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Advent Fair

Advent Fair logo with holly and red, green, and blue Christmas baubles.

St. Paul’s Advent Fair is an annual all-parish event that provides a major portion of our annual fundraising revenue and a wonderful opportunity for fellowship. The 2024 Advent Fair will be Saturday, December 7, from 9:00am to 2:00pm.

What can you do to help?

If you are a guest, friend, or shopper:

Mark your calendar for the first Saturday in December, and come prepared for a wonderful Christmas market, featuring:

  • Handmade crafts
  • Gorgeous gift baskets
  • Raffle of a compilation of dozens of gift certificates from local restaurants and businesses
  • Homemade baked goods, from breads and sauce to cookies and pies
  • Silent auction of goods and services
  • Gifts to support our mission and outreach

If you are a parishioner:

  • Attend a basket workshop in the loft on Sundays after church or Thursday mornings, or donate supplies:  https://tinyurl.com/baskets2024
  • Attend a crafts workshop or create crafts on your own (see weekly email and bulletin for locations)
  • Contribute a gift card to the raffle: https://tinyurl.com/cardraffle24
  • Bake or can something for the Country Kitchen: coming soon!
  • Bake cookies for the Cookie Walk: coming soon!
  • Donate an item to the Silent Auction: https://tinyurl.com/STPauction24
  • Help advertise the Fair with a lawn sign (see Emily Mitchell for details) or a flyer
  • Donate good-quality new or gently used items for our White Elephant sale
  • Volunteer to set up, help during the fair, and/or clean up: https://tinyurl.com/adventfair24

If you have any questions, or if you want to help, please contact Cathy McSwain or John Mitchell at adventfair@stpaulsbedford.org. 

 

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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