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April 12 - April 21, 2024 | |
The Vestry and Wardens Began a New Term Easter Monday | |
FROM THE ASSOCIATE RECTOR | |
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Every Easter that has gone by since my childhood, I seem to always combine the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ with the newness of Spring and all that this time of year brings to the land, animals, insects, to the weather and people which can be summed up into new birth, growth, and the warmth of the sun. Looking at the season of Easter through this kind of lens seems to keep the reason of God’s love for and toward all mankind through Christ before us with a freshness. This year the solar eclipse accompanied Spring and Easter by magnifying the lens for some of us to bring to life Psalm 148:7-12:
Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps,
fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command!
Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!
Wild animals and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds!
Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!
Young men and women alike, old and young together!
As we continue in Eastertide, let us not forget the beauty of life all around us. Be encouraged to become aware of God’s creation by emerging ourselves into its goodness that is life-giving medicine for our minds, bodies, souls, and spirits. So, smile and laugh, greet each other with handshakes and gentle hugs, sing or play an instrument to make beautiful music, pray and meditate, serve others with joy, be open to meet new people, and be thankful for being alive. In the midst of enjoying all of God’s goodness, let us not forsake coming together in worship through love at Saint Paul’s Church—the downtown church for the city of Augusta.
Kimberly+
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EVENTS THIS SUNDAY | April 14 | |
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Sunday Worship Schedule for 04/1/24
8 AM Rite I
11 AM Rite II
11 AM Facebook Live
11 AM YouTube Live
5:30 PM - Celtic Evening Prayer & Communion
6:30 PM - Compline + Sit and Wait
All of our Sunday worship services are in-person.
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Continental Breakfast this Sunday
Sunday, 9 - 10 AM Tyler Hall
Busy morning? We have continental breakfast this Sunday in Tyler Hall at 9 AM. Donations welcomed.
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The Sunday Forum Returns THIS SUNDAY
Sunday, April 14, 9:30 AM, The Berlin Room
The Sunday Forum returns with a one-off session led by Fr. Eric to prepare us for the liturgical season of Easter by exploring the distinct actions and themes of the season.
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NO Morning Children/Youth Ministries
Sunday, April 14
Please note this scheduling change:
There will be no Youth Formation, Upper Elementary, or Godly Play. & NO Canterbury Choir or St. Nicholas Choir rehearsals. All return 4/21.
Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul will NOT meet on Sunday April 14. Sacred Earth returns 4/21.
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NO St. Nicholas or Canterbury Choir
Sundays, April 7 or 14
The Canterbury Choir (children in grades 3-9) and the St. Nicholas Choir (age 5 through grade 2) will not meet for the next two weeks.
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NO Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul this week
Sundays 4:00-5:15 PM, The Berlin Room
Last 2 sessions meet April 21 & May 5
Please note the change of the original schedule
Join us for a 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. For more information contact Eric Biddy.
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NO EYC This Sundays
Sunday, April 14 - EYC returns 4/21
EYC (Episcopal Youth Community, grades 6-12) returns Sunday, April 21, at Saint Pau's for food, formation, and fun. For more information contact Elizabeth Lindroth. Friends are always welcome!
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Sit and Wait this Sunday
Sundays, 6:30 PM, Chapel
Sit and Wait follows the Celtic Service Sunday evenings (6:30 PM). The service begins with a Service of Compline and will end with a twenty-minute sit. The people end in silence.
Please email Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau or contact by phone at (706) 910-9331 for further information.
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EVENTS NEXT WEEK | April 15 - April 21 | |
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Senior Lunch
Wednesday, April 17, Noon, Tyler Hall
Join us for lunch Third Wednesdays each month, at 12 Noon in Tyler Hall. Just a relaxing social time. Lunch is provided but donations welcome. Please sign up in the Narthex on Sunday mornings or on our website using the link below.
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Compline - ZOOM
Wednesdays, 8 - 8:15 PM
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Join Zoom
Meeting ID: 595 177 454
Dial-In: (646) 876-9923
Password: Email the Parish Office to request.
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
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
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.
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Serve at Field Day at Hornsby Elementary
Friday, April 19, 9-3 PM
CALLING ALL WANNABE JOCKS AND FRUSTRATED REFS. W. S. Hornsby Elementary School Needs You!
Field Day is scheduled for Friday, April 19, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and Ms. Jacquelyn Williams, physical education teacher, needs 15 volunteers to help with setup and assist with running a variety of games and races. If you thought adolescent soccer games were a challenge, just wait until you help a group of second and third graders run sack races. Yep, they fall down, and they can’t get up (without your help). This will be the most fun you will have had since you were that third grader lying on the ground in a burlap bag.
Questions? Email Barbara Coleman or call at 706-495-1884.
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Master's Table Soup Kitchen
Saturday, April 20, 8:15 or 10:15 AM
The Master’s Table Soup Kitchen at 702 Fenwick Street will be staffed by Saint Paul’s Church volunteers on Saturday, February 17, 8:15 AM for prep and 10:15 AM for serving. This is a good opportunity to get to know other parishioners while preparing and assisting in cooking and serving hot meals for guests in the community that are food insecure. If you wish to serve, please RSVP on our website (a direct link is available in the Weekly Postings). Contact Al or Laraine Yarbrough for more information.
