Word  Chalice

10:00

Ushers

Mona Gaddis

 

Trinity Food Pantry in Lancaster is seeking adult volunteers.

 

They need someone from 5:30 - 8 p.m. every other Wednesday to help with intake and food distribution.

 

Contact

Betsy Moll at 684-8269 if you are interested

 Friday, 9/18 - 6:30 p.m. - Pastor Vicki's Installation with Bishop Michael
 
Sunday, 9/20 -

after 10 a.m. service -   Meeting and training for adult acolytes

Training for adults

9/20 after the 10:00 service

 

Training for youth (4th grade & up)

10/18 after the 10:00 service

 

Acolyte Installation

11/1 at 10 a.m. 

 

Ministry Fair is an opportunity to celebrate the ministries of the church and for all of us to find out a little about all the things that are going on here at the church and that the church is doing out in the world (it's also a chance to get involved in a new ministry).
 
If you are the head of a ministry at St. Paul's, prepare a table display about your ministry and make sure you have someone to staff the table too.

The whole congreation will be gathering outside at 10 a.m. to start the Sunday School year with joy (and bubbles).

 

Children will return from Sunday School at the peace and remain with their families for the rest of the service.

 

All children are welcome, no pre-registration is necessary.

 

Mona Gaddis is still seeking a few teachers and some substitutes.  She can be reached at megaddis@verizon.net  

 

We will bless the rectory at 6:30 p.m. and start the service of Celebration at 6:45.  Please mark your calendars and plan to be there. 

 

Donna Leney is coordinating the reception and particularly needs desserts.  Contact her at dleney@verizon.net

 

Since St. Paul's is known as the church that children built, children will have a major role and they all are welcome. 

 

Blessing of the Animals - is a St. Francis' day tradition. We will bless all animals (live and stuffed) at 3 p.m. 

 

Clarence Walk for Meals on Wheela & Clarence Food Pantry   will end at St. Paul's at about 3 p.m. also.  It starts at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church at 1 p.m.  If you'd like to walk, get a sponsorship form from Pastor Vicki.  If you walk with your dog (and your cat if you can get it to walk on a leash), you can arrive just in time for the animal blessing.

 

If you'd like to help plan the event or bring food for the walkers and animal owners, please sign up in the parish hall.  A planning meeting will be at 9:15 in the library on September 13.

 

A group from St. Paul's went to Gowanda on August 29.  We spent the day moving some of the mud that the floods deposited in Gowanda.   The major need at the moment is money to hire earth moving equipment and people to use it. 

 

If you'd like to make a contribution to the effort the Diocesan website has the details about how to do that.

 

Speaking of donations.  St. Paul's collected $829.00 for disaster relief in August.  We sent $276.33 to the churches in Gowanda, Silver Creek and Lake View.  Gowanda and Silver Creek will use the money for dry cleaning and other incidental expenses incurred in cleaning up after the flood.  Lake View will use it towards more major building repair necessitated by repeated flooding.

 50 people gathered Sunday afternoon to bless the backpacks and the new school year.

 

We blessed school suplies, students and teachers.  We ate and had fun and most importantly, we collected enough supplies for more than 20 children to have complete sets of new supplies with lots left over.  Donated supplies went to Friends of the Night People in Buffalo, School 3 in Buffalo and several local families.

 

See video of some of the service and of Pastor Vicki and some of the children dancing.

 

Thank you to all who worked so hard to make the wonderful day happen.