church St. Paul’s

EPISCOPAL

THIS ISSUE:

FROM THE

DEACON

Come join Bible Study

for an in-depth look at

The Apocalypse.

OUTREACH

Highlights from 2011.

Call for volunteers for

the Overflow Shelter.

HISTORY OF

ST. PAUL’S

Read about the

connection between St.

Paul’s and the Rev.

Thomas Gallaudet

January 2012 Vol. 13 - No. 1

The Epistle of Saint Paul’s: a Joyful Noise

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

IN THE CITY OF ALBANY

From the Rector “We three kings of Orient are” is a very popular Epiphany hymn (128 in Hymnal

1982), which was written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891), who would

eventually be ordained as an Episcopal priest at the age of fifty-two and become the

Rector of Trinity Church, Plattsburgh. In the end, Hopkins became Bishop of Ver-

mont, and in 1885, he delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Ulysses S. Grant. He is

buried in Hudson, New York.

In 1857, at the end of a two-year stint as the first music teacher of General Theologi-

cal Seminary in Manhattan, Hopkins wrote “We three kings” - both the words and

the music - as part of a Christmas Pageant for his nieces and nephew. The five vers-

es of this hymn are well suited for three kings or wise men to sing in a pageant with

a refrain for the whole cast to sing after each verse.

The refrain of Hopkins hymn ends with the words “guide us to thy perfect light.” In

the season of Epiphany, which begins on January 6 and ends Ash Wednesday, we

come to know the Infant of Bethlehem in his earthly adult ministry. Throughout the

Season of Epiphany, we are guided Sunday by Sunday to God’s “perfect light”, Je-

sus Christ.

Sundays in January

New Year’s Day is a Sunday in 2012. On this day there will be one Service of

Holy Eucharist in the church at 10:00 a.m. with carols.

On Sunday January 8, the Baptism of Our Lord, we will return to our usual

schedule of services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Since this is a second Sunday,

there will be breakfast at 9 a.m. in McEwan Hall.

On Sunday January 15, the Second Sunday of the Season of Epiphany, we will

not forget that the Haiti Earthquake was two years ago this week. At that time,

St. Paul’s parishioners gave generously. We have not forgotten the people of

Haiti and are now part of the Empire Haiti Coalition, whose members are all in

the Capital Area On this Sunday there will be a presentation in McEwan Hall

following the 10:30 a.m. service.

On Sunday January 22, we celebrate our Patronal Festival, the Conversion of St.

Paul, and hold our Annual Congregational Meeting. There will be services at

8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. with the Annual Meeting and brunch in McEwan Hall

following the 9:30 a.m. service.

On Sunday January 29, Epiphany 4, we will return again to regular Services of

Holy Eucharist at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Peace, Nixon+

Rector

The Rev. J. Nixon McMillan

Rector Emeritus

The Rev. Leslie C. Hughs

Priest Associate

The Rev. Ned Dougherty

Deacon.

The Rev. Nancy Rosen-

blum

Organist-Choir Director

Steven L. Rosenberry

Sexton

James H. Noisette

Wardens

Judy Condo

Bob Walenta

Vestry

Candace Deisley

Lisa Kissinger

Sandy Lowery

Mary Jane McGuire

Geoffrey Moore

Perry Smith

Katherine Storms

Valerie Thompson

Treasurer

Denise Mason

Secretary

Sharon Kasman

Who’s Who

at St. Paul’s

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St. Paul’s OUTREACH ACTIVITY

‘Tis the Season

of Outreach

Compassion is always in season, and St. Paul’s stepped up

during Advent and Christmas.

We supported Pennies for Haven when Inter-

faith Partnership for the Homeless was un-

der year-end financial stress.

We trimmed the Mitten Tree with scarves,

gloves, hats and mittens for the FOCUS

Pantry and brought in personal care items

for their clients’ comfort.

We provided hand-made clothing items and lots

of 2012 calendars for the Albany Mari-

time Ministry.

We joyfully shopped for families in need in

Rensselaer County and thereby made many

Christmas mornings brighter.

We, the AIDS Care Team, celebrated the holi-

day with our well-loved partner.

We intrigued loved ones with alternate gifts

thoughtfully picked in their honor from the

ERD Gifts for Life catalog, in support of

life-saving and life-enriching programs

around the world.

We prepared a tasty hot lunch at the soup

kitchen at Grace & Holy Innocents on

Clinton Avenue.

And we opened our hearts on

many other occasions in ways

that surprised even us a little.

