What’s Happening at St. Paul’s 12-24
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CHRISTMAS AT ST. PAUL’S Click here to read the Rector’s Christmas Letter Christmas Eve Thursday, December 24 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. Family Service Live with Nativity Video of St. Paul’s people in costume on Zoom Click here to join the Zoom gathering. Click here for the 4pm Worship Booklet 5:30 – 5:50 p.m. Come to Union Street Parking lot for Christmas Eve Candle Lighting. 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Spiritual Eucharist on St. Paul’s Facebook Click to view the service on St. Paul’s Facebook Click here for the 7:30 Worship Booklet Christmas Day Friday, December 25 10:00 a.m. Christmas Day Spiritual Eucharist on St. Paul’s Facebook live Click to view the service on St. Paul’s Facebook Click here for the Worship Booklet Sunday, December 27 The First Sunday after Christmas 10:30 a.m. Diocesan Spiritual Eucharist or here on the Diocesan YouTube channel Worship Booklet St. Paul’s Announcements Readings Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 Psalm 147 The Lectionary Page Family Worship ![]() Sunday, December 27, 9:30 a.m. Rev. Katie Holicky and musician Susan Brown will lead us in a time of song, prayer, story, and sharing with our friends! Here is the link for the Zoom gathering. Click here for the 9:30 Family Worship Booklet Sunday Parish Fellowship Time Click here to join the Sunday Parish Fellowship Time Sunday, 11:30 am Join in for a facilitated virtual gathering to check in with each other and explore the morning’s sermon. Parish Announcements Daily Morning Prayer and Compline — Join us every morning and evening on St. Paul’s Facebook Live for Morning Prayer and Compline, 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Parish Office will be closed on New Year’s Day. The Vestry has accepted with thanks to the Nominating Committee the following slate for annual elections to be held in a Zoom Annual Meeting, January 24, 2021, at Noon. Junior Warden (two-year term), Jan DeBlieu Vestry (three-year term), Deborah Goodwin, Ellen Hall, Ellen Ranen Diocesan Delegates: Andree Appel, Charlie Priest, Pat Ryan, Charla Spann Alternates to Diocesan Convention: John Ott, Lili Ott, Susan Brown We thank the Nominating Committee: Johanna Wigg, Chair, Bill Edman, Susan Martens, Abigail Manny Patterson. Faith Filled Generosity — If you haven’t already made your pledge, there are two easy ways to complete the form. Just go to St. Paul’s website, there you can download and print out a form or chose a link below. Then just fill it out and mail it back to the church at St. Paul’s, PO Box 195, Brunswick, ME 04011. If you prefer you can fill out the online form also found on the Giving page of our website. Thank you! Find a pledge form here: Online pledge form here. Click here to download and print a pledge form, then complete and mail to St. Paul’s PO Box 195 Brunswick, ME 04011. Looking Ahead Wednesday, January 6, 7 pm – Feast of the Epiphany All-Parish Hymn Sing – Zoom Friday, January 8 – Annual Reports due Saturday, January 9 (or January 10 if weather is bad) Ice Fishing at Pleasant Pond. Drop-in 11 am—3 pm for Ice Fishing at Pleasant Pond. Email Rev. Katie at katieholicky@stpaulsmaine.org for details and to RSVP. Sunday, January 17, 4:00 p.m. – Zoom Small Group Soup and Scripture chat. Join us to eat your warm soup and to chat over the Scripture passage: Mark 1:14-20, the call of Simon and Andrew. Sunday, January 24, 12:00 p.m.— Zoom all-parish Annual Meeting: Presentation of Ministry Reports, Pledging and Financial Reports, 2021 Budget and Parish Election.Sunday, January 31, 3:30 pm – St. Paul’s parking lot in-person gathering outdoors, candle lighting vigil to renew our baptismal covenant and pray for peace. Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program Maine has not escaped the latest surge of the COVID-19 virus. We pray for those who have lost loved ones and for those who have family members in the hospital. We also pray for those struggling to pay for housing, medicine and to put food on their tables, even more so as government aid has lapsed. The last is something we can help with. MCHPP has to buy some of their food to support their mission. Please send a check in any amount to help them feed those who face a situation they have no control over. Make your check out to MCHPP, 12 Tenney Way, Brunswick, ME 04011 Prayer Requests Pray for St. Peter’s in Portland Pray for our Commission on Ministry Pray for our lawmakers heading back to session in January Pray for Anderson, Andrew, Cedric, Jason, Michael, Richard, and all in the military. Thanksgiving for the health of baby Savannah, now thriving. We pray for: Christy, Ryan & family, Ethel, Ray, John, David, Judi, Nick, Bob, Kathy, Skip, the Blackburn family, Willow, Tierra, Ann, Jim, Lollie, Steve, James, Nia, Linda, Dave, Caroline, Jeffrey, Arthur, Tracey, Carol, and Roger W. Jennifer, John, Reeve, Victor, Travis & family, Ben, Diane, Nate, Elijah, Priscilla, Garrett, Elliot, Marcia, Lynn, Peter, Patricia, Pat-rick, Bill, Bob, Paul, Sue, Julie, Harlan, Nan, Clare, Cameron, Linton, and Barbara Matthew, Herb, Gair, baby Thomas, Jason, Annie, Carole, Arline, Franklin, Terry, Mark, Donelda, and Sudie, Pat, Marie, Michael, and Jim, Debbie, Carol, Robbie, Ron, Hope, Shirley, Lois, and Therese Call or email the parish office if you would like a name to be placed on the prayer list. The names will be removed after three months unless otherwise notified. Click here for this week’s calendar |