ECW Notes

Province V Conference

 

L adies, the 2012 Province V Episcopal Church Women's Conference will be in South Bend from April 27-29 at The Ramada Plaza Downtown. Registration can be done online at www.ecwnorthernindiana.com/events.html. If you would like a registration packet mailed to you, please contact Christina Nevill at christina_nevill@hotmail.com or (219) 309-5635. The Diocesan website has information as well at www.ednin.org

 

–Hollie Adamson.

 

Thank You!

 

When I became a member of St. Paul's on May 27, 2000, I knew that I was ready to serve our parish and was looking forward to a task to appear. In May 2004 the call came. I was asked to serve as the Parish ECW officer. I accepted the call and for the past seven and a half years I have, with God's help and the help of the people of St. Paul's, served to the best of my ability. This past year I realized that it was time to send out the call for someone to replace me. Hollie Adamson answered my call. I am so grateful to Hollie and I know that she will serve our parish with love and dedication.

 

Thank you, Mother Susan and the people of St. Paul's, for allowing me to serve you. I shall forever treasure the beautiful wood carved figures of the Holy Family presented to me at my Recognition of Retirement on November 27.

 

God Bless,

 

Barbara Books

UTO Report

I would like to extend a THANK YOU to everyone who donated to the Fall United Thank Offering Ingathering on November 27, 2011.

 

Your generous donations totaled $526.60 and will join other Episcopal Church donations to fund the grants that will be awarded this spring. These grants finance projects and missions in congregations throughout the Episcopal Church and in our companion dioceses in the Anglican Communion.

 

Please remember to take a new Blue Box from the blue basket located on a shelf of the Parishioner's Corner at the back of the church for the Spring UTO Ingathering. As you offer up your spare change and your thanksgivings, remember that your gift of gratitude is not simply a self-contained spiritual discipline for it merges with the gifts of others to help fulfill the church's mission to restore all people to union with God. This discipline of gratitude begins in the home, as author Margaret Kim Peterson states in Keeping House:, "A Christian home, properly understood, is never just for one's own family. A Christian home overflows its boundaries; it is an outpost of the Kingdom of God, where the hungry are fed and the naked are clothed and there is room enough for everyone."

Adult Formation

Beginning January 15, we will again be having Adult Formation class at 9:00 AM, between the services, and also on Wednesdays after Evening Prayer, beginning 18—choose your session.

 

We'll be studying the Book of Revelation, using as our text N. T. Wright's Revelation for Everyone. You can purchase the book through Amazon for about $15, or let Mtr. Susan know by January 8 and she will order for you.

 

Here's the publisher's description: "N. T. Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament, and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion, with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back of the book. The series is suitable for group study, personal study, or daily devotions."

Weather Alerts

Now that cold, snowy weather is on the horizon, if it causes us to cancel any event at St. Paul's, notice will be posted on WSBT Channel 22 and its affiliates: NewsRadio 960, SUNNY 101.5, Oldies 94.3, Real Country 99.9 and of course the website, www.wsbt.com. And while we're on the subject, be sure your car isn't left in our lot on these snowy days, as our plowing service needs to get through.

St. Paul's on Facebook

For everyone on Facebook, head over to the St. Paul's page and "like" us to receive updates and information.

Speravi Mass: High Mass with Contemporary Music followed by Potluck Dinner on the Fourth Wednesdays of the Month

 

Every fourth Wednesday of the month, beginning on October 26th, Speravi Mass will replace Evening Prayer at 6:00pm.

 

Speravi Mass is an opportunity for the congregation of St Paul’s and the Mishawaka/South Bend communities to gather to worship the Lord in a contemplative setting with a blend of contemporary, ancient, and modern music, and to receive the Eucharist in a solemn mass.

 

Speravi is inspired from beginning of Psalm 31, In te domine speravi (In you Lord have I hoped).

 

By worshipping God in the presence of the saints we are reminded wherein lies our hope.

 

Mass will be followed by a potluck dinner in the spirit of More-with-Less Cookbook (“helping Christians respond in a caring-sharing way in a world with limited food resources”). 

 

If you have questions or want to help (acolytes, thurifers and musicians needed!) please contact Fr. Michael Cover (mbcover@gmail.com), Kate Kennedy (khkenned@princeton.edu), or Mother Susan (susan.haynes@gmail.com).

 

Ministry Volunteers Needed

Jon Adamson, who coordinates the ministry schedule each month, reminds us that we can always use more volunteers. If you would like to be a lector, an usher, an oblationer, or read the Prayers of the People, we'd be happy to have you serve. We'll train you if you feel the need, though the tasks are simple—but important! Talk to Mtr. Susan or Jon.

 

Notre Dame Lunches

As a kick-off to our campus ministries, we are starting weekly St. Paul's lunches at Notre Dame on Wednesdays from 11:30 to 1:30 in 113 Coleman-Morse Center.

 

All are welcome to bring their lunches and enjoy a time of rest and fellowship with us.

 

 

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