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Easter Breakfast Resumes!

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Easter is approaching quickly and Councils of both St. Paul’s & St. Peter’s churches have agreed it’s time to return to the ‘good old days’!

Our joint Easter Breakfast will be served in St. Peter’s Church hall this year. Both cooking and clean-up will be handled by St. Peter’s members, for which we say Thank You! We would like to learn in advance how many will be attending. Please let us know if you’ll be joining us. A sign-up sheet will be placed at the back of our church, or you could email us at info@stpaulserbsville.ca

Here is the schedule for this year’s Easter celebrations, which are all Joint services:

         Maundy Thursday – April 6 – 7:30 pm at St. Peter’s (H) – Passion Play included

         Good Friday – April 7 – 10:00 am at St. Paul’s (E)

         Easter Sunday – April 9 – 7:00 am – Early Service – at St. Peter’s (H)

8:30 am – Easter Breakfast – at St. Peter’s Hall

10:30 am – Later Service – at St. Paul’s (E)

Let us celebrate the chance to be together at Easter once again.

Installation Service

Our Council will be officially recognized on March 26 at 9:30 service.

It’s never too late to offer your assistance… We’d really appreciate your help.

St. Paul’s Council

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Annual Meeting – 2023

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Mark your calendars! Sunday, January 29, 2023 is the date of St. Paul’s Annual Meeting. After our 11:00 am Service sandwiches, veggies and fruit will be available downstairs – feel free to bring something more…  We plan to get started before 1:00 pm. Reports will be available at the Church on Sunday, January 22 and also at the meeting itself.

These last few years have been very difficult and we truly do need your help to thrive. Council began actions suggested during our How To Grow Our Church meeting in 2019 but the Coronavirus pandemic became more than just an interruption. Much more needs to be done and your input will be greatly appreciated.

Please join us as we look to the future. 

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

Christmas Eve Service 2021

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Our Joint Christmas Eve Service of 2021 was recorded and is now available for you to enjoy at home.

Thank you Dan, Pastor and Eryn for making this possible.

Sunday December 26th Joint Service will be held at St. Paul’s at 10:30 am.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Peace be with you.

St. Paul’s Church Council