WELCOME TO ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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1 WELCOME TO ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH WELCOME. In the name of Christ, we offer you welcome to this church. May those who sorrow find comfort; the weary, rest; the troubled, peace; the stranger, friends; the unhappy, joy; and to all, the sense of God s presence in this Holy Place. If you are new to this parish community, please give your name and phone number to the Rector or sign our guest register on the stand in the back of the Church. As our honored guest, we want to welcome you. THE SERVICE. There are two main books used for our service; the smaller red book is the Book of Common Prayer and the larger blue book is the Hymnal. There is also a Gray Hymnal. They can be found in the bookrack on the back of the pew in front of you. A Bible can be found at the ends of the pew. The page / hymn numbers in the service bulletin help you find your place in these service books. We invite you to participate fully in our worship. RECEIVING COMMUNION. Holy Communion in the Episcopal Church is open to all who are comfortable participating in the Communion of the Lord s Table. To receive communion approach the Celebration Altar in two rows. Stand with one hand cupped on top of the other to receive the consecrated bread. Then step to the side and take the chalice and drink from it; or you may intinct the bread by dipping it in the consecrated wine. If you do not wish to receive Holy Communion, please come forward for a blessing (fold your arms across your chest to indicate that you do not wish to receive Holy Communion). Palm / Passion Sunday March 25, :00 a.m. Our Worship Service begins in the bank parking lot if the weather is nice or in the Fellowship Hall of The Columbia Presbyterian Church if it is not. There is a special handout for the Blessing and Procession of Palms which will take place in union with our brothers and sisters of The Columbia Presbyterian Church. When all have gathered in the church, we will sing the Processional. Processional: All Glory, Laud, and Honor Hymn154 Opening Prayer The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Card Sermon Rev d. J. Patrick Peters Choir Anthem: The Nicene Creed Prayer Book, page 326 The Prayers of the People

2 Prayer Leader: You have called your Church to be the community of the crucified One: Help us, especially Justin, the Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Audrey, our Bishop; James and Barbara, the Bishops of our Lutheran brothers and sisters; Ronald, the Bishop of our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters; clergy, especially Patrick, our Rector; Gina, Ingrid, Sud, Tim, Mark, Peter, Beth, John, Priscilla, and Nancy, the clergy of the Rim Parishes; and all our brothers and sisters of the Rim Parishes to walk in Christ s path of obedient humility, that we may be willing to suffer for the sake of your good. We have trusted in you, O God. Prayer leader: In Christ s exultation upon the cross you have made a mockery of the pretension of the rulers and authorities of the world: Grant to all leaders, especially Donald, our President; the Congress and the Courts; Thomas our Governor; the Legislature of our Commonwealth; our Borough Council; and Leo our Mayor the strength to walk in your way of humble service that we may be saved from all tyranny and oppression. We have trusted in you, O God. Prayer Leader: We bring to your care all whose lives are wasted with grief and years with sighing as we pray for all who suffer throughout the world. We have trusted in you, O God. Prayer Leader: Our times are in your hand, and you sustain the weary with a word: Uphold all in our community who endure shame or threat that they may turn to the cross and be comforted. We have trusted in you, O God. Prayer Leader: We pray for those among us who are in need of your saving help, especially (Read the names of the sick listed on the prayer list. Also read the names [if any] listed under for the special needs of., read the names [if any] listed under the heading of for healthy pregnancy and safe delivery ) (Then say: the congregation is invited to add others names aloud or in silence ), (Then continue) We give you thanks for pouring your divine life into our lives, as we offer our gratefulness in thanksgiving especially for (Mention any thanksgivings [if any] listed under the heading of thanksgivings ) Then say: the congregation is invited to add others thanksgivings aloud or in silence ) (Then continue) We pray for all who have followed Christ along the human journey into death, remember especially

