This Week at St. Paul's

So far, we are only about a quarter of the way to our paper recycling goal for April, and we're most of the way through the month. Please, if you have any papers, junk mail, etc., bring it by, and drop it in the Paper Retriever bin in the back of the parking lot. Magazines & catalogs are especially great, since they're heavy, and our progress towards our goal is measured by weight. So if you have a "paper collection" that's been building up, THIS IS THE TIME TO BRING IT IN!!! Thank you!!!!!

St. Martha's Annual Flower Sale - Now underway!

Beautify your home
(or that of someone close to you)
and be a part of St. Paul's Christian outreach.

St. Martha's Guild is taking orders for beautiful annual plants and pots from Thompson's Greenhouse. Available are...

Geraniums - still $25.00 per dozen 4½" pots; $2.50 per single; 10" pots $12.00
10" Hanging Baskets - $18.00 or 2 for $35.00; single, double and New Guinea Impatiens, Fuchsia, Million Bells, Ivy Geraniums, and NEW THIS YEAR: Boston Ferns, multi-colored Lantana and Dragon-Wing Begonias
12" Mixed Hanging Baskets - $20.00 - include geranium with assorted other plants and trailing accents (ordered by color of geranium)
12" Square Mixed Planters - $20.00 - include geraniums with assorted other plants and trailing accents (ordered by color of geranium)
NEW! 8" Square Mixed Pots - $12.00 - one geranium with assorted accents and vines
NEW! 12" Dahlia pots - $15.00
Deep Pink Mandevilla Vines (with trellis) - $18.00
Vouchers - available at $10.00 and good for $10.00 on purchases at Thompson's Greenhouse for those who like to pick out their favorites or prefer something new or unusual.

Color choices are posted on the bulletin board at church and listed on the order forms available at church. A sign-up table will be available at church and orders will be taken from April 11 - May 9. (Payment on ordering is preferred.) Pick-up is Thursday, May 13, 1-7 p.m.

Any questions? Call Marilyn Brady at 626-5503.

Upcoming Youth Events

April 25 - 11:30 am - Youth Group meeting

Camp: Applications for the Diocesan youth camps are now available!!! There are 3 different sessions available, depending on grade level. Pastor Vicki will be on the staff of Junior High camp this year, and Liz (our secretary) will be on the staff on Senior High camp. See Pastor Vicki or Andrea for more information or to get an application.

ECW Chinese Auction/Theme Basket event

Our annual Chinese Auction & Theme Basket event will take place on Saturday, April 24, from 12 noon to 3:00 pm. As always, we hope you will attend, as it is our major fundraiser for the year.

Thank you!

Theology 101 - BEGINS TONIGHT!!!

An introduction to theology - literally the study of God - how we approach talking about God and how God interacts with all of us - this is a 5 week series beginning on Thursday April 22. The class will run from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and if you can't join us in person we will video tape the class and post it to the church's Facebook pageand allow further discussion there.

April 25 Focus Groups - THIS SUNDAY!!!

Plan to join the April 25th Coffee Hour Focus Groups!

We will spend no more than 1 hour to review our life here at St. Paul's. Our input will be recorded and then given to the Vestry to use at their planning and visioning retreat on May 7th and 8th. The questions to be discussed are:

What are 3 things that are going well at St. Paul's?
What are 3 things that would improve your Christian experience at St. Paul's?
Our pledge income only covers about 48% of our expenses. Much of the remaining income comes from our endowments. What are your suggestions for how we can increase pledge income by 5% or more in our next Stewardship campaign?

We NEED your help; we promise to keep it short and fun; and we will have delicious bagels and cream cheese!!!!! Nursery care and a video for the older kids will be available.

Community Carnival - May 1

Join us for our Community Carnival on Saturday, May 1, from 1-5 pm. We'll have a bounce house, food, games, and lots of fun!!! We hope to see you there.

Soul's Desire coming to St. Paul's

Soul's Desire, a Christian band from Hamilton, Ontario will provide our worship music during the 10AM service on May 2nd. They ignite worship with an infusion of current worship music and a fresh look at traditional hymns. The four members, all secular professionals, share a passion for worship and a desire to express their faith in song. They will be setting up and rehearsing on Sat afternoon so if you are here for the carnival, stop in and get an advance preview!

Submissions for "This Week"

If you have information to submit for this newsletter, please send it to Liz at paulspals@gmail.com, no later than 9 am on Wednesday of the week in which you would like it to appear. Thanks!