This Week at St. Paul's - August 25, 2011

Join us this coming Sunday at 9:00 a.m., for our Open House! Postcards have been sent to households in the surrounding neighborhoods, and we hope to have many visitors coming to see just what St. Paul's is all about. We hope to see you here! :-)

This Week's Hymns

Hymn 635 - Was chosen by Christine Symons, because it reminds her of choir members who have passed.
Hymn 325 - Was chosen by Barb Dascomb, because it brings back memories of Christian camp in the summer.

Last chance to sign up for Harry Potter VBS!!!

Vacation Bible School will take place from Sunday, August 28 to Wednesday, August 31, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Our theme is Harry Potter. Participants will learn about the magic of God's creation and the power of His love with games, crafts, fun, friends, and muggle Quidditch. It is open to ages 3-adult, though we ask that parents stay with their children aged 3-5 throughout the program. If your child is 6 or older, you may stay if you wish, or drop your child off and pick him/her up at 8 p.m. There is no charge, but we need to know if you're coming, so please call the office at 632-8221. Please invite your friends and neighbors, too! We hope to see you here.

We Are Collecting School Supplies!! - Blessing this Sunday

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.

Sunday, September 11

September 11 marks the beginning of the fall program year.

We will be blessing backpacks and students and teachers as the new school year begins and beginning our own new Church School Year.

We will bless backpacks in the front lawn - parish hall if it rains - at 9:45 a.m. We will then send the students off to Sunday School and proceed into church. After the 10 a.m. service we will have hot dog Coffee Hour - stay and have a hot dog and a cookie and catch up with people that you have missed this summer. The youth group fall kick off meeting will follow coffee hour.

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.

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