St. Paul's Episcopal Church11100 32 Mile Road
Mail: P.O. Box 148
Romeo, Michigan 48065
Phone (586)752-3212
Upcoming services
Rev. Sharon Voelker will be celebrating Holy Communion with us the first and third Sundays of each month through the end of this year (except for October 5), with the other Sundays being Morning Prayer Services. Also, beginning this Sunday and continuing each communion Sunday, our new song leader, Cat Wiley, will be here. Please join us in letting them both know how much we appreciate having them with us!
Parish Directory
Our Pastoral Ministry Lay Leader, Sue Kraetke, has been compiling information (address, phone number, email address, birthday/anniversary ) for a new parishioner’s directory and phone notification list. Thank you, Sue, for all your hard work and dedication to this project. The new directory is now available. Please see the Greeter if you have not received your family copy.
Samaritan House News
The Fashion & Food Fundraiser will be held on October 16th. Tickets are $75 each and include a buffet dinner, beer/wine, non-alcoholic beverages, a fashion show, vendor booths, raffle baskets, door prizes, and more. They are still looking for donations and/or sponsors for the raffle baskets. See Linda Willen if you would like to donate, sponsor, or buy tickets. In August, Samaritan House provided food to 194 families - including 11 new families, delivered food to 38 home bound clients, spent $15,690 to stock their pantry, and distributed 143 backpacks to their school age clients.
Blessing of the Animals
St. Luke’s in Utica will be having a Blessing of the Animals on October 5th at their 10:00 am service with Rev. Henny Grossoehme officiating. All members of St. Paul's are invited to attend.
Garden Volunteer Found
Kristin Brewer has volunteered to take over maintaining the gardens, BUT she will need our help. So, please consider volunteering when she announces work days.
Fall Work Day
Fall Clean Up Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 20th. Our Jr. Warden, Renay Siebenschuh, is preparing a list of items to be completed before winter sets in. Kristin Brewer and her husband, Steve, have offered to host an “after work” gathering for all the workers, so plan to join us for the work session and the festivities! More info coming as we get closer to the date.
Search Committee
The following collect was written by one of our congregants and beautifully captures our needs as a parish: Almighty God and Father, the source of wisdom, grace, and patience. Guide the members of St. Paul’s Church as we seek a rector send us a rector who will lead us in our spiritual walk, listen to our personal needs, and help our church to grow. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
If you feel moved to write a short prayer as we search for our next priest, we would love to share it with our congregation. If you have composed a prayer, give it to Richard Hutchinson or Ellie Stryker. We will include it in our service.
His Table
Once again we had wonderful support as we cooked, served and cleaned up at His Table meal in August. Thank you to Ellie Stryker, Kristin Brewer, Pat and Kruiz Kruizenga, Ron and Renay Siebenschuh, Sue Kraetke, Sue Russo, and Jackie Youngblood for all your help. Our third meal (and last one for this year) is on October 7th. So mark it on your calendar and please join us.
Men's Group
The Men's Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at Thee Office Pub & Cookery in downtown Romeo. The next meeting will be September 9. All men are welcome.
Sisters Book Club
Our September meeting will be at Sue Kraetke’s home at 12 noon. Sue will be providing lunch, so please let her know if you plan to attend. This month’s book is The Prospectors by Ariel Djanikian. It is a “sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival, greed and injustice following a family transformed by the Klondike Gold Rush.”
Spiritual Formation Resources
The following websites can provide spiritual formation/prayer resources: Hallow App - free trial, then yearly charge, numerous choices; Lectio 365 App - free Ascension App - free trial, then yearly charge; Bible in a Year Day by Day App - free ; Examen App - free; Centering Prayer App - free Audible App - yearly cost ; Israel Bible Institute Podcast - yearly cost ; 50 Day Bible Challenge - Forward Movement, cost for Gospel series ; Washington National Cathedral Podcast and Website - Morning Prayer/all services
