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Dear People of Saint Paul's,
The fifty days of Easter are over, and I know many of you are hoping for some very church nerdy conversation about the Church's calendar. This Sunday we'll celebrate Trinity Sunday (it is traditional to track the sermon on this day for heresies, preferably with a scorecard), and then we'll enter the long green season of ordinary time. Some people describe ordinary time as the time of the Church: we have waited, celebrated, repented, walked through Holy Week, and celebrated again through the special seasons of the Church's year. Now it is time to get down to work, to follow the Spirit out into the world and meet our neighbors in their need and ours, with the good news on our lips and in our hands.
Part of how we're doing that this year is a special summer series at adult formation on Sundays called "Know Your Neighbor." Throughout the summer, we're inviting some of the best organizations at work in our neighborhood to join us in conversation about their work, the needs and resources they see, and how we might deepen our relationship with them. We will learn more about some of the great work already surrounding us, and more about the needs surrounding us, too. My modest hope is that this series will better equip us to proclaim the hope of God's love to our neighbors.
We'll begin this Sunday by hosting Dr. Jackson Drumgoole of Drumgoole Family Initiatives. Drumgoole Family Initiatives works especially with young people aging out of the foster care system. Somewhere between 31 and 46 percent of former foster children experience homelessness by the age of 26. Up to 80 percent of foster children will experience some form of mental illness as they mature. Drumgoole Family Initiatives is working to provide resources and mentoring to help the most at-risk young people in our community transition into adulthood safely and successfully.
Some of the future sessions in this series are still being arranged, but we have already scheduled the Community Foundation of the CSRA, Child Enrichment, and Compass for Hope for sessions later this summer. I hope you'll join us Sunday and all summer long as we get to know some of our neighbors better, to learn better how to proclaim the gospel where we are.
Eric+
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SAINT PAUL'S IS GOING TO ECUADOR |
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WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS AS WE LEAVE FOR ECUADOR!
Everything is coming together for our mission experience in Quito, Ecuador. We thank the congregation for all the prayers, medical supplies, and other gifts that people are sending with us.
We hope to see many of you on June 11 via Zoom where we will contact you from Ecuador during the Rector’s Forum. The login information is:
Meeting ID: 739 771 4843
Passcode: 7646t7
Also, tune in to Cameron Vivanco’s podcast on June 14 at 1:30 PM, where our team will be featured with highlights from our trip.
Thank you all so much for supporting this trip!
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND A GIFT
We've learned that several over-the-counter first aid items are needed in Quito. While they are available in Ecuador, they are VERY expensive. The list includes Ibuprofen, Tylenol, multi-vitamins, children's Tylenol, Children's vitamins, Benadryl, Band-Aids, Neosporin. We'll also be taking playing cards, card games, and water balloons to be used in our time there. If you'd like to contribute any of these items to the mission trip, please signup using the link below and drop off your items to the parish office by Sunday, June 4.
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EVENTS THIS SUNDAY | June 4 |
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First Sunday Offering
Rector's Discretionary Account
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Your generous non-pledged offerings (cash and designated checks) on the first Sunday each month support our clergy’s Discretionary Account. Fr. Eric uses 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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Sunday Worship Schedule
8 AM Rite I
11 AM Rite II
5:30 PM - Celtic Evening Prayer with Communion
All of our Sunday worship services are in-person.
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The Nursery will be open Sunday, June 4
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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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 this Sunday morning beginning at 9:30 A M.
For more information, please contact Kim Butler, Director of Children, Youth, and Intergenerational Ministries. |
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Sunday Forum: Know your Neighbor
This Week: Dr. Jackson Drumgoole of Drumgoole Family Initiatives
Sundays 9:30 AM, Berlin Room
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Throughout the summer, we're inviting some of the best organizations at work in our neighborhood to join us in conversation about their work, the needs and resources they see, and how we might deepen our relationship with them. We will learn more about some of the great work already surrounding us, and more about the needs surrounding us, too. Fr. Eric will lead this series and hopes is that this series will better equip us to proclaim the hope of God's love to our neighbors. |
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Outreach Beach Party Fundraiser
July 22, 6:30 PM
Tickets go on sale this Sunday, June 4
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SAVE THE DATE for a Beach Party in the River Room to benefit Saint Paul's Outreach Programs, July 22, 6:30 PM. Tickets ($30) on sale June 4 and will be available before and after the 11:00 AM service this Sunday.