We sought to show that Love

came down at Christmas.

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The Capital Area Council of Churches MLK Scholarship Fund will again

be beneficiary of the annual ML King, Jr. Memorial Service. This well-

attended and always energizing service will be held at St. Francis of Assisi

Church at 319 Delaware Avenue, Albany 12209 at 7 p.m. Sunday Janu-

ary 15th. Guest speaker Rev. Valerie Fauster, Pastor of Rhema Power

Ministries, will speak on

the theme “Stone of

Hope.” This event offers

us an occasion to reevalu-

ate our place on the path to living in harmony and peace with our neigh-

bors.

Each year on January 15th, the Council sponsors the Martin Luther

King, Jr. Interfaith Memorial Service and awards the Martin Luther

King, Jr. Scholarship to several area students who are about to enter

college.

For more than 70 years, the Capital Area Council of Churches has been

directly involved in bringing congregations together as part of the ecu-

menical movement. The

Council has been dedicated to responding to critical needs in the Capital Dis-

trict.

The Council is committed to the ecumenical mandate in a changing world:

working together, exploring our many divergent viewpoints, seeking to bear

faithful and effective witness in our time and place.

Capital

Area

Council of

Churches

St. Peter’s Church, the Episcopal Church on State Street, along with Partners in Outreach, operates an overflow home-

less shelter during the winter months to augment the ministry of the Capital City Rescue Mission. The Mission selects

12-15 men from their population and brings them, along with a Mission Resident Assistant, to St. Peter’s at 8:00 in the

evening and they stay until 7:00 a.m. Volunteers sign up to stay during the overnight hours and act as an extra pair of

hands assisting the Mission Resident Assistant at St. Peter’s.

St. Peter’s Overflow Shelter has opened for the winter and is recruiting volunteers to assist the staff on over-night

shifts. Kate Storms is organizing this effort for St. Paul’s participation. St. Paul's will assist for seven nights at the

Overflow Shelter from Sunday, January 15th through

Saturday, January 21st., 2012. Kate can begin each

evening with the volunteer(s) to orient them, etc. as

necessary. If you are interested or would like to know

more about this opportunity to serve, please contact

Kate Storms (427-7168). She has information and

can share first-hand experience with this ministry.

“Life's most persistent and urgent question

is, 'What are you doing for others?'“

Martin Luther King, Jr.

St. Peter’s Overflow Shelter Volunteers Needed

M L King, Jr. Memorial Service

DILEMMA: I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous.

What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity? David Budbill

Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tin-

tin, like the Tintin comic books, is non-stop

action. As in the director's Indiana Jones

movies, the hero battles one attempt after

another by the nefarious villains to stop his

finding secret treasure and saving the world

into the bargain. The movie is shot in a mo-

tion-capture technique (similar to the one

used to produce The Polar Express) so that

the film has the visual elements of a real-life

movie while retaining the stylized graphics

of a comic. One's enjoyment of the movie

depends a lot on one's relationship to Tin-

tin. Created by the Belgian cartoonist Herge (Georges Remi) in 1929,

Tintin was extremely popular in Europe and became a cult figure in

this country where his adventures didn't appear in the papers but in

book reprints of the comic strips. (Disclosure: This reviewer was

never a big Tintin fan but a friend who has described Tintin as the best

gift of Belgium to the world, not excepting Belgium chocolate, which

is saying a great deal.) Tintin is a teenage reporter who travels the

world tracking down stories and getting involved in fantastic adven-

tures. Drawn in an art Deco style, Tintin comics were admired by art-

ists, including Andy Warhol, and praised by many famous cartoonists, such as Milton Caniff, creator of Terry and the

Pirates. Spielberg's film is obviously a labor of love, celebrating one of the classic comic book heroes. Even if you're

not a fan of Tintin, the movie is a great action romp for all ages.

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THE MOVIE CORNER WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE KIDS (OR GRANDKIDS)? SOME GOOD MOVIES FOR EVERYBODY

The Muppets is Jason Segel's valentine

to Jim Henson's creations. (Segel both

stars in and co-wrote the movie.) A vil-

lainous businessman is going to demol-

ish the old Muppet theatre and it's up to

Gary (Segel) to get the Muppets back

into show business and save the

day. This film has all the magic of the

old Muppet movies: clever slapstick,

gentle humor and great musical num-

bers. Sometimes, it seems, you can go

home again. It may not be easy to be

green but it's definitely the way to go

this holiday season.

