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November, 2009 Nov. 1, ALL SAINT'S DAY Lay Reader: Barbara McGinness Nov. 8, The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Lay Reader: Sam French Nov. 15, The 24th Sunday after Pentecost Lay Reader: Don Kiefer Nov. 22, The Last Sunday after Pentecost Lay Reader: Jim Stillwell Nov. 29, First Sunday of Advent Lay Reader: Kurt Gretzinger Altar Guild: Becky Tarver |
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TODAY !!!
• 8:00 P.M. AA MEETS
8:00pm-9:00pm Regularly scheduled AA meetings at St. Paul's
Sunday Nov 22
• 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 EUCHARIST
10:00am-11:00am Regularly scheduled Sunday Eucharist
Monday Nov 23
• AL ANON MEETS
8:00pm-9:00pm At St. Paul's around 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday Nov 25
• MID-WEEK EUCHARIST
5:00am-5:30am 5:30 PM
Thursday Nov 26
• THANKSGIVING!
5:00am-5:30am Thanksgiving Day
Be Thankful! All Day!
Friday Nov 27
• 8:00 P.M. AA MEETS
8:00pm-9:00pm Regularly scheduled AA meetings at St. Paul's
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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
Our hosting of the Diocese of Western Missouri, Women’s Group was a great success. The women of our church were especially attentive to detail of seating, snacks and lunch for the Friday presentation. I attended the Friday presentation by the Rev. Susan Smith and the very interesting education we received on Botswana from our Bishop and his wife. Some dancers who participated in the presentation have been invited to our Sunday Church Services sometime soon. I am so proud of the women of our church who do such a wonderful work for such tasks.
By the time you receive this newsletter, the Diocesan Convention hosted at Tan-Tara will most likely have been held this weekend. Father Leed, Don Kiefer, Kate French will be our delegates. I do know that Mary and Chuck Smith, Jim Stillwell and Sheryl Kiefer will be visiting part of the convention. We should all be back for that All Saint’s Sunday on November 1st. Please remember to bring your list of persons of importance to you (your Saints) so that they can be remembered at the offertory.
Most of you know that The Rt. Rev. Barry Howe has announced his resignation. The selection committee for the new bishop is already being formed. One of our own, Don Kiefer is a member of that important work. Also, the election for a new Bishop is planned for our next Convention which should be in November 2011. The delegated from St. Paul’s to that convention should be voted members unless procedures are changed. We will all miss Bishop Barry, one of the kindest and considerate bishop with whom I have had to pleasure work for.
Now for a bit of a change in subject. Some of you may have heard that the Pope has offered Anglican (that’s us) priests, churches and people who are disaffected with the Episcopal Church the opportunity to join the Roman Catholic body with the simple signing of papers. Priests could still keep the Anglican rites or use the Roman. I did call Father Phil about this and ask what church he wanted me to take for the next several Sundays. He did not seem to know much about it, so I filled him in. He had some interesting questions like why do these Episcopalians want to do that? I did give him a short summary of the situation. He felt that it was a very strange thing, and I admitted that I agreed. We agreed to talk about it at our next ministerial association. Yes, our ecumenical relationships will continue as always. They seem to do this in small towns.
One bit of sad news. We are loosing Gary and Susan Fields to Kansas City. Susan received a very good job offer in her old field. They promise to visit since they are thinking of keeping a much smaller residence down in Warsaw. Susan and Gary, we all wish you the best, but we are going to miss you.
News:
Bishop’s Committee and Pot Luck on November 15th
The First Sunday of Advent: November 29th. We will be going to Rite I for those four weeks. There are special Advent programs and Materials available two Sunday’s before that time.
Remember: Christmas Eve will begin with Carols at 10:30PM with our Christmas Eve Eucharist starting at 11PM. I am not sure of any special music at that time since both soloists will be unavailable. Well, we sing well. Bring along sympathetic friends with good voices. 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!
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.
