This Week at St. Paul's

Coming up at St. Paul’s

·        Parish Breakfast - Sat, March 7 at 9am

·        Volunteer Training - Sun, March 8 (let us know if interested!)

·        Bethany Feast of Comfort - Sun, March 29 at 5pm

·        Maundy Thursday – Thur, April 2

·        The Lord’s Passion – Fri, April 3 at 11am

·        Decorate the church – Sat, April 4

·        Easter Sunday – Sun, April 5

·        Spring Fling Dinner and Silent Auction – Sun, April 23

Money is a Spiritual Matter

There are challenges that we all face with the rising cost of living. Your generosity helps the Parish meet the costs of our Vision and Mission as a parish and it’s appreciated and makes a difference in people’s lives. 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.” (From an earlier message from the Parish Wardens.)

Perhaps it seems odd or even wrong to say that money is a spiritual matter, but the Bible spends a great deal of time addressing matters of wealth and money and the effect these things have on our general well-being.

            St. Paul’s Parish has benefited from wise investment and frugal budgeting. However, we can all see that the numbers of people making financial offerings to the church has diminished over the years. This is a situation facing religious groups all over the world. It is not unique to St. Paul’s. What is unique is that we have an opportunity to do something about it. The Executive Committee and the Parish Council have worked hard to develop a realistic budget for 2026. We are working with the Bishop and others in the diocese to develop a plan. We hope to soon begin wider conversations in the Parish to see how best to utilize our property assets so that we can continue to carry out our Vision to show the transforming love and justice of God.

            In the face of so much misinformation about God and misuse of the Gospel our Vision and Mission is all the more important. A voice speaking out for all people, for love, forgiveness, mercy and justice needs to be heard in this world.

            Please continue to participate in the discussions as we make a plan for the future of St. Paul’s and the fulfilling of our Vision.

The Bible mentions money or related topics 

(wealth, debt, giving, etc.) 

in around 2,300 verses. 

Bible Study

Thursdays at 5pm (chapel, Parish Hall): Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17

Volunteer Training

For those who are interested in becoming one of our event volunteers, we will be holding a second training session next Sunday, March 8th, after the 10am service. If you plan to attend, please, let Amanda know.

Charitable Receipts

Our 2026 charitable receipts are now available at the back of the church. If you do not see yours or if you notice an error, please, email the details to the parish office at stpauls@pei.aibn.com

Wooden Box Collection

For March: we are requesting pasta and pasta sauce for the Upper Room Food Bank.

Suggestion Box – 

• We now have a suggestion box at the back of the church. We would like your suggestions for improving the financial health of the parish.

World Day of Prayer 2026 - 

• Friday, March 6 at 2:00pm at Holy Redeemer Parish in Ch’town. This year’s theme is “I Will Give You

• Rest: Come” from Matthew 11:28-30 (Storm Date: Fri, Mar 13th at 2:00pm). There is accessible with parking lot at the rear of the church. For more information, please contact Linda at Lmakuch.dennis@gmail or 902-394-0818

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.

Instruments – 

You may have noticed that we often run out of instruments, for the offertory n hymn, before we get to the back of the church. If you have any small instruments (like rattles, or tambourines, but no wind instruments) that you would be willing to part with, we would love to add them to our musical tickle trunk!

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%