St. Paul’s Announcement Sheet for October 26th, 2014
ST. PAUL’S TODAY
Children
& Family
Ministries
Today at St. Paul’s
Sunday, October 26th
7:30 AM
Holy Eucharist
Chapel
Fellowship Hour
Centering Prayer
Parish Hall
Chapel
9:30 AM
Holy Eucharist
Church
11:00 AM
6:30 PM
Fellowship Hour
Youth Confirmation Mtg
Parish Hall
Youth Center
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
Spirit Service - TODAY - 9:30am
This is a Sunday service with lively music for people of every generation
NOISY MASS! - November 9th - 8:45am
A playful and sacred space for toddlers and and their families to worship together.
Rainbow Chapel - November 16th - 9:30am
A time for Pre-K to 5th graders to engage with the story of the day through songs, crafts, games and more.
ST. PAUL’S THIS WEEK & UPCOMING
Crab Feed - November 15, 6:00 p.m. - Parish Hall
The crab feed is a fundraiser for our Honduras Mission. For
just $50 per person, you can have crab, pasta, salad, bread,
dessert, and one beverage. What a bargain! There will also
be a silent auction. Sign up in the Parish Hall on Sundays.
We’ll see you on November 15th!
Advent Festival - Sunday, November 23
Join us after the 9:30 service on Nov 23rd for our
Advent Festival. We’ll make Advent wreaths, enjoy
yummy food, and there will be craft projects and
good fellowship for all!
Cell Phones Can Make Us Money!
We don’t make much money from the toner cartridges we recycle and they’re getting pickier
about which they’ll accept. But relatively new cell phones and laptops can be recycled for
good prices. You can bring them to the Parish Office. Even mp3 players bring in $1 each.
Thanks for keeping the Parish Office going!
Trinity Center - Volunteers Needed
We are gearing up for the holidays and need lots of helping hands.
Nov 13, Open House at Trinity Center. Noon to 3:00 p.m. Come to meet, greet & help as needed.
Nov 26-27, St. Paul’s Parish Hall – Prepare and serve Thanksgiving meal to 100+ homeless and working poor from 1:00
pm to 3:00 pm. Nov 26 we setup and prep food. Nov. 27 we prepare and serve. Setup, cooks, servers clean up helpers
and volunteers to put together ‘to go” bags are needed. This will be a community event with participation from faith
based, civic groups, individuals and local businesses. A lot of volunteers are needed to make this happen. Come help and
stay for the meal!
Dec 22, St. Paul’s Parish Hall – Holiday Party 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Light refreshments and gift exchange. Setup and
clean up volunteers needed.
Dec 24, Fellowship House – Christmas Eve Brunch from 10:30 am – Noon. Volunteers are needed to cook, serve and
clean up. Volunteers are also needed to help with providing food/snack bags for members to take away for the holidays.
Dec 31, Fellowship House - New Year’s Eve Brunch from 10:30 am – Noon. Volunteers are needed to cook, serve and
clean up. Volunteers are also needed to help with providing food/snack bags to take away for the holidays.
If you can help with one or more of these projects, please contact Carol Lombard at the Center
(925) 949-8712 or email: [email protected].
SPYG
It’s St. Paul’s Youth Group for kids in 6th - 12th grades.
–At SPYG we play games, do community building
activities, discuss the problems and joys of the world,
worship together, and have lots of fun!
SPYG Fall calendar:
-Sunday 11/9 in the Youth Center from 6:30-8:30 PM
-Progressive Dinner sometime in December.