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Earth Day Celebration
Saturday, April 20, 10 AM- 2 PM
The Creation Care Committee has planned a fun, family-friendly festival to celebrate our planet, and we’ve got lots of activities planned. Keith Shafer will once again lead his popular garden tours, and we’ll also have a petting zoo, river clean-up, interactive exhibits, contests with prizes, raffles, food options and children’s activities. For more information, and to have a table at our vendor fair, contact Jen McKee.
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River Clean Up
Saturday, April 20, 8:30 AM or 1 PM
Two opportunities to clean up our Savannah River on Earth Day!
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8:30 AM - On the water, provide your own kayak or canoe.
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1:00 PM - On land, along Riverwalk.
All needed supplies will be provided. Contact Nancy at cercy4@comcast.net details and to RSVP.
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Earth Day Collection
Do something good for the environment and help the Creation Care Committee gather materials for our Earth Day Celebration—recycle.
We’re in need of glass bowls and dishes for terrariums, clean plastic milk jugs (gallon and half gallon) for bird feeders and small items such as buttons, soda tabs, fabric scraps, etc., for art projects—clean out your junk drawer and let us repurpose it. Please drop off your items in Tyler Hall. For more information, contact Jen McKe.
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The Sunday Forum New Series
Being Salt and Light
Beginning Sunday, April 21
Mother Kimberly leads a new series in our Sunday Forum beginning April 21, 9:30 am. What do the Holy Scriptures tell us about being salt and light? How can Christians add “seasoning” to a world that seems to already have its own flavor? How can Christians illuminate spaces that seem to embrace the status quo? How can a simple conversation and a way of being become a spark that ignites a positive exchange and leaves people wanting more? Let us walk together, share stories, and discover how our daily living can become liberating ways that will leave people wanting more.
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April Dates for your calendar
April 15 - Vestry Meeting
May 12 - Mother's Day Breakfast
May 19 - Parish Picnic on Pentecost
June 9 - Eat, Pray, Swim (Parish Day at the Lake)
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Caregivers' Support Group
Thursday, April 25, 3:30 PM, The Chapel
Caregivers’ support group will meet Thursday, April 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.
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A Sunday afternoon with Mark Albertin
"Along the Fall Line"
Sunday, April 28, 4 PM, The River Room
The Creation Care Committee presents an afternoon with Mark Albertin: "Along the Fall Line." Mark will share photos from his book and a discussion. Here's a sneak preview. A reception follows. Mark will sign copies of his book, and we'll let out in time for the Celtic service. For more information contact Jen McKee.
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Daughters of the King
Support the Women Spring Drive
Through April 30
The annual Saint Paul’s Bra Drive sponsored by the St. Ruth Byllesby Chapter of the Order of the Daughters of the King has evolved into the Support Augusta Women and Girls Personal Clothing Drive. The DOK is expanding our connections with local shelters to provide personal apparel and hygiene items. This is a significant need for all local shelters in the Augusta Area and Saint Paul’s is the only entity providing these items to all these shelters. From March 17th until the end of April, we will have our turquoise and white flowered boxes in Tyler Hall and the Narthex. We will collect gently used bras; new bras and underwear; and feminine menstrual products for the following agencies: Children Protective Services, Hope House, I-Care, Safe Homes, and Salvation Army Shelters. For more information, contact Janet Olson.
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Mmm! Taco Night
Wednesday, May 1, 6-7 PM, The River Room
It’s Taco night at Saint Paul’s for our next Mmm... (Men’s Monthly Meal), Wednesday, May 1, 6 PM. The Men of Saint Paul’s will gather at 4 PM in the River Room to prepare this meal for the parish. Men, please sign up for cooking and clean up teams and everyone PLS. RSVP for dinner below. Donations welcomed.
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Senior Sunday
Sunday, May 5
Parents of graduating high school seniors: Senior Sunday is May 5. Please contact the parish office as soon as possible if your student is interested in being included in this service at mailbox@saintpauls.org.
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SEND A GIFT WITH OUR MISSION TEAM TO ECUADOR | |
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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. Here's a "wish list" of medical supplies that the team could take to Ecuador. We've placed a box in the office for collection. Please drop off your items to the parish office by Sunday, June 2nd.
- Povidone iodine
- Alcohol liquid and Alcohol pads
- Cotton
- Tongue depressors
- Nebulizer
- DayQuil and NyQuil (or any similar for flu symptoms)
- Equate cold & flu (acetaminophen/ dextromethorphan / guaifenesin/ phenylephrine HCI)
- Mucinex sore throat and cough drops
- Vitamin C
- Reusable Hot and cold packs for pain therapy
- Fungal cream (10 approximately)
- Hydrocortisone cream
- Toothpaste and toothbrushes for children and adults
- Dietary supplements for kids (powder or gummies)
- Multivitamins for kids
- Multivitamins for adults
- Eye drops (tetrahydrozoline or other eye redness and pain relive)
- Scar and moisturizer lotion
- Sunscreen 70 SPF
- Gauze of assorted sizes and types
- Band aids assorted sizes and types
- Cetirizine or loratadine
- Acetaminophen for adults and children
- Ibuprofen for adults and chewable for children
- Omeprazole
- Tums
- Pepto Bismol
- Pain cream (menthol or diclofenac)
- Diclofenac pain cream or any other pain cream for arthritis pain
- Aloe Vera gel for burns
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Gifts to Saint Paul's Church | |
Gifts can be made using the link below, on-line at saintpauls.org/giving, or by mail to Saint Paul’s Church, 605 Reynolds St., Augusta, GA 30901. Thank you for your generosity. | | | |
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