Schedule and Announcements

For the Week of February 2

Results of the 2025 Annual Meeting of January 26, 2025

A quorum being present, the Annual Meeting took the following actions:

1.  Approved the minutes of the 2024 Annual Meeting

2. Elected  Ruth Scarpelli to the Class of 2026, and Val Chornyak and Sarah Toole to the Class of 2028.

3. Approved the proposed amendment to the parish bylaws to permit the Annual Meeting to be held no later than June 30 (instead of January 31).

4. Approved the Courtesy Resolutions for our sister parishes.

If you wish a paper copy of the annual Report to be mailed to you, please contact Fr. Solon or reply to this Flocknote.

Please contact Fr. Solon or any member of the Vestry with any questions you may have. 

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This Week’s Intercessions. We pray especially for those who have asked for our prayers:

We pray for Sue Ferguson, Heather Durdil, Stan Mizerny, Jan Bright, Zach Mitchell, Mary Solon, Missi Kowalski, Jeanne Burgess, Anne Parker, Bernie Meyers, Angie Heineman, and those others, whom we now name, aloud or in our hearts….

We pray for all who have died, especially in the DC plane crash, and those we name now in our hearts or aloud.….

We pray for an ending to war throughout the world, and especially in Ukraine, Africa, and the Middle East.

We pray in thanksgiving for all your blessings that you have given us, and especially those we name, aloud or in our hearts….

We pray for all the residents and visitors of these Lake Erie Islands, and those we name now, aloud or in our hearts….

We pray for all the members and guests of this parish, for Bob our priest, and for our sister churches of Zion Methodist Kelleys Island, St. Michael’s Kelleys Island, St Paul’s Duluth, St. Paul’s Elkins Park, Our Lady Star of the Sea Pelee Island, and Mother of Sorrows Put-in-Bay.

In the Diocese of Ohio, we pray for: Anne our Bishop; and for the Provincial Synod and Provincial Partnerships.

In our own Church, we pray for Sean, our Presiding Bishop. And in the Anglican Communion, we pray for the election of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, andthe people and clergy of: The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia; the Diocese of London (England); the Diocese of Long Island (The Episcopal Church [TEC]); the Diocese of Los Angeles (TEC); the Diocese of Louisiana (TEC); the Diocese of Western Louisiana (TEC); and the Diocese of Luapula (Central Africa).

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This Week at St. Paul’s

The Church remains open daily for prayer and meditation.

Worship:

Sunday 9 AM: Christian Formation in the Parish Hall

Sunday 10:30 AM: Holy Eucharist with hymns and the Annual Meeting

Wednesday 12 noon: Prayers for the Nation and the World, with Communion

Winter 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 8 AM – AA

News and Announcements

  • If you would like to be added to the parish Flocknote, please contact Fr. Bob. We’ll need an email address or a mobile number.
  • To make a flower dedication for any purpose, please contact Ruth Scarpelli or Fr. Bob.  The suggested donation is $30.
  • The flowers on the Altar are given by the Rev. Deacon Nancy Hansen, on the anniversary of the ordination of The Rev. Robert Solon, Jr., to the sacred order of priests.
  • Pledge cards were included in 2024 giving statements and are included in this bulletin. Your Vestry respectfully asks all members to make a pledge of support for 2025.
  • Ash Wednesday, the First Day of Lent, in on March 5 this year.