"Blessing of the Backpacks", Sunday, August 22nd, 10AM Service
A Message from our Priest, The Reverend Todd Vie
Many wonderful things are happening at St Paul’s and I am pleased to share with you yet one more exciting development. One of my privileges as Priest-in-Charge is to establish goals and objectives for the coming years, which will serve as the foundation for an annual mutual ministry review. These goals are flexible and timely, in as much as they serve to intentionally support and guide us as we journey with God’s grace into the future. Part of the annual review will include the opportunity to add, change or delete any such goals as we believe are appropriate for our life as a congregation, and as we discern God may be calling us in new or different directions. Many of you participated in the Parish Gatherings that were held last fall and winter, during which we discussed the current state of St. Paul's ministries and our common life together. Three general areas of ministry and parish life enjoyed a good amount of energy and in many ways are already foundational to St. Paul's as a parish. These areas can be further developed in some specific and news ways. These areas are Outreach, increasing Membership and increasing Financial Security. In close consultation with Dan Frazier and Nancy Cardwell, our Senior and Junior Wardens, and subsequent conversation with Vestry, we have created and adopted the goals and objectives that follow. To develop Outreach, we determine to engage in at least one major activity per year that is multigenerational and provides assistance or relief to individuals outside our church family. And, we will also organize at least one significant adult mission trip. To increase Membership, we will rebuild our website to attract people who are searching for a parish home and strengthen our ability to communicate more effectively within our parish. And we will develop and implement a New Comers program that reaches out to people in ways that go beyond a card or a phone call to people who have visited on a Sunday morning. To increase Financial Security, we commit to moving St. Paul's towards becoming a tithing church. We will emphasize this both as an important aspect of Christian living and as the minimum standard of giving as adopted by the Episcopal Church. In addition, we will establish a ‘Legacy Society’ comprised of individuals who will remember St. Paul's in their wills. These three areas of growth will be beneficial for St. Paul's as a parish and for our members individually, as we live into, and live out, our lives as Christians in our community and in the world.
Peace, TODD
YOU ARE INVITED TO WORSHIP WITH US!
Join us on Sunday mornings - Summer Worship times are:
8:00 a.m. Worship - Holy Eucharist
10:00 a.m. Worship - Holy Eucharist with Music, Children's Chapel and Nursery
FALL SCHEDULE RESUMES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th
8:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist
9:00-9:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast for all
9:30 a.m. - Christian Education Classes for all ages
10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist Service with Music, Children's Chapel and Nursery
*Coffee Hour, 11:45 a.m. - First Sunday of each month
*SEPTEMBER 12th - Annual Parish Picnic, following 10:30 service