THIS COMING WEEK

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany 

Sunday School: 9:45
Solemn Mass: 11:00
Appointed Mass readings:  Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6; I Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30
Preaching: The Rector
 

LAST SUNDAY'S ANNUAL MEETING

Parish Election Results

At the 2016 Annual Meeting, the following people were elected to serve on the parish’s Vestry:  Sandy Miller, Warden;  Francis Rivera and Lori Sims, Vestry.  Anne Boyton-Trigg was elected to serve a five year term as the congregation’s Trustee to The Permanent Endowment of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Brooklyn, New York.  The thanks of the congregation is extended to those who served as their predecessors:  Robert Snyder, Warden; John Monti and Heather Peskin, Vestry; and Timothy Wells, Endowment.  For biographies of the new officers, click here.
 

COMING UP AT ST. PAUL'S

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10

The Ash Wednesday Liturgy will be celebrated at 7:30 a.m.,  Noon,  and 7:30 p.m.  The evening mass will include hymns, and our Guest Preacher will be the Rev. Angela Askew.  The Prayer Book designates Ash Wednesday as a “strict fast”, which now generally means one main meatless meal, and two smaller meals, all without sweets.  Solid foods should not be eaten between meals.  Children, Pregnant and nurseing mothers, Seniors, and those on medications or living with diatary restrictions are not bound to fast.  Pre-Lent confessions may be made by appointment with a priest. 
 

Our NEXT Third Friday Supper—February 19!

Are you and your friends longing for a satisfying, home-cooked supper at the end of a long week?  Don’t you cook!  Come on down to St. Paul’s parish hall and be part of our new tradition of Friday night suppers.  Good food served up every 3rd Friday on a drop-in basis from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.   February’s menu fit for Lent:  “A Friday Fish-fry with Pierogi”.      $15 per adult / $5 per child / $30 max per family.