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October, 2009 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES: Oct. 4, The 18th Sunday after Pentecost Lay Reader: Barbara McGinness Oct. 11, The 19th Sunday after Pentecost Lay Reader: Sam French Oct. 18, The 20th Sunday after Pentecost Lay Reader: Don Kiefer Oct. 25, The 21st Sunday after Pentecost Lay Reader: Jim Stillwell Altar Guild: Sheryl Kiefer |
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Sunday Nov 08
• 9:00 AM BIBLE STUDY
9:00am-10:00am 9:00 AM Bible Study, led by John Tarver. Church History BC and AD
•10:00 AM EUCHARIST
10:00am-11:00am Our regularly scheduled Sunday Service will be held at Tarver's, outside for our annual picnic time! Be There!
Monday Nov 09
• AL ANON MEETS
8:00pm-9:00pm At St. Paul's around 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday Nov 11
• MID-WEEK EUCHARIST
5:00am-5:30am 5:30 PM
Friday Nov 13
• 8:00 P.M. AA MEETS
8:00pm-9:00pm Regularly scheduled AA meetings at St. Paul's
Saturday Nov 14
• ECW MEETS
10:00am-12:00pm Regularly scheduled 2nd Saturday meeting 10:00 to Noon!~
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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.
NEW BIBLE STUDY
John Tarver will begin a new Bible Study beginning this next Sunday. The discussion material will include the early writing of the church and how the Christian Church developed in those years. I do hope that people will take advantage of John’s knowledge. The adult class will be held before church, Sunday at 9AM.
DIOCESAN PUBLICATION! "The Spirit" can be accessed through our "links" on this page. Thanks for your interest.
October 18TH, 3rd Sunday Potluck, at Tarver's!
EUCHARIST and Potluck:
Pick up your Map at Church! The Eucharist will be at 10:00 (sharp), so car pool, or whatever, just get there! Some will meet at Church at 9:00 and convoy to the site!
October 30-31 DIOCESAN CONVENTION
The Convention for the Diocese of West Missouri will be held Friday October 30th and end at noon on Saturday the 31st. Many parishioners have enjoyed the classes held on Friday which are open to visitors. The convention will be held at Tan-Tara in the Ozarks. Traveling directions will be available later.
Voices from the Vicarage:
October Vicar’s Column The vicar is going to give way to our bishop who has given us a very important message: “At The Standing Committee, I asked the members of the Committee to assume their canonical responsibility of searching for the next Bishop of West Missouri. The Rt. Rev Matthews, the Bishop for Pastoral Development was present with them to share the process materials which will aid them in this search. This process normally takes between twelve and eighteen months before a new Bishop is ordained/consecrated. While the Standing Committee is in charge of this search process, all members of the Diocese will have an opportunity to be involved in it. I intend to resign as diocesan Bishop at the time of the ordination/consecration of the next bishop. I will therefore continue to minister until then to the best of my ability and with the grace of the Lord and being among you and with you.” The bishop goes into some more detail involving his plans. There are copies of his complete letter available to the church members. Don Kiefer, a member of the Standing Committee, has made several very important comments. There will be four committees chosen from the next Deanery meetings. It is vitally important that our representatives from St. Paul’s attend those meetings. I myself have been somewhat remiss in this task. If we want to be a part of a change in the Diocese which will reflect our lives for at least the next decade, we must be there! Don has said that our 2011 Convention may also include an election for a new Bishop. Of course, timing of the process of discernment and choice can sometimes be rather unpredictable. So our tasks are vital: 1. be aware of what is going on in our diocese in this process 2. Be involved in whatever church positions or as confirmed Episcopalians should be. 3. Attend all meetings in which we are involved. 4. Pray that God will help us make the right choices in all this process. As to The Rt. Rev Barry Howe: we will miss him. He has been the best bishop I have worked for in 40+ years as a priest. Some of the resolutions of the last General Convention of the Episcopal Church will have consequences for our small church. During the last bishops committee, members were given all of the resolutions which have past and an informal method of proceeding verbalized by our Bishop. The committee is going to examine these resolutions closely for one month, pray about courses of action and discuss them at the next meeting. I ask your patience as church members about these resolutions. Give your vicar and Bishop’s Committee a month before you ask about these. It helps us to decide things together BR>
Agape, Fr. Leed
Mrs. Susan Fields, Sec/Clerk, (Warsaw)
Mrs. Kate French, (Clinton)
Mr. Sam French, Bishop's Warden, (Clinton)
Mr. Kurt Gretzinger (Urich)
Ms. Karen Johnson, (Chilhowee)
Mr. Chuck Smith, Treasurer, (Warsaw)
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!
This past month (Sept.) has seen us readying for the ECW Diocesan Convention, as St. Paul's is hosting this year's meeting and celebrations. There are two opportunities to grow in our church life by attending the first presentation at 1:00-2:30 on Friday, "Women's Gifts for Leadership" with the Rev. Dr. Susan M. Smith, and on Saturday at 9:00-10:00 Bishop and Mary Howe will be presenting their slide show of their trip to Africa this past Spring/Summer. For $15 Registration fee you may come and go at will. Thanks for your support!
More meetings and programs will be scheduled for St. Paul's in the upcoming seasons.
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.
