Eucharistic Ministers: Joe Farina, Mary Rose (Second Chalice), Pike Stephens, Widgette Kelly

 

Acolytes: Sofia Leonardis, Maddie Leonardis, Jack Grande

 

10/22 Eucharistic Ministers: Michael Kelly, Ruth Carlson (Second Chalice), Mark Canterbury, Christopher McCall

 

10/22 Acolytes: Ainsley Massey, Madelynn Massey, J.T. Massey

 

 

 

Lectors:  Rea Boylan, Pike Stephens

 

 

 

Ushers: Ann Laughlin, Nancy Dunston, John Fraser, Bob Byerly

 

 

 

Altar Guild: Team C: Linda Chinn, Carol Fox

 

 

 

Counters: George Wiemann, Mark Grande

 

 

 

Flower Guild 10/22: Susan Roberts

 

 

 

Intercessions: In your prayers this week, please remember the following members of St. Paul’s Parish Community and their families:

 

Peter LaRosa, nephew of Ann Laughlin

 

Steve Rubenstein

 

Richard Howard, uncle of a parishioner

 

Judy Miller, sister of Leon Psculkowski

 

Jim Picarro

 

Mary Howe

 

Polly Wright

 

Bill Angell

 

Cynthia Zayon

 

Paula Laughlin

 

Mark Elliott

 

Lynda Butcavage

 

Kristen Wheeler

 

Tracy Thomas

 

Janella Place, friend of Lynn Gibson

 

Michael Blakesley

 

Alexandra McCullum

 

Matthew Ragusa

 

Annette Ragusa

 

Valerie Gardner

 

Helene Grande

 

Nina Kirk and baby Grace

 

Jean Ruger, sister of June Psculkowski

 

Betsy Kitzman, cousin of Donna Leonardis

 

Carolyn Sadowski

 

Gail Kessling

 

Paul Sullivan

 

Mary Jo Jenkinson, friend of Robyn and Allan Mohr

 

Dorothy Schmidt

 

Harold J. Wilson, Sr.

 

Faye Gomez

 

Nancy Deakin, grandmother of Grace Deakin

 

Jake Urich, friend of the Kirk family

 

Paul U. Stebner, father of Erika Canterbury

 

Dotty Stoveken, grandmother to Liam and Alex Kelly

 

Tamara Payne

 

Bette Rockafellow

 

Uvette, friend of Dorothy Schmidt

 

 

 

Birthdays:

 

Michelle Morel (10/16)

 

Benjamin Esser (10/17)

 

Gary Frustaci (10/17)

 

Peter Dozier (10/18)

 

  Madeleine Moore (10/18)

 

  Robyn Mohr (10/19)

 

  Melissa Nilsson (10/21)

 

  Brayden Zaks (10/21)

 

 

 

Marriage Anniversaries:

 

George and Pat Achilles (10/17)

 

Norm and Patty Berger (10/19)

 

Kyle and Colleen Seckinger (10/19)

 

Robert and Effy Karwowski (10/21)

 

Ed and Joan Sturtevant (10/21)

 

 

 

Hymns for 10/15:

 

Processional: 481 Rejoice, the Lord is King

 

Sequence: 317 This is the hour of banquet and of song

 

Communion: 321 My God, thy table now is spread

 

Closing: 556 Verses 1-4 Rejoice, ye pure in heart

 

 

 

Events: (highlights of the week)

 

Sunday: Name Tag Sunday

 

Brotherhood of St. Andrew Meeting 9:00 a.m., Paxson Hall

 

Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Education Wing

 

Monday 10/16: Vestry Meeting 7:00 p.m., Library

 

Thursday 10/19: Outreach Committee Meeting 4:00 p.m., Conference Room

 

Thursday 10/19: Choir Rehearsal 7:15 p.m., Music Room

 

Friday 10/20: 12 Step Group Meeting 7:30 p.m., Paxson Hall

 

Saturday 10/21: Aid for Friends 9:00 a.m., Kitchen     

 

Saturday 10/21: Prayer Shawl Ministry Meeting 11:00 a.m., Library

 

 

 

Announcements:

 

 

St. Paul’s Property Committee

 

Our Fall 2017 Clean-up Day is tomorrow! 