The annual fundraiser for Outreach supports 80% of the annual Outreach budget. Proceeds to benefit Saint Paul’s Outreach Programs, including our Manna Pantry, Master’s Table Soup Kitchen, Veteran’s, Ironman, and Hornsby ministries, as well as gifts to support Compass for Hope, Episcopal Relief and Development, DCCM Food bank, and Our Little Roses. Please generously support this event through sponsorship (contact Rex Teeslink) purchasing tickets online or through any outreach Committee member, and inviting your friends to come.
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Veterans' Ice Cream Social
Sunday, June 4, 2:45 - 3:45 PM
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Dish and serve ice cream and cookies at our quarterly Veteran’s Social June 4, 2:45-3:45 PM. We’ll meet at the GA War Veterans’ Nursing Home located at 1101 15th Street to share a dessert and then spend much-appreciated time visiting. All ages are welcome to participate. For more information contact Gene Helmich. |
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Celtic Evening Prayer and Communion
with Prayers for Healing
Sundays, 5:30 PM
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Celtic Evening Prayer and Communion is a candle-lit service that emphasizes the contemplative side of worship, features some of Augusta’s best Celtic musicians, and offers prayers for healing for those attending, for others, and for the world. Come as you are and enter into a place of rest, prayer, and reflection.
Laura Tomlin will be our guest musician this week.
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EVENTS THIS WEEK| June 5 - June 11 |
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MMM...Men's Monthly Meal
Wednesday, June 7, 6-7 PM, The River Room
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We're bringing back our most popular Men's Monthly Meal: Hot Dogs and Hamburgers with Hillary and Greg at the Grill. Join us Wednesday, June 7, 6 PM. The Men of Saint Paul’s will gather at 4 PM in the River Room to prepare the sides for the parish. Men, please sign up for cooking and clean up teams and everyone PLS. RSVP for dinner below. Donations welcomed. For more information contact Eric Friedman. |
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Compline
Wednesdays, 8 - 8:15 PM Social time follows worship on Zoom.
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Meeting ID: 595 177 454
Dial-In: (646) 876-9923
Compline is a beautiful, simple, and quiet service to end the day together in prayer with God. This service is led by members of the parish using an on-screen bulletin so everyone may pray together.
Following the prayers, those who gather through Zoom have an opportunity for a mid-week visit.
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Mid-Week Eucharist
Thursdays, 11:30 AM
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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.) |
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Lectio at Lunch
Thursdays, 12 Noon, Tyler Hall
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Join us for lunch and a Bible study – we've made it easy!
This small group format begins with lunch. As we continue sharing a meal, three biblical lessons are read 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. We invite you to join this small group as your schedule allows.
You may bring your own lunch or share in the meal provided. Donations accepted.
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Sit and Wait Meditation Group
Thursdays, 6-7 PM, Chapel
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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 7:00 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. |
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Quiet Morning
Beginning in the Chapel
Saturday, June 10, 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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The Daughters of the King invite you to a spiritual morning of quiet solitude 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM. Bring "prayer tools" such as your bible, journal, or anything used for meditation. Led by The Rev. Terri Walker Degenhardt. For more information contact Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau. |
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Bagels for Breakfast
Summer Sunday Breakfast
June 11, 9-10:30 AM
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The Parish Life and Hospitality Committee invites you to Summer Sunday Breakfast in Tyler Hall Sunday, June 11, 9-10:30 AM. On the menu: Fresh Baked Bagels with all the fixin’s (cream cheeses, lox, tomatoes, capers, etc.) and fresh fruit. Donations are welcome. A RSVP is critical so that we can prepare adequate food without waste. Sign up in Tyler Hall or on our website.
Eric Friedman is leading this team and is looking for 3 individuals to assist. Please sign up to prepare breakfast on the same Sign-up Genius. Cooking Teams for future Second Sunday Breakfasts will be formed and we encourage you to be in touch with Hospitality chair, Eric Friedman. |
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Second Sundays with Creation Care
June 11, 3 PM, Riverwalk at Saint Paul’s
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The Coalition for Action in Downtown Augusta (CADA) is all about galvanizing the community, so we’ve organized a mini beautification project in June. Kevin de l’Aigle and Jennifer McKee will be on hand to discuss all things CADA and Creation Care as we get down to the business of replanting three plant beds on the Riverwalk at Saint Paul's that need our attention. We'll plant flowers, herbs and native plants right outside our River Room windows! Bring a hat, water, and gardening gloves. After we admire our work, we’ll head straight down to the Celtic service.
