All Are Welcome

Eucharistic Minister (8:00): Ardis Gillespie

Eucharistic Minister (10:30): Nikki Bittle

Acolyte: Karis Ford

   Ushers: Mike & Rhonda Mundy

Technical Support: David Taverner

Altar Guild: Paul & Laura Hance

Community Meal (3/1/2023):  Team Wray

Care Team Meeting: The Care Team will meet this Sunday, February 26th, in the Parish Hall at 6:00 pm. Rhonda is hosting our meal. 

Lenten Offerings: 

• Are You Tempted to Join Us? Please do! A study of the C. S. Lewis classic The Screwtape Letters will be offered on Sundays in Lent starting February 26th at 2:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Provide your own book and read the first 6 letters before this Sunday. The study will be guided by Nelson Barnett and Cathy McDonald. It will be a devilishly good time and some serious learning will occur!

• Online Book Study: The Rev. Katherine Wren of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Blytheville will lead a study on the book Lies We Believe About God by William Paul Young. It will be held by Zoom on Tuesday evenings beginning on February 28th from 6:30-7:30pm. Email her for more information: saintstephens.blytheville@gmail.com . 

• Lenten Luncheons: St. Paul’s, First United Methodist, First Presbyterian, Lyon College, and St. Mary’s Catholic Church are joining together to offer a Lenten Lunch series on the five Wednesdays in Lent beginning on March 1st at Lyon College. Before lunch we will participate in the Stations of the Cross liturgy followed by a brief mediation. We will begin at noon and will finish before 1:00 pm. On March 1st, lunch will be held in the Beven’s Room at Lyon College with a devotional by Father Jon Miskin of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, March 8th will be held in our Parish Hall at St. Paul’s with a devotional by Pastor Katie Pearce of First Methodist Church, March 15th will be held at First United Methodist Church with a devotional by Chaplain Maggie Alsup of Lyon College, March 22nd will be held again at First United Methodist Church with lunch provided by First Presbyterian Church and a devotional by Father Jim McDonald & March 29th will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with a devotional by Pastor Elizabeth Brinegar of First Presbyterian Church.

Surrounded by a Cloud of Witnesses II: This book of Meditations is a publication of the Arkansas Episcopal Church Women (ECW) and several members in our ECW were contributors. Copies are available for sell in the Narthex for $20. 

Save The Date: There will be a St. Paul’s Work Day on Saturday, March 18th beginning at 9:00 am. All are invited to join and participate!

Giving to St. Paul’s: For those attending online, there are three ways to give: you may mail your gifts to St. Paul’s at PO Box 2255, Batesville, AR. 72503, or make an online contribution by going to our website (stpaulsbatesville.org) and following the link to make a contribution. You may also set up automatic payments through your bank’s Bill Pay service.