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Photos from Kickoff Sunday / Welcoming Jen and Josiah / Blessing of Backpacks
On Sunday, August 24, we officially welcomed new St. Paul’s staff members Jen Houser and Fr. Josiah Daniels with a reception. We also kicked off the school year with our …
Pancake Brunch Recap
We had our Pancake Brunch on Sunday, February 11. Thanks to all the volunteers and participants who made it a success. We did it in a new way and it …
Pictures from our first gathering of Wilderness Church
St. Paul’s Greenville hosted our first Wilderness Church, Sunday, February 18, at River Park North in Greenville. We were thinking that if we had ten to fifteen people, and we …
2024 Stone Soup Pottery Party
Stone Soup is Wed, March 27, 2024 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Stone Soup is the primary annual fundraiser for St. Paul’s Community Food Pantry, which serves hundreds of …
2023 Food Pantry Wrap Up
1 in 4 individuals or families live in food insecurity here in eastern North Carolina. Food insecurity is defined as NOT knowing where your next healthy , nutritious meal will …
Photo Album from the Blessing of Animals
Each autumn we celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi by welcoming animals into church for a special blessing. This year we had around 70 humans in attendance, and …
Gardening Update
Thanks to the recent Ministries Fair we now have two more volunteers tending our grounds, David Caldwell and Charles Daechner. They join our newest summer gardening/ watering volunteers: Roberta Harrington, …
Casting our nets into deeper waters
Dear St. Paul’s Family, Every fall we find ourselves at the beginning of another Annual Commitment Campaign. Each year, this invites a moment of reflection and renewal, as we contemplate …
2023 Bluegrass Mass and Farewell to the Rev’d Skip Walker
On Sunday, September 24, 2023, we bid a fond farewell to the Rev’d Skip Walker as he begins a new ministry. We also had our annual Bluegrass Mass, and unveiled …
Rise Against Hunger 2023
St. Paul’s hosted another Rise Against Hunger event on Sunday, September 10, 2023. Over the course of a few hours, 86 volunteers packed 10,000 shelf-stable meals that will be sent …
Ministries Speed-date, Cookie Bake-off, and Blessing of Backpacks
On Sunday, August 27, St. Paul’s had our annual Blessing of Backpacks to prepare us for the beginning of the school year. We also had our first Ministries Speed-date and …
2024 Vestry Nominations
The vestry nominating committee will receive nominations to the new vestry class until Sunday, August 27. The committee will then consider the nominations and prepare a slate by September 17. …
2023 VBS Photo Album
On July 18 – 21, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, and Our Redeemer Lutheran Church worked together to host 40 children and 50 volunteers for Operation Restoration: …
Photos and Reflections from LGBTQ+ Pride
On Saturday, June 24, nearly 30 volunteers from St. Paul’s and St. Timothy’s gathered together at the Town Common for NAMI Pitt County’s Third annual LGBTQ+ Pride. We gave out …
Kanuga Youth Week Photo Album
Many St. Paul’s youth went to Kanuga Youth Week this year, and parishioner Matt Scully went as a leader. Content Block: Gallery
Photo Album from Pentecost 2023
On Sunday, May 28, we celebrated the feast of Pentecost. Congratulations to Teresina, Cullen, Clara, and their families, who celebrated the sacrament of new life in Holy Baptism! Content Block: …
A Note from our Rector
Dear St. Paul’s Family, It’s hard for me to believe that by the end of this summer, I will have completed ten years of ministry with you all. I have …
Youth Sunday
We celebrated our St. Paul’s youth, with an ad hoc youth choir, youth lectors, altar ministers, and our high school senior Ellie Nugen delivering a wonderful sermon about our calling …
Turn Up for Pentecost
Well, Holy Week has passed, and Easter season is winding down. Pentecost is already on the horizon, and we can finally exhale, relax, kick back, turn our spiritual engines off …
ECW Spring Luncheon
Content Block: Gallery St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Women (ECW) chapter welcomed nearly 40 women in the parish to a dynamic and fun-filled fellowship event on Sunday, April 23. Lunch was …
