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October 4 - October 13, 2019
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Service Participant Schedule
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Meeting this Week
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WED 5:30 PM
Outreach Committee
THURS 12 noon
Building & Grounds
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Walk for Water - Join us tomorrow a.m.
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"I was thirsty and you gave me drink..."
Matthew 25:35
Tomorrow morning, over 1,000 people are "walking for water" so that others no longer must.
WHY: Jesus taught his followers to serve one
 another, especially those in need. In 2019, this is one way that we are following Jesus.
WHEN: TOMORROW MORNING, Saturday, Oct. 5th, 8:30
AM, SRP Park, walk begins at 9
AM, concludes at noon.
WHERE:
Meet Mary Lynn Ford, team captain, in front of SRP Park by 8:30
AM, walk 9 to 11
AM, event concludes about noon.
PARKING: All parking lots near SRP Park are free and open for this event.
TEAM CAPTAIN:
Meet Mary Lynn Ford in front of the main SRP Park gate by 8:45
AM.
T-SHIRT: Wear a Saint Paul's LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Shirt. Mary Lynn will have some extras and some Walk for Water shirts.
WALK THE WALK in the CSRA: The 3 mile course connects the event's participants with the trek that over 2 billion women and children daily make to secure water for basic needs: drinking, cooking, washing. 1,000 Walkers will leave SRP Park in North Augusta at 9
AM tomorrow morning, each carrying an empty 2.5 gallon bucket. They will cross the 13th Street bridge and travel down the Riverwalk to the "watering hole" at Saint Paul's to fill their bucket with river water. Walkers will return to SRP Park via Reynolds St. and celebrate our community's work. The funds raised so far, about $50,000, will provide complete water filtration and distribution systems for two villages, which means HUNDREDS of individuals and families lives will be positively changed.
Learn more about WATER MISSION.
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Our Schedule This Sunday
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October 6 |
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Formation Classes for all ages.
See schedule below.
The Nursery is available.
Coffee and Conversation in Tyler Hall
Ironman Debriefing Tyler Hall until 10:50
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
Rob Foster is our guest musician.
following 5:30 PM
Wine and Cheese Reception on the Portico
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Like the Ironman competition, Ironman Weekend at Saint Paul's has truly become a volunteer endurance event! It is a three-part endeavor that begins with our annual pasta dinner. We transition into the second leg of the event on Sunday morning with Swim Gear Drop and Race Day Hospitality at the church, and we finish the weekend with our cheer station on Sunday afternoon. It is a long, fun-filled, inspiring, and meaningful weekend that leaves us exhausted and with full and happy hearts. It is a success because so many people of all ages and abilities share their gifts, time, and energy with such abundance.
We think you ALL deserve medals!
We are so thankful for all of the volunteers from Saint Paul's and across the community for giving your time and energy with such generosity. Thank you and see you next year!
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Ironman Event Debriefing
Sunday, October 6, 10:30 AM, Tyler Hall
Do you have new ideas for next year? Is there anything you noticed that would help us improve a process? Please come share your thoughts at the Ironman debriefing this Sunday, October 6, at 10:30
AM in Tyler Hall.
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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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Blessing of the Animals
Sunday, October 6, 4 PM, Churchyard
Bring your best friend for a celebration and blessing Sunday October 6, 4
PM in the Churchyard. The Saint Paul's Blessing of the Animals is cosponsored by The Augusta Humane Society. Please consider a donation of one of the following items to The Augusta Humane Society: paper towels, bleach, Dawn detergent, 13-gallon garbage bags, or cash. All animals must be on a leash or in a carrier.
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Celtic Evening Prayer and Communion
& Wine and Cheese Reception following
Sunday, October 6
This Sunday, immediately following the Celtic Service, please join us for a wine and cheese reception on the Portico.
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Formation Classes this Sunday
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October 6
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RECTOR'S FORUM
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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YOUTH FORMATION
Location: The Youth Room
Youth Formation returns with a look at the movies and a discussion of the Christian themes found in them.
BUT FIRST, a little breakfast to get things going! For more information, contact Todd Shafer.
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CHILDREN AGES -- Ages 8-11 or Grades 3 - 5
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WEAVING GOD'S PROMISES
Location: The First Classroom in CMC
Our bigger children will immerse themselves in an Episcopal formation experience rooted in the stories of our faith as presented in John's Gospel. In this second of a three-year cycle, our children focus on stories of individual encounters with Jesus, transformation in God's love, and the saints of the church. Our theme in this curriculum year is "Once we were no people, but now we are God's people." Every session incorporates theology and history from our Episcopal-Anglican perspective. Questions? Contact
Coleman Graham
or
Fr. Jenkins.
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CHILDREN -- 4s to 8, Kindergarten thru 2nd grade
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GODLY PLAY
Location: The Godly Play Room
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.
