by the St. Paul's Church & School booth
at the Bois D'Arc Bash in downtown Commerce from 9am to 6pm


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Join us for
coffee hour
A Morsel for Meditation
The world is upside down because there is so very little love in the home. We have no time for our children; we have no time for each other; and there is no time to enjoy each other. That is why there is so much suffering and so much unhappiness in the world today. Everybody seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for what is bigger and better and greater, and mothers and fathers often do not have time for each other, let alone their children. In the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world.
Mother Teresa: No Greater Love
 
“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer 

Worship
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Collect
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The readings may be found here
Communion Hymns
Step By Step (A3#154)


Give Thanks (A3#44)



Recessional Hymn    

Pray for the Church, the Body of Christ
Please pray for those on our prayer list this week:
Please Pray for those on
our prayer list this week:

Father Gordon and
Miltenberger Family

Family of Paula Reeves

Suzanne Taylor, Dana Medford, Julia Gibson, Beverly Gish,
Bob Lanier, Marcy Walsh,
Mike Lavigne


Contact our church office to
add a name to our prayer list: 903-455-5030. Names remain
for one month unless
renewed or canceled.
We also pray for our Daughters of the King Ministry as they bring their strength and service together by praying for friends and for the people.

You may also add people to the list by filling out a DOK confidential prayer card and ptting them in the blue box located in the Narthex.
PRAYER REQUESTS & BOX

The Daughters of the King support your prayer needs and wishes. Each Sunday a prayer team will be available to pray with you after the Worship Service in the choir area after the 10:30 service. If you would like additional information, please see a DOK member.

They also have a intercessory prayer box on the table in the Narthex to deposit prayer requests. Prayer request cards may be found in the pews and beside the box in the Narthex. Daughters pray daily. All prayers are confidential. Each person is prayed for one month. If you wish for continued prayers, please complete another request card or contact a Daughter.

You may call the church office (903-455-5030) and specify it is for the DOK intercessory prayer list. You can hand the card to a Daughter (she is always wearing her cross).
Stewardship

You can make your checks payable to "St. Paul's Episcopal Church" and mail them to:

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
8320 Jack Finney Blvd. 
Greenville, TX 75402
You can also make your donations at http://stpaulstx.org/giving/ to make a donation using your credit or debit card via PayPal or Tithe.ly.

Just For Laughs
Streaming
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  • Our Sunday services are available live at 10:25 am (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCmlrRFxbQF7CSAnFS8H9FA) and Facebook (https://facebook.com/stpaulsepiscopalgreenville). Our recorded Sunday service is broadcast on the GEUS community Channel (Channel 34) on Wednesdays at 8 am and 6 pm. Previously recorded services may be accessed anytime on our Facebook and YouTube pages. The recorded sermons may be found on our website as MP3s.
  • Remote Eucharist continues, and a few parishioners are helping me to distribute the Eucharist to parishioners’ homes on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please let me know by email if you’d like to receive the Holy Sacrament remotely. The best way to contact me is fathernickfunk@gmail.com.
  • The St. Paul’s Zoom Meeting may be found at https://zoom.us/j/9037772020. Our Meeting ID is: 903 777 2020. To call in, use one tap mobile: +13462487799,,9037772020# or to dial: +1 346 248 7799.
  • Morning Prayer on Wednesdays at 10:30 via a Zoom meeting.


It’s hard to find mountains in Dallas, and yours truly wants to do more than just walk on flat ground. A friend invited me to join him at the Cedar Ridge Preserve. It has a variety of trails and some striking changes in elevation.

The Preserve is a place to make you feel good about your fellow humans. To start with, it is popular. We met there at 6:30 on a Saturday morning, and the parking lot, which had just opened, was already half-full. Lots of people already on the trails: runners, walkers, athletes, couch potatoes, babies and toddlers, old guys and young ones. There were also dogs and at least one chicken.

My friend is super-athletic and super-encouraging. When people passed by, we’d say hi but he would say more. “What are you training for?”
Distinguished Lecture Series,
Race in America, Rev. Dr. Waters
Thursday Evenings September 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30
7:00 - 8:30 PM | Zoom 
 
The Ascension Anti-Racism Task Force, in partnership with St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church and Lake Highlands Area Moms Against Racism, is excited to offer a Distinguished Lecture Series, Race in America. Rev. Dr. Waters will teach and lead conversations outlining the history of race in America so that we will become more aware of how this history continues to shape our present time and our future. Once you register you'll receive a note asking you to be on the lookout for an email in August with ZOOM link to participate!
Episcopal Diocese of Dallas Podcasts
Daily podcast from the clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas offers a reflection on scripture from the Old Testament Reading of the Daily Office Morning Prayer.

Every day throughout the year we’ll be bringing you an audio
scripture reading from the Old and New Testament.

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