Quiet Morning

Saturday, January 20, 9:00 AM - 12 PM, Chapel

The Daughters of the King invite you to a spiritual morning of quiet solitude 9 AM- 12 noon. Bring “prayer tools” such as your bible, journal, or anything used for meditation. Led by The Rev. Kimberly Dunn. For more information contact Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau.

Zentangle Drawing Workshop

January 20, 9:30 AM-12 noon, The Berlin Room

Join us for a meditative drawing class on January 20th, 9:30 AM-12 in the Berlin Room. Art educator Martha Arrington will lead you through the steps of this relaxing drawing method that anyone can do as long as they can write their name. $30 includes all materials and supplies. Contact Martha Arrington to sign up marthaarringtonart@gmail.com

Bagels for Breakfast!

Sunday, 9 - 10 AM Tyler Hall

Busy morning? We have homemade bagels and all the fixin's this Sunday. Donations welcomed.

Sunday Forum

2024 Budget review

9:30 AM, The Berlin Room

This Sunday, at our last Vestry session in preparation of the Annual Meeting, we will review this year's budget. Our Finance Committee Chair, Monty Osteen, and our Treasurer, Will Rice, will present this year's budget.

St. Nicholas Choir (age 5 - grade 2)

Canterbury Choir (grades 3-9)

Sundays, 9:25 - 10:00 AM

The Canterbury Choir (children in grades 3-9) and the St. Nicholas Choir (age 5 through grade 2) will meet this week as scheduled.

If you or any family or friends are interested in the choir program, please email Director of Music, Keith Shafer or call (706) 724-2485 ext. 215.

Godly Play (grades pk4-2)

Sunday, 10-10:45 AM

St. Francis' Room, CMC

This Sunday, our Godly Play class will be sharing the story “The Holy Bible.” We are going to explore the Bible in a hands-on way. Kim Butler and Sara Dimsdale will lead our class. Contact Kim Butler for more information.

Upper Elementary Formation (grades 3-5)

Sunday, 10-10:45 AM

St. Patrick's Room, CMC

Barbara Coleman and Naila Assad will be leading our Children's Sunday Formation class. It is going to be fun for our upper elementary children to get to know two wonderful adults at Saint Paul’s. Contact Kim Butler for more information.

Middle School Formation grades 6-8

Sunday, 10-10:45 AM

St. Benedict's Room, CMC

Formation classes for Middle School continue this Sunday! Elizabeth Lindroth will be leading our class this semester. For more information contact Elizabeth.

Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul

Beginning January 21, 4:15-5:15 PM, The Berlin Room

Join us for a new Sunday afternoon formation gathering which precedes the Celtic Service. The clergy will lead a discussion of John Philip Newell’s Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World. Books are available from many retailers and in the Narthex. Donation $15-20. A schedule of gatherings will be available. For more information contact Eric Biddy.

EYC (Episcopal Youth Community)

Grades 6-12

Sunday, 5-7 PM, Off-site (St. Bart's)

EYC Meets Sunday at St. Bart's North Augusta for dinner and then bowling at the Northside Lanes also in North Augusta.

For more information contact Elizabeth Lindroth.

Celtic Evening Prayer and Communion

with Prayers for Healing

Sundays, 5:30 PM

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.

Celeste Ray is our guest musician this week.

Sit and Wait Meditation Group

Sundays, 6:30 PM, Chapel 

Sit and Wait will follow the Celtic Service at 6:30 PM. The format will follow An Order for Compline from the Book of Common Prayer (page 127-135). The focus of the service will be the appointed Rule of Benedict for the Day. At the end of Compline, a twenty-minute sit will follow, and everyone will leave in silence.

Please email Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau or contact by phone at (706) 910-9331 for further information.

Tuesday's Music Live

Tuesday, January 23, 12 noon

Tuesday’s Music Live 35th season continues Tuesday, January 23, at 12 noon, with a free concert by Scott Joplin with Scott Kirby. More information by calling the Box Office, (706) 722-3463 or tuesdaysmusiclive.com.

The Case for Love

Tuesday, January 23, 4:45 PM

Mother Kimberly invites you to join her Wednesday, January 23 at the Regal Theaters, 4:45 PM showing of "A Case for Love." Watch the trailer and to purchase a ticket, click here.

About the movie

In a world often clouded by division and discord, we invite you to join us for a one-night-only transformative experience on January 23, 2024, as we present the exclusive premiere of "A Case for Love."

This feature-length documentary, inspired by the profound teachings of Bishop Michael Curry—renowned for his stirring sermon on "The Power of Love" at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—embarks on an enlightening exploration. At the heart of this film lies a crucial question: Can unselfish love serve as the healing force needed to mend our fractured society? 

