Announcements
Church School - Next week kids in Pre-K – K will learn about baby Jesus. Kids in grades 1-5 will learn about the birth of Jesus through rotations in cooking and Bible games. Make sure to pick up the latest Advent devotional! Copies available in the church.
Youth Group - Youth Group meets today, 12/16, for a bowling and pizza party! We will meet from 3-5 p.m. at Wallingford Bowl (980 N. Colony Road). RSVP to Miss Frances if you are interested in joining us! In January we will meet on January 6th and 20th.
January Newsletter deadline this Tuesday, December 18. Please have your articles into the parish office as soon as possible. Thank you!
Offering Envelopes for 2019 are available on the tables in the back of the sanctuary. All boxes are labeled and in alphabetical order. Please pick up your box. If there is not a box with your name on it, please contact the parish office.
Church Open during Advent the Church will be open for Prayer and Reflection Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Please see Gene Gervais to sign up.
Lighting the Advent candles – One of the ways we mark the four expectant weeks of Advent is by lighting the candles on the Advent wreath week by week. If you would like to do this during one of the four weeks of Advent, please contact the Rector at 203-269-5050 or rector@stpaulswallingford.org. Single folks, empty-nesters and families welcome! The remaining Sunday of Advent is December 23. Thank you to Jane Smith (8:00) and Thomas & Ryan Rich (9:30) for lighting today’s candles.
Welcome to the Prayer Post -- Use the post-it notes and markers by the easel at the Main Street entrance to keep a beautiful cycle of prayer flowing. Simply post a prayer request when you need to and/or take home a prayer request when you can. It’s that simple – and profound. Thank you!
“Do Nothing Advent” – Exciting “program” for Advent! Meet in the chapel next Wednesday, December 19th at 7:00 PM. In quiet and candlelight, we’ll simply soak in the season. Let’s make a little space in our lives to remember that the One for whom we wait is with us all along. We’ll conclude with the brief service of Compline. Water for tea (to go or stay) will be on if you need to fortify yourself to face the December chill. See the Rector with any questions.
Christmas Flower Memorials– For those who wish to have Christmas flowers as memorials for loved ones, please have names and contributions in to the parish office by this Tuesday, December 18th. Suggested contributions are $25.
Coffee Hour Sign-Up - Thank you to everyone who hosted coffee hour this fall. A sign-up sheet for the winter months is posted on the easel in the back of the church. Please help warm up our parishioners this winter by hosting a coffee hour after the 9:30 service. If you need help with making coffee or setting up, please call one of our coordinators: Sharon Rogalski (203-248-0606), George Swenson (203-265-5557) or George Richardson (203-269-1071). Also, we have established a fund to help defray the cost of goodies. Please see Jennifer in the office for assistance.
Adult Forum: Advent Reflections -The Adult Forum will meet Sunday 12/9 and 12/16 to discuss thoughtful sermons on Advent written by Reverend Peter Gomes. Rev. Gomes was a world-renowned preacher who served as minister of Memorial Church at Harvard for forty years, and the sermons are sure to prompt lively discussion and new ways to think about the season of Advent. If you do not normally attend the Forum and would like a copy of the sermons, please contact Amy Foster at afoster@choate.edu or 203-675-4657. The Forum meets on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am in Wilkinson Hall—all are welcome!
The Parish Office will be closed December 24-December 26 for the Christmas holiday, reopening Thursday December 27.
Moving on up for 2019! – A hearty thank you to everyone who has turned in a pledge form for 2019, and an extra-special thanks to those who heeded the call to “move up” a step in your monetary gifts to support God’s mission here. Even an extra $5 a week makes a big difference and would help us move toward eliminating the draw from our General Fund endowment. If you’ve not already done so, please place your form in today’s offering or drop it off in the office during the week. Pledge forms are available at each entrance, or pledge online at stpaulswallingford.org. We encourage you to see if your employer offers Matching Gifts. Please contact the parish office for more information on how we can arrange for St. Paul’s to be the beneficiary. THANK YOU!
Wallingford Emergency Shelter – Schedules for Dec. and Jan. are now posted in the back. The St. Paul’s community will again be serving the evening meal on Sunday nights and will also be making and providing the food during Choate shutdowns. If you have not been involved before and would like to know more about this opportunity you can contact Trudy Guth @203-284-2665 or tguth@snet.net or just sign-up and I will get in touch with you. The serving time commitment is 5:30 pm-7 pm.
Community Dinner – Donations and volunteers are needed for God’s Community Dinner sponsored by Wallingford Community Dinners and First Congregational Church of Wallingford. On Christmas Day from 10:00 am-2:00 pm all are welcome to celebrate the holidays at the First Congregational Church. Meals will be delivered to those that are homebound. Please call (203) 514-8883 for more information on how to help.
Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration – The Aging and Life Planning Ministry is preparing an event for couples married fifty years or more, to take place on Sunday May 19, 2019 at Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT. If you were married on or before December 21, 1969, please contact the parish office before January 2, 2019, so you can be included.
Season of Giving – This is the time of year when many of us make charitable contributions. Please remember your parish home as you do so. It’s also the time to catch up with our pledges for the year. Thank you.
