ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
JUNE 2014
NEWSLETTER
St. Paul’s is Committed to Encouraging Growth and Fellowship by Sharing the Word and Gifts from GOD and by living our Christian Beliefs Everywhere and Always.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
* JULY 7 – 11 *
Come one come all to VBS Monday July 7 thru Friday July 11 starting at 8:30 am till 11:30am at St. Paul’s Fellowship Hall for a fun filled time of Bible stories from Pastor Greg, crafts, games and lots of fun. The theme is “Miracle Scene Investigations”. Vacation Bible School is open to all children, members and non-members alike. Please sign up your children or grandchildren or your neighbors by calling Donna Stenberg at 715-453-2077 or the church office and leave a message at 715-536-8459. Anyone willing to help staff VBS please call Donna or Pastor Greg. Please let us know if you need
transportation help or child care for earlier drop off or later pick up time because of your work schedule. We will provide supervision for the time needed. We hope to make Vacation Bible School a fun time for your child/children.
Celebrate Father’s Day on June 15th by bringing Dad to St. Paul’s “Party on P”. Serving Grilled Chicken (that he doesn’t have to cook) and homemade pies, entertainment for all ages, and surround him with family and friends for a relaxing day of Christian fellowship. We look forward to seeing you there. Outdoor church service at 10:00 am, Food, beverages, and entrainment for the afternoon. No admission charge and no parking fee .
Bowl-a-thon June 7th at Les & Jim’s
A bowling party is scheduled for Saturday June 7th at 3:00 pm at Les& Jim’s in Merrill to raise funds for play ground equipment at Church. Sign up sheets are available on the back table in Church for bowlers and or pledges. The cost for three (3) games is $5.00 per bowler. If you have any questions call Tanya Kroening @ 715-218-0667 or at tanyakroening@hotmail.com.
You are invited to cheer on the Baseball teams from St. Paul’s by attending their games.
June 1st at St. Johns Noon and 1:30 pm
June 8th at Faith Lutheran Church (Hwy K) 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm and 4:30 pm
June 15th No Games Please Come to the Church “Party on P” for a Fun weekend.
June 22nd at Faith 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm
June 28th-29th at Faith Tournament from 1:30 till end of 6:00 pm game.
St. Paul has 1 ½ teams, 2nd team is with Christ Methodist. Please support our members as they play, concessions available at all games to support the Church League so please limit carry-ins.
Can You Help?
The Fellowship Hall has open wall space that we would like to use to display pictures of the confirmation classes. If you have pictures we could make a
copy from or you would be willing to donate to St. Paul please contact Lois @ 715-536-6965 . Need not be framed, please provide year and names of all people in the photo. Thank You for your help in this project.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Pinecrest Nursing Home is planning an Ice Cream Social on June 16th from 2:00 to 3:30 pm. Finn Power will be providing the entertainment.
Zion Lutheran Church In thanksgiving for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, you are invited to a FESTIVAL VESPERS and SUMMER ORGAN CONCERT on Tuesday June 24. Vespers will begin at 6:30 pm and the organ concert, presented by Wyatt Smith, currently a graduate student at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, will begin at 7:15 pm. Both events will be held at Zion Lutheran Church, 709 Sixth Street, Wausau. The church is handicapped accessible. A free-will donation will be received. For more information you may call 715-848-7286.
Concerts in the Park The Merrill City Band will start their summer concerts in the Normal Park Gazebo on Wednesday June 25th at 7:00 pm. Bring your lawn chair or blanket and enjoy an evening of music with the family, no cover charge! Different service groups will have concessions available for your support.
LWML 35th Biennial North Wisconsin District Convention June 20-22, 2014 Patriot Center, Rothschild, WI
The theme of the convention is “Come to the Mountain”. The convention will start on Friday evening June 20th with a communion service. Saturday is
filled with speakers, Mission project presentation and voting for our Mission goal and picking new Mission projects, voting for district officers, meet
Missionaries, pray and study together. The convention will wrap up about noon on Sunday. St. Paul’s is Ladies Aid is sending two delegates to the
convention. Other members will be attending the convention and helping. We especially thank Darlene Erickson for designing and making the banner
for Zone 6. If you want to know more about the LWML (Lutheran Women Missionary League) ask any Ladies Aid member and we will be happy to answer your questions.
**SPECIAL VOTERS MEETING**
A Special Voters Meeting is being called for on Sunday June 1st right after the Church service to decide if we should spend approximately $1,500.00 at this time for an asbestos test in the school building. This test must be done because of the building materials used during the 1950’s when the school
was built. No demolition companies will tear down the building till after this test is done.
