As part of our support for our partner neighborhood school, we are gathering personal hygiene items for the children at Hornsby Elementary and Middle Schools during the month of October. Items requested include laundry detergent, underwear (all sizes), socks (all sizes), baby wipes/cleansing clothes, spray deodorant, travel-size deodorant, tampons, feminine pads, travel-size lotion. Baskets are located in the Narthex and Tyler Hall. Contact Kim Butler for more information.

We are pleased to announce that the Saint Paul’s nursery is open for children 6 months to 4 years of age. The nursery will be available on Sunday mornings beginning at 9:30 a.m. to allow parents to attend formation. If you have any questions about the nursey, please contact the parish office. Connie and Katherine are all ready to welcome you Sunday mornings.

11 AM Rite II - In person

11 AM Facebook Live

Busy morning? Breakfast with your friends at Saint Paul's instead! We've added Bojangles Bo-Berry & Chicken Biscuits to our Continental Breakfast while we eagerly await the NEW Tyler Hall kitchen this winter.

Donations accepted.

Join us as we continue our fall formation series on 1 Corinthians. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians shows Paul trying to pastor a young, gifted, divided church from afar. Drawing on some of the leading commentators on Paul, we’ll read together to see how he addressed problems and promise in Corinth, and how this might apply to us today. If you’re both talented and imperfect, or belong to a community that is talented and imperfect, this bible study is for you.

The Canterbury Choir will begin rehearsals at 9:25 AM Sunday morning as scheduled. Please note: The St. Nicholas Choir will not meet this Sunday only.

For more information about our choir programs, please contact Keith Shafer.

ALL children inherently know God, but it is up to us to give them the language of the Christian faith so they can grow to make meaning of our faith in their own lives. Godly Play is a profound method rooted in Montessori principles that forms child spirituality by attending to their natural gifts for wonder and discovery. We cannot wait to welcome your children each Sunday!

Contact Kim Butler for more information.

The Colaborate Curriculum is designed to help youth take an honest look at the holy mystery and the complexity of Scripture to move them onto a path of growth and discovery. Using infographics, this program will include studies of both New Testament and Old Testament lessons to start a conversation about God and what it means to follow Jesus.

For more information, contact Laurie Montgomery.

Sunday afternoon, please join us for a Guided Labyrinth Walk: “In the Beginning.” Belinda Peebles, a Veriditas certified Labyrinth facilitator, will provide instruction and a guided walk with our labyrinth in the Berlin Room at 4 pm. No previous experience is necessary, and all are invited to participate. Please wear or bring socks to wear after removing your shoes. For more information about labyrinths, please visit veriditas.org. This walk is sponsored by the Daughters of the King. For questions, contact Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau.

EYC meets at Saint Paul’s this Sunday 5-7 PM. We will have supper together in Tyler Hall and then we are going to have a great clay adventure led by our own Bray Ford. He is going to teach us how to make figures out of clay. We have a fun game planned after and will close with compline. Friends are always welcome! For more information, contact Kim Butler.

Matt Dickerson, hammered dulcimer, will be our guest musician this week.

Our Last Week: Life in the Spirit

Charlie Tudor and Fr. Eric lead our reflections on Rowan Williams’ short book, Being Disciples, Essentials of The Christian Life. Books are available in the parish office ($10 donation). Please sign up on the website or by email to Charlie Tudor. For more information contact Charlie Tudor.

A mid-week Eucharist in the Chapel begins at 11:30 am. Lunch in the Berlin Room follows at 12 noon with a weekly Bible study (more information below.) Join us as your schedule allows: Come for Eucharist and lunch, lunch and Bible study, or stay for all three. (So that we may honor mid-day schedules, lunch is scheduled for 15 minutes and will continue through the Bible study conversations.)

This small group format begins with lunch. As we continue sharing a meal, three biblical lessons are read by aloud by members of the group, followed by a reflection from Brian McLaren’s We Make the Road by Walking. We conclude our time together engaging with the reflection. Much of the work of the Holy Spirit in formation is in forming relationship. As the title suggests we make the road by walking together. We invite you to join this small group as your schedule allows.

You may bring your own lunch or share in the meal provided. This week’s menu: ham and cheese or spinach quiche, mixed green salad with vinaigrette dressing, tea and water A lunch RSVP is required by midnight Tuesday: online or by email to Elisabeth Price, and donations are requested to cover the cost of lunch each week.

Questions? Contact Kitty Gordon.

Thursdays begin in the Chapel with a reading or other offering to enhance this space before the “Sit” begins. After the 20-minute Sit, an open discussion follows until 8:00 PM. This is an open group with no limit on the number of participants. Please email Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau or contact by phone at (706) 910-9331 for further information and/or to enroll in the sit.

