Special News

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/

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - St. Paul AMEC’s Vacation Bible School will be held from Wednesday, July 31 – Friday, August 2 at the church. Volunteers are needed to assist with tasks. If interested or you need more details, please contact VBS Coordinator, Sister Arminta Foushee.

Most needed items for June for IFC Food Pantry Food = macaroni and cheese (boxed) and Non-food = soap (bar). Please be a blessing to your neighbors in need and bring at least one item and place your donation in the white IFC basket in the St. Paul church foyer. Note: for the next year Food Pantry will be housed at Community Kitchen location, 100 W. Rosemary Street (old Chapel Hill Town Hall) while Douglas Building is replaced with new building.

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.

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.

The AMEC Habitat for Humanity Partnership’s 5th Sunday Worship Service will be held on Sunday, June 30 at 3:00 p.m. at Mount Zion AMEC on Highway 86 in Hillsborough NC. An offering will be collected for partnership during that service. There is usually a collection held during morning worship service at St. Paul. If you wish to donate and cannot attend the worship service please give donation to Sister Linda Bynum, St. Paul’s Habitat Liaison.

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.

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.

The Women’s Ministry of St. Paul AMEC will be collecting individually wrapped healthy snacks for TABLE. The food drive began SUNDAY, MAY 26th and will end SUNDAY, JUNE 3Oth. Let’s continue to aid in the elimination of childhood hunger in the Chapel Hill - Carrboro community.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 2019 NEW HOME BUILD
Thank you for your continued support to Habitat for Humanity of Orange County (HHOC), as we make homeownership a reality for families, seniors, and others in our community that need affordable and safe housing. This year’s new home build is at Crescent Magnolia in Hillsborough with townhomes for seniors in our community. We invite you to help us create an AMEC build team to work a Saturday morning shift on May 11.
If you can’t do the physical tasks on the build site or under the age of 16? Opportunities
to provide lunch or volunteer in other ways are available for everyone! Contact Linda Bynum 919-933-0171 for additional information and further details.

Again, thanks so much for your continued prayers and support to our Interfaith and
HHOC partnership and ministry. Your help is making a difference!