Holiday and winter

vacation time always

brings a spate of fam-

ily movies, many of

which are tedious (at

best) for adults to sit through − and not al-

ways very entertaining even for the kids at

whom these films are aimed. This holiday

season, however, we are fortunate to have

high quality family fare. Martin Scorsese's

Hugo is a luminous film of beautiful and

intriguing images, much in the style of its

source, the

graphic novel,

"The Invention of

Hugo Cabret" by

Brian Selz-

nick. The movie

begins as a fanta-

sy of mechan-

ics: clockworks,

cameras,

an automaton and

a wonderful train

station (the Gare

Montparnasse)

which is the setting for most of the ac-

tion. Hugo, an orphan, is hiding out in the

recesses of the train station, maintaining its

many clocks in the absence of his drunken

uncle and avoiding the authorities who will

put him in an orphanage if they can catch

him. Like other famous orphans (such as

Annie and Pippi Longstocking) Hugo is self-

reliant and smarter than most of the adults

around him. He meets another charming or-

phan, Isabelle, who brings him in contact

with her guardian, Georges Melies, once a

famous movie maker but now a depressed

owner of a toy store in the train sta-

tion. Hugo's two passions, fixing machines

and watching movies, combine to enrich

his life and renew Melies's. Melies was a

real person, the inventor of fantasy and sci-

ence fiction in cinema. Scorsese (who is a

champion of preserving early films) has cre-

ated a masterly tribute to the power of fanta-

sy to inspire and transform our lives.

Arthur Christmas, directed by Sarah Smith,

is a buoyant comedy about Santa's inept

younger son who saves the day when his

father and efficient older brother botch

up. Lots of sight gags and warm-hearted

wit. What's not to like? The animation is by

Aardman Studios in its signature angular

style. Voice actors Jim Broadbent, Hugh

Laurie and James McAvoy do a great job of

presenting the North Pole family. Will the

gifts get here by Christmas? You bet!

Submitted by

Deacon Nancy

Rosenblum

FOYERS

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THE END AND THE BEGINNING: THE BIBLE STUDY GROUP LOOKS AT "THE REVELATION TO JOHN"

I, John, was on the island called Patmos and in the Spirit when I heard a loud voice like a

trumpet. So begins one of the most influential prophetic visions in Western civilization.

The Revelation to John has been interpreted as predicting the rise and fall of Napoleon, the

career of Hitler, the demise of the Soviet Union and the destruction

caused by Hurricane Irene. It inspired major poems by John Milton

and William Blake. It is the source of famous images in Christian

art and iconography. And it is, arguably, the most complex and

perplexing book in the Bible. Come join the Sunday Bible Study

Group for an in-depth look at The Apocalypse.

Sunday, January 8, in McEwan Hall, at 9:30 a.m. (directly following the Breakfast)

Sunday, January 15, in the Library, from 9:15 through 10:15 a.m.

Sunday, January 22: Annual Parish Meeting: No Bible Study Group session

Sunday, January 29, in the Library, from 9:15 through 10:15 a.m.

Sunday, February 5, in the Library, from 9:15 through 10:15 a.m.

Taught by the

Rev. Nancy

Rosenblum

WHAT MATTERS MOST: ST. PAUL'S LENTEN PROGRAM It's not too soon to be thinking about Lent which starts this year on Wednesday, February

22. The Adult Formation Program is presenting a series based on the book What's the Least

I Can Believe and Still Be a Christian? A Guide to What Matters Most by Martin

Thielen. Copies of this book will be available (free!) for those who want to read it in prepa-

ration for the series. However, the program is designed so that you can participate even if

you don't read the book. We will meet on four Wednesdays in March (March 7, 14, 21

and 28) in the Blue Room for a simple meal at 6:30 p.m. followed by discussion at 7:00

p.m. and ending with Compline at 8:15 p.m. Pastor Thielen explores modern responses

to the Christian message, using wit and humor as well as a down-to-earth approach to diffi-

cult issues. You won't want to miss this so mark your calendars now! Questions: Call

Deacon Nancy Rosenblum at 438-6578 or e-mail her at davidrosenblum@verizon.net .

IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN… If you are interested in participating in FOYERS, please sign

up!! You’ll be assigned to a new group (which doesn’t mean your old group can’t meet, but

you’ll get to know other St. Paul’s folks!!).

FOYERS are informal dinner parties held about once a month. There’s no agen-

da; these are social gatherings. Each group determines its own dates and fre-

quency. FOYERS can be “pot luck” or whatever the group prefers. Meetings

can be held at pizza places or other sites, or at the homes of the participants. It’s

all fun!!!

