Newsletter & Special News

NOTE: This is a personal publication of Kim Batson to share information with members and friends of St. Paul AME Church and is not an official Church publication. The official St. Paul website is http://www.stpaulamech.org/
Newsletter & Special News

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St. Paul AMEC is currently closed. Worship and lessons are virtual.

GIVELITY
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St. Paul members and friends can now send tithes and offerings through online giving through “Givelity”. The App can be added to your smart phone.

IFC FOOD PANTRY
Due to the present health crisis more people are using IFC Food Pantry to supplement their food needs. Please be a blessing to your neighbors in need by taking items to Food Pantry (110 W. Rosemary Street) or make a financial donation. For list of needs or make online donation go to www.ifcweb.org.
Thank you

Karen Reid needs a kidney & medical expense assistance.
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If you or if you know of someone who might be interested in donating a kidney or even learning more about the process of living donation, please contact the Living Donor team at UNC Hospitals. Here is the contact information: Amy Woodard, RN, Living Donor Coordinator, Ph# 984-974-7568 livingdonors@unchealth.unc.edu Please share this message on your social media sites. Ten percent of the funds raised will be donated to the National Kidney Foundation.

From Sister Carlotta Armstrong
Hello St. Paul, AME Family, Virtual Family, and Friends, if you wish to send Dr. Cousin a Christmas card or monetary gift or both wishing him the joy of Christmas, please send them to St. Paul AME Church, 110 N. Merritt Mill Rd Chapel Hill, NC 27516

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St. Paul Members and Friends remember to send your tithes, offerings, and missionary donations weekly. You can use Givelity, mail to St. Paul or take to St. Paul and drop-in mail slot. Although we are not having services in the building our bills must be paid.

PULPIT FLOWERS
Would you like to honor someone on their birthday or the memory of a friend or relative? You can do so by sponsoring the pulpit flowers on a selected Sunday. The cost is $55. Please provide check and wording to Mrs. Gentry at least two weeks before the Sunday on which you would like the person(s) honored.

Sharon Davis, our Team Captain for 2020 Chapel Hill Carrboro CROP Hunger Walk, has created an online site for donations. Although we will not be having an in person Walk, we are having a virtual one. We need to raise our financial goal. If you are not comfortable sending donations online feel free to send donation to St. Paul for Sister Sharon. This is the link https://www.crophungerwalk.org/…/St-Paul-African-Methodist
Leftover t-shirts are available for $6 each. Funds go to the IFC Food pantry.

Covid-19 Update
Pastor's Letter, July 24, 2020
Weekly NEWSLETTER
Achievement Gap - NAACP Program
8th Annual 5K St. Paul Village Community Walk RESULTS

T-shirts from 2020 St. Paul Village Community Walk and 5K Run are available for the small fee of $10. Please contact Sister Anissa McLendon.

The Department of Christian Education would like for each member of St. Paul to take home a copy of the publication Liberation and Unity, published by the Christian Education Department of the AMEC, written to be used as a Lenten daily devotional. All members are encouraged to use it as a guide for meditation and action during the season of Lent. The books will be available on a first come basis until they run out. A good time to begin your reading is Ash Wednesday. We pray that this guide will strengthen you as you fast, sacrifice and pray during the season.

5K hats and headbands are for sale! Great for gym, exercise class, for birthday, early Christmas gifts , makes a great St. Paul conversation start up! Please Sister Carol Deese for yours.

ST. PAUL MARTIAL ARTS FITNESS CLASS
The class is led by Brother Russell Blackwell who is trained in the Shorin Ryi (pronounced “show rin-ree-u”) style of karate. Martial Arts fitness is for people of all ages and fitness levels and will help with mobility of joints, flexibility and strength and endurance. To be healthy you have to move your body so come and join the class on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. at St. Paul.