O'Connell's Restaurant: Theology on Tap

On October 30, Theology on Tap asks, “How does Jesus Save Us?”  Join us after the 5:00 p.m. service or at O'Connell's Restaurant (on King near Union St.) at 6:15 p.m.  For more information, please contact The Rev. Ross Kane at ross@stpaulsalexandria.com.

St. Paul's in Old Town Alexandria: Music

Looking for more Angels and Saints to sing in Angel Choir (readers through 2^nd grade) and St. Cecilia Choir (3^rd grade and up).  Rehearsals are Wednesdays 5:00-5:45 p.m. (Angel Choir) and 6:00-6:45 p.m. (St. Cecilia Choir) in the choir room, Lower Norton.  More ringers also needed (11^th grade through adult) for St. Paul’s Hand Bell Choir (rehearsals Wednesdays 7:45-8:45 p.m.).  Contact  Grant Hellmers at grant@stpaulsalexandria.com for information and to register. 

 

All Saints Day Evensong, Tuesday, November 1, 7:30 p.m. with St. Paul’s Adult Choir singing music by Byrd, Stanford, Marchant, and others.  There will be an opportunity given to light candles in memory of loved ones who have passed.  For more information, please contact Grant Hellmers at  grant@stpaulsalexandria.com, or 703-549-3312, ext. 17.

St. Paul's in Old Town Alexandria: Pledge Sunday, October 16

It’s time to make a pledge for 2012 that enables St. Paul’s to Change Lives through your generosity. In making your pledge, please give generously, nearly ninety percent of the $1.2 million budget is made up a your individual gifts and offerings. Every gift is important. It is your generosity that allows St. Paul’s to change lives. Offer your first and best gift to God. Sunday Oct 16 is the day we ask our members to return pledge cards stating their financial pledge for the coming year. Many have already made a 2012 pledge, thank you. You may pledge at www.stpaulsalexandria.com or place a pledge card from the pew in the offering plate.

St. Paul's Adopt-a-Block: Old Town Alexandria

Please join members of St. Paul's on Saturday, October 22, at 9 a.m. and help clean up the 4 blocks surrounding our church. Gloves and trash bags will be provided. Children under the age of 8 must have an adult accompanying them. Please join us! We will meet on the front steps of the church. Call Susan McGrath at 703.549.5772 or Alix Dorr at 703.684.0088 if you have questions.

St. Paul's: Art on the Avenue

 

On Saturday, October 1, St. Paul's Youth participated in Del Ray's Art on the Avenue. Fun was had by all and the Youth had some fun of their own "behind the scenes" as you can be seen by the videos above.

Art on the Avenue:
Every year, over 50,000 visitors stroll down Mt. Vernon Avenue in Del Ray, Alexandria, between Bellefonte and Hume Avenues – people are greeted by over 300 artists (jewelers – silversmith & beaders, woodworkers, pottery makers, soap crafters, glass makers, unique painters, sculptures, fabric artists), musicians (Irish, folk, rock n’ roll, country and more), and food vendors (hot dogs, BBQ, Indian, crab cakes, chocolate bananas dipped on a stick, home made cider donuts). Kids activities have always been a vital part of the festival — stuff your own scarecrow, paint a pumpkin, lotus flower design, weave screen art, to name a few.

St. Francis' Day at St. Paul's Alexandria in Old Town

As autumn arrives, St. Paul's celebrated St. Francis' Day. As we welcomed the furry family members of St. Paul's to Norton Hall for their blessing, we also remembered those pets who we have lost. 


We also welcomed new members to St. Paul's, including Buster, the newest "family member" of the Murphy family.


Facts About St. Francis:
St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures. Francis, whose feast day is October 4th, loved the larks flying about his hilltop town. He and his early brothers, staying in a small hovel, allowed themselves to be displaced by a donkey.
Francis wrote a Canticle of the Creatures, an ode to God’s living things. “All praise to you, Oh Lord, for all these brother and sister creatures.” And there was testimony in the cause for St. Clare of Assisi’s canonization that referred to her little cat!