Notes from the Garden – Plants Chosen for a Purpose
YES, that “tree” is a Ligustrum! It is quite old and forms the perfect canopy for our outdoor place of refuge and reflection! It is evergreen and as evergreens do, …
Notes from the Garden – Divine Spark
“Divine Spark”, the Meditation Garden sculpture, was created for St. Paul’s by sculptor John Burger, who has a BFA from East Carolina University. John is currently teaching workshop classes in …
Bishop’s Visit – Confirmation, Reception
On Sunday, March 26, our Bishop Rob Skirving visited St. Paul’s. We had a big group waiting for him, all told there were 35 people waiting for Confirmation, Reception, Re-Affirmation, …
Meditation Garden Construction Enters Phase 2
The Meditation Garden has begun Phase 2 of its construction. We have been blessed with excellent weather for this garden project. Almost all of the large holly and viburnum shrubs …
St Paul’s Making greater use of LEVAS II hymnal
To honor the abiding and rich tradition of the African-American spiritual, the St. Paul’s choir has been drawing hymnody and service music regularly from Lift Every Voice and Sing II …
St. Paul’s Connections – The Rev’d Kim Becker the April 2023 writer for Forward Day By Day
St. Paul’s sponsored The Rev’d Kim Becker for her ordination to the priesthood during Fr. Tom Midyette’s time with us. She is from the North Carolina mountains and received her …
ECW Organizes fresh-baked cookies for Diocesan Convention
The big news for ECW in the past few weeks has to be our very positive gift of cookies in the welcome bags of registrants and guests of the 140th …
A Farewell to the Rev’d Drew Baker
We bid a fond farewell to the Rev’d Drew Baker last Sunday, February 19, 2023, as he leaves us for a new job at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. …
Keeping a Holy Lent
What is “Lent” anyway? Lent is not the stuff you find in your pockets after you do your laundry. Lent is a season of preparation leading up to Easter. It …
Newly Elected Bishop-coadjutor of New York – St. Paul’s Connections
The newly elected Bishop-coadjutor of New York, the Rev. Matthew Foster Heyd, who will be the 17th Bishop of New York has close ties to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, …
Thanks, Kim! – Backpack Buddies
Backpack Buddies Thanks to Kim Anderson, Pitt County Public Schools Social worker for her help with our Backpack Buddies ministry. Kim helps to identity the kids in need, and makes …
Caroline Shaw receives Grammy Award – St. Paul’s Connections
Caroline Shaw, daughter of parishioners Jon and Bob Shaw, received a 2023 Grammy award together with the Attacca Quartet in the category “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” for their album …
Hannah and Jay attend Forma Conference
Hannah Hutchens, our Director of Youth Ministries, and Jay LaNunziata, our Director of Christian Formation, went to the Forma conference in Alexandria, Virginia last week. Forma is an annual conference …
With thanks to God for the ministry of the Rev’d K. Drew Baker, MD
In December, Fr. Drew met with me with a look of restrained excitement mixed with apology that I have come to dread among beloved colleagues. “Ohhh, I don’t want to …
Christmas Pageant + Angel Tree
It is our custom at St. Paul’s to have a Christmas pageant, where children and youth don costumes to help us prepare for the Feast of the Nativity on Christmas! …
St. Paul’s Youth at Confirmation Retreat
Last weekend Thomas Keeter, Remy Foeller, and Casey Foeller went to Trinity Center this past weekend for a youth confirmation retreat, along with other youth from around our diocese. Our …
Christmas Homes Tour 2022
The 2022 Christmas Homes tour was a great success. Going back to an in-person tour was wonderful. The 5 homeowners and guests really enjoyed themselves. This year’s tour raised $16,665.00 …
St. Paul’s Youth Attend Fall Conference
This past weekend some of our St. Paul’s youth and leaders attended Fall Conference, an event at Trinity Center that’s for middle schoolers. They reported having a great time!
TeenText Acts of Kindness
The TeenText group did some random acts of kindness today, buying multiple Starbucks orders for patrons and giving away Krispy Kreme donuts!
