At the January 31 Annual Meeting, we distributed an organization chart identified Vestry committees, the chairs, and the heads of ministries and subcommittees. Minutes later, we conducted elections, and some of the names have changed. […]
Who’s your unsung hero? Which person at St. Paul’s has shown God’s love, power, and compassion to you by their own love, care, sacrifice, thoughtfulness, or kindness? This Sunday at the Annual Meeting, we’ll open […]
Choir Choral services with the full choir were conducted from January 9 thru June 5th. A special annual gift from Anne Vogel honoring our Director of Liturgy and Music provided funding for 4 choral scholars […]
The Altar Guild is alive and well, faithfully and carefully preparing for Holy Eucharist at every Sunday service. Our challenge this year was to add serving wine each Sunday beginning Advent 1 — something we […]
Generally speaking, an acolyte ministers to the celebrant and the Congregation — merely as what’s expected. However, this year we expanded by resuming duties that had been streamlined due to Covid austerity. Processions returned, as […]
As we still struggled through the lingering effects of COVID and its variants, another problem raised its ugly head – high inflation – a great burden on the most vulnerable in our society. Again, the […]
Common Ground started in 2008, and St Paul’s joined that year thanks to Jim Gramentine’s leadership. Our parish has been a strong supporter of this organization’s work in Milwaukee and the communities surrounding us. Last […]
St Paul’s Parish Life Committee has reformed and begun stirring waters again. Since being officially regrouped with new chairs, Nicole Hanlon & Michael Nelson, the Parish Life Committee has assisted with three events spearheaded by different individuals […]
In 2022, the Diversity Committee held events in February and June. This included: -Flo Dukes and Eric Dawson
This year in Adult Forum has been exciting and life-affirming. Programming has included topics such as the historical context for the Passion narratives, the life and times of Thomas More, the arguments surrounding abortion, and […]
In May, we completed the 2021-2022 term, celebrating Kathie Buescher’s graduation from the program. Our current term almost began with just under the minimum number of participants in August. But within a few weeks of […]
The Communications Committee held its first meeting in September, 2022. The purpose of this committee is to oversee and make decisions regarding internal and external communication strategy, including the technical equipment, digital, media and print presence, and […]
The responsibilities of the Finance Committee are managing the assets of the parish, preparing the annual budget for review and approval by the Vestry, providing current financial information for the Vestry and coordinating the annual […]
Under Father Lane’s leadership, we were finally able to resurrect the Personnel Committee, which had not met for several years. Our major accomplishment for 2022 was the refinement and development of the job positions and […]
I started working as the part-time Parish Office administrator at St. Paul’s in August of 2022; I had been working as the part-time Parish Office administrator at our neighbor, All Saints’ Cathedral, since June of […]
The 184th Annual Parish Meeting of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Milwaukee will begin in the Great Hall immediately after the 10 a.m. Eucharist on Sunday, January 29, 2022, and will include a potluck lunch. Please […]
The St. Paul’s Nominating Committee announces the following nominations to be voted on at the Sunday, January 29 Annual Meeting. Nominations for Vestry Senior Warden: Junior Warden: Vestry Member: Because the Vestry nomination process took […]
2022 brought a whole lotta’ changes, many of them thanks to our industrious transition Rector, Lane. One is a new phone system that I hope is helping you communicate better with the finance office. St. […]
If you oversee an area of ministry or Vestry leadership, you are invited to submit a written report to be published to the congregation ahead of the January 29 Annual Meeting. Yippee! The longer the […]
Welcome to the 183rd Annual Parish Meeting of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Milwaukee. The meeting will begin at noon on Sunday, January 30, 2022, and you can join us by clicking here. All reports are […]
914 EAST KNAPP STREET ✠ MILWAUKEE, WI 53202-2825(414) 276-6277 ✠ WWW.STPAULSMILWAUKEE.ORG Call to Order and Prayer Certification of Quorum Appointment of Clerk of the Meeting Approval of Minutes of the 182nd Annual Meeting, Jan. 31, […]
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 182ND ANNUAL PARISH MEETING VIA ZOOM JANUARY 31, 2021 CALL TO ORDER Fr. Brad Toebben, Rector, called the meeting to order. OPENING PRAYER Toebben offered the opening prayer and the Doxology. […]
Click here to download the treasurer’s report, and optionally print it. Note: We’ll be displaying an on-screen image of the numbers during the presentation of the Treasurer’s report, so it’s not necessary to print this […]
While 2020, was the year of the COVID Vestry, meeting through Zoom only; 2021 was more normal with COVID lurking! It has been an honor and a privilege to serve on the Vestry the past […]
Continuing the work of Chuck and Ruth Werth and Ken Bernoska’s innovations that ensured we had online worship opportunities when Covid appeared in 2020, Lee Coppernoll organized the “A-V Club” this summer. The team now […]
If you oversee an area of ministry or Vestry leadership, you are invited to submitted a written report to be published to the congregation ahead of the January 30 Annual Meeting. Yippee! The longer the […]
Although we have not been actively setting the Table for most of the year, the Altar Guild has met twice to polish the silver communion vessels, and the silver and brass candlesticks and crosses. The […]
It was a busy and expensive year for B&G activities at St. Paul’s. All the flat roofs over the choir room, offices, entrances, and a small part of the church proper were replaced in September […]
Common Ground has had another busy year. We started the year with our listening campaigns, involving 1,000 residents of the Milwaukee Area and have decided to focus on four areas-gun violence, education, neighborhood issues, and […]
In 2021 the committee held events in February and June. This included: African Heritage Month Celebration-February Adult Formations on three Sundays of the month: 2/14 “An Encounter With Spirituals: Music and the Spoken Word” with […]
In May, we completed the 2020-2021 term, celebrating three participants who were graduated from the program: Susan Bellinger, John Payton, and Roger Hansen Our current term began in August with: Year One (Hebrew Bible): Janice […]
The responsibilities of the Finance Committee are managing the assets of the parish, preparing the annual budget for review and approval by the Vestry, providing current financial information for the Vestry at each meeting and […]
Choir From January through April our church remained closed for in-person services. Clergy, lay readers, choral scholars, and organists, continued to be recorded each week by Chuck and Ruth Werth for presentation on YouTube. This […]
As we struggled through another year of COVID and its variants with more, yet restricted, opportunities to interact with one another, the St. Paul’s community came together, often virtually, in service of its outreach mission […]
The Planned Receiving/Giving Committee functions as a sub-committee of the Vestry of St. Paul’s. The mission of the committee is to “hold high various programs that will allow parishioners and friends of St. Paul’s Episcopal […]
While the Thrift Shop was unable to open during 2021, we did manage to hold two “pop-up” sales (July and December). With these two sales and income from some outside consignments we were able to […]
This year’s Annual Parish Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, January 30, 2022 following the 10 a.m. Eucharist. Annual Reports are available now! Electing Vestry and Wardens! Interim Rector report! And maybe a bubble machine! Hope […]
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