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The Monthly Newsletter of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church The Epistle

April 2017

Holy Week and Easter Services Sunday (4/9) - Palm Sunday 8am & 10:45am

Wednesday (4/12)—Holy Eucharist: 12 Noon

Maundy Thursday (4/13)—Holy Eucharist with Foot Washing & Stripping of the Altar: 7pm Good Friday Liturgy (4/14)—12 Noon and 7pm

Easter Sunday Services, April 16

7:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist with Lighting of the Paschal Candle

9:30 a.m.—Family Eucharist and Flowering of the Cross

11:15 a.m.—Festival Eucharist

Easter Garden If you would like to donate to the flowering of the church in memory of or in honor of a loved one for our

Easter services, the cost will be $15.00. Please make your check payable to St. Paul’s and designate it “Easter Garden.” Please in-clude written information you wish in the bul-letin and place in offering plate or drop by the church office. Deadline is Palm Sunday, April 9.

Palm Crosses Altar Guild members and all other church women are needed to help make crosses for Palm Sunday. Join us at 9:00 a.m. in the par-ish house on April 8 for an hour of fellow-ship.

Easter Egg Hunt

St. Paul’s annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place Saturday, April 15, at 11 a.m. Bring a basket. Drinks, treats and cupcakes will be provided. Special note to Parishioners: Please bring plastic eggs filled with candy that will not melt to the Parish Hall kitchen or the church office by Friday, April 14 (Stickers are another egg stuffing option.)

Flowering of the Cross Easter Sunday, 9:30 a.m.

Service

The tradition at the Family Easter Eucharist is to flower a cross and, at the end of the service, process with it to the most recent grave. Parishioners are asked to bring flowers to the church and place them on the cross (outside near the front door) prior to the service. Bring enough flowers for yourself and some to share. There will be a basket for the extra flowers.

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April Outreach - Family Promise of Carteret County St. Paul’s outreach project for April is Family Promise of Carteret County, which is made up of thirty-four county churches. Its mission is to provide temporary, safe hous-ing for homeless women and children. The program provides job training for the moth-ers, including computer training, resume preparation, job interviewing techniques, and child rearing skills among others. The training and child care for preschool children take place at the Family Promise Day Center on 35th Street in Morehead City. Guests rotate among the fourteen host churches with volunteers providing meals and overnight coverage. Each church hosts for one week once every three months. A support church is paired with each host church. Support churches typically do not have the space to host guests but can help with transportation, setup, food, etc. St. Paul’s helped initiate this program in Carteret County. Here at St. Paul’s we have successfully hosted Family Promise guests quarterly since October 9–15, 2011. Parishioners generously give their time and talent to set up and break down sleeping spaces, prepare and serve food, spend the night, and provide transportation to and from the Morehead City Family Promise Center. There is much work yet to be done as this outreach continues to develop. Vol-unteers are encouraged to contact Laura Mosier at 484-400-6575.

Triduum Observance Consider the artichoke. Steamed to perfection each leaf is a tasty mor-sel as you make your way to the center. If you didn't know any better you might quit before getting to the best part –the artichoke heart. Consider the liturgy. Week in and week out throughout the year the Eucharist feeds our spiritual hunger. At its heart are the liturgies of Holy Week. All together, of a piece, beginning with Palm Sunday, but especially those services known together as the Triduum: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the first Eucharist of Easter. The liturgies of Holy Week are a gift, a privilege and to some a burden ( read “hassle”). They require our extended attention over the course of a week. They ask of us awkward moments of confusion ( the procession with palms, the turning of our hearts to “crucify him!”), embarrass-

ment ( the foot washing, when anxiety gets the better of us and we wonder,”Who will see my crooked toes or notice my flat feet?”) and anxiety ( the veneration of the cross when we squirm and avert our eyes from the very edgy fact of death at its most humiliating), all followed by in-explicable joy on Easter ( pick your own favorite image here….). Who can describe the heart of the artichoke, except to say “Taste and see.”? Consider Holy Week and engage the liturgies of a piece, with your whole heart, body, mind and spirit, as a privilege and a gift.

