
BULLETIN
& WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
September 13, 2026
Sunday the Holy Eucharist is celebrated at 8:30 and 11am. The 11am service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and remains available there.
Nursery Services: Infants and toddlers through three years old are invited to gather on the playground or downstairs in Claiborne Hall. Cara Kitzrow supervises the nursery.
Morning and Evening prayer services: are held at 8:30 and 4:45pm, Monday through Thursday in the sanctuary.
Sunday Forum: Asia Minor in the New Testament
Asia Minor is sometimes called the second cradle of Christianity. Significant parts of the New Testament originate from there, and many important events in early church history took place there. We will explore this often-overlooked history, with particular emphasis on the seven churches in western Türkiye written about in the Book of Revelation.
The Rev. Rob Lamborn made a pilgrimage to Biblical sites in Türkiye and Greece earlier this year. He is a 1994 graduate of the School of Theology, and holds the Doctor of Ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary. He has been rector of the Parish of St. Mark & St. Paul since 2015.
Sunday Forum (including the Rector's Forum) meets 9:45-10:45 a.m. in Kennerly Hall at the Parish of St. Mark & St. Paul. Coffee and light refreshments will be available.
Next week: September 20 topic is the youth mission trip with Appalachia Service Project to Buchanan Co., VA, presented by Hilary Bogert-Winkler and our youth group.
Godly Play continues this Sunday at 9:45 am for children (3 years old through 5th grade).
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Godly Play 1 & 2 Combined: The Falling Apart (and Creation), Storyteller — Cara Kitzrow, Doorperson — Chas Womelsdorf
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4th/5th: Maker of Heaven & Earth, (Meets downstairs in Brooks Hall).
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Youth Sunday School: (Meets upstairs in Brooks Hall).
Rite-13 and J2A: Young people in grades 6-10 are invited to participate in Rite 13 and Journey to Adulthood (J2A) on Sunday afternoons. Please contact Hilary Bogert Winkler (hbwchurch@gmail.com) for details.
September Book Study – Green Worlds of C. S. Lewis
by John Gatta, illustrated by Mary Gatta
Tuesdays 5:30-6:30
Brooks Hall Sept 8-29
Please bring a drink or snack to share.
From Robert MacSwain’s blurb on the back cover: “C. S. Lewis is well known for taking his readers on fantastic journeys to other planets like Mars and Venus, other universes like Narnia and Charn, and even to Heaven and Hell. John Gatta shows us that an important motivation behind Lewis’s otherworldly imagination was a deep concern for protecting the health of the plants, animals, and landscapes of Earth. Readers of Lewis are thus encouraged to embrace his own incarnational eco-theological vision and inhabit this planet accordingly.”
Education for Ministry: The Sewanee EfM group begins its new semester on Monday September 14th in the Hethcock Room. Meetings begin at 6:30 and end at 9pm. Enrollment for extra members ends on September 30th.
To register now: To join our seminar, simply use our cohort registration link: https://engage.theology.sewanee.edu/register/participant_registration_form?form_group_id=5554
Bishop Deon Johnson’s essays as the Spiritual Sojourner for EfM Path 26–27: Following Jesus views discipleship as a life shaped by love, community, and a commitment to justice. His compelling texts emphasize that following Jesus begins with curiosity, grows through vocation and is sustained through community, worship, and shared practices. It moves beyond personal faith into active participation in God’s work of liberation, calling believers to embody love, confront injustice, and become sources of hope, healing, and transformation in the world. For questions contact Wendy Prothro Howard at: wendyprothrohoward@gmail.com
The Sewanee chapter of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross meets the 2nd Saturday of the month during the school year. Open to all Christian women, Companions are united under a common rule of prayer, thanksgiving, and simplicity of life. Social justice, peace, the unity of all people, and environmental responsibility are special concerns. This year, the chapter will be reading and discussing Following the Call, Living the Sermon on the Mount Together. Chapter members are largely based in the Sewanee and Chattanooga areas, and meetings are split between the two. The first meeting of the year, on September 12, will be held on Lookout Mountain. For more information see Mary Blount, Beth Chamberlain, Phebe Hethcock, Susan Holmes, or Mary Priestley (mpriestley0150@gmail.com).
Centering Prayer Group: Mondays at 7pm and Tuesdays at 2:30pm, both in the sanctuary.
Lectionary Bible Study: meets every Tuesday at 3:30 pm in Brooks Hall. The class begins with a brief prayer and a reading of the Gospel lesson appointed for the coming Sunday.
Adult Choir: Adult choir practice is Sundays 12:30-1:30pm.
Children’s choir rehearses on Wednesday after school. To enroll your child contact Dawn Seidenschwarz at: music@stmarkstpaul.org