New On-line Formation Offering

The Wounded Healer

Tuesdays; January 2 - February 6

7:30–8:30 PM

Our online formation book studies continue in January with The Wounded Healer by Henri J. M. Nouwen. Books are available from many book sellers or in the Narthex this Sunday and the parish office during the week ($15 donation). Sign up on our website. “In this hope-filled and profoundly simple book, Henri Nouwen offers a radically fresh perspective of how we can best serve others.”

Mid-Week Eucharist

Thursdays, 11:30 AM

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.)

Lectio at Lunch

Thursdays, 12 Noon, Tyler Hall 

Every Thursday in Tyler Hall you’ll find a lunch combo that can’t be beat! We offer a tasty meal with a generous helping of fellowship, plus a lively discussion arising from the Gospel of Mark. Our text is N.T. Wright’s Mark for Everyone which takes this Gospel in small bites, reflecting on each week’s reading with relevant and important insights. We finish promptly at 1:00 PM and invite you to join us as your schedule allows. You may bring your own lunch or share in the meal provided. Donations accepted.

Questions? Contact Kitty Gordon.

Caregivers' Support Group

Thursday, January 25, 3:30 PM

Caregivers’ support group will meet Thursday, January 25, 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.

Manna Pantry

Saturday, January 27, 8:15-11:30 AM

Tyler Hall and West Parking Lot

Manna Pantry provides a box of food six times a year to those in our community who need this supplemental assistance. With your help we will unload the groceries from Golden Harvest, pack food boxes, reload the truck, and deliver all food boxes on Saturday. Sign up for the Manna Pantry Team using the link below. For more information contact Melissa Friedman .

Annual Parish Meeting

Sunday, January 28, 9:30 AM, River Room

The Annual Meeting for the 274th year of Saint Paul’s Church is Sunday, January 28, 9:30 AM. We’ll have biscuits and coffee in the River Room and much to discuss.

Dates for Your Calendar

February 4 - Sunday Forum: Women of the Bible

February 4 - Evensong and Reception

February 11 - A Super Bowl of Chili Fundraiser

February 12 - Convocational Absalom Jones Service

February 13 - Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

February 14 - Ash Wednesday

February 17 - Master's Table Soup Kitchen

February 18 - Bishop Logue's Annual Visitation

February 18 - Guided Labyrinth Walk

February 21 - Senior Lunch

February 22 - Caregivers' Support Group

February 24 - Zentangle Workshop

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 31. 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. 

Summer Mission Experience

Mission dates - 7 days scheduled June 6 - June 13, 2024

You are invited to join Saint Paul’s parishioners, family, and friends on a mission experience this summer to Ecuador, June 6-13, 2023. Please prayerfully consider joining us as we reach out to people in need and serve as the hands of Christ.

An information sheet is available here. If you would like additional information about Quito, Ecuador, the mission work, and trip details, please contact Gene or Rose Helmich, or call 803-640-3405. The deadline to join the trip is January 31, 2024.

VESTRY NOMINATIONS

The Vestry Nominating Committee is seeking candidates whom you believe would make outstanding Vestry members for Saint Paul's. If you'd like to suggest someone, including yourself, please contact retiring Senior Warden Cameron Nixon. Prior to nominating someone else, please discuss with them their interest and willingness to serve in this role.

VESTRY RESPONSIBILITIES

The basic responsibilities of the Vestry are:

• to help define and articulate the mission of this congregation
• to support the church's mission by word and deed
• to support the clergy in furthering the mission of Saint Paul’s
• to ensure effective organization and planning
• to manage resources and finances
• to attend monthly vestry meetings and annual vestry retreat
• to serve as liaison to assigned parish committees

We expect to elect for three full three-year terms. If the new senior warden comes from the current vestry, we may have an additional unexpired term to fill.

MINIMUM CRITERIA

To be eligible for the Vestry, a nominee must answer "yes" to all of the following questions.

• Have you been confirmed or received in the Episcopal Church?
• Do you regularly attend worship services at Saint Paul's?
• Are you a pledging member of Saint Paul's?

CANDIDATE PROFILES

Each nominee slated to run for election to the Vestry will be invited to share a profile with the parish via our regular parish communications including the weekly newsletter.

A Note on Eligibility: Those eligible for election are those “confirmed adults in good standing eighteen years of age or older enrolled in the Congregation” (Canon 2.1). Those eligible to vote in an election are “those confirmed adults enrolled in the Congregation who are in good standing and who have reached the age of sixteen” (Canon 2.3). Those already in the process of being confirmed or received and otherwise eligible, are eligible to run and vote while waiting for the bishop’s next visit. If you are interested in being confirmed when the Bishop visits next year, please contact Fr. Biddy.