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Parish Life Ministries / News & Events
Photo Album from the Blessing of Animals
posted on Oct 3, 2023 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 even more dogs and cats. We also had a special guest, a bearded dragon named...
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Meditation Garden / News & Events
Gardening Update
posted on Sep 29, 2023 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, Ann Whichard, Laura Farley, Suzanne Le...
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News & Events / Annual Commitment / Give
Casting our nets into deeper waters
posted on Sep 29, 2023 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 our individual and collective contributions to the life a...
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Music / News & Events
2023 Bluegrass Mass and Farewell to the Rev'd Skip Walker
posted on Sep 29, 2023 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 our newly refurbished chapel. Litany for the Chapel's Restoration, from the Bluegra...
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Serve / Serve Neighbors / Parish Life Ministries
Rise Against Hunger 2023
posted on Sep 12, 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 out into the world to places where people are in critical need of ...
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News & Events / Altar Guild / Parish Life Ministries / Connect
Ministries Speed-date, Cookie Bake-off, and Blessing of Backpacks
posted on Aug 29, 2023 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 Cookie Bake-off! Representatives from each ministry at St. Paul's were avail...
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News & Events / Serve / Our Leadership
2024 Vestry Nominations
posted on Aug 4, 2023 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. The election of the new vestry slate will take pla...
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Children / Parish Life Ministries / News & Events
2023 VBS Photo Album
posted on Jul 25, 2023 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: Mending God's World. Activities included exploring (an...
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News & Events / Parish Life Ministries / Inclusion
Photos and Reflections from LGBTQ+ Pride
posted on Jun 27, 2023 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 bottles of water, stickers, paper fans, and offered a simple blessing ...
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