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February, 2010 Lay Readers: February 7, Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Lay Reader: Sam French February14, Last Sunday after Epiphany Lay Reader: Barb McGinness February 21, First Sunday in Lent Lay Reader: Don Kiefer Febraury 28, Second Sunday in Lent Lay Reader: Mary Smith Altar for February: Linn Gretzinger |
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Wednesday Feb 10
• 5:30 MID-WEEK SERVICE
5:30pm-6:00pm Regular mid-week service
Friday Feb 12
• AA MEETS
5:00am-5:30am Regular meeting of AA at 8:00 at St. Paul's
Saturday Feb 13
• NO ECW MEETING
10:00am-12:00pm Meet in March, 2010
Sunday Feb 14
• 9:00 AM BIBLE STUDY
9:00am-10:00am Regular Bible Study resumes, Book of Acts!
•10:00 A.M. EUCHARIST
10:00am-11:00am Regularly scheduled Eucharist!
Monday Feb 15
• AL ANON MEETS
8:00pm-9:00pm Regular Monday night meeting!
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Welcome to St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Dear Friends,
If you have felt a personal need to improve your conscious contact with God and have not felt comfortable seeking out a church, we may have a solution for you. For over thirty five years, there has been an Episcopal Church in Clinton, Missouri. More than likely you haven't heard of us, for we met in a house and our worship area would hold about 19 people. So the people who attended were dedicated and knew that what we had was not working. We would start to grow and then stop. The answer lay in building a new church which would welcome visitors and allow us to grow. Some of you may have noticed the new church on Highway 7 just one mile from WalMart. (You GPS users, enter 181 East Division Road!) That's us! We are a kind of "Field of Dreams" Church. "Build it and they will come" .... most of us believed God wanted us to do that. Now, this gives you and your family a unique opportunity to attend a church, to be a part of it, to provide leadership if you would like to develop educational programs, prayer groups or be a part of developing Sunday worship services. Looking forward to visiting with you.
Faithfully yours,
The Rev. Rolf A. Leed
e-mail: rleed@myway.com
Church phone: 660-924-1621 (cell) or home: 660-885-6199 Leave a message, I'll get back to you! Thanks for your interest in St. Paul's!
St. Paul's is a loving community of committed Christians. We care about each other and we want to care about YOU. We are diverse in our backgrounds and individual beliefs and yet we walk together by making our experience of Jesus Christ more real within the common bond of our Episcopal family.
St. Paul's would like to welcome you to a special Christian community where you will be encouraged to develop your own personal journey to:
Grow in your own special faith.
Assist families in their moral and spritual growth.
Support each other through life's crisis.
Develop meaningful opportunities for outreach to others.
COME WORSHIP WITH US!
SCRIPTURE:
Episcopalians are people of faith. We believe the Holy Scriptures contain all that is necessary for our salvation, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that the Holy Spirit is God's love working through us as the church.
TRADITION:
We preserve our faith through a tradition which goes back to England in 400 AD. Tradition is reflected in our church government, our worship, our determinations as a church and diocese.
REASON:
Episcopalians can be enthusiastic about their belief and joyful in their worship. We believe that God gives us reason and intellect, and through application of reason, our path in belief may become clear.
BIBLE STUDY
John Tarver leads, sanctioned by Fr. Leed The adult class will be held before church, we are starting the Book of Acts. We will be assigned weekly homework so to be able to personalize our study on Sunday at 9AM.
DIOCESAN PUBLICATION! "The Spirit" can be accessed through our "links" on this page. Thanks for your interest.
Vicar’s Thoughts
Bishop’s Visitation
Well, because of weather, illness and persons traveling to see loved ones, our attendance has been rather like it was in the apartment church years ago. We have lost some families who have moved in the last year, also.
But….did every one of you come out in force for the Bishop’s Visitation, the Confirmation and the Baptism on January 17th. We had 40 people in church that Sunday and all were in what I call the usual St. Paul’s spirit of hospitality and friendliness. In other words, “we were who we usually are”. That is a good thing; it’s our faith shining!
Lynn Gretzinger
Lynn has been our organist for more years than I can count. It does seem to be longer than 25 years. This means that for most Sunday’s unless there was a clash of schedules, Lynn has been playing beautifully for us every Sunday. Not to make anyone feel guilty, but has anyone at St. Paul's been more regular on Sundays than her? I don’t think so. The time comes when people do have to move on and ministry does take a different form. Lynn will be retiring from the unpaid position of organist as of this month to spend some time with children and examining ways she may grow differently spiritually. We all hope she enjoys the travel and different experiences. Thank you Lynn, for making such a difference and being a special gift from God to this little church for so many years.
Your Vicar
“The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of many things” Your Vicar is going to retire from Pathways permanently at the end of July of this year. He also expects to move next January to Kansas City to be near two of his children. This means we need to be serious about how we want to find someone to be a priest for our little church. The members of the Bishop’s Committee do not have an easy job for the year 2010.
In your prayers:
Joe Crossley, who is undergoing treatment for serious cancer. Karen his wife; mother and father, Bob and Barbara Crossley
Nancy Gaines and Hazel Carpenter whose medical condition make mobility very difficult
Thanksgivings for John Blank’s pacemaker surgery which seems very successful.
Important Dates in February:
February 7th : The Blessing of the new church officers.
February 17th: Ash Wednesday The imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion on 7:30 both AM and PM.
February 21st, The First Sunday of Lent: Rite I 10:00AM.
February 24th, Wednesday Evenings Lenten Service Begins with Soup and Study: Communion at 6:00PM with soup and Bread supper to follow. The Study program will be announced soon.
Sunday Mornings, 9:00 AM Bible Class has begun under the capable leadership of John Tarver.
Wednesday Communion at 5:30PM Some are following this with dinner at the Main St. Café. (Exceptions during Lent)
Agape, Fr. Rolf
Mrs. Kate French, (Clinton)
Mr. Sam French, Bishop's Warden, (Clinton)
Mr. Kurt Gretzinger (Urich)
Mr. Keith Livingston, Clinton
Ms. Karen Johnson, (Chilhowee)
Mr. James Stillwell, Clinton
Mr. John Tarver, (Butler)
Mrs. Rebecca Tarver, Pres., (Butler)
Mrs. Kate French, VP/Sec., (Clinton)
Mrs. Linn Gretzinger, Treas., (Urich)
Ms. Karen Johnson (Member-at-Large) Diocesan ECW
Episcopal Church Women
We are thankful for all the committed people in ECW and look forward to our new year, 2009-10. Just remember if you’re a woman who belongs to the Episcopal Church, you are, indeed, a member of this group and we welcome your comments and attendance at any or all of our offerings. Join in at any time!
Thanks for your support!
More meetings and programs will be scheduled for St. Paul's in the upcoming seasons. We will be meeting every other month on the 2nd Saturday, 10:00 to Noon! November, Jan., March , and May.
For more info: contact Rebecca Tarver, President, or Karen Johnson, Liaison to Diocesan ECW
Please note that we now have a link on our web-site to the Diocesan ECW page in KC, MO.
