One more time!
This Sunday's service is our final 9am service, and will be followed by a parish meeting. We'll mostly be discussing the essays the MDC (Search Committee) has produced, describing life at St. Paul's for prospective Rector candidates. This is a key element in the search process. If you need another electronic copy of them, please send email to spcrector@gmail.com and we'll get one to you. There will also be a limited number of printed copies available at the meeting. We'll also have updates on the upcoming retreat, finances, and other things. And sandwiches!
Here are this Sunday's readings and verger schedule:
St. Francis in the narthex
Old Testament: Dick Davis Epistle: Tom McCleary Psalm and Prayers: Karen Smith Host: Brennan Chalice: Joan Lawrence-Studebaker, Doug Jenisch Announcer: Rachel McConnell Counters: Bev Barton, Andrew Pillsbury Greeter: David Taylor
Here are this week's announcements:
Two services (8 and 10am) begin next week, on September 14
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Choir starts up on September 21
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A funeral Eucharist for Hayward Crewe will be celebrated at 1pm on Saturday, September 20
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Holiday Bazaar (see Jill Devins)
Put November 8th on your calendar for our "Holiday Bazaar." Who would be willing to co-chair and/or help with the plans for this important fund raiser?
Please contact Jill Devins 802-291-6832 cell, 802-295-3646 home or 802-295-1355 office
Thank You - I Need your help.
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Second Quarter Outreach Donations (from the Outreach Committee)
Second quarter distributions:
Head Rest $ 250.00
Epis Chaplaincy $ 250.00
Advance Transit $ 250.00
Twin Pines $ 450.00
Brookhaven $ 500.00
Kurn Hattin $ 225.00
ERD $ 300.00
Church World Service $ 250.00
ESCIP $ 250.00
Empowering Spinal Cord Injured Persons - ministry in India started by Joanthan Sigworth
Godchildren $ 480.00
in India and Honduras
Total 2nd quarter $ 3205.00
Total for the year $ 6205.00
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Knit and Purl Fellowship (from Holly Hall)
Meets 1st and 3rd week of the month at 6:30. All stitchery crafters are welcome. Our next gathering will be 9/15 at Janie Bell's home.
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Listen Community Dinner (from Holly Hall)
Our next dinner will be 9/17. We will be serving chicken vegetable casserole- one casserole will make 10 servings and we will need ten casseroles to serve 100 people. For dessert, we will have cookies( your favorite cookie you like to make)- 9 dozen are needed. Sign up sheet is on the Parish House bulletin. We need your help and we thank you in advance. All foods need to be delivered to church either on 14th or at the Listen Center kitchen between 2-4 on 15th.
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Brookside Sunday Service (from Holly Hall)
St. Paul's has a service at Brookside second Sunday of the month, September through June. We will have service Sept.14th from 2-3pm. We are in need of a volunteer to come play the piano for the service. If you know of anyone who plays, please contact Holly.
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St.Paul's Caring Ministries (from Diana Collins)
St. Paul's Caring Ministries will be meeting on September 24 from 5:30 - 7:00. Our focus will be prayer: how we pray, when we pray, the similarities and differences of our prayer lives. Please consider joining us just for our quarterly meeting and/or joining one of the St Paul's Caring Ministries (Intercession, Pastoral Care, Healing).
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Altar Flowers (from Barb Coulter and the Altar Guild)
There are several weeks open to share flowers on the Altar. Perhaps your garden is overflowing?! If you would like to donate an arrangement from your garden that would be wonderful! Please let me or any member of the Altar Guild know what week and we can let the florist know not to deliver that Sunday. Even if you're not a flower gardener, flowers for the Altar are a wonderful way to honor, celebrate or remember loved ones. There is a beautiful flower chart for the year in the hallway, please stop by and see if there is a Sunday you would like to sign up for. If there are any questions please feel free to ask.
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Prayer List
To make a prayer request, contact Holly Hall by phone, 802-295-9095 or by e mail, hchall50@gmail.com. If you would just like to have something added to (or removed from) the Prayers of the People list (printed in the weekly leaflet), please send email to announcements.spc@gmail.com.
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Bishop Ely's Sabbatical
If you'd like to follow the Bishop's progress, his tweeting is here:
https://twitter.com/BishopVT10
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The Alleluia Golf Tournament, Saturday, September 13th (from Stew Wood)|
Golfers, craft your foursomes for the third annual Alleluia Golf Tournament at the Basin Harbor Club outside of Vergennes, VT on Saturday, September 13th. This fun event in which St. Paul's teams have done so well supports the programming life of the Diocese of Vermont.
The course is fun, with very little water to worry you and no hills to climb. Box lunches nourish us as we compete, a great dinner awaits us when we're finished, and lots of prizes are there to be awarded the participants.
Let Stew Wood know of your intention to play. We can car pool to make the trip easier for all of us.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, September 7
Quarterly all parish checkin meeting after 9am service (lunch provided!)
Wednesday, September 10
Bible Study at 11am, Parish House. No noon Eucharist.
Saturday, September 13
Alleluia Golf Tournament near Vergennes, VT. (see Stew Wood)
Sunday, September 14
- Resume regular Worship Schedule: Services at 8 and 10 a.m.
- Resume Brookside services at 2pm.
Monday, September 15
- Knit and Purl fellowship, 6:30 at Janie Bell's (see Holly Hall)
- Listen Community Dinner (see Holly Hall for details)
Saturday, September 20
Funeral Eucharist for Hayward Crewe at 1pm
Sunday, September 21
- Choir returns at 10am service
- Funeral planning workshop after church
Wednesday, September 24
Caring ministries meeting, 5:30-7 (see Diana Collins)
NEW: Saturday, September 27
Work Day
Saturday, October 4
2014 Parish Retreat at Camp Ohana, Fairlee, VT
Saturday, October 18
Ministry Fair: “Discovering God in the Neighborhood” at St. Paul’s, WRJ
Sunday, October 26
Micah awards at Listen Center in WRJ
Friday October 31 - Saturday, November 1
Diocesan convention at Jay Peak
Sunday, November 2
Fall back! Daylight Savings Time ends at 2am
NEW: Saturday, November 8
Holiday Bazaar
Sunday, November 30
First Sunday of Advent