If you haven’t already registered for THIS round, please send an email to

Candace.deisley@gmail.com and wait to hear your own good news!!

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Lectionary

Readings January 2012

First Sunday after Christmas Day January 1, 2012

Isaiah 61:10-62:3

Psalm 148

Galatians 4:4-7

Luke 2:22-40

Holy Name of Jesus January 1, 2012

Numbers 6:22-27

Psalm 8

Galatians 4:4-7

(or Philippians 2:5-11)

Luke 2:15-21

New Year's Day January 1, 2012

Ecclesiastes 3:1-13

Psalm 8

Revelation 21:1-6a

Matthew 25:31-46

Baptism of the Lord

First Sunday after the Epiphany

January 8, 2012

Genesis 1:1-5

Psalm 29

Acts 19:1-7

Mark 1:4-11

Second Sunday after the Epiphany January 15, 2012

1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20)

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

John 1:43-51

Third Sunday after the Epiphany January 22, 2012

Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Psalm 62:5-12

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Mark 1:14-20

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany January 29, 2012

Deuteronomy 18:15-20

Psalm 111

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Mark 1:21-28

The Twenty-third Psalm is the portion

of Holy Scripture that, except for the

Lord's Prayer, is most often memorized

and known by members of the Christian

faith, worldwide. In the RSV, which most of

us grew up with, it is an exquisite piece of poetry and a marvel-

ously touching expression of faith. A priest friend once observed

to me that he could remember no funeral service that he had either

officiated at or attended which did not include Psalm 23. And

most people request the RSV version.

Not so with the "versified" versions. The Scottish Dissenters used

the Psalms as hymns, and the subsequent renderings into verse

range from excellent to pedestrian. The first one I was able to

find was from the Scottish Psalter of 1649:

The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want,

He makes me down to lie in pastures green;

he leadeth me the quiet waters by.

My soul he doth restore again, and me to walk doth make

Within the paths of righteousness, e'en for

His own name's sake.

The sense is all there, but the constant inversions ("makes me

down to lie," "the quiet waters by", "me to walk") sound awkward

to the modern ear.

In 1695 Tate and Brady's psalm book (we couldn't really call it a

hymnal) gave us:

The Lord himself, the mighty Lord, vouchsafes to be my guide;

The Shepherd by whose constant care

my wants are all supply'd.

In tender grass he makes me feed, and gently there repose;

He leads me to cool shades, and where refreshing water flows.

Not so rife with inversions, but still plodding. In the early eight-

eenth century Isaac Watts provided one of the two most enduring

settings:

My shepherd will supply my need, Jehovah is His name;

In pastures fresh he makes me feed, beside the living stream.

He brings my wandering spirit back, when I forsake his ways,

And leads me, for His mercy's sake, in paths of truth and

grace.

This is often sung to the early American spiritual tune

"Resignation"; Virgil Thomson's simple and moving arrangement

is a staple for choirs of all faiths. The final lines, "No more a

stranger and opprest, but like a child at home" have brought tears

to many eyes.

The Twenty-third Psalm

Submitted by Janet Baxter Peltz

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The other best-known setting is that of H. W. Baker:

The King of Love my shepherd is,

whose goodness faileth never.

I nothing lack if I am his,

and he is mine forever.

Where streams of living water flow,

my ransomed soul he leadeth,

And where the verdant pastures grow,

with food celestial feedeth.

In both H1940 and H1982 this is sung to the Irish mel-

ody St. Columba, and I and many choristers will never

understand why the compilers of H1982 elected to

omit the harmony parts in the congregational hymnals.

Most of us know them from memory and sing them

anyway.

George Herbert made a real effort, but somehow it

just doesn't have the lilt of Watts or Baker:

The God of love my shepherd is,

and He that doth me feed;

While He is mine and I am His,

what can I want or need?

He leads me to the tender grass,

where I both feed and rest;

Then to the streams that gently pass:

in both I have the best.

Joseph Addison's attempt is really just awful; if a stu-

dent handed in something in which every other line

began with "And" the teacher would probably award a

D.

The Lord my pasture shall prepare

And feed me with a shepherd's care,

His presence shall my wants supply,

And guard me with a watchful eye.

My noonday walks he shall attend,

And all my midnight hours defend.

A translation popular in the last part of the nineteenth

and early part of the twentieth century is that of James

Montgomery.

