A Healing Circle for children using LEGO© bricks will meet from 12:15 to 1:15 pm in J-120. A light lunch will be served.

The children will use LEGO bricks to process life transitions and emotions while strengthening communication skills, creativity, self-awareness, and stress management skills in a supportive peer environment.

The Circle will be led by Helen Spaw, MPS, who holds a masters in art therapy and creativity from the Pratt Institute. Questions or RSVP: hspaw@stpaulshouston.org.

The book for discussion August 21 is Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon.

Chapter One Book Group is open to anyone who enjoys reading and discussing a wide variety of books. The group meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 pm in J-202.

The book for discussion at the next meeting, September 17, will be Lost & Found by Brooke Davis.

To be added to the email list for group notifications, please contact Linda Harmes at hblinda@hibit.com.

Our popular Friday-night program for children 4 months to 5th grade includes a full schedule of games, crafts, play, snacks and supervised activities from 6 to 10:30 pm while parents enjoy an evening on their own. The cost is $25/child/night ($5/each additional sibling).  A light supper is served around 6:30. During December, this activity becomes Kids Day Out.

Kids Night/Day Out is available for families of St. Paul’s Church and School. Reservations, which are required due to limited space and staff, are accepted for each date up to two weeks in advance.

For questions or special needs, please contact Ellen Edwards via eedwards@stpaulshouston.org.

A note about special music for Celebration Sunday | by Christopher Betts, Director of Music

The offertory anthem at 8:30, 9:45, and 11:05 am services, ‘I was glad when they said unto me’ by Hubert Parry was written for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902.  A setting of verses from Psalm 122, it is one of the best and most glorious pieces of sacred choral music ever composed. Still sung at every British coronation since 1902, it is enjoyed by choirs and congregation the world over and, at our services, it will include three fanfare trumpeters in the balcony.

Two of the trumpeters will also be featured in our special music at our lunch in Fondren Hall: ‘Sound the trumpet’ by Henry Purcell. Joining the trumpeters will be sopranos Anna Teagarden and Dawn Uebelhart and members of the St. Paul’s Treble Choir.

Celebration Sunday will also be the first time for our congregation to see our new Organ Scholar, Ben Kerswell, who will be playing the closing organ voluntary at all three services.

Come as early as 7 pm to learn more about these fascinating birds before they start coming home for the evening in St. Paul's chimney. Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors, and now, Open Chimneys.

More about chimney swifts and Swift Night Out:

• Houston Audubon Society
• Nature Discovery Center
• Driftwood Wildlife Association

In August 2017, the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey displaced many Houstonians, and many are still not back in their homes. You can help Houston families rebuild and repair their homes by serving on a weekend work team. No prior experience needed; volunteers will be trained on how to do these repairs. For details, contact Amy Taylor, Director of Missions, via ataylor@stpaulshouston.org

“Come and see, follow me.” This is our invitation from Christ in the first chapter of John. This study will take a deep look at the Gospel of John through the “I am” statements, stories told only in John’s gospel, and everything in-between. 

Dates: Mondays, Sept. 10–Dec. 3, 6:30–8:30 pm (excluding Thanksgiving week)
Facilitator: Sandra DeSobe
Location: J-203
Cost: $15

Disciple Fast Track 2: Genesis & Exodus
Whether you have done Disciple Fast Track 1 or not, you can get into the Word and into the world in this in-depth study of Genesis and Exodus. 

Dates: Sundays, Sept. 16–Dec. 9, 9:45–11 am (excluding Thanksgiving weekend)
Facilitator: Mary Linda Portner
Location: S-306
Cost: $15

If you are not sure where to start with Disciple Bible Study, this is the first class in the series. An overview of the Old Testament lays the groundwork of the Hebrew Bible and of Bible study beyond the class. 

Dates: Sundays, Sept. 16–Dec. 9, 5:30–7 pm (excluding Thanksgiving weekend)
Facilitator: John Rodriguez
Location: J-203
Cost: $15

This series offers opportunities for connection and healing for those experiencing grief due to the loss—or anticipated loss—of a loved one.

Dates: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, Sept. 19–Dec. 5; 6:30–8 pm
Facilitators: Kat Denton & Nanette Saha
Location: Fellers Room (S-312)
Cost: Free; childcare provided upon request

Fellowship Friday is September 21 at 6:30 pm. We hope you'll join St. Paul's across the city for an evening to gather over a meal with friends and neighbors. Register online today! Chose from 10 homes of St. Paul's neighbors throughout the area.

St. Paul’s is organizing a team of bike riders to participate in Tour de TAC. Throughout the fall, United Methodists will be joining in bike tours across the region as a means of camaraderie and to talk about ways the United Methodist Church can better reach our mission field. Join us Saturday, Oct. 13 for our local Tour de TAC ride. We will meet at Grace UMC in the Heights at 9 am for a 25-mile loop—we look forward to seeing you there!

Courtesy of Brazos Bookstore:
This event is free! Please join us in Fondren Hall at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church for a special off-site kids’ event.

In 1994, 25-year-old YUYI MORALES traveled from her home in Xalapa, Mexico, to the San Francisco Bay Area with her two-month-old son, Kelly, in order to secure permanent residency in this country. Her passage was not easy and she spoke no English whatsoever. But due in large measure to help and guidance provided by area children’s librarians, she learned English as her young son learned to read, through the picture books they shared together. In spare, lyrical verse and the vibrant images for which she has become legendary, Yuyi has created a lasting testament to the journeys, both physical and metaphorical, that she and Kelly have taken together in the intervening years. Beautiful and powerful at any time, but given particular urgency as the status of our own Dreamers becomes uncertain, this is a story that is both topical and timeless.

Born in Xalapa, Mexico, where she currently resides, YUYI MORALES lived for many years in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she still maintains close relations with booksellers and librarians. Professional storyteller, dancer, choreographer, puppeteer, and artist, she has won the prestigious Pura Belpré Award for Illustration five times, for Just a Minute (2003), Los Gatos Black on Halloween (2006), Just in Case (2008), Niño Wrestles the World (2013) and Viva Frida (2014), also a Caldecott Honor Book.