Connections ST. PAUL’S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER I JANUARY 17, 2016 Welcome, guests! Thank you for worshipping with us today. Whatever your background, whatever you’re seek- ing, we invite you to participate fully in worship and the other ministries St. Paul’s provides. Please fill out a visitor card, located in the book rack in front of you, and place it in the offering plate or give it to an usher or priest. Welcome, children! You are appreciated as full participants in our worship. Infants and toddlers who need some space to rest or play can do so in the nursery across the courtyard in the Parish Center. Children ages 3 and up are invited to participate in Children’s Chapel after the reading of the Gospel. For Congratulations to Madeleine Olivia Deacon, Max William Deacon & Cameron Henry Ferries, who were baptized last Sunday. Baptism will be held again on April 3; if you are interested in baptism for your child or yourself, please register at stpaulsindy.org/baptism. photos by David Scovel those who need a bit of extra comfort dur- ing worship, there is a parent-child room available just outside the sanctuary where mom or dad can hear the service while they care for more info on page 4> ABC CHOIR OFFERED EVERY SUNDAY Ukranian Easter Egg Decorating SIGN UP NOW! Saturday, February 13, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Parish Hall Open to all children ages 5-7 Come to create your own. Instruction, materials & lunch provided. Sundays, now through March 13 This event is for children 8 years to adults. The session will begin with a 11:10-11:40 a.m. I Music Room video giving the history and demonstrat- ing the process of decorating Ukrainian Come as you can! No need to sign up or to have attended any prior Easter Eggs, also known as Pysanka. ABC Choir sessions. This program for ages 5-7 strengthens musical The rest of the time will be decorating listening skills and helps children find their voice, teaching pitch and a your own eggs to take home! A sense of rhythm. ABC Choir is lead by Samantha Dotterweich, a trained Ukrainian lunch of Borscht, bread and musician specializing in preschool education. Parents are encouraged to fruit provided. RSVP to Dontie Fuller, attend with their child; the Choir Lounge is also open to parents. [email protected]. Questions? Contact Brad Hughley, [email protected]. News & Upcoming Events St. Paul’s youth away for service work weekend [Sunday, January 17] Middle & High School youth Sunday School is combined today in the Youth Room. Twenty-four youth and 6 chaperones from St. Paul’s and St. Christopher’s have traveled to Chicago (traveling Friday-Sunday) for this year’s Mission Weekend. St. Paul’s is a partner location for the Trinity Institute’s conference Children & Youth Readers A new readers schedule is now available. Please contact Erica if your child Friday, January 22, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. would like to be a reader at the 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist. Readers practice Saturday, January 23, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at home and may select their own readings. Held in the Parish Hall Details & registration at stpaulsindy.org/ti2016 Help needed with Kids Word TI2016 recognizes that many of us avoid conversations about race be- Offered Sundays at the 9:00 & 11:15 a.m. Eucharist cause they’re difficult, uncomfortable, or could risk being perceived as This sermon alternative for children age 3+ is in need of more adult prejudiced. The conversations in TI2016 will be learning opportunities: volunteers. Our hope is to have a large base so that that volunteers serve chances to talk skillfully in theological reflection groups about charged one Sunday every few months. Sign up at stpaulsindy.org/kidsword. issues with people who might have differing perspectives, with less Questions, contact Dontie Fuller, ext 23 or [email protected]. apprehension. These life-giving conversations will teach us more about the racial issues of our time, including structural racism, mass incar- ceration, and policy change. TOTS Parents Group 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. I Lilly Room This conference will be held at Trinity Church in New York City, and (Jan. 13 & 27) TOTS provides fellowship and programs for parents with offered simultaneously at partner locations throughout the country -- young children, birth-kindergarten. TATERS is a children’s program that including St. Paul’s! Interested in attending? Cost is $30/participant (or runs concurrently. Questions, contact Carrie Bernhardt, carrie.bernhardt@ $15 a day); materials, meals and refreshments are included. gmail.com or Bethany Bockrath, [email protected]. Two CEUs are available for attending both days. Interfaith Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Monday, January 