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Our Mission Statement:
St. Paul’s is a radically welcoming Episcopal community in downtown Canton,
grounded in faith, called by God’s Love to minister to the world.
St. Paul’s is a radically welcoming Episcopal community in downtown Canton,
grounded in faith, called by God’s Love to minister to the world.
Sunday Service held at 10:30 a.m. online and in-person, with all precautions for COVID-19 observed.
As of Sunday, October 10th, masks will once again be required due to Delta variant virus.
God's Peace and Love be with You. We recognize that not everyone is ready to return yet and want to assure you that the service will still be available via Facebook Live and later, on the St. Paul's YouTube channel. However you choose to attend, it is great to know that the St. Paul's remains a strong and caring family.
God's Peace and Love be with You. We recognize that not everyone is ready to return yet and want to assure you that the service will still be available via Facebook Live and later, on the St. Paul's YouTube channel. However you choose to attend, it is great to know that the St. Paul's remains a strong and caring family.
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Please visit HERE to access the November/December 2021 newsletter
for St. Paul's... See below for an article on St. Pauls's new Music Director/Choirmaster, Edward Grimes. Other individual stories can be found at these links: Senior Warden's Report Consecration Sunday Response A Tribute to Judy Arrington and Daughters of the King (DOK) Courageous Conversations Another Successful H.O.T. Lunch In Memory of Ted Dunbar and Charles Morgan Happy "100" Pete Taflan |
Important dates for St. Paul’s
Advent worship will continue on Sunday morning at 10:30 with Rite 1. Music begins at 10:25. Dec. 19: Greening of the church following service. Dec. 24: Feast of the Holy Nativity, pre-service music at 7:30 p.m., Christ Mass at 8 p.m. Dec. 25: Christmas Day service at 10 a.m. Jan. 6, 2022: Feast of the Epiphany of our Lord 7 p.m. |
We at St. Paul's welcome you. Should this be your first contact with St. Paul's or any Episcopal church, we invite you to explore the Seekers Center, which offers a detailed look at our traditions, practices and the application of our beliefs in today’s world. Please join our church family to see us firsthand in all-encompassing, loving action.
We at St. Paul's welcome you. Should this be your first contact with St. Paul's or any Episcopal church, we invite you to explore the Seekers Center, which offers a detailed look at our traditions, practices and the application of our beliefs in today’s world. Please join our church family to see us firsthand in all-encompassing, loving action.
A big, varied voice; a place of spirituality
Beginning All Saints Sunday, Edward Grimes officially joined the St. Paul’s family as our organist and choirmaster.
He comes to us after 26 years at Christ Episcopal Church in Kent, but his love of music goes back much further. He cut his musical teeth at St. Augustine’s in Barberton, joining the church choir at age 9 and serving as assistant organist at age 14.
Overall, he sees music as “a universal safe space, … a place of sharing and community where we can express ourselves.” And for the young Edward, the church organ “felt like an aspect of breathing, like this big and varied voice” adding to worship.
Edward earned his psychology degree from Kent State University, where he also accepted a choral assistant scholarship at the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music and earned a bachelor’s degree in music and masters in conducting. During his season as assistant conductor at Opera in the Ozarks, he won the Young Artist Award from the NFMC for the 1999 season’s production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. He also joined the staff of Kent State’s music school as a collaborative artist and worked extensively for the Kent/Blossom Music Festival in operational and administrative roles, and as rehearsal conductor for chamber orchestra programs. Edward and his wife, Jennifer, and their two dogs continue to live in Kent.
In 2008, Edward began teaching music, and later gardening and agriculture, at the Spring Garden Waldorf School in Copley and he continues there sharing his “knowledge and passion for music, singing, gardening and the natural world.”
At St. Paul’s, Edward says his mission is to enhance people’s spiritual connection.
“What I’m doing is always going to be spiritually based,” he says. “Human beings have a spirituality to them, and my music comes from that place.”
“I’m a servant first of God and a servant to my congregation,” he says, and his focus is “to enhance people’s worship and bring them closer to God.” That includes ensuring that the music each service will align and be inspired by the Biblical readings and liturgical seasons.
Edward’s move to St. Paul’s, he acknowledges, is “one of those leaps of faith.” And he says fleshing out exactly what he is being called to do with us will take time.
“I need to look; I need to listen; I need to experience,” he says. While he asks that the postlude be followed by reflection toward God, rather than applause, he adds that he always invites feedback.
“I love to hear gripes and gratitude,” Edward says.
A note from Edward Grimes
Dear Sisters and Brothers of St. Paul's,
As I prayerfully consider my arrival and beginnings, I am reminded that my role of organist and choirmaster is one of servitude, first to God, and then, to all of you. It is God who is the Maker of all things, seen and unseen. Let us worship together the Lord in the beauty of holiness, and unwaveringly keep the joys we feel in His holy temple always directed toward Him. It is within this context, that it would be appreciated that you please refrain from offering "applause" following the postlude. Any expressions of gratitude or grumbles that may arise as a result of the music, I will always happily receive after the service has ended and we have left the sanctuary. Through the grace of God, it is my honor to serve in your midst.
Kindly offered,
Edward T. Grimes (He, him, his)
Beginning All Saints Sunday, Edward Grimes officially joined the St. Paul’s family as our organist and choirmaster.
He comes to us after 26 years at Christ Episcopal Church in Kent, but his love of music goes back much further. He cut his musical teeth at St. Augustine’s in Barberton, joining the church choir at age 9 and serving as assistant organist at age 14.
