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

May 2017

Don’t Forget….. The second service changes from10:45am to 10:00am starting Sunday, May 28 (Memorial Day Weekend) and will change back to 10:45am the weekend after Labor Day, September 10.

Memorial Day

The office will be closed Monday, May 29 in

observance of Memorial Day.

Adult Sunday School Celebration at the home of Bill & Helen Rawls

Friday, May 12 Please join your fellow adult Sunday School participants for Barbeque & Brunswick Stew at the home of Bill & Helen Rawls on Fri-day, May 12 at 5:30pm. Bring a chair, if you want to swim bring your swimsuit & a towel! The address is 220 Trailwood Drive in New-port, their phone number is 252-240-2107.

Covered Dish Supper Wednesday, May 17

5:30 pm Praying for Others (in sanctuary) 6:00 pm Supper (in Parish Hall)

Daughters of the King will be providing meat—please bring salad, vegetable , bread or dessert to add. Please join us for this time of good food and fellowship together.

Youth Sunday –June 4 All youth are encouraged to attend church every week, but ESPECIALLY on Youth Sunday, when we celebrate our youth and honor the seniors. ALL seniors will receive a special gift during announcements. Here are the seniors we have as graduating this year: Asia Banks, Duncan Englehardt, Ben Lasky, Nicky Lee and Sarah MacArthur. If you do not see someone who is graduating on this list, please contact the church office ASAP at 252-728-3324.

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End of Sunday School Celebration and Picnic May 21

Come and celebrate the end of another enriching Sunday School

year by gathering after the 10:45 service to delight in burgers

and dogs provided by the Men’s Sunday School Class– and all the

fixin’s provided by the Fellowship Commission.

May Outreach — Hispanic Ministries (VOCES, Farm Workers) Hispanic Ministries is our outreach project for May. Contributions will be split be-

tween the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry in Newton Grove and an organization that supports our local Hispanic population. The local monies will be given to VOCES, a local not-for-profit organization supporting our Hispanic community.

The Episcopal Farmworker Ministry responds to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families, and actively supports opportuni-ties for them to become self-directive. They seek to minister to farmworkers in three principal ways: through direct services, through development and support of programs that work towards the empowerment of farmworkers and through encouraging leadership development, and through advocacy and education that aim toward systematic change at the local and state levels.

La Iglesia de la Sagrada Familia, the Episcopal Mission supported by the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry, is the spiritual home to hundreds of farmworkers and immigrant fami-lies. More than 400 worshipers gather each week for Spanish-language services officiated by The Rev. Tony Rojas, the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry’s Sacramental Minister.

The Episcopal Farmworker Ministry depends upon hundreds of donors and community volunteers to operate. From 10,000 to 15,000 individuals pass through EFM's doors each year, and the ministry must raise nearly $300,000 annually to operate.

If you would like to make a monetary contribution, there are outreach envelopes at the back of the church for your convenience. Make checks payable to St. Paul’s Church and write “outreach” on the memo line. You may mail your donation to the church office or drop it in the plate during the service.

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

April 2017

The Day of Pentecost June 4 Pentecost, occurs fifty days after Easter and marks the end of the Easter season. It is the day on which the church celebrates and remembers the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the apostles (Acts 2:1). Because this event signaled the beginning of the apostles’ public proc-lamation of Jesus as the Christ, it is often called the birthday of the church.

Sr. Warden Notes: Bishop Skirving recently came and met with the Vestry. He reviewed some of the deci-sions we will face with regard to bidding farewell to John and Jan, preparing for the in-terim period after their departure and eventually entering into the search and call pro-cess for a new rector. He answered questions and assured us that the staff of Diocesan House is here to support us. Canon Matt Stockard will be the one to actually guide us through the practical work and will be meeting with the Vestry in the near future.

We have lots of time ahead to prepare for the future. Our most important task at this time is to enjoy our next three months with Father John and celebrate his ministry with us. We have been blessed to have him and Jan with us for thirteen years. Plans for a cel-ebration on his last Sunday, July 30, are beginning and everyone will have an oppor-tunity to participate. We also have many other events coming up - Covered Dish Sup-per, Sunday School Cook-out, Youth Sunday and Pentecost just to name a few in the next month. Please take the opportunity to be present as we enjoy our time together as a Parish family.

The new building is coming right along and looks wonderful. The Church sanctuary is in beautiful condition now – we have a number of weddings as well as Beaufort Old Homes Tour coming up. We should all be proud of how we have taken care of St. Paul’s.

