The Mission of our Parish is to be an active community reflecting God’s

presence in Chittenango

and other communities we represent.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Chittenango, New York

November 2020

The Good News

Our Services

Sundays at 9 AM at St. Paul’s

Call Judy to make a reservation or join us

on Zoom

Link will be posted to our Facebook page

every week

How is everybody doing these days? If you have anything you want to ask of me or tell me you can send me an email at ja-bell40@yahoo.com. Or call 315-510-3393. Just to let you know Myself and the Vestry are here for you. Now for the news about St. Paul’s, we are looking into getting a new furnace in the Parish Hall. The old one is way past it’s prime and things are starting to go wrong with it. So, the Vestry and I have decided along with our finance adviser, Don Lee that we will be installing a new one as soon as possible to deal with this situa-tion. Church has been going well, people have been coming back and although it is different it’s still church and our congregation has been wonderful with the new restrictions. A mask is a must and your temperature is taken at the door and at the end of every ser-vice we go about sanitizing the church and parish hall for a new day. Along with this letter to everyone, a reminder, “ it is that time of year again” when we go about filling out our pledges for the new year. This should be done as soon as possible so that we can plan for the new year and get our budget set. If you have done so al-ready, thank you so much and if you have not done so, please con-sider doing so in the near future. We need everyone’s help to keep the church going so that when this is all over, we can resume with our services as usual. For those who cannot come to church because of health reasons, there is always Zoom. This has been going fairly well all things considered. So if you cannot join us in church, please join us by Zoom. We will have the Christmas church service this year on Christmas Eve at 5:00 PM, at that time we will be celebrating the Holy Eu-charist. with no service on Christmas Day. We will also have Zoom for those who cannot attend in person.

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November 2020 from the Warden’s Desk

204 Genesee Street Chittenango, NY 13037 (315) 687-6304 stpaulschittenango.net

Inside This Issue 2| Prayer List 3| Anniversaries & Birthdays 3| Ministry Schedule 5| Checkout what we’re reading at Bible Study 6| What can we be grateful for at this time?

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Prayer List

John Brennan, Collette Cook, Betty Eve-ry, Sue Huebler, Corinne Kraus, Dave Milne, Kathy Milne, Betsey Savage, Jim Schofield, Joan Tedford, Ted Tedford and Ellen Tierney.

Contact Information

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 204 Genesee Street

Chittenango, NY 13037 (315) 687-6304

stpaulschittenango@gmail.com stpaulschittenango.net

Father Leon Mozeliak Home: 315-457-1302

Cell: 315-369-8205 frleonm@yahoo.com

St. Paul’s Vestry

Judy Olmsted Sr Warden Education

Home: 315-510-3393 Cell: 315-256-4059

jabell40@yahoo.com

Don Lee Treasurer

Robin Weisbrod

Jr Warden Communication Chair

Tania Mousaw

Outreach

Pat Davis Fellowship/Pastoral Care

Sue Gerling

Worship

Amy Dieffenbacher Clerk of the Vestry/Newsletter Editor

About St. Paul’s The earliest record of Episcopal Church services in this vicinity was 1816 when St. Stephen's Church of Perryville was incorpo-rated. At that time Chittenango was little more than a gathering of frame and log houses. From 1816-1832 rectors from St. Stephen's held missionary services in Chittenango. Around 1849 a few gentlemen who greatly admired and revered the beautiful services of the Church, agreed to make an effort to have services occasionally held. By the spring of 1855 services be-gan to be held regularly once a month in the Bethel. St. Paul's was officially organized as a parish on June 18, 1855. St. Paul’s church was built in 1865 as a Gothic Revival-style structure. The lot, build-ing, furniture and windows cost $5000. The building was completed in less that six months. The first service was held in the church on Easter Day, April 1, 1866. On May 12, 1866 the church was consecrated by Bishop Coxe. It was added to the U.S. National Historic Register of National Places in 1996.

If anyone would like a written copy of the weekly lessons/Gospel, Psalm, and Fr. Leon's sermon, either mailed to you or emailed to

you - please contact the Church, by phone or by email and let Becky know. She will drop them in the mail to you weekly.

