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This Sunday we'll settle into stories that will take the next six months to tell. From December (Advent) through roughly May (the Easter season), our scriptural readings in church jump around, giving us a kind of thematic highlight reel. But then in the summer and fall, we go more sequentially. We won't read every word, but on three tracks we'll move forward through the first years of God's chosen people in Genesis, Jesus' life and ministry as narrated by Matthew, and (initially) Paul's letter to the church in Rome. We're starting this week a schedule of moving through these books, but we don't start at the beginning of them. In Genesis, we begin in chapter 12, with the calling of Abram/Abraham. This works because chapters 1-11 of Genesis are a distinct, almost independent unit. But we've skipped over the creation and fall, the Adam-Eve-Cain-Abel saga, Noah and the flood, and the Tower of Babel.
We're also already past the first chapters of Matthew. Jesus has already grown up, been baptized, called his first disciples, begun his teaching ministry with the Sermon on the Mount, and worked a number of miracles in the towns surrounding his home. We're picking up the story still in the early days of his public ministry, but at a point where he is already making a name for himself. Now we'll move along through these foundational stories of our faith with few interruptions for the summer and fall.
Read them along with us; pray them along with us; live them along with us.
Eric+
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SAINT PAUL'S IS GOING TO ECUADOR |
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WE’RE ON OUR WAY TO ECUADOR!
By the time you read this, we will have already spent several days in country, learning our way around, forging new relationships with Cristo Liberador parishioners, sampling delicious Ecuadorean cuisine, and working on various construction projects. Thank you, again, for your prayers and support!
Please remember to tune in on June 11 at 9:30 for our Zoom “hello”. 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.
Hope to see you soon!
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EVENTS THIS WEEKEND | June 10 |
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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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EVENTS THIS SUNDAY | June 11 |
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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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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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The Nursery will be open Sunday, June 11
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:
This Week: ZOOM in with our Mission Team
Sundays 9:30 AM, Berlin Room
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This Sunday we'll Zoom in with our Mission Team to meet our neighbors in Ecuador and hear about their adventures as well as the work being done by Education for Hope and our mission partners. You can join our group session in the Berlin Room or from wherever you are this weekend by ZOOM.
Meeting ID: 739 771 4843
Passcode: 7646t7
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Outreach Beach Party Fundraiser
July 22, 6:30 PM
Tickets on sale this Sunday, June 11
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It’s a Beach Party in the River Room! Join us for a summer celebration of beach food, drinks, and music. Tickets on sale this Sunday before and after the 11:00 AM service.
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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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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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.
Kathleen Chandler and Keith Shafer will be our guest musicians this week.
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EVENTS THIS WEEK| June 12 - June 18 |
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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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Creation Care Meeting
June 15, 7:05 PM, Conference Room
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The Creation Care Committee will meet on June 15 at 7:05 PM in the Conference Room (following Sit & Wait). All are welcome! Come share ideas for our 2023-2024 projects and initiatives. We'd love you to be part of the team. For more information, contact Jennifer McKee. |
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Master's Table Soup Kitchen
Saturday, June 17, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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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 clean up 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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June 22 - Caregivers' Support Group
June 26 - Vestry Meeting (please note change of date)
July 2 - Independence Day Service
July 2 - Parish BBQ in the River Room
July 9 - Pajama's and Pancakes Sunday
July 22 - Outreach Beach Party
August 26 - Saint Paul's Night at the Ballpark
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Know your Neighbor
Sunday Forum, 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. These conversations will add new voices to our discernment, and it is our hope they will better equip us to proclaim the hope of God’s love to our neighbors.
Mark your calendars for these important conversations:
June 25: Community Foundation for the CSRA
July 2: Child Enrichment
July 9: Compass for Hope
July 16: Hornsby Elementary
July 23: Christ Community Health
July 30: DCCM, Downtown Cooperative Church Ministry
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Chelsea Chen Organ Concert
Sunday, June 18, 7 PM
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Caregivers' Support Group
Thursday, June 22, 3:30 PM, The Chapel
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Caregivers’ support group will meet Thursday, June 22, 3:30 PM in the chapel. This group provides support for people caring for people they love (our first thought is ailing spouses, aging parents, children who need extra attention, and other relations of mutuality in which one-way care has grown), but anyone who is a caregiver for another is welcome. Contact Fr. Eric for more information. |
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Saint Paul's Night at the Ballpark
August 26, 6:05 PM
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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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A Few Notes on the "Management" of our Prayer List |
Our official prayer list is an important part of our community of prayer, organizing our prayers for our beloveds. In order for our prayer list to be effective, we must all stay connected to the list, so we ask that you contact the parish office to update us on the status of your prayer request with a quick email monthly.
Twice a year the parish will begin a new prayer list: July 1 and January 1. Of course, it is fine for a name to remain on our list for an extended period of time; we ask that you simply email the parish office to let us know you’d like a name (new or continuing) to be added to our new list.
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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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Saint Paul's Faithfulness
as of 6/07/23
Offerings Pledged this Week $13,942.31
Pledged Offerings Received this Week $20,573.90
Total Operating Expenses to Date $404,835.86
Total Operating Income Received to Date $534,713.79
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