This Week at St. Paul
Sunday, July 12th Blood Pressure Screening –Central Site
8:00am & 10:30am – Worship (Central Site)
9:15am - Bible Class (Central Site)
9:15am - Worship/Communion (Northwest Site)
10:15am – Bible Class (Northwest Site)
3:00pm – 5:30pm – Neighborfest (Central Site)
Monday, July 13th
6:30pm – Church Council (Central Site)
Tuesday, July 14th
9:00am – Piecemakers (Northwest Site)
6:30pm – Board of Education (Central Site)
Wednesday, July 15th
7:00am – 8:15am – Men’s Devo & Prayer (Spring Garden-Loves Park)
6:30pm – “Something Different” (Northwest Site)
7:00pm – Ambassador Ministries (Undercroft)
Thursday, July 16th
11:00am - Knitting Etc. (Northwest Site)
Friday, July 17th SPYS YOUTH RETREAT
8:30am – Church Yard Clean-up (Central Site)
Saturday, July 18th SPYS YOUTH RETREAT
Sunday, July 19th
8:00am & 10:30am – Worship/Communion (Central Site)
9:15am - Bible Class (Central Site)
9:15am - Worship (Northwest Site)
10:15am – Bible Class (Northwest Site)
4:00pm – Elders Meeting (Northwest Site)
6:00pm – 8:00pm – Volkert Farewell (Northwest Site)
Serving in God’s House at Central Site Today:
Acolytes: 8:00am – Luke G
Preacher: Pastor Thies
Ushers: 8:00am – Group 2 10:30am – Group 6
Elder: Jeff Gibbons
Serving in God’s House at Northwest Site Today:
Preacher: Pastor Thies 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 - Amos 7:8 “And the LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass by them.” One of the sins for which the Lord condemned the people through Amos was a disregard for the call of kindness, charity, and generosity toward the weak and lowly. We can see here how seriously the Lord sees this! And that’s no surprise when we consider how God’s activity toward us is built on kindness, charity, and generosity. To act otherwise is to act against the Lord’s own nature. Generously giving in our church offerings is answering the call.
NEIGHBORFEST IS THIS AFTERNOON! – Can you help? We need lots of helpers. No experience needed. We have jobs like set up, serving food, making friends, pitching in, handing out, joining in, and cleaning up. We are happy to have enough volunteers for making Bar-B-Q (aka Sloppy Joe). Thank you! It’s a fun annual event that takes as many of us a possible to let the neighbors around Central site that we are part of their neighborhood and we want to share with them our witness of Jesus and invitation to join us regularly. If you can help, please contact Scott Harkins (815-566-9581) or Carol Ulrich.
Very Important Congregational Meeting - Soon we expect you will be hearing more detail on some rather daunting aspects that come to us to consider especially for our Congregational Budget that must be approved by the end of July so that we can continue operating beyond July 31st! In order for us to have that opportunity, our Church Planning Council and Chairman has set Monday, July 27th, at 6:30pm at NORTHWEST SITE as the time and place of our semi-annual Congregational Meeting. In addition to budgetary matters, material and opportunity will be made for Board Reports and discussion and Election of Officers and Board Members for the August 1st, 2015 through the July 31st, 2016 year term. If you miss this meeting, you will miss your opportunity to hear and have a say to decide in the impact that the LARGE AND SUBSTANTIAL decisions will have on our going forward together at St. Paul.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT – Join us for our Wednesday night activity at 6:30pm at Northwest site with a devotional Bible Study led by Pastor Thies. We will continue THIS WEEK, Wednesday, July 15th, when our topic from Answers in Genesis will be “Dinosaurs in the Bible?” Come and try SOMETHING DIFFERENT!
Summer Retreat for SPYs (Youth) – We are altering our plans because of busy summer schedules. Talk to Pastor Thies if you haven’t yet to get the latest details. We’re still planning a lot of fun!
FAIRWELL ICE CREAM SOCIAL for the Volkert Family - July 19
Congregation and friends are invited to join us in a time of fellowship with Bruce Volkert and family as he closes out his time with us at St. Paul Lutheran Church and School.
· Sunday, July 19 from 6pm - 8pm
· St. Paul Lutheran Church Northwest site at the corner of Riverside and Kilburn, 4881 Kilburn Ave
· Weather permitting with will be outside, bring your lawn chairs
· Open house, with brief program at 6:30pm
Contact Polly Kahler (phone or text 815-262-0782 or polly.kahler@outlook.com) or Sue in the church office (815-963-5435 or church.office@stpaulrockford.org) with questions.
Please share this invitation with others who may want to wish Bruce well before he and his family depart for Michigan.
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.
Little Lambs is now accepting applications for spring enrollment. Please call Katie Lopez at 815-965-3335, ext. 218.
