All Hands on Deck!

Saturday, December 7, 8:30 AM

Saint Paul’s needs volunteers to help with building a ramp for one of our neighbors in need in the Harrisburg area. This is part of our Bridge Building Community work in the CSRA. All supplies are provided, and we have construction leaders of Saint Paul’s asking for assistance. The plan is to complete the ramp in one day. Lunch is provided. Any questions please contact Mtr. Kimberly or Gene Helmich. Please sign up using the link below. Rain date: December 14.

Augusta Choral Society Concert at Saint Paul's Church

Saturday, December 7, 7:30 PM

The Augusta Choral Society will present a Christmas Concert at Saint Paul’s Church on Saturday, December 7th at 7:30 PM. Music selections will be Missa Pastoril (José Maurício Nunes Garcia), Christmas Tidings (Stephen Paulus) and Handel’s Hallelujah chorus. Tickets may be purchased online at augustacs.org or at the door the night of the concert.

Picture Day

Sunday, December 8

Sunday morning, we'll have a photographer on-site as we continue work on our new website taking candid shots of our worship and parish life.

We regularly add group photos to our Weekly Postings, calendar announcements, and social media accounts. 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 by email or by telephone at (706) 724-2485.

Angel Tree Christmas Program

Sunday, December 8

Calling all Angels! Our Angel Tree Christmas program is in full swing. This year we will be providing clothing for students at our neighborhood school, Hornsby Elementary. Angels will be available in the Narthex on Sunday and on the portico after the 11 AM service for two more Sundays. Donations are appreciated, and checks should be made out to Saint Paul’s Church and designated for Angel Tree Ministry.

Please return unwrapped gifts by December 15.

For more information on how you can get involved, please email Barbara Coleman.

Deadline for Gifts December 10th

The Greening of the Church & Christmas Brass for Christmas Eve

Wreaths, greenery, and red poinsettias in the church are enjoyed throughout the Christmas season and additional professional musicians enhance our Christmas Eve services. If you would like to contribute toward the cost of Christmas Eve music, or give to "green the church", use the link below or please return the form found in Sunday's bulletin to the Parish Office. Requests may also be made by e-mail to mailbox@saintpauls.org and on the website no later than Tuesday, December 10.

McDonald's for Breakfast

Sunday, 9 - 10 AM Tyler Hall



Busy morning? Breakfast with your friends at Saint Paul's instead! We have McDonald's biscuits, burritos, and hash browns for breakfast this Sunday in Tyler Hall at 9 AM. Donations welcomed.

Children's Choirs Rehearsals

Sunday, 9:25 - 10 AM

The Canterbury Choir (children in grades 3-9 and the St. Nicholas Choir (Pre-K through grade 2) rehearse Sundays, 9:25-10:00 AM.

The Canterbury Choir will sing an anthem this Sunday.

If you or any family or friends are interested in the choir program, please email Director of Music, Keith Shafer or call (706) 724-2485 ext. 215.

The Sunday Forum

Sunday, December 1, 9:30 AM, Berlin Room

Jesus and the Disinherited (2 of 5 sessions)

Chapter 3: Deception

This Sunday at 9:30 Fr. Eric and Mtr. Kimberly will facilitate the second session of our Advent book study on Howard Thurman’s book, Jesus and the Disinherited. This Sunday we're discussing chapter two: Fear. Please find some discussion questions below to help guide our conversation.

Books are available in the Narthex this Sunday and in the Parish Office next week. Donation $15-$20

Children's Advent Program

Rehearsals begin December 8, 10 AM

We will begin preparing for our annual Children’s Christmas program beginning Sunday, December 8. We will be telling the Christmas story and rehearsing for this joyful program during formation (10-10:45 AM) for 3 Sundays (December 8, 15, 22). The program will be shared by our children at the 11 AM service on December 22. A reception will follow the 11 AM service in Tyler Hall.

Parents, please share your child's role preference by this Friday using the link below. Children's roles will be assigned this Sunday, the 8th. All are welcome

Godly Play (grades pk4-2)

Sundays, 10-10:45 AM

St. Francis' Room, CMC

During Advent the children will prepare for the Advent Program. This Sunday, they will hear the Christmas story and be fitted for their pageant costume.

Kim Butler and Sara Dimsdale 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.

Godly Play (grades pk4-2)

Sundays, 10-10:45 AM

St. Francis' Room, CMC

During Advent the children will prepare for the Advent Program. Our upper elementary children participate as the choir, telling the story in song. Each Sunday, our class will begin with a short rehearsal of the program.

