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st. paul's web updates this week

Voters' Meeting | March 26 | Building plans

Order Easter Flowers | Due March 26

Line Dancing | March 31

Easter Egg Hunt | April 8 | Read more

Holy Week & Easter | Read more

Golf Tournament | April 24

Women's Friendship Breakfast | April 29

VBS | June 5-9

Rummage Sale | Shopping days: June 14, 16 & 17

Retreat at Trout Lodge | Sept. 29-Oct. 1


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  • Voters' MEETING: MARCH 26

    Meeting | Sunday, March 26 |  Noon | Sanctuary

    Agenda includes:

    1. Congregational vote about embarking on a capital campaign
    2. HVAC system replacement
    3. ECC teacher Calls
    Proxy designation form on our Member Portal here


    VIEW BUILDING PLANS

  • Easter Flowers & Ferns: Order by March 26

    Due March 26 | Order online

    Join in making our worship spaces and church chancel beautiful for Easter. Congregation members may purchase lilies ($13.25; limited quantity this year), pink geraniums ($7.25), and ferns ($22) that will decorate St. Paul's for Easter, and which can be taken home to enjoy after the final Easter service. Order forms at welcome center, or online.

  • line dancing: march 31

    Friday, March 31 | 7:00-8:00 p.m. | Gym

    Ladies Line Dancing "Take 2" | Ladies – gather your friends again and join us for a night of line dancing! A professional instructor will teach us our dance routine; experienced line dancers and first-timers are all welcome! $5 at the door with no pre-registration required. Guys are welcome to gather at the Village Bar for food and drinks while the ladies are dancing. We’ll learn four songs: Gives Me Shivers, Gin and Tonic, Copperhead Road, and Rockin’ the Wagon Wheel. Questions: Contact Lisa McMiller.

  • Holy week | Easter | Easter Egg Hunt

    Egg Hunt  Holy Week

    • Easter Egg Hunt | Saturday, April 8 at 10:00 a.m. | ECC Campus
    • Palm Sunday | April 2 | 8:00, 9:30, 10:45 a.m. Sanctuary & 10:45 a.m. Gym
    • Maundy Thursday | April 6 | 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Stripping of Altar
    • Good Friday | April 7 | 12:05-12:50 p.m. Lunch Hour Service | 5:00 & 7:00 p.m. Tenebrae
    • Easter Sunday | April 9 | 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.  Sanctuary | 9:30 a.m. Living Stone in Gym

  • Annual Golf Tournament: April 24

    Monday, April 24 | 12:45 p.m. start | Forest Park | Register | View Flyer

    Calling all golfers and St. Paul’s friends! Join us for lunch, an afternoon of golf, and an evening of fun and fellowship. Not a golfer? Consider sponsorship and auction donations. All proceeds benefit our school.  Volunteers welcome: Contact Bill Profilet or principal Dawn Walker. 

  • WOMEN'S FRiENDSHIP bREAKFAST: april 29

    Saturday April 29 | 8:30 a.m. | Greenbriar Hills Country Club

    Gather with the women of St. Paul’s for a morning of friendship, fellowship, breakfast, music and uplifting messages. Invite your friends, family, co-workers and neighbors to join you! Watch for more details to follow. 

  • VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: JUNE 5-9

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    Announcement: Registration Full

    Thank you for your interest in St. Paul's 2023 Stellar VBS! On March 10, our VBS program reached full capacity and registration has closed. Our VBS coordinators will add interested families to our wait list, as cancellations create openings.


    VBS:  June 5 to 9, 2023 | 9 a.m. to 12 noon

    Visit our VBS page for details, location, and instructions.

    Questions: Contact vbs@stpaulsdesperes.org 

  • RUMMAGE SALE: JUNE 2023

    Donation drop-off days

    Sun., June 11 | noon to 3:00 p.m.
    Mon., June 12 | 4:00-7:30 p.m.
    Tues., June 13 | 4:00-7:30 p.m.

    Shopping days
    Wed., June 14 | 8:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. plus 4:00-7:30 p.m.
    Fri., June 16 | 8:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.
    Sat., June 17 | 8:00 a.m.- noon

  • TROUT LODGE RETREAT: SEPT. 29-OCT. 1

    Join St. Paul's friends, families and fellow congregation members for a fall getaway. Recharge, reconnect, and refresh yourself in God's Word at our congregational retreat at Trout Lodge. 

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    Outdoor activities • boating on the lake • guest speaker Bible studies • campfires and s'mores • horseback riding • youth lock-ins • zip-lining • all-you-can eat meals • kids' craft center • nature trails • hayrides • tennis • mini golf • fishing • athletics and more.

  • MONTHLY small-setting communion

    Next date: TBA | Noon | Sanctuary

    If physical challenges or concerns about Covid have kept you from in-person church worship or Communion, you are warmly invited to a special small-setting worship opportunity on the first Monday of each month. Our pastors look forward to meeting you in the Sanctuary for orders of worship, with Holy Communion. Masks will be optional for worshipers but the pastors will mask for Communion distribution. Seating will be physically distanced and registration is not necessary.

  • current covid procedures | SPRING 2023

    St. Paul's pastors continue to monitor Covid developments, and prayerfully consider guidelines and the effects to our worship and gathering protocols. Currently, our Covid protocols include:

    • Masks are optional for church, Bible study, and all events