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Calendar & Upcoming Events
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This Week
at a Glance
(For more upcoming events, please check out the St. Paul's calendar here)
Sunday, 8/18: The Rev. Charlie Dupree's First Sunday
- 9:00 a.m. Meditation/Contemplative Prayer (Palmore Room)
- 9:45 a.m. Nursery available
- 10:00 a.m. Worship Service w/Holy Eucharist (Sanctuary)
- 11:15 a.m. Healing Prayers (Healing Space, beside pulpit)
- 11:15 a.m. Post-Service Fellowship (gathering space)
- 11:30 a.m. HRI Meaning-Making Exercises (Sanctuary)
- 11:30 a.m. Reception for Armstrong Leadership Program Graduate, Chloe Murdaugh (Gathering Space)
- 12:00 p.m. Youngish Adult Brunch (Offsite, Max's Positive Vibe Cafe)
- 12:00 p.m. Vestry Meeting (Palmore Room)
- 5:00 p.m. Contemplative Service (Sanctuary Chancel) -- light refreshments to follow
Monday, 8/19
- 12:05 p.m. Daily Worship (Chapel)
- 4:45 p.m. Global Missions Committee Meeting (Library)
Tuesday, 8/20
- 8:00 a.m. Reflections and Prayers (Library)
- 10:00 a.m. Staff Meeting (Room 207)
- 12:05 p.m. Daily Worship (Chapel)
- 12:30 p.m. Al-Anon (Youth Room)
- 6:00 p.m. Outreach Committee Meeting (Norwood Room)
Wednesday, 8/21
- 12:05 p.m. Daily Worship (Chapel)
Thursday, 8/22
- 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Emmaus Lunch Program (Scott Hall)
- 12:00 p.m. Noon AA (Youth Room)
- 12:05 p.m. Daily Worship (Chapel)
- 5:00 p.m. Circles RVA Board Meeting (Norwood Room)
Friday, 8/23
- 12:05 p.m. Daily Worship (Chapel)
- Church office closes at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, 8/24:
Church closed
Sunday, 8/25: The Rev. Bill Queen's Last Sunday
- 9:00 a.m. Meditation/Contemplative Prayer (Palmore Room)
- 9:45 a.m. Nursery available
- 10:00 a.m. Worship Service w/Holy Eucharist (Sanctuary)
- 11:15 a.m. Post-Service Fellowship (gathering space)
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Communications Requests:
There's a Form for That!
Have a communications request? An update for a St. Paul's ministry? Something the parish should know?
Submit it via our Communications Request Form to Director of Communications, Sarah A. Foote, by clicking
HERE, and indicate how you'd like folks to receive it: Coming up on Grace Street (the weekly e-blast), Grace Notes, social media, a flyer, etc. Thanks!
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Worship, Music & General Announcements
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The Rev. Charlie Dupree is Joining Us
This Sunday, August 18th
(But Until Then, Here's a Video About him!)
Charlie will be officially joining us at St. Paul's this Sunday, August 18th, but here's your chance to get a preview of what our new rector is all about! Charlie's introductory video is now up on our YouTube channel (click
HERE
), where he covers his background in the Episcopal Church, some favorite hymns and composers, and more ... in under 8 minutes.
Take a look, and don't forget to "subscribe" to St. Paul's YouTube channel while you're at it -- it's the best way to stay in-the-know with fresh new videos from our church!
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Please Wear Your Name Tag This Sunday
This Sunday (and for at least a few Sundays after), we are asking that you make a special effort to wear your St. Paul's name tag. This will help Charlie and Matthew learn to tell us apart -- after all, we are learning two new names, and they will be trying to learn hundreds!
This will also help us learn each other's names, and is just an overall helpful way to get to know each other. So please, wear your name tag! We'll see you on Sunday.
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Healing Prayers After Worship Service
This Sunday, we will be offering Healing Prayers in the Healing Space (near the wheelchair ramp in the sanctuary) directly after the service. Please join us if you or someone you know could use some blessings for healing and renewal.
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Contemplative Evening Service This Sunday
In the Chancel of the Sanctuary
August 18th @ 5:00 p.m.
Please join us for our second contemplative service on Sunday evening,
August 18th. The service begins at
5:00 p.m. and is located in the Chancel of the Sanctuary. F
ood (light refreshments) will be served after the service. For more details on these services, please visit our
web event and
Facebook event. See you there!
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Notes + Takeaways from The Home Stretch Available on our Website
Our Home Stretch series wrapped up last Sunday, but notes and takeaways from previous sessions may be found and downloaded here (
Heritage,
Leadership,
Worship, and
Connections) or
here on our website. Thank you for taking part in this special preparatory journey to help us ready ourselves for the arrival of our new rector, Charlie Dupree!
