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Want to see photos of some of our activities and events? Click on
"View Our Photo
Albums" on the left!
Check out our "Construction Updates" for
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Because of our construction, we have
closed the Pickett Road entrance and parking side, as well as a large
number of parking spots close to the building in the rear. Please be
careful when entering and exiting from the entrance on Cornwallis Road.
Entrances which are or will be closed during
construction include the east patio side (Pickett Road), both the staff
hallway and the double-door foyer entrance as well as the double-door
entrance downstairs. The temporary downstairs entrance will be the door
to the right where a wooden walkway has been installed. Parking will be a bit tight for a couple of
months so please make use of all three worship services, carpool when
possible, and have a bit of patience, but most of all, please be
cautious in our construction areas. |
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Worship and Sunday
School for ALL...
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Saturday Eucharist Worship at 5:30 pm
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Sunday, Eucharist Worship at 8:30 am &
11:00 am
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Sunday Church School for all ages
at 9:45-10:45 am
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES FOR EVERYONE!
Adult Education
Adult
Sunday School Schedule
9:45-10:45 am in the Fellowship Hall
May 4, 11, 18 – “Atheism and the Body of Christ” – join Pastor Colley
for an engaging three-week discussion on the concept of atheism as it is
claimed and proclaimed in the 21st century of Christianity.
Bible Studies
Thursday Morning Lectionary Bible
Study meets weekly – 10:30-11:45 am
Monthly Women’s Bible Study and Breakfast meets on Saturday, May 3 at 8:30 AM at St. Paul’s in the fellowship hall.
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Children’s
Sunday School Schedule
9:45-10:00 am Morning Opening in downstairs fellowship hall. Songs,
prayer, and offering is received.
10:00-10:45 am Children report to class groups.
Nursery Care is available every Sunday during the Sunday School hour for
infants and toddlers.
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Saturday Night
Worship continues each week at 5:30 pm. Do you
happen to have plans for Sunday? Come to Saturday Night Worship.
Holy Communion is celebrated at all services. We will be using the
"Unfailing Light" evening setting of Holy Communion written by Marty
Haugen and Susan Briehl. This is a beautiful liturgy developed for
evening worship. |
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Worship Times for the months of
June, July, August:
Saturday Worship at 5:30 pm
Sunday worship at 8:30 am & 10:00 am
No Sunday School in the summer
✞ Worship continues through May at regular times of Saturday 5:30 pm and
Sunday 8:30 and 11:00 am. Sunday School classes will continue through
May 18 before they break for the summer.
✞ On May 17, the Saturday 5:30 worship service setting
returns to “Unfailing Light,” an evening Eucharist setting created by
Marty Haugen and Susan Briehl. Booklets are created for this service to
make it easy to follow. Have plans on Sunday morning? Give the Saturday
service a try!
✞ Sunday morning worship will continue with ELW Setting Three, through
May. During June, July, and August, we will be using Setting Ten from
the ELW as we did last summer. |
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All Committee Meeting Night
All Committee Night takes place on the first Tuesday
of each month beginning at 7:00 pm. If you would like to participate
with a committee, please feel free to come to the All Committee Night.
Each and every committee needs additional members to join in, inspire,
and inject ideas. Please join us. We meet in the sanctuary at 7:00 pm
for opening prayer and comments, go to individual committee meetings
(Communications, Education, Evangelism, Social Ministry, Stewardship,
Worship) and reassemble in the sanctuary an hour later for a wrap-up and
closing prayer. |
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WOMEN OF THE ELCA
The Tabitha
Circle will meet on Monday, May 12, at 7:15 pm at the church. All
women are invited to attend.
The Katherine Circle The Katherine Circle will meet on Tuesday,
May 20 at 11:00 am at Colony Park (Note change of time and place). This
will be a pot luck lunch with beverages and paper products provided.
Margaret Simis is in charge of pew supply refills in May. There are no
meetings for the Katherine Circle in June, July, or August. |
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Register NOW for VBS!
Vacation Bible School is coming up SOON! Registrations are
now available here to
print out and send or from the church. This year the registration
forms are for adults who will be assisting, teen team volunteers, as
well as children who are attending. Please use one per person.
Vacation Bible School takes place at St.
Paul's on Monday-Friday, June 23-27 at 9:00 am - 12:30 pm. There will be
classes for children ages 3 through grade 5. They will enjoy
learning times, crafts, music, drama, recreation, and hearty
refreshments. Volunteers are needed in all areas of assistance beginning
with decorating, planning, leading groups of children, recreation, and
record-keeping. Please speak with
Diane Archer or email her if you have questions or can help. |
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YOUNG IN SPIRIT
On Thursday, May 22, the Young In Spirit group will
lunch at the home of Pastor Charles and Linda Huggins. Anyone who is
free during daytime hours is invited to have lunch and fellowship in
Sanford, NC at the invitation of the Huggins’ family. Linda Huggins will
prepare an amazing feast for any and all who are able to come to their
home.
