Worship & Music Calendar
Worship at Saint Paul. We use a combination of settings and hymns from:  The Evangelical Lutheran Worship   With One Voice   Now the Feast and Celebration    Settings composed by our Music Director.  Recently we have added Caribbean and Blues settings on occasional Sundays. Several times during the year we have healing services.  Besides our two pastors in the chancel we also have assisting lay ministers who write the prayers of the people and assist with the Eucharist.  Other lay ministries include the deacons who also assist with the Eucharist, which is offered at every service, and the  two acolytes and the crucifer who process with the pastors, the assisting minister and the deacon. The acolytes help with Communion and light the altar candles before the service starts. Other lay ministries include those who serve as lectors, as ushers and greeters, as providers of the bread we use for communion and as welcome center hosts. Another important ministries is accomplished by the Altar Care people.  They are not in the chancel on Sunday morning during the service but without them we could not have a praiseful worship service. Because we use a variety of liturgies, many of us respond more to one kind than another.  But we support each other, give to each other what feeds our souls; and we participate together each Sunday. While we encourage children to be in the worship service, there is a nursery, staffed with a permanent adult and volunteer helpers, available during worship services and during the education hour.		Music at Saint Paul. It takes visitors to St. Paul several weeks to form a true picture of the musical breadth underlying St. Paul's worship.  From one Sunday to the next, the music selection may be a varied as a Gospel Blues service, a Baroque cantata or a Caribbean Mass.  There are no traditional or contemporary services to choose from:  the reality is a blending of styles and renewal.  Music is valued as a means of God's spirit, contributing to a fresh worship experience each week.  Saint Paul is richly blessed with resources for music-making: from a 55-rank Skinner pipe organ to digital workstations, with numerous performers of all ages who share their talents to the glory of God.  The sound of worship spans several centuries, sometimes in the same service, giving God's people many expressions of praise. Musical Opportunities Our heritage of choral and instrumental music continues to develop under the direction of our accomplished music staff. Carl Heine: Organist and music director   Directs the Senior Choir for high school through adult singers. Michelle Harvey, directs: Jubilation, the handbell choir for adults, starting with high school   Reverberations, youth handbell choir, for grades 5 to 8   Youth Choir, for grades 2 through 8. Susan Bosse: Directs the Chimes choir for Grades 3 and 4.   Youth Choir assistant director: Each group involves volunteer singers and players in weekly rehearsals and Sunday performances, combining musical training within the framework of wide-ranging repertoire and active fellowship. Rehearsals are Wednesdays; new members are always welcome.  Instrumentalists young and old are encouraged to participate as well.