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Charlie Dupree's Book on Sale
in the Gathering Space
As we welcome our new rector Charlie Dupree, are you interested in reading his book? We will be selling copies of
Practicing Imperfection: A Priest's Journey through Meditation, Messing Up, and Ministry in the gathering area of the parish house through
Sunday, August 18th. The cost is $10 per book. Checks can be made out to St. Paul's Episcopal Church with "Charlie's Book" in the memo line.
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Meditation/Contemplative Prayer Practice
9:00 a.m., Palmore Room
Meditation practices take place on Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM in the Palmore Room.
If you are not meditating, please be respectful of this group and use hushed tones in the stairwells and halls during this time period.
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Youth, Youngish Adults,
and Children + Family Ministries
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Youngish Adult Ministry: Join Us!
Whether it's for
brunch this Sunday, August 18th (at Max's Positive Vibe Cafe), a game night, or a spiritual study group, the Youngish Adults at St. Paul's are always up to something. For more information on the Youngish Adults, please visit our webpage
here. If you would like to stay up-to-date with these opportunities by subscribing to our e-blast, please let Keli Cooper
([email protected]) know and we'll get you signed up!
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College Prep Shower for
Armstrong Leadership Program Graduate
This Sunday, August 18, after the worship service
Please join us in congratulating and supporting Armstrong Leadership Program graduate and St. Paul's Home Board grant recipient Chloe Murdaugh as she prepares to head off to college at Radford University! We invite you to come celebrate Chloe's accomplishments and encourage you to help support her continued education through donations of a
computer,
desk lamp, bedding, alarm clock, laundry basket, etc., or a financial donation or gift card.
Contact Davis Wrinkle at (804) -837-0557 for donated items and additional information. To view our web posting for this event,
please click here!
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Seeking Volunteers for P
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September 28th, 12pm - 8pm
Why hugs? Check out the organization
FreeMomHugs.org, and
this CNN article for a dad's testimony, on the effects of "free hugs" at Pride parades across the country.
Virginia's family-friendly
PrideFest on Brown's Island is coming up next month on
Saturday, September 28th, and we are seeking volunteers to hang out and show support with us at the St. Paul's booth! We will be offering love, free hugs, and words of encouragement to anyone at PrideFest. Please see our
web event for more info and contact Lynn Williams at
[email protected]
if you would like to volunteer!
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HRI Pilgrimage
to Montgomery, Alabama
October 11 - 16, 2019
Our planning is complete for the HRI pilgrimage to Montgomery, Ala. We leave at noon Friday, Oct. 11 and return home Wednesday, Oct. 16. We'll tour the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (also known as the Lynching Museum) and several civil rights sites in Montgomery, visit Selma, and have a facilitated discussion three evenings.
The deadline to register is
Sept. 6. For a more detailed itinerary, instructions, and to register, please contact Linda Armstrong
([email protected]) or Lew Holley
([email protected]). This info and more will be posted to our
web event as we get closer to the date!
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Beyond St. Paul's:
Service of Lament, Reconciliation, and Commitment at St. John's Church
August 17th at 5 p.m.
The Central Richmond Region will hold a Service of Lament, Reconciliation, and Commitment tomorrow, on Saturday, August 17th, at 5pm, at St. John's Church (2401 E Broad Street), with Gathering Music beginning at 4:40pm. The service will mark the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans at Jamestown and the history of oppression that followed.
The Rt. Rev. Susan Goff will preside, and the Rev. Dr. Dorothy White will preach. A free will offering will benefit Re:Work Richmond and CirclesRVA. A reception will follow the service in the parish hall.
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Parish Life + Stewardship
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Making Meaning of the St. Paul's Windows
This Sunday, August 18 in the Sanctuary
HRI members are conducting small-group discussions in which we sit in small groups to consider the
Lee and Davis memorial windows in the St. Paul's Sanctuary. What did they mean to the congregation that installed them? What can they mean to us in the future? Please join us in the Sanctuary after the service to discuss, and check out our
web event for more details.
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He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
(Micah 6:8)
We pray for the workplaces and businesses of Metropolitan Richmond: For economic development in depressed portions of the city, for the establishment of businesses that will create new employment opportunities.
We pray for all the Baptized in their daily work, especially those of our congregation and community who are in the automotive industry including designers, salespersons, manufacturers, insurers, repair persons and office support staff.
We pray for those who are ill: for Dan Benn, partner of Gail James; Grant Hellmers; Steve Jenkins; brother of Maria Everett; Bill Reeves; Bill Savage; Lyn Peple, and Bob and Nita Jones. We also pray for those who are no longer with us: Hughes Melton, friend of Eleanor Burt. May his soul be at peace in the life to come.
Almighty God, we entrust all who are dear to us to your never-failing care and love, for this life and the life to come, knowing that you are doing for them better things than we can desire or pray for; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
If you would like to add a name to the prayer list, please contact Administrative and Membership Associate, Carter Johann, at
[email protected] or
(804) 643-3589.
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