Friday, December 31, 2021, 3:00 p.m. concert

“Welcome the New Year” on December 31 at 3 pm when Music at St. Paul’s presents the Delray String Quartet in a program of light classics and popular tunes in the Viennese tradition. Works by Mozart, Haydn, Gershwin and Johann Strauss, Jr. will celebrate the season and conclude with a sparkling toast. Admission is $20 at the door / under 18 free.

Georg F. Handel – Selections from “Water Music” 

Wolfgang A. Mozart – Allegretto, from Quartet in D major 

Joseph Haydn – Allegro moderato, from Quartet in D major, “Lark” 

Piotr I. Tchaikovsky - Andante Cantabile, from Quartet in D major

Felix Mendelssohn – Molto allegro vivace, from Quartet in D major

George Gershwin - Lullaby 

Johann Strauss II – The Blue Danube

Join us for a special evening of family, fun, and song! On Friday evening, December 17, we will gather at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall for Christmas cookies, hot cocoa, and other goodies. At 6:30 p.m. we will walk to the Christmas village at Old School Square and sing Christmas carols by the Christmas crèche. Please sign up in the courtyard.

Good news! If you placed an order for Christmas Cookies to be picked up on Sunday, December 19, your order will be available for pick up in Bush Hall on Sunday morning between 8:30 and 11:30. 

Deadline for submission: Sunday, December 19

St. Paul’s encourages you to consider making a donation to remember loved ones or in thanksgiving for God’s blessings this Christmas season. Your donation will go toward the purchase of the Christmas greens, poinsettias, and/or musical accompaniment for enriching our Christmas worship services. These remembrances or thanksgivings will be included in the Christmas worship booklets. For this offering, we ask that you use the special envelopes provided in the church pews, at the church entryways, and at the church office. On this envelope you can list your remembrance or thanksgiving as you would like it to appear in the Christmas booklets. All names must be submitted by Sunday, December 19.

Christmas at St. Paul’s

3:00 p.m.— Christmas Lessons & Carols

5:00 p.m.— Christmas Eve Family Pageant

7:15 p.m.— Festive Prelude

7:30 p.m.— Christmas Eve Service

10:30 p.m.— Festive Prelude

11:00 p.m. — Christmas Eve Service

10:00 a.m.— Christmas Day Service

We will celebrate the sacrament of Baptism on Sunday, January 9, at 10:00 a.m. (Feast of the Baptism of the Lord). If you are interested in being baptized or having a child baptized, please contact the church office at [email protected]g or (561) 276-4541.

Saving Us: St. Paul’s Explores Our Response to Environmental Challenges

Class leaders: Sandy Norman, Ruth Hayhoe, Kristen Murtaugh

In this class we will read Katharine Hayhoe’s new book, Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, and explore problems and solutions to climate change, why facts both matter and are not enough, and how we can make a difference. Hayhoe’s outlook is positive. She believes that the most important thing we can do to fight climate change is to talk about it, and she shows us how effective conversations are based on shared values. Margaret Atwood calls Saving Us “a must-read if we’re serious about enacting change from the ground up, in communities, and through human connections and human emotions.” 

Text for the class: Katharine Hayhoe, Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World One Signal Publishers (An Imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc.) 2021 ISBN 978-1-9821-4383-1 

Save the Date! Sunday, January 30, at 5:00 p.m:

Mark your calendars now for this special parish-wide event at the Delray Beach Golf Club, Rev Kathleen will be our special guest as we honor her for all her years of service at St. Paul’s. As in the past, we will ask for volunteers to be Table Hosts to coordinate the pot luck dinner for their table of 8. Child care will be provided.

To volunteer as a Table Host (or ask questions about being a table host) OR to RSVP, please call Margo Vuicich at 561-302-2175 or email her at [email protected]

Sunday, December 19, at 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

All Sunday Services Livestreamed

Our Sunday services will be available on the St. Paul's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2LV8_5Agtn601scI5BWHuQ) for those of you choosing to continue worshiping at home.

PLEASE NOTE: The church office will be closed Monday, December 26 through Friday, December 31. The office will reopen Monday, January 3.

St. Paul's daily virtual Morning Prayer at 8:00 a.m. and virtual Evening Prayer at 5:00 p.m. (both through Facebook Live streams), is held Monday through Friday.

Title: Emotions of Reconnecting

Description: Reconnecting with family and friends or reconsidering employment or community activities after the Pandemic stirs up lots of emotions. We reevaluate priorities and face emotions that may have been dormant. Do faith traditions influence our deepest feelings? Rosemarie Rose-Spencer will delve into the Emotions of Reconnecting interacting with the people present. 

The Interfaith Cafe meets on the third Thursday of each month to hear a presentation and a discussion about pertinent topics while enjoying light refreshments. All are welcome. The Interfaith Cafe promotes interfaith dialogue, awareness, and understanding by uniting people of different faiths and/or cultural traditions by living shared values of love, peace, and justice through interactive family events, shared social action and educational dialogue. For more information, contact Linda Prior: [email protected]

Location: St. Peters Church

Register your child below to make sure there are enough materials and snacks!

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Mail -  If you prefer to send your pledge or other donation by check, please send your contribution to: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444.

To ensure that the work of St. Paul’s lives on, remember St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in your estate planning. With a gift in your will, trust, or in some other way, you can make a lasting impact on those served through the mission and ministry of St. Paul’s.

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To talk with a member of the Endowment Fund Board about how you can continue to support the mission and ministry of St. Paul’s with a legacy gift, please contact Caren Kilpatrick, our Parish Administrator, at 561-276-4541 or [email protected].