Hit the road
When a teenager received his driving permit, he asked his father, who was a minister, if they could discuss use of the car.
His father said, “I’ll make a deal with you. You bring your grades up, study your Bible a little and get your hair cut, and then we’ll talk about it.”
A month later, the young man returned to continue the discussion. “Son, I’ve been real proud of you,” the father said. “You’ve brought your grades up and studied your Bible diligently, but you didn’t get your hair cut!”The teenager replied, “You know, Dad, I’ve been thinking about that. Samson had long hair, Moses had long hair, Noah had long hair and even Jesus had long hair …. ”
“Yes,” the father said, “and they walked everywhere they went!”
A Special “Thank You”
Thank you to everyone for your prayers, cards and gifts during my recent illness. It has been a struggle, but I am starting to feel better. Thank you to this lovely church family for sharing God's love! Bless you! Roberta Laska
Party on P
We are revving up the final plans for this years' picnic "Party on P"! The bands are set & ready to go, all the food & beverages are ordered, games
are in place, prizes purchased, tent, blow up slide & port-a-potties rented, raffles and silent auction items are in place.
The raffle tickets are finally here, with a couple of mistakes, the Quilt is a King size and for some reason the date of the drawing did not print on the ticket. If anyone asks, the drawing date is June 15th at 4:30 pm. This year we have added an incentive to our fantastic sales persons, there will be $50 & $25 scrip card of your choice given to you from the picnic committee. We ask that all ticket money & stubs be turned in by June 8th to Joe Schiefelbein.
Please have a raffle baskets here by June 8th, with a list of items in each basket & to whom we shall give credit to on the donated by certificate.
Look for our new banner on June 8th on the corner across from Central Carpet & Lincoln Community Bank. Also look for the banner up on the corner of Hwy P & W. We have sponsors this year including Duley Farms, Metz Construction, Geiss Meats & The Snow Shack!
All you pie bakers....put on your best baking hat & create a pie worthy of auctioning off! The committee has taken a suggestion to have a pie auction
this year. So we have decided to judge the pies before the dinner on Sunday & before they are cut into. We will take the 3 best looking pies & save for our first ever pie auction to be held between Andy Grawien & The Polish Cowboys
Now we need everyone’s help with setup, running games, selling tickets, bartending, parking, security, selling food Saturday night, helping prepare food for Sunday dinner, serving Sunday dinner, helping with Bingo and cleanup after event. We will have a signup sheet on the table in back of church & also in fellowship hall so you are able to sign up for the job(s) of your choosing.
The Church Council& the Party on P committee have decided that the money raised from this event will go toward, first & foremost, creating a larger,
nicer parking lot for our growing congregation & other grounds work that need to be completed. We need everyone’s participation to make this event
a huge success!!!!!
We are selling dinner tickets for $1 off until June 8th, so price will be $8 in advance & $9 after June 8th.
Get out there & sell those raffle tickets!
Party on P committee
Joe Schiefelbein, Chairman
Party on P
June 14-15, 2014
Well June is right around the corner! Again! How time flies! It is now time for our fund raiser on Saturday & Sunday June 14th &15th "Party on P"
Tickets for our raffle will be sent out in the very near future. There will be a prize given to the top seller! We encourage all to get out there & sell your
tickets (when we get them)!
Starting on Saturday, June 14th at 4:30 p.m. the first band will begin playing and the second band will play until11:30 p.m. Games, food & silent auction will be available to all. Then on Sunday, June 15th the day will begin with the outdoor worship service under the tent, followed by our now famous Chicken Bar-B-Q dinner. The music on Sunday will feature 2 sets of performers following the outdoor worship service until 5p.m.
Lots of fun games will be available both days along with BINGO on Sunday afternoon. We will also have the silent auction & bucket raffles along with the big raffle drawing after the bands conclude on Sunday afternoon.
As always we will need lots of help! Please volunteer! You may check with Heidi Duley, Melissa Wanie or Joe Schiefelbein to help out. Please do not wait until the last minute to help out!
Just a reminder that this is our MAJOR FUND RAISER annual event! All money raised is used for completion to building & grounds - the participation and result of our successful picnic reflects on our church and our members.