Five Loaves mission meets every Monday at First Baptist Church. We can use volunteers from 5-7:30pm and servers from 6-6:45pm. It is an ecumenical outreach between St. Paul’s and First Baptist Church’s members serving a hot supper to anyone needing a meal and fellowship. Contact Nancy Ustach, 252-728-6811.

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Vestry Highlights St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

March 15, 2017

The Vestry met in monthly session in the Parish Hall. The February 15, 2017 minutes were approved. The Year-End and February Financial Reports were reviewed and approved. In 2016, one hundred and four percent of budgeted income was received through the end of De-cember 31, 2016, and budgeted expenses were at ninety-nine percent. In February, Eighteen percent of budgeted pledges and other income was received through the end of February 28, 2017, and budgeted expenses were at nineteen percent. There was no Senior Warden Report. The Junior Warden, Sandy Brock, reported the following: 1. That the re-plastering project in the church was complete and cost $27,242. Twenty-five thousand dollars was received by a parishioner to offset the total cost. 2. In the Parish Hall, the last two windows have been ordered and will be installed when they arrive. This will complete the project to replace the existing windows with energy effi-cient, double paned windows. Thank you to Leonard Safrit and Safrit Building Supply for working with the manufacturer to discount the windows, greatly reducing the cost of the pro-ject. 3. In the church, the heating and air conditioning ducts were cleaned after the plastering work was completed. 4. The vestry gave Jr. Warden, Sandy Brock permission to work with the Historic Re-view Board to seek permission to repair or replace the Teak doors and to replace the Teak tran-som with glass. John Wood of the North Carolina Historic Preservation Society has researched and will provide a letter stating that a glass transom is permissible from a historic perspective. St. Paul’s transom may very well have had glass at one time although no pictures could be found. Using glass would provide much needed light to the Narthex and make the stained-glass window above the swinging doors into the church more visible. Once the doors are repaired or replaced, a contract will be given to maintain them on an annual or semi-annual basis as recom-mended by the experts who have reviewed the project. A contract will also be given to maintain the Teak doors on the Parish House. In Old Business, the Vestry approved a motion to request the maximum allowable withdrawal from the St. Paul's Endowment Fund to be used for constructing the new office and classroom building and to make the same request for maximum funds in 2018 - 2020, but a vote will be taken annually with a request made for these funds. Following Executive Session, the Vestry acknowledged Father John’s announcement during Executive Session that he desired to retire from full time ministry and as Rector of St. Paul’s Parish on a date agreed to by the Vestry. The Vestry set July 31, 2017 as Father John’s last day in the office and Sunday, July 30 as his last day in the pulpit.

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Parish Family

If you don’t see your name listed

under your birthday month, the church office doesn’t have

your birth date. Please call the

church office with the date. Episcopal

records require your complete birth date, but it can be

kept confidential at your request.

1 Julia West

2 Lois Burger

3 Dick Barber Bull Bullock Sam MacArthur Minch Minchin III

5 Kenneth Henry

6 Doug Bell Sr Benjamin Green Sr Sylvia Wheatly

7 Tammy Nash

8 Bill Bailey Jr

9 Sarah Bulla

11 Sarah MacArthur

13 Elaine Barber Jane DiFiore

14 Teresa Daughtery Melissa Ehlers

15 Dave McRae

16 Julie Pittman

17 Joe Ustach

18 Charles Hale III Jennie Jeffries Paula King William Long

19 Elizabeth Seigler

20 Mike Burton

21 Barb Ackerman

25 Rob Wheatly III

28 Kayla Harper Mary Lou Hill Craig Hollingshead

29 John Carlisto Imogene Clawson

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Parish Family

Please keep these sick and suffering in your prayers:

St. Paul’s Family Shirley Babcock, Martha da Silva, Nancy Moore, Michael Noe, Josephine Prytherch, Eula Par-kin, Dot Nelson, Dottie Sieker, Kay Salter, Kathryn Nelson, Rachel Chaplain, Mary Charles Armstrong Cartner, Tina Banks, Patti Dill, Bill Griffith, Patti Otten, and Les Sadler

