August 15, 2013

Happenings



8/15    
Epistle Deadline    
Office
   
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

8/16    
8:45 AM to 2:15 PM    
U of D Mercy    
Bethany Room
   
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Gamblers Annon.    
Bethany Room

8/17    
8:00 AM to 3:15 PM    
U of D Mercy    
Bethany Room
   
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

8/18    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary
   
12:30 PM to 4:30
Bridge
Poppin Hall  

 

8/19    
11:45 AM to 6:15 PM    
U of D Mercy    
Bethany Room
   
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Rummage Work Night    
Poppen Hall

8/20    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Pieces Be With You    
Sandrock Hall

8/21    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
staff meeting    
Fireside Room
   
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Council Meeting    
Bethany Room

8/22    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

8/23    
8:45 AM to 2:15 PM    
U of D Mercy    
Bethany Room
   
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Gamblers Annon.    
Bethany Room

8/24    
8:00 AM to 3:15 PM    
U of D Mercy    
Bethany Room
   
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

8/25    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall  

 

8/26    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Rummage Work Night    
Poppen Hall

8/27    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Pieces Be With You    
Sandrock Hall

8/28    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
staff meeting    
Fireside Room

8/29    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

8/30    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Gamblers Annon.    
Bethany Room

8/31    
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

9/1    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall  

 

9/3    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Pieces Be With You    
Sandrock Hall

9/4    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
staff meeting    
Fireside Room

9/5    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

9/6    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Gamblers Annon.    
Bethany Room

9/7    
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

9/8    
10:00 AM to 11:00 PM    
Worship w/communion    
Sanctuary
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall  

 

9/10    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Pieces Be With You    
Sandrock Hall

9/11    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
staff meeting    
Fireside Room
   
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Listening to God    
Off Site

9/12    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

9/13    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Gamblers Annon.    
Bethany Room

9/14    
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

9/15    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall     



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Church News
Habitat for Humanity - Grosse Pointe Partners
The 2013 Blitz Build will be held Saturday, August 17 and Monday August 19 through Saturday, August 24 in the Morningside Community where we will build seven homes. Grosse Pointe Partners and Thrivent are each sponsoring a home.

Volunteer registration is now open. You may register on-line at www.habitatdetroit.org under the Volunteer tab.  If you have questions, contact Tom Archinal at 313-530-3794 or thomas.o.archinal.civ@mail.mil or  Crystal Bell at 313-521-6691 ext. 106 or cbell@habitatdetroit.org.

St. Paul Annual Rummage Sale
Due to a LARGE quantity of furniture and fine art, we are having an

Advanced Furniture and
Fine Art Sale


Saturday, August 24th
8:30 AM- 1:00 PM

Join us for Monday evening work nights during August.  We're planning on  unpacking and sorting from 7pm to 9pm Monday, August 5, 12, 19 and 26th.  All ages are welcome to help with the congregational rummage sale.  Please watch the weekly email blasts and bulletins for more information on the work nights.

 
Need to drop off stuff...Monday nights will be great time to that. If Monday doesn't' work, please drop if off during the weekdays between 9am and noon between August 1 and September 10. If these times don't work for you, please do not leave your "goodies" outside the doors, call Gretchen Archinal or Liz Jenzen to make other arrangements.

 
We'll find a new home for the clothing, books, furniture and everything in between! Poppen Hall will be ready to accept your donations. Please help us by hanging the clothes on the racks and putting other treasures in the marked areas

Rummage Sale Setup is from
Sunday, September 8 through Thursday, September 12.

Rummage Sale dates are Friday and Saturday,
September 13  and 14

Thanks to your treasures so many people will benefit
Fall Worship Schedule
I was glad when they said to me,
"Let us go to the house of the Lord!"
Psalm 122:1

The Council has approved the recommendation from the Christian Education and Worship committees for our one service format this fall.

We joyfully anticipate this new schedule which allows us to worship together as one church family.   Our worship will be enhanced as we enjoy the choirs each Sunday, share communion and experience the milestone events together.  This new schedule will allow teachers and leaders of the education program to build upon God's lessons from worship as they seek to write God's word upon the hearts of all His children. 

May God continue to be glorified here at St. Paul as we move to this new schedule beginning September 8th.

