
BULLETIN
& WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
February 9, 2025
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This Sunday the Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 8:30 and 11am. The 11am service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and remains available there.
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Nursery Services: Infants and toddlers through three years old are invited to gather downstairs in Claiborne Hall. Cara Kitzrow and Diana Rung will be supervising the nursery.
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A Case for Love: On Monday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in Guerry Auditorium, the School of Theology is screening the documentary film “A Case for Love” followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Brian Ide. About the film, Ide writes, "Bishop Michael Curry inspired the film’s focus as he offers a solution to what ails us: Love, specifically, Unselfish Love."
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Coffee Hour Hosts: As one of the parish's oldest methods of fellowship, coffee hour helps bind us as a community. We need HOSTS to continue this fellowship tradition. Hosts serve coffee and light snacks after the 11am service in Kennerly Hall (training is provided). Please sign-up on the board in Kennerly Hall.
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CAC serves those in need with food and in other ways 9 to 11am, Monday through Friday. Please call 931-598-5927. The CAC Food Pantry is in need of bread this week.
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Community Meals are back! Please join us on Friday, February 28th at 12:00 PM for the first CAC Community Meal of the semester. The community meals are free lunches on the last Friday of each month hosted by the University of the South students working at CAC. We encourage you all to join us for our community meals and share in fellowship with one another. Meals this semester will be held on February 28th, March 28th, and April 25th in Kennerly Hall. We hope to see you there!
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Mardi Gras: Let the good times roll for a New Orleans themed celebration in Kennerly Hall on Tuesday, March 4 at 5:00pm. Everyone and every age is welcome, so invite all your friends and neighbors!
Do you love red beans and rice -- then our celebration needs you to prepare a pot. (We’ll supply the recipe). See the sign-up sheet in Kennerly for all of the ways you can help make this a night to remember. We have volunteer opportunities for everyone.
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Centering Prayer Groups: The Tuesday Centering Prayer group meets at 2:30 in the sanctuary. Our Monday Centering Prayer group continues to meet Monday at 7pm.
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Lectionary Bible Study: Brooks Hall Tuesdays at 3:30pm.
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Adult Choir rehearsals are Sundays 12:15-1pm. The choir warms up at 10:30am prior to the second service.
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Children’s Choir rehearsal for grades K-5 takes place in Kennerly Hall Wednesdays at 2:45. If you have questions email Wyatt Poe at: music@stmarkstpaul.org.
Christian Formation Opportunities
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Godly Play continues this Sunday at 9:45 am for children (3 years old through 5th grade).
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Godly Play 1: Story of Jonah, Storyteller -- Wendy Prothro Howard , Doorperson — Beth Wiley
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Godly Play 2: St. Valentine, Storyteller — Barbara Prunty, Doorperson — Aaron Elrod
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4th & 5th: Presentation of Jesus, Storyteller — Jocelyn Snider, Doorperson — Matthew Mitchell
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Youth Sunday School: Students in 6th-12th grade are invited to gather with friends upstairs in Brooks Hall for games, prayer, and Bible study with Paul and Andrea Richaud.
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Rite-13: Rite-13 meets from 4-6pm in Brooks Hall. If you have any questions, please email Hilary (hbwchurch@gmail.com)
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Sunday Forum: Dr. Becky Wright will address the question, “Can the Prophets Teach Us Anything About the Natural World?” for the St. Mark and St. Paul Sunday Forum on February 9. This year’s theme is “This Fragile Earth, Our Island Home.” The talk will take place 9:45-10:45 in the parish hall.
Before retiring this past year, Dr. Wright was the C. K. Benedict Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew at the Sewanee Theological Seminary. She will continue teaching Hebrew as a tool for interpreting the Bible. Dr. Wright has a B.A. from American University, an M.Div. from Wesley Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Old Testament from Yale.
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Sunday Forum meets each week at 9:45 in Kennerly Hall, sharing coffee and conversation. Our theme for the 2024-2025 academic year is "This Fragile Earth, Our Island Home."