Friends of St. Paul’s Al Sheppard, Therese Page (sister, Madeleine Schaw), Josh Gillikin, Wanda Divita (mother, Suzette Deaton), David and Katie Cundiff (friends, Steve Boone), Justin Bryan (Lewis Bryan’s grandson), Beau Steichen (family, Jimmy Pake), Jean Griffin (mother, Sherri Smith), Jean Tem-ple (mother, Kim Porter), Winnie Smith (mother, Bedford Smith), Ann & Karen Beam (sister-in-law & niece, Pati Elmore), Anita Earp (mother, Sybil King), James Brooks (brother, Nancy Ustach), Dan Phillips (brother-in-law, Mamré Wilson), Trey Riddick, Mike and Mary Adelaide Riddick (grandson, daughter and son-in-law, Doug & Nancy Bell), Denise Owen (friend, Glenn & Kathi Dunn), Greg Yohe (son-in-law, Barbara Bryan), Steve & Suzie (friends, Judy Mercer), Timmy Hailer (brother, Michael Hailer), Butler Daniel (brother, Louis Daniel), Walter Buckley (brother-in-law, Lewis Bryan), Colt Rever (son, Matt & Dolly Rever), Paul McNeil (friend, Trish Sheppard), Nolyn (niece, Chris & Amanda Schoden, friend, Patti Dill), Loretta Panick (aunt, Vicki Morris/Gina Hailer), Tom Duty, Mark Odom, Austin Odom (friends, Bill Bailey), Suzanne Ambrose (friend, Michelle Laughridge & daughter Beth), Janice Ditto (wife of Don, friend of Dick Brown), Lauren Hewton (yoga instructor, friend of church), Dorla Pake (niece, Joe/Jimmy Pake, Regina Rose), Bert Prytherch (son of Herb and Jo Prytherch), Nancy Harvey (friend, Jeanette Holland), Barb Hailer (mom, Mike Hailer), Courtney Hauman (daughter, Ste-phen Hauman), Jewel Myers, Charlene Belton, Don Butler (friend, Lynda & Lee Phillips), and Bill Mattox (cousin, Jimmy Pake). Thank you for keeping this current by informing us of people who no longer need to be on the list.

Eternal rest grant them, Lord

Our sympathy to… The family of Emy Christian

The family of Kathleen Bohley The family of Allen Moore

The family of Martin Chadwick, Jr. The family of Ike O’Neal

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April Altar Flowers *April 2-Leonard & Sarah Jo Safrit *April 9-Kay Mease *April 16-Ed & Sandra Wheatly *April 23-Elaine & Michael Glover David & Imogene Clawson *April 30-Barbara Harding/Marianna Hollinshed

St. Paul’s Gatherings & Other News

Let us pray for all merchant mariners and service men and women:

Case Wilson, Charles David Wilson, Thomas Key, Zachary Hailer, Ryan Salter, David

Brown, Lauren Martindale, Landon Gillikin, and Jon Putney.

ECW Scholarships Available The ECW values its students and all the work they do for St. Paul's. If you are a graduating high school senior, a member of St. Paul's, and planning to continue your education we invite you to apply for a $1000.00 ECW scholarship to help with your education. The application is in the Church office. Please complete and return it no later than May 1, 2017. If you have any questions, please contact Tricia Phillips at 252-241-6363 or cjp101445@gmail.com.

Dear Friends, Thanks for supporting the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration. We appreciate your participation. Again, thanks! Your support will not be forgotten. Sincerely, Mrs. Pauline Walker, Chairperson

Prayer Shawl Group Meets every Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the parish hall. Mem-bers (women and men) and friends of St Paul’s are invited to knit and crochet Prayer Shawls to give to those who are sick, hospitalized, and terminally ill and baby blankets for newborns. If you would like to help with this ministry, please contact Paula King 252-728-3691 or Sarah Smith at 910-330-3663 or sarahsmithnc@mac.com.

