This Week at St. Paul's

Serving this week

front of church

October 11
8:00

Christopher Rowan

Andrew Weinberg

St. Paul's Wants You ...

.... to be an acolyte.

We are looking for both adult and youth acolytes this year.

Training for youth (4th grade & up)

10/18 after the 10:00 service

Acolyte Installation

11/1 at 10 a.m.

If you are interested in being an acolyte (youth or adult), see Jean Stefanski or Pastor Vicki.

Upcoming Events

Youth Group - after 10 a.m.

Stewardship Sunday

Youth acolyte training

1:30 - youth commission

3:00 Calvary Evensong Rehearsal

5:00 Calvary Evensong

St. Paul's - a place children want to be

One of the goals for this year is to make St. Paul's a place that children want to be.

Part of that is making St. Paul's a safe place for children.

Safe Church training is being offered on Saturday November 21 from 10 to 3 at St. Peter's Eggertsville.

Pastor Vicki will be going. If you'd like to attend please let her know.

What are your kids doing?

Pastor Vicki would like to support the kids of St. Paul's by attending their games, concerts, science fairs etc...

Please let her know when things are coming up. (paulsrector@gmail.com)

The more notice she has the more likely she is to be able to come.

This Week at St. Paul's

We had a good time watching football and blessing animals last weekend. Check out the video of the animal blessing on Pastor Vicki's blog

A couple of pastoral care notes: Ted Boynton had hip replacement surgery yesterday he will be recovering in the hospital and then at Elderwood Care Center - Oakwood.

Sue Petherick has been in the hospital - she should be coming home today, but for the next two weeks will be rebuilding her immune system - so she shouldn't have visitors, or fresh flowers or fruit - cards are a great way to let her know you are thinking of her.

Please keep Sue and Ted in your prayers.

United Thank Offering - Ingathering Sunday

Long time Episcopalians are familiar with the blue boxes of the United Thank Offering. For newer Episcopalians, United Thank Offering is a way to show your thankfulness for your blessings while helping others.

The ingathering will be this Sunday, October 11. If you have a blue box, bring it in. If not, bring a contribution marked "United Thank Offering" and put it in the offering plate. There will envelopes provided for the UTO in the bulletins this week.

You can learn more about UTO here

Ride your bike - and help St. Paul's

St. Paul's is having a bike-a-thon on October 10.

Ward Caldbick is organizing the bike-a-thon. Contact him at wcaldbick@hotmail.com for more information or to offer to help.

October 18 - all kinds of things are happening

hot dog

October 18 is ...

... Stewardship Sunday: Bring your pledge card (if you haven't already mailed it in)

... Hot Dog Sunday: Stay and have hot dogs with our Church School children

... Diocesan Youth Commission meeting. Vicki and Andrea are going, leaving St. Paul's at 1:30 - any 7th - 12th grade youth is welcome to come

... Evensong at Calvary at 5 p.m. Attend the service at 5, but if you'd like to sing (all are invited) practice is at 3 p.m.

Youth Events

Happening - a retreat run by high school youth for high school youth. The fall weekend is November 13 -15. The spring weekend is April 16 -18. If you'd like to go on the fall weekend let Vicki or Andrea know ASAP

St. Paul's Youth - October 11 & 25 from 11:30 to 2 - Planning for the Haunted House

All Saints' Sunday November 1 - Is a youth Sunday. No Sunday school, the young people will lead much of the 10 a.m. service (including writing the litany of the Saints)

Eastern Erie Deanery Youth - November 7 - Youth group for grades 5 - 8. Meet at St. Paul's at 2:30 p.m for a progressive dinner and video scavenger hunt. Bring a digital camera (and the cord to connect it to the computer)

Sermons are now on the website

We have started putting an MP3 of the sermon on St. Paul's website. On the first page of the web-site is a link to last week's sermon. It should play on most computers and media players. Check it here

Halloween Party

pumpkin

We are reviving the tradition of the St. Paul's Halloween Party. It will be Friday October 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. The Youth Group is hosting a haunted house. The Sunday School teachers are planning some games, the Parish Life committee is organizing the food and the parking for the Trunk or Treat.

We need a few more people to plan some games. We also need people to bring food and to participate in Trunk or Treat.

If you'd like to help the youth group with the haunted house, contact Andrea Brown at andrealtbrown@gmail.com.

If you'd be willing to plan and run a game, contact Mona Gaddis at megaddis@verizon.net. Mona won't be able to actually be at the party, because Diocesan Convention is the same day. So if you'd be willing to be the games coordinator, let her know that too.

If you'd be willing to help with food or trunk or treat contact Mary McCall at mary@nightflax.com.

If you'd be willing to help publicize the event in the wider community contact Pastor Vicki at paulsrector@gmail.com.

Kate Macke has agreed to be the over-all coordinator - she will earn a special place in heaven for that, if you'd like to help coordinate contact her at kmacke@azerty.com.

If you want a great parking spot, plan on decorating your trunk and bringing treats for the kids, because Trunk or Treat participants get the best spots.

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