The Lord is my shepherd,

no want shall I know;

I feed in green pastures,

safe folded I rest.

He leadeth my soul

where the still waters flow,

Restores me when wandering redeems

when oppressed.

The following is from in a Roman Catholic

hymnal. The poet is Omer Westendorf.

The Lord is my true shepherd,

my needs and wants he knows.

He feeds me in green pastures,

and there gives me repose.

He leads me to cool waters,

where he refreshes me,

Along safe paths he guides me,

true to His name is He.

A version by Joseph Swain found in The Meth-

odist Hymnal of 1940 is more a comment on or

paraphrase of the psalm than a metrical version.

Oh thou in whose presence

my soul takes delight,

on whom in affliction I call,

My comfort by day and my song in the

night, My hope, my salvation, my all.

Where dost thou, dear shepherd,

resort with thy sheep,

to feed them in pastures of love?

Say, why in the valley of death should I

weep, or alone in the wilderness rove?

The meter: LONG-short-short, LONG-short-

short, produces a sort of energetic "driving" ef-

fect which was very popular in the Southern

Gospel genre, but seems to be out of place in the

quiet world of Psalm 23.

Two unidentified translations follow. Both

were found in a hymnal entitled "A Selection of

Psalms and Hymns, edited by Charles Kemble".

To thy pastures, fair and large,

Heavenly Shepherd, lead thy charge;

And my couch, with tend'rest care,

'Midst the springing grass prepare.

The Lord my Shepherd is,

I shall be well supplied;

Since He is mine and I am His,

What can I want beside?

Somehow this last sounds as if it might have

been written for children. The short lines and

very simple language are certainly age-

appropriate.

More people know the 23rd Psalm than any oth-

er part of Holy Scripture. And this writer has a

distinct feeling that there are more out there.

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Thomas Gallaudet

In the Episcopal Church’s calendar, August 27 honors Thomas Gallaudet,

known as the Apostle to the Deaf. Among saints so remembered, he is the only

one who was associated with St. Paul’s Church, having sparked what has been called

“one of the most peculiar and interesting agencies for good connected with St. Paul’s,”

a ministry to the deaf that lasted for over one hundred years.

In the early nineteenth century there was no organized education for the deaf in the United

States. In 1815, a Hartford, Connecticut businessman, seeking an education for his deaf

daughter, paid Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet’s way to Europe to learn about advances there.

When Gallaudet returned, bringing the source of what would become American Sign Lan-

guage and French techniques for teaching the deaf, he was named principal of the Hartford

School for the Deaf, the first school for the deaf in the United States.

But Thomas H. Gallaudet, for whom Gallaudet University is named, is not the person we remember on August 27. We

honor, rather, his son, an Episcopal clergyman who in 1852 established St. Anne’s Church to serve the deaf of New York

City. From that base Gallaudet reached out to other cities: first Philadelphia, then Balti-

more, and, in 1860, Albany. Here, Gallaudet was welcomed by St. Paul’s new rector, Wil-

liam Rudder, who as an undergraduate in Hartford had known of the Deaf School.

Between 1860 and 1877, the Rev. Thomas Gallaudet or one of his associates traveled to

Albany each month to conduct services for the deaf and to translate sermons at regular ser-

vices into sign language. As this outreach expanded beyond the northeastern United States,

Gallaudet formed the Church Mission for Deaf-Mutes, which he directed for many years.

Preaching at St. Paul’s fiftieth anniversary celebration, Gallaudet proudly described the

Church Mission’s activities across the country, and reminisced about the years during which

St. Paul’s had extended a “helping and guarding hand” to the deaf of this part of the state.

As further support for the Church Mission, this congregation in 1872 called the Rev. Thom-

as Berry as assistant to the rector and as priest-in-charge of St. Paul’s Mission Chapel. Be-

fore his ordination, Berry had taught at schools for the deaf in England, New York and

Maryland. Berry’s ministry at the Mission Chapel included monthly services and a Sunday

School class for the deaf, and he also assisted Gallaudet in ministry throughout the state as

an associate of the Church Mission.

Thomas Berry left St. Paul’s in 1874, continuing his work with the deaf in Wisconsin,

South Dakota and central and western New York. But Berry’s departure was not the end of

St. Paul’s ministry to the deaf. That ministry lasted until 1976, spanning more than half of

the time that we have been a congregation.

