St Paul Episcopal Church

03/30/2026

Holy Week and Easter at St. Paul:

Maundy Thursday Mass and Stripping of the Altar: 6:30 PM with Father Smoky Oats.

The Holy Hour Vigil begins at the end of the Thursday service and goes through the night hours, ending at 11:00 on Good Friday. There are a few time slots still available (the schedule is posted on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall).

Good Friday- Stations of the Cross and the Good Friday Liturgy at noon.

Easter Sunday begins at 9:00 with a covered dish breakfast, choir rehearsal 9:30, adult forum discussion 9:30, and Choral High Mass at 10:30 with The Rev. Canon Michael Spear-Jones.

03/29/2026

We were happy to have The Rev. Canon Joe Woodfin, (Canon to the Ordinary) with us for the Palm Sunday Procession and Mass this morning.

02/18/2026

Ash Wednesday Imposition of Ashes - 6:30 PM, February 18

02/17/2026

Note: The practices for abstinence and fasting listed here are merely recommendations. The Book of Common Prayer’s guidance remains canon for Episcopalians, and you should consult with your own parish clergy if you have any specific questions. 💜

02/10/2026

Our annual Mardi Gras party is on Tuesday, February 17. We will begin with social hour at 6:00 followed by a dinner at 6:30. As is our long-standing tradition, everyone is asked to bring their favorite Italian dish to share. This will be our "last hoorah" before heading into the penitential season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, February 18.

02/04/2026

A snow day - February 1, 2026

01/31/2026

Mass for Sunday, February 1 has been cancelled due to snow, but we will have Morning Prayer in-person at church (for those who can safely make it) and online on the parish Facebook group for those at home. The covered dish lunch and party to honor Lynn Turner has been rescheduled for next Sunday, February 8.

01/27/2026

A message from Bishop Cole:

“For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.” 1 Corinthians 14:33 Dear People of East Tennessee, I am writing to you today because a spirit of confusion […]

01/23/2026

Out of an abundance of caution, Mass is cancelled on Sunday, January 25. Many in our area are under an ice storm warning this weekend, so please be careful if you have to travel.

01/07/2026

The Epiphany Proclamation
For The Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ 2026

The Announcement of Easter and the other Feasts and Fasts for the Year 2026, According to the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church:

Dear Brothers and Sisters: we have rejoiced at the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the glory of the Lord has shone upon us and shall ever be manifest among us until the day of His return. Through the rhythms of times and seasons let us celebrate the mysteries of salvation.

ASH WEDNESDAY will occur on the 18th Day of February and mark the beginning of our sacred Lenten days of special devotion that shall be marked by acts of discipline and self-denial, excepting Sundays and the Feast of the Annunciation.

The Feast of the ANNUNCIATION of Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary usually occurs on the 25th Day of March and shall be joyfully kept as if a Sunday, without extra discipline of self-denial imposed.

Let us look to the year’s culmination, the EASTER TRIDUUM of the Lord: His last supper, His crucifixion, His burial, and His rising will be celebrated between The Evening of the 2nd Day of April and the Evening of the 4th Day of April.

Each Easter – as on each Sunday – the church makes present the great and saving deed by which Christ has forever conquered sin and death: EASTER SUNDAY being on the 5th Day of April.

Commemorating our Lord further – first having defeated death and manifesting Himself to His disciples – He did ascend to heaven forty days following his resurrection and is seated at the right hand of the Father. ASCENSION DAY being on the 14th Day of May.

The Day of PENTECOST (Whitsunday), the joyful conclusion of the season of Easter, the birthday of the church, and the celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit will be celebrated on the24th Day of May.

The church’s faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance. TRINITY SUNDAY will be observed on the 31ST Day of May.

And this year, marked always as the First Sunday of Advent, the Christian New Year will be on the 29th Day of November.

For Jesus Christ, who was, who is, and who is to come. Lord of all time and
history, be endless praise, for ever and ever. Amen.

01/06/2026

Collect for the Epiphany: O God, by the leading of the star you manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

12/28/2025

Today we said goodbye to Father R. J. Powell with a reception after church (and a ride in a Model T). RJ+ has served as our Supply Priest the last Sunday of the month for a couple years. He’s going to St. Andrew’s in January.