18 I 10:00 a.m. I St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church “Stop the Killing: Rally for Real Living … L.O.V.E. Let Our Violence End.” Join Indy’s interfaith community in celebrating Dr. King’s message of com- passion, love and nonviolence. Featuring guest speaker the Rev. Dr. Daniel T. Hembree from Columbia, South Carolina, pastor of Bluff Rd. United Methodist Church. St. John’s MBC is located at 1651 Dr. Andrew J. Brown Ave, 46202. Brotherhood of St. Paul’s men’s group 2nd & 4th Saturdays I 9:00-10:30 a.m. I Parish Hall (Jan. 23) Come for fellowship, prayer and bible study. As a new group we ST. PAUL’S MUSIC PRESENTS are still getting established and welcome new members. Questions? Icarus Contact George Slenski at 937.241.5556 or [email protected]. Sunday, January 31 I 6:00 p.m. (please note new date/time) Annual Parish Meeting & Breakfast This local ensemble is known for its eclectic sound, repertoire, and Sunday, February 7 I 10:15 a.m. I Parish Hall instrumentation. They are also known for their performances of jazz, All are invited to come for breakfast refreshments immediately after classical, pop and original compositions. Icarus is Peter Hansen on the 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist. Children and youth will then go to their bass, Gary Walters on piano, Dean Franke on violin, and Jon Crabiel on Sunday formation classes for extended activities; the Nursery will remain drums - including some ethnic percussion and Mark Ortwein, playing open for the duration of the meeting. NOTE: Worship services will be tenor saxes, bass clarinet and electric bassoon. They have performed held at 7:45 & 9:00 a.m. There is no 11:15 a.m. service on February 7. frequently for Indianapolis audiences such as the venerable Jazz Kitchen and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Admission is free. Turn from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it. Sundays at St. Paul’s Psalm 34 There are 34 weeks until St. Paul’s 150th anniversary! Nursery Childcare for infants-3 year olds is provided Adult Forum from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 1st Floor, Parish Center Sundays I 10:15-11:00 a.m. I Parish Center Building Children’s Chapel This sermon alternative is for children age 3 and up. Those who partici- [January 17] “The Death Penalty” with Matthew Ellis. Matt is a parishioner and pate leave after the Gospel reading and return during the current president of the Indiana Abolition Coalition, working to end the death Peace. during the 9 & 11:15 a.m. services penalty in Indiana. Matt will discuss the Episcopal Church’s position on the death penalty, how Episcopalians are working on this issue, and the IAC’s plans for 2016. [January 21] “St. Paul’s Stories” with parishioner and St. Paul’s historian, Children & Youth classes Alice Roetteger. Come for an interesting and entertaining Did You Know? with Alice, Sunday School for 2 year olds through high school a co-author of Blessings on Thee Old St. Paul’s. seniors held Sundays, 10:15-11 a.m. Parish Center classrooms Activity Bulletin These Summer Camp Grant Program coloring bulletins and crayons are Sign your child up for the spring grant term now! in baskets by entrances to Printed forms (including the cardstock participation record sheet) the sanctuary. are located outside the Youth Room on the wall, or click here to download the forms. Please return the Covenant to the folder located outside the youth room. The deadline for enrolling in the Spring Grant term is Jan. 31. Children and youth who participate in Sunday School, and are active in Sunday worship and fellow- ship events will be eligible for a signifi- cant grant to attend Waycross Camp in Brown County. Children too young OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES for camp are eligible to receive a grant for Family Camp or Women’s Week Contact Erica Jeglum, ext 18 or Warm bedding donations still needed [email protected], or visit Drop-off in the big blue box, Parish Center 1st Floor stpaulsindy.org/waycross grant for more details and to sign up. Many patrons of our monthly feeding ministry at the East 10th United Methodist Church are in great need of warm bedding, especially blankets, quilts and comforters. Please donate what you can. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR Capital Campaign: For the Future Dayspring pantry collection January Wish List: Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Mustard St. Paul's launched our combined annual and capital campaigns in November and Each month we collect different items that are most used by this diocesan is now making parish-wide visits. Questions, please contact our Committee Co- cooperating ministry. Whenever possible, please purchase Chairs, Merilee Klootwyk, [email protected] & Ace Yakey, [email protected].