This Week at St. Paul
Sunday, January 4th
8:00am & 10:30am – Worship/Communion (Central Site)
9:15am - Bible Class/Sunday School (Central Site)
9:15am - Worship (Northwest Site)
10:15am – Bible Class (Northwest Site)
12:00pm – 3:00pm – SPYS Open Gym/Planning Mtg. (Central Site)
6:30pm - Jr. Confirmation Class (Northwest Site)
Monday, January 5th
10:00am – Monday Morning Bible Class (Central Site)
Tuesday, January 6th Epiphany
Circuit Pastors’ Conference
9:15am – Health Cabinet
5:30pm – Trustees
6:15pm – Social Ministry
6:30pm – Board of Education
6:45pm – Board of Youth
7:00pm - Stewardship
7:15pm - Evangelism
Wednesday, January 7th
7:00am – 8:15am – Men’s Devo & Prayer (Spring Garden-Loves Park)
8:25am – Chapel
7:00pm – Ambassador Ministries
Thursday, January 8th
11:00am – Knitting Etc./Community Activity (Northwest Site)
Sunday, January 11th Blood Pressure Screening (Northwest Site)
8:00am & 10:30am – Worship (Central Site)
9:15am - Bible Class/Sunday School (Central Site)
9:15am – SPY Band
9:15am - Worship/Communion (Northwest Site)
10:15am – Bible Class (Northwest Site)
6:30pm - Jr. Confirmation Class
Those Serving at Central Site Today:
Acolytes: 8:00am – 10:30am
– James G.
Preacher: Pastor Thies
Ushers: 8:00am – Group 3 10:30am
– Group 7
Elder: Aaron Temple
Serving in
God’s House at Northwest Site Today:
Preacher: Pastor Thies Elder:
Dennis
Slagell
Acolytes: Jacob
M.
Prayer for the Day is a daily devotional
ministry. To hear a devotion recorded by Pastor Thies, please call the special
Prayer for the Day phone number (963-7641) and then dial 3 when the call is
answered.
Generosity
Moment - 1 Kings 3:4 “And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high
place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.” Now
that’s a big sacrifice! But of course Solomon offered sacrifices in proportion
to his wealth – the Lord had blessed him greatly, so his sacrifices were
correspondingly large. Jesus also praised the widow’s mite, a small amount of
money, but a great sacrifice in proportion to her means.
COME TODAY! - In the introduction to the Large Catechism,
Martin Luther wrote "I must still read and study daily, and yet I cannot
master it as I wish, but must remain a child and pupil of the Catechism, and am
glad so to remain". The Large Catechism contains the basic
foundations that all of our doctrine is built upon: the Ten Commandments, the Creed,
Lord's Prayer and the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Would
you like to dig deeper into these basic biblical doctrines that we as Lutherans
hold so dear? Join us as we study Luther's Large Catechism
during Sunday morning Bible study at both the Central at 9:15am and Northwest
site at 10:15am.
Jr. High & High
School SPYS – Join us today after 10:30am worship in the gym for our Open
Gym, Devo/Bible Study & Event Planning meeting. We start at noon or so. Bring $5 for
pizza. We should finish around 3pm. We
want all of you!
What happens to those
extras? This week we passed out the near 100 "Portals of Prayer"
from St. Paul
Monday
Morning Bible Class resumes tomorrow, January 5th. Come join us for prayer and fellowship and
the study of God’s word with Pastor Thies as we continue our study of Isaiah
and its context in revealing how it speaks to us in our time. Try us if you haven’t!
This
Tuesday St. Paul St. Paul . We will be meeting at noon at Central site in
the Conference Room. We have met at the
Northwest site some years too.
Pray
for Pastor Dan Eddy & wife Berta who are visiting Christ the Rock
Lutheran in Cherry Valley this weekend from the Boston area.
Dan & Berta went to seminary as members of St. Paul and he has a call to consider to
Christ the Rock. Pray the Holy Spirit
moves them to rest in the best place to serve the Kingdom, whether here or
continuing at their present congregation in Scituate , Mass.
A
memorial plaque has been installed in the hallway outside the gym which
remembers the friends of St. Paul
who gave memorials to our school. You are welcome to visit the plaque and let
us know if there is a name that can be
added. This plaque is in itself in memory of Richard “Dick” Schoonover.
St. Paul Lutheran School has seats
available in the following grades: Kindergarten, 7th & 8th
grades. Grades 1-6 are at capacity. However, we may make an exception in those
grades if a sibling of a new student in grades K, 7& 8 were to enroll.
Do
you want to hang out with kids and serve our school as well? Then, we have fantastic opportunities for
you! We are seeking a volunteer study
hall "sitter" on Mondays and Fridays from 12:30 - 1:15 PM. The study hall has about 12 5th and 6th grade
students. We are also continually looking for people to read with
students. Carol Ulrich is the
coordinator for this effort. Please
contact the school office if you are interested in either valuable position
(815-965-3335 est. 215 or stpaulrockford@gmail.com).
Closet
Clean-up! - There is a need to clean out and reorganize the big storage closet in the
back of the school cafeteria. The items
have been building and it is becoming difficult to move through the closet. In addition, we are looking for some storage
room for our dinner auction items. We
are planning a clean out party on Sunday, January 25 following the 10:30 AM
service. Please plan on attending if you
believe you or your organization has items in the closet that should be
saved. We will remove everything from
the closet and only return those items which need to be in the room. A number of unnecessary items will find their
way to the dumpster. We could also use
some helpful hands to assist us in the project.
Little Lambs is now accepting applications for fall enrollment.
Please call Katie Lopez at 815-965-3335, ext. 218.
Offering Envelopes are available for you to pick up at each
site. If you don’t see yours, please leave a note or call the church office
(815-963-5435) and we will locate them for you.