Please sign up on the Young In Spirit bulletin board, located across
form the fellowship hall at St. Paul’s. We will meet at St. Paul’s at
10:30 am to carpool to Sanford. Expected return is by 2:00 pm. See Diane
Archer for further details. If you want to reserve your spot, you may
also email
Susan as to who is coming, the numbers, and if you need
transportation. |
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Baccalaureate
Service
Sunday, May 18th, at 4:00 pm, you are invited to join the Durham-Chapel
Hill community for a brief worship service at Pilgrim United Church of
Christ to give thanks to God for high school seniors graduating this
May-June. Families and friends are welcome to attend. A reception for
the community will follow the worship. Pastor Colley will be
participating in the worship. If you have any questions, please contact
Diane Archer.
Graduates of high school, college, community colleges, all schools,
please let the church office know the details, and what plans you have
made for your future. |
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Congregational
Picnic!
Come to St. Paul’s Church Picnic (on site) on Sunday, May 18th at 12:30
pm. Hot dogs, hamburgers, buns and beverages will be provided. Bring a
side dish of your choice to share. Pastor Colley will give a
presentation on the new stained glass window. Kids of all ages will be
invited to craft their own stained glass window. Don’t miss it! |
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The Tongue and
Thimble group meets at 10:00 am on the second and fourth
Wednesdays of the month in the Matthew Room at St. Paul’s. If you have
an interest in sewing or needle crafts, please consider coming on
Wednesdays. If you have any questions about the group, contact Doris
Tilley, Arloa Bittikofer, or Lois Kinzie. Take a look at our photos and
see some of the beautiful quilts they have created in the past. These
quilts are presented to local hospitals to be given to children in
long-term situations. |
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The
Service of Healing and Wholeness
takes place immediately following the 11:00 am worship service on the
first Sunday of each month. |
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Wednesday Night Ministry
We are now on summer break for Wednesday
Night Ministry. See you in September! |
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The Chronic Illness Group
meets on the second and fourth Mondays in the month at 1:00-3:00 pm.
If you have any questions about the Chronic Illness group, please
contact
Pastor Colley,
Chaplain Bill Dahl,
or the church office. |
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St. Paul’s Youth
-- Click on the button above ("Monthly Newsletter") and scroll down to
see the monthly youth news page! Also make sure you check the
bulletin board for current updates when at the church!
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Calendar of Regular
Events (with
exceptions as noted) |
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Worship Services
on Saturdays at 5:30 pm, Sundays at 8:30 am and 11:00 am - all services celebrate Holy Communion |
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Service of Healing
and Wholeness, First Sunday of every Month at 12:15 pm
in the
sanctuary. |
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Chronic Illness Group, 2nd and 4th Mondays, 1:00-3:00 pm |
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Bible Study, every Thursday, 10:30-11:45 am |
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Tuesday Task Team every Tuesday at 9:00 am (volunteers who
help keep our facility in good repair) |
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All Committee Meeting Night is the 1st Tuesday of each month at
7:00 pm.
Committees which meet:
Communications, Education, Evangelism, Property, Social Ministry,
Stewardship, Worship |
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Tabitha Circle, Women of ELCA,
2nd Monday at 7:15
pm at church |
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Katherine Circle, Women of ELCA, 3rd Tuesday, at 10:00 am
at church (not June, July, August) |
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Laudate Handbell Choir, Tuesdays
at 6:00-7:00 pm weekly. They meet
in the downstairs music room. |
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Finance Committee, 2nd Tuesday at 6:00 pm |
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Church Council Meeting, 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 pm |
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Tongue and Thimble Group, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 10:00 am,
Matthew Room at St. Paul's |
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Global Mission Committee Meetings,
as called (see Parish Notes) |
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Kids of the Kingdom Choir
Rehearsal, Wednesday at 6:00-6:30 pm (Now on summer break) |
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Senior Choir Rehearsal, Wednesday
at 7:00-8:30 pm |
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Wednesday Night Ministry, Wednesdays weekly (Now on summer break) |
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Women at His Hem, 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 7:00 pm |
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Adult Study Class, 7:00 pm Wednesdays, part of Wednesday Night
Ministry (Back in September) |
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Youth Ministry events/meetings as announced
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Cross Connections Newsletter published
monthly; deadline for articles/information is the third Monday of the month.
"Holy Folders" meet on the last Wednesday of the month at 1:00 pm to
prepare the newsletter for the Post Office.
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