St. Paul's Episcopal Church

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1 St. Paul's Episcopal Church 65 North Main Street Wallingford, CT (203) St. Paul's Newsletter March, 2018 MARCH AT ST. PAUL'S Sunday Worship - 8:00 & 9:30 AM Vestry - 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 PM Wednesday Eucharist - 12:10 PM in the Chapel Choristers - Thursdays at 4:00-5:00 PM Choir Rehearsals - Thursday at 7:00 PM. CHURCH OPEN FOR LENTEN PRAYER & REFLECTION Monday - Saturday - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM ADULT FORUM Sundays at 9:00AM in Wilkinson Hall GIRL'S FRIENDLY SOCIETY Saturday, March 3-9:00 AM Tuesday, March 20-6:30 PM HEALING PRAYER GROUP MEETING Tuesday, March 6-7:30PM in Chapel 1/9

2 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME STARTS SUNDAY, MARCH 11 MIDWEEK LENTEN PROGRAM SOUPER-STUDY Come grow spiritually! 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Wednesdays, March 7, 14 & 21 PALM CROSS MAKING Friday, March 23-1:00 PM - 3:00 PM HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE Please see next page *DEADLINE FOR THE APRIL NEWSLETTER IS TUESDAY, APRIL 24* HOLY WEEK & EASTER AT ST. PAUL'S March 25 - April 1 March 25 th, Palm Sunday 8:00 AM Blessing of Palms, Holy Eucharist & Dramatic Reading of the Passion 9:15 AM Church School (No Adult Forum) 9:30 AM Palm Procession with bagpipe, percussion, Holy Eucharist & Dramatic Reading of the Passion Child care at later service. March 28 th, Holy Wednesday 12:10 PM Holy Eucharist 7:00 PM Service of Tenebrae March 29 th, Maundy Thursday 6:00 PM Celebration of the Lord's Supper & Stripping of the Altar. Please bring soup to share; make your reservation by signing up at church or call the parish office at (203) or to office@stpaulswallingford.org. Also consider bringing food items for Master's Manna. 8:00 PM - 7:00 AM Good Friday - Night Watch Prayer Vigil-please sign up for an hour or two; call or the parish office to reserve your time. March 30 th, Good Friday 2/9

3 7:30 AM - Morning Prayer 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM "Palms and Stories" for kids of all ages (Main Street entrance) 7:00 PM - Good Friday Liturgy with music, Dramatic Reading of the Passion Story, Veneration of the Cross March 31 st, Holy Saturday 9:00 AM Rehearsal for all Vigil Participants 7:00 PM Easter Vigil & 1 st Holy Eucharist of Easter April 1 st, The Feast of the Resurrection: Easter Sunday 8:00 AM Festive Eucharist with Hymns (no Church School or Adult Forum) 9:30 AM Festive Choral Eucharist Easter Egg Hunt on North Lawn. Vestry Highlights From the February Meeting This was the first meeting of the new 2018 Vestry "configuration". We welcomed new members, Brian Sahlin and Sue Geis, and welcomed back Kelly Cozzi (she back filled Gene for 1 year so he could move to Junior Warden). As part of our introductions to the new members we all commented on what we would normally be doing on a Tuesday night if Vestry wasn't meeting! Dee Anne conducted a brief orientation that included information about the various by-laws and Safe Church training. We then welcomed guest, Rob Page, who reported out on last week's South Central Regional meeting. The meeting was very productive and was able to come up with a definition of what a "Parish" currently represents: "A parish is a community of theological imagination fed by word and sacrament forming disciples in God's mission connected to the wider body of Christ." The group also defined what it meant to be part of a "region". Rob also discussed his involvement with the annual mission trip to Nicaragua. He praised our partnership with El Porvenir - he had been on other mission trips that were not as organized! He is often asked the question, why don't we just send money? He explained that things actually need to be physically built and that is about building 3/9

4 relationships with both the Nicaraguan community and fellow missioners. We then moved onto important agenda items and passed the following motions: 1. St. Paul's will expect missioners to pay the following amounts if they want to volunteer for the yearly mission trip to Nicaragua: $500 St. Paul's parishioners; $1,000 South Central Regional District parishioners; $1,500 all other volunteers/non-parishioners. 1. $10,000 left over from the Sacred Trust's2017 mandatory distribution will be used toward the 2018 Nicaragua mission trip. The Vestry then went on to discuss the annual parochial report - Vestry is required to review and approve this report on an annual basis. A motion passed to accept and submit the report as presented. Finally, the Vestry approved the monthly Treasurer's report as ed. Unfortunately, we had to table discussions on both internet and physical security - but both will be discussed at the March meeting in 3 weeks. Please keep in mind the following dates: Church Open - M-Sat 10:00-1:00 until Easter! Good Book Club - every day until Pentecost! Wed 2/21 (2/28. 3/7, 3/14 & 3/21) 6:00-8:00PM Lenten Souper- Study begins Thurs 2/22(3/1, 3/8, 3/15. 3/22) 7:30 AM Lenten Morning Prayer 3/3 8:30AM-3:00PM Companions in Mission "GO!" St. John's, W Hartford 4/7 9:00AM-4:00PM "Spring Training" Lincoln Middle School, Meriden 3/25 PALM SUNDAY: HOLY WEEK BEGINS Your parish Clerk Kathy Schave 4/9

