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January 13 - January 22, 2023
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HORNSBY MINISTRIES UPDATE |
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This week, Hornsby Elementary unveiled their new book vending machine. This new addition to the school is located in the lobby. Students are able to earn tokens for the vending machine by logging time reading and with good behavior and attendance.
The school has also started a new early literacy initiative. There is a display in the school office with information, ideas, and tools for promoting language and reading skills in children from 0-3 years of age. This program reaches families of Hornsby students who have school-age children in their home but also have younger siblings who benefit from the resources available for them. The families are able to pick up resources and free books appropriate for 0 to 3 years of age. This is crucial time in life for language development and development of pre-reading skills so these kids will get a jump start.
Representatives from Saint Paul’s, RISE Augusta, the CSRA Community Foundation, and other partner organizations were present for the ceremony today and we are all committed to support the important work being done at Hornsby Schools. Thank you for all of the support you have provided.
If you want to find ways that you can become more involved. Here are a few options:
- Saint Paul’s generously donated hygiene and clothing items in October. If you would like to donate any other winter clothing items for the school clothing closet, we would welcome jackets, coats, mittens, gloves, hats, and any undergarments including underwear and socks. All child and junior sizes are welcome.
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RISE Augusta is looking for volunteers to volunteer with students after school at their office in THE HUB (corner of Walton Way and 15th Street). They will provide instruction and materials for the tutor and provide a beautiful space for working with the kids.
- Volunteers are welcomed to read to kids and to listen to kids read to you.
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We are serving as a sort of Parent-Teacher Organization for Hornsby. This includes providing special treats and morale boosters for teachers and staff. Our next scheduled day for providing snacks/treats to the teacher is Thursday, February 17th. If you would like to help prepare treats or help deliver them to the school, we would love to have you participate. If you see anything here you would like to get involved with, please contact Kim Butler at 706.833.8541. We look forward to continuing to support our neighborhood schools and children.
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EVENTS THIS SUNDAY | January 15 |
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The Nursery will be open Sunday, Jan. 15
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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Vestry Presentations at the Sunday Forum
January 15 & 22, 9:30 AM, The Berlin Room
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Have you wondered whatever happened to the strategic plan that was presented to the parish in January 2022?
If so, please join the vestry this Sunday for the Strategic Plan Progress Part II, during Adult Formation. We will meet at 9:30 AM in the Berlin room. All are encouraged to attend. Next week’s topic is a look at the 2023 budget.
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Godly Play
Grades PK- 4th Grade
Saint Patrick's Room - Children's Ministry Center
Sunday's 10:00 - 10:45 AM
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ALL children inherently know God, but it is up to us to give them the language of the Christian faith so they can grow to make meaning of our faith in their own lives. Godly Play is a profound method rooted in Montessori principles that forms child spirituality by attending to their natural gifts for wonder and discovery. We cannot wait to welcome your children each Sunday!
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Colaborate
Middle School (grades 5-8)
Saint Benedict's Room - Children's Ministry Center
Sunday's 10:00 - 10:45 AM
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The Colaborate Curriculum is designed to help youth take an honest look at the holy mystery and the complexity of Scripture to move them onto a path of growth and discovery. Using infographics, this program will include studies of both New Testament and Old Testament lessons to start a conversation about God and what it means to follow Jesus.
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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 15, 5 PM
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This week EYC and our friends at Saint Bart’s will gather for our weekly supper in Tyler Hall and then carpool over together to Springfield for the service at 6 PM You are also invited to attend the service or meet us before and after at Saint Paul’s. We have extended an invitation for any youth at Springfield to join us for supper. We hope that if you are available, your family will join us for this new endeavor. 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, Rob Foster, flute, will be our guest musician.
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Candlelight Communion Service
Springfield Baptist Church
Sunday, January 15, 6 PM
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This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend, Saint Paul’s is honored to have received an invitation to join our friends at Springfield Baptist Church for their Candlelight Communion service. The service will be at Springfield Baptist (114 12th St., the corner of Reynolds and 12th) at 6:00 PM Sunday night. Father Eric will preach, the Saint Paul’s Choir will sing, and Father Eric will share with Springfield’s Pastor Bennings in presiding at the Lord’s Table. |
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EVENTS THIS WEEK| January 16 - January 22 |
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Parish Office Hours
Monday, January 16
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The Parish Office will be closed Monday, January 16, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. |
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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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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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January 22 - Youth Confirmation Classes begin
January 24 - Tuesday's Music Live
January 22 - Vestry Presentation at the Sunday Forum
January 26 - Caregivers' Support Group
January 28 - Manna Pantry
January 29 - Annual Parish Meeting
January 31 - Deadline for Summer Mission Trip
February 25 - Diocese of GA Bicentennial Celebration
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Tuesday's Music Live
Tuesday, January 24, 12 noon, Nave
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Caregivers' Support Group
Thursday, January 26, 3:30 PM
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Caregivers’ support group will meet Thursday, January 26, 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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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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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. Catherine Boardman, Barbara Coleman, Laura Robertson, and Nick Uros will complete Vestry terms Easter Monday.
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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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OTHER RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Feast of Feasts Daily Devotion
Beginning Sunday, November 27 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
The 2023 Budget is not yet available.
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