Mark Your Calendars:

The Bazaar Committe Chairs will meet in the church following the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, September 21st.

 

Day in the Park - "It's a Jungle Out Here"

Saturday, September 13th from 10:00 - 3:00 p.m. at Miller Park.  Sponsored by The Junior League of Lynchburg - FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!

 

Mission Outreach - Fall 2008

Mark your calendars to attend these programs this fall so you can learn more about opportunites to serve others in our community:

September 21st: ALLIANCE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

October 12th: EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT

November 9th: BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

 

Meet the Editor of FORWARD DAY BY DAY AND FORWARD MOVEMENT PUBLICATIONS ...

at a reception at the home of Sam and Jeanie Darby in Roanoke on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, From 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.  Invitations will be mailed to all who wish to attend and a reply will be requested.  Call the Parish Office to reserve an invitation.

 

Music Opportunities for Youth

Stringed Instruments:

All youth (6th - 12th grades) who play stringed instruments are invited to participate in an ensemble to lead the congregational carol singing during the annual Christmas Pageant at our morning worship on Sunday, December 21st.   The members of our St. Paul's string ensmeber got rave reviews after their musical offering last spring, and we invite them back by popular demand!  Details will come, but for now, please save the date!

Singing Ensembe:

We hope to have a vocal ensemble of treble singers (6th - 12th grades) sing at selected times this year.  This group will not meet on a weekly basis, but will meet after church on certain Sundays to prepare anthems.  Dates to follow!

 

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

We are already planning for the fall and we are looking for volunteers who would like an opportunity to use their gifts and be of service to St. Pauls.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO:

* work on some Bible skits

* assist in teaching Children's Chapel or one of the children's Sunday School classes

* teach an adult Sunday school class

* work on a Sudan/Marc Nikkel school project

* work on a series about Lynchburg's Black history

* work with Jr. Daughters of the King

* work with our youth

* work on the Millennium Development Goals porjects

* host a popcorn and theology movie night at their home

* serve on a committee for a Discovery Weekend

Do any of these things interest you? If so, please contact Barbara Boothe at baboothe@yahoo.com or call 239-1568.

 

SUNDAY SCHOOL GRADES:

Beginners: Age 3 to Kindergarten

Primary: Grades 1st to 3rd

Junior: Grades 4th and 5th

Children's Chapel: Ages 3 - Grade 2 - Year Round

Youth: Grades 6 - 12

 

 

EVERY WEEK......

Sundays during the 10:30 am Eucharist - Children's Chapel

Mondays -  The St. Paul's Hand Bell Choir:  rehearsals begin September 15th from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.  (new date/time)

Tuesdays - The St. Paul's Choristers, a choir for first graders through fifth graders, will rehearse starting Tuesday, October 28th through Tuesday, December 2nd, from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.  The Choristers will sing in church at our annual Advent Lessons and Carols, Sunday, December 7th.  

Wednesdays - 11:45am (every 3rd Wednesday) Lunch at Wesminster Canterbury

Thursdays - St. Paul's Choir rehearsal starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Choir Room.  (Please use the ground floor alley door.)

ST. PAUL'S BAZAAR!

Saturday, November 22, 2008  --  10:00-1:00! Mark your calendars!  This church-wide endeavor has generated gifts of well over $30,000 in recent years for local outreach programs. We don't want it to be a project of just a few - but of many - parishioners! PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE FALL TO VOLUNTEER - WE WANT TO PLAN EARLY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ALL! A sampling of the committees to be organized is as follows:

*Hermit Cake Committee

*Twice-Baked Potatoes Committee

*Thanksgiving/Christmas Goodies Committee

*Jams, Jellies and Pickle Committee

*Casseroles Committee

*Crafts Committee

*Greens Committee

*Brunch Committee

If you would like to  be part of a particular committee, please contact Dea Vermilya (386-5276; trains23@aol.com) or Rebecca McVeigh (384-3125; rebmcveigh@comcast.net).  Please consider volunteering some of your time to this fun and rewarding project.

NEEDED: Real canning jars - pint or quart size; and glass mayonnaise jars

Volunteers Needed!

Interfaith Outreach needs some extra hands willing and able to pick up furniture that is donated to the IOA. It's spring cleaning time and they are getting more calls than they are able to handle! This can be done either on a Saturday or a weekday. Please call 846-6098 if you have a few hours and muscles to spare.

LAY MINISTRIES

Are you interested in serving as a Lay Reader, Chalice Bearer, Lay Eucharist Minister, Oblation Bearer, Usher, Alter Guild Member, or Flower Committee Member? If so, please let us know by calling the Parish Office and clergy at 845-7301 or by email to stpaulslynchburg@yahoo.com if you'd like to speak to someone about these ministries and their responsibilities.

Coffee Hour Host/Hostesses

Would you like to be a host or hostess one Sunday? Responsibilities include baking cookies, making coffee, making and serving punch, and cleaning up. That's it! Please contact the Parish office or Robin Burge if you'd like to help out in 2008!

 

On Going Fellowship Opportunities:

Knitting Ministry

Daughters of the King and Junior DOK

Coffee Hour following 10:30 a.m. services

 

Support Groups meet in the Carriage House at St. Paul's (open to the public)

NA: Tuesdays-8:00-9:00 p.m., Thursdays-8:00-9:00 p.m., Saturdays-8:00-9:00 p.m.

Overeaters Anonymous: Saturdays-9:00-10:00 a.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous: Saturdays-1:00-2:00 p.m.