Welcome to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fremont OH
The Rev. Daniel L. Orr, Rector, and Parish members
welcome you to our webpage.
Fremont is in North Central Ohio, about 35 miles east of Toledo and about 65 miles west of Cleveland along the Ohio Turnpike (also known as I-80 and I-90) at Exit 91. From the turnpike exit, turn right toward Fremont on SR 53, which becomes Rawson Avenue. Turn left on State Street and turn right onto N. Park Avenue.
We are the gray church with red doors and turret bell tower, at 206 N. Park Avenue, on the corner of N. Park and Court Street, north of the Sandusky County courthouse.
Phone number: 419-332-3032
E-mail:
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Office hours: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Our principal service on Sundays is Holy Communion. During the school year, our church service and Sunday School begin at 10:00 a.m. Nursery care for 5 and under is available at 9:45 a.m.
Holy Communion as a principal act of worship.
Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Ash Wednesday Services
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Serving from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Buckwheat or buttermilk pancakes sausage, applesauce juice, milk and coffee For more information, call 419.332. 3032.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Celebrant: The Reverend Daniel Orr 12 noon Imposition of Ashes & Eucharist 7:00 P.M. Imposition of Ashes
From the Rector
Dear Friends,
Thank you to all who participated in our annual meeting, and to Ann Yug for guiding us so that together we were able to discover many good ideas for our Mission. We were able to see where we have “assets” and out of those, our five groups discovered “actions” toward which God might be leading us. While most people discerned our outreach to be providing meals to those in need, the rest of the ideas might tell us a lot about how those meals happen. Several different groups came up with the idea of being a cultural center. Music and art could transform a meal program. Other groups talked about ministry to the elderly, and about clothing ministry. Both of which can be enhanced by a meal ministry.
We have some work to do. How will our meal fit into the meals already happening in town? How will we keep our focus over the next year? What will be different in worship? In Sunday School? In fellowship? In Vestry? On the health team? In Coffee Hour? In choir? In Christian Education? In our prayer? In our daily life? In our friendships? Our annual meeting will change nothing unless we make the changes where each of us can.
We fortunately already have several chances to work into this new outreach. On January 29th we held a benefit meal for relief in Haiti. On February 13th Bill and Bob’s will hold a Valentine dance and benefit. We will again be washing dishes. On February 16th we will have our annual pancake supper. Last year we quit charging for the meal and invited free will offering and we will continue to do the same this year.
What will our meals be like? We have several models to build from. On what traditions will we build? How will we start? What risks will we take? How can our meal serve people most effectively? What are our goals for the meal? And what are our dreams for the meal?
Vestry will do some leg-work in the weeks ahead to answer some of the questions we face. They, with Missy Borer’s assistance, will develop some options. On Sunday February 28 we will make decisions together in the context of our worship about what, when, where, and how we will offer meals.
