SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH
The Episcopal Church in Doylestown
WEEKLY E-NOTES week of February 1, 2010
REMINDER: The St. Paul’s Annual Meeting is this Sunday, January 31.
There will be one service at 9:30 a.m.
There will be no Sunday School or Morning Prayer. The Annual Meeting begins at 10:45 a.m.
***FINANCIAL UPDATE***
Look for 2009 financial reports at Sunday’s Annual Meeting.
Current Finances:
2010 Pledge & Plate needed each week $4970
2010 Pledge & Plate received 1/24/10 $6409
Last Week’s Surplus +$1439
2010 Cumulative Shortfall -$1075
Haiti donations (Jan. 17&24) $2328
Borrowed against Line of Credit 0
89 Pledges received as of 1/29/2010 for $219,478
THANK YOU
to Erich Kessling, Tom Smith, Chris Hastie and Kay Johnson for their work before and after the carpet installation this week. They cleared the rooms, put everything back in its place and still had time to paint the Finance Office!
Thanks also to Bob Howard for donating the paint for the Finance Office.
BLOOD DRIVE
Friday, March 12
from 3:30 to 8:30 pm in the Parish Hall
Please contact Barbara Massey at 215-348-8456 if you are interested in donating.
If you have any questions about eligibility to donate, please call 1-800-GIVELIFE.
16 year olds are eligible to donate with parental consent.
CHRISTMAS ATTIC DONATIONS are now being accepted. Please place your donations (marked ‘Attic’) in the coatroom on Sunday morning or drop them off at the church office during the week.
Forward Day by Day for February-April is now available at the tract rack. If you paid for a yearly subscription, look for a copy with your name on it. Thanks to the generosity of several parishioners, additional copies are also available.
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY MEETING
Saturday, February 6,
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Hughson Memorial Library
Contact: lillasmerkanich@yahoo.com
215-345-5311 (evenings)
The Bucks County Gilbert & Sullivan Society will hold auditions for lead singers and chorus for the group’s May 7 and 8 production of the comic opera “The Mikado.” Auditions will be held on Saturday, February 6, from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM and on Tuesday, February 9, from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM at Lenape Valley Presbyterian Church, 321 W. Butler Avenue (Route 202 and Ute Road) New Britain, PA, 18901. All voice parts are needed and all parts are open. Auditions for lead roles are set by an appointment which can be made by emailing bucksgands@gmail.com or calling 610-294-9812. Please read the audition requirements found on the group’s website, www.bucksgilbertandsullivan.org, on the Audition page.
YEAR END STATEMENTS
are available to be picked up at the Narthex table. Thank you for helping us save postage.
JOB SEARCH GROUP: The group supports adults in our local area who are out of work and searching for jobs. Basic job search training will be provided to help build your Resume and develop skills for networking and interviewing. You will be part of an ongoing mutual support group until you land a job. The group meets on Wednesdays at 7:30PM in the St. Paul’s Conference Room.
Please give special prayers for the following parishioners and the members of their families:
Janet McGill Louise Nelson
Ed Sturtevant Carole Beard
Edward Perkins Anne Wagner
Marilyn Canterbury Doreen Stagg
Joyce & Sam Palermo’s nephew, Thomas
Tom Smith’s daughter, Kelyn
Lorna Ludvik Fred Paiste
Jan Garrigan
Small Wonders at Saint Paul’s Church
Linda Hastie, Director Office: 215-348-5906
Monday 2/1, Brigid
11:30 a.m. Small Wonders Crunch Program, Parish Hall
7:30 p.m. EFM, Library
Tuesday 2/2, PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD IN THE TEMPLE
7:30 p.m. Prayer Group, Conference Room
Wednesday 2/3, Anskar, Bishop & Missionary
10:30 a.m. Small Wonders Crunch Program, Parish Hall
7:30 p.m. Job Search Group, Conference Room
7:30 p.m. Healing Service, Chapel
Thursday 2/4, Cornelius the Centurion
10:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
10:45 a.m. Bible Study, Conference Room
7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal, Music Room
Friday 2/5, Martyrs of Japan
7:30 p.m. 12-Step Group Meeting, Parish Hall
Saturday 2/6
10:30 a.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry, Library
Sunday 2/7, THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, Church
8:30 a.m. Low Mass, Church
9:30 a.m. Christian Formation & Fellowship, Parish Hall
9:30 a.m. J2A, Library
9:30 a.m. Rite-13, Conference Room
10:30 a.m. Sung Mass, Church