October 30, 2025 l ISSUE 44
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Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend.
Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour on Sunday, November 2 at 2 am.
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Sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things.
Psalm 98:1
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Sunday Morning Adult Formation Conversations
Join us every Sunday
from 9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
in the Parish Hall
as we listen to God's Holy Word
and discuss how it impacts our personal lives.
9:30a.m. in the Parish Hall
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Sunday service
at 10:30 a.m.
| | UPCOMING SCRIPTURE READINGS | | |
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
Reader
The Rev. Jim Clark
Prayer
Maddie Nador
Chalice
Sybil Fisher
Organist
Burnell Hackman
Co-Celebrant
The Rev. Jim Clark
Co-Celebrant & Preacher
The Rev. Jeff Goldone
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Reader
Justin Vitale
Prayer
Randy Wicks
Chalice
Karen Watts
Organist
William Sullivan
Celebrant & Preacher
The Rev. Jeff Goldone
| | Each Sunday we join as a community in expressing our praise, worship, and thanks to God, through Jesus Christ. We each come with our individual and unique journeys of faith and traditions as we transform ourselves into the living body of Christ at St. Paul's Episcopal. This is sacred work, and we are blessed to be called into this faith community. | | | |
We come to reflect on the past week and the challenges, joys, and struggles we encountered. We come with the hopes and dreams of the week yet ahead of us. We come as a blessed community of believers and supporters who share our burdens and joys with one another. We are St. Paul's, and what a gift we are to each other and to our neighborhood!
I believe it's important, from time to time, to remind ourselves of what it means to be present in our sacred space at St. Paul's and how we can respect each other's needs. Our time together in the church space must be that of reverence and respect - to our God and to each other. With that in mind, here are a few practices I believe we should try to commit to:
- Arrive on time. In fact, arrive a few minutes early, to settle down and prepare for worship. Raise up your special prayer intentions; settle your heart and mind on things above. Move from the parish hall into the worship space before the music prelude begins. Our worship begins at 10:30, and I will do my very best to make sure it always starts promptly. If you are late, enter as discreetly as possible, often during a transition in the service. Remember, arriving late can be a distraction for others.
- Please take care of bathroom needs prior to entering the worship space. Getting up to use the restroom soon after the service begins is a distraction both to me and to fellow worshipers. Please try not to get up during sacred moments (like prayer, or scripture readings, and God forbid, my sermon!) unless it is an emergency.
- Once you enter the church worship space, be respectful of those praying or meditating in their seat. They came early to prepare themselves spiritually for worship. Please refrain from conversations and loud noises.
- Turn off or silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Refrain from texting or using them during the service.
- We all love when visitors join us in worship. Be welcoming during the sign of peace and at the end of the service. If you see a visitor doesn't have a service bulletin, quietly take one to them. They will appreciate it.
- Share your pew space and hymnals with others when needed, and then at the end of the service please put away the hymnals and clean up any personal items.
- We have been able to recruit some very talented organists in the past couple of months to enhance our worship. Come and listen and enjoy the prelude they have selected and stay through the postlude at the end of the service rather than starting conversations or dashing out. I know you'll find them enjoyable.
Thanks for being a considerate and caring fellow worshiper!
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-- St. Paul's Stewardship -- | | REMINDER : Pledge cards are due by November 9 | | |
PBJ Ministry
on Sunday Mornings
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A big SHOUT OUT to everyone who has been helping after church on Sundays to make a loaf of PBJ sandwiches for our Blessing Box. You're helping keep our hungry neighbors fed! Thanks for giving your time to help.
Let's keep this quick and easy ministry rolling! Supplies are on the countertop next to the fridge in St. Paul's kitchen. (Check the fridge and/or freezer for additional supplies.) Sign up at the table in the front lobby if you can commit to a specific Sunday; you can also stop by the kitchen after church to help.
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Matthew 25:40
| Our sanctuary candle burns in adoration with our Lord in the reserved Eucharist in thanksgiving and in loving memory of all our family and friends who now dwell in God's eternal kingdom. May they each rest in peace from their labors and rise in glory on the last day! |
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Our next meal is November 6
There is a sign up sheet on the table outside the parish hall for you to sign up to volunteer to prepare and serve the meals now through the end of this 2025. Please take a moment to commit to do your part in extending hospitality and care for our own parish family and those who live in our neighborhood.
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Items always needed!
Our Blessing Box is always in need of the following items;
- Protein bars
- Canned pasta, easy to open pull top
- Single serve tuna packets
- Fruit cups
- Personal hygiene items:
- Toothpaste and Toothbrushes
- Disposable razors
- Sanitary products for women
- Travel size toiletries - shampoo, lotion, & coffee packets
Place items in the basket at the back of church. Thank you for your kind generosity.
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Our next
Vestry Meeting
will be
TONIGHT, October 30th
6:30p.m. on Zoom
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HAPPY HOWL-OWEEN!
St. Paul's Pumpkin Carving and Pizza Party
A fang-tastic time was had by all!
| | | | Registration is now open for our 186th Diocesan Convention,“Woven Together,” November 13–15, 2025. Our convention will take place in twoparts: virtually for the important business of the church, and in person for anall-new Ministry Fair and Convention Eucharist. This is your chance to gather,celebrate, explore, and be inspired. The Ministry Fair and Convention Eucharist are open to the entire household of the Diocese; everyone is welcome! | |
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Rev. Deacon Barbi Click, receiving treatment for colon cancer, and her wife Debbie Wheeler.
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Mary Jane Machalek, safety and hope in difficult circumstances.
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Dawn McMurtry, recovering from a stroke & grieving for her mother.
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Charles Renshaw, for healing in his lungs.
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Ben Redmond, 8 yrs, friend of the Ragland family, suffering with undiagnosed symptoms.
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John Birdsong as he recovers from a major sickness and grieves the death of his wife, Belinda.
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Anita Breitenstein, Maddie Nador's sister, suffering from Alzheimer's
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Melissa Ketcherside - as she recovers from a recent hospitalization
- Kay Reid
- Erin Reid
- Shep Adams-Shepherd
- Kim Myles
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Ed Rahe as he recovers from a rib injury
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Lyle Meadows, brother of Leanne Rahe, as he recovers through dental surgery
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Jack Brown, husband of Deacon Loretta Go
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Kathy & Gary Makely, dealing with major storm damage to their NC home
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Elizabeth Goetz, an unknown health issue and caring for her aging mother.
| | | | NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS! | | | | | |
8 Corrine O'Chiu
14 Leanne Rahe
19 Charlene Roberts
29 Larry Throgmorton
30 Eliza Schroeder
| | | BELIEVE. BEFRIEND. BE LOVED. | | | | |