Interested? Contact:
Richard Kemink
Julia Gearhart
Mariko Sturgess
This Week at St. Paul’s
Monday, October 27th
9:00 AM
Trinity Center
Tuesday, October 28th
9:00 AM
Trinity Center
1:00 PM
Balance Training
1:30 PM
Staff Meeting
7:00 PM
Men’s Book Group
7:30 PM
Boy Scouts
Wednesday, October 29th
12:00 Noon
Trinity Center Ladies Day
Thursday, October 30th
Fellowship House
Fellowship House
Parish Hall
Meeting Room
Livingston Conf
Parish Hall
Fellowship House
9:00 AM
11:00 AM
Trinity Center
Healing Team Meeting
Fellowship House
Church
12:15 PM
Prayer Service
Chapel
Balance Training
Choir Practice
Parish Hall
Church
1:00 PM
7:30 PM
Friday, Oct 31st - PARISH OFFICE CLOSED
8:00 AM
11:00 AM
Kitchen Kits
Trinity Center
Fellowship House
Fellowship House
Saturday, November 1st
Sunday, November 2nd
Angel Tree
Gifts and Foods for
Those in Need
St. Paul’s CCIC committee is
resurrecting the Angel Tree again
this year! This is an opportunity to
provide Christmas gifts and dinner
for families and individuals that otherwise cannot afford
these extras.
The tree will be set up November 16th. Each “ornament”
will contain a number and information for a needed gift or
food card. Here are the simple steps:
1.
Pick up an ornament (or two!)
2.
Sign your name on the associated number line of
the master list
3.
Purchase the gift card(s)
4.
Attach the ornament to the card/envelope
5.
Deliver to St. Paul’s no later than 12/7
We’ll take care of delivering them.
We strongly recommend gift cards for both the gifts and the
food. Why?? To allow parents to shop for their children and
to shop for the family’s favorite Christmas dinner. This is an
extra special benefit that many of these parents/individuals
do not get to experience often.
Please help us spread the spirit and experience of Christmas
to those less fortunate.
If you have any questions, please call Leslie Dawson or
Mary Waddington.
7:30 AM
Holy Eucharist
Chapel
Men’s Breakfast
Fellowship Hour
Centering Prayer
Fellowship House
Parish Hall
Chapel
9:30 AM
Holy Eucharist
Church
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
6:30 PM
Fellowship Hour
Rummage Sale Setup
Youth Confirmation Mtg
Parish Hall
Parish Hall, LCR
Youth Center
7:30 AM
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
FOR MORE INFO ON ANY EVENT: 934-2324
Nov 2
Nov 14
Nov 8-9
Nov 9
Nov 15
Nov 23
Nov 30
Dec 3-17
Dec 21
UPCOMING EVENTS
All Saints’ Day
Concert: John Hillebrandt Piano:
Transcendental Hymn Variations
Rummage Sale
Veterans Day Blessing
Honduras Crab Feed
Advent Festival
First Sunday of Advent
Weds Advent Series
Lessons & Carols
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER
INCOME
$43,699.45
EXPENSE $34,889.63
DIFFERENCE
($ 8,809.82)
YEAR TO DATE, AS OF 9/30/14
INCOME
EXPENSE DIFFERENCE
$423,430.78
$404,071.67
$ 19,359.11 PRIOR YEAR DEFICIT
YTD NET OPERATING FUND
($3,424.62)
$15,934.49
RUMMAGE SALE!
Time to clean out those closets! The Fall Rummage Sale will be held November 8 & 9.
Rummage may be dropped off on Sunday mornings (no later than 11:30).
Set up for the sale will begin on Sunday November 2nd after church and continue through
the following week.
Please keep the following in mind:
• Please only good-condition toys, books, household items, linens, jewelry, clothing, shoes and knick-knacks
• Please bring small furniture and bulky items to the parish hall during set-up week
• Please only appliances in working order
Your cooperation with the above requests will save us the cost of having to dispose of unsalable merchandise. It will also
save the backs of our volunteers who will otherwise have to remove unsalable items.
We really need folks that can help sort the rummage on Sunday mornings beginning in September and strong men (or
women) that can lift rummage to the top shelves in the storage room.
Please contact Joan McDavid or Leslie Dawson if you have any questions or would like to volunteer.
“Cliff ’s Notes” for Episcopal Worship
Stand, sit, kneel, bow, make the sign of the cross? We’ve resumed our Teaching Eucharist Series, where a
narrator explains the different elements of our worship during the Holy Eucharist. The service leaflets have
the explanations. Feel free to write your own notes so that you can study them later. The teaching series will
be every Sunday through Nov 23, except TODAY and Nov 2 (All Saints’ Day). Clergy will be available in
the Parish Hall for follow up discussion and/or questions about why we do what we do in worship.