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Next Week
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October 7 - October 13
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Tuesday's Music Live Continues
Tuesday, October 8, 12 Noon
Nave and River Room
Tuesday's Music Live,
America's largest luncheon concert series, opens its 32nd season with a free concert by the Charlestones, a male a capella quartet, on Tuesday 8 October at 12:00 noon. Lunch following the concert is catered by Cordially Invited LLC and is $12 per person. Advance reservations required and may be placed online at
TuesdaysMusicLive.com
or by calling the Box Office, (706) 722-3463. Series brochures with all 12 concerts and lunch menus are available in the narthex.
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Pub Theology
Tuesday, October 8, 7-8:30 PM, Nacho Mama's on Broad
Pub Theology meets next Tuesday, October 8, 7-8:30
PM, upstairs Nacho Mama's (976 Broad St., Augusta). Visitors and guests are most welcome. Pub Theology gathers an eclectic cross-section of the Saint Paul's community to deepen relationships and faith through conversations about God and being Christian in this weird, marvelous, and unpredictable life. For more information,
email John Jenkins.
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Creation Care Guided Tour of Heggie's Rock
Saturday, October 12, 9:30 AM
The Creation Care team invites you to another special guided tour of Heggie's Rock Saturday, October 12, 9:30
AM. Space is limited to 12 people, and RSVP required. Due to the popularity of our April excursion, we're offering another opportunity for those unable to attend previously.
RSVP and questions to Nancy Cercy.
Heggie's Rock is a spectacular granite outcrop spreading over 60 acres and rising 100 feet high, in Columbia County. Saint Paul's will have a private guided tour, which will last over two hours. This natural wonder is noted 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.
Participants must be able to walk 2+ miles on uneven terrain, and bring your own water and hat, etc. There are no facilities. More info on the preserve here.
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Second Sunday Birthday Celebration
Sunday, October 13, 10:30-10:45 AM, Tyler Hall
ALL are invited to our brief but joyful celebration for all whose birthdays fall in October. Join us during "Coffee and Conversation" (10:30 - 10:45
AM) in Tyler Hall for "Birthday Sunday."
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OPEN Flower Guild Meeting (Please join us!)
Saturday, October 19, 9:30 -10:30 AM
The Flower Guild will hold their fall meeting Saturday, October, 19, 9:30-10:30
AM in Tyler Hall. This is an open meeting
for all who would like to learn more about the Flower Guild and its Church Mission. There is no commitment to join.
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The Search for the 11th Bishop Episcopal Diocese of Georgia
Candidate "Walkabout"
Tuesday, October 22, 6
PM, The Church of the Good Shepherd
Make plans to attend the Augusta Convocation "Walkabout" Tuesday, October 22, 6 pm, at the Church of the Good Shepherd. This is an opportunity to meet the five candidates for Bishop. For more information on the candidates, including their CV's, brief bios, video introductions and their answers to questions asked by the Search Committee, go to
www.georgiabishopsearch.org.
If you cannot attend this session: The Walkabout includes stops at five churches throughout the Diocese. Two sessions will be live-streamed.
More information is included here.
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Blessing Blankets" -
GOLD Award Project, Girl Scout's pinnacle achievement for
Gwen Friedman, high-school senior and active Saint Paul's parishioner
Now until Sunday, October 19th
Collection boxes located in Tyler Hall and Narthex
In Girl Scouting, the GOLD Award is highest level of achievement that recognizes extraordinary leadership in the successful execution of project that has a high and sustainable impact. My GOLD project is to make blankets--Blessing Blankets--for children in our community who experience traumatic events. Working through local law enforcement, children will receive a blanket to provide warmth and a tangible symbol of security and hope given in love. At this stage of the project, I am collecting materials and supplies and raising funds for material and supplies.
I invite your participation, my church family, in this project. There are three ways to support me in this work:
1 - Include this project in your daily prayers, for its successful completion and for the children who will receive the blankets.
2 - Contribute any UN-used blanket fabrics, scraps, or quilt batting. I have placed collection boxes in Tyler Hall and the Narthex.
Thank you for your attention and support,
Gwen Friedman
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Open Sundays for Altar Flowers
October 13 & 27, November 24
NEXT SUNDAY is an open Sunday for altar arrangements. 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. Other open Sundays
October 27 and November 24. What a lovely way to remember or honor someone and contribute to the Flower Guild at the same time.
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October Dates for your Calendar
Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner
Wednesday, October 16
Bishop Search "Walk about"
Church of the Good Shepherd
Tuesday, October 22
Master's Table Soup Kitchen
Saturday, October 26
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If you haven't done so already, find out about the five candidates nominated by the Search Committee.
Mark your calendar
Augusta Convocation "Walkabout"
Tuesday, October 22, 6 PM, Church of the Good Shepherd.
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Are we missing your birthday?
Our "Second Sunday"
Birthday Celebration for October
will be October13.
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