Dear St. Paul’s Family, Thank you for your care and ministries during my recovery from surgery. The meals were wonderful as were the lovely altar flowers and the prayer shawl. Thank you, Diane Meelheim

Dear Congregants & Women of St. Paul’s, On behalf of the patients and staff of Broad Street Clinic, thank you for your generous gift! Our patient numbers and their medical needs continue to grow. We have encouraging news in that 74% of our hypertensive patients have shown improvement & 43% of the diabetic patients’ A1C numbers have dropped due to diligent medical care! Sincerely, Mary Frances Wright

Have you picked up your pledge envelopes? There are some waiting to be picked up in the Parish Hall.

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“Am I a Member of ECW?” When I started coming to St. Paul’s fifteen years ago, I began hearing about ECW news and events. But I wasn’t a member. It took me a while to realize that I didn’t have to join ECW. Every woman at St. Paul’s, old and young, is a member of Episcopal Church Women. We share in worship and service, and find purpose and friendship in our work together. Get involved when the time is right, and drop back when it isn’t. Just know that you are indeed a member of the group! -- Allison DuBuisson, Vice President Lenten Retreat at Trinity Center What a lively and meaningful day we spent with The Rev. Anne Thornberg from Fayetteville. She guided us in looking inward to find God, and in searching outside ourselves for the meaning of our relationship with the world. A few of us even wandered as far as the beach in our search! We made new friends among the attendees from St. Christopher’s in Havelock and St. Andrew’s in Morehead City. Lunch in the big dining hall felt like summer camp. Was that really Bishop Skirving in a sweatshirt? ECW of the Diocese of East Carolina meets May 3 in New Bern The annual spring meeting will be held at Christ Church, New Bern on Wednesday May 3. Registration opens at 9:15. At 10:00, Bishop Skirving will lead a worship service, and then Terry Brubaker will speak on Camp Hope and the Prison Ministry. Lunch will be available for $10. Please let one of us know if you will attend – we need a head count by April 24. Carpooling will be available. Allison DuBuisson (adubuisson123@gmail.com Mary Duane Hale (chale@ec.rr.com) Please continue to keep Patti Dill and her family in your thoughts and prayers

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Saturday April 15 we will meet at 10:15 to help with the Easter Egg Hunt. We will help hide eggs and work with the kids to make sure all the eggs are found. After assisting with the egg hunt and clean up, we will walk down to Plaza Mexico for a feast of chips, salsa, tacos, burritos, rice, beans and whatever else you can afford to buy.

Glory Ridge Mission Trip I want to invite the entire parish to participate in the St. Paul’s Youth Mission Trip to Glory Ridge. There are three ways to participate. First, you can help pay for the mission work. This part has been accomplished! Once again, you have overwhelmed us with your support of the youth. We have raised enough money to make the cost of the mission trip attainable for our youth. We have raised enough money to cover the cost of the materials we will use in our mission work. We could not have done this without the help of Jersey Mike’s and volunteers from the parish who made cookies, marinated onions, sliced tomatoes and donated condiments. Thank you! Second, you can pray for the mission trip. Start praying now that the youth and adults in the church will respond to the call to come to Glory Ridge this year. Third, you can come with us on the mission trip. Check with Sarah Jo Safrit, George and Lynn Eastman, Anne and Hoke Page who have been to Glory Ridge. Ask them about the impact the trip had on them and consider coming with us this summer. The mission trip is from June 25 to July 1. Crosswinds Schedule Apr. 2 5:30 - 7:30 Crosswinds Gathering Apr. 9 5:30 - 7:30 Crosswinds Gathering Apr. 15 10:15 Easter Egg Hunt Apr. 16 5:30 - 7:30 No Crosswinds - Easter Apr. 23 5:30 - 7:30 Crosswinds Gathering May 7 5:30 - 7:30 Crosswinds Gathering May 14 5:30 - 7:30 No Crosswinds - Mother’s Day May 21 5:30 - 7:30 Crosswinds Gathering May 28 5:30 - 7:30 No Crosswinds - Memorial Day Weekend June 25 - July 1 Glory Ridge Mission Trip

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More News and Notes

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL St. Paul's will co-host "HERO CENTRAL" VBS with Ann Street Methodist Church the week of June 19-24. Due to large attendance at Ann Street, we have been given the opportunity to do an early bird registration. If you are interested in sending your child to VBS this summer, please fill-out the registration form located in the Parish Hall and return to church secretary by April 14th.

