This Week at St. Paul's

Sunday Worship:

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Everyone Welcome!

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Bulletin for November 30

ORDER of Service for November 30

This Week at St. Paul's

Nov 26, Wednesday

– 12:10 p.m., Prince St. Advent Series – Salvation Army

– 7:00 p.m., Shredding turkey with Andrea and Bridgette

– Choir Rehearsal

Nov 27, Thursday

– 9:00 a.m., Chopping veggies & setting up

– Chapel Rental

– 5:00 p.m., Taco Thursday!

Nov 28, Friday

– 5:00 p.m., Kitchen rental

Nov 29, Saturday

– 9:00 a.m., Hall rental

Nov 30, First Sunday of Advent

– 8:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist

– 10:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist (Live Streamed)

Afterwards: Coffee, cookies and Chatting

Dec 2, Tuesday

– 6:30 p.m., Parish Council Meeting

Dec 3, Wednesday

– Prince St. Advent Series CANCELLED

– Choir Rehearsal

Dec 4, Thursday

– Chapel Rental

– 5:00 p.m., Nativity Bible Study in the chapel

Dec 5, Friday

– 5:00 p.m., Kitchen rental

– Church rental

Dec 6, Saturday

– 9:00 a.m., Parish Breakfast

– 11:00 a.m., Kitchen rental

– Island Choral Society concert

Dec 7, Second Sunday of Advent

– 8:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist

– 10:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist (Live Streamed)

– Afterwards: Coffee, cookies and Chatting

As the Parish Wardens reminds us:

There are challenges that we all face with the rising cost of living which affect the parish as well. Your generosity helps us meet our Vision and Mission as a parish. We decided to resume passing the offering plate last Sunday. We continue to provide many ways for people to make offerings to the Parish, and will explore other ways.

“We appreciate the dedication that members of the parish have made with their financial contributions, as well as offering time and talent in various ways to enhance the life of the parish and our commitment to showing God’s call to love and justice.”

Links:

You can make offering to the Parish in a variety of ways:

Mail to our Parish office:

or drop off through the mail slot

St. Paul’s Anglican Church

101 Prince Street

Charlottetown, PE

C1A 4R5

Pre-Authorized Remittance

If you would like to set up or change PAR for your contributions, please contact Amanda at the Parish email: stpauls@pei.aibn.com.

On-line

E-transfers to our email address.
CanadaHelps website. We are a registered charity with them: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/13025

Should you have any questions, please contact any of the following:

Rector:

Archdeacon John Clarke (jwgc@pei.aibn.com)

The Wardens:

Jennifer Fernandes jdarby@intl-transport.com

Doug Meek dmeek1103@gmail.com

Treasurer:

David McLeod davidernestmcleod@gmail.com

FundScrip is a great way to support St. Paul’s Church. FundScrip is offering free direct shipping on individual orders between $200 and $500, with a maximum of 4 cards. This option can be used for online orders and, of course, e-cards and reloadable cards are always available for retailers offering those options. It is important to remember that using FundScrip cards to purchase items you would be buying anyway means no added costs to you and a great benefit to St. Paul’s Church. If you have any questions, please contact Anne McLeod by phone (902-659-2287),

e-mail (dave.phc@pei.sympatico.ca),

or in person. https://www.fundscrip.com/support-a-group/FLPP76

Educational Resources

St. Paul’s Parish has the joy of administering funds for people who are interested in religious education. Please let us know and apply for funding to the Parish Office. If we don’t use the money we have to give it back.

Prayer for People we Know

We are called upon to prayer for one another and to pray for others. We make it a regular part of our Sunday morning prayers to include prayers for people we know who are ill. IT seems only human to do so and frankly, it simply doesn’t matter how long the list gets. It really doesn’t matter. However, there is an expectation that the list is current. So, we are going to start dropping names off the list – if you’d like to keep a name on you must let us know every month – if you want to add a name, you are welcome to. Please be in touch with John to add a name jwgc@pei.aibn.com

Taco Thursday Fundraiser –

Exciting news! We will be hosting a turkey taco fundraiser in the parish hall on Thursday, Nov 27th at 5pm. Tickets will be $20 for adults and $10 for kids under 12. You will receive 2 tacos (either turkey or veg) with a lovely homemade dessert. We plan to have this as an eat-in style meal, but a take-out option is also available upon request. Tickets available after church today or emailing/calling the parish office.

