All events for next week are subject to change.
Thank you for your prayers, patience and perseverance during this time.
Thank you for your prayers, patience and perseverance during this time.
The Way of Love: Following Jesus & Changing the World – This week’s word is: TURN which in The Way of Love invites us to pause, listen, and choose to follow Jesus. In John’s Gospel Jesus gives the disciples a new commandment to love one another. By loving one another, others will know that we are Jesus’ disciples in our time. Let us turn toward this new commandment and love one another with all our heart and mind and strength.
Rector’s Sabbatical - We are delighted to have the Rev. Linda Spiers with us on Sundays and for pastoral emergencies during the Rector’s Sabbatical. She and Senior Warden Amy Foster and Junior Warden Tammy Napoli will be working closely with our staff. In case of emergency, please call the parish office at 203-269-5050. This number will be checked on a daily basis, including the weekend. The Rector returns to St. Paul’s for Sunday, July 3.
Thank you to all helping lead today’s worship: – Helen Stowe (8:00 crucifer & reader), Donna Regan (8:00 intercessor), Betty Long (9:30 crucifer), Ted Hartsoe (9:30 reader), Kristin Liu (9:30 intercessor) and the Tech Team for tech support.
Worship Leaders still needed - We’re continuing our use of Sign-up Genius to help efficiently schedule folks to serve in the Sunday liturgy. (You know your schedule best!) Please find the links below and sign up generously. Or, if you prefer, call Jen Parsons in the parish office to arrange for her to sign you up for the appropriate role and date. Thank you! Sign up here: Sunday Worship: Season of Eastertide AND Sunday Worship: Season after Pentecost
Regathering Update – With COVID rates once again ticking back up, out of courtesy and care for all, we do encourage wearing face masks particularly while singing and coming forward for communion. Let’s do everything in our power to help avoid yet another COVID-19 spike. Thank you.
Coffee Hour TODAY! - Please join us for coffee hour today following the 9:30 service. We hope to continue coffee hour through June and invite you to host a week. Please sign-up on the easel at the back of the church. On weeks where no one signs up, we will not have coffee hour.
Lawn Brigade seeking help - The St. Paul’s lawn brigade crew is seeking additional volunteers for lawn mowing and light grounds' maintenance. As we transition to electronic scheduling, we are asking all volunteers past and future, to contact the office with updated phone or email info. Thanks!!
Morning Prayer - Helen Stowe will be leading a short Morning Prayer service every Thursday at 7:30 a.m. until Pentecost. Please contact the office to get the zoom link.
Memorial Flower Fund - We will once again begin to schedule memorial flowers for the altar starting June 5th and going forward until the first week of Advent, November 27th. We will not have flowers on the altar during Advent. If you would like to have flowers placed on the altar in memory of someone, or in thanksgiving for a special occasion, please submit your request on the form provided indicating the names of those to be remembered and the date of the Sunday on which you wish the flowers to be on the altar. A $40.00 contribution for each date is suggested. Forms are on the tables at the side and front entrances. Checks for these memorials should be made payable to “St. Paul’s Memorial Flower Fund” and submitted to the church office.
Church School – Today we complete our final rotation of the church school year, “Love Is . . .” Kids will learn about the Apostle Paul and his continuation of Jesus’s ministry after Jesus’s resurrection. Today is the final day of church school for the school year. Please join us for ice cream sundaes at coffee hour to celebrate! Also, be sure to pick up your copy of the special summer devotional, “Great and Small,” available to families.
Youth Group – Our final meeting of the school year will be today, May 15th. We will be going on a hike and topping it off with s’mores! Contact Miss Frances if you would like to join us.
Calling all soon-to-be graduates! - Will your child be graduating from high school or college this spring? Please email the details to Miss Frances or call the church office. We look forward to honoring them at our graduation commemoration on June 19th at the 9:30 a.m. service. Thank you!
