The St. Paul’s Rainbow Gathering would like to invite you to join us for Pride Lunch on Sunday June 25th, 2023. We will meet in the Parish Hall from 1-3pm, and All Are Welcome! Sign up at Rainbow Gathering: Pride Lunch Meetup. For questions, please contact Andrea at rainbowgathering@stpaulscary.org.
The Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church provides enrichment programming and healthy meals for families in need in our local community during the break from traditional school. St. Paul’s partners with other Cary congregations (Cary Presbyterian Church, Greenwood Forest Baptist Church and the Kirk of Kildaire) to provide volunteers. We’ve gotten word that there has been a high demand for the program with over 75 elementary children, 18 youth, and 20 preschoolers registered. That’s good news! But right now, they don’t have the number of volunteers that are needed.
Help support “All Mixed Up and Upside Down!” our Vacation Bible Camp scheduled for June 26-30, 2023, by purchasing items on our supply wish list. We’ve created an Amazon Wish List to enable you to shop online and send us the items directly – it’s that easy! Contact vbs@stpaulscary.org if you have any questions. Help…
On this Juneteenth, I’d like to share with you a prayer from Bishop Andy Doyle, bishop of the Diocese of Texas. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Continue reading for Bishop Doyle’s thoughtful prayer…
JUNE 13, 2023 UPDATE: Due to your wonderful generosity, we have received ALL of the items on the wish list for our new family. They (and we) are so grateful for this incredible support. We have an ongoing need for Spanish language speakers/interpreters to work with other St. Paul’s volunteers as we mentor the family…
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…
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.