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Come to a thank you brunch honoring Pastor Collier and his family for their 13 years of service to St. Paul immediately following the 9:30 church service on Oct. 6.  A goodwill offering will be collected for the Collier family and there will be a basket available for cards of thanks and good wishes.  If anyone would like to contribute an egg casserole (baked from home) or come on Sat. Oct. 5 at 11:00 for set up and cooking, please contact Peg Upmeyer, 881-9522 or upmeyers@hotmail.com.

Come to donate and be entered to win a pair of tickets to the U of M vs MSU game!!  First English Lutheran Church, Wednesday, October 9, from 1:30 - 7:15 pm.  Appointments www.redcrossblood.org Use sponsor code gpbloodcouncil  Questions - Harriet 313-884-5542 or Beth 313-550-3870 or see Gerrie Spezia at church or call her at 313-882-6745

On Saturday, October 26th from 4pm-5:30pm Youth and Family will be hosting a Halloween Trunk or Treat night.  This will be a community outreach project and we need volunteers to park their vehicles in the parking lot and hand out candy to the little ones in our community. 

Please help to make this a safe and family friendly event by donating your time and a couple bags of candy.  To add to the fun we are going to have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prize for best decorated vehicles of the eve.  The fun will not be stopping after the Trunk or Treat, from 5:30pm-9:30pm Youth and Family along with our Children's Choir Director will host a pizza party/movie night for St. Paul congregation families and their friends. Dressing up in character is encouraged! We will be showing Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone and serving pizza, fruit tray, veggie tray and drinks.  There will be a charge of $5 per person.  Please sign up for these events in the Welcome Center and come and enjoy a magical evening with friends!

Sunday Oct 20th and 27th after the church service, the Pieces Be with You quilt group will be selling various items made by group members to help defray the cost of supporting the work done at St Paul's.  Many of these items would make great Christmas gifts.

This year the group has completed

        40+ Freedom House quilts

        17   Graduation quilts

         5    Confirmation Stoles         

         6    Comfort quilts

         1    Quilt for the Harms  

         6    Baptismal quilts        

       13    Lutheran World Relief quilts

Pieces Be With You meets every Tuesday night at 7 PM.  Come see what the group is up to anytime.  And, please support the group by purchasing a handmade item after church on Oct 20 or 27.

As of the end of August, our "Envelope Giving" is behind our projected budgeted amount by $15,000. Our total shortfall in revenues is $12,000 due to more "All Other Support" income than budgeted. That's the bad news.

The good news is that our expenses are significantly lower than budgeted. The total of "Salaries" and "Fringe Benefits" are $18,000 less than budgeted. This is primarily due to Pastor Harms retiring at the end of May and Pastor Ulmanis not coming on board until September. "Utilities" are also down by $3,000 and "All Other Programs" is down by $3,000 compared to the budgeted amount for the end of August.

So the bottom line is a Net Income of $22,000 as of the end of August. This is ahead of our budgeted Net Income of $12,000.

I would like to create a committee of 3 to 5 people to help in the stewardship function of our ministry. This will entail more than just pledge drive activities. If you are interested or would like more information on the activities, contact me either via E-mail at rgrenzke@gmail.com or leave a note in my mail box at church.

I will be leading Adult Forum sessions on October 20th and October 27th. The first being financially oriented and the second being ANYTHING BUT financially oriented. Please plan on attending.

Angelic Choir is for children ages 3 - 2nd Grade and Sing and Ring is for children 3rd - 8th Grade.  Angelic Choir meets at 5:30 pm and Sing and Ring meets at 6:15 pm and ends before Confirmation class. We have pizza at 6 pm.  Join us and praise the Lord in song this fall!

How do children end up in the foster care system and is there a way to prevent this from happening?  LSSM has created Family Preservation Programs that help keep families together. Protect MiFamily and Eastside Wrap Around are new programs that intervene with at-risk families in the Metro Detroit area.  Join us on Sunday, September 29th, in the Adult Forum to hear from program directors,  Audrey Williams-Burton and Therese Muir, how services are provided to these families.  Please keep LSSM's Family Preservation Programs' staff and clients in your prayers this month.

Acolyte Trevor Reece

Altar Guild Dorothy Carty, Martie Thomalla
Assisting Minister Fred Orth
Coffee Hour Sue & Lauren Gellasch
Cross Bearer Blake Reece
Lector Tim Reisen