Help Ukrainian Families - As we pray for an end to violence and for those fleeing Ukraine, please also pray for Episcopal Relief & Development and other ecumenical agencies working to respond to the current crisis. Specific needs will change as the crisis evolves. As of right now, there is a need for cash, blankets and hygiene supplies. Please consider partnering with Episcopal Relief & Development in this response. Visit episcopalrelief.org for more information.
Adult Forum: An Altar in the World - This spring the Adult Forum will read and discuss Barbara Brown Taylor’s book An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith. As it says on the book’s front cover; “Taylor reveals meaningful ways to discover the sacred in the small things we do and see, from simple practices such as walking, work, and prayer…Through Taylor’s expert guidance and delicate, thought-provoking prose, we learn to live with purpose, pay attention, slow down, and practice reverence.” The Forum meets via Zoom on Wednesday nights from 7 to 8 p.m. If you are interested in joining in, contact the church office.
Bishop Transition Committee Announces Meet & Greets -The Final Slate of Nominees for the Bishop XVI Diocesan of ECCT was announced on Tuesday with Committee Nominees: the Rev. Glenna Huber, the Rev. Jeffrey Mello, the Very Rev. Kate Moorehead, the Rev. Canon Tanya Wallace; and Petition Nominee: the Rev. Whitney Altopp. Please continue to pray for them by name. The Meet and Greet Gatherings were completed on May 14, and links to recordings of the gatherings can be found on the BTC website. The ECCT Special Election Convention is on Saturday, May 21, at the Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford. St. Paul’s will be represented by our ECCT delegates, Patti Cullen and Brian Sahlin, who were re-elected to their positions at our February 27 Annual Meeting.
ECCT Bus Trip to Moral March on Washington Registration Open - On June 18, people from across the country will gather in Washington, D.C. to join Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March. Travel by bus with the Episcopal Church in Connecticut to the March in D.C., to nonviolently disrupt, protest, shake up, and alter the direction of our nation towards love, truth, justice and equal protection under the law Register here.
Parish Office Hours -The Parish office will be open to the public on Wednesdays 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (and by appointment). Wearing face masks will be required while visiting the office. As always, you can reach the office at (203) 269-5050 or contact here.
Rector’s Sabbatical - We are delighted to have the Rev. Linda Spiers with us on Sundays and for pastoral emergencies during the Rector’s Sabbatical. She and Senior Warden Amy Foster and Junior Warden Tammy Napoli will be working closely with our staff. In case of emergency, please call the parish office at 203-269-5050. This number will be checked on a daily basis, including the weekend. The Rector returns to St. Paul’s for Sunday, July 3.
Thank you to all helping lead today’s worship: – Helen Stowe (8:00 crucifer & reader), Donna Regan (8:00 intercessor), Betty Long (9:30 crucifer), Ted Hartsoe (9:30 reader), Kristin Liu (9:30 intercessor) and the Tech Team for tech support.
Worship Leaders still needed - We’re continuing our use of Sign-up Genius to help efficiently schedule folks to serve in the Sunday liturgy. (You know your schedule best!) Please find the links below and sign up generously. Or, if you prefer, call Jen Parsons in the parish office to arrange for her to sign you up for the appropriate role and date. Thank you! Sign up here: Sunday Worship: Season of Eastertide AND Sunday Worship: Season after Pentecost
Regathering Update – With COVID rates once again ticking back up, out of courtesy and care for all, we do encourage wearing face masks particularly while singing and coming forward for communion. Let’s do everything in our power to help avoid yet another COVID-19 spike. Thank you.
Coffee Hour TODAY! - Please join us for coffee hour today following the 9:30 service. We hope to continue coffee hour through June and invite you to host a week. Please sign-up on the easel at the back of the church. On weeks where no one signs up, we will not have coffee hour.
