This Week at St. Paul
Sunday, May 10th HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
NO Blood Pressure Screening – NW SIte
8:00am & 10:30am – Worship (Central Site)
9:15am - Bible Class/Sunday School (Central Site)
9:15am – SPYS Band (Central Site)
9:15am - Worship/Communion (Northwest Site)
10:15am – Bible Class (Northwest Site)
Monday, May 11th
10:00am - Monday Morning Bible Class (Central Site)
Tuesday, May 12th
9:00am – Piecemakers (Undercroft)
Wednesday, May 13th
7:00am – 8:15am – Men’s Devo & Prayer (Spring Garden-Loves Park)
8:20am – Chapel (Central Site)
6:30pm – “Something Different” (Northwest Site)
7:00pm – Ambassador Ministries
Thursday, May 14th
11:00am - Knitting Etc./Community Activity (Northwest Site)
7:00pm – Ascension Day Worship/Communion (Northwest Site)
Friday, May 15th “Epistle” Deadline
Market Day Orders Due
8:30am – Church Grounds Clean-up (Central Site)
10:30am – Race for Education (Central Site)
Saturday, May 16th
7:00pm – SPYS Lost & Found Concert (Delevan, WI)
Sunday, May 17th
8:00am & 10:30am – Worship/Communion (Central Site)
9:15am - Bible Class/Sunday School (Central Site)
9:15am – SPY Band (Central Site)
9:15am - Worship (Northwest Site)
10:15am – Bible Class (Northwest Site)
11:45am – Congregational Meeting (Central Site)-
4:00pm – Elders Meeting (Northwest Site)
6:00pm – Spring Band Concert (Wesling Coaches Gym)
Serving in God’s House at Central Site Today:
Acolytes: 8:00am – 10:30am – Michael R
Preacher: Pastor Ciprys
Ushers: 8:00am – Group 1 10:30am – Group 5
Elder: Aaron Temple
Serving in God’s House at Northwest Site Today:
Preacher: Pastor Ciprys Elder: Dennis Slagell
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 John 5:3 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.” God’s commandments are not burdensome, but that’s only true for Christians precisely because we know that we are not saved by our keeping of the Law. We are saved by grace. Therefore we are set free by grace to walk in newness of life, to grow in faithfulness, and rejoice in the Law of the Lord: for the love of God is that we keep His commandments, even in His instructions for our faithfully regular giving to His church in our offerings.
TODAY - SWEETEN IT UP WITH SPYS CINNAMON ROLLS – This morning (Mothers Day) our SPYS high school and junior high youth will be hosting a fundraiser with freshly-baked, scrumptious, titillating, mouth-watering, irresistible, OUT OF THIS WORLD Cinnamon Rolls for purchase following the services at Central site in the Entrance Way (Narthex) and in the Undercroft. There will be an opportunity at Northwest site on a future date. This will be a fundraiser to help them finance some of their summer events and to save up for next summer’s National Youth Gathering in New Orleans. We will accept your generous Free Will offering for you to get your fill of an EXTRA TREAT for yourself by coming to church that day. Why not buy them and share with someone else? Thank you, Board of Youth Parents, for putting this together.
THIS THURSDAY - Ascension Worship – Forty days after rising from the dead Jesus took his disciples to a hill and rose into the sky say, “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Now He sits on God’s throne as Son of God but also human representative making our way there possible through faith in His work and His guiding us through life. Worship on this day is a deep tradition in the Christian church. Join us for such worship this Thursday, May 14th at 7pm at the Northwest site for a service of Holy Communion with Pastor Thies preaching.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT – Join us for our Wednesday night activity at 6:30pm at Northwest site with “SOMETHING DIFFERENT,” our devotional Bible Study led by Pastor Thies. We will utilize the last segment of a video based resource from Lutheran Hour Ministries called, “Bible on Trial: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” called “Eyewitness Testimony.” Following this series, we plan to continue on Wednesdays with some video lectures from Dr. Ken Ham of “Answers in Genesis.” Dr. Ham maintains that “Genesis is the foundation for all Christian doctrine and even the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Come and try SOMETHING DIFFERENT!
Church Grounds Maintenance will take place at the Central Site on Friday, May 15th beginning at 8:30am. Bring your favorite yard tools and help spruce up the grounds at Central Site! Call Roger Eggert with questions at 815-742-1988.
Special Congregational Meeting - Next Sunday, May 17th, 2015 – Our Congregational Chairman, at the request of our Board of Parish Education, has called a Special Meeting for next weekend at 11:45am or whenever the late service ends for the purpose of considering a teaching candidate or candidates for a call to teach at our school for the coming year. Please plan to attend and hear more on the individual(s) and register your vote as to whether to extent a call to these Synodically trained servants among us.
Congratulations to High School Grads – This year we have a good crop of High School Grads that our SPYS Group and church wish to recognize. This will take place in our services on Sunday, May 17th at the Central site. Let’s all wish them well as they continue to new horizons.
ACOLYTE TRAINING will be moved to a later date than the planned date of Sunday, May 17th, due to the Special Congregational Meeting.
Attention! If anyone has a white robe that was used for confirmation (this year or past years), please return it to the church or school office! Thank you!
Central Site Altar Guild is looking for helpers! Please contact Karen Utech if you are interested! (815-229-6940).
The Board of Education is looking for someone willing to coordinate Vacation Bible School this year. If you can help with this, please call Wendy Kissick (815-262-7175) or the church office (815-963-5435).
Any day is an Open House at St. Paul Lutheran School. You may direct interested families to our Admission Counselor Team of Dyan Lofgren (ext. 215) and Sue Wilkinson (est. 210). They can be emailed at stpaulrockford@gmail.com or called at 815-965-3335.
Our Spring Band Concert is an event to celebrate 125 years of Christian education at St. Paul Lutheran School. Join us on Sunday, May 17 at 6:00 PM in the Wesling Coaches' Gymnasium for this performance. We have invited back our band alumni to join us. Please talk to Mr. Volkert for more information.
St. Paul Ram Summer Band Camp – Registration is open for Ram Summer Band Camp 2015. Band Camp is held at the Northwest Site from 9:00am – Noon each day the week of June 15th. All are invited to the finale outdoor concert on Friday, June 19th at 7:30pm in the outdoor worship area. Band Camp is open to any student entering the 5th through 9th grades who have played their instrument for at least one school year from any school. Contact Mr. Volkert if you would like your child to participate (815-965-3335 ext. 217). You may also register and find full information at www.freewebs.com/bvolkert.
Many thanks to all our BoxTop and Soup Label Collectors! I will be sending in more BoxTops around May 27. Please bring all you have to the school office before then. Soup labels will be sent in after school gets out. See Liz Temple with questions. Thank you!
Little Lambs is now accepting applications for spring enrollment. Please call Katie Lopez at 815-965-3335, ext. 218.
Race for Education happens Friday, May 15th at 10:30am. Feel free to come and cheer on the kids. The money that was raised goes towards our internet.
