Welcome to St. Paul's!
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Welcome
If you are looking for a church community, you may have just found it! St Paul’s has a long tradition of superb music, a vibrant preschool, an inviting Sunday School, active youth group and effective outreach. This is a place where God is first and you can make a difference. "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." Mark 8:35 
SOUP & SPIRIT LUNCHEONS
THE FIRST WORDS OF THE RISEN CHRIST Noon ~ 1 pm March 4 First Baptist Church in Wickford Rev. Virginia Alvarez "Don't cling to me....go to my brothers and tell them..." John 20: 17 March 11 Saint Francis deSales RCC Father David Procaccini "Peace be with you." John 20: 19-20 March 18 St. Bernard's RCC Father John "As the Father as sent me, even so I am sending you.. ...receive the Holy Spirit...." John vs. 21-23 March 25 St. Paul's Episcopal Church The Rev. Canon Virginia Heistand Reach here....do not disbelieve, but believe...." John v. 27 April 1 North Kingstown United Methodist Church Rev. Lori Eldredge " Do not be afraid...." Matthew 28: 10 Our new loop system for the hearing impaired has been installed! If you wear an aid, it can be set for the T-coil system. Or, you can borrow our headsets and use your own ear buds, if you like. |
Announcements + Remember to TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD! this Saturday night, March 7 + This week's Soup and Spirit Lunch is at First Baptist Church in Wickford. The Rev Virginia Alvarez will be speaking on John 20:17 ("Don't cling to me... go to my brothers and tell them..) + This week's Lenten Meet and Greet is our own beloved Fr. William. Come to coffee hour after 9:30 worship. + The parish prayer cycle for March is Outreach! (One of our favorite things and the children are leading the way, even better!) + Fill the Ark is a month long project from Heifer International led by our Sunday School! Get your ark in the Parish Hall or Narthex. + The March Communicant is available. Please Click here. + In a long, thorough, prayerful and agonizing decision, the Preschool Board has voted to close the school at the end of this school year. This much loved 59 year ministry of the church is no longer possible due to fewer children, more restrictive state regulations and fewer families who need half day preschool. While we have seen this coming for several years, and we celebrate the amazing gift of the school, it is still sad and was a very hard decision. Please keep the Board, the Director, the teachers, the students and the parents in your prayers. + Bible 101 Congratulations and cookies to Dan Dyer, who knows the 4 covenants of the Old Testament, plus 1 :). We were iced (or roads being cleared before ice or some ice annoyance) out of meeting last week :(. Let's try again this Sunday at 5 in the chapel. Cookies (like Grace) for All. |
Coming Up
Mobile, Loaves and Fishes
Our next Mobile Loaves truck run to the homeless shelter is:
March 10
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084cafaf2bab9-mobile19
Because of the extremely cold and snowy weather, more and more men are experiencing the need for shelter at Harrington Hall. The food we provide for them is so appreciated. It is amazing to see the continued generosity of the people of St. Paul’s who enthusiastically fill up the slots in the SignUpGenius each month. You’re the BEST!
The men at Harrington Hall thank you with all their hearts! God Bless!
Our next Mobile Loaves truck run to the homeless shelter is:
March 10
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084cafaf2bab9-mobile19
Because of the extremely cold and snowy weather, more and more men are experiencing the need for shelter at Harrington Hall. The food we provide for them is so appreciated. It is amazing to see the continued generosity of the people of St. Paul’s who enthusiastically fill up the slots in the SignUpGenius each month. You’re the BEST!
The men at Harrington Hall thank you with all their hearts! God Bless!
From Inside the Collar
St Paul uses the metaphor of the body for the Church. Biology tells us that a healthy body does five things; it is born, grows, reproduces, eliminates and dies. For churches the last two functions are the most difficult.
The end of the preschool era is saddening. And, it is in the context of the gift of life. We all owe a debt of gratitude to the Board, not only for their exceptional due diligence, but for their courage, vision and faith in celebratory conclusion of the preschool. It is hard and it is life. Thank God for the gift of life and above all for the gift of His Life.
