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Membership

St. Paul's invites everyone to participate in all parish activities, services and programs. Membership may be accomplished in a number of ways. The first and most important way is by participation. It means joining in worship and actively participating in at least one ministry which contributes to our common mission. After participation, each new parish member is encouraged to consider a more formal commitment to our faith community. Full members of the Episcopal Church are known as "Communicants in Good Standing" and are entitled to vote in parish meetings, to hold elective office, and to serve on the Vestry (church board).

You become a member of the Christian Church universally through the sacrament of Baptism.  You become a member of an Episcopal Church by being Baptised in an Episcopal Church, or transfering your Baptism record to an Episcopal Church.  A communicant is a Baptised Christian who has also been Confirmed, and participates in the regular life of a local congregation.  We offer age-appropriate preparation classes for each of these sacraments. If you have already been Baptized, Confirmed and received Holy Communion in another Christian denomination, we do not require that you be rebaptized or reconfirmed here. Instead, we ask that you be "Received" into the Episcopal Church after taking an appropriate preparatory class.

If you are already an official member of another Episcopal parish, you may transfer membership to this parish by a Letter of Transfer.

The first step in all of the above is to contact the Church Office (929-1722) and request to become a member of the parish.

 

 

25 Church Street, Shelton, CT 06484 (203) 929-1722

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