St. Paul's Episcopal Church

October 20, 2024

The flowers on the Altar are given by Lisa Grotts
in celebration of my father, Jay Mirza, on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

ALL ARE WELCOME! Come to Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall following the 10 a.m. service! If you are visiting, please sign the guest register and fill out one of our WELCOME cards found on the back of the pew and place it in the offering plate. We treasure your presence with us.

Organ Concert
David Hatt, fellow parishioner at St. Paul’s as well as assistant organist at St. Mary’s Cathedral SF, will play a concert titled, Above and Below. The program features the chorales Heaven Above (Vom Himmel hoch) and Out of the Depths (Aus tiefer Not) by JG Walther, JS Bach, CPE Bach, Reger, Pepping and Walcha. Admission is free with donations going to St. Paul’s Building Fund.

Friday, November 1, 6:00 pm, Parish Hall
Mother Sally’s Sabbatical Slide Show 
We will be having a slide show in the Parish Hall showing pictures from Mother Sally’s summer sabbatical. We’ll have good snacks and hear lots of fun stories!

 

 

Sunday, November 3
All Saints’ Sunday—Names to be Remembered
Please fill out the form with any names you would like included in our “necrology”, 
to be read out loud on Sunday, Nov. 3. Additional forms can be found in the office. Last date to turn in names is Sunday, October 27. 

Sunday, November 3
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Saturday night, don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed—we get an extra hour of sleep!

Friday, November 8, 6:00 pm, St. Paul’s Church
Organ Concert
The concert will be performed by Henry Webb, a young Masters’ degree student at McGill University. It should be quite something, as he is one of only 11 organists from around the world who have qualified for the prestigious Canadian International Organ Competition held every three years in Montreal.

 

Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Holiday Boutique News
Saturday, Nov. 23, 10-2
This is one of St. Paul’s major fundraisers and is sponsored by ECW.
BOUTIQUE DONATIONS: 
Jewelry: Please continue to bring in your donations of jewelry for the pricing committee to work on packaging and pricing.
Donations: Beginning Oct. 18, collectibles, hand-crafted, and seasonal decorations (no books, furniture, or basic glassware) can be brought to the office You can also bring in any preserves or Cookie Mix gift jars. 
Baked Goods and Candies: Last year we sold out of baked goods within the first hour! This year we are hoping to get LOTS to sell! Deliver baked goods and candies on Friday, Nov. 22 during office hours.
Bean Soup Mixes and Jam Jar lids:
On Thursday, October 24, at 10:30 am, everyone is welcome to join us as we assemble the bean soup mix into jars which we will sell at the Boutique. In addition, we will decorate lids of the preserve/jam jars making them festive for sale at the Boutique. If you can’t make this event and have preserves for sale, you can turn them into the office, and we will get the lids decorated.

Coffee Hour Openings
The following dates are available for sign up—Oct. 27 and Nov. 10.    Remember it doesn’t need to be fancy—something sweet and something savory will be very appreciated by everyone!

The Cookbooks Are Here!
If you preordered a copy of The Parish Palate, please stop by the church office to pick it up.  The cost is $15.00/cookbook--include “cookbook” on memo line.  If you can’t remember how many copies you ordered, call the office, 707-433-2107. There will be some copies available at the ECW Holiday Boutique in November.

Food Drive
Due to the success of the Lenten Food Drive of our Sunday School, we will continue accepting donations for the Healdsburg Food Pantry. Bring donations to the church and we will get them to the Pantry!

Online Giving Using Cell Phone
Here is an easy way to make a donation/payment to St. Paul’s from your cell phone by sending a text message!!! For example, if you want to donate $50 from your checking account or on a credit card, send a text to 73256 with the text message of…STPAULHB 50. You will receive a reply back saying, “You’re almost there”.  A link is then provided to your Giving Account at St. Paul’s. At this point, you specify the fund (Outreach, Pledge, etc.). Call church office if you have any questions, 707-433-2107.

Community Ministry Update

Needed Items:  water

 Year to Date: 1,068 showers and 1,793 lunches

Weekly Sunday Dinner: 50 – 60 meals per week

Held at St. Paul’s Church

Hosted by Churches of Healdsburg Shared Ministry

Thank you for your ongoing donations of goods and time!

Small Church, Big Heart, Big Impact

Ask us how you can get more involved! (707-433-2107)

 

 

Our Ministries Are In Operation!

Choir Rehearsal
Tuesday,  6:30 – 8:00 pm, St. Paul’s Church (Resumes Sept. 3)

Bible Study 
Wednesday, 3:45 p.m. (Zoom) (None during summer)
If you wish to join in with Zoom, please send an email request to the church by Wednesday morning:  office@stpauls-healdsburg.org. You will then receive an email invitation with instructions how to join Zoom. We study the lectionary texts for the upcoming Sunday.

Mass in the Moss Room, An altar in the world
Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. 
Paul Mahder Gallery, 222 Healdsburg Ave.
Second Wednesday of each month we have a Lectio Divina followed by a potluck dinner.