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April 19 - April 28, 2024 | |
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Get ready for a fun, family friendly event
where you'll learn all about ways to make God's Earth a better place!
Our 2nd Annual Earth Day Celebration is chock full of activities and interactive experiences. This is a great event to bring a friend. See schedule below.
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One of my first official duties as senior warden was to report—in this space—on the April vestry meeting…and to make it interesting! Did I draw the short straw? Not at all. We don’t really have to be church nerds to find the work of the vestry interesting; we simply need to be interested in the work of the church. My goal will be to preserve the luster of the vestry’s work in my reporting; please let me know how I do!
Is it coincidental that we welcome new vestry members right in the midst of spring? New growth and new faces remind us that vitality and change go hand in hand. Ever grateful for the service of our outgoing vestry members, we gathered for Monday’s meeting, and the new faces of Kathleen Chandler, Patsy Davis, Melissa Friedman, and Stacy Nuessle glowed with fresh enthusiasm.
After praying Evening Prayer together, your vestry approved minutes from the previous meeting. (Admittedly, approving minutes isn’t that interesting, but it’s important.) We received updates on prior business and discussed upcoming events. And here’s where it gets interesting! Fr. Eric offered a bit of Vestry 101 for the sake of new and returning vestry members. He explained that a vestry differs from most governing boards in that our work is effected by prayer and relationship, in addition to rational decision-making. He reminded us that the rector and the vestry both have responsibility for the material and spiritual needs of the parish, though the emphasis is different. And then Fr. Eric gave a rundown on the governance of Saint Paul’s, from the canons of the Episcopal Church, through our Colonial charter, the diocesan canons, Saint Paul’s bylaws, and our vestry’s covenant and norms. The covenant and norms are most pertinent in our usual comings and goings; they spell out our commitment to conduct effective meetings and to engage in compelling lay leadership.
I'll look forward to reporting on each of our monthly meetings, and I hope you’ll look forward to reading them.
Kitty Gordon
Senior Warden
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EVENTS THIS SATURDAY | April 20 | |
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Earth Day Celebration
Saturday, April 20, 10 AM- 2 PM
8:30 am Kayak River Clean-up
10 am-noon: Petting Zoo
10 am-2 pm: Interactive experiences, vendor fair and refreshments
10:30 am & Noon: Garden tours with Keith Shafer
1 pm: River clean-up on land
Children's activities
terrarium-building
making bird feeders out of plastic milk jugs
art projects
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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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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EVENTS THIS SUNDAY | April 21 | |
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Sunday Worship Schedule for 04/21/24
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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Bagels for Breakfast this Sunday
Sunday, 9 - 10 AM Tyler Hall
Busy morning? We have homemade bagels and all the fixin's this Sunday in Tyler Hall at 9 AM. Donations welcomed.
Mark your calendar for Mother's Day Breakfast, May 12 in Tyler Hall. Please RSVP for this cooked breakfast.
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St. Nicholas or Canterbury Choir
Sundays, 9:25 AM
The Canterbury Choir (children in grades 3-9) and the St. Nicholas Choir (age 5 through grade 2) will meet as scheduled. If you'd like to know more about our children's music program, please contact Keith Shafer.
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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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Godly Play (grades pk4-2)
Sunday, 10-10:45 AM
St. Francis' Room, CMC
Sara Dimsdale and Kim Butler will lead our younger children in the Saint Francis Room (Godly Play Room). If your child is in the Saint Nicholas choir, they will transition from choir to formation.
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Elementary (grades 3-5)
Sunday, 10-10:45 AM
St. Patrick's Room, CMC
Kitty Gordon will lead our older children. They will meet in the Saint Patrick Room (large classroom across from the office). If your child is in the Canterbury choir, they will transition from choir to the formation class.
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Middle School Formation grades 6-8
Sunday, 10-10:45 AM
St. Benedict's Room, CMC
Formation classes for Middle School return this Sunday! Elizabeth Lindroth will be leading our class this semester. For more information contact Elizabeth.
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Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul this week
Sundays 4:00-5:15 PM, The Berlin Room
Last 2 sessions meet April 21 & May 5
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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EYC Returns This Sunday
Sunday, April 21, 5-7 PM
EYC (Episcopal Youth Community, grades 6-12) meets at Saint Paul's for food, formation, and fun. For more information contact Elizabeth Lindroth. Friends are always welcome!
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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.
Vonda Darr, harpist, is our guest musician this week.
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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 22 - April 28 | |
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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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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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Picture Day!!
Sunday, April 28, Following the 11 AM service
Next Sunday is Picture Day! The website is being updated and redesigned, and it is time for some new photos. Mark Albertin will be onsite with his camera taking pictures of our Sunday worship (among other shots). We’re hoping to “stage” a few of the photos after the service so that we will not interrupt the service. Please plan to stay a few minutes while we capture the images we’ll share to invite others into this community of faith.
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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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April Dates for your calendar
April 30 - Hillary Bryant's birthday
May 5 - Daughters of the King Meet and Greet
May 12 - Mother's Day Breakfast
May 15 - Senior Lunch
May 19 - Parish Picnic on Pentecost
May 20 - Vestry
May 23 - Caregivers' Support Group
May 23 - Greg Maxie's birthday
May 25 - Manna Pantry
June 9 - Eat, Pray, Swim (Parish Day at the Lake)
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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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Other Resources and Announcements | |
Saint Paul’s now owns two cemetery plots in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens that were donated by families who made other arrangements for the burial of their loved ones. Hillcrest Memorial Gardens is located off Deans Bridge Rd, where it intersects with Richmond Hill Road, just off the Gordon Highway (the old Regency Mall area). These families had historical connections to Saint Paul’s and as they determined they no longer needed the plot(s) they had previously purchased, they generously donated these plots to the Church. Per the wishes of the donors, these plots are available to members of Saint Paul’s at no cost, and they are offered on a first come-first serve basis. Any costs associated with the cemetery or with a service would be the responsibility of the new owner of the cemetery plot. Elisabeth Price has the ownership documents with detail on the respective locations in the church office if anyone is interested. | | | |
News from our Neighboring Parishes | |
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Centering Prayer
The Convent of Saint Helena - Episcopal
414 Savannah Barony Dr., N. Augusta, SC 29841
Beginning Friday, May 3, 10-11 AM
Curious about Centering Prayer? Join a new Centering Prayer group starting May 3. No experience necessary! The first meeting will be a kick-off workshop about Centering Prayer. Each weekly meeting (Friday mornings, beginning May 3, from 10 to 11 AM) will include time for coffee and tea.
Facilitators: Sister Linda Elston, OSH and Kevin Sharpe. For more information or questions, email: guests@osh.org. ALL ARE WELCOME!
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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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