Coming Events

 

Potluck Luncheon at St. Paul Church

 

There is a covered dish luncheon after the Sunday morning service on the first Sunday of each month.    Please plan to come to our worship service and stay afterwards for the luncheon.  If you can, please bring a covered dish for all to enjoy.  Call Treva Brodersen for more information (850-5999.)

 

The Lunch Bunch

The "Lunch Bunch" is a group of ladies who gather on the third Friday of the month for lunch and fellowship.  The venue changes monthly as different members of the group sign-up to act as "hostess" and plan the meetings.  The Lunch Bunch usually meets at a local restaurant, but sometimes gather in someone's home or meet for a "brown bag" lunch at the church.  Information about the monthly gatherings is announced in the Sunday bulletins and in our newsletter.  There is a sign-up sheet posted on the bulletin board for anyone wanting to host a Lunch Bunch meeting.

 

OUTREACH

 

Christian Children’s Fund

 

The Church Council has voted to support a disadvantaged child in another country through the Christian Children’s Fund.  We have selected Cleiton, a young Brazilian boy who lives with his grandmother and mother in a rural community located in the southwestern part of the state of Ceara. We encourage members of the congregation to individually select and support a similar child as well.  The cost is nominal and the web address is www.christianchildrensfund.org.

 

 

C.R.O.S.S.

 

Christians Reaching Out Serving Seymour is a church supported, social welfare agency which provides needy persons with food and assistance with utilities and

rent payments and other emergency assistance.  It is supported by 16 local churches, among which is St. Paul Church. We will continue to contribute food items that they require.  We will post here, and on the front page, a list of needed food items.  You can bring them to the church and we will take them over to C.R.O.S.S. periodically.

 

NEEDED FOOD ITEMS:

Rice

Baking Mixes

Canned Meat

Toilet Paper

Powdered Milk

 

Keeping Boyd’s Creek Highway Beautiful.

 

As our part in the Seymour beautification program, St. Paul Church will maintain a 4 times/year trash pick-up from Chapman Highway past the church to N. Shiloh Road.  TDOT has erected signs identifying St. Paul as responsible for that stretch of Boyd’s Creek Hwy.

 

 

CHURCH BUILDING

 

Undercroft  Renovations

We will be starting our Undercroft (basement) renovation project in January.  Once completed, the Undercroft will house the Church Office, Clergy Office, Sacristy, Choir Room, Furnace Room, and a large "multi-purpose" room.  We hope to complete much of this work through the efforts of volunteers from the congregation.  If you are interested in helping with this vital project, please see our Junior Warden, Treva Brodersen.

 

BELL

St. Paul Episcopal Church now has a bell in the belfry!  A special "Thank You" goes to Ron Samples for his generous donation and to the crew from St. Paul who installed the bell in our bell tower. After an almost 30 year hiatus, the community is once again called to worship by the sound of a bell coming from St. Paul's.

 

Parking Lot

Expansion of our rear parking lot is underway.  Landscaping projects for the "green space" between the building and the new parking area are in the planning stages, and should commence this spring. 

 

 

Security System

 

As a result of the break-in and loss of items of value, we have installed a new alarm system and night lights in the back of the annex.  Anyone requiring access to the building should call Pete Walburg at 573-7253 or David Thomas at 654-5489.