ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
APRIL 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.
Flowers in Church to Celebrate EASTER
Your blooming plants of any kind can help celebrate EASTER by
decorating the Chancel in Church for April 20th.
Please bring your flower(s) to Church on Good Friday (leave in Fellowship
Hall) or Saturday and leave in back of Church. Jeanne will put them in the Chancel
area Saturday afternoon to Welcome everyone to the garden on Easter Sunday
morning.
Plants can be picked up and taken home after the 10:30 am Worship
Service, please put your name on the bottom of your plants for easy finding.
If you order plants or flowers at a Florist Shop that delivers please
have them call Lois @ 715-536-6965 to get into the Church for
delivery.
EASTER BREAKFAST – APRIL 20
A Free Will donation Breakfast will be served after the SON RISE
Worship Service till 10:00 am on April 20th to all members and
guests. The menu is waffles,
scrambled eggs, toast, sausages or ham, coffee, milk, and juice. Come and enjoy
a hot breakfast and fellowship with family, friends, and neighbors between the
services on Easter Sunday morning. Sign-up sheet for donations is on the back
table in Church if you can help provide food for this traditional
breakfast.
Adult Information Class
Offered
Pastor Greg will hold an Adult information class for anyone and
everyone on Saturday April 5th from 8:00 am till Noon in the Meeting
Room of the Fellowship Hall.
Please contact Pastor Greg @715-350-9741 or speak to him before the
5th if you are interested or would like more information.
This class is intended as a step toward membership in St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church.
Quilting for Charity: All members and neighbors are invited to come to the ST. Paul’s Fellowship hall on April 4th and help tie quilts at 2:00 pm. Whatever quilts we complete will be donated to HAVEN in Merrill. We will keep track of time to be reported as service hours on the county level to HCE – Home and Community Education. You do not need to be an HCE group or club member to help with this service project. If you have quilting supplies you would like to donate to this cause please call Lois Oestreich @ 715-536-6965 and arrangements will be made to use your donation for Charity. We do not keep any supplies in the Fellowship Hall because of no area for storage.
LAST CHANCE FOR PHOTO: The Last day for Photos for our picture directory is Tuesday April 1st from 2 pm to 9pm. Call Lois @
715-536-6965 to make an appointment.
Give God’s Word This Easter
What if every member of our United States Armed Forces has access to God’s Word no matter where they were deployed? It is possible now through a life changing gift of a Military Bible Stick. It is a compact digital audio player about the size of a pack of gum that runs on a single AAA battery. Each Military Bible Stick comes pre-loaded with the entire New Testament and selected Psalms in an audio drama format. Each service person would receive the Military Bible Stick along with ear buds for private listening. Since 2008, more than 400,000 Military Bible Sticks have been provided to our nation's
brave men and women in uniform – free of charge. Since the program's inception, over 1,400 chaplains have requested Bible Sticks and distributed them during pre-deployment briefings, counseling sessions, Bible studies, weekly chapel services, and upon direct request of service members. Over ¼ of our LCMS churches have already participated in this wonderful effort. Each Military Bible Stick also comes with a response card that offers free Audio Drama Bibles on CD to loved ones at home. The Bible Sticks are produced and distributed by “Faith Comes by Hearing”, an organization that has been dedicated to targeted efforts of distributing God’s Word for the last 40 years. Each donation of $25 enables one Bible Stick to be distributed. Make your check payable to our church and write Military Bible Stick donation in memo line. We plan to send the accumulated donations out by the middle of May.
SPRING RALLY – LWML
Allare invited to the Lutheran Women Missionary League Spring Rally on Saturday April 26, 2014 at Faith Lutheran Church, 15425 South County Road K. Registration and refreshments are 8:30 am to 9:00am. Rally starts at 9:00 am. With opening devotion, Guest speaker Penny Selle, Christian Life Topic: “Heaven is My Home”. Registration is $5.00 per person. Gifts from the Heart project is HOPE LODGE of Marshfield. AS list of items being collected is posted on the bulletin board in the back of church.
