Thursday, February 10, 2022
Thursday, February 10, 2022
WORSHIP
Our 8 am service is up and running!
Are you usually an early riser? Are you interested in a more intimate and private worship service? Please consider attending the 8 am service on Sundays. There is plenty of space to social distance at this peaceful meditative service. Join us!
Ash Wednesday services will be held at Noon and 7:30 p.m. More information about additional Lenten services to follow!
Sunday School Update
We invite all kids to join us each Sunday for Bold Transformational Faith Sunday School classes. We will also email the materials for those who choose to worship virtually. We hope that this new program inspires and enriches the faith life of your children. Please email Rev. Ellen if you have any questions.
Sunday School begins at 10:10 am. Mary Foster will lead the class this week. The lessons will be emailed to our virtual families every Monday. You can register your children online here: https://www.stpaulschatham.org/sunday-school-registration
Coffee Hour
Please consider signing up to help with Coffee Hour! Due to current health concerns, separately packaged snacks and juice boxes are preferred making Coffee Hour fairly easy duty. Sign up for future weeks in the Parish Hall. Special thanks to Liz Holler for continuing to coordinate Coffee Hour.
Prayers
We ask your prayers this week for John, Amaryllis, Martha, Marcy, Norm, Ed, Kathy, Michael, Gloria, Beth, Pauline, Sam, Mark, Marilyn, Sophia, John, Sarah, Mary and Matt.
Please notify the office if you have any changes or additions to the Prayer List.
Prayers and congratulations also to Dot and Frank Willis on the celebration of their 65th anniversary!
We would like to include more special occasions in the Weekly Happenings so please forward any birthdays, anniversaries you may be celebrating!
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Returns!
The Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will return this year! Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 1st. Volunteers will be needed to plan and work at this event. Many hands make light work so please volunteer to organize, shop, cook or otherwise help. Please contact Simon Mason for more information.
Lenten Book Discussion Group
Join us in Lent as we explore this wonderful book filled with daily reflections and suggested meditations. There will be an accompanying weekly zoom discussion group on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm March 9 to April 6. If you are interested in joining, please email Rev. Ellen
More College Care Packages!
Albie Ashbrook will be coordinating the collection, packing and sending of college care packages to St. Paul's students who are away from home. If you have a student that you think would appreciate a package in the mail, anything you would like to send to a specific student, or an item you would like to donate for each package, please contact Albie Ashbrook.
Join the Evelyn Underhill Regional Ministry Network for Prayer and Conversation
Bishop Hughes has grouped all congregations into eight different regions, based on geographic area, with a goal to support and care for one another in our ministry. You are invited to join a meeting of the Evelyn Underhill Regional Ministry Network to connect with each other, share information, and get an update from the Diocese on Thursday, Feb. 17 from 7- 8pm. Zoom details are below. Please save the date and make plans to attend.
Topic: Evelyn Underhill Regional Ministry Network Meeting
Time: Feb 17, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 977 4282 6303
Passcode: 143030
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NEWS
Special Presentation by Andrew Walker Last Sunday
As you heard in Andrew Walker's homily, he has started a nonprofit organization called Elevate to Even Plus (aka Eleven+) that finds and funds internships for students of color from low income backgrounds. He's looking to access your networks to identify potential nonprofit partners that will host interns that are sourced and funded by Eleven+. He'd also be interested in being connected to corporations whose charitable giving objectives are closely aligned to the Eleven+ mission. More information can be found at www.eleven-plus.org and you can also contact Andrew at andrew.walk@eleven-plus.org.
As Andrew mentioned in his comments last week, the idea for Eleven+ originated in a Dialogue Circles on Race conversation, and he highly recommends the program for anyone interested in racial justice issues. The next series of Dialogue Circles begins on March 6th. For more information about this Summit Interfaith based initiative, click here.
Search Committee Update
Thanks for your prayers to date as we navigate through the diocese’s new search process.
We’ve been in close contact with Canon Clark, Bishop Hughes’ Team Member accountable for helping parishes through the search process. We have very recently received a few names of candidates for our Priest in Charge role. All are from within the diocese.
The Search Committee will soon be reviewing resumes and supporting materials and we will be setting up interviews with candidates soon.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
Jim Mollo
Vestry Update
St. Paul's Vestry met on Wednesday, January 19th via Zoom. The Treasurer, Jed Evans, reported that St. Paul's ended 2021 in a very good place financially, largely due to a PPP loan. Pledges for 2022 are down. Plans for Lent at St. Paul's were discussed, including the possibility of holding the Pancake Supper. The carpet in the Sanctuary will be replaced but carpet in the Narthex, Sacristy, lobby and Library will be replaced at a later date. The Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, May 1st. There will be five openings on the Vestry, four regular and one student; three members will be up for re-election. Building Use contracts will be reviewed and updated. A parish questionnaire will be distributed.
News from the Diocese
Celebration of the Feast of Absalom Jones
