News and Announcements:
The flowers on the altar are given for the glory of God, by Kira Hubner.
Blessing of the Animals, in honor of St. Francis, will be on Sunday October 4 at 3 PM, in the Labyrinth, weather permitting. Bring all your foot-footed and fin-swimming friends!
Annual Diocesan Convention, Friday-Saturday Nov. 21-22 – when the Diocese of Ohio elects officers, approves the budget and conducts the business of the Diocese. With dinner and Eucharist on Friday, business meeting on Saturday. If interested in serving as an official delegate from St. Paul’s see Fr. Bob.
Service Schedule Sunday August 13 Sunday September 20
Altar Guild Ruth Scarpelli Ruth Scarpelli
Accompanist Paula Hubner Paula Hubner
Reader Amy Huston Candy Baker
Intercessor Mary Ann Meyers Mary Ann Meyers
Eucharistic Minister Candy Baker Val Chornyak
Contact Val Chornyak or Fr Bob if interested in a service ministry
Sunday
8 AM: Summer Worship at DeRivera Park
9 AM: Christian Formation in the Parish Hall
10:30 AM: Holy Eucharist in the Church
Monday: 8 AM: AA in the Parish Hall
Wednesday, 12 noon: Prayers for the Nation and the World, with Holy Communion
Thursday 7 PM: AA in the Parish Hall
Saturday 9 PM: AA in the Parish Hall
Summer Office Hours: By appt. – call Fr Bob to arrange a time.
2026-27 Officers and Vestry
Rector and Chair: The Rev. Robert (Bob) Solon
Senior Warden: Kira Hubner (2027); Junior Warden: Chip Duggan (2029)
Clerk: Sarah Toole (2028)
Val Chornyak (2028) Ruth Scarpelli (2029)
Treasurer: Bob White
Scheduled Meetings: Tuesday September 22 6.15 PM
All meetings are in the Church Office and open for anyone to attend.
Intercessions for this Week:
We pray today for those who have requested our prayers:
We pray for Sue Ferguson, Rosie Stephens, Heather Durdil, Jeanne Burgess, Zach Mitchell, Smith Solon, Keith Cultice, Gloria Horne, Gary Hartzel, Dave Frederick, Bob Hilt, Darcy Good, Maria Kisha, Jessica Ambriz, Jeanette Luetke, Holly P., Aurea M., and all who care for them; and any others whom we now name, aloud or in our hearts….
We pray for all who have died, especially in the Battle of Lake Erie, and all those in war, gun violence, and natural disaster, and any others we remember now, aloud or in the silence of our hearts….
We pray for a just ending to war throughout the world, and especially with Iran, in the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan, and unrest in our own nation as well.
We pray for the members and visitors of this parish and the Food Pantry, for our Vestry, for Bob our rector, and for our sister churches of St Paul’s Duluth and St. Paul’s Elkins Park; St. Michael’s and Zion Methodist Kelleys Island; Our Lady Star of the Sea and St. Mary’s/Calvary Pelee Island; and Mother of Sorrows Put-in-Bay.
In the Diocese of Ohio, we pray for: Anne our Bishop, and this week for: Old Trinity Church, Tiffin; All Saints Church, Toledo, and their surrounding communities.
In our wider church, we pray for: Sean, our Presiding Bishop, and in the Anglican Communion, we pray for: Sarah, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and this week for the people and clergy of: The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia; the Diocese of Blackburn (The Church of England), the Diocese of Bo (West Africa), the Diocese of Boga (Congo), the Diocese of Bolivia (S. America), the Diocese of Bondo (Kenya); and the Diocese of Bor (S. Sudan).
We give thanks for all your blessings that you have given us, and especially those we name, aloud or in our hearts….
And we pray for ourselves and for our own needs, naming them to God in the silence of our hearts or aloud….
For whom else and what else shall we pray today?
We pray together:
Almighty God, to whom our needs are known before we ask: Help us to ask only what accords with your will; and those good things which we dare not, or in our blindness cannot ask, grant us for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP p. 394)
2026-27 Officers and Vestry
Rector and Chair: The Rev. Robert (Bob) Solon
Senior Warden: Kira Hubner (2027); Junior Warden: Chip Duggan (2029)
Clerk: Sarah Toole (2028)
Val Chornyak (2028) Ruth Scarpelli (2029)
Treasurer: Bob White
Scheduled Meetings:
Tuesday September 22 6.15 PM
All meetings are in the Church Office and open for anyone to attend.