Welcome, guests! Thank you for worshipping with us today. Whatever your background, whatever you’re seek-ing, we invite you to participate fully in worship and the other ministries St. Paul’s provides. Please fill out a visitor card, located in the book rack in front of you, and place it in the offering plate or give it to an usher or priest.

Welcome, children! You are appreciated as full participants in our worship. Infants and toddlers who need some space to rest or play can do so in the nursery across the courtyard in the Parish Center. Children ages 3 and up are invited to participate in Chil-dren’s Chapel after the reading of the Gospel. For those

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who need a bit of extra comfort during wor-ship, there is a parent-child room avail-able just outside the sanctuary where mom or dad can hear the service while they care for you.

ST. PAUL’S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER I WEEK OF AUGUST 2, 2015

This annual community offering welcomes students of all ages to bring their backpacks for a special blessing. Immediately following the 10 a.m. service & blessing, the Summer Celebration kicks off ... and it’s going to be fantastic! This is a great Sunday to invite family, friends (neighbors, co-workers...) to join you for a Sunday at St. Paul’s. Flyers are available on the Welcome Table in Burrows Commons, feel free to take some to pass out. You may also consider sharing our Facebook event.

Sunday, August 16 I 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m .

Festivities include:

- Bub’s Burgers Food Truck*

- Complimentary Root Beer Floats & Snacks

- 3 Bounce Houses

- Touch-a-truck with 3 IMPD & IMFD vehicles

- Giant Bubbles

- Music provided by WTTS 92.3

- Bloodmobile, Indiana Blood Center

- Habitat for Humanity, sign a stud & sign up to volunteer

2015-2016 Sunday School registration and Choir School information will also be available.

Please note that a portion of Meridian West Drive will be closed from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. This will not affect accessibility to the park-ing lot from either North Meridian Street or Meridian West Drive.

*Bub’s Burgers lunch menu items range from $5-$8 and include hot dogs, burgers, chicken sandwiches, portabello mushroom sandwiches, pb&j sandwiches and fries.

Men’s Study Group begins new book(weekly on Wednesdays) 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. I Kilroy’s, Broad RippleAll men are invited to this informal study group, which recently started a new book, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat. Come for community and good conversation about our Christian faith. Questions, contact George Slenski, g.slenski@ameritech.net.

ECW Fall Retreat: Growing Wise September 25-27 I Waycross Conference Center, Brown CountyIn an age of easy access to information, we come to think of facts as knowledge. But facts and data are not wisdom. The Rev. Jean Denton is this year’s retreat leader. Flyers with complete program and registration information are on the Welcome Table.

Rector’s Coffeehouse Office HoursTuesdays, 7:30-9:00 a.m. I Thursdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Drop in to see the Rev. John Denson during his “office hours” at Hubbard & Cravens (4930 N. Pennsylvania); have a conversation without going to the office, or simply come share a cup of coffee/tea. ***Please be sure to check the Parish Calendar for any cancellations prior to coming.***

All Parish Summer LuncheonThursday, August 13 I 12:00 noon I off-site at Hollyhock HillAll parishioners and guests are invited to enjoy the 3rd annual Sum-mer Luncheon at Hollyhock Hill. Enjoy an appetizer, salad, fresh bread, sides, entrée, dessert and beverage. Entrée choices are their famous fried chicken, French fried gulf shrimp, broiled haddock or chicken salad. Cost is a flat $18/person, which includes your entire meal, tax and tip. RSVP to Barb Schubert with your entrée choices by August 10, 705.0257 or baschubert36@yahoo.com. Hollyhock Hill is located at 8110 N. College Ave.

Invi tation to youth: Join St. Paul’s ChoirSt. Paul’s Choir is open to all youth with an enthusiasm for music, worship and choral singing. St. Paul’s Choir School is a free after-school program open to all youth 8+ in the Indianapolis area. A singer does not need to be a member of the parish or the Episcopal Church. You may know neighbors or friends who’d be interested in this program – spread the word to them! For more info contact Brad Hughley, ext 29 or bhughley@stpaulsindy.org.

News & Upcoming EventsCELEBRATING OUR OWN

Update from our SeminarianGreetings to my sisters and brothers at St. Paul’s Indianapolis! I am writing to give you one more update of my progress as your seminarian. After the completion of this past semester at Virginia Theological Seminary, I had successfully earned my Masters in Divinity degree.

This was the final requirement that was needed for me to be presented to the Standing Com-mittee and to Bishop Waynick for approval for ordination to the Holy Order of Priests. It was a process that began in 2010, sitting in the pews of St. Paul’s, and I am ever appreciative of the community’s unflagging support. The work that so many volunteers put into my discernment and formation as a priest have truly made this a ministry of the community.

