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To All Who Are Weary and Need Rest;
To All Who Are Lowly and Want Friendship;
To All Who Mourn and Need Comfort;
To All Who Pray and All Who Do Not, But Ought;
To All Who Sin and Need a Savior, and To Whomsoever Will Come...
The Church Opens the Door and Says in the Name of the Master...
Welcome to St. Paul's
Providing a Spiritual Home
Where We Share and Teach
God's Love
Always Expecting Miracles
The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of Texas
2009 Vestry
Senior Warden - Miles Hall, Jr.
Junior Warden - Bill Smith
Don Marshall John Carson Walter Rotsch
Bill Smith Bonnie Blanchard Sue Denosowicz Miles Hall, III
Sunday Services:
10:30 am - Holy Eucharist Rite II
1401 W. Park Ave.
Orange, Texas 77630
409-883-2969
Altar Guild
Layreaders
Prayer List for Family and Friends of St. Paul's
Daughters of the King
Care Packages for Our Men & Women Serving Overseas
The Rainbow Room
Lifeshare Blood Center
The Donor Station is open Monday and Wednesdays from 9AM to 2PM.
Christmas Baskets
A Brief History of St. Paul's
St. Paul's Episcopal Church held its first services in 1863 in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Swinford where Mrs. Mary Trumble lived with her daughter Anna Trumble. These two women were directly responsible for the start of the Episcopal Mission in Orange, Texas. Around 1880, Mrs. Mary Trumble donated property at what is now 4th and Main Streets and with gifts of lumber from local saw mills a church was built. In 1887, St. Paul's was recognized as a mission congregation of the Diocese of Texas.
In 1920, St. Paul's became a Parish Church in the Diocese of Texas and in September of 1943, the Rev. Thomas M. W. Yerxa and members began planning for St. Paul's present structure at 13th and Park Ave.
The buildings are a concrete sign of our growth, but they do not show the true treasure of St. Paul's, our people. From the very inception of St. Paul's, it has been the people who have made the difference. Our people are what make St. Paul's the warm caring community it is. A welcoming community of Christ that is faithful to Him and welcoming to those around us.
All Glory is to God!