The Prince Street Churches Present

Advent Series 2025 –

This year’s theme is “The Cast of Christmas”. Find out more about some of the people we meet in the Christmas Story. On each Wednesday during Advent, there will be a short worship service from 12:10 pm – 12:30 pm, followed by a light lunch.

November 26, the Salvation Army, Elizabeth and Zacarius
December 3, St. Paul’s Anglican, the Shepherds
December 10, Zion Presbyterian, Gaberial and the angels
December 17, Trinity United, Mary, Joseph and Jesus

It is a wonderful opportunity to prepare for the great Christmas story. Everyone Welcome!

The St. Paul’s Memorial Carol Sing

It’s our Advent tradition: the annual Memorial Carol Sing — Dec 7th, Sun afternoon, 2:00 p.m. It’s an hour or so of Advent & Christmastime music — to listen to, and mostly sing. There’ll be festive refreshments, too. Here’s the ‘memorial’ part … you can make it more special in two ways:

1 A $50 donation lets you dedicate a carol (from the list of planned carols) in recognition of a fondly remembered person. It’s a way of paying tribute to the memory of a parent or friend whom you’d like to think warm thoughts about. Note: The deadline to dedicate a carol is Nov 25th.

2 Make a $10 + donation at the door (or at the Nov 30th & Dec 7th church services) — and inscribe the name of a person you want to remember on a star which you place on the Memorial Tree.

The donations go to maintaining our wonderful 1936 Casavant organ — repairs such as the 2022 overhaul of the pedalboard which cost $15,000. But the money is not what’s most important. This is a wonderful way to feel the Advent season & prepare for a thoughtful Christmastime. Get the info & request page at the back of the church or on the website (stpaulschurch.ca) or contact Amanda in the parish office.

The Nativity – Bible Study

A 3-Part Study of the Bible’s Birth Narratives

Starting December 4, 5 – 6 pm, in the chapel (the subsequent dates are December 11 and 18)
Have you ever read the first chapters of Matthew or Luke and wondered: where is the Little Drummer Boy? I have. And if you’d like to delve more deeply into what the Bable actually says about the Bisth of Jesus, please join us for this Bible Study. There is nothing to prepare, there’s no exam at the end, there’s no pressure to say anything – just come along and enhance your knowledge of the Bible.

Afterwards:

Coffee Time is improved with COOKIES

Thankfully, many people generously provide cookies or other snacks to go with the coffee, tea and juice. It helps the conversation along. However, occasionally, we haven’t got any cookies. So, we ask people to contribute on the first Sunday of the month: things that can be kept in the freezer and brought out at our Sunday social time.

Transitions & Celebrations

We have slides scrolling before the worship service and this is a good place to acknowledge the transitions we should acknowledge. If you like your celebration acknowledged, just send the relevant information to Amanda (stpauls@pei.aibn.com). An accompanying photo would be great too. Please note, we cannot show transitions without the consent of the individual(s) involved.

Outside the Offering Envelope

Our Time and Talent matter too!

There are all sorts of things that we often do for others that we don’t think of as an offerings to God. But they are offerings and they help to create a wide community of love and mercy.
Please remember to write something on the outside of an offering envelope something you’ve done in the past week or so, or something that you plan to do in the next week of so that is a reflection of our non-financial offering to God.
To help inspire one another we will (when appropriate) share these offerings on our social media platforms. Everything you do out of love is a reflection of God’s Holy Spirit in your life.

Volunteers! -

We are looking for anyone who feels that they have some time and talent as event volunteers. They would be responsible for opening and closing the church and being present during the event in case they need a hand. It’s an easy way to help out AND see free concerts! Contact Amanda at 902-892-1691

How do people start attending Church?