I am also writing to let you know that I have received my first call to serve coming out of seminary. It is with great joy that I accepted the position of curate at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Waco, Texas. It is one of three Episcopal parishes in the quickly growing city of Waco. The architecture of the church itself would be very familiar to any of you who remember your own St. Paul’s before the renovation, and the congregation there is roughly of similar size.

My own charge while serving there is to take the first two years to learn and grow into my vocation as a priest, engaging in continuing education projects, peer group development, and work-life balance in the Diocese of Texas. In addition, a large part of my area of focus will be serving as the campus missioner to Baylor University, where I will be in charge of the Canterbury House and all worship, outreach, and formation for the students there. I am very excited about this new and exciting adventure in a new part of the country with a great community of faith.

All is well with my wife, Katie, and my son, Elliott. The whole Balke family is looking forward to getting to know the Waco area and settle down in our first call out of seminary. It is clear that there is much work to be done—the end of seminary is not the end of a priest’s formation but rather only the end of the beginning of it—but I am blessed to have a wonderful and supportive family along the way with me.

Thank you once again for all your support throughout the years. I hope that we may still be in touch in the years to come—it is a small world af-ter all and we will no doubt continue to cross paths in the future. If any of you should find yourselves in the Waco area, feel free to stop by St. Paul’s Waco and say hello. I shall do the same when I find myself in Indianapolis. Please know that you all have been and will continue to be in my prayers, and may God bless the people of St. Paul’s now and always!

Faithfully, The Rev. Steven M. Balke, Jr.

OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES

Sundays at St. Paul’s Nursery Childcare for infants-3 year olds is provided from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon 1st Floor, Parish Center building

Children’s Chapel This sermon alternative is for children age 3 and up. Those

who participate leave after the Gospel reading and return during the Peace.

offered during the 10:00 a.m. service

Activi ty Bulletin These coloring bulletins and crayons

are in baskets by entrances to the sanctuary.

Serve breakfast to homeless familiesSaturdays from 8-11 a.m. I August 15Dayspring Center (1534 Central Ave.)

St. Paul’s is providing volunteers to cook and serve breakfast at Day-spring Center homeless shelter this summer. We need 5-7 volunteers, age 12+. Children under 12 may volunteer with a supervising adult but are restricted to the dining room, setting tables and helping with clean up. Contact Tana Hunnicutt, ext 10 or thunnicutt@stpaulsindy.org.

Friday-Sunday, September 18-20Waycross Camp in Brown County I waycrosscenter.org

Join us for a great weekend of fellowship, worship and a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities for all ages! There will be small and large group offerings as well as time for individual relaxation and reflection. Come and participate as you wish. This offering was at capacity last year, so please don’t wait to sign up.

Waycross has clean, comfortable lodging, much like a hotel, as well as cabins. These are stand alone bunkhouses that sleep up to 10; there is heat but no air conditioning. Cabins also do not have restrooms (a toilet/shower facility is located close by).

Parish Retreat

details & registration at stpaulsindy.org/retreat

Cost for the weekend is $75/one person (single occupancy room), $125/two people (double occupancy room), $150/per family (3 or more) or $50 / fam-ily cabins (sleeps up to 10). Children age 2 or younger are free. Full and partial confidential scholarships available; contact the Rev. Sarah Ginolfi.

Habitat for Humanity Panel BuildSaturday, September 12 in St. Paul’s parking lot

We have 200 volunteer spots with jobs for most ages and agilities.

Habitat set-up, build & tear down shifts are:7:00-7:30 a.m. I 7:30-9:00 a.m. I 8:30-10:00 a.m. I 9:30-11:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon I 12:00-12:30 p.m.

Volunteers must be age 16+ to do one of these jobs. To sign up visit http://vhub.at/stpaulschurch and scroll down to the

September 12 Panel Build. You may select more than one time slot.

Volunteers are also needed to work the sign-in and refreshment tables, and prepare/serve lunch. If you can help in this way, have more general questions or are unable to sign up for the build online, contact Frank Hartman, 253.7053 or fhartman927@yahoo.com.

St. Paul’s will provide free concurrent childcare with play and crafts. So that we may plan accordingly, please register children by September 4 with Tana Hunnicutt, thunnicutt@stpaulsindy.org.

A variety of lodging is available, including hotel-type accomodations or cabins with a bunk house set up.

Need assistance? Please notify an usher if you would like reading glasses, a hearing enhancement device or wish to have communion brought to your seat.

Restrooms are located in Burrows Commons, outside the doors of the sanctuary. The women’s is near the display screen; the men’s is to the left of the elevator. Restrooms are also located on both floors of the Parish Center building.

