Check out our "Construction Updates" for photos of our building progress.

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.

Worship and Sunday School for ALL...

• Saturday Eucharist Worship at 5:30 pm

• Sunday, Eucharist Worship at 8:30 am & 11:00 am

• Sunday Church School for all ages at 9:45-10:45 am

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.

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.
 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

The Service of Healing and Wholeness takes place immediately following the 11:00 am worship service on the first Sunday of each month.

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.

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!

Calendar of Regular Events (with exceptions as noted)

  Worship Services on Saturdays at 5:30 pm, Sundays at 8:30 am and 11:00 am - all services celebrate Holy Communion

  Service of Healing and Wholeness, First Sunday of every Month at 12:15 pm in the sanctuary.

  Chronic Illness Group, 2nd and 4th Mondays, 1:00-3:00 pm

  Bible Study, every Thursday, 10:30-11:45 am

  Tuesday Task Team every Tuesday at 9:00 am (volunteers who help keep our facility in good repair)

  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  

  Tabitha Circle, Women of ELCA, 2nd Monday at 7:15 pm at church

  Katherine Circle, Women of ELCA, 3rd Tuesday, at 10:00 am at church (not June, July, August)

  Laudate Handbell Choir,  Tuesdays at 6:00-7:00 pm weekly.  They meet in the downstairs music room. 

  Finance Committee, 2nd Tuesday at 6:00 pm

  Church Council Meeting, 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 pm

  Tongue and Thimble Group, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 10:00 am, Matthew Room at St. Paul's

  Global Mission Committee Meetings, as called (see Parish Notes)

  Kids of the Kingdom Choir Rehearsal,  Wednesday at 6:00-6:30 pm (Now on summer break)

  Senior Choir Rehearsal,  Wednesday at 7:00-8:30 pm

  Wednesday Night Ministry, Wednesdays weekly (Now on summer break)

  Women at His Hem,  1st and 3rd Thursdays at 7:00 pm

  Adult Study Class, 7:00 pm Wednesdays, part of Wednesday Night Ministry (Back in September)

  Youth Ministry events/meetings as announced

  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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