Kids, parents and friends - Come on down to the alleys for St. Paul's annual Sunday afternoon bowling at the Transit Lanes (7850 Transit Road) from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm on Sunday March 27, 2011.  For a low price of $13 a person, you will get your shoes, have 1 1/2 hours of bowling fun, and snack on a slice of pizza and soda.  Not up to bowling?   Watching (but not laughing) is also allowed. See Ron Stefanski to make reservations and prepayment.

• Tour the diocesan offices
• Explore the ministry center
• See the transformation
• Help vision for the future

We are offering a service of Evening Prayer on Wednesday evenings in Lent.  Evening Prayer is one of the services that make up what is known as the Daily Office.  It is a service of Psalms, Scripture and Prayer.  The service will be Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m.  The Wednesdays are March 23 & 30 and April 6, & 13.  We will also have an Evening Prayer service the Wednesday of Holy Week - April 20.

For our education offering this year we will be using Brian McLaren's book A New Kind of Christianity.  Brian McLaren is one of the most insightful thinkers about Christianity and the issues it is facing in this time.  The book explores the challenges and opportunities faced by Christians and churches as the world around us changes.  The book is both challenging and interesting and raises a lot of questions for all of us.  You do not have to buy the book to participate in the class.  If you want to buy the book, we encourage you to follow the link from St. Paul's web-site to Amazon.com to buy it - that gives the church a little bit of your purchase price back.

We will work through one chapter of the book each week.  The program will consist of a brief presentation on the chapter and then a conversation about the issues raised in the chapter.  There will be four ways to participate in the Lent Program -

· Wednesday Evenings from 6:30 - 7 p.m. - March 23,& 30 and April 6, & 13

· Sunday Mornings from 9:15 -9:45 a.m. - March 20, 27 & April 3 & 10

· Saturday Afternoons from 3:30 - 4 p.m. at Tully's at the corner of Transit & Main - March 19, 26 & April 2 & 9

· Or check Pastor Vicki's blog every Monday for the overview of the chapter and join the discussion there.  You can reach Pastor Vicki's blog from St. Paul's web-site.

The Buffalo Science Museum is hosting an exhibit on the books and movies of the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.  The books are alagories of the Christian life.  The movies have amazing special effects.

We are going to the exhibit on Sunday, April 10.  We will be leaving St. Paul's at 1:15 and meeting up with Episcopalians from all over Western New York.  The cost of the exhibit is $8 for adults and $7 for children.  Let Pastor Vicki know if you would like to go - so we don't leave you behind.

It's time to clean up the church  for Holy Week - and for the visit of our new Bishop.  We will gather at 9 a.m. Saturday April 16 and clean up the church inside and out - we will work until we are done or until 2 p.m. which ever comes first.  There is a sign up sheet in the parish hall with two lists - one for those who are able to come and help and one for thing that you've noticed that need to be done around the church.  This is a BYOB event - Bring your own bucket.  Help make our church shine for Holy Week.

The St. Paul's Youth will have their second annual Maundy Thursday Lock-in on this year.  The lock-in will feature a combination of spiritual and recreational activities - in other words it should be an evening of meaningful fun. 

• All youth grades 7 - 12 are invited and you are invited to bring your friends.
• The Lock-in will start at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday April 21 and end at 8 a.m. on Friday April 22.
• See the youth bulletin board for an info/registration form.

We will have an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday April 23 at 3:30 p.m.  The Easter Egg Hunt is free and open to any child grades 5 and below.  We will have separate sections for younger and older kids.  Bring your friends and neighbors and come along.  Rain location is the Parish Hall.