Sunday
9 AM: Christian Formation (Parish Hall)
10:30 AM: Holy Eucharist (In the Church)
12 Noon: Rededication of the Alfred Parker Park
Wednesday
6 pm: Prayers for the Church and the World, with Holy Communion
Autumn Office Hours: By appt. – call Fr Bob to arrange a time.
12-Step Groups, in the Parish Hall: Monday 8 AM – AA, Tuesday 7:30 PM – Al-Anon
Thursday 7 PM – AA; Saturday 9 PM – AA
Service Schedule:
Sunday, October 12 Sunday, October 19
Musicians Paula Hubner Paula Hubner
Reader Amy Huston Candy Baker
Intercessor Mary Ann Meyers May Ann Meyers
Chalicist Val Chornyak Val Chornyak
Contact Val Chornyak or Fr. Bob if interested in a worship ministry.
News and Announcements:
Upcoming Autumn Quiet Days. See our Facebook Page or our website for more information. Pass the word, and remember all are ecumenical so all are welcome.
- Saturday November 1: A Quiet Day With All the Saints and Holy Communion.
The Captian Alfred Parker Park will be rededicated today at 12 noon. All are welcome to attend.
Dedication of the Caldwell Memorial Pavilion: Saturday, October 18 at 1 PM. All are welcome as we formally accept and dedicate the new pavilion in the back yard.
The 2025 Diocesan Convention is Friday – Saturday, Nov. 14-15 in Wooster, Ohio this year. Thank you to our 2025 delegates Bob White, Ed Hubner, and Amy Huston, for representing us this year.
All Saints’ Day will be celebrated on Saturday, November 1 (during the Quiet Day) and on Sunday, November 2, with a Festive Brunch after. Please bring hot or cold item to share.
The Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be on Thursday, November 27. If you do not have your own Thanksgiving plans (or you don’t want to cook!) come bring a dish and share it with anyone and everyone else in the Parish Hall. More details to come.
St. Paul’s is on YouTube! We want to get to one hundred subscribers so we can broadcast directly to YouTube, for those who don’t have Facebook readily. Please check us out at: https://www.youtube.com/@StPaulsPut-in-Bay (or enter “St Paul’s Put in Bay” in the search bar) and remember to Like and Subscribe!
Fresh Flowers for the Altar can be dedicated at any time for any purpose. Please contact Ruth Scarpelli or Fr. Bob to arrange your dedication. The suggested donation is $40, but any amount can be accepted.
Your daily prayers are asked for those who have requested our prayers:
In The Episcopal Church, we pray for Sean, our Presiding Bishop, and the churchwide staff. And in the Anglican Communion, we prayfor: Sarah, the Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, and for the people and clergy of: The Church of the Province
of Uganda; the Diocese of Pathein (Myanmar); the Diocese of Patna (N. India); the Diocese of Pelotas (Brazil); the Diocese of Pennsylvania (The Episcopal Church); the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania (The Episcopal Church);and the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania (The Episcopal Church).
Inour own Diocese of Ohio, we pray for: Anne our Bishop, and in the South Central Mission Area, for St. Matthew’s Church, Ashland; Harcourt Parish, Gambier; and Grace Church, Mansfield.
And in our own parish, we pray for Sue Ferguson, Heather Durdil, Mary and Dan Solon, Jeanne Burgess, Wes Schwarz, Sandy Chance, Laura Booker Caviello, Dave Frederick, Zach Mitchell, and those others whom we now name, aloud or in our hearts….
We pray for all the members and guests of this parish, for Bob our rector, Barbara our guest Deacon, and for our sister churches of St. Michael’s Kelleys Island, St Paul’s Duluth, St. Paul’s Elkins Park, Our Lady Star of the Sea Pelee Island, Mother of Sorrows Put-in-Bay, and Zion Methodist Kelleys Island.
We pray for all who have died, especially those we call out now in our hearts or aloud.….
We pray for a just ending to war and unrest throughout the world, and especially in Ukraine, Gaza, and in our own nation as well.
We pray in thanksgiving for all your blessings that you have bestowed on us, and especially those we call out, aloud or in our hearts….
We pray for all the residents and visitors of these Lake Erie Islands, and those we call out now, in our hearts or aloud….
We welcome the Rev. Barbara Reszko to St. Paul’s today

The Rev. Barb Reszko is a lifelong Episcopalian with Master’s degrees in Social Work and Divinity from the University of Chicago and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. With 15 years of experience as a trauma-focused mental health therapist, she recently earned a Diploma in Anglican Studies from Bexley Seabury. Barb lives in Toledo, Ohio with her husband, two cats, and a dog, and her adult daughter resides nearby. She enjoys guitar lessons, singing, and will balance her work as a therapist with service to the church.
The Bishop has appointed Deacon Barb as a Regional Deacon for six months. This new role is a faithful step forward in how we live out our ministry in the Diocese of Ohio, especially the servant leadership to which our deacons are called.
The Regional Deacon’s ministry is rooted in building relationships by spending time in community, listening with compassion, and reflecting deeply on what it means to serve in Jesus’ name. Barb is working with faith communities and local partners in the North Central Mission Area to help us see and respond to the needs, concerns, and hopes of the world around us. Some examples include serving with Old Trinity, Tiffin and its new Community Kitchen and supporting lay-led outreach at St. Paul’s, Bellevue.