JUNE 2014
NEWSLETTER
St. Paul’s is Committed to Encouraging Growth and Fellowship by Sharing the Word and Gifts from GOD and by living our Christian Beliefs Everywhere and Always.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
* JULY 7 – 11 *
Come one come all to VBS Monday July 7 thru Friday July 11 starting at 8:30 am till 11:30am at St. Paul’s Fellowship Hall for a fun filled time of Bible stories from Pastor Greg, crafts, games and lots of fun. The theme is “Miracle Scene Investigations”. Vacation Bible School is open to all children, members and non-members alike. Please sign up your children or grandchildren or your neighbors by calling Donna Stenberg at 715-453-2077 or the church office and leave a message at 715-536-8459. Anyone willing to help staff VBS please call Donna or Pastor Greg. Please let us know if you need
transportation help or child care for earlier drop off or later pick up time because of your work schedule. We will provide supervision for the time needed. We hope to make Vacation Bible School a fun time for your child/children.
Celebrate Father’s Day on June 15th by bringing Dad to St. Paul’s “Party on P”. Serving Grilled Chicken (that he doesn’t have to cook) and homemade pies, entertainment for all ages, and surround him with family and friends for a relaxing day of Christian fellowship. We look forward to seeing you there. Outdoor church service at 10:00 am, Food, beverages, and entrainment for the afternoon. No admission charge and no parking fee .
Bowl-a-thon June 7th at Les & Jim’s
A bowling party is scheduled for Saturday June 7th at 3:00 pm at Les& Jim’s in Merrill to raise funds for play ground equipment at Church. Sign up sheets are available on the back table in Church for bowlers and or pledges. The cost for three (3) games is $5.00 per bowler. If you have any questions call Tanya Kroening @ 715-218-0667 or at tanyakroening@hotmail.com.
You are invited to cheer on the Baseball teams from St. Paul’s by attending their games.
June 1st at St. Johns Noon and 1:30 pm
June 8th at Faith Lutheran Church (Hwy K) 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm and 4:30 pm
June 15th No Games Please Come to the Church “Party on P” for a Fun weekend.
June 22nd at Faith 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm
June 28th-29th at Faith Tournament from 1:30 till end of 6:00 pm game.
St. Paul has 1 ½ teams, 2nd team is with Christ Methodist. Please support our members as they play, concessions available at all games to support the Church League so please limit carry-ins.
Can You Help?
The Fellowship Hall has open wall space that we would like to use to display pictures of the confirmation classes. If you have pictures we could make a
copy from or you would be willing to donate to St. Paul please contact Lois @ 715-536-6965 . Need not be framed, please provide year and names of all people in the photo. Thank You for your help in this project.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Pinecrest Nursing Home is planning an Ice Cream Social on June 16th from 2:00 to 3:30 pm. Finn Power will be providing the entertainment.
Zion Lutheran Church In thanksgiving for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, you are invited to a FESTIVAL VESPERS and SUMMER ORGAN CONCERT on Tuesday June 24. Vespers will begin at 6:30 pm and the organ concert, presented by Wyatt Smith, currently a graduate student at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, will begin at 7:15 pm. Both events will be held at Zion Lutheran Church, 709 Sixth Street, Wausau. The church is handicapped accessible. A free-will donation will be received. For more information you may call 715-848-7286.
Concerts in the Park The Merrill City Band will start their summer concerts in the Normal Park Gazebo on Wednesday June 25th at 7:00 pm. Bring your lawn chair or blanket and enjoy an evening of music with the family, no cover charge! Different service groups will have concessions available for your support.
LWML 35th Biennial North Wisconsin District Convention June 20-22, 2014 Patriot Center, Rothschild, WI
The theme of the convention is “Come to the Mountain”. The convention will start on Friday evening June 20th with a communion service. Saturday is
filled with speakers, Mission project presentation and voting for our Mission goal and picking new Mission projects, voting for district officers, meet
Missionaries, pray and study together. The convention will wrap up about noon on Sunday. St. Paul’s is Ladies Aid is sending two delegates to the
convention. Other members will be attending the convention and helping. We especially thank Darlene Erickson for designing and making the banner
for Zone 6. If you want to know more about the LWML (Lutheran Women Missionary League) ask any Ladies Aid member and we will be happy to answer your questions.
**SPECIAL VOTERS MEETING**
A Special Voters Meeting is being called for on Sunday June 1st right after the Church service to decide if we should spend approximately $1,500.00 at this time for an asbestos test in the school building. This test must be done because of the building materials used during the 1950’s when the school
was built. No demolition companies will tear down the building till after this test is done.
Hit the road
When a teenager received his driving permit, he asked his father, who was a minister, if they could discuss use of the car.
His father said, “I’ll make a deal with you. You bring your grades up, study your Bible a little and get your hair cut, and then we’ll talk about it.”
A month later, the young man returned to continue the discussion. “Son, I’ve been real proud of you,” the father said. “You’ve brought your grades up and studied your Bible diligently, but you didn’t get your hair cut!”The teenager replied, “You know, Dad, I’ve been thinking about that. Samson had long hair, Moses had long hair, Noah had long hair and even Jesus had long hair …. ”
“Yes,” the father said, “and they walked everywhere they went!”
