This Week at St. Paul's - August 4, 2011

This coming week (Sunday, August 7 to Saturday, August 13), Pastor Vicki will be away at Junior High camp, followed by her vacation from Sunday, August 14 to Saturday, August 20, and time at a conference from Sunday, August 21 to Wednesday, August 24. She will be back in the office on Thursday, August 25.

Liz will be away from Thursday, August 11 to Monday, August 15. The office will be closed those days.

This Week's Hymns

Hymn 412- Was chosen by Bill Weisbeck, because it celebrates everyday miracles. "How cool!"

Hymn 645 - Was chosen by Christine Symons, for the Irish melody.

Safe Church Training - THIS SATURDAY!!

Safe Church Training will be offered at St. Paul's from 10 to Noon on Saturday August 6. This training is focused on how to make St. Paul's a safe place for our children. It is recommended for anyone who works with children or youth or who is in any leadership position. If you have taken the Diocesan Safe Church Training you do not need to attend. This does not meet the Diocesan requirements for Safe Church training - but it will cover the same information.

St. Peter's Lawn Sale - This Saturday!

St. Peter's, Eggertsville (205 Longmeadow) will hold a lawn sale this coming Saturday (August 6), from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. More information can be found HERE.

Deanery Picnic - THIS SUNDAY!!

The Eastern Erie Deanery Picnic will take place on Sunday, August 7, at noon at Stiglmeier Park in Cheektowaga. This event is a potluck, so please bring a dish to pass. There is no need to sign up ahead of time. Just bring yourselves, your dish, and your sense of fun. We hope to see you there!

Note: If you need directions from the church to the park, there are now flyers on the bulletin board in the "Diocese/Deanery" section. Please take one!

Diocesan-Wide 20s/30s Picnic - RSVP by August 15

The Cathedral is hosting a Diocesan-wide 20s & 30s picnic on Sunday, August 28, at 3:00 p.m. at Festival Park (215 Ohio St. in Buffalo). The Cathedral will provide food, drinks, and fun. Just bring yourself, your friends, and your kids. Please RSVP by Monday, August 15 to andrea.j.szymanski@gmail.com, or on the event page on their Facebook page: "20s30s St. Paul's Cathedral".

Duffers Outing - August 20

We will hold a Duffers Outing on Saturday, August 20. We will start our morning at 8:30 a.m.with breakfast at Helen's Kitchen in Transitown Plaza (Costs are your own for breakfast.)

At 10 a.m, join us at Harris Hill Golf Center (Genesee St., just west of Harris Hill Rd.), for 9 holes of golf on a par 3 course. Cost to play is $11 ($10 for those aged 58+). Pull cart rental and club rental are both available for an additional fee.

Sign up for breakfast, golf, or both on the poster in the parish hall. We hope you'll join us!

We Are Collecting School Supplies!!

We are once again collecting school supplies for needy families and schools in the area. The following items are needed:

Backpacks
Notebook paper
Spiral notebooks
Pencils
Pens
Glue & Glue Sticks
Crayons
Markers
Rulers
Erasers
Folders
3-ring binders
Scissors

Please put your supplies in the bins in the front of the church and in the library - we will bless them in church on August 28.

St. Paul's on Facebook

After some discussion, the parish office has decided that a Facebook "page" better suits our purposes than our former group, so we have created one. Just go HERE, and click "like", and you're all set! Anything we post will begin showing up in your news feed.

Tutoring @ Harris Hill Elementary

As some of you know, Pastor Vicki has been tutoring at Harris Hill this school year and last. Harris Hill is seeing an increased need for tutors - they especially need people who would be willing read one on one with kindergarteners, first and second graders who are learning to read. There is also a need for people willing to work with children on math.

What is necessary is a free hour a week between 8:30 and 2:30 and a willingness to help.

We are beginning to recruit tutors for the 2011-2012 academic year. We will have a meeting in August to get ready for September.

If you are interested let Pastor Vicki know.

Can you knit or crochet?

Help us turn all of the yarn that's been donated into blanket squares for Roswell and and full-size blankets for Project Linus. Pick up an instruction sheet and a kit from the church. Instruction sheets are on the poster in the kitchen hallway, and kits are available from Barb Dascomb.

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!