 

Please come out on Saturday, October 14 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noonish

 

and help get the rectory spruced up for the Moore family’s official move-in day.

 

Our rain date will be the following Saturday, October 21, 2017 – same time and same place. 

 

All are welcome and encouraged to come out.

 

Patrick Callanan, Head of the Property Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please join the Christian Family Group on

 

Saturday, October 14^th

 

for Minute to Win It Game Night

 

at 6:00pm in Paxson Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 15^th  is “Name Tag” Sunday

 

Please pick up a name tag on your way in to church. We will continue Name Tag Sunday for the next few weeks to welcome Father Daniel and to help him get to know us better.

 

 

 

THIRD QUARTER STATEMENTS

 

are available to be picked up at the narthex table.

 

Thank you for helping us save on postage.

 

 

 

Aid for Friends next cooking day is October 21^st.

 

Come help others and enjoy some fellowship. Casseroles or main courses are needed. Meats are available in the freezer as well as pasta on the shelves. Hope to see you there at 9:00 in the church kitchen!  Any questions call Steve Rubenstein 215-345-9276.

 

 

 

 

Faithful Stewards: A Theology of Christian Stewardship & Giving

 

 

 

A Rector’s Forum presentation by Fr. Daniel Moore

 

Sunday, October 22, from 9:15-9:45 in Paxson Hall—childcare offered

 

 

 

I’d like to invite you to a Rector’s Forum presentation that I will be giving between the two services on Sunday, Oct. 22, starting at 9:15am. The topic is “Faithful Stewards: A Theology of Christian Stewardship & Giving.”

 

The goal of this talk is to take a very large step back, right at the beginning of our stewardship season, and consider what Christian stewardship is in the first place. In the span of about 30 minutes, we’ll explore these and other questions:

 

 

 

• What is a “steward”? What do we mean by the word “stewardship”?

 

 

 

• Is stewardship just about giving money to the church, or is there something more?

 

 

 

• What does money have to do with faith? How is the giving of money a spiritual practice? Does God really care about what we do with our money?

 

 

 

• What does the Bible have to say about stewardship? How does it guide us in how we are to offer our time, talent, and treasure?

 

 

 

• What is the Episcopal Church’s teaching on stewardship? What does the church believe about the biblical practice of the tithe?

 

 

 

If you have ever asked yourself these or similar questions, or if are simply interested in delving more deeply into the Why? of Christian stewardship, I invite you to come and bring your questions (and I will leave some time at the end for Q&A).

 

And for parents of infants and young children: feel free to bring them with you—but for those who wish to come without them, childcare is offered! Come to Paxson Hall just before 9:15, and there will be volunteers on hand to care for them during the 30-minute presentation.

 

 

 

 

The Prayer Shawl Ministry has begun their new season.  We had a great meeting in September.  We are switching to the 3rd Saturday of the month which is more convenient for everyone.  

 

Please mark your calendar for Saturday, October 21st at 11am in the Library.  As a reminder, whether you make the meeting or not, please continue on any projects you are working on.  

 

Completed projects can be dropped off at the church, put in the PSM Closet or contact Marie Ciampa or Jackie Grande with any questions.

 

We have begun a winter hat project for elementary age children.  Knitted or crocheted, whichever you can do.

 

 Anyone in the parish who would like to make a hat for our Hat Project for Central Bucks Elementary Schools, please feel free to drop at the church office or at the Back of the Church on Sundays.  

 

The schools like to keep items available for children who are without during the winter and colder months.  Sizes are for 1st to 6th grade.  Please label for the Prayer Shawl Ministry.