Lawn Brigade seeking help - The St. Paul’s lawn brigade crew is seeking additional volunteers for lawn mowing and light grounds' maintenance. As we transition to electronic scheduling, we are asking all volunteers past and future, to contact the office with updated phone or email info. Thanks!!
Morning Prayer - Helen Stowe will be leading a short Morning Prayer service every Thursday at 7:30 a.m. until Pentecost. Please contact the office to get the zoom link.
Memorial Flower Fund - We will once again begin to schedule memorial flowers for the altar starting June 5th and going forward until the first week of Advent, November 27th. We will not have flowers on the altar during Advent. If you would like to have flowers placed on the altar in memory of someone, or in thanksgiving for a special occasion, please submit your request on the form provided indicating the names of those to be remembered and the date of the Sunday on which you wish the flowers to be on the altar. A $40.00 contribution for each date is suggested. Forms are on the tables at the side and front entrances. Checks for these memorials should be made payable to “St. Paul’s Memorial Flower Fund” and submitted to the church office.
Church School – Today we complete our final rotation of the church school year, “Love Is . . .” Kids will learn about the Apostle Paul and his continuation of Jesus’s ministry after Jesus’s resurrection. Today is the final day of church school for the school year. Please join us for ice cream sundaes at coffee hour to celebrate! Also, be sure to pick up your copy of the special summer devotional, “Great and Small,” available to families.
Youth Group – Our final meeting of the school year will be today, May 15th. We will be going on a hike and topping it off with s’mores! Contact Miss Frances if you would like to join us.
Calling all soon-to-be graduates! - Will your child be graduating from high school or college this spring? Please email the details to Miss Frances or call the church office. We look forward to honoring them at our graduation commemoration on June 19th at the 9:30 a.m. service. Thank you!
Help Ukrainian Families - As we pray for an end to violence and for those fleeing Ukraine, please also pray for Episcopal Relief & Development and other ecumenical agencies working to respond to the current crisis. Specific needs will change as the crisis evolves. As of right now, there is a need for cash, blankets and hygiene supplies. Please consider partnering with Episcopal Relief & Development in this response. Visit episcopalrelief.org for more information.
Adult Forum: An Altar in the World - This spring the Adult Forum will read and discuss Barbara Brown Taylor’s book An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith. As it says on the book’s front cover; “Taylor reveals meaningful ways to discover the sacred in the small things we do and see, from simple practices such as walking, work, and prayer…Through Taylor’s expert guidance and delicate, thought-provoking prose, we learn to live with purpose, pay attention, slow down, and practice reverence.” The Forum meets via Zoom on Wednesday nights from 7 to 8 p.m. If you are interested in joining in, contact the church office.
Bishop Transition Committee Announces Meet & Greets -The Final Slate of Nominees for the Bishop XVI Diocesan of ECCT was announced on Tuesday with Committee Nominees: the Rev. Glenna Huber, the Rev. Jeffrey Mello, the Very Rev. Kate Moorehead, the Rev. Canon Tanya Wallace; and Petition Nominee: the Rev. Whitney Altopp. Please continue to pray for them by name. The Meet and Greet Gatherings were completed on May 14, and links to recordings of the gatherings can be found on the BTC website. The ECCT Special Election Convention is on Saturday, May 21, at the Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford. St. Paul’s will be represented by our ECCT delegates, Patti Cullen and Brian Sahlin, who were re-elected to their positions at our February 27 Annual Meeting.
ECCT Bus Trip to Moral March on Washington Registration Open - On June 18, people from across the country will gather in Washington, D.C. to join Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March. Travel by bus with the Episcopal Church in Connecticut to the March in D.C., to nonviolently disrupt, protest, shake up, and alter the direction of our nation towards love, truth, justice and equal protection under the law Register here.
Parish Office Hours -The Parish office will be open to the public on Wednesdays 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (and by appointment). Wearing face masks will be required while visiting the office. As always, you can reach the office at (203) 269-5050 or contact here.
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