3 (read the names of the departed listed on the prayer list) (then say: the congregation is invited to add others names aloud or in silence (then continue) Let them be united in his death and raised into his glory. We have trusted in you, O God. Prayer Leader: That Christians hear and share the word of God as true disciples of Jesus. We have trusted in you, O God. Prayer Leader: That all the ends of the earth receive the words of the King of Peace. We have trusted in you, O God. Prayer Leader: That those who see the cross starkly revealed in their lives draw strength from the name above every other name. We have trusted in you, O God. Prayer Leader: That we who hope to greet Jesus when he comes again be ready and joyful. We have trusted in you, O God. Prayer of Confession Prayer Leader: Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor. (a moment of silence for the private confession of our sins) All: Gracious God, you know our every grief and our every need. Hear us as we recall the periods of time when our strength failed, when our sorrow led us onto paths of hopelessness and despair. Forgive us when we betray you, when we deny you, and when we scorn you. Wake in us a new steadfastness to your call and presence. Help us stay awake, even when the days are hard and the nights are long. Strengthen us to walk with you in trust, even on a path to the cross. Let your face shine upon us, that we may know your steadfast love and trust in your resurrection promises. In Christ s name, we pray. Amen Absolution Prayer Book, page 330 The Peace Prayer Book, page 332 Greetings and Announcements

4 Presentation Hymn When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Hymn 474 Preface Dialogue Hymnal S-112 Holy, Holy, Holy Hymnal S-114 Eucharistic Prayer The Great Amen (Triple) The Lord s Prayer Prayer Book, page 336 The Breaking of the Bread Prayer Book, page 337 Prayer of Humble Access Prayer Book, page 337 Communion. Prayer of After Communion Prayer Book, page 339 The Blessing Closing Hymn O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded Hymn 168 The Dismissal Postlude Prayer Requests March 25, 2018

5 Hospitalizations Homebound Delores Baker (Saint Anne); Helen Vollmer (Saint Anne); Ethel Edelman (Autumn House West); Alverta Hossler (Home) Intercessions Sue Ellen; Ruth; Ethel; Alverta; Mickenzie; Renee; Mike; Kay; Robert; Brea; George; Erika; Stephanie; Mike; Doris; Jean; Tom; Austin; Joann; Kristy Birthdays 3/31 Andra Arroyo Anniversary Departed Jim and Margaret Frey; Mae Euculano For Those in Positions of Public Trust President Donald Trump; Governor Tom Wolf; Mayor Leo Lutz; All legislative bodies & all courts of law; for the leaders of all nations and people. For our Bishops, Rector, and Parish Members The Most Rev. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and his staff; The Most Rev. Michael Curry and his staff; The Rt. Rev. Audrey Scanlan and her staff; The Rev. J. Patrick Peters; the staff and people of this parish, especially Delores Baker; Jean Dosch; Evelyn Martin World Cycle of Prayer 3/25 Slovakia; 3/26 Slovenia; 3/27 Solomon Islands; 3/28 Somalia; 3/29 South Africa; 3/30 Spain; 3/31 Sri Lanka Anglican Cycle of Prayer 3/25 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem All glory, laud and honor, To Thee, Redeemer, King. To Whom the lips of children, Made sweet hosannas ring The Most Rev d Suheil Dawani, Archbishop, Jerusalem and the Middle East and Archbishop in Jerusalem; 3/26 Bukavu, The Rt. Rev d Sylvestre Bahati; 3/27 Bukedi, The Rt. Rev d Samuel Egesa; 3/28 Bukuru, The Rt. Rev d Jwan Zhumbes; 3/29 Maundy Thursday: When Jesus wept, the falling tear in mercy flowed beyond all bound; when Jesus groaned, a trembling fear seized all the guilty world around. Bunbury, The Rt. Rev d Alan Ewing; 3/30 Good Friday: For me, kind Jesus, was they incarnation, thy mortal sorrow, and thy life s oblation; Thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion, for my salvation. Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee, I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee, think on thy pity and they love unswerving, not my deserving. J. Heerman; Bungoma, The Rev d George Mechumo; 3/31 Holy Saturday: Bunyoro-Kitara, The Rt. Rev d Samuel Kahuma; Busoga, The Rt. Rev d Paul Moses Samson Naimanhye

