The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday June 5, 2022, at Eight o'clock in the Morning Welcome To Saint Paul's Church
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The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday
June 5, 2022, at Eight o’clock in the Morning
Welcome To Saint Paul’s Church
No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, and no matter where you are on the
journey of life — you are welcome in this church.
We hope you will find Saint Paul’s to be a place of refreshment and renewal, where you experience
the presence of the risen Christ. We have been serving Christ in this location for over two hundred
seventy years. The monuments in our church and the graves in our churchyard reflect the conflicts
and complexities of our nation’s and our city’s history. While our building is old and beautiful, our
mission is contemporary and forward moving. Here you will find a people very much connected with
the questions and struggles of modern life and faith and of following the way of Jesus.To all our Visitors & Guests
About Worship
If the liturgy (worship) of the Episcopal Church is unfamiliar, then we hope you will find this
information helpful.
You are welcome in the Episcopal Church, and so the first and best resource we offer are your
neighbors in the pews. Just say, "I'm visiting," and they will gladly help.
The worship of the Episcopal Church is rooted in the practices of ancient Christianity. The structure
of our services, the architecture of our building, the music, our physical postures, and participatory
responses ALL hold rich meaning about our beliefs and are intentional expressions of our
relationship with God.
• In this bulletin you will find:
Responses spoken by the people are printed in bold italics.
Directions for the people are printed in italics.
• We encourage families with children to sit at the front of the Nave so that children can easily see
and hear the liturgy.
• Episcopalians customarily pray either standing or kneeling, so please do what you find most
comfortable.
• Notify an usher if you require an assisted listening device or any other assistance.
• Restrooms are located in the parish hall. An usher will direct you.
About Receiving The Holy Communion
ALL who come in faith are invited to receive Holy Communion at Saint Paul’s.
• During communion, the people form two short lines in the center aisle. After receiving the bread
and wine or a blessing at the altar rail, please exit through the door to the left of the altar and
return to your pew via the side aisles.
• For those who may prefer not to receive communion at the main altar, a communion station is
provided on the main floor to the right of the center aisle. If you are unable to receive at either
station, the clergy will bring the bread and wine to your pew. Please notify an usher before the
service begins.
• To receive a blessing without receiving Communion, cross both arms over your chest, palms on
your collar. To receive the consecrated bread only, cross one arm over your chest, palm on your
collar.
• If your children are in the nursery, you are invited to bring them to receive Holy Communion or a
blessing.
Connect with Us
We invite you to share your contact information on a connect card, located in each pew. Hand it to
one of our clergy, an usher, or place it in the offering plate. Please feel free to fill out as much or as
little information as you’d like so we can connect with you.Celebration of The Holy Eucharist: Rite One
The Word of God
Our Service Begins in the Book of Common Prayer
The Opening Acclamation
Celebrant Alleluia. Christ is risen.
People The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.
The Collect for Purity Page 323
Gloria Page 324
The Collect of the Day
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Let us pray.
O God, who on this day didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by sending to them the light of thy
Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice
in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Savior, who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
The First Lesson Genesis 11:1-9
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came
upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks,
and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come,
let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves;
otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” The Lord came down to see the
city and the tower, which mortals had built. And the Lord said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all
one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be
impossible for them. Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand
one another’s speech.” So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they
left off building the city. Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all
the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Lector The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Psalm 104:25-35, 37b Read responsively by whole verse
25 O Lord, how manifold are your works! *
in wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.26 Yonder is the great and wide sea
with its living things too many to number, *
creatures both small and great.
27 There move the ships,
and there is that Leviathan, *
which you have made for the sport of it.
28 All of them look to you *
to give them their food in due season.
29 You give it to them; they gather it; *
you open your hand, and they are filled with good things.
30 You hide your face, and they are terrified; *
you take away their breath,
and they die and return to their dust.
31 You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; *
and so you renew the face of the earth.
32 May the glory of the Lord endure for ever; *
may the Lord rejoice in all his works.
33 He looks at the earth and it trembles; *
he touches the mountains and they smoke.
34 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; *
I will praise my God while I have my being.
35 May these words of mine please him; *
I will rejoice in the Lord.
37 Hallelujah!
The Second Reading Acts 2:1-21
When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven
there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were
filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the
crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each.
Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we
hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia,
Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to
Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear
them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What
does this mean?” But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live inJerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for
it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even
upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And
I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The
sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious
day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Lector The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
The Holy Gospel John 14:8-17, 25-27
Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
People Glory be to thee, O Lord.
Philip said to Jesus, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with
you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can
you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words
that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I
am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves.
Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater
works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father
may be glorified in the Son. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another
Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither
sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.”
“I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father
will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. Peace I leave
with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled,
and do not let them be afraid.”
Celebrant The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise be to thee, O Christ.
The Sermon The Reverend Eric Biddy
The Nicene Creed Page 326
The Prayers of the People Page 328
The Confession and Absolution page 331
The Peace Page 332
The Ministers and People greet one another in the name of the Lord.
Parish Greetings & Announcements The Reverend Eric BiddyThe Holy Communion
Offertory Sentence
Presentation of the Offering
Celebrant All things come of thee, O Lord.
People And of Thine own have we given Thee.
The Great Thanksgiving Prayer I Page 333
The Lord’s Prayer Page 336
The Breaking of the Bread Page 336
Agnus Dei Page 337
Prayer of Humble Access Page 337
The Communion All who come in faith are welcome at the Lord’s table.
The Post-Communion Prayer Page 339
The Blessing Page 339
The Dismissal
Celebrant Let us go forth into the world, rejoicing in the power of the Spirit. Alleluia, alleluia.
People Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.
Prayers are requested
For the special needs and concerns of this congregation, especially Gayle Morgan, Brenda Richards, Helen
Stone, Roy Culbreth, Sam Hunter, Flo Mimms, Mike Lindsey, Sammye Finney, Sandra Mashburn, John Seaton,
John Luther, June Shafer, Hester Bliven, Bill Adam, Margaret Lodi, Ricie Eubanks, George Sheftall, Louis
Walker, Sid Shields, Pete Way, Reba Mealing, Kisha Seals, Lois Hand, Alice Sanders, Theresa Capricci, Melanie
Ellen, Joan Mura, Jan Sumerel, Jean Paro, Mike Gatheral, Andy Laurent, Joni Baker Young, Jennifer, Connie
Duke, The Rev. Cindy Taylor, Marah Rutland, Sharon Medved, Jan-Blaise MacEachern, Burnett Plemmons,
Enoch Tsai, Leng Tsai, Cameron Lokey, Dana, Tom Sumerel, Amber Sterling, Joyce, Jane B., Betty Leve, Martha,
Dennis Brewer, Christopher McKee, Lee Plummer, Meghan, Aaron Phillips, Hammond Bold, Angela Cooksey,
Jeannie Yoder, Neil Simmons, Stan Smith, Susan Smith, Dick Prosser, Irene Abernathy, Rebecca Potter, Miranda
Owens, the Dean Family, The Rev. Jim Bullion, Caden Steenveld, Wayne Daley, Jerry Stallworth, Larry Inabinet.
For all those who are serving our country, at home and abroad, especially Sam and Lara Powell, Jonathan
Flanagan, Dylan Luther, Joe Way, Zach Nevard, Graham Smith, Toby Watt, Trey Scott, Joe Marsh, Sylvan Walliser IV,
Jim Widener, Zachary Gatheral, and Bennett Ivey.
For all those who have died, especially Anita Tanner.Flowers on the Altar this Sunday
Given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Sylvia Littlejohn
by Mary Reid Chandler
and arranged by the Flower Guild.
Parish Announcements
No Sunday Forum this Sunday Only. Adult Formation returns next Sunday in the Berlin Room, 9:30 am.
Following today’s 11:00 service— Please join us in the River Room for the parish “picnic.”
The Parish Office is updating our parish directory and has hired Alison Nesbitt to assist us in the collection of
data. During the month of June, you will receive a call from her asking you for any updated contact information
and for your preferences regarding publishing that information to the parish. Should you have any questions,
please contact Elisabeth Price at mailbox@saintpauls.org.
Adult Formation Survey – Keep an eye on your email inbox! On Wednesday, June 8, you’ll find a short survey
about adult Sunday School and other formation opportunities. We want to know what types of classes and
activities appeal to the adults of Saint Paul’s. By filling out the survey, you can let us know what you’d like to
see offered and when. If you have questions, feel free to contact Kitty Gordon at kittygordon87@gmail.com.
