This Week at St. Paul's

Fr. Jack Birdsall

Fr. Jack is home from the hospital, but still is very weak. Over the next few weeks his family will need help with grocery shopping and other errands. If you can help please let the office (632-2881) know what days and times you are available.

Serving this week

8:00

10:00

Mona Gaddis
Chalice
Adel Borsick

Upcoming Events

Saturday, 8/22 - All Day - Vestry Retreat with Pastor Vicki

Sunday, 8/23 - 12:00 noon - Deanery Picnic at Marilla Town Park

Sunday, 8/23 - 5:30 p.m. - Youth Group Picnic with Pastor Vicki

Sunday, 8/30 - 4:00 p.m. - Backpack Blessing

Monday, 9/7 - Labor Day - OFFICE CLOSED

Sunday, 9/13 - 10:00 a.m. - Sunday School Opening/Kick-off Celebration

Friday, 9/18 - 6:30 p.m. - Pastor Vicki's Installation with Bishop Michael

You're on vacation, but the church isn't!

St. Paul's bills continue into the summer. Please make sure that your pledge is up to date. Thank you!

This Week at St. Paul's

This is our first weekly e-news from St. Paul's. We promise not to overload your e-mail with information. Generally you should look for a "This Week at St. Paul's" to arrive in your in box on Thursdays. Let us know what you think.

Funeral for John Hout

John Hout died suddenly last night (August 12). Funeral arrangements are pending. We'll send a special edition of this newsletter when we know the details. Please keep Audrey in your prayers.

Backpack Blessing

As hard as it is to believe, school is starting soon. In order to start the year off right, all students & teachers are invited to bring your backpacks to St. Paul's on August 30 at 4:00 p.m. for a service of blessing.

Please invite any children or teachers you know

We are also collecting school supplies for need children in our community, please bring your donations to church or to the service

St. Paul's Youth Picnic

There will be a picnic for all youth entering grades 7 -12 with Andrea and Pastor Vicki. Sunday August 23 at 5:30 p.m. at Church. Bring your appetite, your energy and your ideas

Diocesan Disaster Response

As you know there has been a great deal of flooding in the the Southern tier. Three churches were flooded. St. Alban's, Silver Creek, St. Mary's, Gowanda and Holy Communion, Lakeview.

St. Paul's has committed to paying for the dry cleaning of vestments and paraments for those congregations. We anticipate that amount to be around $300. If you'd like to contribute to that please write a check to St. Paul's and mark it flood relief.

In addition the Diocese is collecting funds and the names of people willing to help.

Donations to the fund may be earmarked in one of two ways:

To aid families and individuals in the affected communities

To help defray clean up and restoration costs not covered by flood insurance that are incurred by our churches.

To donate to this fund, write a check payable to "Episcopal Diocese of Western New York." please designate either "Community Needs" or "Church Needs." Also, please note the name of the congregation to which you belong below the memo line. Checks may be mailed to: Episcopal Diocese of WNY, 1114 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209.

To make an online donation, have your credit card handy and go to www.episcopalwny.org/donate. Select "Special Event" from the drop down menu and type "Disaster-Community" or "Disaster-Churches" in the first textbox.

If you want to volunteer to help, please email your name, address, phone number, email address and parish name to communication@episcopalwny.org. Those who submit their names will be kept informed as more information becomes available.