Continental Breakfast

Sunday, 9 - 10 AM Tyler Hall



Busy morning? Breakfast with your friends at Saint Paul's instead! We have coffee and continental breakfast this Sunday in Tyler Hall at 9 AM. Donations welcomed.

Children's Choirs Rehearsals

Sunday, 9:25 - 10 AM

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

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.

No Sunday Forum this week only

Next Sunday, January 5, 9:30 AM, Erick Montgomery will open our 275th Anniversary Conversations at the Sunday Forum with a discussion: The Fire of 1916 and the response of Saint Paul's. Erick is Executive Director of Historic Augusta and Junior Warden of Saint Paul's.

Lessons and Carols

The First Sunday after Christmas

Sunday, December 29, 11 AM

Christmastide is the joyous and short season between the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord and the Feast of the Epiphany. On the First Sunday of Christmas, we continue to celebrate with A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at 11:00 AM. This beloved tradition helps us to set the mystery of the incarnation into the larger sweep the biblical story of God’s salvation for the world. These are the stories that shape our lives as we pass through the church’s year of grace, year after year, season by season, and Sunday by Sunday.

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.



Erin Montgomery is our guest musician this week.

NO Sit and Wait this Sunday only

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.

Year-End Gifts

Offerings or Special Gifts of cash/check must be dated and postmarked no later than December 31, 2024, to qualify as 2024 charitable contributions.

Parish Office Hours

Wednesday, January 1

The Parish Office will be closed on Wednesday, January 1. Regular parish office hours resume Thursday, January 2. 

Confirmation Classes Begin January 5th

Sundays, January 5 - February 16; 12:20 PM

(Bishop Logue's Visitation will February 23.)

Facilitator: Fr. Biddy

Confirmation in the Episcopal Church is the sacramental rite in which the candidates “express a mature commitment to Christ, and receive strength from the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop” (BCP 860). God has always already said yes to us; confirmation or reception gives us an opportunity, as relatively mature people, to say yes to God and a particular way of following God. It is also how you “sign up” to be a full Episcopalian. All are welcome, including confirmed members who want a “refresher.”

This class prepares confirmands for confirmation, reception, or reaffirmation of baptismal vows on the Bishop’s visit. Lunch will be offered; details TBD.

Contact Fr. Biddy to express your interest.

Youth Confirmation (Grades 9-12)

Youth Confirmation: Students in grades 9-12 who have not been confirmed are encouraged to contact the clergy to let them know of your interest.

Dates for your calendar

January 12 - Vestry at the Sunday Forum

January 14 - W.E.E.M.

January 15 - Senior Lunch

January 18 - MLK, Jr. Parade

January 19 - Vestry at the Sunday Forum

January 21 - Tuesday's Music Live

January 23 - Caring Prayer

January 26 - Annual Parish Meeting

Tuesday's Music Live Resumes

January 7, 12 noon, Nave

Tuesday’s Music Live continues its 36th season Tuesday, January 7, with a free concert by Solomon Eichner, Pianist. More information at TuesdaysMusicLive.com or by calling the Box Office at (706) 722-3463.

Mmm... (Men's Monthly Meal)

January 8, 6 PM, The River Room

Join us for our next Men’s Monthly Meal (Mmm!) scheduled Wednesday, January 8. (Men gather at 4 PM to cook, the parish gathers at 6 PM for dinner.) On the menu: Sausage Tortellini Soup, Potato Leek Soup, Homemade Creamy Tomato Soup, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie. PLEASE RSVP on the website, so that we may be a good host.

Baptism Offered

Sunday, January 12

The Prayer Book notes Holy Baptism is especially appropriate on four dates: at the Easter Vigil, on the Day of Pentecost, on All Saints’ Day or All Saints’ Sunday, and on the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord.



