Second Sunday
of Easter
April 19, 2020
"
Easter Morning"
relief sculpture,
glazed/fired clay.
Approx. 12"x16",
by Laura Funk 2016.
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View 10:30 a.m. service live on
Join us for Virtual Coffee Hour following the service on Zoom:
Meeting ID
:
903 777 2020
or,
Join by phone - dial:
346 248 7799
Broadcast Wed. on
GEUS Channel 34
Wednesdays
-
Noonday prayer
at Noon
via
Zoom
Bible Study
-
8am - Friday's
Philippians via
Zoom
Per the directive of Bishop Sumner, the St. Paul’s Church office is closed for the forseeable future. Angela Dryer, our Parish Administrator, will check
the office voicemail and email daily and respond to any messages.
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The Memorial Fund of St. Paul’s gratefully
acknowledges contributions by
Dan & Kim Bond, Dixie Hunt, and Ginger Garcia
in Loving Memory of St. Paul’s faithful family member,
PAULA BACKUS
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COLLECT AND READINGS
Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The readings may be found
here
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Processional Hymn
Gospel Hymn
(Alleluia #1) H 178
Offertory Hymns
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Communion Hymns
(A3#73)
Recessional Hymn
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A Morsel for Meditation
Religion is an answer to man’s ultimate questions.
The moment we become oblivious to ultimate questions, religion becomes irrelevant, and its crisis sets in. The primary task of philosophy of religion is to rediscover the questions to which religion is an answer. The inquiry must proceed both by delving into the consciousness of man as well as by delving into the teachings and attitudes of the religious tradition.
There are dead thoughts and there are living thoughts. A dead thought has been compared to a stone which one may plant in the soil. Nothing will come out. A living thought is like a seed. In the process of thinking, and answer without a question is devoid of life. It may enter the mind; it will not penetrate the soul. It may become a part of one’s knowledge; it will not come forth as a creative force.
Abraham Joshua Heschel,
God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976), 3-4. Italics original.
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You can make your checks payable to "St. Paul's Episcopal Church" and mail them to:
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
8320 Jack Finney Blvd.
Greenville, TX 75402
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You can also make your donations online via PayPal. Click the link below to make a donation using your credit or debit card, or using your PayPal account.
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Rector's Update - April 17th
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Greetings to the saints of St. Paul’s,
Happy Easter! We celebrated Easter with the traditional pomp due this High Holy Day, and we sent it out live via
YouTube
and
Facebook
.
People were able to worship sans shoes, and I wonder how many added Kahlua to their coffee during the sermon (you’ll have to hear the sermon to get that joke). There’s a good amount of talk concerning continuing the live stream after we return to normal, as we have well over a hundred views on both YouTube and Facebook each week. Additionally, our Sunday service is broadcast on the GEUS community Channel (Channel 34) on Wednesdays at 8 am and 6pm. We’re getting the message of the Gospel out in Hunt County and beyond! (
Click to continue
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Opportunity to Serve or Be Served
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STEWARDSHIP TODAY
Frank McKee
Part of our stewardship is taking time, developing our ability to pray - to communicate with God in Prayers of Intercession for those in need of God’s healing. In practicing good Christian stewardship, it is not time or abilities, or money, but all three, given to make known God’s love for this world. We are healed not to retire from God’s service, but to serve God’s world. We are always called upon to practice good stewardship. One Minute Stewardship Sermons by The Rev. Charles Cloughen, Jr.
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Pray for the Church, the Body of Christ
Please pray for those on our prayer list this week:
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Wes Archer, Judy Shaddox,
Chris Bynum, Lily Stipe, Chris Wiltz,
Family of Paula Backus,
Allen Clegg Sr., The Clegg Family, Jo Dodson, Elaine Hodge,
Beverly Gish, Cyndi Sehr,
Faye Hamann, Dana Medford,
Bob Lanier, Alice Cooney,
Wayne and Lillian McHenry,
Eileen Jenkins, Dru Ann Jamison, Mike Lavigne, Paula Reeves,
Father Gordon and Dolores Miltenberger
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We also pray for our Daughters of the King Ministry as they bring their strength and service together by praying for friends and for the people.
You may add people to the list by filling out a DOK confidential prayer card and putting them in the blue box located in the Narthex.
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Contact our church office to add a name to our prayer list: 903-455-5030. Names remain for one month unless renewed or canceled.
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DOK PRAYER REQUESTS & BOX
The Daughters of the King
support your prayer needs and wishes. Each Sunday a prayer team will be available to pray with you after the Worship Service in the choir area after the 10:30 service. If you would like additional information, please see a DOK member.
They also have a intercessory prayer box on the table in the Narthex to deposit prayer requests. Prayer request cards may be found in the pews and beside the box in the Narthex. Daughters pray daily. All prayers are confidential. Each person is prayed for one month. If you wish for continued prayers, please complete another request card or contact a Daughter. You may call the church office (903-455-5030) and specify it is for the DOK intercessory prayer list. You can hand the card to a Daughter (she is always wearing her cross).
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