Poinsettia Sale 2022
Please consider decorating your Home or gifting family, friends or neighbors this holiday season with beautifully wrapped and locally grown fresh poinsettias to benefit the Joy Soup Kitchen. Poinsettia plants …
Dulcimer group plays at Spooky Lobster Fair
Our 4th Street Dulcimers played at the St. Timothy’s Spooky Lobster Fair on Saturday, October 29, and will perform at MacGregor’s Downs on Thursday, Nov 3. We love to share …
Jon Shaw for the ACC
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 …
Courtney Buckner for the ACC
My name is Courtney Buckner (Vivian Mott’s daughter), and I’m happy to be here and share with you the ministry that I’m sharing with St. Paul’s. I’ve visited here for …
Annual Commitment Campaign Update, October 11
Note: This video is hosted on YouTube. You may be showed ads. St. Paul’s has no control over what ads you may be shown and it does not constitute an …
Emerson Crawford for the ACC
This past Sunday, October 9, Emerson Crawford shared a little bit about his experiences at St. Paul’s. Unfortunately, we had some technical issues with our microphone, so many people said …
Blessing of Animals 2022
On Sunday, October 2, we celebrated the Feast of St. Francis with our annual Blessing of Animals. EYC hosted this event, and they also prepared some healthy treats to give …
Urgent: Financial Relief in the Diocese of Southwest Florida
Southwest Florida has been battered by Hurricane Ian, please consider making a financial gift to help with hurricane relief.
Vestry Slate Announced
The nominating committee considered potential nominees from recommendations from committee members and fellow parishioners with input from clergy and staff. Four parishioners have been selected by the committee and have …
Do Some Thinking This Fall
I think I would have to agree with the late psychiatrist and author M. Scott Peck when he says that “our society suffers from simplistic thinking.” According to Peck, “simplistic …
ECW Reception
ECW News St. Paul’s new chapter of Episcopal Church Women met in a special session Sunday afternoon, September 25th for a reception and information session. Special guest speaker was Lucia …
Live Streaming
I’ll let you in on a secret from deep in the archives of St. Paul’s – live streaming actually started in the fall semester of 2018, long before we had …
Reflection from Godly Play Training
In August, Jay LaNunziata, our Director of Christian Formation, and Mary Keeter, a Godly Play storyteller, attended a Godly Play core training at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Goldsboro, NC. …
Humans of St. Paul’s: Hannah Hutchens
Jay LaNunziata: Hi, Hannah! So delighted to have met you and spent a little bit of time getting to know you. Let’s jump right in. Can you share your name …
A Crisis of Connection
The Second Mountain is the most recent book by New York Times columnist David Brooks. Like many Op-Ed contributors, Brooks has a keen ability to articulate what’s wrong with our …
ECW Diocesan Gathering
Pictured, right to left: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Women members Anne Tilley, Vivian Mott, Bobbie Bonnet, Marsha Coles, and Lou McNamee at the diocesan ECW gathering, August 2022. Attendees enjoyed …
Food pantry no longer using plastic bags
Thank you so much for donating your plastic grocery bags for use by the St. Paul’s food pantry in recent years! We have switched to a different system now, and …
Thanks, Sigma Pi!
Thanks to our friends at Sigma Pi fraternity for their help with unloading the food bank truck this past Tuesday!
Blessing of New Ministry and Backpacks
On Sunday, August 28, 2022, Hannah Hutchens was welcomed as our new Director of Youth Ministries and received a blessing on her new ministry in our midst. We also distributed …
Rise Against Hunger 2022
On Sunday, August 28, 2022 we did a Rise Against Hunger event for the second time! 117 St. Paul’s volunteers packed 10,000 bags of food, which works out to 40,000 …
Bluegrass Mass Gallery
Last Sunday, August 21, was our Bluegrass Mass. If you got to join us while we were a’pickin’ and a’grinnin’ you know it was a good ol’ time! Content Block: …
Slide into Sunday School
On Sunday afternoon, we hosted a join event with St. Timothy’s called Slide into Sunday School. We rented a giant water slide to celebrate summertime and prepare us for returning …
A Spiritual Tune Up
Well, summertime is here! The heat index is rising daily, and vacation time is calling. During this season, things begin to slow down a bit at St. Paul’s and around …
In the Garden
Bartje Pace shares a little bit about the St. Paul’s garden and how she encounters God in her practice of gardening.