Worship at 9:30 am
Education Hour at 10:45 to 11:30 am

Important Dates for Families with
Children and Youth
On Friday Sept.6 there will be a Lock In for all youth in middle school from 6pm until 9am on Saturday.  This is will be a fun event and friends are welcome.  

Rally Day is Sunday Sept. 8 when we start our new worship time at 9:30.  Following worship there will be a gathering in the Harms Fireside Lounge with information and registration for Living the Word and Choirs for Children and Youth.

An orientation meeting for parents and students joining the Catechism class leading to Affirmation of Baptism will meet from 7-8:15 on Monday September 9 from 7-8:15.  

Pray & Play Leaders Needed
play and pray
Pray & Play supports families with young children in worship by giving children a break and allowing parents an opportunity to focus on the sermon.  Adult leaders are needed to spend 20-25 minutes with the children and lead them in a closing prayer; there is no teaching expectation. It is our hope that a number of volunteers can share this responsibility on a rotating basis. Please contact Mary Mobley or Patty Dougherty to be part of this ministry.

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School Kits
It's that time of year again...back to school shopping time!  When you see a good deal on one of these items, please purchase a few to go into the LWR school kits.

School Kit items:

Four 70-sheet notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper approximately 8" X 10½"; no loose-leaf paper
One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
One pencil sharpener
One blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers;
Five ballpoint pens (no gel ink);
One box of 16 or 24 crayons
One sturdy drawstring backpack-style cloth bag approximately 14" X 17" with shoulder straps(no standard backpacks)

We are partnering on another school bag project with Christ Lutheran Iroquois Avenue Church.  We will be collecting items for school backpacks for students in Detroit.

School Kit items needed:
Paper
3-ring binders
Pencils
Colored pencils
Pencil sharpeners
Hand sanitizers
Ballpoint pens
Backpacks
Rulers
Crayons
Blunt scissors (safety scissors)
Calculators
Composition notebooks

LSSM Connection 
 Senior Programs

"Serving people as an expression of the love of Christ"

LSSM Senior Living offers retirement living for seniors in Michigan with 18 communities throughout the state. Whether you want independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory support or rehabilitation therapy, you'll find a community to fit your needs. LSSM Senior Living also offers affordable senior housing in Michigan with 13 HUD-subsidized retirement communities.

One of the LSSM housing communities is Gateshead Crossing, just down the street.  Members of  WELCA have been sponsoring social activities  at Gateshead and have a Bingo event planned for Thursday, August,29th at 1 pm..  If you would like to help provide bingo prizes there is a basket in the Fireside Room for donations.  Also, some residents at Gateshead have expressed an interest in a Bible Study on site.  If you feel that God is calling you to lead a Bible Study and serve in this way please contact Pastor Collier.  Please keep the residents of Gateshead Crossing as well as all the LSSM Senior Programs and persons they serve in your prayers this month.  Thank you!


Thank You!!!!
thank you kids

Thank you! to all who donated supplies to the LSSM Foster Camp!  We nearly filled the tent and sent off several sleeping bags, toiletries, caps, backpacks, toys, swim suits and gear, sandals and towels! We also donated over 300 dollars toward costs. The staff was very excited and will be visiting us with some camp updates this fall!


Thank you also to all who responded to the urgent needs from Wayne County Family Center.  Over a dozen twin sheet sets, many towels, cleaning cloths and many cases of packaged snacks were donated.  The program's needs change when the children are out of school for the summer and we were able to help them out as these needs arose
 

Ministers of
Worship and Service
Sunday, August 18
Acolyte    Carly Demkowicz
Altar Guild    Elaine Farquhar, Cheryl Wiseman
Coffee Hour    Beth Brackett
Communion Assistants    J. P. & M. Dougherty, P. Sierant
Cross Bearer    Ben Heidebrink
Greeter    Tim Reisen
Lector    Janice Steeland
Pray & Play    Laura Rooney


Sunday, August 11
Acolyte    Madeline Mills
Altar Guild    Elaine Farquhar, Cheryl Wiseman
Coffee Hour    Tim Reisen
Communion Assistants    H & M Thomalla, C. Scholfield, B. Steketee
Cross Bearer    Josh Trempus
Greeter    Roth family
Lector    Rick Treusch
Pray & Play