This Weeks Happenings

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RE-ENROLLMENT TIME

Now's the time to check and make sure that the name St. Paul Evengelical Lutheran Church appears at the bottom of your Kroger receipt.  If not, it is time to re-enroll for the Kroger Community Rewards Program. If you are participating in this wonderful program, please re-enroll for the 2013-2014 year. You MUST re-enroll each year.

Just go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com, scroll down to "Michigan" and click on "Enroll". Remember, every time you use your Kroger Plus Card when purchasing groceries, you are helping St. Paul by having them credit a donation to our church. There is no charge for this and it does not affect your cost at all. Thanks to you we received $1,800 last year for participating. Let's keep it going!!

Do You Want to Help St. Paul?

Then you are just the person to sign up for the Kroger Community Rewards Program. Kroger will credit St. Paul with a donation every time you shop at Kroger and use your Kroger Plus Card as a Community Rewards participant. It's just that easy!!

To sign up you must first have a Kroger Plus Card.

• If you don't have a Kroger Plus Card, sign up for one at your local store.
• Then you must create an "Online Account" by going to the Kroger web site at www.krogercommunityrewards.com .
• Once that is done, re-enter the Kroger web site, sign in if necessary, and click on the "My Account" icon.
• Click on "Account Settings" and check that each information box has the information showing. If not, just hit "Edit" and add the information requested.
• The last box in this section is a box for the Community Rewards program. Hit the "Edit" icon in that box and you will be taken to the sign up window.
• Enter our organization number, 82481, in the first box and hit "Search". Our address will come up in the next box.
• Click on the circle in front of our address.
• Click on the "Save Changes" icon.

You are now signed up!! If you have any trouble with this, give me a call as I have just recently signed up myself and know a little bit about the process.AND.........Thank you for being a part of this great ministry!!

Rick Grenzke, Stewardship Chairman

Please lift up Foster Care children, and the professionals, families/ caregivers that  address the needs of foster care children in prayer this month.  If you did not receive a prayer guide in church you can download one with this link. 

http://www.cryoftheorphan.org/User/Document/Fosterprayerguide.pdf

http://www.lssm.org/foster

Adopting is not as hard as you may think! Lutheran Adoption Service requirements are flexible:
*Married, divorced and single men and women can adopt
*You don't have to be wealthy or own your home
*You can live in an apartment
*You can have other children
*You can work, as long as you have adequate child care arrangements
*You don't need to have reached a set level of education
For more information on adoption go to:  http://www.lssm.org/page.aspx?pid=384

Freedom House in need of Children's Clothing:
Freedom House, a non-profit organization that provides housing and support for refugees seeking asylum in the US, is in need of seasonal clothing for several children.  If you can provide lightly used clothing for any age/gender listed below please contact Mary Weiland (313-885-6326) to arrange your donation.
Girls - size 7, size 10
Boy - size 12 - 14
Infant girls-  3 months, 14 months