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January 27 - February 5, 2023
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ANNUAL MEETING THIS SUNDAY | 9:30 AM |
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Annual Meeting
Sunday, January 29, 9:30 AM, River Room
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The Annual Meeting for the 273rd year of Saint Paul’s Church is Sunday, January 29, 9:30 AM. We’ll have biscuits and coffee in the River Room and much to discuss.
Kitty Gordon, Charlie Tudor, and Mary Porter Vann have been nominated for 3 open Vestry positions. Erick Montgomery has been nominated for Junior Warden. Read short bios for our nominees here. Catherine Boardman, Barbara Coleman, Laura Robertson, and Nick Uros will complete Vestry terms Easter Monday. |
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EVENTS THIS WEEKEND | January 28 |
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Manna Pantry
Saturday, January 28, 8:15- 11:30 AM, Tyler Hall
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Volunteers are needed for our next Manna Pantry, Saturday, January 28, 8:15-11:30 am in Tyler Hall. (Please note the change of week). With your help we will unload the groceries from Golden Harvest, pack food boxes, reload the truck, and deliver all food boxes on Saturday.
Manna Pantry is an outreach ministry of Saint Paul’s that provides food to 150 families and individuals on odd-numbered moths throughout the year. For more information contact Melissa Friedman. This is an especially good opportunity for youth and older children with parents who need to complete service hours. |
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EVENTS THIS SUNDAY | January 29 |
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The Nursery will be open Sunday, Jan. 29
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 Worship Schedule
8 AM Rite I - In person
11 AM Rite II - In person
5:30 PM - Celtic Evening Prayer with prayers for healing
All of our Sunday worship services are in-person.
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Breakfast
9 AM, Tyler Hall
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Busy morning? Breakfast with your friends at Saint Paul's instead! We've added Bojangles Bo-Berry & Chicken Biscuits to our Continental Breakfast while we eagerly await the NEW Tyler Hall kitchen this winter.
Donations accepted.
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St. Nicholas Choir (age 5 - grade 2)
Canterbury Choir (grades 3-9)
Sunday's 9:25 - 10:00 AM
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The Canterbury and St. Nicholas Choirs will begin rehearsals at 9:25 AM Sunday morning as scheduled.
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Sharing the Love: A Valentine's Day Pastoral Care Project
Grades PK- 6th Grade
Saint Patrick's Room - Children's Ministry Center
Sunday's 10:00 - 10:45 AM
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This Sunday, we will begin our pastoral care project making Valentines for parishioners who would enjoy a little extra love this season. Youth and Children will meet together for two Sundays.
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Confirmation Classes
Adults beginning January 8, 12:30 PM
Youth beginning January 22, 4 PM
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If you’ve been baptized but not confirmed, or were confirmed elsewhere and now consider the Episcopal Church your home, join us to take the next step of Confirmation or Reception. Confirmation classes are also a wonderful opportunity if you have questions and just want to know more. Signal your interest by emailing Fr. Eric. Classes begin January 8, 2023. Bishop Logue will next be at Saint Paul’s on Sunday, February 26, 2023, for the Annual Episcopal Visitation.
Youth Confirmation for grades 9-12 will begin Sunday, January 22, 4 pm. (Please note the change of date.) More details forthcoming. If your student is interested in being confirmed next year, please contact Kim Butler.
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EYC (grades 6-12)
Sunday, January 22, 5 PM
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EYC meets at Saint Paul's this Sunday, 5-7 PM for food, formation, and fun. Friends are always welcome. Contact Kim Butler for more information. |
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Celtic Evening Prayer and Communion
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.
This week, Keith Shafer, piano, Kathleen Chandler, soloist will be our musicians.
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EVENTS THIS WEEK| January 30 - February 5 |
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Summer Mission Trip
June 7-17, 2023
Deadline for Sign up: January 31, 2023
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You are invited to join Saint Paul’s parishioners, family, and friends on a mission trip this summer to Ecuador, June 7-17, 2023. Please prayerfully consider joining us as we reach out to people in need and serve as the hands of Christ.
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Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People (6 sessions)
Tuesdays, beginning January 10, 7:30 PM, Zoom
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Our online formation book studies continue in January with Practicing our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People by Dorothy Bass. Books are available from Amazon and many book sellers and in the Narthex on Sunday and in the parish office during the week. ($20 donation). Sign up online using the link below.
“Practicing Our Faith offers help to Christians who are asking how our faith can help us discern what we might do and who we might become.
How can we live faithfully and with integrity in a world where the pace of existence is so fast and life's patterns are changing all around us? Can we conduct our daily lives in ways that help us not just get by but flourish--as individuals, as communities, and as a society in concert with creation and in communion with God?
These questions are on the hearts and minds of many seekers who are exploring spirituality today. They are also at the heart of Practicing Our Faith.”
