Chicken BBQ Dinner Rode’s Chicken! Take out only Sunday, April 26, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY!! Advance Tickets: $15 A few tickets at the door, no guarantees: $16. To be assured of your dinner, please buy tickets in advance! Held at St. Paul’s UMC 74 Church St. West Deptford NJ 08086 Menu: Rode’s Half-Chicken,…
Our next Soup Sale is Sunday, May 3. May flavor is TBA, made by Piston Diner. Link to order below. St Paul’s is selling soup as a fundraiser on the first Sunday of every month. All soups are prepared by the award-winning Piston Diner. Sold by the pint. $4.00 per pint or 2 pints for…
Donors are desperately needed at our upcoming Blood Drives: Friday April 24 Friday May 29 The Red Cross’s supply of blood is fragile and in constant need of replacement. Please help by making an appointment to come to St. Paul’s. Sign up online at redcrossblood.org or by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS. Sponsor code is: St Pauls Thorofare. If you…
Along with our nation. we will pause to pray on Thursday, May 7, as part of a National Day of Prayer that President Lincoln started and Congress instituted into an annual event. Here in Gloucester County, we will be gathering for an ecumenical prayer service at River Winds Community Center at 12 noon. We can…
Don’t forget to wear red to church on Sunday, May 24 for our celebration of Pentecost. Pentecost is the only Sunday that we use red on our altar paraments to represent the power and fire of the Spirit. Pentecost signifies the coming of the Holy Spirit to the early followers of Jesus Christ and also…
HE IS RISEN INDEED!!!! Beloved… “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here. HE IS RISEN!” Luke 24:5 May God bless you at Easter, And keep you all year through. May God give you all the faith it takes, To make your dreams come true. May His love and…
We welcomed the Gloucester County Flute Ensemble to St. Paul’s on Sunday, March 29th. The Ensemble entertained us with a selection of “Cirque de Flutes,” and they were fantastic! The GCFE is a community group of adult flute players who perform quality music for events in the South Jersey area. Flutists from Gloucester County and…
Our Sunday School children had a blast on Palm Sunday after church. We began with a pancake breakfast and the Sunday School paid for all SS kids. After breakfast the kids raced around the Sanctuary and picked up eggs filled with Easter treats. What a fun time for both kids and parents!
We were so happy to enjoy a delicious breakfast that was a wonderful time for everyone! It was very well attended as always! About 80 people enjoyed Pancakes, Breakfast Meats, Scrambled Eggs, Fruit Cup, Juice, Coffee, Tea, etc. And of course each other’s company! Thank you to everyone that attended! Sponsored by the Community Relations…
Our Conference is offering a monthly time of prayer via ZOOM especially focused on those of us who struggle with grief. We are all invited to gather with pastors and laity from across GNJ for shared prayer on Zoom. All are welcome. This is an opportunity to join our voices together. First Monday of the…
More than 2,000 people of faith, including our own Pastor Dave Delaney, gathered in and around three churches on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on February 25 to worship, sing and be spiritually prepared for a march around the Capitol to bring attention to the plight of immigrants in the United States. Capitol Hill United…
“Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters!” Isaiah 55:1 My grandson has figured out how to FACETIME from his tablet, and it is so wonderful to see his smiling face when I least expect it. Out of nowhere that FACETIME music starts and since I don’t FACETIME with anyone else, I know it…
“Camiando en la luz de Dios, camiando en la Luz de Dios” Yes, I realize that some of you can’t read the Spanish verse that comes from our hymnal. That does not lessen the legitimacy of those words, does it? Because those who speak Spanish are just as loved and valued by God as we…
Special mission offerings coming up: March Our first Sunday offering (Mar. 1) will benefit UMCOR Sunday, formerly One Great House of Sharing. On the third Sunday (Mar. 15) the offering is for Red Bird Mission. UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, is there to help with disasters anywhere in the world. Red Bird Mission…
Jeremiah 29:13: “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Lent has arrived, and it is so much more than a season of giving up chocolate. Actually, during my lifetime it has seemed that the conversational connection to Lent has always revolved around conversations on “what are you…
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Together we have helped a Philadelphia program for the homeless, raised some money for our ministry, and PACKED THE TRUCK and EMPTIED Hickman Hall!!! SO AWESOME, CHURCH!! We dealt with a change in plans but in less than an…