(source churchgrowth.org)

A friend’s invitation 86%
Organized Visitation 6%
Invited by pastor 6%
Advertising 2%

Basic Income Guarantee

(No postage required!)

A special committee on poverty in PEI made a series of recommendations for Basic Income Guarantee which would aid in the eradication of poverty in this province. Please contact the Prime Minister, the PEI MPs and Senators and encourage them to proceed with this proposal.

The Prime Minister:

The Right Hon. Mark Carney

Office of the Prime Minister,

80 Wellington St., Ottawa, ON

K1A 0A2

Island MPs:

Sean Casey
Heath MacDonald
Kent MacDonald
Robert J. Morrisey

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6

Island Senators:

Percy Down
Brian Francis
Jane MacAdam
Mary Robinson

The Senate of Canada

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada K1A 0A4

Your Parish - Looking Forward

Finance: The Treasurer heads this committee, and the committee obviously deals with financial issues as they arise, not to mention budgeting and investments. A sustainability report was written last year and it will be given some fuller consideration this year.

Parish Life: This committee looks after everything else (Belonging, Children/Youth/Families, and Worship). We want to find out what families are looking for and expecting from the Parish. We will put an effort into developing programing for people in search of a spiritual dimension for their lives. We will look at succession planning: making sure we have people in place to do everything, from live streaming to presiding (CAPP).

Outreach & Social Justice: The focus has been addressing the core issues that lead to poverty. A motion was carried at April’s meeting of Parish Council: “the Parish Council supports the efforts of the Outreach and Social Justice Committee and by extension the Parish to encourage government leaders and others to implement the Basic Income Guarantee policy.”

Property: Our facility (church, hall, rectory) is very old, so unplanned things naturally cropped up. It would be good for this committee to meet and evaluate the situation and make a multiyear plan for maintenance, repair and improvements. This kind of planning makes it much easier to budget.

If you are interested, you are welcome to join a committee. Please contact the Parish Office.

Community Events & Notice Board

Park Royal Online Fall Auction –We’ll be hosting our third online auction from Nov 14 –24. Auction items range from gift cards for food, gas, golf etc., the list is endless!! You may join the FB group at 'Park Royal United Church Online Fall Auction 2025' and start your bidding. Auction closes at 8:00 PM on November 24. Pickup of items for successful bidders will be on Sat, Nov 29 from 10:00 – 12:00.

Great George Street Brass Band - Come and hear the rich sounds as they present their annual Christmas concert, Brass the Halls! Concert will be held at Zion at 7 p.m. on Mon, Dec 8. Special guest is the Zion Presbyterian Church Choir. All are welcome and admission is by donation at the door. All proceeds will go to the Zion Presbyterian Church Lift Fund.

Turkey Dinner Fundraiser for Upper Room Food Bank - Sat, Dec 6 Pick Up at Sydney St. Entrance 4:30-4:30 pm. Menu: roast turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, turnip, peas, carrots and a roll. Cake for dessert. Tickets $20 at 902-892-4114 trinitycliftonunitedchurch@gmail.com. All proceeds will go to the Upper Room Food Bank

Meals on Wheels

Charlottetown Meals on Wheels is looking for drivers to deliver meals in Charlottetown or Stratford area at noon one day a week or one day every 2nd week. If you are interested email executivedirector@vrcpei.org or phone 902-569-3802 or 902-368-7337. Thank you.

Volunteers Needed. The PEI Friendly Visitor Program matches mature (50+) adult volunteers with seniors in their community for brief weekly social visits. Only an hour of your time can make a huge difference in a senior’s life. For additional information, contact Rachael at 902-368-9008 or email peifvp@gmail.com. This program is administered by the PEI Senior Citizens’ Federation.

Parish Office

Hours

Tuesday - Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

appointments can be made by calling:

902-892-1691
or email: stpauls@pei.aibn.com

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

Don't Miss Out!

If you’ve moved, or dropped your land-line, or have a new email address, PLEASE let you Church know! Call or email the parish office and update your contact information.

Wooden Box Collection

For December we will be collecting Toilet Paper & Paper Towels for the Ch’town women’s shelter, Blooming House. Thank you all so much for your continued generosity!

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