A Special “Thank You”
Thank you to everyone for your prayers, cards and gifts during my recent illness. It has been a struggle, but I am starting to feel better. Thank you to this lovely church family for sharing God's love! Bless you! Roberta Laska
Party on P
We are revving up the final plans for this years' picnic "Party on P"! The bands are set & ready to go, all the food & beverages are ordered, games
are in place, prizes purchased, tent, blow up slide & port-a-potties rented, raffles and silent auction items are in place.
The raffle tickets are finally here, with a couple of mistakes, the Quilt is a King size and for some reason the date of the drawing did not print on the ticket. If anyone asks, the drawing date is June 15th at 4:30 pm. This year we have added an incentive to our fantastic sales persons, there will be $50 & $25 scrip card of your choice given to you from the picnic committee. We ask that all ticket money & stubs be turned in by June 8th to Joe Schiefelbein.
Please have a raffle baskets here by June 8th, with a list of items in each basket & to whom we shall give credit to on the donated by certificate.
Look for our new banner on June 8th on the corner across from Central Carpet & Lincoln Community Bank. Also look for the banner up on the corner of Hwy P & W. We have sponsors this year including Duley Farms, Metz Construction, Geiss Meats & The Snow Shack!
All you pie bakers....put on your best baking hat & create a pie worthy of auctioning off! The committee has taken a suggestion to have a pie auction
this year. So we have decided to judge the pies before the dinner on Sunday & before they are cut into. We will take the 3 best looking pies & save for our first ever pie auction to be held between Andy Grawien & The Polish Cowboys
Now we need everyone’s help with setup, running games, selling tickets, bartending, parking, security, selling food Saturday night, helping prepare food for Sunday dinner, serving Sunday dinner, helping with Bingo and cleanup after event. We will have a signup sheet on the table in back of church & also in fellowship hall so you are able to sign up for the job(s) of your choosing.
The Church Council& the Party on P committee have decided that the money raised from this event will go toward, first & foremost, creating a larger,
nicer parking lot for our growing congregation & other grounds work that need to be completed. We need everyone’s participation to make this event
a huge success!!!!!
We are selling dinner tickets for $1 off until June 8th, so price will be $8 in advance & $9 after June 8th.
Get out there & sell those raffle tickets!
Party on P committee
Joe Schiefelbein, Chairman
Party on P
June 14-15, 2014
Well June is right around the corner! Again! How time flies! It is now time for our fund raiser on Saturday & Sunday June 14th &15th "Party on P"
Tickets for our raffle will be sent out in the very near future. There will be a prize given to the top seller! We encourage all to get out there & sell your
tickets (when we get them)!
Starting on Saturday, June 14th at 4:30 p.m. the first band will begin playing and the second band will play until11:30 p.m. Games, food & silent auction will be available to all. Then on Sunday, June 15th the day will begin with the outdoor worship service under the tent, followed by our now famous Chicken Bar-B-Q dinner. The music on Sunday will feature 2 sets of performers following the outdoor worship service until 5p.m.
Lots of fun games will be available both days along with BINGO on Sunday afternoon. We will also have the silent auction & bucket raffles along with the big raffle drawing after the bands conclude on Sunday afternoon.
As always we will need lots of help! Please volunteer! You may check with Heidi Duley, Melissa Wanie or Joe Schiefelbein to help out. Please do not wait until the last minute to help out!
Just a reminder that this is our MAJOR FUND RAISER annual event! All money raised is used for completion to building & grounds - the participation and result of our successful picnic reflects on our church and our members.
JUNE WORSHIP SCHEDULE
June 1 Communion Worship Service at 10:30 am
June 8 Worship Service at 10:30 am Guest Lay Minister Schneider
June 15 Outdoor Worship Service at 10:00 am under the Big Top Tent with Quartet 4 Him
June 22 Communion Worship Service at 10:30 am
June 29 Contemporary Worship Service at 10:30 am
SCRIP Seller Schedule for June
June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29
Lois Oestreich Gayle Gohdes Beulah Erickson Marilyn Evenson Mandy Sabtke
Darlene Erickson Lois Oestreich Kris Sobiesczyk Kathy Schiefelbein Lois Oestreich
SCRIP sellers please be in Church Narthex and ready to sell SCRIP by 10:05 am on the date you signed up for, and for about 10 to 15 minutes after the Worship Service has ended. Thank you for giving of your time to help St. Paul’s Church
