This Week at St. Paul's - October 13, 2011

There will be a Celebration of New Ministry for Fr. Dan Pinti on Saturday, October 15, at St. Aidan's, Alden (13021 Main St.). It will begin at 11:00 a.m. The Vestry Work Session scheduled for that day has been cancelled.

Coffee Hour Contest - FALL FOOD - October 23

Coffee Hour contests return with a Fall Food Festival on October 23. Everyone is invited to bring their favorite fall food to coffee hour - Just bring your food - and a card with the name of your dish and put it on one of the tables in the parish hall. Everyone is invited to sample any or all of the dishes. Vote for your favorites with any cash that you have in your wallet or purse. The winner gets a fabulous prize. All the money goes to Habitat for Humanity.

Halloween Party - October 30

We are having a Halloween party on Sunday October 30th. It will start with dinner at 4 p.m. - a Halloween appropriate main dish and beverages will be provided. St. Paul's members are asked to bring side dishes - so that we can host our neighbors (and friends). At 5 p.m. we will have games for children of all ages and a costume contest. At 6 p.m. the party will end with trunk or treat - where trunks of cars are decorated and the children go from trunk to trunk collecting treats - please plan on participating by decorating your trunk and bringing some treats to pass out.

We will have flyers at church for you to use to invite your friends and neighbors to come.

If anyone has some of the portable lights for worksites that they would be willing to bring to illuminate trick or treat please let the office know.

Upcoming Fall Forums - November 2 & 9

We will be hosting two informational forums in early November. On Wednesday, November 2, the topic will be eldercare, and on Wednesday, November 9, the topic will be bullying. Both forums begin at 7 p.m., and are expected to run about 2 hours. Bring your questions!

St. Martha's Guild Fundraiser

Delta Sonic car wash tickets are available once again from this coming Sunday, through the end of December. At $12 for a Super Wash (including a 5-day guarantee for a rewash), they make a great gift. See Marje Hagberg to puchase.

Be sure to check out the November Bell for details of our annual Wreath and Centerpiece Sale!

Food Pantry Needs

Trinity Food Pantry has passed along a list of items for which they have a particular need. If you can help by dropping any of these items in the Food Pantry donation bins, we would be most grateful!

Peanut butter
Canned tuna
Noodle/rice side dishes (not mac'n'cheese)
Canned fruit
Baking mixes (brownie mix, cake mixes, canned frosting, etc.)
Paper products (Kleenex, paper towels, etc.)
Personal care items (toothpaste, shampoo, etc.)

Thank you!!!

A Reminder from the Altar Guild

Donations can be made to the Altar Guild for altar flowers in thanksgiving for a particular blessing, or in memory of a loved one. To make a donation, please:

Sign up in the book at the back of the church for the date you want, with the intention of the donation, and your name.
The suggested donation is $20, but donations in any amount will be gratefully accepted..

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.

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!