6 Ecumenical Cycle of Prayer 3/25 Religious Society of Friends; 3/26 United Society of Believers in Christ s Second Appearing; 3/27 African Methodist Episcopal Church; 3/28 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; 3/29 Bible Methodist Church; 3/30 British Methodist Episcopal Church; 3/31 Chinese Methodist Church Diocesan Cycle of Prayer and Parish Cycle of Prayer: St. Paul s, Wellsboro and their congregation; Grace E.C., Columbia and their congregation Companion Parish Cycle of Prayer: Ecumenical: Rev. Beth J. Costlow and the people of Saint John Lutheran Church, Columbia Rev. Mark Kopp and the people of Saint James Lutheran Church, Columbia Rev. Stephen Kelley and the people of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Columbia Rev. Anthony Swamy Anthappa, MSFS and the people of Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church, Columbia Rev. David Powers and the people of The Columbia Presbyterian Church, Columbia Rev. Thomas Grubbs and the people of The Columbia United Methodist Church, Columbia Rev. Patricia McAllister and the people of Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, Columbia Rev. Hub Smith and the people of The Columbia Christian Fellowship, Columbia Revs. Gordon and Angie Misal and the people of Impact Christian Center, Columbia Rev. Charles Deutsch and the people of Ironville United Methodist Church, Columbia Rev. Mary Ann Kingsborough and the people of Concordia Lutheran Church, Columbia Rev. Dione Kleptka and the people of Saint John Herr Estate Retirement Community Rim Parishes of the Lancaster Convocation: Rev. Priscilla Ginolfi, Deacon to the Rim Parishes Rev. Gina Barrett and the people of Saint John Episcopal Church, Marietta Rev. Ingrid Andersen and the people of Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy Rev. Sud Tiwari and the people of Saint Paul Episcopal Church, Manheim Rev. Tim Small and the people of Hope Episcopal Church, Mt. Hope Rev. Mark Scheneman and the people of Bangor Church, Churchtown and the Revs. Beth Mollard, Pete Greenfield, John Emmert, Ellie Garner and Nancy Rementer Peace and Justice South Sudan; Nigeria; Iraq; Israel; Kenya; Afghanistan; Palestine; Somalia; Iran; Libya; Syria; Egypt; Tunisia; Yemen; Ukraine; Venezuela; North Korea; Turkey Amount needed each week to meet the 2018 income budget: $2, Amount budgeted each week from fundraisers and investment income: $1,764.00

7 Amount needed each week in pledge and plate to meet income budget: $ Amount needed each week to meet the 2018 expense budget: $3, Amount expected each week from fundraisers and investment income: $1, Amount needed each week in pledge and plate to meet expense budget: $1, /18/18 03/19/17 St. John Herr Estate :00 a.m Pledge and Plate: $1, $1, Friendly s $ $ Weekly Impact: w/e 3/18/18: 323 Be Thoughtful Be Silent Be Reverent.. For this is the House of the Lord Before the service, speak to the Lord During the service, let the Lord speak to you After the service, January 13, 2018 speak to one another 5:30 p.m. March 29, :30 p.m.

8 Maundy Thursday Candle Lighter: Lectors: Server: Gospel Narrator: Prayers of the People: Greeters: Verger (Open): Verger (Close): Christine Christine/Bill W./Jenny/Jessica Alf Deb Mary Lynn George/Ralph Alf Christine Foot Washing Father Patrick Will Wash Vickie Stumpf Carol Fals Christine Weinberg Ericka Sipe Evan Sipe Alf Kuhns Vickie Stumpf will wash.jean Geesey Carol Fals will wash Jeanne Cooper Christine Weinberg will wash...bill Weinberg Ericka Sipe will wash..jan Wood Evan Sipe will wash Ralph Jones Alf Kuhns will wash Janet Herman March 30, 2018 Good Friday

9 7:00 p.m. Lectors: Mary Lynn/Tracy Eucharistic Ministers: Bill K./Alf Crucifer: Bill K. Server: Andra Prayers of the People: Charlene Ushers: George/Ralph Greeter: Bill W. Verger (Open): Alf Verger (Close): Tracy PASSION READERS Evangelist.Mary Lynn Jesus..Bill W. Gate Keeper..Tracy Peter...Alf One of the Police...Danielle Slave...Christine Pilate..Bill K. March 31, :30 p.m.

10 NO SERVICE AT ST. JOHN HERR ESTATES THE EASTER VIGIL WILL BE HELD HERE AT ST. PAUL BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M. April 1, 2018 Easter Sunday 8:00 a.m. Lectors: Eucharistic Ministers: Crucifer: Server: Gospel Bearer: Prayers of the People: Usher: Greeters: Verger (Open): Bev/Charlene Alf/Bill Bill Andra Andra Bev George George Alf 10:00 a.m. Lectors: Tracy/Bill W. Eucharistic Ministers: Christine/Danielle Crucifer: Christine Gospel Bearer: Father Patrick Server: Christine Prayers of the People: Mary Lynn Usher: Ralph Greeters: Evelyn/Bill W. Verger (Close): Tracy THIS WEEK AT SAINT PAUL

