3/8    
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

3/9    
9:30 AM to 11:00 PM    
Worship w/communion    
Sanctuary
   
10:45 AM to 11:30 AM    
Sunday School    
Upstairs Classrooms
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

3/10    
Confirmation Home Study      
   
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Staff Meeting    
Fireside Room
   
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM    
Angelic Choir    
Jr. Choir Room
   
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM    
Sing and Ring    
Jr. Choir Room

3/11    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
PBWY    
Sandrock Hall

3/12    
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM    
Listening For God    
Off Site

3/13    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall
   
6:30 PM to 7:45 PM    
Bells    
Sanctuary
   
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM    
Chancel Choir    
Sr. Choir Room

3/15    
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

3/16    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary
   
10:45 AM to 11:30 AM    
Sunday School    
Upstairs Classrooms
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

3/17    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Staff Meeting    
Fireside Room
   
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM    
Angelic Choir    
Jr. Choir Room
   
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM    
Sing and Ring    
Jr. Choir Room
   
7:00 PM to 8:15 PM    
Confirmation    
Youth Room

3/18    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
PBWY    
Sandrock Hall

3/19    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Council Meeting    
Bethany Room

3/20    
Epistle Deadline    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall
   
6:30 PM to 7:45 PM    
Bells    
Sanctuary
   
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM    
Chancel Choir    
Sr. Choir Room

3/22    
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

3/23    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary
   
10:45 AM to 11:30 AM    
Sunday School    
Upstairs Classrooms
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall
3/24    
Confirmation Home Study    

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Staff Meeting    
Fireside Room
   
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM    
Angelic Choir    
Jr. Choir Room
   
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM    
Sing and Ring    
Jr. Choir Room

3/25    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
PBWY    
Sandrock Hall

3/27    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall
   
6:30 PM to 7:45 PM    
Bells    
Sanctuary
   
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM    
Chancel Choir    
Sr. Choir Room

3/29    
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

3/30    
10:45 AM to 11:30 AM    
Sunday School    
Upstairs Classrooms
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

3/31    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Staff Meeting    
Fireside Room
   
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM    
Angelic Choir    
Jr. Choir Room
   
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM    
Sing and Ring    
Jr. Choir Room

4/1    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
PBWY    
Sandrock Hall

4/3    
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM    
Men's Breakfast    
Bethany Room
   
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall
   
6:30 PM to 7:45 PM    
Bells    
Sanctuary
   
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM    
Chancel Choir    
Sr. Choir Room

4/5    
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

4/6    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary
   
10:45 AM to 11:30 AM    
Sunday School    
Upstairs Classrooms
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

4/7    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Staff Meeting    
Fireside Room
   
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM    
Angelic Choir    
Jr. Choir Room
   
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM    
Pizza Night    
Youth Room
   
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM    
Sing and Ring    
Jr. Choir Room
   
7:00 PM to 8:15 PM    
Confirmation    
Upstairs Classrooms

4/8    
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
PBWY    
Sandrock Hall

4/9    
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM    
Listening For God    
Off Site

4/10    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall
   
6:30 PM to 7:45 PM    
Bells    
Sanctuary
   
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM    
Chancel Choir    
Sr. Choir Room

4/12    
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM    
Bridge
Poppen Hall

4/13    
9:30 AM to 11:00 PM    
Worship w/communion    
Sanctuary
   
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

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The children and Middle School youth will learn Jesus faced the temptation of Satan for us and resisted it with the Holy Word of God.  God's Word strengthens and enables us to resist Satan and grants us forgiveness when we fail.  The High School youth will begin studying the ELCA World Hunger Initiative and prepare to serve at Gleaners on March 15.

Thrivent Builds Worldwide Team

The St Paul team serving on a short-term mission trip to El Salvador July 26-August 3 includes people and friends of St Paul of all ages. Please take a look at the display about our mission with Habitat for Humanity.  Registration remains open and on-going; there is a place on this team for anyone over the age of 18, and youth who will be over 16 accompanied by a parent.   Please prayerfully consider joining.  For more information, contact Mary Mobley 885-0529.

Better Together Youth Retreat April 4-6

Youth from across the SE MI Synod will build relationship while exploring diversity and what it means to be an ambassador of peace and justice in the world.  This retreat is sponsored by the Building Racial Reconciliation in Christ's Kingdom initiative with Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cass Community Social Services for grades 8-12.  For more information please contact Mary Weiland or Mary Mobley.

It's time to think about using the summer months to grow faith in our youth.  St Paul is partnering with the ELCA Cooperative Churches to host Vacation Bible School July 14-18 for children in pre-school to grade 5. Youth in grade 6 and older can gain valuable experience, community service hours and grow in faith as leaders.  Summer programs at the ELCA Living Water Camps at Michi-Lu-Ca and Stony Lake are open for registration  www.elcalivingwater.com/register  New offerings include an Au Sable River Senior High Adventure and Bridge Builders which combines peer ministry and diversity training (formerly LTS,ALTS and BRRICK camp).  ELCA Global Missions and the ELCJHL invite youth and young adults ages 16 to 22 to join the Bridges Not Walls Mission to the Holy Lands July 3-17.  Applications are due by April 1.  For more information email amych@stgeorgelutheran.org or ask Allison Mobley who participated in 2013.


