Sunday School: Summer Sunday School will continue through August 21. Sunday School for children in Pre-K - 5th grade will resume on September 18.
Creation Care Committee's Green Tip of the Week: Most of us know that eating a lot of meat isn't good for the environment or our health. Beef is the biggest impact, requiring 28 times more land, 11 times more water, and causing 5 times more global warming emissions than pork or chicken. But all meat-rich diets cause about twice the environmental impacts of a vegetable- or fish-based diet. Yet each American downs about 200 total pounds of meat per year, up about 50 pounds per year over what we ate 50 years ago.
Mass on the Grass with Brass & Annual Picnic - September 11 at 10:00 am:
Music will be led by the St. Paul's Brass Quintet and Trinity Choir on the east lawn. The annual picnic in Bush park will follow immediately after the service.
Wednesday Night Live (WNL): Don't forget to mark your calendars! WNL Soup Suppers will begin, along with many of the fall activities, on Wednesday, September 14th - with dinner served at 6:15 pm. We will have back our professional chef, Marq Swafford, to delight us with his culinary creations! I (Dawn) will be there as the very capable assistant. However, due to a personal commitment, I will not be able to attend on the 3rd Wednesday of each month so we are looking for volunteers to help.
Assistants would help Marq with some of these tasks: Table settings (before dinner), Serving (during dinner), Clean up (after dinner).
Other tasks that would be helpful: Shopping for groceries (Will be reimbursed for costs), Cooking (Gives Marq an occasional night off to just go to chapel and then eat), Driving Marq home (He lives about a mile from the church).
If you can help with any of these areas, please contact me and I'll get you on the calendar.
-Dawn Manke: ph/text - 503-393-6175 / email: [email protected]
School Supplies Needed: School supply sales are happening now and it is a great time to take advantage of the savings and provide much needed items for our local kids. Outreach is once again collecting school supplies for McKinley Elementary, but this year we have also added the goal of providing supplies for the Center for Hope and Safety and Bush Elementary. Below is a tickler list of things you could add to your basket. There are donation boxes for school supplies located in the Narthex.
Crayola Products: 8 and 24 count crayons
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Packages of standard notebook filler paper (wide and college ruled)
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Three-ring binders (no larger than 1 1/2")
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Composition notebooks (wide and college ruled)
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12 pack colored pencils
| Backpacks (small and large) | Set of dividers for notebooks |
Anti-bacterial hand wash or wipes
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Pencil pouches
| White school glue | 3 ring white binders 1/2" | Spiral bound notebooks
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Glue sticks
| Pens | Pink pearl erasers |
Rulers
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#2 pencils
| Highlighters | Boxes of Kleenex | Scissors
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Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Annual Spirituality Day - September 10:
The Church of the Good Samaritan ECW is excited to invite you to the 2016 Spirituality Day held on Saturday, September 10. The day will start at 8:30 am and end at 3:30 pm. Workshops were designed to help each of us look at our roles in our community and our church. We urge you to register by mail and by the end of August. In order for all participants to have an enjoyable day, we have made plans for the space we have to offer. If you register the morning of Spirituality Day, then please bring your own lunch. We look forward to seeing you on September 10. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will be the keynote speaker. Click the links to view the discussion group list and printable registration form.
Fall Rummage Sale - Mark your calendars! Your wish has come true! The Fall Rummage Sale is coming up: October 12-15. Donations will be accepted Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8 from 9 am - 3 pm and Sunday, October 9 from 1pm - 4 pm. Please do NOT bring items before those dates. We have no storage space. Check the E-Board weekly for new information from now until the sale.
The St. Paul's E-Board is now sent on Wednesday. Send announcements to [email protected] by Wednesday morning if you would like to have an announcement included.