Advent Craft and Bake Sale

This activity raises money for the Rector's discretionary fund.

Children's Christmas Pageant

This annual event is in lieu of the sermon on the Sunday before Christmas. 

Consecration Sunday

On this Sunday in the fall we commit to give back a portion of the blessings that God has given us.

Family Parish Picnic

Every fall members of St. Paul’s enjoy a family style picnic with games, food, fun and fellowship.

Layman’s Conference

This annual conference is held for Episcopal men in the Diocese of Tennessee at Dubose Conference Center in Monteagle, Tennessee. The conference features speakers on topics related to Christian life. During the weekend participants can golf, hike, canoe or spend time in reflection.  Visit their website.

Men’s Retreat

This is an annual opportunity for men to gather at Dubose Conference Center, for a weekend to explore questions and themes in the spiritual lives of men. All adult men in the parish are invited to attend.  

Pentecost in the Park

Join St. Paul's and all of the Rutherford County Episcopal Churches in celebrating Pentecost in outdoors. 

Progressive Dinner

This annual event is a fabulous way to break bread with new and old friends as we move from home to home.  

Red Plate Club

Share a meal with old and new friends. The Red Plate Club meets in February, March, and April. You can eat in homes or as groups in restaurants. 

Thanksgiving Dinner

Have Thanksgiving Dinner with your extended church family. 

St. Paul's rings in Epiphany, the Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ, with a party at the home of a parishioner on the Friday evening on or shortly after January 6. Information about the location and time are provided before the event in the church newsletter (The Evangel) and in the Sunday bulletins and weekly church email.

Pilgrimage is an annual exploration of Christian faith and the Episcopal/Anglican way of living and worshiping as Christians. The course prepares adults for baptism and confirmation but is available to anyone who wants to discover more about who we are as a people of God and how we worship.

ECW's White Elephant Sale - our main fundraising event - will be held Saturday, February 18, 2012, with the Donor's Sale Friday, February 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., so save those White Elephants! Donation drop-off Dates are January 21 and 28, February 4, and 11. All donations are tax deductible and donors will be given a receipt for their donations when they drop them off. Fill out the volunteer sign-up form on the White Elephant Sale web page or on the bulletin boards in the parish hall beginning in December. Contact Sale Coordinator: Claire Bradford.

When: Begins Friday afternoon, April 20, 2012, and ends Sunday morning, April 22, 2012.

Where: Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill, TN (about a 40 minute drive from Murfreesboro)

Accommodations: Lodge at Henry Horton State Park (no, we aren't camping, even though it's a state park)

Program Leader: The Reverend Monna Mayhall.

Food: Good. The park lodge is known for great food. Meals will be served buffet style with many choices.

Cost: Full weekend includes lodging on Friday and Saturday night plus all meals on Saturday, and Sunday breakfast. Saturday option includes lunch but not lodging.

• $130 (double occupancy)Full weekend
• $150 (single occupancy, limited availability) Full weekend breakfast.
• $25 - Saturday only, includes lunch

Scholarships are available. Contact Claire Bradford for more information.

Find out more about the retreat

Questions? Contact Patricia Petty, ECW Leadership, Education & Spiritual Development chair or Claire Bradford, ECW president.

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols was first held on Christmas Eve 1918 at Kings College in Cambridge, England. It was planned by Eric Milner-White, was Dean of King's College, after experience as an army chaplain, which had convinced him that the Church of England needed more imaginative worship.

It is based on nine readings from the Bible which tell the story of the fall of man, the promise of the a Messiah, and the birth of Jesus. Each reading is followed by a carol or anthem related to the preceding reading.

At St. Paul's, we follow the Kings College tradition of starting the service with a procession of the choir and clergy to the hymn, "Once in Royal David's City," and having a child read the first lesson.

Our adult choir is accompanied during Lessons and Carols by organ and brass. The service includes congregational singing and anthems by the choir. Our children's choir, part of the Royal School of Church Music, also presents musical selections during the service.

The service will be held on Sunday, December 18, 2011, at 4 p.m. in the St. Paul's Nave. Afterward, we celebrate with a reception open to all who attend the service. Child care is provided during the service.