Please email

stpaulschittenango@gmail.com Or call (315) 687-6304

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07 – Samantha Just 07 – Susan Pratt 09 – Ruth Williams 10 – Derek McGork 10 – Tiffany Raymond 19 – Todd Chappell

23 – Charles Huttar 23 – Robin Weisbrod 27 – Elliana Haas 28 – Katie Orr 30 – Betsey Savage

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03 – Neil & Sue Huebler 10 – Brandon & Kourtney Reals 25 – Leon & Lynn Mozeliak

Anniversaries

November 01, 2020 Morning Prayer Robin Weisbrod

Greeters: Judy Olmsted

Tania Mousaw Lessons: Roberta Kincaid Prayers: Tania Mousaw

November 08, 2020

Holy Eucharist Fr. Leon C. Mozeliak, Jr.

Greeters: Judy Olmsted

Tania Mousaw Lessons: Becky Kraus

Prayers: Dorothy Saunders

November 11, 2020 Online Service

The Rt. Rev. Dr. DeDe Duncan-Probe

November 22, 2020 Morning Prayer

Judy Olmsted

Greeters: Judy Olmsted Tania Mousaw

Lessons: Roberta Kincaid Prayers: Tania Mousaw

November 29, 2020

Morning Prayer Fr. Charles Grover

Greeters: Judy Olmsted

Tania Mousaw Lessons: Sue Gerling

Prayers: Robin Weisbrod

Altar Guild Jennifer Jackson Joanne Furtado

Ministry Team Schedule

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Continued from Page 1 At this time, I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. It is a time for family’s to be to-gether (if they can) and a time for thanking God for all the things he has done for us this year. You may not think we had anything to be thankful for but God is ever present, we just have to reach out to him. Thought for the Day Encouragement and Prayer in a time of Pandemic Hebrews 10:23-25 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we pro-fess, for he who promised is faithful, and let us consider how we may spur one another on to-ward love and good deeds, not giving up meet-ing together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching. God Bless you all Judy Bell-Olmsted, Warden

Dear Tania & Members of St. Paul’s,

Thank you so much for your dona-

tion to the Chittenango Select Choir!

We are hopeful that we will be able to

sing in your beautiful church hall

soon!

Blessing to you all,

Matt Stearn,

Director of Music

at Chittenango High School

We have just learned that Betsy Savage has had a serious fall and was treated at St.

Joseph’s and is now at the Grand in Chittenango. She is in quarantine for the next 14 days although she has tested negative for Covid 19.

She would love to hear from you all. So please send her a card at The Grand, 331 Russell Street Chittenango, New York 13037

Room A for now. She is not allowed visitors at this time, so please keep her in your prayers. Thank you, Vestry of St. Paul’s

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Check out what we’re reading at Bible Study! Jesus Was an Episcopalian by Rev. Chris Yaw

This light-hearted, interesting and thoroughly engaging book invites newcomers and those looking for a refresher course to take a new look at the Episcopal Church. "It's an amazing time to be an Episcopalian. Our church has a re-newed sense of vision and leadership that's all about feed-ing the hungry and clothing the naked. We're all about standing up for equal rights and the environment. We're all about welcoming everybody to the table, preaching re-pentance and accepting forgiveness. We hold together modern thought and an ancient faith firmly rooted in Jesus Christ. We offer vital communities that help families, sin-gles - countless people make sense of their lives and their places in the world. Jesus Was an Episcopalian (And You Can Be One Too!) is all about letting the world know who we are and who the Lord is calling us to be. Let's face it,

few people today know what an Episcopalian is (be honest - how many people have asked you how to spell it?), yet many of us who have found Christ through this wonderful tradition believe we have an incredible gift to share. That's what this book is about. It's an uplifting, breezy, down-to-earth apologia for a new generation. It's for the church. It's for the world. It's one way for the church to love the world." (Chris Yaw)

What can we be grateful for during this time?

The chance to slow down Completing projects around the house More time spent with loved ones Learning new recipes or crafts Less traffic Going for walks Instacart and takeout Knowing that it’s not permanent and that we’re all in this together

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Chittenango, New York

The Good News The November 2020 Newsletter of

St. Paul’s of Chittenango

204 Genesee Street Chittenango, NY 13037

(315) 687-6304 stpaulschittenango@gmail.com

stpaulschittenango.net

stpaulschittenango.net

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