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153rd Annual Diocesan Convention: Per the Communiqué from the Episcopal Church in Arkansas- This year’s convention will be Friday, February 14th-15th in Little Rock. The theme for 2025 is “Nurturing Fertile Soil” Ezekiel 17:5. Friday’s service and other events will take place at Trinity Cathedral, and Saturday’s events will take place at Episcopal Collegiate School.

Mark Your Calendar:

• Coffee Hour: After the service, everyone is invited to the Parish House (two lefts at the bottom of the steps) for refreshments and fellowship
• Children’s Sunday School: Sunday, February 16th at 9:45 am
• Choral Evensong: Sunday, February 16th at 5:00 pm
• ECW Brown Bag Lunch: Wednesday, February 19th at 11:30 am in the Parish Hall
• Soup Sale: Saturday, March 1st from 9 am- 12 pm; more details to come
• Mardi Gras: Tuesday, March 4th at 6:00 pm; tickets are $25 and are available for purchase
•  Mahjongg Lessons: Every Sunday at 2:00 pm in the Parish Hall
• Adult Sunday School: Sundays, 9:30 am in the Parish Hall
• The Chosen Discussion Group: Every Monday from 5:30-7 pm. During the waiting period for Season 5 of The Chosen to become available, we will be using our Tuesday 3-4:30 pm meeting time to put together a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle depicting Jesus and the apostles. We invite anyone who likes such puzzles to join us each Tuesday afternoon for comradery starting January 7, 2025.

6th Annual Episcopal Men’s Weekend: ‘Pray Tell; Pray, Tell’ is the theme for this year’s Men’s Weekend with The Rt. Rev. John Harmon & The Rev. Lowell Grisham. It will take place April 4th-6th; register at campmitchell.org and for more questions or information, email hhhedges3@gmail.com.

Blessing Box: Looking for ideas about what to donate for the Blessing Box? Rice Krispie treats, pop tarts, ramen noodles, fruit snacks, granola bars or chips work! These items will go in the Blessing Box, and will also be shared with our Lyon College students when the Care Team makes “snack bags” to pass out monthly. Thank you! 😊

Officiant (8:00): Kristian Ameigh*

Officiant (10:30): Paul Hance

Chalice Bearer (8:00): Mike Schmidt

Chalice Bearer (10:30): Gary Perkey

Lector: Ardis Gillespie

Acolyte: Cade Archer

Ushers: Brenda Bittle & Ardis Gillespie

Technical Support: David Taverner

Coffee Hour: Sarah Drake

Altar Guild: Paul Hance

Community Meal (2/19/2025): Team Mundy/Bittle

This Sunday's altar flowers are given by Virginia Wray to the glory of God and in memory of my mother, Marion Field Wray, 1914-2003.

EfM Prayer from this week:

Dear God of commitment to his children,

You have demonstrated commitment and love to your children through the sacrifice of your Son.

We thank you for your love and faithfulness.

We pray that you stay with us even when we don't deserve it, so that we can stay committed to you and others.

In Jesus Name, Amen.

Letter from Scott & Jacqui McSpadden-

St. Paul's Family,



Scott and I want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude for your prayers during our grandson Stetson's hospitalization at Children's. We appreciate every text message, prayer, good thought and support while we have weathered this storm. We truly believe the power of your faith has made a difference.

Thank you for the care package for our son Colton and his wife, and for being such a loving and supportive church. We are blessed to be a part of this church family.

Stetson, his parents, and new big sister Anna are home and adjusting to life as a family of 4.

Love, Scott & Jacqui McSpadden

*This Sunday's 8:00 sermon is from Sermons that Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication. It was written by The Rev. Joslyn Ogden Schaefer; she serves as the Rector of Grace Church in the Mountains, in Waynesville, NC. Published by the Office of Communication of The Episcopal Church, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017 © 2021 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. All rights reserved.