11 Sun: 8:00 AM Palm / Passion Sunday Breakfast Columbia Presbyterian Church 8:50 AM Sunday School in the Mary Elizabeth Bair Parish Center 9:00 AM Eucharist. Celebrant and Preacher, Father Patrick 10:30 AM Coffee Hour in the Mary Elizabeth Bair Parish Center Mon: Tue: Wed: 9:30 AM Morning Prayer in the Rectors Office Thu: Fri: Sat: -MAUNDY THURSDAY- 6:30 PM Maundy Thursday Service in the Mary Elizabeth Bair Parish Center -GOOD FRIDAY- 12:00 PM Joint Stations of the Cross with Ironville United Methodist Church 7:00 PM Good Friday Service -HOLY SATURDAY- 7:00 PM Joint Rim Parish Easter Vigil Service here at St. Paul. Rev. Beth Mollard will be the Preacher Father Patrick will be the main Celebrant Sun: 8:00 AM Festive Eucharist. Preacher and Celebrant, Father Patrick 9:00 AM Young People s Easter Egg Hunt 10:00 AM Festive Choral Eucharist. Preacher and Celebrant, Father Patrick 11:30 AM Coffee Hour in the Mary Elizabeth Bair Parish Center PRAYER AND WORSHIP

12 THE PALMS ARE GIVEN TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF: Jim and Margaret Frey; Mae Euculano by the Euculanos, Freys and Warfels. The Altar Flowers are available for the weeks of April 8, 15, 22, 29. The Sanctuary Candle is available for the weeks of April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. The Bread and Wine is available for the weeks of April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. Prayer Ministry: Please take an active part in our three Core Prayer Ministries: 1) Send those birthday cards to the people who have a birthday in March. The names and dates are on the Prayer Calendar you received and there is also a list on the table in the back of the church. Birthday cards are available in the back of the church for a small donation. 2) Remember your Prayer Partner every day in March. Take the time to pray for them and the needs that they may have. Just remember them and ask God to bless them. 3) The Daily Prayer Intention Calendar was sent out for March. Please use it. Prayer changes lives! Lots of prayer changes lots of lives! Your prayers are heard and answered! Pray always! Wednesday Morning Prayer and Healing Service: Our Wednesday Morning Prayer and Healing Service begins at 9:30 a.m. and is held in the Rector s Office. All are Welcome! Lenten Prayer Support: All active members of the parish were given a Lenten Meditation booklet from ERD and a Lenten Retreat Booklet Into the Desert. These two booklets are a great way to aid you in your daily Lenten Prayer. If you would like additional copies of either of these booklets, please call the parish office at Stations of the Cross: Stations of the Cross will be held on March 30 (Good Friday). They will begin at 12:00 noon. As we have for the last six years we will join once again with our brothers and sisters from Ironville United Methodist Church. The Stations of the Cross is a wonderful service that helps us walk with Jesus the painful way of His cross that he walked for us. It also reminds us of just how much we are loved by our God. Come and pray! This is a great service to bring a guest just a simple song and prayer. Could you not spend just one hour with me in prayer? Palm / Passion Sunday: Palm / Passion Sunday is today, Sunday, March 25. We will begin our celebration with breakfast at The Columbia Presbyterian Church at 8:00 a.m. Following breakfast we will bless the palms and process to the church. The reading for the blessing of palms recounts Jesus entry into Jerusalem. Palms will be distributed as we begin the procession. Our Saturday evening service (March 24) will be held as regularly scheduled at 5:30 p.m. at the Saint John Herr Estate Chapel. The blessing and distribution of the palms will take place at this service also. HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