St. Paul’s Book Groups
Livingston Conference Room
All are welcome
Afternoon Group - 2nd Thursday at 1:00 pm
Questions: Helen Greenwood 937-6565
Evening Group - 3rd Thursday at 7:00 pm
Questions: Walt & Sue Busenius 945-0715
One Chapter a Month Men’s Group – last Tuesday at
7:00 pm
Questions: Rev. Don Adolphson 465-5495
October
One Chapter a Month – Without Apology by Stanley Hauerwas
November
Afternoon – Will in the World by Stephen Greenblatt
Evening – In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larsen
One Chapter a Month – Without Apology by Stanley Hauerwas
What’s Going on in Our Confirm not
Conform Program?
If you have any questions, contact Rev. Don or Julia
Gearhart.
11/2: TEACH US TO PRAY: THE LORD’S
PRAYER
Closely examines several versions of the Lord’s Prayer,
followed by a Prayer Lab where youth can explore
different ways to pray.
11/16: TRADITION: THE NICENE CREED
Presents the history of the church up through the writing of the Nicene Creed. Youth are invited to define
the meanings of some basic concepts of faith.
12/7: TRADITION: CHURCH HISTORY
CONTINUED
Youth develop a creed through the Council of CnC.
A brief presentation of the history of the church
through the 1700s.
1/11: FAITH IN ACTION: PAIN TO POWER
Explores how God helps us transform the pain in our
lives into the very power we need to transform the
world.
COMMUNITY GROUPS & AROUND THE DIOCESE
Ruby Slippers - January 31, 2015
Join us for Contra Costa Interfaith Housing’s annual gala,
Ruby Slippers, on January 31, 2015 at Round Hill Country
Club in Alamo. Proceeds from this fun event directly help
end poverty and homelessness in our local community. We
are in need of unique experiences and exciting items, such
as: sporting event tickets, premium wine, restaurant and
retail gift cards, golf packages, and more. If you would like
to donate or if you have any questions, please contact Elba
Goostree at [email protected] . If you’d like to
sponsor our event or buy tickets, please visit
https://ccinterfaithhousing.ejoinme.org/rubyslippers
to learn more.
Homework Club
Would you like to make a tangible difference in the
life of a child? CCIH Homework Club volunteers
make a profound impact on local low income and atrisk students. CCIH has homework club sites in
Concord, Pleasant Hill, and Pittsburg. If you are
interested in becoming a weekly volunteer please
contact Gloria at [email protected]
Community Groups at St. Paul’s
Sunday, October 26th
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
2:30 PM
4:00 PM
7:00 PM
AA Meeting
Orthodox Church Service
Orthodox Fellowship
Open Door Church
Women’s ACOA Mtg
AA Meeting
Monday, October 27th
10:30 AM
5:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
CCC Food Bank
CoDa Meeting
SLAA
Diablo Choral Artists
Tuesday, October 28th
1:00 PM
Voice Lessons
7:00 PM
OA Meeting
7:00 PM
FAR Anon Meeting
Wednesday, October 29th
12:00 Noon
AlAnon Meeting
5:30 PM
AA Meeting
7:00 PM
AA Meeting
7:30 PM
ACOA Meeting
Thursday, October 30th
7:00 AM
Le-Tip of WC
9:30 AM
John Muir Health Van
1:00 PM
Voice Lessons
6:00 PM
AA Meeting
Friday, October 31st
9:00 AM
5:30 PM
7:00 PM
MSV Halloween Party
AA Meeting
Orthodox Church Vespers
Saturday, November 1st
8:00 AM
9:30 AM
1:30 PM
AA Meeting
AA Meeting SCBWI Meeting
Fellowship House
Church
LCR, Kitchen
Church, PH, K
Fellowship House
Fellowship House
Pkg Lot, P Hall
Fellowship House
Fellowship House
Church
Music Studio
Youth Center
Fellowship House
Youth Center
Fellowship House
Fellowship House
Livingston Conf
Livingston Conf
Parking Lot
Music Studio
Fellowship House
Parish Hall, K
Fellowship House
Parish Hall
Fellowship House
Fellowship House
Parish Hall