This Sunday at Saint Paul's

Your Weekly E-pistle for 05 August 2018
Retable flowers are offered to the glory of God by Jim and Ging Ross, in memory of Christopher James Ross.

Groveland and Joyce Uptown Food Shelves joyfully receive Saint Paul’s weekly donations of personal care and non-perishable food. Please bring items to church as part of your weekly offering, and place in the baskets at the Narthex doors. Thank you.

Thank you to the Vestry for hosting Coffee Hour; next week, the Building & Grounds Commission.

Upcoming Events and General Announcements

Our annual School Supply Drive for Jefferson Community School begins this week. Pick up a shopping list in the Narthex, or click here to read the details. Donations will be collected on the four Sundays in August.

A Painting Project update from your Vestry! Read it here.

Gift Cards for God: Bring your unused gift cards to the church over the next few week and help us listen to our neighbors. The New Vision Committee is ready to send out our community survey to our neighbors, and your gift cards will help entice our neighbors to provide feedback. Any gift card will do, so long as it can be used locally or online.

Registration for August’s Commission Saturday is now open! Join us on 18 August from 8:30am-1pm for commission meetings, crafting our parish mission and vision statements, and articulating our core values.  If you serve on a Commission or not, have ideas about ministry, or want to get more deeply involved with Saint Paul’s, this event is for YOU! Register online or on paper (available in the Beim Neighborhood House).

Meetings of Saint Paul’s Vestry are open to all who wish to attend. The next meeting will be Monday, 20 August at 7:00pm in the Thurston Conference Room. Minutes of past meetings will be on our website soon; until that time, you can find a reference copy of all approved minutes in a box across form the Rector’s office, in the Resources box, or by contacting the Clerk of the Vestry, Jeff Gosnell.

Confirmation Registration: If your child age 12-18 and wishes to deepen their faith and learn more about the Episcopal Church, please contact Father Marcus and let him know. Our next class will be confirmed by Bishop Prior in May 2019.

Community Coffice Hours in July and August will be held at Dunn Brothers Coffee on Wednesdays 10am-3pm. Join Father Marcus for coffee and conversation, on any topic! Drop in or set an appointment (private meetings can be scheduled with the Rector).

Prayer Calendar

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for The Scottish Episcopal Church.

In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for all hospital chaplaincies, counseling chaplaincies, and Spiritual Directors throughout the Episcopal Church in Minnesota; for our faith community nurses, health ministers, and all those who minister to the sick; and for all farmers and laborers working with the harvest, especially San Jose Obrero Mission in Montgomery. We also pray for the parish of Calvary (Rochester).

On our Parish Prayer List, we pray for Adeline, Alex, Anna and Steve, Bob, Dianne, Eva, Greg, Harvey, Jennie Beth, Joan, John, Karen, Kate, Katherine, Krista, Laura, Liz, Mary, Nancy, Natalia, Norman, Pat and Steve, Philip, Richard, Sue, Susan, and the Coopergard, del Caro Scaia, and Paulson families. We also pray for the eternal rest of Christopher James Ross, son of Jim Ross.

From the Organ Bench

Beautiful music played by Jacob Manier, choirmaster/organist.

Serving This Sunday

Errik & Whitney-Lehr Koening greeters

Curt Kullberg Barb Smith ushers

Jim Smith crucifer

The Rev. Marcus G. Halley presider

The Rev. Barbara del Caro Scaia deacon

Angie Paulson Deb Jones lectors

Greg Schaffner intercessor

— to be determined — eucharistic ministers

Jacob Manier organist-choirmaster

Kathy Kullberg master of ceremony

Team I altar guild

Shea Halstead Jacob McCray-Reeves vestry tellers


The Vestry
coffee hour hosts

Thank you to the Vestry for hosting Coffee Hour; next week, the Building & Grounds Commission.

Join us after service each week for a time of fellowship during our Coffee Hour! What a wonderful way to get to know one another.

From the Pulpit

Catch up on our most recent sermons

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Pentecost sermon

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Pentecost sermon

  IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT ONE…WHO CREATED THE SUN AND THE MOON AND THE EARTH AND THE STARS…AMEN [May 31, 2020] The following is the text of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Pentecost sermon from the Washington National Cathedral service that was live-streamed on...

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We All need a Lazarus Story

We All need a Lazarus Story

  IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT ONE…WHO CREATED THE SUN AND THE MOON AND THE EARTH AND THE STARS…AMEN I firmly believe that this deep story of Lazarus is a gift to us today.  Wouldn’t we all right now want an experience to ‘just take all of this Coronavirus away’?...

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Forward Movement

Forward Movement

  Forward Movement is offering an array of free resources to support individuals, families, and groups as they worship and pray at home.As we face a coronavirus pandemic, some churches are canceling worship services and other gatherings to slow the spread of...

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