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We invite you to worship with us each Sunday! You will be warmly welcomed as you experience the love and the grace of God through our Sunday worship services and teaching.
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Summer Worship Schedule
One Service - 9:30 AM
Note: September 12th we will resume regular worship schedule
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The folks of St. Paul’s offer worship in which we honor tradition, are challenged with the Christian journey, celebrate the Word and share our stories in the intimate setting that is St. Paul's Church. Parents are encouraged to bring their children to worship for the Children’s Celebration at each service. If you and your family are searching for meaningful worship and discipleship, join us for these opportunities to explore your faith. St. Paul’s is a spiritual home for people of all ages and backgrounds and for families, traditional and non-traditional, where creativity and passion for the Gospel flourish and we are bound by the love of God that draws us together.
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Worship with
Holy Communion
9:30 AM
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Fall Worship Series - Coming Soon!!!!
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Pray, Eat, Love
Pray—deepening our prayer life together!
Eat—strengthening our communal life through our practice and understanding of Holy Communion and Table fellowship!
Love—loving the world and each other as Jesus commanded!
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Scriptures for this Week: Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; Deuteronomy 30:15-20;
Psalm 1; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14:25-33
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Join us here for Pastor Karin's weekly notes!
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My dear Brothers and Sisters:
Since we are heading into the fall and starting a new theme-Pray, Eat, Love-I thought I would spend this time talking about prayer. First of all, I confess that I have a hard time praying and I'm sure I am not alone. When I re-started my faith life, I remember musing about "being able to pray". I had put that high on the "to do" listas a way of marking my progression on this journey. If I could pray, not only spontaneously but also out loud, well then, surely I was on the right track to God.
But that ability has eluded me. I think one of the first things I forget when I'm praying is who I am speaking with. I worry about how the words sound to other's ears instead of what they mean to the One really listening. Thomas Aquinas wrote "Prayer is profitable because it makes us the familiars of God". Surely God knows my heart but I think He appreciates it even more when I share it. Maybe I need to spend less time on alliteration and more time on honesty.
Did you notice above I said "speaking with"? After all prayer, as I understand it, is really just a conversation and that is the other piece that I forget; the need to stop and listen. To wait and see what response there may be. Not just in words, but in sights and sounds, songs, laughter and yes, tears. What is God telling me, how is He answering my prayer? Who is He sending me? And where is He telling me to go?
In his letter to the Thessalonians, Paul instructs the people to "pray without ceasing". Quite a formidable task. But as I look around at St. Paul's, I see people who are doing just that. Their lives are in constant dialogue with the Creator, as they continually give thanks, share His love and offer themselves, over and over, in His service. And now I see that is the prayer I want to be able to pray.
Your Sister in Christ,
Heidi Allen
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Worship in the Grove
Sunday, July 21, 2010
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TREMENDOUS THANKS TO
the following for a tremendous Worship in the Grove and cookout afterwards!
Paul Loder, Billy Bush and Mark Holden
Sue Holden, Vickie Bush, Kenzel Messick, Heidi Allen, William Marsh and Rick Pulling
Special thanks to Charlii Miller who set up the keyboard so we would have music.
Dave Corby for his pick-up truck and grill.
And a double special thanks to Andrew Widger for the fantastic trumpet solo!
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Here are your new brothers and sisters, Church! Twenty Students from Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island arrived in Odessa this week to work on the Habitat for Humanity site in Middletown. Front Row left to right: Colin Kennedy, Julie Strano, Erica Shuder, Emily Foster, Peggy Seabright, Kelly Miskunas, Back row left to right: Zach Roitz, Caitlyn Lawrence, Anthony Sampino, Toni Rauseo, Andrew Hayes. Tom Nailor, Kevin Brown, Faith Bischoff, Melanie Fulvio, Annie Laquidara, Erin Allmer and Casey Chory.
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