– Practicing Our Faith, back cover
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Parish Life & Hospitality Meeting
Wednesday, February 1, 5 PM, the River Room
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Parish Life events are more than just parties; they are the means of welcoming and the way to deeper connection to each other. “Find your place” with the Parish Life and Hospitality Committee! All are welcome to join us for 2023 planning Wednesday evening, 5 PM in the River Room, prior to the Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner. We’re discussing foyer groups, Sunday morning breakfast, & Evensong receptions. Please join us! |
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Wednesday Night Supper
Wednesday, February 1, 6-7 PM
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Our next Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner is scheduled Wednesday, February 1, 6-7 PM in the River Room. On the menu: pulled pork sandwich, slaw, mac and cheese, green beans. Donations welcomed. |
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Compline
Wednesdays, 8 - 8:15 PM Social time follows worship on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 595 177 454
Dial-In: (646) 876-9923
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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, The Berlin Room
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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 by 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, 7-8 PM, Chapel
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“O tarry and await the Lord’s pleasure; be strong and he shall comfort your heart; wait patiently on the Lord.”
Psalm 27:18
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 8:00 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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Women of the Bible
Beginning Sunday, February 5, 9:30 AM Berlin Room
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Our Spring "Women of the Bible" Adult Christian Formation Series with Rabbi Shai Beloosesky from Congregation Children of Israel (Reformed) begins February 5th.
Biblical stories are stories written by men and told and retold predominately from this perspective. Rabbi Shai will examine stories of women in the Writings and/or Wisdom Books from the Hebrew Scriptures critically looking at their legacy and/or their influence on a woman’s perspective of herself today.
February 5th - Deborah: Warrior, Judge, and Prophet (Judges Chapter 4&5);
February 12th - Hannah: Independent, Faithful, and Honorable (1 Samuel 1&2); and
February 19th - Ruth: Loyal, Obedient, and Courageous (The Book of Ruth).
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February 11 - Quiet Morning
February 12 - Chili Fundraiser for Ecuador
February 17 - Hornsby Teacher Day
February 18 - Master's Table Soup Kitchen
February 19 - Evensong & Reception
February 21 - Tuesday's Music Live
February 22- Ash Wednesday 12 Noon & 7 PM
February 25 - Diocese of GA Bicentennial Celebration
February 26 - Confirmation with Bishop Logue
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Tuesday's Music Live
Tuesday, February 7, 12 noon, Nave
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Tuesday’s Music Live continues its 34th season Tuesday, February 7, with a free concert by Fabio Mann, Flugelhorn and Trumpet and Keith Shafer, Organ. More information at TuesdaysMusicLive.com or by calling the Box Office at (706) 722-3463. |
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Enjoy A Super Bowl of Chili
Sunday, February 12, following the 11 AM service
AND by take out
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On Super Bowl Sunday stop by for a SUPER Bowl of Chili! We're hosting a fundraiser to help defray costs for this summer's mission trip to Ecuador. Sign up to bring a pot of chili here. Enjoy a bowl (with cornbread, sour cream, and cheese) following the 11 AM service in River Room (donations welcomed) or take a quart home available in the narthex after the 8:00 and 11:00 services ($15 per quart). And if you really love it share a bowl with your parish family AND then order a quart of your favorite chili to go. For more information contact Eric Friedman. |
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NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORING PARISHES |
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Not By Bread Alone
A Prayer Luncheon & Community Outreach Project
Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, Edgefield
Saturday, February 4, 2023 – 11 AM - 1 PM
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Women of Faith - All are Welcome! Join together in prayer, lunch, service, and fellowship for the benefit of local food banks. Sponsored by The Order of the Daughters of the King of the Episcopal Church of the Ridge. More information here.
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OTHER RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Photographs at Saint Paul's |
We will from time to time be placing pictures of parish events on our website, in the Weekly Postings e-mail, and on social media. We will not identify any person or persons in a picture without their permission. If you would prefer that we not use your picture or those of your family, please contact the parish office at mailbox@saintpauls.org or by telephone at (706) 724-2485. |
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The new Day by Day issue for February, March, and April has arrived and is available in the Narthex. If you would like to have one mailed to you, please contact Hannah in the parish office. Forward Day by Day is a booklet of daily, "page-a-day," inspirational meditations each reflecting on a specific Bible passage from the daily lectionary readings of the Episcopal Church. The meditations are rich in substance and offer a wide range of witness and experiences. These meditations are also available online on the Forward Movement website.
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Feast of Feasts Daily Devotion
Through Epiphany
Online
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The Diocese of Georgia will offer daily devotions written by Bishop Frank and Victoria Logue for a 7-week study from Advent through Epiphany. The short daily readings use the lens of Franciscan ideals including humility, simplicity, and peace as a focal point of each week.
You do not need to buy anything to take part in this study as the Diocese of Georgia Facebook page will offer the content daily. Each week the Facebook page will also feature a companion video that is posted on the diocesan YouTube Channel that expands on the theme of the week.
The reflections will also be posted on the Diocese website each day as well as their Facebook and Instagram accounts.
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Saint Paul's Faithfulness
as of 1//25/23
Offerings Pledged this Week $13,942.31
Offerings Received this Week $33,247.06
Operating Expenses to Date $47,312.81
Total Income Received to Date $104,801.23
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