SHOES FOR GOD’S CHILDREN - “Healing Our World” Making shoes for barefoot children in Africa

The Global Goals committee of the Diocese of East Carolina sponsored a workshop at the diocesan convention to make shoes for orphanages in Africa where children have none. These children are at risk for cuts, bites and parasitic infections like jiggers which can cause permanent damage like paralysis, loss of limbs and even death. Mothers and caregivers in Africa are also being taught to make these shoes for their barefoot children. This skill can be turned into a cottage industry to supplement their income on an ongoing basis and give these women economic empowerment and a pathway out of poverty. For additional information please visit Global Goals committee of the Diocese, www.diocese-eastcarolina.org or for questions email Rosemary Stark, rmstark@suddenlink.net or call 252-637-3698.

You are invited to St. Francis by the Sea for an evening of Art and Music:

Friday, April 7, 2017 at St. Francis by the Sea in Salter Path, NC there will be an art gallery opening at 5:30 and a concert at 7:00pm. Both events are free and refreshments are served.

The gallery opening will feature the paintings and calligraphy art of Anne Cowie of Belmont, NC. Concert seating begins at 6:45 and features harpist, Carole Bowman Green, Vibroacoustic Harp Therapy Practitioner, of Wrightsville Beach, NC. Carole's one-hour program of traditional Celtic melodies, folk tunes and beloved hymn arrangements will include a presentation on the healing properties of the harp's unique sound. All are welcome! St. Francis by the Sea * 920 Salter Path Rd. * Salter Path, NC 28512

www.stfrancisbythesea.org * stfrancisbts@gmail.com * (252)240-2388

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April 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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3 Prayer Shawl Ministry 2pm

Five Loaves-First Baptist 6pm

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DOK Study 6:30-8:30pm

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Julian

Gathering 1pm

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Lenten

Suppers and Study

5:30-7pm

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Palm Crosses 9 am

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10 Prayer Shawl Ministry 2pm

Five Loaves-First Baptist 6pm

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DOK Study 6:30-8:30pm

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7 pm

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Noon, 7pm

15

Easter Egg Hunt 11am

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Easter 7am, 9:30am 11:15am

17 Prayer Shawl Ministry 2pm

Five Loaves-First Baptist 6pm Office closed

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DOK Study 6:30-8:30pm

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Julian Gathering

1pm

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21 22

23 24 Prayer Shawl Ministry 2pm

Five Loaves-First Baptist 6pm

Epistle Deadline

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DOK Study 6:30-8:30pm

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8am Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 9:30am Sunday School 10:45 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II 5:30pm Crosswinds

Wednesday Schedule

12 noon Eucharist 7:00pm Choir

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Sunday Servants for April 2017

Altar Guild – Mary Lee Daughtry, Norma Gardner, Jeanette Holland, Sarah Jo Safrit, Sandra Wheatly

Acolytes Other Servants

Apr 2

8:00 10:45

Sarah Jo Safrit C-TJ Samojedny T-Peyton Gillikin T-Andy Huang C-Chris Samojedny

EM: Allan & Barbara Harding Greeter/Bread: Tricia Phillips Ushers: Jeanette Holland, Jack Sweeney, Phil Morris Coffee: Lauren Michels

EM: Deborah Van Dyken, Allison DuBuisson Lectors: John Cartner, Mamre Wilson Greeter/Bread: Bill & Laura Mosier Ushers: Jack Gardner, Lee Phillips, Bill Snyder, Frank Sherman Children’s Chapel Leader: Nancy Stephenson Coffee: Gail Williams

Apr 9 8:00 10:45

Nicky Lee C-Sarah MacArthur T-Mac Bell T-Ellie Rose C-Sam MacArthur

EM: Len & Jack Gilstrap Greeter/Bread: Jeannette Holland Ushers: Lynwood Daughtry, Jeff Vinton, Sandy Brock, Patricia Sheppard Coffee: Rosemary Green

