| This Sunday is one of our youth Sundays at St. Paul's. The children and youth will be taking some parts of the 10 a.m. service. So, have your children join you in church. |
| Halloween Party |
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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.
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Sunday School November Project
Is Operation Christmas Child, a program that sends shoe boxes full of small gifts to children in refuge camps, homeless shelters, and orphanages in the United States and all around the world.
You can help by picking up a brochure from the poster in the parish hall and pack a shoe box. Bring your shoe boxes to church on November 22. Or you can make a contribution to cover the cost of shipping. | |
Some Ways to Get Involved
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We are developing a group of "welcomers" to greet visitors to St.
Paul's and help them find their way and get to know us. Those
interested will be meeting in the parish hall on November 8 at 9:15
There will be a brief meeting of readers and chalice bearers (and
those interested in being a reader or chalice bearer) in the parish
hall at 9:15 on November 15.
We need a few more people to help with counting the Sunday
collection. Training will be provided. Send an e-mail to Steve
Anderson at andersonsp@roadrunner.com if you are interested.
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| Youth Events |
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). One or two drivers would be apprectiated |
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Flu Season is here |
The flu spreads most often by person to person contact, usually by someone touching a surface with the virus on it and then touching their eyes, nose or mouth. The best way to prevent the flu is to not touch your eyes, nose or mouth and to wash your hands.
We have put hand sanitizers in the pews for use after the peace, this will help prevent the spread of germs from person to person.
In regards to communion, the safest way to receive communion is from the common cup, the least safe way is for everyone to dip their wafer into the wine (intinction) or having the chalice bearer intinct the wafer and then put it in your mouth. Both of these methods increase the risk of transferring germs from person to person.
· If you are ill or fell uncomfortable receiving from the common cup - please receive only the bread
· Please do not intinct the wafer in the chalice
· Neither the Eucharistic Ministers nor the priest will place the wafer on your tongue, please receive the wafer in your hand.
The best ways to be safe during flu season are simple: If you are sick, please stay home. Wash your hands and use hand sanitizer. Get a flu shot.
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Don't Forget to Turn Your Clocks Back |
 Daylight Savings Time ends Saturday night. Remember to turn your clock back before you go to bed. (or you will turn up for the 10 o'clock service at 9 a.m.) |
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Theology on Tap |
We will be starting a program called "Theology on Tap" in November. Once a month we will gather in a place where we can have some beer (or soda) and snacks and discuss God, theology, the church and the world. It will be a casual gathering with the topics varying from month to month.
The first one will be Wednesday November 18 at 8:30 p.m. at the Clarence Grill on Main at Shisler. We will continue to gather on the third Wednesday of the month, with the time and the place being open to change as we see how it goes. |
