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Celebrate Our Worship
Physically distant, but connected together online!
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Service Available on YouTube and Rebroadcast on Local TV: Sunday at 9:00 am Click Here, for TV: Channel 8 in Newburyport broadcast on Tuesday at 9:00 am, Thursday at 9:00 am, and Sunday at 10:30 am. Channel 9 in Newbury and Channel 18 in Salisbury broadcast on Wednesday at 9:00 am.
Note: On a Monday holiday the Tuesday at 9:00 am service will be the previous week.
Let us know if you have trouble accessing the service or our YouTube channel. We can help! Call the office.
Passcode: 445064)
Please make your offering by check, internet banking or on our website Here then click on the donate button.
Outdoor Eucharist Service - "Mass in the Grass"
Sunday through Thursday, registration required here, or call the church office
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Hello St. Paul’s!
This Sunday is Christ the King, and the last Sunday of the liturgical year and before Advent. At Christ the King we celebrate our King who was crowned by thorns and glorified through defeat. This is no ordinary king, for sure, but the reign of Christ is the reign of justice, peace, and equality precisely because that reign overturns the world's expectations of what a king should be. Join us on Sunday as we explore what this means for us and rejoice in the reign of Christ, King of the Universe.
ALSO on Sunday is the premiere of Mark's organ concert at 4.00pm on our YouTube page ( here). Donations to support the work of St. Paul's as part of our virtual fair are welcome (suggested donations of $10/person or $20/household) – please support Mark and our community by watching and giving!
WATCH the (second) hilarious commercial advertising the concert below.
ALSO ALSO, be sure to register and participate in our first ever Virtual Fall Fair! Details are on our website: www.stpauls-nbpt.org, and see Dierdre and John Budzyna's video introduction below. There is still time to donate items, experiences, gift cards, and more as well. This is not only an important fundraiser for the church, but a great way to participate and join in during a time when taking part in our life together has been greatly restricted. So please join in in whatever way you are able.
ASLO ALSO ALSO, it's getting a bit chillier, but we're still having good enough weather for Mass in the Grass, so be sure to register on our website and come along if you are able.
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With prayers for each of you,
Fr Jarred
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Bible Study at Home this Week
This a hard passage to read. Br. Jim unpacks it for us with hope. “May we have the courage to open our eyes, roll up our sleeves, and engage in this vocation of love and mercy; to be wounded healers, showing the same compassion that our Savior has shown us.” Br Jim Woodrum tells us in a sermon titled Staring Mercy in the Eye .
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All ages, come to our virtual bookclub! "This Book is Anti-Racist" by Montessori teacher Tiffany Jewell. New members always welcome!
We'll wrap up the book on Wednesday, 12/16. Questions? Email Linda
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LEARNING, SHARING & SERVICE for OUR CHILDREN & YOUTH: |
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This week's classes, arriving in your email this weekend:
for children, "Stir-Up Sunday!"
and for youth, "Lord, When Did I See You?"
For links to previous classes - to offer thoughts or say hi! -
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Look for two special emails, celebrating Thanksgiving (click here) and Advent (coming soon!), filled with prayers, activities, crafts, games, and more!
What've we been up to? Read our NOVEMBER newsletter - click here
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CALLING ALL YOUNG ADULTS!
(and/or their families) -
what's your current address?
It's time for a care package from St Paul's - but we need to know where you are, these days. Please email Linda with your street address & contact info :-)
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Mark Meyer's Virtual Organ Concert at St. Paul's
Sunday, November 22nd at 4:00 pm
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I hope that you will tune in at 4:00 pm on Sunday, November 22. The music will range from the seventeenth through twenty-first centuries, J.S. Bach's organ works, “Fugue in E-Flat Major,” and “Litanies” by Jehan Alain, a dramatic and intense piece that I performed for my Master’s degree recital way back in 1979. There will also be organ arrangements of some African American spirituals, a couple arrangements of Thanksgiving hymns, and maybe an easy-listening piece or two. The program and notes are linked below.
Watch for more information on this virtual concert.
Mark Meyer/Organist and Choirmaster
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Listen to Deirdre and John Budzyna talk about St. Paul's Virtual Fall Fair & Silent Auction coming soon! Click above.
Thursday, November 27 - Saturday, December 5
(6 days to go before bidding starts!)
Donate items and events for the online auction by filling out the donation form on our website (upper right hand corner).
If you have any questions, please reach out to fair organizers Deirdre and John Budzyna at dbudzyna@necc.mass.edu
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Among Friends Needs your Help!
Every year we give our guests at Among Friends a Christmas Stocking. We would like to continue this tradition but in a slightly different way. We would like to collect small, individual sized snacks only. These can be snack crackers, small cans of pringles, small bags of nuts or whatever snack you can find. You can drop your snacks off at the church during office hours. Monday - Wednesday 8am - 4pm and Thursday - Friday 8am - 2pm. Thanks so much!!! Call the office with any questions. "The Among Friends Crew"
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St. Paul's Church - Stewardship
Thank you to all who have submitted your pledge card. If you have not yet made a pledge, you can submit pledge cards by mail, online, or by dropping them off at the church. Those who register for the outdoor Eucharist, “Mass in the Grass”, can also offer their pledge cards at that service.
To give on-line, there is now a pledge card on the St. Paul’s website. Go to https://www.stpauls-nbpt.org/pledge/. If you have a smartphone which can scan a QR code using a QR Reader app, scan this code. Thank you.
The St. Paul's Stewardship Team
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Newburyport Magazine's Holiday Edition
In the December edition of Newburyport Magazine turn to page 51 to see our own Jane Niebling (frequently seen singing at Sunday Worship service) labeling some of her homemade jellies and jams. Jane is a self proclaimed "jelly witch". The founder of the Edible Avenue on the Clipper City Rail Trail, she loves to use fruit she's gathered in the silence and beauty of the wild. Read the story in full to learn more and see unique recipes.
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Pastoral Care Team
If you know someone who would appreciate a phone call during this COVID pandemic ,or is in need of services please call St. Paul’s Office to let the Pastoral Team know. We will happily add their name to the list of people we call on a regular basis and reach out.
Nancy Jukins/Chairperson
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Food Voucher Program
Please let us know if you or anyone you know are in need of help with food, medications, medical expenses and other needs. Call the office at 978-465-5351. All calls are confidential. Deb Hay/Administrator
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Prayer List
If you have would like to add someone to our ongoing Sunday worship prayer list, please email the office at stpauls@stpauls-nbpt.org or call 978-465-5351.
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The concert program streaming on November 22nd at 5 pm features pianist Anastasia Seifetdinova performing compositions by two late Romantic composers—Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Krein—as well as the Polish-Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, whose centenary is being celebrated this year.
Alexander KREIN (1883-1951) Selections from Sketches of Youth, op. 2 (1902); Poem-fantasy from Four Pieces, op. 7
Mieczyslaw WEINBERG (1919-1996) Piano Sonata No. 4 in B Minor, op.56 (1955)
Sergey RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943) Preludes op. 23, Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6 (1901-1903)
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We hope you enjoy reading our weekly newsletter which covers the current news of our parish life. If you have questions or news you would like us to include, contact Administrator Deb Hay at 978-465-5351 or stpauls@stpauls-nbpt.org.
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church | 166 High Street
Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 | 978-465-5351
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