Life at St. Paul’s

Annual Meeting January 25  The annual meeting will be held following the 11:00 a.m. service on Sunday, January 25.  Please plan to attend this very important meeting, as we need enough people to reach a quorum. The meeting will include an update on St. Paul’s finances, plans for the future, and election of the next Vestry.  A potluck brunch will be served. 

Unity Service January 25  Ephesians 4:4 "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called."  January 18-25 is the Christian Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and as that week draws to a close Hopkinton churches will be holding a Unity Service.  This prayer service is being organized by The Sanctuary and will be held at St. Paul’s January 25 at 7:00 PM.  All are invited to attend.

Weekly Lectionary Study Has Resumed On January 14 the weekly Bible study that focuses on the upcoming Gospel reading resumed. The Bible study is held at St. Stephen's at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.  This is a drop-in event - you do not need to commit to attending every week. 

Gift Card Collection Most food pantries are well stocked right now, so instead of having a Food Pantry collection this month we will instead be collecting gift cards for the Rector’s Discretionary Fund (a fund Rev. Mary Rosendale uses to help those in need).  If you’d like to contribute, please bring in gift cards (of any amount) to gas stations or grocery stores and put them in the collection plate.   Gift cards will be collected until February 22.

Valentine’s Day Card Exchange Would you like to have a pen pal for a day? If so, please consider signing up for our annual Valentine's Day Card Exchange. You will be paired with a member from St. Stephen's. You will send a Valentine's Day Card (you can make one or buy one) and receive one in return. If interested, please send Rev. Mary an email with your mailing address.  

Valentine’s Day Care Packages  St. Stephen’s and St. Paul’s will be making Valentine’s Day care packages for our college students and for our parishioners unable to attend church. To help with this project, donations of homemade or store-purchased cookies and wrapped candies would be appreciated (no nuts please). Cards, handwritten notes and prayers to be included with the packages can be written at home and dropped off at Fay Hall at St. Stephen’s . There will be a table set up with all of the recipients’ names on it (please let us know if we have forgotten anyone). We know that these expressions of support are extremely welcome and comforting to the recipients.  All donations are needed by Friday, February 6th   Please reach out to Rev. Mary for more information. 

St. Paul's Cycle of Prayer This week we ask prayers for:

• Mary
• Frank
• Gretchen
• Everett

Save the Dates (All events are at St. Paul’s unless otherwise noted):

January 18                 11:00 AM                   Morning Prayer

January 21                   6:30 PM                   Lectionary Study (St. Stephen’s)

January 25                 11:00 AM                  Holy Eucharist

                                                                     Potluck Brunch

                                                                     Annual Meeting

                                    7:00 PM                   Unity Service