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June 19 - Vestry Meeting
June 22 - Caregivers' Support Group
July 22 - Outreach Beach Party
August 26 - Saint Paul's Night at the Ballpark
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Master's Table Soup Kitchen |
The Master's Table Soup Kitchen at 702 Fenwick Street will be staffed by Saint Paul’s Church volunteers on Saturday, June 17th. Please consider serving this month; some of our regular volunteers will be out of town. We need 6 volunteers to prepare the food from 8:30 am to 10:30 am (18+) and 12 volunteers to serve the food and cleanup in the dining room from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm (13+). Sign up on our website (a direct link is available in Friday’s Weekly Postings). For more information contact Al or Laraine Yarbrough . |
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Cornerstone (for EYC, rising 6th- graduated 12th)
Summer Kayaking Trip on the Broad River
Saturday, June 17, 8-5 PM
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Our Cornerstone Summer outing will bring Episcopal youth from around the area together for a kayaking adventure! We will meet at Episcopal Day School at 8 AM and take buses to the Broad River near Athens for a day of kayaking and fun. Details in the Youth email. Please contact Kim Butler or Elisabeth Price in the Parish Office for more information. |
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Saint Paul's Night at the Ballpark |
Saint Paul's Night at the Ballpark returns Saturday, August 26, at 6:05 PM. Tickets purchased before August 1: $18 adults; children & youth (18 and under) $12 and include an all-you-can-eat buffet. Tickets purchased after August 1, $22/$15.To make a reservation, please email Eric Friedman.
This is a fellowship event for the full parish, and we do NOT want cost to be a reason for anyone to miss this event. Please contact Fr. Eric. We will have sponsored tickets available. Likewise, if you would like to sponsor tickets to be used to invite someone new to Saint Paul's or for those who may need assistance to attend, please contact Elisabeth Price. |
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OTHER RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Join the Garden Volunteers! |
Saint Paul’s Church has a group of volunteer gardeners who assist Keith Shafer, Grounds Chair, and Piedmont Landscape Management in caring for our gardens. No experience necessary, instructions given, volunteers often take home plant divisions. Thursday mornings are volunteer gardening time. Some in the group stay for the 11:30 AM Eucharist in the Chapel. The gardening group would love to welcome you! Please email Keith Shafer, if you’re interested. |
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Donate summer music in memory or in thanksgiving. The choirs begin this year’s vacation on May 28th. Please contact Keith Shafer, Director of Music, who can provide you with more complete information. |
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World Famous Organists are Coming! |
Augusta is one of six American cities that were awarded regional conventions by the American Guild of Organists, an educational and professional organization with chapters throughout the United States. Augusta and Aiken have members representing 40 churches and a synagogue and are hosting musicians from the Southeast and around the country at a four-day event beginning on June 18th and concluding on June 21st. Complete information on the 4-day event is at www.ago23augusta.org.
The evening programs being presented by world-renowned organists begin at Saint Paul’s with a concert by Chelsea Chen at 7 PM on Sunday, June 18, and continue for the next three nights at St. John UMC, the Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church First Baptist Church in Augusta. These concerts are all ticketed. Information on purchasing advance tickets with a credit card is available on the website or at https://cvent.me/YWg955. Tickets will also be available at the door prior to each evening concert.
Free concerts are being held at First Presbyterian Church, Trinity on the Hill United Methodist Church, Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, and St. John’s United Methodist Church, First Baptist Church, and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Aiken. Take advantage of this exciting opportunity to hear some of the world’s most celebrated organists and bring family and friends. Questions? Contact Keith Shafer, the Convention Coordinator. |
Major funding from the Porter Fleming Foundation and the Knox Foundation as well as gifts in memory of Emily Remington, June Shafer and Jimmie Dyess are helping to make Ms. Chen’s concert possible. Keith Shafer is the Convention Coordinator and would like interested members of Saint Paul’s Church to have the opportunity to further assist in funding this event. Designate a gift as a memorial or thanksgiving and receive patron tickets and program listing. Any gift of $50 or more qualifies.
To make a memorial or thanksgiving gift please email kshafer@saintpauls.org or call Keith Shafer at 706.724.2485 ext 215. Credit card purchases are available. Thank you for your support! |
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Saint Paul's Faithfulness
as of 5/31/23
Offerings Pledged this Week $13,942.31
Pledged Offerings Received this Week
Total Operating Expenses to Date $392,059.24
Total Operating Income Received to Date $509,624.68
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