St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Our New Worship Book

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Instead of switching back and forth from the Blue book to the Green book during worship St. Paul’s will now be using the ‘Maroon’ Evangelical Lutheran Worship book. It is a hard cover Pew Edition and includes more Hymns than the Blue & Green books combined. Our usual Setting will be used but there are other options too.

Members and guests will no longer become lost or confused during worship because everything will already be in the palm of your hand.

This change begins Sunday, May 21, 2023 during 11:00 am worship.

We hope to see and hear you there!

Music Sunday

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On Sunday, May 7, 10:30 a.m., we gather at St. Peter’s Church, Heidelberg for the celebration of a great Heidelberg-Erbsville tradition – the Annual Joint Church Music Sunday service.

For the first time since Covid, we celebrate those who bless us with the gifts of praise and music. On this day, we give thanks to Dan Amorim, our church musician for his devotion and the enormous talents that he brings to bear each Sunday at worship. We also rejoice in the presence of dear friends, the members of the Country Horizons Band. Please join us for a special morning of music, song and praise and a time of fellowship in the parish hall after the service.

Communion

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During our February, 2020 Annual Meeting a decision was made by the congregation to only offer communion during the 1st Sunday of the month at 11:00 am Service. A vote on a motion to do so passed. Obviously, thanks to the Covid pandemic, we forgot.

St. Paul’s Church will now honour this decision. Beginning in June, 2023 communion will only be offered on the first Sunday of the month. There will be exceptions for special celebrations such as Easter and Christmas. Our church calendar will now display dates for communion.

May 7 worship is a Joint Service at St. Peter’s – Music Sunday. Therefore, we will offer communion at St. Paul’s on May 21 at 11:00 am service.

Previous Sunday Services

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Thank you for joining us at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Erbsville.

A new Service has been recorded and posted for your enjoyment. Thank you Dan! June 19, 2022 is now available.

Service at St. Paul’s is 11:00 am on the 1st & 3rd & 5th Sunday of each month, and 9:30 am on the 2nd & 4th Sundays..

As stated in our “In-person Worship Guidance – ELCIC” post we are no longer recording and posting every Sunday’s worship. We provide recordings of previous services for you to enjoy. Thank you Dan!

Click on a link below and worship as if you were there, because you are here…

Previous Services available:

Best wishes,

Church Council

In-person Worship Guidance – ELCIC

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This week (June 10, 2022) the Eastern Synod provided new guidance with respect to Covid protocol. They have approved both indoor and outdoor gatherings and that social distancing is not required. The wearing of face masks is no longer a requirement but is still recommended. Communion may include bread and wine as long as the leader wears a mask and single cups are used. As we have from the beginning of this pandemic St. Paul’s will be following the Synod’s recommendations.

With this positive news Council has decided we no longer need to provide recorded services on-line every Sunday. Please join us in-person! Past services will remain on our web-site and future Special services will be recorded and posted.

From now on you will only be receiving Special Notice e-mails from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church – not every Saturday as during the pandemic – so please open them right away!

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The Eastern Synod has communicated with all member churches regularly during this pandemic and we now attach a link to their latest publication: https://easternsynod.org/covid-19-update-march-10-2022/

We have continually followed their guidance and therefore highlight Bishop Pryce’s words therein: “I would encourage all congregations to continue using masks for the time being.”

This practice will continue at St. Paul’s to our Annual Meeting and possibly beyond. Thank you for your care for all others.

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An update… St. Paul’s Council has declared March 6, 2022 at 11:00 am as our Return to In-person Worship date. Please spread the word. Let us gather as a family and celebrate this next step towards “the good old days”.

Please remember that masking, hand hygene and physical distancing requirements continue, and that the Eastern Synod has given “strong support for vaccination”.

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Previous Notices:

We will Not be returning to In-person Worship yet. The Eastern Synod has stated we should wait until at least February 20. Our decision of when will be coming in the near future. This pandemic is unpredictable. A link to the Synod’s recommendation can be seen via: https://easternsynod.org/covid-19-update-january-24-2022/

Our original notice of Service suspension remains below.

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Due to the rising number of Covid cases, and the restrictions implemented by our provincial governments, the Eastern-Synod has issued a notice asking all Congregations to suspend all in-person worship services for at least 4 weeks, effective immediately.

This news is disheartening, but not surprising.

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, in partnership with St. Peter’s, will be creating virtual services once again for all members, family and friends to view from your homes, or anywhere. Let us thank our organist Dan Amorim and Pastor Olaf Poulsen in advance for their dedication to our parish. Notice of our service’s availability on our web-site  will continue to be sent on Saturdays.

The Eastern Synod’s communication can be read on their web-site via this link: https://easternsynod.org/covid-19-update-january-3-2022/    We will be receiving further direction before the end of January and will provide you with updates when available.

Offerings may still be mailed to, or delivered to, St. Paul’s or our Chair David Kachik (address on our web-site). Thank you in advance for your support.

Stay Safe everyone!

Blessings,

St. Paul’s Church Council