Kitty Gordon and Jackie Pingel 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.

Middle School Formation (Grades 6-8)

Sundays, 10-10:45 AM

St. Benedict's Room, CMC

During Advent our book study will take a pause as our youth volunteer and support the advent pageant during the next 3 weeks.

Following the pageant, we will resume studying the book Half Truths: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn't Say by Adam Hamilton. We have plenty of books to go around, so please join us!

We will explore popular but misleading sayings that are often attributed to the Bible, revealing their origins and clarifying what scripture truly teaches.

Are you interested in volunteering with this group in the future? Contact Aubrey Hinkson.

Saint Nicholas Celebration

Sunday, December 8

On December 8th the young people of Saint Paul’s will celebrate Saint Nicholas. His feast day is on December 6th. We will celebrate the spirit of Saint Nicholas and the day by focusing on giving over receiving, remembering the less fortunate, and remembering how much Saint Nicholas loved children.

The children are invited to leave their shoes in the Narthex prior to the 11 AM service in hopes of finding treats in them after the service. It is a fun way to celebrate one of our favorite saints.

Veterans' Ice Cream Social

Sunday, September 8, 2:30-3:30 PM

Dish and serve ice cream and cookies at our quarterly Veteran’s Social December 8, 2:30-3:30 PM. We’ll meet at the GA War Veterans’ Nursing Home located at 1101 15th Street to share a dessert and then spend much-appreciated time visiting. All ages are welcome to participate. For more information contact Gene Helmich.

Guided Labyrinth Walk

Sunday, December 8, 4 PM, Berlin Room

On the Second Sunday of Advent, December 8, 4 PM in the Berlin Room, Belinda Peebles will lead a labyrinth walk as we wait and walk in anticipation of the birth of Our Savior, Jesus Christ. There will be a brief introduction to walking a labyrinth and a time for reflection prior to the walk. No experience walking a labyrinth is required.

EYC this Sunday

December 8, 5-7 PM

at St. Bart's Episcopal Church, N. Augusta

EYC (Episcopal Youth Community, Grades 6-12) will bake cookies with our friends at St. Bart's (471 W. Martintown Rd, North Augusta, SC). Friends always welcome. Please contact Aubrey Hinkson for more information.

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.



Kathleen Chandler and Keith Shafer are our musicians this week.

Sit and Wait

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.

W.E.E.M. (Women's Enrichment & Empowerment Ministry)

Tuesday, December 10, 5:30-7 PM, Tyler Hall

Join us for an Advent Celebration to promote Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy, the four themes of Advent.

Wear your festive casual holiday attire! (Red, Green, or our W.E.E.M. Purple) Bring a wrapped gift ($20 or less)* to exchange for our White Elephant game and your favorite covered dish, side, dessert, or drink.

* If you cannot bring a gift, there will be extra gifts to share.

The W.E.E.M. gatherings are open to all women in the CSRA. Invite a friend and join us in Tyler Hall. For more information, contact Mtr. Kimberly or Summer Bell.

Dates for your calendar

Dec. 16 - No Vestry Meeting

Dec. 18 - Senior Lunch

Dec. 21 - Greening of the Church

Dec. 21 - Longest Night Service

Dec. 22 - Children's Pageant and Reception

Dec. 22 - Caroling and Cocoa

Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve Services 4 & 10 PM

Dec. 25 - Christmas Day Service 10 AM Chapel

Dec. 29 - Christmas Lessons and Carols

Senior Lunch

Wednesday, December 18, 12 noon, Tyler Hall

Join us for our next Senior Lunch December 18, 12 Noon in Tyler Hall. While gearing to retirees, anyone is welcome. No agenda; just a relaxing social time every third Wednesdays September - May. Lunch is provided but donations welcome. Please sign up in the Narthex on Sunday mornings or use the link below.

The Longest Night

A service of Hope and Healing

Saturday, December 21, 7 PM, The Chapel

This Eucharist in the chapel makes space for all of the ways that this time of year is also hard. It is a Christmas liturgy of hope for those of us also living with loss, regret, disappointment, and pain. All are welcome.

Fall Program Guide Available

"A Church for the City -- A Church for You!

Our new Fall Program Guide is available here. A printed copy is available in the Narthex and in the rack outside the parish office. We invite you to browse this publication and look for ways that you can discover or rediscover where you belong, what you are called to do, and how we might grow together in God's Presence.