Church School - Next week kids in Pre-K – K will learn about baby Jesus. Kids in grades 1-5 will learn about the birth of Jesus through rotations in cooking and Bible games. Make sure to pick up the latest Advent devotional! Copies available in the church.
Youth Group - Youth Group meets today, 12/16, for a bowling and pizza party! We will meet from 3-5 p.m. at Wallingford Bowl (980 N. Colony Road). RSVP to Miss Frances if you are interested in joining us! In January we will meet on January 6th and 20th.
January Newsletter deadline this Tuesday, December 18. Please have your articles into the parish office as soon as possible. Thank you!
Offering Envelopes for 2019 are available on the tables in the back of the sanctuary. All boxes are labeled and in alphabetical order. Please pick up your box. If there is not a box with your name on it, please contact the parish office.
Church Open during Advent the Church will be open for Prayer and Reflection Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Please see Gene Gervais to sign up.
Lighting the Advent candles – One of the ways we mark the four expectant weeks of Advent is by lighting the candles on the Advent wreath week by week. If you would like to do this during one of the four weeks of Advent, please contact the Rector at 203-269-5050 or rector@stpaulswallingford.org. Single folks, empty-nesters and families welcome! The remaining Sunday of Advent is December 23. Thank you to Jane Smith (8:00) and Thomas & Ryan Rich (9:30) for lighting today’s candles.
Welcome to the Prayer Post -- Use the post-it notes and markers by the easel at the Main Street entrance to keep a beautiful cycle of prayer flowing. Simply post a prayer request when you need to and/or take home a prayer request when you can. It’s that simple – and profound. Thank you!
“Do Nothing Advent” – Exciting “program” for Advent! Meet in the chapel next Wednesday, December 19th at 7:00 PM. In quiet and candlelight, we’ll simply soak in the season. Let’s make a little space in our lives to remember that the One for whom we wait is with us all along. We’ll conclude with the brief service of Compline. Water for tea (to go or stay) will be on if you need to fortify yourself to face the December chill. See the Rector with any questions.
Christmas Flower Memorials– For those who wish to have Christmas flowers as memorials for loved ones, please have names and contributions in to the parish office by this Tuesday, December 18th. Suggested contributions are $25.
Coffee Hour Sign-Up - Thank you to everyone who hosted coffee hour this fall. A sign-up sheet for the winter months is posted on the easel in the back of the church. Please help warm up our parishioners this winter by hosting a coffee hour after the 9:30 service. If you need help with making coffee or setting up, please call one of our coordinators: Sharon Rogalski (203-248-0606), George Swenson (203-265-5557) or George Richardson (203-269-1071). Also, we have established a fund to help defray the cost of goodies. Please see Jennifer in the office for assistance.
Adult Forum: Advent Reflections -The Adult Forum will meet Sunday 12/9 and 12/16 to discuss thoughtful sermons on Advent written by Reverend Peter Gomes. Rev. Gomes was a world-renowned preacher who served as minister of Memorial Church at Harvard for forty years, and the sermons are sure to prompt lively discussion and new ways to think about the season of Advent. If you do not normally attend the Forum and would like a copy of the sermons, please contact Amy Foster at afoster@choate.edu or 203-675-4657. The Forum meets on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am in Wilkinson Hall—all are welcome!
The Parish Office will be closed December 24-December 26 for the Christmas holiday, reopening Thursday December 27.
Moving on up for 2019! – A hearty thank you to everyone who has turned in a pledge form for 2019, and an extra-special thanks to those who heeded the call to “move up” a step in your monetary gifts to support God’s mission here. Even an extra $5 a week makes a big difference and would help us move toward eliminating the draw from our General Fund endowment. If you’ve not already done so, please place your form in today’s offering or drop it off in the office during the week. Pledge forms are available at each entrance, or pledge online at stpaulswallingford.org. We encourage you to see if your employer offers Matching Gifts. Please contact the parish office for more information on how we can arrange for St. Paul’s to be the beneficiary. THANK YOU!
Wallingford Emergency Shelter – Schedules for Dec. and Jan. are now posted in the back. The St. Paul’s community will again be serving the evening meal on Sunday nights and will also be making and providing the food during Choate shutdowns. If you have not been involved before and would like to know more about this opportunity you can contact Trudy Guth @203-284-2665 or tguth@snet.net or just sign-up and I will get in touch with you. The serving time commitment is 5:30 pm-7 pm.
Community Dinner – Donations and volunteers are needed for God’s Community Dinner sponsored by Wallingford Community Dinners and First Congregational Church of Wallingford. On Christmas Day from 10:00 am-2:00 pm all are welcome to celebrate the holidays at the First Congregational Church. Meals will be delivered to those that are homebound. Please call (203) 514-8883 for more information on how to help.
Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration – The Aging and Life Planning Ministry is preparing an event for couples married fifty years or more, to take place on Sunday May 19, 2019 at Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT. If you were married on or before December 21, 1969, please contact the parish office before January 2, 2019, so you can be included.
Season of Giving – This is the time of year when many of us make charitable contributions. Please remember your parish home as you do so. It’s also the time to catch up with our pledges for the year. Thank you.