Welcome to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Camden-Wyoming, Delaware
... and they devoted themselves to the Apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. --Acts 2:42
Sunday Worship Services
at 10:00 a.m.
Nursery available during the service.
Sunday School at 10:00 a.m., Sept. - May.
Adult Study, 11:30 a.m.
Mid-week services, Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
Also, we offer an Adult Book Study every week (Sept. - May).
Join Us in Worship!
Be part of a welcoming community engaged in spiritual growth in Christ's church. Be part of an established church in an established Christian tradition during an interesting period of transition in the church and the larger community.
A Small Church in a Season of Change
St. Paul's is a church of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware. The first meeting of the congregation was on Trinity Sunday, June 7, 1868. They met in borrowed locations for 23 years until they built a church, but by 1969 they needed a larger facility. In 1972, the church moved into the current building on 8.3 acres. We literally have lots of room for growth and improvement!
We reside in the Town of Camden, near Wyoming, on the Delmarva Peninsula in Kent County, Delaware. Begun about 300 years ago as a Quaker community, this small town is changing rapidly as it grows in size and population and its character alters. Within the past few years, the town has increased significantly in geographical size, and the population is exploding as we welcome newcomers to our area.
With the assistance of our new pastor, The Rev. J. Donald Bane, we are a congregation that welcomes the energy and creativity of new people who will help us shape our vision and ministry within the confines and identity of traditional Christianity.
Our Mission:
To provide an environment for spiritual renewal and growth through fellowship and worship to facilitate opportunities for people to be active Christians and spread the word of God.
We are here to help people - ourselves and others - know and love God though worship, celebrating the sacraments, Bible reading, adult education, praying, listening to inspired preaching, and singing hymns to God. We try to live the message of knowing and loving the Lord in our daily lives.
We invite those in the community who do not have a church to join us in our discovery of the love of Christ - within ourselves, within you.
We at St. Paul's are actively seeking ways to be part of the changing community and to meet its needs. We are now home to St. Paul's Pre-school (see below), and we provide meeting space for such diverse organizations as the Greater Dover League of Women Voters, Alcoholics Anonymous, the Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club and others. We offer support to Mom's House, a center for women and children in single families, and we operate a food pantry for those in need. We feel that supporting people and encouraging them to be responsible for others and for God's world is the right thing to do. We should show appreciation for and enjoyment of this life and the world God has given us.
We look forward to sharing Christ's love and to being an even more active part of the community as our numbers grow, and we are constantly searching for new ways to help make this happen. Please join us.
Mailing Address:
PO Box 157, Camden, Delaware 19934
Street Address:
210 Old North Road , Camden, Delaware 19934
Office Phone: (302) 697-7904
Clergy: The Rev. Donald Bane
(302) 382-2344 (cell phone)
The Rev. J. Donald Bane, after retiring in 1998 as the Director of the Department of Pastoral Care at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, served four yours as part-time vicar of St. Nicholas on the Hudson, New Hamburg, New York, and two years as assistant minister at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. In 2005, he and his wife, Arline Peabody, an artist and art and antiques dealer, bought a small farm ten miles west of Dover, Delaware. Rev. Bane has been the pastor of St. Paul's since January, 2007. Among many accomplishments, he edited and contributed to Death and Ministry: Pastoral Care of the Dying and the Bereaved (Seabury Press), a book designed for clergy and health care professionals.
Directions: St. Paul's is located south of Dover between Camden and Wyoming on the Delmarva Peninsula in Kent County. From Route 13, turn west on Highway 10 (drugstore on the corner). At the first light (West Street), make a right turn. Go to the next light across from the Caesar Rodney High School. Turn left onto Old North Road and the church is across from the High School. St. Paul's is a small church on a big lawn; parking is at the back.
St. Paul's Preschool
302 697-3577
We usually have over 40 children enrolled. To learn more about what we offer and our reasonable fees, please give us a call - 697-3577.
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