Overall, he sees music as “a universal safe space, … a place of sharing and community where we can express ourselves.” And for the young Edward, the church organ “felt like an aspect of breathing, like this big and varied voice” adding to worship.
Edward earned his psychology degree from Kent State University, where he also accepted a choral assistant scholarship at the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music and earned a bachelor’s degree in music and masters in conducting. During his season as assistant conductor at Opera in the Ozarks, he won the Young Artist Award from the NFMC for the 1999 season’s production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. He also joined the staff of Kent State’s music school as a collaborative artist and worked extensively for the Kent/Blossom Music Festival in operational and administrative roles, and as rehearsal conductor for chamber orchestra programs. Edward and his wife, Jennifer, and their two dogs continue to live in Kent.
In 2008, Edward began teaching music, and later gardening and agriculture, at the Spring Garden Waldorf School in Copley and he continues there sharing his “knowledge and passion for music, singing, gardening and the natural world.”
At St. Paul’s, Edward says his mission is to enhance people’s spiritual connection.
“What I’m doing is always going to be spiritually based,” he says. “Human beings have a spirituality to them, and my music comes from that place.”
“I’m a servant first of God and a servant to my congregation,” he says, and his focus is “to enhance people’s worship and bring them closer to God.” That includes ensuring that the music each service will align and be inspired by the Biblical readings and liturgical seasons.
Edward’s move to St. Paul’s, he acknowledges, is “one of those leaps of faith.” And he says fleshing out exactly what he is being called to do with us will take time.
“I need to look; I need to listen; I need to experience,” he says. While he asks that the postlude be followed by reflection toward God, rather than applause, he adds that he always invites feedback.
“I love to hear gripes and gratitude,” Edward says.
A note from Edward Grimes
Dear Sisters and Brothers of St. Paul's,
As I prayerfully consider my arrival and beginnings, I am reminded that my role of organist and choirmaster is one of servitude, first to God, and then, to all of you. It is God who is the Maker of all things, seen and unseen. Let us worship together the Lord in the beauty of holiness, and unwaveringly keep the joys we feel in His holy temple always directed toward Him. It is within this context, that it would be appreciated that you please refrain from offering "applause" following the postlude. Any expressions of gratitude or grumbles that may arise as a result of the music, I will always happily receive after the service has ended and we have left the sanctuary. Through the grace of God, it is my honor to serve in your midst.
Kindly offered,
Edward T. Grimes (He, him, his)
Thanks, again, to the people of St. Paul’s
Some 600 of our neighboring families enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner this year, thanks to Thanksgiving Baskets Downtown. As importantly, St. Paul’s and a dozen other groups underscored through the decades-old interfaith effort that these families matter to us all.
This year’s giveaway was once again Covid-modified – a change from the days when Canton’s churches, synagogue and mosque collected thousands of canned goods and boxes in St. Paul’s basement, packaged them with frozen turkeys and gave it all away the Saturday before Thanksgiving. But thanks to donations from our core groups and from businesses, organizations and individuals throughout our community, we were able to give each family a turkey plus a $20 gift card to StarkFresh.
Volunteers moved traffic smoothly under the portico outside the Cultural Center, and some of those same volunteers (Linda Kendrick among them) then headed over to StarkFresh to help there.
Thanks to the people of St. Paul’s for their donations of time and treasure.
Some 600 of our neighboring families enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner this year, thanks to Thanksgiving Baskets Downtown. As importantly, St. Paul’s and a dozen other groups underscored through the decades-old interfaith effort that these families matter to us all.
This year’s giveaway was once again Covid-modified – a change from the days when Canton’s churches, synagogue and mosque collected thousands of canned goods and boxes in St. Paul’s basement, packaged them with frozen turkeys and gave it all away the Saturday before Thanksgiving. But thanks to donations from our core groups and from businesses, organizations and individuals throughout our community, we were able to give each family a turkey plus a $20 gift card to StarkFresh.
Volunteers moved traffic smoothly under the portico outside the Cultural Center, and some of those same volunteers (Linda Kendrick among them) then headed over to StarkFresh to help there.
Thanks to the people of St. Paul’s for their donations of time and treasure.
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Special Announcements:
December 1st 10:00 a.m. Book Study Group December 5th 10:30 a.m. Second Sunday of Advent December 6th 6:00 p.m. Communication Meeting (Zoom) Click at right for our Newsletter,
Calendar, and More Upcoming Events 
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December 7th 4:00 p.m. Courageous Conversations Leadership Meeting at StarkFresh December 8th 10:00 a.m. Book Study Group December 12th 10:30 a.m. Third Sunday of Advent 
We invite you to use our Online Giving Tool. During this time of suspended in-church worship, the Diocese of Ohio has partnered with Giving Tools to help facilitate online stewardship for St. Paul's and other parishes. Please click on the church icon at left to visit our Online Giving page. |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 21333
(Please note that all mail must be sent to P.O. box.)
425 Cleveland Avenue S.W.
Canton, OH 44702
Our secretary, Peggy, remains in the office Monday thru Thursday
8:00-Noon.
There are no office hours on Fridays.
The office email is stpaulsoffice@att.net;
and you may leave a message on the phone voicemail
(330)455-0286
P.O. Box 21333
(Please note that all mail must be sent to P.O. box.)
425 Cleveland Avenue S.W.
Canton, OH 44702
Our secretary, Peggy, remains in the office Monday thru Thursday
8:00-Noon.
There are no office hours on Fridays.
The office email is stpaulsoffice@att.net;
and you may leave a message on the phone voicemail
(330)455-0286