Please continue to keep John and Jan, our parish, and your Vestry in your prayers. May you continue to celebrate Easter this month. Mary Duane Hale

Vestry Members

Term Ends 2017 Term Ends 2018 Term Ends 2019 Sandy Brock Dick Barber Anna deButts Deborah Van Dyken Rob MacArthur Norma Gardner Mary Duane Hale Vicki Morris Jack Gilstrap Walter Phillips Lynda Phillips Gail Williams

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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, Dottie Sieker, Kay Salter, Kathryn Nelson, Rachel Chaplain, Mary Charles Armstrong Cart-ner, Tina Banks, Patti Dill, Bill Griffith, Patti Otten, Les Sadler, and Jean Ferguson.

Friends of St. Paul’s Al Sheppard, Therese Page (sister, Madeleine Schaw), Josh Gillikin, Wanda Divita (mother, Su-zette 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 Dot Nelson

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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 Wendy Wheeler Lee Phillips 2 Loy Ehlers III 3 Ann Carter Robert Harris Joshua Head Holly Minchin 5 Clay Michels 6 John Sewell III 7 Jamie Minchin Brittany Wheatly Lauren Chadwick 9 Lynne Eastman Charles Hassinger Allie Minchin 10 E.J. Sledge 12 Joan Brinkley Patricia Sheppard 13 Susan Drury Hamilton Sloan 14 Jean Ferguson Peggy Jones

15 TJ Samojedny, Jr 20 Tori Boyd 21 Clarence Blackwell 23 Ginny Poindexter 25 McKinley Schoden 26 Rosemary Green David Wheatly 27 Katie Chadwick Chris Schoden 28 Nancy Bell Janet Hollingshead Joyce Lewis Ardis Taylor-Schuele 29 Betty Willhauck 30 Blake Deaton Shane Deaton Chris German Barbara Harding 31 Randy Gregory Bob Mantho Nancy Moore

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May Altar Flowers *May 7-Billie Mace Durham/ Steve & Julia Hamilton *May 14-Ginny Costlow *May 21-Bob & Diane Mantho *May 29-The Welch Family

St. Paul’s Gatherings & Other News

To Our St. Paul’s Family, I am so grateful to you for so many reasons; I thank you for telephone calls, prayers, cards, food, and visits. Your expressions of sympa-thy and support have helped make a difficult time a little easier and I appreciate each one. The wonderful reception, delicious food and opened-arm warmth with which you wel-comed my family meant a great deal to me. I thank all of you and consider myself fortunate to be a part of this loving church. Helen O’Neal

Prayer Shawl Group Meets every Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the par-ish hall. Members (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.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IS ALMOST HERE!

St. Paul's will co-host "HERO CENTRAL" VBS with Ann Street Methodist Church the week of June 19-24. If you are interested in

sending your child to VBS this summer, please fill-out the registration form located in the Par-

ish Hall and return to church secretary

To St. Paul’s The family of Allen Moore acknowledg-es with grateful appreciation your kind expression of sympathy. Thank you for everything and the delicious reception. Nancy Moore

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May 2017 Epistle ECW News

Recipients of the ECW and Rector’s scholarships will be honored on Youth Sunday, June 4.

Mark your calendar for the Old Homes Tour lunch-eon scheduled for Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24. Vicki Morris will have sign-up sheets and more info next month. This is one of our major fundraising efforts.

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Glory Ridge Mission Trip Needs Adults!

Please pray about your participation in the St. Paul’s Mission trip to Glory Ridge. We need a few more adults to join us on our trip up the mountain. Check with Sarah Jo Safrit, George and Lynn Eastman, Anne and Hoke Page who went to Glory Ridge recently. 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.

Dug Down Deep

There is only a short window in a student's life to lay a foundation that will last a lifetime. What we know about God shapes the way we think and live. If we get it wrong then our whole life will be wrong. We will finish the year with some thought-provoking sessions of Bible study where students share the honest doubts and struggles they have about their own faith. We will use scripture to challenge students to root their faith in the life and words of Jesus.

Crosswinds Schedule

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 4 Youth Sunday June 4 Mandatory Glory Ridge Meeting

June 4 5:30 - 7:30 Crosswinds Gathering - Scavenger Hunt

June 25 - July 1 Glory Ridge Mission Trip

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More News and Notes

Bible Study

Ladies: Consider joining us and Priscilla Shirer as we study in depth Ephesians Chapter 6 and what Paul meant when he said to “Put on the Armor of God.” Some of you may have

met Priscilla in the movie The War Room or in other Bible Studies. The Armor of God is appropriate for new or experienced Bible study students and will take place in the Parish Hall on the following dates: May 22, June 5, June 19, July 10,

July 24, August 7 and August 21 at 6:30 pm. Student workbooks may be purchased from Knowledge of Christ bookstore or ordered

from Lifeway or Amazon. You can wait until after the May 22nd meeting, if you wish to order. Call Nancy Stevenson at 252-528-0520 or Michelle Laughridge at 252-532-3984 to

pre-register and with questions.