BUILDINGKEY

CHURCH (CH) First Floor

Burrows Commons (BC) Chapel of the Good Shepherd (CGS)

Kitchen (CK) Lilly Room (LR)

Miller Family Cloister Bruce Peck Memorial Playground

Parent & Child Room Roberts Library (RL) Wiese Tower (WT)

Second Floor Choir Lounge (CL)

Harris Rehearsal Hall (HRH) Music Offices

PARISH CENTER (PC)

First Floor Kitchen (PK)

Parish Hall (PH) Youth Group Room (YGR)

Helen Rudesill Children’s Book Nook (BN)

The Children’s Corner Preschool (TCC)

Nursery Second Floor

Rector & Staff Offices Classrooms

Conference Rooms I, II & III (CRI) (CRII) (CRIII)

CONTACT US

St. Paul’s seeks to be a diverse, generous and faithful community. As a congregation of the Episcopal Church we are anchored in a centuries-old tradition that is ancient yet new, ritualized yet relaxed, transcendent yet intimate, reverent yet filled with life. We are a diverse congrega-tion – rich and poor, young and old, married and single, gay and straight, traditional and innovative – that offers a wide variety of ministry opportunities. From education, to music, to fel-lowship, to mission beyond our doors, we invite you to discover your place in this community.

THIS WEEKVIEW OUR PARISH CALENDAR ONLINE

stpaulsindy.org/calendar Send calendar/room requests to Tana Hunnicutt,

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CLERGY I The Rev. John Denson, D.Min, Rector (ext 14, jdenson@stpaulsindy.org) I The Rev. Sarah Ginolfi, Parish Missioner (ext 13, sgi-nolfi@stpaulsindy.org) I The Rev. Barbara Kempf, Pastoral Associate (ext 15, bkempf@stpaulsindy.org) I MINISTRY STAFF I Frank W. Boles, Organist & Director of Music (ext 30, fboles@stpaulsindy.org) I Dontie Fuller, Children & Family Minister (ext 23, dfuller@stpaulsindy.org) I Erica Jeglum, Youth Minister (ext 18 or ejeglum@stpaulsindy.org) I Brad Hughley, Associate Organist & Choir Director (ext 29 or bhughley@stpaulsindy.org) I SUPPORT STAFF I Lisa H. White, CPA, Parish Administrator & Controller (ext 21, lwhite@stpaulsindy.org) I Barbara Haberman, Director of Communications (ext 26, bhaberman@stpaulsindy.org) I Marilyn L. Vargo, Assistant for Liturgy & Membership (ext 12, mvargo@stpaulsindy.org) I Tana Hunnicutt, Administrative Assistant (ext 10, thunnicutt@stpaulsindy.org) I Meegan Stutler-Fournier, Choir School Administrator (ext 35, mstutler@stpaulsindy.org) I Kevin Hartman, Facilities Supervisor I David Geoghegan, Sexton I VESTRY I Ann HInson, Senior Warden I Rick Bernhardt, Junior Warden I Chris Johns, Treasurer I Pam Douglas, Clerk

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Monday, August 3 10:30 a.m. Rector Support Group (RL)5:00 p.m. St. Paul’s Music readout/challenge session 2 (CRII)5:00 p.m. St. Paul’s Music Committee (CRI)7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts - Troop 73 (PH,PK)

Tuesday, August 47:30 a.m. Rector’s Coffeehouse Hours (Hubbard & Cravens, 4930 N. Pennsylvania)9:30 a.m. Staff Meeting (CRI)10:00 a.m. Needle Arts Ministry (RL)4:30 p.m. Ensemble Music Society (CRII)7:30 p.m. AA (PH, PK)

Wednesday, August 58:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist & Healing (CGS)8:45 a.m. Executive Committee Meeting (CRI)10:00 a.m. Grandmothers Group (CRII)11:30 a.m. Men’s Christian Study Group (off-site)12:00 p.m. Women’s AA (RL)7:00 p.m. AA (PH, PK)

Thursday, August 611:30 a.m. Centerpoint (CRII)3:30 p.m. Rector’s Coffeehouse Hours (Hubbard & Cravens, 4930 N. Pennsylvania)

Friday, August 7No activities scheduled.

Saturday, August 89:00 a.m. Altar Guild (CH)10:00 a.m. Baptism Class (RL)10:00 a.m. Lector Rehearsal (CH)10:00 a.m. Silent Alcoholics (CRIII)11:00 a.m. Baptism Rehearsal (CH)

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Church Office HoursMonday–Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.Friday, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Church & Parish Center BuildingsMonday–Thursday, 8:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.Friday–Saturday, 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.Sunday, 7:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 6050 North Meridian Street I Indianapolis, IN 46208 I 317.253.1277 I stpaulsindy.org