EM: Sarah Jo Safrit, Walter Phillips Lectors: Allison & David DuBuisson Greeter/Bread: Sylvia Wheatly Ushers: Charles Hale, Joe Ustach, Rob MacArthur, Frieda Menzer Children’s Chapel Leader: Julie Young Coffee: Laura Mosier

Apr 16 7:00 9:30 11:15

C-Vicki Morris T– TBA T– TBA C-Gina Hailer C-Duncan Englehardt T-TBA T–TBA C-Ana Page C-TBA T-Peyton Gillikin T-TBA C-Ashley Porter

EM: Michael Hailer, Walter Phillips Lectors: Glenn Dunn, Mamre Wilson, Ushers: Phil Morris, Jack Sweeney

EM: Sarah Jo Safrit, Allison DuBuisson Lectors: Ilse Englehardt, Katie Sherman Ushers: TBA EM: Deborah Van Dyken, William Moore Davis Lectors: Shelvey Lloyd, Pennylloyd Baldridge Ushers: Joe Smith Thurifer: Weston Porter

Apr 23 8:00 10:45

Gabbie Lee C-Ana Page T-Ashley Harris T-Toly Ehlers C-Ashley Porter

EM: Len & Jack Gilstrap, Greeter/Bread: Jennie Jeffries Ushers: Sam Williams, Joe Pake, Joe Smith, Bill Snyder Coffee: TBA

EM: Sarah Jo Safrit, Deborah Van Dyken Lectors: Glen Dunn, Ilse Englehardt Greeter/Bread: Shelvey Lloyd Ushers: Tip Noe, Barbara Bryan, Tom Samojedny, Jane Gordon Children’s Chapel Leader: Katie Sherman Coffee: TBA

Apr 30 8:00 10:45

Gina Hailer C-Duncan Englehardt T-Blake Deacon T-Satchel Lasky C-Louis Daniel

EM: Charles Phillips, Sarah Jo Safrit Greeter/Bread: Eva Higgins Ushers: Dick DeButts, David Clawson, Tom Higgins, Phil Morris Coffee: TBA EM: Pat Schaaf, Allison DuBuisson Lectors: Norma Gardner, Bryan Goodwin Greeter/Bread: Lee & Lynda Phillips Ushers: Jack Gilstrap, Ed Nelson, Shelvey Lloyd, Doug Bell Children’s Chapel Leader: Jane Gordon Coffee: Teresa & Rich Chadwick

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The Epistle April 2017 Edition

The Epistle is available on our website at www.stpaulsbeaufort.com

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 215 Ann Street

Beaufort, NC 28516-2103 (252) 728-3324

The Rev. John Carlisto, Rector - cell (252)725-7252 The Rev. Mary Ogus, Priest Associate

Tammy Nash, Parish Bookkeeper Carol Smith, Parish Secretary

Rick Smith, Organist/Choirmaster Stephen Hauman, Sexton

Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage

Paid Beaufort, NC 28516 Permit Number 15

E-mail addresses for the church : Father John—fatherjohn@stpaulsbeaufort.com

Mother Mary—mogus@ec.rr.com Rick Smith - organist@stpaulsbeaufort.com

Tammy Nash, Parish Bookkeeper: tammy@stpaulsbeaufort.com Carol Smith, Parish Secretary

Church office—church@stpaulsbeaufort.com

The Epistle is the monthly parish newsletter for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Beaufort, NC.

The deadline for submission is the 20th of each month. For address changes or other information, please contact the church office.

Office: (252) 728-3324 Fax: (252) 728-1904 Email: church@stpaulsbeaufort.com

*April 8-Make Palm Crosses-9am *April 9-Palm Sunday

*April 13-Maundy Thursday Service –7pm *April 14-Good Friday Services-Noon & 7pm

*April 15-Easter Egg Hunt-11am *April 16-Easter Services-7am, 9:30am & 11:15am

*April 17 through April 24-Office will be closed