We have had an unusually festive beginning to Lent this year at Saint Paul’s. Of course the Shrove Tuesday pancake supper is always a bit raucous, as anything involving that many children and that much sugar is bound to be. But this year we added in the official celebration of blessing the newly renovated Tyler Hall kitchen. Ash Wednesday was relatively normal, but then over the weekend we had two massive parties: first celebrating the two hundredth anniversary of the Diocese of Georgia and then welcoming Bishop Logue for his annual visitation with Confirmations, Receptions, and Cake. A lot of work went into all that worship and all those parties: thank you to Eric Friedman and the hospitality team (more volunteers needed!), Keith Shafer and the choir (new singers always welcome!), Pam Uros and the Flower Guild (new volunteers needed and don’t worry—they will teach you!), and Catherine Stuckey and the Altar Guild (also happy to add members!), along with our confirmation teachers Elisabeth Price and Kim Butler, our ushers, greeters, sextons, and everyone else who makes our way of being church possible.  

We actually haven’t slowed our pace very much, but this week at the church has had the feel of settling down into Lent. Our liturgy for this Sunday will shift into our customary Lenten rhythm (without any bishops, which might feel weird at first), the flowers are gone from the altar, and hopefully if we’ve adopted any disciplines for this season, they are up and running. Our Tuesday night book study has begun, and our Wednesday night zoom Compline service is continuing. After a festive start, we’re settling in to our preparations for the Easter feast. Those preparations include an awareness that this year Holy Week coincides with the other great Augustan feast: Masters Week. And so our 9:30 adult formation hour on the Sundays in Lent will be given to a series on the meaning of Holy Week and how we can observe the central week of the Christian year when our lives are in Masters uproar. Wherever you’ll be come Holy Week (here with us? Crammed into a hotel room somewhere? Squatting with family members who thought you were going to get them badges instead of crashing at their place for a week?), join us for this series to make ready for the Paschal Feast.  

Offerings Received this Week $23,153.90

Operating Expenses to Date $153,392.79

Total Income Received to Date $284,456.18

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