5 "Coffee, Cookies and Company"... that's what we have at Coffee Hour after the 9:30 service! Thank you to everyone who hosted coffee hour during those cold winter mornings. It's a wonderful time to share time with our parish family and to enjoy the delicious goodies and a hot cup of coffee or tea. Spring is coming - really it is!! And we need your help to continue our tradition of coffee hour. The Spring Sign-Up Sheet for April, May and June is posted on the easel in the back of the church. Please sign up for a Sunday (or two) and see how easy it is to host an hour of fellowship. Please call Sharon Rogalski ( ) or e- mail at srogal156@comcast.net if you have any questions or need help. Morning Prayer During Lent The Lenten Morning Prayer takes place Thursday mornings at 7:30 in the chapel on March 1, 8, 15 and 22. The service lasts about 20 minutes. It's a lovely and quiet way to start the day. All are welcome. Helen Stowe Palm Cross Making Palm crosses will be made on Friday, March 23 from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM in Wilkinson Hall. No experience necessary -we will train. Come have fun and learn a new skill! 5/9

6 Easter Flowers If you wish to have Easter flowers as a memorial for a loved one, please have the names you want remembered, and contributions (checks payable to St. Paul's Memorial Flower Fund) in to the Parish office by March 20 th. Adult Forum: "The Good Book Club" This spring the Adult Forum will join in with the Episcopal Church's "Good Book Club" as the whole church is encouraged to engage in the project of reading Luke and Acts. The project has already begun and is the focus of the Lenten Souper Suppers; the Forum will join in beginning March 11. A list of the daily readings is available at the church as well as at this link: The Forum meets on Sunday mornings at 9:00 in Wilkinson Hall-we hope you'll join us for some lively discussion! The Wallingford Family YMCA is proud to offer the LIVESTRONG FREE 12 week exercise program for survivors of cancer. The goal of LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is to provide adults affected by cancer a safe, supportive environment to participate in physical and social activities focused on strengthening the whole person. Choose evening or daytime programs both will begin in March, for more information and to register please contact Eileen Farmer, program coordinator, at efarmer@wallingfordymca.org or at x124. Spring Work Night on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 7:00 PM It takes a lot of hands to keep up with this church building and property. Please come and help Bob and Gene with spring time maintenance. Co-Chairman, Gene Gervais. Church School 6/9

7 Thanks to all the kids who made Valentine's Day goodie bags last month for Colin's Crew, a local charity that helps those with childhood cancer. This month in Church School children and youth will prepare for Easter with their rotation about Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday. They will enjoy activities in art, science, music, drama, cooking, and Bible games. Mark your calendars for our Parents Night Out taking place March 9th! Parents can enjoy a night our and kids will have fun at our Camp-In. Make sure to RSVP for this event soon! Youth Group Youth Group will meet this month on 3/9 and 3/18. On Friday, 3/9, we will host a Parent's Night Out/Kids Camp- In for our Church families from 5-8 p.m. Our second meeting on Sunday, 3/18, will be in the Youth Group room at Church from 3-5 p.m. Please contact Frances Chamberlain at christianeducation@stpaulswallingford.org for more information. All high school students are welcome to join us! A new piano for St. Paul's We are in need a new piano for the sanctuary to enhance the music program at St. Paul's. Our current piano is roughly 100 years old and has fallen into disrepair. This spring, we will be forming a committee to raise funds and assist the music director in procuring a new (or preowned) piano that will be a good fit for St. Paul's. This will culminate in a dedicatory concert in the fall. If you would like to contribute to the purchase of a piano for St. Paul's please consider making a donation with a check designated to St. Paul's Piano Fund. For more information contact our music director, Jay Lindsay. Holy Baptism The Sacrament of Holy Baptism will next be celebrated on the Feast of Pentecost (May 20). Preparation for this celebration of Christian initiation includes a formal application and participation of parents and godparents in our Baptism Workshop and Rehearsal. Please direct any inquiries to the Rector at or rector@stpaulswallingford.org. Readers - Ushers - Crucifers - Acolytes -Chalice Bearers! Please check your schedules for services and times you are serving. If you are unable to fulfill your obligation, please obtain a substitute for 7/9

8 yourself! If you would also inform the parish office of any changes it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! The parish office is open Tuesday - Friday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The telephone number is (203) office@stpaulswallingford.org Fax - (203) Web Site - If we are not in the office, please leave a message. Please advise us of - change of address or telephone numbers - illness, hospitalizations, deaths - requests for baptisms, weddings, etc Times for St. Paul's Sunday Service Comcast Cable Channel 18 Please advise us of - change of address or telephone numbers Frontier Channel WPAA on the Internet Sunday - 5:00 PM Monday - 8:00 AM Wednesday - 2:00 PM Saturday - 7:00 PM VESTRY Rector, the Rev. Dee Anne Dodd Senior Warden, Chuck Maynard Junior Warden, Gene Gervais Clerk, Kathy Schave Treasurer, Ted Hartsoe Linda Daley Beth Kennedy /9

9 Susan Bravo Stephanie Crump Holly Frost Kristin Liu Ralph Nardi George Richardson Kelly Cozzi Visit St. Paul's Website at For more Information about Our Church! 9/9