Whoever you are, wherever you are on your spiritual journey, and whatever else it is that you seek in a Church community, it is our sincere hope that you find God’s gracious welcome with us at St. Paul’s. In so many ways, we do not all look alike, think alike, or even act alike here. But in one thing we are certain that we are all the same: God graciously welcomes us all.

A Word of Welcome

In the Episcopal Church we acknowledge that God is present in every occasion of our lives. Some of these we mark together with special celebrations of worship to highlight the ways in which God is always at work throughout the events of our lives. As Episcopalians, we believe that these observations reveal God’s grace to us in new ways.

As Episcopalians, we believe that all baptized people are called to minister in the Church. Everyone has a different role. Our clergy serve as the spiritual leaders of our congregation, our staff is responsible for overseeing our program ministries and day-to-day responsibilities, and our vestry is responsible for parish decision-making.

Meet Our Leadership

We as Episcopalians believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. St. Paul’s is part of the Episcopal Church, a church that is both rich with ancient tradition and relevant to life in the 21st century. We believe that God loves you – no exceptions.

We believe in following the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the whole world.

Our parish’s motto is this: “To Know Christ and to Make Him Known.”

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Diversity & Inclusion

“Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.”

– 2 Corinthians 9:7-8

As Christians, we acknowledge that what God has generously offered us is nothing short of life through Jesus Christ. Participating in that life means learning to generously offer our lives. Each time we gather we are presented with the opportunity to support others in recognition of God’s offerings. This support takes shape in many forms with financial gifts being the backbone that builds our church community and generates opportunities to offer our lives in our parish. All are encouraged to participate in giving money for the ministries of our parish as a sign of our share in God’s work among us and through us.

Annual commitments pledged to St. Paul’s support our operating budget, which directly supports worship, formation, community and global outreach, building and grounds, staff and other programs. Annual commitments are crucial to the work of St. Paul’s. We strive to maintain a balanced budget each year, with every dollar accounted for and put to good use in the people, places and plans of our parish.

Annual Commitment

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Jon Shaw for the ACC

Brendan Murphy on Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Good morning. My name is Jon Shaw. I and my family have been part of this wonderful St. Paul’s community for over 40 years and have raised our 4 children here.

As a musician, I was asked to speak to the value of music in our church budget, and as you can imagine, this is an area which is near and dear to my heart.

Speaking to both the 8:00 and 10:30 services gave me a chance to reflect on just what music is in our church. I don’t really consider the early service without music, as the spoken word is also music in its own way. When we come together to recite our liturgy collectively, we instinctively try to match pitch with our neighbors, and naturally gravitate to the exact inflection of spoken delivery in lilt, spacing and emphasis, thus – our natural common ground. Speaking and singing arise from the same place, so I look upon us all as musicians of the church, and as musicians we all get to participate all the time.

St. Paul’s stands geographically in the center of Greenville, its heartbeat, and is bordered north by the river, west by the courthouse and south by the university, none of which is going anywhere, hence we stand in a unique position to be a beacon for the dignity of our extended community.

l’Il end by expressing my gratitude for the good fortune of being able to gather and worship amongst all my fellow musicians, and that includes us all, who support in time and resources that which is of lasting value in our world.

Thank you

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