Category — Parish News

Several folks have asked about compiling a booklet of hymns and praise songs that are not in our hymnal. That’s a good idea! If you would like to contribute a favorite, please pass it on to Dan or Donna. Our "first edition" will contain twelve to fifteen selections. We are looking for singable tunes, good content, and spiritual themes (no campfire ditties!) For songs not in the public domain, we will obtain permission to use from the publisher.

In May the timing of the Second Sunday dinners have been left up to each group (predominantly because of Mothers’ Day on what would have been Second Sunday). In June, we will plan on all groups gathering on the Second Sunday of the month (June 8). If you’re not already signed up for this wonderful endeavor, see the Rector or Lisa. Join in!

St. Paul’s annual United Thank Offering (UTO) Ingathering will be May 18. Before our Ingathering, please count your own offering from your UTO box, write a check for the equivalent amount made payable to St. Paul’s Chapel, marked UTO in the memo space. Place the check in a UTO offering envelope (found in your pews, the tract rack, and in the Parish Hall). The Episcopal Church and the UTO support the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG.) These goals are concerted efforts to fight global abject poverty and disease, and all the ills that stem from them.

The May luncheon will be at Big Daddy’s on Fish River Thursday, May 22, at 1PM.  Please contact Dick Jeffers if you have questions or need a ride.

Our new, up to date, telephone directories are available. See Kathy or contact Donna in the Church Office. One directory per family, please. We’ve grown and there are lots of new people and new changes!

St. Paul’s Mother’s Day Brunch is set for May 10 - be sure to sign the sheet on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall. RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY! Planned is a delectable brunch with women’s fashions of the past fifty years on display. Don’t miss it! Any woman, whether a mother or not, is invited to attend. Bring your friends! Sorry, gentlemen - you have your own luncheons!

St. Paul’s Annual United Thank Offering Ingathering (UTO) will be on May 18. This Sunday, please take a UTO Blue Box home to use for your UTO offerings throughout the year. An offering envelop will be provided at the time of the Ingathering.

According to the United Thank Offering Committee, the UTO Mission Statement is "to expand the circle of thankful people. To achieve this mission we encourage daily prayers, offerings, and awareness of the abundance of God’s blessings."

One example of what the offerings made by Episcopalians in the U.S. in 2007 funded: The Diocese of California, San Francisco General Hospital, for the Sojourn Chaplaincy. $9,069 to fund the development and 1st year of a training program in domestic violence diagnosis, referral, intervention, and prevention education for chaplains.

Please forward all bulletin announcements to Betsy by noon on Thursdays.