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In celebration of fifty years of Episcopal worship in Fort Mill, South Carolina Saint Paul’s will observe its silver anniversary with a Choral Evensong at 5:45 P.M. followed by dinner in our Parish Hall on Saturday, June 20th, 2009.
On Sunday, June 21st, 2009 the Rt. Rev. Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr. will be the celebrate at the 10:30 A.M. service. A reception will be held the Parish Hall following the service. Continue reading ‘St. Paul’s Silver Anniversary Celebration’
On June 20th – 21st, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the dedication of our building. Episcopalians have been worshipping in Fort Mil for just over 50 years. A group from Our Saviour in Rock Hill began meeting at Wolfe Funeral home in the late 1950’s. But we’re not sure of the actual date. But we do know the actual date of the dedication of our building in 1959, June 21st. At that time the people of St. Paul’s were actually members of the parish of Our Saviour. St. Paul’s remained a chapel of Our Saviour until the early 70’s when it became a mission of the Diocese. So our 50th celebration is of length of time in which we have been worshipping in our building. Continue reading ‘Our 50th Anniversary Celebration’
Each week, except during Lent, our Church Altar is adorned with flowers. The addition of flowers adds so much visual interest. We would love to fill up the flower chart for the remainder of the year. If you would like to put flowers on the Altar to remember someone or celebrate a birthday, anniversary, baptism, etc., please sign up on the calendar in the Narthex. The flowers cost $53 each week, unless you want something special, and are tax deductible. Karen Rogers will get in touch with you when your date gets close to find out about your special occasion. If you have any questions, please contact Clare Hawes at mwhawes@comporium.net or at (803) 547-2552.
Once a year, Bishop Henderson goes to each Convocation of the Diocese for a three day visit or residency. Our Bishop will be with us in the Catawba Convocation on June 24th – 26th. During that time, he will be available for meetings with anyone who would like to see him. He will be available at St. Paul’s on the morning of June 25th. If you would like to meet with him call his secretary, Jane Goldsmith, at the Diocesan offices – (803) 771-7800. That night at 7:00PM, there will be a convocation-wide Confirmation service at Our Saviour in Rock Hill. Everyone is invited.
The Rev. Scott Fleisher, the chaplain of York Place, the Episcopal Home for Children in York S.C., will be visiting at both services on Sunday, June 7th. He will preach and talk about the ministries at York Place. York Place, a residential treatment center for children and youth, is an important outreach ministry of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina. York Place, and especially one of its residential homes, Hart Cottage, is an outreach project of our parish. Many of you have supported this ministry over the years. Please make plans to be present on June 7th to hear Scott speak about this important ministry.
The Altar Guild is almost completely funded by contributions from Parishioners and memorial gifts. The Altar Guild uses contributions to buy the Altar hangings, wine, torches, and all the silver to name just a few items that are used in the Sanctuary.
Many of the linen towels and pacificators that are used weekly are beginning to show wear and tear from the years of use. These linens need to be replaced. The towels and pacificators range in price from $20 to $25 each. If you would like to make a monetary gift to the Altar Guild to help purchase replacement linens it would be greatly appreciated. Remember these gifts are tax deductable.
If you have any questions or commits, please contact me via email at mwhawes@conporium.net.
Thank you for your support.
Clare Hawes
Are you good with numbers and would like to fill an important role at St. Paul’s? The church is looking for someone to assume the Treasurer’s role. The primary responsibilities are paying bills, reconciling the Church’s bank accounts, and tracking contributions. The time commitment is about 2 – 3 hours per week to fulfill those responsibilities. It also involves attending the monthly Finance Committee meeting and occasional attendance at the Vestry meeting. If you think you might be interested or want learn more about what’s involved, please contact Ed Reuille (803-547-6559 or ereuille@comporium.net).
Attention all you party-loving worker bees out there! The fellowship committee needs your help! We are looking for St Paul’s parishioners who would like to help plan and carry out all the social functions in our parish! We meet once a month during the school year, plan, coordinate and staff the social functions here at St. Paul’s. Many hands make light work! Plus we have FUN!!!
Feel free to join our last meeting of the spring, Sunday, June 7th @ 9:30AM (Right after the final breakfast of the spring!) Call or e-mail Chanee Battle with any questions at (803) 802-5974 or chaneebattle@aol.com!!
Our next Fellowship Committee meeting will take place Sunday, June 7th, at 9:30AM in the last Sunday School Classroom on the right. We will be assigning helpers for the 50th anniversary celebration weekend, June 20th – June 21st. Please bring your calendars so we can see who will be here to help out! This is our last meeting until August. We will resume meetings in August. The date, time and place of the August meeting is TBA!! I will email or mail committee members all information plus I will have the information posted in the August Epistle. We may throw an ice cream social sometime this summer. I’ll contact you all if this works out! Thanks for all your hard work and willingness to serve Christ, St Paul’s’ Church and your parish family!
Chanee (803) 802-5974
We have some wonderful opportunities for both adults and youth to become involved in our Church services. If you would like to help in one or more of the following areas or if you would like some more information, please get in touch with the contact person.
Altar Guild – Clare Hawes at (803) 547-2552 or mwhawes@comporium.net
Chalice bearer or lesson reader (both youth and adults) – Jan Arnold at (803) 548-2035 or janarnold@comporium.net
Ushers – Ernie LaCasse at (803) 322-3260 or eglacasse@duke-energy.com
Acolytes – Mary Mack at (803) 547-2001 or mary.mack@wachovia.com
