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Easter Flower Pick Up

If you made a donation to Altar Guild for Easter Flowers, you may pick a plant up after the Sunday service on April 11, 2021. Pick up will be at the outside entrance to church, and will start at noon.

Hermano (Farmworker) Day (Mar 21, 2021)

Sunday, March 21, 2021 is Hermano Day (Farmworker Day). This year has presented many challenges to the farmworker community. We Paul’s can continue to support this vital work. You can help in these efforts by making a monetary donation to the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry or bring donation items to the St. Paul’s parking lot on Saturday, March 13 or Saturday, March 20 between 10:00 and 12:00 noon. Continue reading for more information and to see what donations are needed.

Food Security Update and New Volunteer Opportunity

The Western Region Food Security Group (the large group of area churches we are working with) has received extra funding from Wake County. With that extra funding we have purchased large supplies of dry goods and boxes which are being stored at The Kirk of Kildaire.
There are new volunteer opportunities.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Celebration (January 17, 2021)

Cary congregations participating in the Cary Area Ministerial Alliance (CAMA) will co-host the interfaith prayer service that is part of the Town of Cary’s “Dreamfest” during the weekend of MLK Day. Set for Sunday, January 17, at 3:30 pm, the service will originate from Christ the King Lutheran Church and will be live streamed on the church’s YouTube channel.

St. Nicholas Day

St. Nicholas Day

We are so excited to announce St. Nicholas Day brought in over $20,000! With that we will be able to give 273 gift certificates to Families Together and CommWell Health. We were also able to provide Healing Transitions with gifts for over 40 children using our prepurchased gifts. Thank you!!! The St. Nicholas Ministry

Food Security Update: Exciting Weekend; Plans for Next Year

This weekend (November 20th & 21st) we will be picking up and distributing 50 dry goods boxes, 50 produce boxes, and….. 50 TURKEYS!! I know our recipients will really enjoy these for the holiday. These are big guys, 20-30 pounds each. These need to get picked up at 9:45 on Saturday morning. Also seeking a few volunteers to go to the Kirk on FRIDAY at about 4 pm to pick up the produce boxes and the dry goods boxes. Continue reading for more….

Hospitality at St. Paul’s (Video Series)

Hospitality at St. Paul’s [Extended Version] from St. Paul’s Cary on Vimeo. On Oct. 16th, the Stewardship Team presented the first of a set of ~5 min videos that highlight aspects of life and ministry at St. Paul’s. The topic of the first video is Hospitality. In it, parishioners share their experiences on the theme “All are Welcome!” and how St. Paul’s…