The Memorial Garden Committee is pleased to report that the fundraiser for the Memorial Garden expansion project has raised $29,646.00! The generosity of St. Paul’s Parishioners is humbling. This will allow us to move forward with ordering the columbarium units which will add 90 niches to the Memorial Garden Columbarium. Based on the timeline from the manufacturer, we expect the units to…
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Sunday, June 3, 2023 we welcomed Madeleine Preston at the start of her field placement through the Duke Divinity School Field Education Placement program. Madeleine is a native of the Chicago suburbs and graduated from Wheaton College in 2018, where she studied Spanish and Applied Health Science and worked for the student newspaper. She moved…
Join us for a virtual book group on Zoom on Wednesday evenings, June 7 – July 19, 2023 at 7:00 pm. “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” by Annie Dillard is at once poetry, prayer, philosophy, and a nature walk without a plan. It can awaken wonder, humor, memory, and a transcendent consciousness; tune in and share…
June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month, and traditionally, the first days of June encourage all who wish to see gun violence reduced to wear orange. Friday, June 2, 2023 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and everyone is encouraged to wear orange June 3 – 4.
St. Paul’s Wheels4Hope Ministry’s Mike Sweeney will be presenting the AARP Smart DriverTEK workshop at the Apex Senior Center on Friday, June 9 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. This workshop is part of the FREE AARP Driver Safety educational programming.
Wake County residents: ONE Wake is listening! We are engaging organizations across Wake County in a campaign of Listening Sessions, helping to identify the pressures felt by households in our region. Listening Sessions are facilitated by ONE Wake leaders, with note takers recording responses and reporting back to ONE Wake. St. Paul’s is holding several options for Listening Sessions in May.
SAFE TALK/SAFE SPACE: a safe space for conversation in the LGBTQ+ community. Are you age 17-25, identify as LGBTQ+, have questions, struggles, joy, wisdom to share? This group is for you! The Reconciling Ministries Team of Saint Francis United Methodist Church in Cary is sponsoring the formation of a facilitated support group to have conversations…
Appalachia Service Project (ASP) Orientation is this Sunday, May 21st, from 12:30 to 2 pm in the Parish Hall. The agenda includes all trip information, packing recommendations, St. Paul’s policies and expectations, and a review of all forms and training needed. We encourage everyone involved in this year’s trip to please attend unless you have an unavoidable conflict.
Join us for a training session for new and existing acolytes on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 10:15 a.m. Join the crew that gets a front-row seat to the ACTION of our liturgies; become an acolyte and assist in this cross-generational ministry. SPREAD THE WORD! If you know of other adults, youth, or children (4th grade+) who would be interested, please ask them to sign up!
Support the Youth Appalachia Service Project (ASP) mission trip with our Chore Day Fundraiser, Saturday, May 6 from 8:00 a.m. til noon. Hire a crew of youth and adults to do yard work and other suitable projects around your home in exchange for a donation to St. Paul’s ASP Ministry. Please contact Stephanie Hirschy at…