13 Palm / Passion Sunday March 24 & 25, :30 p.m. (Saturday) Eucharist Saint John Herr Estate Retirement Community Chapel 8:00 a.m. Breakfast The Columbia Presbyterian Church 9:00 a.m. Festive Choral Eucharist Church. Wednesday of Holy Week March 28, :30 a.m. Morning Prayer with Healing Service Our Lady s Chapel Maundy Thursday March 29, :30 p.m. Celebration of the Lord s Supper in the context of a simple meal Mary Elizabeth Bair Parish Center Good Friday March 30, :00 noon The Way of the Cross Church 7:00 p.m. Observance of the Passion of Jesus Christ Church Easter Vigil March 31, :00 p.m. Easter Vigil Service and Festive Choral Eucharist Saint Paul Episcopal Church, Columbia Note: This is a joint Rim Parish Event with participation and attendance of all six of the Rim Parishes Hope Mt Hope; Saint Paul Manheim; Saint Luke Mt Joy; Saint John Marietta; Bangor Churchtown; and Saint Paul Columbia. Special visitor from St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Lancaster will be joining us. Easter Sunday April 1, 2018 We will have two services on Easter Sunday 8:00 a.m. Festive Eucharist Church 9:00 a.m. Young People s Easter Egg Hunt begins in the Mary Elizabeth Bair Parish Center 10:00 a.m. Festive Choral Eucharist Church CHRISTIAN FORMATION

14 Sunday School: Our Sunday School - for children age 4 through age 10 is in session, Sunday, beginning at 8:50 a.m. in the small classroom in the Mary Elizabeth Bair Parish Center. As parents we commit to forming our children in the faith, so please sign your child / grandchild up for Sunday School. Jenny Bair and Ericka Sipe are our teachers. At the Sign of Peace, our young people will leave Sunday School and come to the church to join their family for the rest of the Eucharist. OUTREACH MINISTRY Food Donations: You are reminded to bring your food items to church each week so that on the last Sunday of the month we can present them to the Lord for blessing and then give them to our food bank. Whenever you go shopping, please add extra non-perishable items to your order for this parish outreach ministry. Jesus never forgot the last, the lost and the least in his ministry and neither can we. Adult Cereals (less sugar) Peanut Butter Jelly Soups Rice Boxed Potatoes Spaghetti Sauce Anything you can do to help would be deeply appreciated. Food Bank Hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. The Food Bank is closed on holidays. ERD Hope Chests: During Lent, we are called to think of others in need and how we can help them. Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) sponsors many opportunities for us to share with others who are less fortunate. One of the ways is through the Hope Chest. If you would like a Hope Chest, you can pick one up on the table in the back of the church. They should be returned on Easter Sunday, April 1. There will be two Golden Egg awards for those who return the Hope Chest (please remember to put your name on the box). There will be one Golden Egg for the Hope Chest with the most money in it and another Golden Egg for the heaviest Hope Chest. 100% of the money given to Episcopal Relief and Development goes to relief and development projects in our own country and around the world. Please be generous. Greeting Cards: Father Patrick is collecting old greeting cards that adults with autism and other intellectual disabilities can recycle into new greeting cards. Don t throw away your greeting cards just bring them to the church and put them in the box on the back pew. This will be an ongoing outreach ministry project. Thank you. ADMINISTRATION

15 Parish Office Hours: The Parish Office hours are: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. The Office is closed on holidays. Use of St. Paul s Facilities: Guideline for Use of The Parish Hall and Church were put in your mailboxes. Please call the Parish Office if you want to reserve the Parish Hall or Church. Reminder: Please remember that when you use the Parish Hall nothing can be put on the walls or the woodwork. Using scotch tape, duct tape, masking tape, and even some types of painter s tape has the possibility of pulling the paint off the wall or damaging the surface. Items can only be placed on the wooden food bank cabinets or the metal kitchen window and its metal surround. Only masking tape or painter's tape can be used on these surfaces. This applies to both parish members and outside groups that use the hall and is clearly stated in the policy outlining use of the parish hall or the church. Thank you. Vestry Covenant: As part of the new Vestry Orientation, Canon Dan Morrow spent time talking about how we, as a Vestry, and as a Parish Family, communicate. Canon Morrow talked about effective and ineffective ways that we can communicate and how the Vestry, and by extension the whole Parish Family, can grow in our ability and willingness to communicate with each other in effective and affirming ways. As part of this Orientation, Canon Morrow presented the Vestry with a Vestry Covenant that spells out how the Vestry will deal with one another and with others in the parish. It commits the Vestry to certain types of behavior that only enhances our life together. After his presentation, the Vestry voted unanimously to accept and sign the Vestry Covenant. It is included here so that you, the members, can see what we the Vestry have committed to and to enable you to hold us accountable if you see any one of us not living up to how we agreed to speak and act with one another and with you. Each member of the parish is encouraged to read this Vestry Covenant and to join us in improving how we communicate with each other both in the Vestry meetings, in our parish life, and even outside our parish activities. If you have any questions or would like to talk about this Vestry Covenant, please see any member of the Vestry.

