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Capital Campaign 2015

At Annual Meeting on January 27, 2013, St. Paul’s launched a Capital Campaign, to help support the physical, financial, and mission needs of the parish for our next sixty years. With input and support from the Capital Campaign, Long-Range Planning, Property, Finance, and Outreach committees, the vestry approved a three-year campaign with goals of 100% parish participation and $450,000 in funds raised. The launch presentation may be viewed here.

The campaign covers many property projects, both large and small, along with debt reduction and local and global outreach. Key projects within the campaign include:

  • Replacing the roofs over the sanctuary and classrooms
  • Substantially reducing our debt load to help us achieve consistent balanced budgets
  • Replacing and repairing the floor in the parish hall
  • Supporting mission work both within our parish and beyond, including the Diocese’s Together Now Campaign
  • Surfacing and re-lining our parking lot

Ingathering for this campaign will be Sunday, March 17. If you need a pledge card, or have any questions about the campaign, please feel free to contact any member of the Capital Campaign Committee: Betsey Anderson, Karin Baker, Paul Ciaccia, Suzanne Johnson, Emily Mitchell, John Mitchell, Sue Runkle, Jim Seaton, and Chris Wendell.

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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