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, and Jon Putney.

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May 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Prayer Shawl Ministry 2pm

Five Loaves-First Baptist 6pm

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8 Prayer Shawl Ministry 2pm

Five Loaves-First Baptist 6pm

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Julian Gathering 1pm Vestry 7pm

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Adult Sunday

School BBQ at the Rawls 5:30pm

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15 Prayer Shawl Ministry 2pm

Five Loaves-First Baptist 6pm

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17 Praying for Others 5:30pm Covered Dish supper 6pm

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21 End of Sunday School Picnic following 10:45 service

22 Prayer Shawl Ministry 2pm

Five Loaves-First Baptist 6pm Armor of God Bible Study 6:30

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Julian Gathering

1pm

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28 Second service changes to 10am

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Five Loaves-First Baptist 6pm Office closed

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Sunday Schedule

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 May 2017

Altar Guild – Mary Lee Daughtry, Ilse Englehardt, Michelle Gregory, Mamré Wilson, Sarah Bulla

Acolytes Other Servants

May 7

8:00 10:45

Nicky Lee C TJ Samojedny T Peyton Gillikin T Andy Huang C Chris Samojedny

EM: Allan & Barbara Harding Greeter/Bread: Tish Prosser Ushers: Jeanette Holland, Jack Sweeney, Helen O’Neal Coffee: Eva Higgins, Gail Williams EM: Len & Jack Gilstrap Lectors: Jane Gordon, Julia Hamilton Greeter/Bread: Walter & Pam Phillips Ushers: David DuBuisson, Jim Searl, Pennylloyd Baldridge, Sam Barnes Children’s Chapel Leader: Wendy Wheeler Coffee: Jan Carlisto

May 14

8:00

10:45

Vicki Morris

C Sarah MacArthur T Mac Bell T Ellie Rose C Sam MacArthur

EM: Marianna Hollinshed, Sarah Jo Safrit Greeter/Bread: Helen Rawls Ushers: Lynwood Daughtry, Jeff Vinton, Sandy Brock, Patricia Sheppard Coffee: Jimmy Pake, Nancy Stephenson

EM: Frieda Menzer, Allison DuBuisson Lectors: Saundra Heet, Sandra Howarth Greeter/Bread: Doug & Nancy Bell Ushers: Birkett Howarth, Bill Blair, Deborah Van Dyken, Eddie Wheatly, Jr. Children’s Chapel Leader: Laura Mosier Coffee: Nancy Stephenson

May 21

8:00

10:45

Gabbie Lee

C Ana Page T Ashley Harris T Toly Ehlers C Ashley Porter

EM: Len & Jack Gilstrap Greeter/Bread: Jack & Camie Sweeney Ushers: Sam Williams, Joe Pake, Joe Smith, Bill Snyder Coffee: Barbara Harding, Alicia Ragsdale

EM: William Moore Davis, Walter Phillips Lectors: Shelvey Lloyd, Holly Minchin Greeter/Bread: Lewis & Barbara Bryan Ushers: Roberta Brown, Saundra Heet, Chris Schoden, Bill Mosier Children’s Chapel Leader: Nancy Bell Coffee:

May 28

8:00 10:00

Mitchell Brooks C Duncan Englehardt T Blake Deaton T Satchel Lasky C Louis Daniel

EM: Charles Phillips, Greeter/Bread: Gail Williams Ushers: Dick deButts, David Clawson, Tom Higgins, Phil Morris Coffee: No Coffee EM: Deborah Van Dyken, Allison DuBuisson Lectors: Rob MacArthur, Frieda Menzer Greeter/Bread: Jan Carlisto Ushers: Jack Gardner, Lee Phillips, Bill Snyder, Frank Sherman Children’s Chapel Leader: N/A Coffee: End of Sunday School Picnic

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The Epistle May 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.

*May 12 - Adult Sunday School BBQ at the Rawls-5:30pm *May 17 - Praying for Others 5:30pm *May 17 - Covered Dish Supper 6pm

*May 21 - Sunday School Picnic after Second Service *May 28 - Second service changes to 10am

*May 29 - Memorial Day-Office Closed *June 4 - Graduation/Youth & Pentecost Sunday