Women of the Bible Formation series, led by Rabbi Shai Beloosesky from the Reform Congregation Children of Israel (CCI), returns in October for 3 Sundays. These sessions will focus on stories in the Torah from the women's perspective and examine the influence of women in the narrative that is often minimized because of the preponderance of male writers in the World’s Great Religious texts: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Discussion will focus on the interpretation of the text and the meanings ascribed by contemporary thinkers.

Sarah and Hagar - Abraham's Wife and His First Concubine. Biblical Reference: Genesis 16:1-16 and 21:8-21

October 17 - Vestry Meeting

October 18 - Hospitable Planet Book Study Begins

October 19 - Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner

October 22 - Master's Table Soup Kitchen

October 22 - ACS Concert at Saint Paul's

October 27 - Caregivers' Support Group

November 6 - All Saints' and All Souls Sunday

November 6 - Baptism Offered

November 6 - Evensong and Reception

November 12 - Walk for Water

Tuesday’s Music Live continues its 34th season with a free concert by The ASMI Chamber Ensemble on October 18 at 12:00 noon. For more information visit

TuesdaysMusicLive.com or call (706) 722-3463.

Learn about God’s call for His people to “Care for His Creation” and understand the consequences of ignoring this call. Come join Jennifer McKee (Chair of Saint Paul’s Creation Care Committee) and Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau as they guide you in the study of Hospitable Planet: Faith, Action, and Climate Change by Stephen Jurovics. This book is grounded in the Torah that Jesus knew and is based on the author’s extensive scientific knowledge. Move toward both a personal and community environmental consciousness to create a plan for action.

Books available this Sunday in the Narthex, $15 donation.

Our next Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner is scheduled Wednesday, October 19 in the River Room.

On the menu: Mixed green salad, Country fried chicken tenders, Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole, Country style green beans, pumpkin bread budding. (PB&J and Kraft Mac n' Cheese available)

Please RSVP using the link below. Donations welcomed.  Contact Eric Friedman for more information.

The Masters Table Soup Kitchen at 702 Fenwick Street will be staffed by Saint Paul’s Church volunteers on Saturday, October 22. We need a team of 6 to prepare the meal and 12 to serve. This is a good opportunity to get to know other parishioners while preparing and serving hot meals for our guests in the community that are food insecure. If you wish to serve, please RSVP below. Contact Al or Laraine Yarbrough for more information.

The 71st season of the Augusta Choral Society will open with a presentation of Durufle’s “Requiem" and the final movement of Beethoven’s "9th Symphony" on Saturday, October 22nd at 7:30 PM at Saint Paul’s Church. Joining with the ACS will be soloists Indra Thomas, soprano, Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo, Johnnie Felder, tenor and Ramelle Brooks, bass and the Lyra Vivace Orchestra. Tickets available online or 706-826-4713.

Meet your friends from Cornerstone at the pumpkin patch at St. Bartholomew's in North Augusta for a Pumpkin Fest Party. Choose the perfect pumpkin and carve your masterpiece. Dinner will be served, and we'll close with Compline. All tools and pumpkins for carving will be supplied. RSVP by Friday, 10/21.

CSRA Walk for Water returns this year and once again Saint Paul's is the midway point of the walk. We're excited to support this event and invite you to join this important work.

The Walk for Water puts a creative twist on the typical “fundraising walk.” On the morning of Saturday, November 12, we expect a thousand people to walk, carrying empty pails, from the SRP Park baseball field in North Augusta to Saint Paul’s parking lot by the River Walk, where they will fill their buckets and begin the return trek along Reynolds and 13th Streets. This walk connects us with the trek billions make every single day to carry home untreated water for basic subsistence.

You can support this event by joining our walking team, volunteering to serve as hospitality at Saint Paul's, or giving to our team. Save the date! More details to come.

The Church of the Good Shepherd invites you to an open house of the St. John's Bible. More information here.

Adult Godly Play provides an opportunity to slow down, hear one of the stories of God, and enjoy fellowship with other adults. We gather and then enter the Godly Play room to hear the story. That is followed by wondering, work time, prayer, and the feast (small snack).

Please RSVP to Alison Wright, so we know to expect you and will have enough food for the feast. Feel free to come on your own or gather some friends to come along with you!

Alison Nesbitt has finished her calls to update the parish directory. Letters are being mailed to those whom she was unable to contact. If you are new and would like to be listed in the directory, or do not receive a letter from the parish office this month, please contact the parish office by email or by telephone at (706) 724-2485, so that we may update our parish records.

The Vestry has approved a plan for gathering safely. This plan is available using the link below and on our website. Clergy, vestry, and regathering committee members will continue to monitor the situation and publicize precautions and changes.