Lent Begins

Start your journey toward Easter

We begin our Lenten journey toward the greatest feast of the year, Easter! In order to celebrate well Christs' life, death, and resurrection we enter into six weeks of prayer, fasting, and giving. We've got lots of Lent activities that we'll hightlight for you throughout this holy season. To get started, try at least one of these:
The Meaning of Lent (Adult or Teen Family) - questions about Lent? Answers here.
Purpling Your Home (All Families) - some home decorating may get you in the mood.
A Song of Ashes (Young Adult) - what does a popular Bastille song have to do with Lent?
Get Your Ash On (Teen Family) - Did God make mud pies?
Gang Up on Lent (Teen Family) - we've got each other's back.
Planting Alleluias (Young Family) - plant an Alleluia garden and come Easter, celebrate new life!
Lent: Learning to Love (Just for Kids) - it's a season to practice love.

Women's World Day of Prayer

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church to Host

the Grosse Pointe/Harper Woods Annual

Women's World Day of Prayer

March 7th at 11:00 a.m.

World Day of Prayer is an international ecumenical movement of Christian women who come together to observe a common day of prayer and action each year on the first Friday of March. Each year, a different country serves as a "writer" for the worship service, interpreting the Bible in its own context and bringing to light issues of mission, justice, and peace that are important to them. The motto of the World Day of Prayer is "Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action". This year's theme is "Streams in the Desert", with Egypt being the focus country. Offerings collected during the service will be directed to non-profit organizations that deal with the issues identified by the writer country. All are invited to participate in this prayer service, followed by fellowship in the church gathering space.

Our Lady Queen of Peace Church is located on Harper Avenue at Bournemouth, 3 blocks east of Moross. See the World Day of Prayer website at http://www.wdp-usa.org

Next Gleaners Food Bank workday is Saturday, March 15 from 9am-12pm.  Share the joys of serving others by volunteering at the food bank.  Please sign-up so we can submit a head count for planning purposes.  Our goal is to have a group of 20 attend.  Sign-up poster is located in the narthex or contact Shelley Reisen at 882-8099 or treisen@comcast.net.  Meet at the church at 8:30 to carpool.  Please note that due to the nature of the work involved, Gleaners prefers age middle school to adult participating in this event.

The 2014 WELCA board members are:

Leader - Margy Huizinga

Secretary - Liz Jenzen

Treasurer - Bea Grenske

Coordinator of Stewardship Activities - Pat Sierant

Marti Thomalla

Kerry Edick

Check the WELCA bulletin board for news.

Upcoming events:

World Day of Prayer - March 7

Women's Retreat at St. Thomas Lutheran - March 8

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• Susan Mills, our nursery attendant will no longer be with us as of March 1.  We thank her for her service.  We are looking to hire someone for about 2½ hours every Sunday morning in the nursery.  This job could be shared among three or four people so you wouldn't miss church every Sunday.  If you're interested or know someone who is, please contact Susan Kvale at 586.294.9086 or Sandy in the Church Office 313.881.6670
• A copy machine is available in the Church office as a convenience for the congregation and staff when a small number of black and white photocopies are needed for ministry-related purposes or other Church business.  A small number of photocopies is considered to be 12 or less.  If more than 12 copies or color copies are required, please complete an Office Services Request form and submit to Sandy Wallace, Church Secretary.  Thank you to WELCA for providing the new copy machine to St Paul from our rummage sale proceeds. 

"n the month of March we lift up LSSM's Neighborhood House in prayer.  Neighborhood House is a community center in Saginaw that hosts an afterschool program for students that includes activities, homework help and a hot meal.  Families are welcome to come and eat as well and homebound in the area have a hot meal delivered by Neighborhood House volunteers or staff.    This agency is the focus of an upcoming Servant Project or local mission trip in July.  More information is provided below.   We ask that you pray for this Servant Project,  Neighborhood House's staff, clients and families they serve throughout the month. 

Lutheran Social Services of Michigan invites you and 30 other adults to make a difference at Neighborhood House in Saginaw. This ministry offers educational, recreational, religious ministry, and a meal for 80 children and their families per day. Each day will be packed with activity, fellowship, and spiritual journeys.

We will do upgrades to the building (bathroom, weight room, gym floor and others). A group will teach kids and adults during the week. Wednesday night will be a large community program. The estimated cost of the repairs for this project is $30,000. Your help is needed. Can you provide food, share your skills for the remodel, teach VBS , organize the Wednesday program, or assist with administration or  fundraising? The estimated cost per person is less than $200.00 per person. Housing, food, fellowship will be provided.

Do you want to be part of this first ever LSSM work project?

Call Carl Bloom @ (248) 656-6857 or cbloom73@gmail.com  or Pr. Phil Hemke @ (248) 219-9707 or phemk@lssm.org   Support gifts can be made to Sonia Bankston at sbank@lssm.org  Call us for an application form for the event ( 18 and older).

Interim Pastor: Rev. J. Krister Ulmanis

Organist:   Stephanie Yu

Director of Music/Chancel Choir Director Eric Miller

Director of Children's Choirs Margaret Rees-Baker

                                             This Sunday                    Next Sunday

Acolyte:                               Elizabeth Rooney           Elizabeth Rooney

Altar Guild:                         Elaine Farquhar              Elaine Farquhar

                                            Cheryl Wiseman             Cheryl Wiseman

Assisting Minister:           Bill Wrobel                        Bill Wrobel

Communion Assistants:C&K Wiseman                 B Brosseay, G Spezia

                                             C Komer & C Meza         D&M Miller
Cross Bearer:                   Gillian Graham                Emma Rooney

Coffee Hour:                      Karen Bendure               Suzy Berschback

Greeter:                              Zeller Family                    Wiseman Family

Lector:                                 Bob Mobley                      Jim Brege