Electronic Giving

St. Paul's recently signed up with Vanco Services electronic giving program. You can now enroll to have your contribution directly debited on a regular basis from your checking or savings account. Information and application sheets are available in the office, and will soon be on our web site. Any questions

Here are the FAQ and the authorization form for electronic giving (.pdfs).

Pledging to St. Paul's

To date we have received 117 pledges totaling $281,272. This is now (slightly) above our goal of $275,000! We are hoping that 130 individuals or families will make a pledge to St. Paul's for next year's budget. If you have not had a chance to turn in your pledge card, materials are on the web here.

Extra pledge cards are available in the Parish Hall and in the church office.

WELCOMERS WANTED

Our pool of dedicated greeters is dwindling. If you would be willing to greet at the 10:30 service once every 6 weeks or so, please contact Lizann Jones (206/947-1552 or ).

If you are interested in greeting for the 5:00 p.m. service please contact .

FIVE O'CLOCK SINGERS NEEDED

The choir for the 5:00 p.m. liturgy is in need of additional singers, both male and female. The group rehearses at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoons, and there is no midweek rehearsal. If you are interested in singing, please speak with Gary James as soon as you can.

EVENING PRAYER TEAMS AND
MORNING PRAYER TEAM FOR THE FALL

We are once again organizing and recruiting for teams of people t participate in leading Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays (Saturday is Evensong) in the Chapel and for a team to lead Tuesday Morning Prayer at 7:00 a.m. Those serving on teams need to commit to a pattern of participation with the team on one day of the week (absences need to be communicated to the team and coordinator) and be able to be understood when speaking, reading, or officiating at the service. Teams will start functioning Tuesday, September 7. If you are interested in serving on a team for this upcoming year, please

2011 ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

2011 Entertainment Books are now available. For only $25 you can make a donation to St Paul's and save a bunch. If you are interested, contact Carol Wiesenbach (206/235-6745 or carolw@uw.edu).

FOOD BANK DONATIONS

The collected food offering is taken to St. Mary's Food Bank during the last week of the month. Offerings may be left in the entryway basket.

COFFEE HOUR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Our coffee hours are an integral part of our outreach, and we need to share the function with as many different people as we can. Please sign up at the kiosk in the Parish Hall, or contact Prue at pckluckhohn@comcast.net for more information.

JOIN THE FONTANEERS!
FONT CLEANING TEAM SEEKS NEW MEMBERS

We're looking for additions to our font-cleaning team. Work with a fun group lifting and cleaning the rocks and font. Not as extreme as the Mountaineers. Contact Laura Schafer at 206-579-4826 or lschaf1@mac.com.

St. Paul's Building Renovation Fundraising

The theme of our building renovation fundraising effort is "Renewing St. Paul's for the next 50 years." Though some of us will not be around in 50 years, our contributions to this project will be. By making the church more accessible to all, more energy efficient, and by enhancing the beauty of our worship space, the renovation is our Valentine to future generations.

Now is the time to consider a donation of cash or securities to this effort. These gifts can be made all at once or over a period of years. Gifts of ANY size are welcome. Brochures about the renovation and pledge cards will continue to be available at coffee hour and social gatherings after each service.

Please or to discuss the project or to make a gift to this important initiative.

More information on the renovation may be found here.

NEEDED: People to set up for 5:00 pm Liturgy after coffee hour

We're looking for people to help set up the Parish Hall for the 5:00 p.m. Liturgy after the noon Coffee Hour. If you would be interested in doing this, please email Mother Melissa at melissa.skelton@stpaulseattle.org or Mark Taylor at mltaylor@seattleu.edu.

If you eat at the Quizno's across the street (20 Roy St.), let them know you belong to St. Paul's. Part of your lunch money will come back to the church! Our thanks to manager Sabi Singh for offering this arrangement.

SACRISTANS NEEDED

This is a behind the scenes job. It involves coming in on Saturday or on the eve of a Feast day to set things up for the next Mass, about a half hour before the service and washing the communion vessels afterwards. Schedules are flexible, you will be trained and work with an experienced sacristan so you won't have to remember it all. Join this wonderful ministry, email Prue Kluckhohn at pckluckhohn@comcast.net or catch her at church.

Bakers’ Guild Openings

Your annual opportunity to join our communion bread makers has arrived! This quiet and satisfying ministry is a great way to get involved without going to meetings. If you’d like to participate as a regular or substitute baker, call or e-mail Carol Wiesenbach, 206/235-6745

News Archives

Parishioner Interviewed for the Lance Armstrong Foundation

Claire Tinker, who is featured on the Livestrong website says, "I was featured with Lance Armstrong Foundation in an online fitness article as the result of my unique approach to dealing with quite arduous treatment for breast cancer. When diagnosed I didn't want to make a big deal of it, but now that I am quite sure I am cured, I wanted to share the good news.

The other good news is that I have exceeded my fundraising goal, so am contributing that way as well."

The Third Liturgy at St. Paul's was featured in the November 2009 Episcopal Voice

Mother Melissa is serving as Canon for Congregational Development for the Diocese, in addition to serving as Rector of St. Paul's. She has be relieved of some administrative duties through a monetary diocesan grant to the parish to fund the positions listed below. She will use this extra time to direct the College for Congregational Development and to work with the Bishops and Canons on congregational development strategy in the Diocese.

Our Parking Lot Ethos

Our little parking lot doesn't fit as many cars as we'd like. But there are methods that will help us fit as many cars as possible. Please follow these general rules (especially before evening services when street parking is difficult to obtain):

St. Paul’s on Facebook

For those of you on Facebook, you're invited to join the St. Paul's group.

Altar Flower and Candle charts are posted in the entryway for your convenience. Please consider celebrating a loved one or other blessing with one of these liturgical gifts.

Chalice is the St. Paul’s prayer team, a group of parishioners and clergy praying for whatever is in the hearts and minds of the people of St. Paul’s. » Read more.

Interested in making a bequest to St. Paul's? We have Planned Giving brochures and other materials to inform you about the ways you can remember St. Paul's in this important way. See our Treasurer Catharine Reid or Stewardship Team Leader Heather Kmitta if you're interested in receiving a brochure.

Our Red Frontal, created and stitched by Father Ralph Carskadden for use on Pauline feasts (Conversion of St. Paul, January 25th, St. Peter and St. Paul, June 29th) and Pentecost Day, is made of dupioni silk with an ornamental band across the lower edge which incorporates fabrics from the Americas, Asia and Africa. As part of the design, gold kid leather letters spell "Jew Greek Slave Free Male Female All Are One in Christ." (View photograph of banner). Taken from St. Paul's letter to the Galatians (3:28), they reflect the diversity of the people who form our parish.

View photos from the January 27, 2008 visit to St. Paul's by The Rt. Rev. Greg Rickel, Bishop of Olympia (in new window).

View photos of The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori at St. Paul's.

St. Paul’s in the Local News
Pacific Northwest magazine featured our Labyrinth and Centennial Garden.

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