Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus
Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of
everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the
day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death
of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and for ever. Amen.

This Sunday, March 29, please join us for the Liturgy of the Palms in the Cloister. We will then process into the Sanctuary for the rest of the service, which will include a reading of the Passion.

Each day set your clocks to 6:00 p.m. and pray for 1 minute. 

DAILY PRAYER DURING Holy Week
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., the Chapel will be open for daily prayer

FRIDAY, APRIL 3 – Good Friday Worship Services
11:00 a.m. Stations of the Cross at St. Paul’s
12:00 p.m. Service at St. Paul’s - Bishop Kristin Uffelman White will preside at this service
7:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s

SUNDAY, APRIL 5 – Easter Sunday Worship Services
9:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s
11:30 a.m. at St. Mark’s

Plan to arrive early on Easter Sunday, as special music will happen during the prelude that day and will include a soprano solo, “I Know that My Redeemer Liveth,” from Handel’s Messiah. During the service the handbell choir will be playing (from the sanctuary), and the adult choir will be singing, accompanied by violin and oboe. Please plan to join in raising your voices in festive celebration of our risen Lord and Savior!

The Sunday after Easter, April 12, we invite you to join the “drop-in” choir. We will meet at 9:00 a.m. that morning to rehearse “Let There be Peace on Earth,” which we’ll sing during the offertory. We hope you will consider singing with the choir that morning!

A few years ago, the Destination Imagination team The Five Little Sparks (fifth graders Alex, Florence, Graham, Isaac, and Oliver from Oakwood’s Harman Elementary School) requested space at St. Paul’s to create, build and practice for competitions. For the past several months, the team has worked extensively to create an innovative skit to present to Regional, State, and Global competitions. They won First Place and a special Renaissance Award for their technical design and visual effects at Regionals, then moved ahead to the State competition where they won First Place and a special DaVinci Award for exceptional creativity! Soon they will head to the Global competition. We wish them continued success!
The team is extremely appreciative of having the space and time in our building to pursue this educational interest, developing their imagination and creativity while improving their collaborative problem-solving, critical thinking and public speaking skills. They offer their heartfelt thanks to the church community for this gift of space and time that they will always cherish!

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Small Church Summit, April 17-18, 2026 at Procter Center.

Beloved Community Book Study: 
The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning 
by Catherine Meeks
 April 7, May 5, and June 2, 7-8 pm on Zoom

Procter Earth Day Work Day, April 18, 2026 at Procter Center. All are invited to join the Procter Center team and members of the Southern Ohio Chapter of the Order of Naucratius for an Earth Day Work Day, giving thanks for the gift of creation by giving back to the land through service and prayer.

2026 Diocesan Rogation Celebration
10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 16, 2026 at Procter Center; event concludes after picnic lunch.

Camps for All Ages, Summer 2026, Procter Camp & Conference Center.

These are a sample of the events offered by our Diocese. Registration for these events and more is available on the diocesan website, https://diosohio.org/news/

Request From the Procter Center

The Procter Center Farm is requesting donations of empty dozen-egg cartons to support their work. They can reuse your clean, old egg cartons for selling free range chicken eggs at markets. The farm is a production and educational, six-acre, diversified vegetable and livestock farm in central Ohio and is part of the ministry of the Diocese of Southern Ohio.

If you’d like to donate your clean dozen-egg cartons, please drop them on the table next to the library off the Parish Hall. 

LIONS Recycle For Sight....and St. Paul's Helps!

Do you have old or extra eyeglasses you no longer use? Please bring them to St. Paul's and deposit them in the Lions Club box in the Narthex. This will be an ongoing opportunity to help others! Thank you!

The Vestry is eager to establish better communication with the Parish, and will be making the minutes to Vestry meetings more accessible. Prior meeting minutes are posted on the St. Paul's website, click HERE to view.  Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your Wardens and Vestry members with any questions. 

The Financial Executive Summary for January 2026 from Finance Chair Randy Young is below.

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