St. Paul's United Church
224 York Street E3B 3P1 Fredericton, NB, Canada

Did you know that December 1st is GivingTuesday, a day dedicated to giving? To celebrate, CanadaHelps is giving away the chance to WIN $5,000 for your favourite charity. To enter, all you need to do is click on the link and tell them which charity you would like to see win the $5,000 prize. Contest closes on November 30th. In case you were wondering, St. Paul's is a registered Canadian charity - learn more about us by visiting our own page (http://www.stpaulsunited.ca/) or ...our CanadaHelps page (https://www.canadahelps.org//108037383RR0001-st-pauls-uni/). Thank you, and imagine all the ways we could support our local community with $5,000!

Zoom decided to update this morning making worship inaccessible for many who were attending through that platform. We are sorry for this! Following worship, Rev. Richard recorded the reading and message for you to experience today or through the week. https://youtu.be/6R3uWKLiwFA

So sometimes (rarely but magnificently) we your ministers make a mistake or say something we didn't mean to say. Today in worship I was referencing a poster that was in the office of Pastor Sarah and said it was there, "before she passed away" when I meant to say, "before she left us". Whoops! Pastor Sarah is very much alive, but with her big heart, took my matter-of-factly mention of her passing in stride and with a laugh. Hope those of you who left before the end of the Postlude were not too traumatized. Have a blessed day! Oh, and here is one of the many memories that Pastor Sarah and I shared during her time here.

We continue to live into a hybrid worship where we have seats available for those who would like to worship in-person, but will continue to offer streamed worship through Zoom. However you join us, we are glad to have you with us Sunday morning at 10:30. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85811548808... password: 200188 By phone: 1 647 558 0588 Meeting ID: 858 1154 8808 passcode: 200188 when prompted

Good morning! Our worship service starts shortly, at 10:30 and you are invited to join us in person (Covid protocols in place and lots of room to distance in the sanctuary) or online! Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85811548808 password: 200188... By phone: 1 647 558 0588 Meeting ID: 858 1154 8808 passcode 200188

I posted this on my personal Facebook wall earlier this week with the caption: "How long has the pandemic been going on? Long enough for the decorations in the hall from March to be relevant again." We've been at this for quite some time, and while many are putting out a strong front, I think it is important to say, is ok not to be ok. There's grief running through us that we haven't even begun to understand, and anxieties that holds a lot of us prisoner as we struggle to mak...e simple choices we would not have thought twice about in February. Know that we are here to hear you, here to pray with and for you, here to walk with you from who we were, to who we might be with God's help. Your brother in Christ, Rev. Richard P.S. -> Big thanks to Doug Warman and others for all the blessed work that they do to transform our spaces.

In yesterday's eNews we shared the news of the passing of a former minister of St. Paul's, Rev. Alan Reynolds. There will be a celebration of his life on Saturday, November 21st, at 3:00 PM. The Zoom login information is available in the updated eNews found here http://www.stpaulsunited.ca/enews-november-19th/

Even though we are starting up our Sunday school again on November 29th (registration information later this week), we know that there are many of you who prefer to keep your bubbles small. In an effort to keep you and the little ones in your life involved we have updated our Online Sunday School resources. If you follow the link below you will find an activity bulletin, a colouring sheet, a link to the reading of the week, and some videos to help walk you and your little ones walk through the reading. Check it out! http://www.stpaulsunited.ca/sunday-school-home/

Saw this on a colleage's wall, and could not help but burst out laughing. Enjoy, my kindred!