Construction has begun on the Tyler Hall kitchen. “Soon” we will have a beautifully renovated space. In the
meantime, please be aware, the door outside the kitchen will not be available for the duration of the project.
July 17 and July 31 are 0pen Sundays for altar flowers. If you would like to sponsor a Sunday in honor or
memory of someone or “many someones,” please contact the Parish Office at mailbox@saintpauls.org. The
normal charge is a minimum of $100.
Need a name tag? Name tags allow us to get to know each other and be a welcoming community to all. If
you need a name tag or have just misplaced yours, email the parish office (mailbox@saintpauls.org) or ask an
usher for the yellow form to request a name tag.
Saint Paul’s Church communicates by a weekly E-newsletter. Join our email list on our website or by contacting
the parish administrator, Elisabeth Price, at mailbox@saintpauls.org.
Serving Today
The Reverend Dr. Eric Biddy Celebrant
Mary Painter Eucharistic Minister
Cameron Nixon Vestry Person of the Day
Saint Paul’s Faithfulness as of 06/01/2022
Offerings Pledged this Week $12,981.00 Operating Expenses to Date $363,457.34
Offerings Received this Week $11,311.90 Total Income Received to Date $478,992.28Sunday Schedule
8:00 - 8:45 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00 am - 10:45 am Continental Breakfast - Tyler Hall
9:30 - 10:30 am Christian Formation for Adults (Children & Youth return Early August)
10:30 - 10:45 am Coffee and Conversation - Tyler Hall
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Following the 11:00 am Service Lemonade on the Lawn
5:30 - 6:30 pm Celtic Evening Prayer & Communion with prayers for healing
Nursery care offered in the Children’s Ministry Center (CMC) 9:30 am - 12:30 pm.
The 11 am service is broadcast on Facebook at Saint Paul’s Church-Augusta
and by radio at WGAC 580 AM Radio and 95.1 FM Radio. Listen live on-line at http://wgac.com
Vestry & Officers
Cameron Nixon, Sr. Warden Catherine Boardman, Jr. Warden Will Rice, Treasurer
Brett Montroy, Chancellor Nancy Kotti, Clerk of the Vestry
Vestry Term Expires 2023 Vestry Term Expires 2024 Vestry Term Expires 2025
Barbara Coleman Bill Ford Bryan Hawkins
Laura Robertson Coleman Graham Ian McQueen
Nick Uros Claiborne Porubsky Rex Teeslink
Committee Chairs
Altar Guild – Catherine Stuckey Acolytes – Meg & Donald Horton
Birthday Sundays – Melissa Friedman Buildings and Grounds – Cameron Nixon
Children, Youth, and Families – in transition Creation Care – Jennifer McKee
Daughters of the King – Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau Endowment & Finance – Monty Osteen
Eucharistic Visitors – Ellen Nesbitt Evangelism – Barbara Coleman
Facebook – Stacy Nuessle Flower Guild – Pamela Dorminey-Uros
Flower Guild Delivery – Barbara Register & Margaret Scott Penix History – in transition
Hospitality and Parish Life – Eric Friedman Interior Oversight – Minta Nixon
Linen Guild – Minta Nixon Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers – Carolyn Dolen
Newcomers – in transition Nursery Guild – Laura Robertson
Outreach – Marilyn Grau Pastoral Care Ministry – Ellen Nesbitt
Stewardship – Cameron Nixon & Catherine Boardman Ushers – Nick Uros & Rex Teeslink
Clergy and Staff
The Rev. Dr. Eric Biddy, Rector ext. 205 ebiddy@saintpauls.org
The Rev. Dr. Bill Dolen, Assisting Priest
The Rev. Erwin Veale, Assisting Priest
Keith Shafer, Director of Music ext. 215 kshafer@saintpauls.org
Elisabeth Price, Parish Administrator ext. 225 mailbox@saintpauls.org
Hannah Gosney, River Room Coordinator ext. 203 hgosney@saintpauls.org
Victoria Hammond and Nikki Wickware, St. Nicholas Choir songbird95@hotmail.com
Sarah Pritchard, Music Associate Emerita
Hillary Bryant, Greg Maxie, Sextons
Tom Kotti, Wright Montgomery, Audio Visual
Saint Paul's Church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia.
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