St. Paul's Parish Announcements

MAY 18th after Church. The entire congregation is invited to join us for a picnic and games following the 10:30 am service. Hamburgers and Hot Dogs will be provided please bring your favorite side dish to share. We’ll also recognize our devoted Sunday School teachers.

Please mark your calendars for St. Paul’s Evening Under the Stars on Saturday, September 6! Laura Klinger and Cindy Browning will be organizing the event this year. More information will be coming over the next few weeks. Please feel free to contact Cindy at 410-758-4978 with any suggestions or to let her know if you’d like to help.

The Queen Anne’s County Garden Club will be holding their May Mart on Wednesday, May 7th from 9-1 at the Courthouse Green in Centreville. There will be a bake sale, plant sale, green and white elephants and bagged lunches.

Lunches must be preordered and will include, a chicken salad sandwich, baked item, chips and a drink for $6.50.

To place an order, please call Susan Whitaker 410-827-6884 or Arline Mayer 410-758-0173.

The building plans for St. Paul’s have been posted in the hallway by the Vestry Room for two weeks. There are also small copies of the building plans in the back of the church for parishioners who are interested. We welcome everyone’s input. If you have any input please speak to Father Chris or a member of the Building Assessment Committee; Arline Mayer, Stoney Duffey, Kathy Draper, Janet Doehler, Henry Hilleary, or Hugh Whitaker by March 15th. We would like to move towards finalizing the plans.

Forms for Summer 2008 are available in the back of the church.

The parish workday is normally scheduled for the third Saturday of every month, but with the upcoming Bishop’s Visitation our next work day will be on April 12th from 9 until 12:00. Please plan on helping with the workday. The more volunteers we have the less work everyone has to do.

St. Paul’s will participate in the first Historic Sites Consortium tour of 2008 on Saturday, May 3 from 10am to 2pm. The Bell Choir will perform and docents will greet guests. The more parishioners who participate as guides, the broader the circle of our history spreads throughout the community and our parish.

Docents are provided with a brief history of St. Paul’s and are scheduled for a two hour period in the church. Please call church office, 410-758-1553 or Janet Doehler 410-758-0306 if you are interested in a new adventure of outreach

Sue Whaley has generously offered to chair the Pastoral Care Committee. If you are interested in joining Pastoral Care and have not been contacted yet please call Sue at 410-758-3498.

If you ordered offering envelopes for 2008 please pick them up in the back of the church. If you did not order envelopes and would like them please contact the parish office.

The Episcopal Church Women will gather the first Saturday of every month at 9:00 a.m., to walk together through Millstream Park and Centreville, then sit to have a cup of coffee and relax. Please feel free to bring young children with you. Any female of the church is welcome and encouraged to join us!?

Thanks for signing up to sing this year! It`s going to be a great year, with fun things to do, and really good music to offer up to God. Rehearsals are right after the 10:30 service. We`ll meet in the Choir Room, and there will be snacks in the Choir Room just for you Choir Kids! If you can`t make it next Sunday, or on any Sunday, have your parents call me to let me know. My home phone number is 410-758-3024, and my cell number is 410-310-7861.

The Altar Guild is looking for new members. They need a new member to fill a vacant position to arrange the flowers. You would be on a team and asked to arrange the flowers for the altar once every 6 weeks or so. You would be off during lent and advent because there are no flowers on the altar. Please call Hallie Rugg at 410-758-1395 if you are interested in joining the Altar Guild.

The Bell Choir practice starts at 6:15pm and the Choir practice starts at 7:30pm on Thursdays.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet on Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:00pm at Janet Hughes’ home. Please call Janet at 443-262-9729 if you have any questions.

Please check the Giving Tree in the back of the church for the new leaves. We have added leaves for folding chairs for Donaldson Hall. We have a lot of upcoming events and we would like to have new chairs to go with the new tables. The folding chairs are $36.00 each. Please fill out a leaf and put it in the envelope. If you have any questions please contact Janet Doehler at 410-758-0306.

We fold newsletters on the fourth Tuesday of every month beginning at 10:00am. If you are free please stop by for some great conversation and newsletter folding.

On the fourth Sunday of each month, the loose offering in the offering plate is designated for the Rector`s Discretionary Fund. This fund enables us to help our less fortunate brothers and sister in the Centreville Community - help with electric, gas or oil bills, with shelter needs, or with groceries. You are also welcome to write a check if you want. Make checks payable to St. Paul`s Discretionary Fund and give them to Father Chris or drop them off at the parish office. Thank you for your generosity in ministering to our brothers and sisters in the name of Jesus.

The parish office hours are Tuesday through Friday 9:30 until 2:30pm.

Please sign up to volunteer for coffee hour. There is a sign up sheet in the back of the church.

If you are able or interested in baking bread for this ministry or have questions about what is required, please contact Julia Williams at 410-758-2734 or julgregw@verizon.net . I only have a small list of volunteers and would love to expand to enable us to have a schedule planned ahead.

Thank you for considering helping with this ministry.

We are in need of Ushers, everyone is welcome to volunteer. You will serve once every 8 weeks. You will receive your schedule in advance so if you are busy on the day you are scheduled you will have plenty of time to find a replacement. If you are interested please contact the parish office at 410-758-1553 or st_pauls_parish@verizon.net.

All are welcome at the Lord`s table. At communion we come forward at the direction of the ushers and line up from right to left at the altar. You may stand or kneel (whichever you prefer). After the entire row has received communion, the lay chalicist will say “amen”. You may exit out side door to come back into the church nave and return to your seat.