Scripture Lesson: Luke 24:13-35
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Online and Call-In Services |
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Our weekly service is livestreamed at 8:30AM on Sunday, and can be viewed via our app, website, Facebook, or YouTube.
Pastor Karen's call-in devotional is offered on Sunday mornings. Call 412-485-0213 at 11:30AM, or anytime after.
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6:00PM Saturday Worship in Wesley Hall [20 people]
Pastor Jeff preaching
8:30AM Sanctuary Worship [60 people, also livestreamed]
Pastor Chad preaching
9:30AM Fellowship Hall Worship [60 people]
Pastor Jeff preaching
10:30AM Sanctuary Worship [60 people]
Pastor Chad preaching
11:15AM Outdoor Prayer Circle [Unlimited attendance]
Pastor Jeff leading circle time
Note: beginning next week, April 18, our outdoor service will move to 6:00PM
7:00PM Sanctuary Wholeness & Healing Service [60 people, also on Zoom*]
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Wholeness & Healing Service |
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Our Wholeness & Healing Service will take place in the sanctuary this Sunday evening, April 11, at 7:00. As with all of our in-person services, pre-registration, masks, and social distancing are required. We are also offering a Zoom link for those who prefer to participate in the service from home. We will share (quiet, masked) hymns, scripture and reflection, pray for the persons on our prayer lists, bless our prayer quilts, and celebrate holy communion using prepackaged elements, stepping outside to briefly lift our masks to partake. We will also be glad to deliver the consecrated elements to you after the service as an extension of the communion table - please let Pastor Karen know so that we may plan for this.
Wholeness & Healing Service
April 11, 7:00PM
*Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 913 1463 1045
Dial by your location
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
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Next time you see a giant truck on the road, consider that it may be carrying items that have just crossed an ocean! Check this week's Lenten Calendar to learn about TNC's ocean container shipments, and the important supplies that have been sent to Zimbabwe from Pittsburgh.
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St. Paul’s library will soon transform into a resource center! We hope to provide information on multiple platforms to support and enrich our congregation’s faith journey. Here is a virtual event that might interest you: "How Christians Can Help End the Pandemic" with Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. David Anderson. Dr. Collins is the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Anderson is the founder and senior pastor of Bridgeway Community Church. The online event is this Sunday, April 11 at 7:00PM.
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UMW is sponsoring a Zoom Game Night on Monday, April 12 from 7:00-9:30PM. All women are welcome to attend! We hope to see you!
Please join in for a fun time with others playing games, meeting new people, and catching up with friends. Bring along your favorite snack and beverage to make it feel like a real party. Print this BINGO card and fill it in with your own numbers (B 1-15, I 16-30, N 31-45, G 46-60, O 61-75). We will reuse the cards for each game, so use pennies, buttons, or anything small as your markers.
We will start the evening off with an ice breaker question: If you could go anyplace, where would you like to go?
UMW Game Night - Monday, April 12 at 7:00PM
Meeting ID: 862 7334 6339
Passcode: UMW41221
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St. Paul’s Community Support Team - Please Join Us this Wednesday |
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St. Paul’s Community Support Team will meet Wednesday via Zoom to begin planning our next ministries. This is the group that coordinated the Thanksgiving Meal Ministry, the Neighborhood Resilience Project Coat and Trauma Teddy Bear collection, and the Kane Nursing Home Spring Flower gifts. This group has also supplied information each week regarding vaccine appointments via the Friday email and text alerts, and promoted Victory Gardens last spring. We are seeking to expand this ministry team as we continue to find ways to love our community in practical, hand-on ways - we need you, your loving heart and your willing spirit! Hope to see you there!
Community Support Team
April 14, 7:00PM
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 954 5161 5660
Dial by your location
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
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If you would like to sign up to gift altar flowers to beautify our chancel, please do so by the Tuesday before the Sunday of your choice. Sign up by clicking here! Acknowledgements can be included in our Worship Guide, so be sure to add a comment. Contact the church office with questions.
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Friends, thanks for being a part of a glorious Easter weekend at St. Paul’s! Between our limited in-person services and our livestream, we had the most people “connected” with worship at St. Paul’s since before the pandemic began. Just a word that we will still proceed cautiously, as the pandemic is far from over, and we feel we want to set a positive example for all about maintaining the COVID safety guidelines until the Centers for Disease Control issues different ones.
Next Sunday, April 18, the small 11:15AM parking lot service will become a fuller Sunday evening service in the parking lot, starting at 6:00PM. We plan to continue this service throughout the Summer months, as outdoor worship is still the safest venue for gatherings. Watch for more details about this service.
Have a blessed week, and join us in prayer that Spring has finally SPRUNG! Shalom!
Pastor Jeff
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COVID Vaccine Information |
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Please click here to view the (many!) COVID vaccine resources in the Pittsburgh region.
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Pastor Karen's Bible Study |
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Join Us for Pastor Jeff's Final Bible Study Series |
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Pastor Jeff's final series is on some of the major themes (as he sees it) from the pages of scripture. Expect that Pastor Jeff will entice Pastor Chad to join us when he can, too!
Here are the scriptures we will be studying:
Wednesday, April 14 – Exodus, chapters 19-20, and 25:1-22 – the Law Begins
Wednesday, April 21 – I Samuel 17 – the Story of David and Goliath
Wednesday, April 28 – Job, chapters 38-42 – the Climax of the Story of Job
Wednesday, May 5 – II Corinthians 4 – the Story of the Treasure in Clay Jars
Wednesday, May 12 – Revelation, chapters 1-3 – the Letters to the Churches
This weekly study is offered at both 9:00AM and 7:30PM on Wednesday, and it will be via the Zoom platform. Please use the following links:
9:00AM
7:30PM
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Plant and Garden Tent Sale: Saturday, June 5 (with set up on Friday, June 4). We will be accepting house plants, flower pots, nursery pots, seedlings, annuals, perennials, seeds and garden flags and decor. Tents and tables will be spread throughout the lawn to provide for social distancing and masks will be required. As in the past, we will "bring a pot, take a pot". Drop off your pots between the sheds on the far side of the parking lot and take one as needed. It's time to start your seeds and dig out your perennials to donate.
Yard Sale: The annual sale will be moved to Friday, August 13, and Saturday, August 14, with the option of cancelling if need be. Collections will run from Saturday, August 7 through Thursday, August 12. Truck pickups will be Saturday, August 7 only. Due to COVID concerns, we will not be collecting adult clothing, linens, stuffed animals and books. Children's clothing will be accepted and must be laundered before donating.
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Children & Youth Ministries |
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Children's Ministry Update |
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Check out new opportunities to be in ministry!
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We appreciate your continued financial support. For those of you who typically place your gifts in the offering plate and are continuing to worship from home, please consider mailing them to the church office (1965 Ferguson Road, Allison Park 15101).
Have you found yourself shopping online more often? Please register for Amazon Smile in the name of St. Paul's and use the UMC Market (Allison Park) as a portal for all your online shopping. St. Paul's receives a small percentage from your purchases at no extra cost to you!
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