16 Building Needs: At the Vestry meeting on Sunday, March 4, the Vestry received information regarding the deferred maintenance on our buildings - both Church and Parish Hall. Here is what they were told: 1. The roof (both buildings) - at the very minimum - needs approximately $225,000 worth of work. This is not to replace the roof but to fix what is in bad shape today. This price was given to us about six (6) years ago so it is very likely much more today. The Vestry back then decided to do $25,000 worth of work each year for 9 years. We did this for two years but could no longer financially sustain continuing. While the slate itself is in decent shape, the ridge lines, the valleys, the gutters, the downspouts, and the areas where the roof meets to front or back of the buildings are in need of replacement or repair. This cost does not include any of the sheathing under the slate. We simply do not know the condition of the sheathing. Fifty years or more of deferred maintenance has caught up to us. A replacement slate roof is well in excess of a million dollars and other replacement options are well in excess of three quarters of a million dollars. 2. The buildings themselves - Thirteen years ago we had a structural engineer examine our buildings and while they found that both our buildings are structurally sound - they did note a number of things that needed to be addressed. One of the major issues was that the mortar holding the stones of the building together was dried out, cracking, and in many places, simply non-existent. Patches that had been made over the years were done with the wrong type of mortar which has only exacerbated the situation. With missing mortar, water can enter the area between the inner and outer wall, freeze and push in the inner wall or push out the outer stones. At this point this has not happened but there have been leaks throughout the buildings that are a result of missing or deteriorated mortar. Thirteen years ago, the cost of repointing both buildings was approximately $400, Over the past two weeks we have had water dripping in the bell tower for even light rains - something that has not happened before. We had a roofer come to take a look and he was unable to access the bell tower because the trap door from the first floor would not open. While standing in the churchyard and looking up at the tower, he noticed that looking through the tower louvers, he could see the sky - you should not be able to see the sky looking through the bell tower louvers. This means that there are either major holes in the roof or that the roof has collapsed (which may explain why the trap door won't open). While there are no formal costs at the moment - repairs, if that is all that is needed, most likely will run $3,000 to $5,000 and if the roof needs to be replaced then we are looking at close to $15, Asbestoses Removal - There is asbestoses in the parish hall basement, the parish hall second floor, and in the church basement. While most of it is still intact, there are areas that are flaking. We don't use either the basement of the parish hall (except for storage) or the basement of the church, but we do use the second floor of the parish hall for the food bank food storage. To be safe and remove all the asbestoses it will cost about $15,000.

17 Someone said - "Well if we just had more people attending, we would have more income and we could take care of these items." Taking our average Sunday pledge and multiplying that out, a weekly attendance of 500 people would not raise sufficient funds to complete the above needed deferred maintenance. With 500 people you could not raise the needed funds through a capital campaign. While we have very generous givers, we do not have, and never will have, sufficient number of high-income people that have the needed discretionary income to finance the above. As a result of this presentation, Father Patrick appointed the Property Committee to investigate these and other maintenance issues, the cost of repairs / replacement, and options for going forward. This means contacting contractors, getting estimates, talking with the diocese, etc. If anyone would like to join the Property Committee, please see Bill Kaufhold, Chair. While the Property Committee normally meets quarterly, because of the urgency of the situation and the need to report back to the Vestry at the June meeting, there will be more meetings than usual. If you have any questions, please see Bill Kaufhold or Father Patrick Committee Members Needed: There are a number of committees that provide support to the Vestry as they lead the parish. Each of these committees can use members. The Committees of the Vestry are: Finance and Investment (Bev Euculano - Chair); Property (Bill Kaufhold - Chair); Stewardship (Suzanne Ollar - Chair); Inreach & Hospitality (Christine Weinberg - Chair); Outreach Ministry (Chair is open). If you would like to support the parish by being a member of a committee, please see the Chair of the committee. Committee meetings are schedule around the schedules of the committee members. If anyone would like to Chair the Outreach Ministry Committee, please see Father Patrick for more information. OTHER EVENTS Attention Readers: St. Paul has a small library located in the Mary Elizabeth Bair Parish Center Middle Classroom. Feel free to borrow a book (or books). When you have finished reading it, please drop your book into the Book Return basket located to the left of the book shelves. We have also included a donation box if you would like to make a contribution. Enjoy! Thanks to Vickie Stump for all her hard work in organizing and setting up our library.