St. Paul’s Episcopal Church http://www.stpaulsevv.org A great place to come! Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:21:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Learn More about St. Paul’s http://www.stpaulsevv.org/messages/learn-more-about-st-pauls/ http://www.stpaulsevv.org/messages/learn-more-about-st-pauls/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:36 +0000 billkeeney http://www.stpaulsevv.org.php5-14.websitetestlink.com/?p=622 We invite you to learn more about Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church – a welcoming and friendly community of Christians in Evansville, Indiana.  We hope that what you find on our website will encourage you to join us for Sunday worship.  We know that we will be enriched by your presence.

Saint Paul’s is an historic parish, formed more than 150 years ago.  We are proud of our roots and heritage; we are also excited about who we are now and who we are becoming.  We are focused on being instruments of God’s compassion and reconciliation in the world.  The Book of Common Prayer describes that mission of the Church in this way: “The mission of the Church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ… The Church pursues its mission as it prays and worships, proclaims the Gospel, and promotes justice, peace, and love… The Church carries out its mission through the ministry of all its members.” BCP 1979 p. 855

Our worship and Christian education, our ministry in the larger community and our fellowship events all help us to be equipped for the ministry God calls us to as our mission.  We draw on the strength and encouragement we together find in God to be able to offer loving and compassionate care for those outside our doors. Inviting new people into our parish family to share our hopes and their dreams is a pleasure and a delight.

You have honored us with your visit to our website. You will find that you are always welcome at Saint Paul’s.  If you are looking for a church home we would encourage you to join us for worship.

God’s peace be with you,

Fr. Richard

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Inquirer’s Class

 

If you are interested in learning more about the Episcopal Church, or would like to be confirmed or received in the Episcopal Church, you will probably want to attend the Inquirer’s Class.  The class will be offered from 5:30 – 7 for the next 6 Sunday evenings, beginning this Sunday, February 26th.

You can call the office at 422-9009 or just come for the class on Sunday evening.

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Icemen Hockey Opportunity March 4th

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Evansville, IN February 10, 2012    The Fellowship Commission is offering a group opportunity for an Iceman Hockey Game on March 4th at 5:00 p.m.  The Icemen are in a sharp battle with Ft. Wayne for first place in their division. Cost is $12.  Sign up in Webb Hall.


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Jungle Jim’s International Market

Evansville, IN February 10, 2012     On Saturday, March 10th, we will be going to the famous Jungle Jim’s International Market in Cincinnati.  Whether you consider yourself a “foodie” or just someone who likes to eat this will be a fun trip.  We will be traveling by chartered motor coach and will have plenty of room under the bus for all your purchases (that means, bring your coolers!).

We will be opening up the trip to the community through the services of Aimee Blume, the Courier & Press food correspondent.  She will have a notice about the trip in next Wednesday’s paper which should attact some attention.
The round-trip bus cost be about $40 per person from Evansville.  I will have all the details on the trip (exact cost, departure point, departure and arrival times) in the next few days but I wanted to let you know about the trip so you could check out Jungle Jim’s and start planning!

You can read all about Jungle Jim’s on their web site (http://www.junglejims.com/).

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Safeguarding God’s People

The Diocese wants leadership and those working one-on-one with adults to take “Safeguarding God’s People”.  We have tried unsuccessfully several times to get this seminar to our area.  Now it is coming.  It will be offered on March 3rd beginning at 9:30 a.m.  St. Paul’s is the host, but due to the Soup Kitchen here, we have received permission to have the event at Holly’s House (750 North Park Drive).  You can register on-line at www.indydio.org.

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Celebrate Lent, Holy Week and Easter with St. Paul’s

February 22, 2012, Evansville, IN.    Lent (a word derived from German, Lenz, or from Dutch, lente, meaning springtime) is a period of preparation of the believer through prayer, penitence, alms-giving and self-denial for the annual commemoration of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus.  The three traditional practices to be embraced with renewed vigor during lent are prayer (justice towards God), fasting (justice towards self) and alms-giving (justice towards neighbor). It is a period of forty days, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at the celebration of the Lord’s supper on Maundy Thursday.  The exact dates of Lent vary from year to year relating to the date established for the Jewish Passover. The forty days represent the time that Jesus spent in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry.

Lent probably originated with the pre-Easter baptismal rituals of catechumens.  Irenaeus (AD 180) testifies to the variety of pre-Easter fasts in the second century.  Other church fathers add additional information.  By the Council of Nicaea (AD 325) Lent was established as a period of 40 days of prayer, penitence and fasting.

A common penitential prayer for Lent:

Eternal God,
whose covenant with us is never broken,
we confess that we fail to fulfill your will.
Though you have bound yourself to us,
we will not bind ourselves to you.
In Jesus Christ you serve us freely,
but you refuse your love
and withhold ourselves from others.
We do not love you full
or love one another as you command.
In your mercy, forgive and cleanse us.
Lead us once again to your table
and unite us to Christ,
who is the bread of life
and the vine from which we grow in grace.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

St. Paul’s invites you to join us for the following services for Lent, Holy Week and Easter:

  • February 22nd, Wednesday
    • 12:05 PM – Holy Communion & Imposition of Ashes
    • 7:00 PM – Coral Evensong & Imposition of Ashes
  • February 26th, First Sunday of Lent
    • 8:00 AM – Holy Communion
    • 10:30 AM – Holy Communion
  • March 4th, Second Sunday of Lent
    • 8:00 AM – Holy Communion
    • 10:30 AM – Holy Communion
  • March 11th, Third Sunday of Lent
    • 8:00 AM – Holy Communion
    • 10:30 AM – Holy Communion
  • March 18th, Fourth Sunday of Lent
    • 8:00 AM – Holy Communion
    • 10:30 AM – Holy Communion
  • March 25th, Fifth Sunday of Lent
    • 8:00 AM – Holy Communion
    • 10:30 AM – Holy Communion
  • April 1st, Palm/Passion Sunday
    • 8:00 AM – Holy Communion
    • 10:30 AM – Holy Communion
  • April 5th, Maundy Thursday
    • 7:00 PM Service
      • (Our practice of the Last Supper, Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion or Eucharist come from the evening that Jesus spent at supper with his disciples and commanded them to: “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me” and “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.  Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.” Many Christians consider this the third most holy day of the year.)
      • (After communion, the youth will lead in the traditional liturgy for the “Stations of the Cross.”  The stations depict the steps of Jesus’ final hours of life from condemnation, to crucifixion, to entombment. Then the altar is cleared, symbolic of the absence of God’s Son from the world in the tomb. The altar is not reset until Easter morning, symbolic of Jesus’ resurrection and return.)
  • April 6th, Good Friday
    • 7:00 AM – Holy Communion from the Reserve Sacrament
    • 7:00 PM – Good Friday Liturgy, including a choral passion narrative
  • April 8th, EASTER SUNDAY – HE IS RISEN – HE IS RISEN INDEED!!!!!  (The congregation celebrates the news of Jesus’ resurrection in a grand and glorious service including many special coral additions.  HE IS RISEN – HE IS RISEN INDEED!!!!!)

In addition to these services, the following services are also offered during Lent:

  • 12:05 PM every Wednesday, Holy Communion.
  • 6:30 AM every Thursday, Morning Prayer and a light fellowship breakfast.
  • 5:00 PM every Friday, Stations of the Cross Prayers and a light supper.

We hope you will join us at any or all of these services

as we prepare for the greatest event in all of human history —

the resurrection from the dead of Jesus, the Christ!!!!!

 

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