June 14 & 15
“Party on P” our annual Church fund raiser picnic. Lots of games for the Kids, petting zoo, outdoor music Saturday night and Sunday, Worship Service under the Big Top Sunday at 10 am, and Grilled Chicken Dinner. Raffle tickets will be available about mid April with many great gifts and rewards.
November 1 “
2ND Annual Craft Fair” in the Fellowship Hall on Saturday November 1st. Contact Heidi Duley to rent table space for your crafts.
November 2 “Clauson
Family Trio Dinner Theater” will again preform in the Gordy Brandt Fellowship Hall after a catered Chicken dinner from Bob’s Catering of Bevent. Tickets will be available in September at $30 per plate.
The Gift of Life:
Ministry Good Samaritan Health Center is sponsoring an education day about organ donation. Wednesday April 16, 2014 from Noon to 4 pm at Good Samaritan Hospital DeAngelis room. Open time Noon to 2 pm to sign up on Donor Registry on-line, no appointment necessary, just stop in. 2pm to 4 pm panel presentation by living donors, recipients, and family member. Representatives from UW Health Organ and Tissue Donation will be available to answer questions. This program is free and open to the public. Call 715-539-2187 for more information.
“SAVE THE DATE”
Plans are moving forward for the “Party on P” on Saturday night June 14th with dance band, food, drinks. Sunday June 15th outdoor worship service, Chicken BBQ Dinner, music, and games. Silent auction, and Raffle sales both days. Every members help is needed to make our BIG EVENT of the year a success. A committee is set up and workers are needed now. Call Joe Schiefelbein to offer your help. The goal is to raise enough money to tear down the school building.
APRIL 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.
Flowers in Church to Celebrate EASTER
Your blooming plants of any kind can help celebrate EASTER by
decorating the Chancel in Church for April 20th.
Please bring your flower(s) to Church on Good Friday (leave in Fellowship
Hall) or Saturday and leave in back of Church. Jeanne will put them in the Chancel
area Saturday afternoon to Welcome everyone to the garden on Easter Sunday
morning.
Plants can be picked up and taken home after the 10:30 am Worship
Service, please put your name on the bottom of your plants for easy finding.
If you order plants or flowers at a Florist Shop that delivers please
have them call Lois @ 715-536-6965 to get into the Church for
delivery.
EASTER BREAKFAST – APRIL 20
A Free Will donation Breakfast will be served after the SON RISE
Worship Service till 10:00 am on April 20th to all members and
guests. The menu is waffles,
scrambled eggs, toast, sausages or ham, coffee, milk, and juice. Come and enjoy
a hot breakfast and fellowship with family, friends, and neighbors between the
services on Easter Sunday morning. Sign-up sheet for donations is on the back
table in Church if you can help provide food for this traditional
breakfast.
Adult Information Class
Offered
Pastor Greg will hold an Adult information class for anyone and
everyone on Saturday April 5th from 8:00 am till Noon in the Meeting
Room of the Fellowship Hall.
Please contact Pastor Greg @715-350-9741 or speak to him before the
5th if you are interested or would like more information.
This class is intended as a step toward membership in St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church.
Quilting for Charity: All members and neighbors are invited to come to the ST. Paul’s Fellowship hall on April 4th and help tie quilts at 2:00 pm. Whatever quilts we complete will be donated to HAVEN in Merrill. We will keep track of time to be reported as service hours on the county level to HCE – Home and Community Education. You do not need to be an HCE group or club member to help with this service project. If you have quilting supplies you would like to donate to this cause please call Lois Oestreich @ 715-536-6965 and arrangements will be made to use your donation for Charity. We do not keep any supplies in the Fellowship Hall because of no area for storage.
LAST CHANCE FOR PHOTO: The Last day for Photos for our picture directory is Tuesday April 1st from 2 pm to 9pm. Call Lois @
715-536-6965 to make an appointment.