We will celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism on Saturday, January 12, 2025, on the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord. All who wish to be baptized are invited to contact Fr. Eric

Reception Following Celtic Service

Sunday, January 12

Save the Date — An Epiphany Celebration follows the Celtic Service, Sunday, January 12. Join us for light refreshments on the Portico (weather permitting) or the Narthex.

Annual Parish Meeting

Sunday, January 26, 9:30 AM, The Berlin Room

Please mark your calendar: The Annual Meeting for the 275th year of Saint Paul’s Church is Sunday, January 26. Details will follow.

Summer Mission Experience

Mission dates: June 9 - June 14, 2025

Deadline to join the trip: January 31

You are invited to join Saint Paul’s parishioners, family, and friends on a mission experience this summer to Ecuador, June 9-14, 2025. Please prayerfully consider joining us as we reach out to people in need and serve as the hands of Christ.

An information sheet is available here. If you would like additional information about Quito, Ecuador, the mission work, and trip details, please contact Gene or Rose Helmich, or call 803-640-3405. The deadline to join the trip is January 31, 2025.

Open Altar Flower Sundays

January 12 & 19, February 2, 16, and 23 are open Sundays for altar arrangements. If anyone would kindly like to sponsor a Sunday in honor or memory of someone or “many” someones, please contact the Parish Office at mailbox@saintpauls.org. The normal charge is a minimum of $125.

A Few Notes on the "Management" of our Prayer List

Our official prayer list is an important part of our community of prayer, organizing our prayers for our beloveds. In order for our prayer list to be effective, we must all stay connected to the list.

Twice a year the parish will begin a new prayer list: January 1 and July 1. Of course, it is fine for a name to remain on our list for an extended period of time; we ask that you simply email the parish office to let us know you’d like a name (new or continuing) to be added to our new list.

A NEW Outreach Partnership

Goodwill Collection Bin in Tyler Hall

You will find a LARGE Blue Bin in Tyler Hall for your donations to Goodwill. As you begin spring cleaning, we invite you to share your donations for Goodwill using this new bin. Saint Paul’s will receive five $50 vouchers for each filled bin. Our clergy can share these vouchers, which may be used at Goodwill, with those seeking assistance. Contact Mtr. Kimberly for more information.

VESTRY NOMINATIONS

The Vestry Nominating Committee is seeking candidates whom you believe would make outstanding Vestry members for Saint Paul's. If you'd like to suggest someone, including yourself, please contact retiring Junior Warden Erick Montgomery. Prior to nominating someone else, please discuss with them their interest and willingness to serve in this role.

VESTRY RESPONSIBILITIES

The basic responsibilities of the Vestry are:

• to help define and articulate the mission of this congregation
• to support the church's mission by word and deed
• to support the clergy in furthering the mission of Saint Paul’s
• to ensure effective organization and planning
• to manage resources and finances
• to attend monthly vestry meetings and annual vestry retreat
• to serve as liaison to assigned parish committees

We expect to elect for three full three-year terms. If the new junior warden comes from the current vestry, we may have an additional unexpired term to fill.

MINIMUM CRITERIA

To be eligible for the Vestry, a nominee must answer "yes" to all of the following questions.

• Have you been confirmed or received in the Episcopal Church?
• Do you regularly attend worship services at Saint Paul's?
• Are you a pledging member of Saint Paul's?

CANDIDATE PROFILES

Each nominee slated to run for election to the Vestry will be invited to share a profile with the parish via our regular parish communications including the weekly newsletter.

A Note on Eligibility: Those eligible for election are those “confirmed adults in good standing eighteen years of age or older enrolled in the Congregation” (Canon 2.1). Those eligible to vote in an election are “those confirmed adults enrolled in the Congregation who are in good standing and who have reached the age of sixteen” (Canon 2.3). Those already in the process of being confirmed or received and otherwise eligible, are eligible to run and vote while waiting for the bishop’s next visit. If you are interested in being confirmed when the Bishop visits next year, please contact Fr. Biddy.

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.