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Capital Campaign 2025

At Annual Meeting on February 2, 2025, St. Paul’s launched a Capital Campaign to help support the physical, financial, and mission needs of the parish for our next seventy years. With input and support from the Capital Campaign, Property, and Outreach committees, the vestry approved a three-year campaign with goals of 100% parish participation and $900,000 in funds raised.

The launch presentation and other materials may be viewed here:

Campaign funding will be used to improve our physical plant, increase our efforts in sustainable creation care, provide greater access to all, and honor our mission partnerships. Specific projects include:

  • Major/urgent repairs not covered by the annual parish budget
    • Sanctuary footings and water issues
    • Stained glass window repair
  • Reduction of fossil fuel use and utility costs, and improved parishioner comfort
    • Heat pumps and air conditioning
    • Additional solar power generation
  • Replacement of materials reaching their end of service life
    • Sewer main replacement
    • Parish hall flooring
    • Main electrical panel
  • Improved accessibility on our campus
    • Main bathroom renovation
    • Memorial Garden hardscape path extension
  • Significant support for major outreach initiatives
    • Haiti support, amounting to 10% of all campaign funds raised
    • ASP fund to support future youth mission trips

Pledging can be done online or through a physical pledge card. Pledge cards were mailed to every parish household in early February; if you need a new or extra one, please contact the church. Ingathering for this campaign will be Sunday, April 6.

If you have any questions about the campaign, please feel free to contact any member of the Capital Campaign Committee: Chris Anderson, Alice Clark, Kristin Krukenberg, John MacPhee, Emily Mitchell, Ron Presti, Graham Schmidt, and Armen Zildjian.

Outreach

The Outreach Committee coordinates congregational activities such as regular mission trips and Bread for the World’s annual Offering of Letters. In addition, we participate locally in the Bedford Community Table and Food Pantry, the Diocese’s B-SAFE summer youth program, several knitting ministries (including Project Linus), and other local activities.

Worship & Music

Worship is the centerpiece of our life together in Christ. Our adult choir sings at every Sunday service. We rehearse at 7:00pm on Thursday evenings and 9:00am on Sunday mornings, before church. The children’s choir sings approximately once a month, on Family Sundays, and rehearses Sundays after church.

Education

At St. Paul’s we believe that we are all continually striving to understand our relationship with God more fully. Children’s education on Sundays uses the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for preschoolers and a Kairos model for elementary ages. High school and middle school youth groups meet monthly. Adult education takes place through study groups and learning forums.

Fellowship

St. Paul’s is a family of God, and as a family, we enjoy being together, sharing our time, our interests, and our faith. We share food and fellowship at weekly and annual events throughout the year. We also provide meals, rides, prayers, and other support for our members in times of need through our Inreach Committee.

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