 

 

 

 

October 22 at 10:00

 

Please come out to support our youth as they take a prominent role in worship on this week. Please note that no Sunday School classes will be held on Youth Service weeks.

 

 

 

 

Our 2017 Touching All Generations (TAG) Women's group will meet on Wednesday, October 25 from 6:30-8:00. We'll start the year off with BUNCO!

 

Please bring a small $5 prize in a lunch bag if you'd like to play - or just hang out and laugh with us! Costumes optional. Women of all ages welcome to participate.

 

RSVP to Mary Ellen Wilson: phone: 215-589-3998 or email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

or leave a message with Angie in the church office.

 

 

 

The Outreach Committee is organizing a food packing event with a Christian non-profit organization called Feed My Starving Children.

 

This organization targets children who are in the most severe circumstances, those suffering from severe malnutrition and threatened with death and starvation.

 

Meals are hand-packed with rice, soy, dried vegetables and a nutritionally complete blend of vitamins and minerals into bags which are then sealed, boxed, placed on pallets and shipped to partners working hard to reach the neediest children around the world.

 

The food packing will be held at Delaware Valley University.  If you are interested in helping, and we certainly hope you would consider it, you can sign up for either;

 

Sat. 10-28  2-4PM

 

Sun. 10-29  1-3 PM

 

This is a great family event, and children will enjoy participating.

 

If you have questions, or would like to sign up to volunteer, please contact Mary Lou Parry at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 215 783 4066.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, November 5^th:

 

Stewardship Sunday and Parish Breakfast

 

Stewardship Sunday is November 5^th. We will bring our pledges forward in support of St. Paul's Church.

 

For your convenience, a special basket will be placed at the communion rail on Sunday, November 5^th to receive your pledges. Following the announcements, there will be an opportunity to place pledge forms in the basket.

 

After each service the Brotherhood will be cooking up a fabulous breakfast for all including all you can eat eggs, pancakes, sausage, cereal, juice, applesauce/fruit cup, coffee, tea. Please plan on fellowship, fun and great food!

 

 

 

 

A History of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church has arrived!

 

Pick up your copy in Paxson Hall on Sunday morning or in the Church Office during the week.

 

• Your copy is ready for pick up if you paid for your book when you placed your order.

• If you ordered a book without payment, please bring your payment of $25.

• If you didn’t pre-order a copy, there are extras to purchase for $25.

 

 

 

 

Auditions for Messiah Singers

 

The Bucks County Gilbert & Sullivan Society will hold auditions for those interested in singing solo arias in their Fifth Annual Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along.

 

Auditions will be Sunday, November 5 from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm, and Wednesday, November 8 from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in the downstairs choir room, located at 84 E. Oakland Avenue, Doylestown, PA. 

 

Singers should contact Lee Milhous at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to schedule an audition time. Singers should prepare the selection they are interested in performing from Part 1 of Messiah.

 

 

 

The Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along performances, accompanied by full orchestra, will be Saturday, December 16 at 2:00 PM and at 7:30 PM at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 5175 Cold Spring Creamery Road, Buckingham, PA.

 

Admission is $10. The audience may come just to listen, or may join in singing the choral parts of the oratorio. The music for the choral parts may be downloaded from the homepage of the Society’s website at www.BucksGilbertAndSullivan.org.

 

 

 

Readings for 10/22

 

Exodus 33:12-23;       

 

Psalm 99;     

 

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10;      

 

Matthew 22:15-22

 

 

 

From the Ledger:(pledge/plate)

 

Current Finances:

 

2017 Pledge & Plate needed each week                                                   $4,886

 

2017 Pledge & Plate received 10/8                                                            $3,288

 

Surplus / (Shortfall)                                                                                      ($1,598)

 

2017 Cumulative Surplus / (Short)                                                              $2,942

 

Borrowed from Line of Credit for Operating Acct                                           $0

 

 

 

Sunday Attendance 10/8

 

10:00 a.m.           149

 

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