Give God’s Word This Easter
What if every member of our United States Armed Forces has access to God’s Word no matter where they were deployed? It is possible now through a life changing gift of a Military Bible Stick. It is a compact digital audio player about the size of a pack of gum that runs on a single AAA battery. Each Military Bible Stick comes pre-loaded with the entire New Testament and selected Psalms in an audio drama format. Each service person would receive the Military Bible Stick along with ear buds for private listening. Since 2008, more than 400,000 Military Bible Sticks have been provided to our nation's
brave men and women in uniform – free of charge. Since the program's inception, over 1,400 chaplains have requested Bible Sticks and distributed them during pre-deployment briefings, counseling sessions, Bible studies, weekly chapel services, and upon direct request of service members. Over ¼ of our LCMS churches have already participated in this wonderful effort. Each Military Bible Stick also comes with a response card that offers free Audio Drama Bibles on CD to loved ones at home. The Bible Sticks are produced and distributed by “Faith Comes by Hearing”, an organization that has been dedicated to targeted efforts of distributing God’s Word for the last 40 years. Each donation of $25 enables one Bible Stick to be distributed. Make your check payable to our church and write Military Bible Stick donation in memo line. We plan to send the accumulated donations out by the middle of May.
SPRING RALLY – LWML
Allare invited to the Lutheran Women Missionary League Spring Rally on Saturday April 26, 2014 at Faith Lutheran Church, 15425 South County Road K. Registration and refreshments are 8:30 am to 9:00am. Rally starts at 9:00 am. With opening devotion, Guest speaker Penny Selle, Christian Life Topic: “Heaven is My Home”. Registration is $5.00 per person. Gifts from the Heart project is HOPE LODGE of Marshfield. AS list of items being collected is posted on the bulletin board in the back of church.
June 14 & 15
“Party on P” our annual Church fund raiser picnic. Lots of games for the Kids, petting zoo, outdoor music Saturday night and Sunday, Worship Service under the Big Top Sunday at 10 am, and Grilled Chicken Dinner. Raffle tickets will be available about mid April with many great gifts and rewards.
November 1 “
2ND Annual Craft Fair” in the Fellowship Hall on Saturday November 1st. Contact Heidi Duley to rent table space for your crafts.
November 2 “Clauson
Family Trio Dinner Theater” will again preform in the Gordy Brandt Fellowship Hall after a catered Chicken dinner from Bob’s Catering of Bevent. Tickets will be available in September at $30 per plate.
The Gift of Life:
Ministry Good Samaritan Health Center is sponsoring an education day about organ donation. Wednesday April 16, 2014 from Noon to 4 pm at Good Samaritan Hospital DeAngelis room. Open time Noon to 2 pm to sign up on Donor Registry on-line, no appointment necessary, just stop in. 2pm to 4 pm panel presentation by living donors, recipients, and family member. Representatives from UW Health Organ and Tissue Donation will be available to answer questions. This program is free and open to the public. Call 715-539-2187 for more information.
“SAVE THE DATE”
Plans are moving forward for the “Party on P” on Saturday night June 14th with dance band, food, drinks. Sunday June 15th outdoor worship service, Chicken BBQ Dinner, music, and games. Silent auction, and Raffle sales both days. Every members help is needed to make our BIG EVENT of the year a success. A committee is set up and workers are needed now. Call Joe Schiefelbein to offer your help. The goal is to raise enough money to tear down the school building.
APRIL WORSHIP SCHEDULE
April 6 Communion Worship Service 10:30 am
April 9 Lenten Worship Service 5:30 pm Soup Supper
April 13 Sunday School Closing Program/Palm Sunday Worship 10:30 am
April 17Maundy Thursday Communion Worship Service 5:30 pm
April 18 Good Friday Worship Service 5:30
April 20 SON RISE Worship with Communion 6:30 am Guest Preacher, Lay Worship Leader Schneider
April 20 EASTER COMMUNION WORSHIP Service 10:30 am
April 27 Contemporary Worship Service 10:30 am
SCRIP Sellers Schedule for APRIL
April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27
Gayle Gohdes Lois Oestreich Peggy Kroening Darlene Erickson
Beulah Erickson Kris Sobiesczyk Marilyn Evenson Mandy Sabatke
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.