Thomas Berry

“Notice: The Deaf Mutes of Albany and vicini-

ty are invited to a Sign Service, to be conduct-

ed by the Rev. THOMAS GALLAUDET, Rec-

tor of St. Ann’s Church for Deaf Mutes, New

York at St. Paul’s Church, Albany, on Sunday,

March 10th, at 4 o’clock P.M. They are also

invited to be present in the evening, at 7

o’clock, as the Sermon by the Rev. Dr. RUD-

DER will be interpreted in the Sign language.”

Albany Evening Journal 9 March 1861

St. Paul’s: A Legacy of Service Submitted by Paul Nance

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JANUARY 2012

Jan 1 10:00 a.m. service in the Church

Jan 7 Soup Kitchen (Grace & Holy Innocents

Church) (See Kate Storms)

Jan 8 Bible Study in McEwan Hall, at 9:30 a.m.

(directly following the Breakfast)

Jan 11 St. Paul’s Knitters

(after 12:10 p.m. Eucharist)

Jan 14

Soup Kitchen (9:30 a.m. Grace & Holy

Innocents Church)

(See Prudence Backman)

Jan 15 Bible Study in the Library, from 9:15 to

10:15 a.m.

Jan 15 -

Jan 21

St. Paul’s week at the Overflow Shelter.

See Kate Storms for more info.

Jan 21 The Prayer Shawl Knitters (9:30 a.m.)

Jan 22 Annual Parish Meeting: No Bible Study.

Jan 29 Bible Study in the Library, from 9:15

through 10:15 a.m.

M usic Notes

from the Music Director

January 2012

CHORAL MUSIC

Jan 1

10:00 a.m. (no choir; congregational Christmas Carols)

Jan 8

10:30 a.m.

Bedford - The Baptism of Christ

Cornelius - The Three Kings

Jan 15

10:30 a.m.

Candlyn - Christ whose glory fills the skies

Vaughan Williams - The blessed son

Jan 22

9:30 a.m.

(St. Paul's Patronal Feast)

Mendelssohn - How lovely are the

Messengers

Mendelssohn - See what love hath the Father

Jan 29

10:30 a.m.

Tallis - O nata lux

Ousley - From the rising of the sun Sunday March 25 at 3 p.m.

Saturday, February 11 at 7 PM

A Valentine CABARET

presented by St. Paul’s Choir and Friends.

Light entertainment, light refreshments,

beverages, and wine.

Tickets $15 in advance,

$20 at the door.

Patrons: $25 for individuals

$45 for couples

Reserved seating for patrons

A benefit for Homeless Action Committee

and Music at St. Paul’s. Note the new,

earlier time!

ANNUAL BACH BIRTHDAY CONCERT

with organ music performed

by international concert artist

Gail Archer of Barnard Col-

lege and Vassar College

playing on the 68 rank neo-

Baroque Casavant pipe

organ.

St. Paul’s Choir will perform

Cantata 4 with chamber

orchestra.

Admission $15

Seniors $12.

Non Profit Org.

US POSTAGE PAID

Albany, NY

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Or Current Resident

St Paul's Episcopal Church in Albany

21 Hackett Blvd

Albany NY 12208-3496

CONTACT INFORMATION

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http://www.stpaulsplace.org

Church e-mail:

stpaulsec@logical.net

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

21 Hackett Boulevard

Albany, NY 12208 Write

Church Phone: 518-463-2257

Rectory Phone: 518-451-9549

Fax: 518-463-2981

Phone

Want to Get Involved

at St. Paul's?

Activities at St. Paul's are organized by

committees called Triads. A contact list is

included on the back of each Sunday's Bul-

letin. We have Triads to help us plan and

organize activities for:

Children and Adult Spiritual Formation

Buildings and Grounds

Hospitality

Outreach

Music

Altar

St. Paul’s celebrates the Holy Eucharist on Sundays at 8 a.m. (Quiet Holy Eucharist in the

Chapel followed by Coffee Hour) and 10:30 a.m. (Holy Eucharist with Choir and Organ in the

Sanctuary followed by Coffee Hour) and on Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m. Daily Morning Prayer

is said at 9 a.m.

Schedule of Services

Birthdays and

Anniversaries

We would like to add

birthdays and anniver-

saries to our bulletin.

Please call the church

office at 463-2257 with

your birthday or anni-

versary date or send

dates to us via e-mail:

stpaulsec@logical.net

so we can update our

membership database.

Office Hours

The Church Office is

open Monday through

Thursday from 9:00 a.m.

to 12:00 p.m. and from

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Please plan your phone

calls and visits between

those times.