Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of

Leigh and Glen Marden, Joshua Jankiewicz, Jamie Jankiewicz, Arlene Nagal and Ken Boerner

and Richard and Sara Fichau

 who entered into life eternal on June 5.  

We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
    Romans 14:7-8

6/6    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

6/8    
9:30 AM to 11:00PM    
Worship w/communion    
Sanctuary
   
10:45 AM to 11:30 AM    
Sunday School    
Sunday School Rooms

6/11    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room

6/12    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall
   
6/13    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

6/15    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary
6/16    
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM    
Staff Meeting    
Fireside Room

6/18    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room
   
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Council Meeting    
Bethany Room

6/19        
Epistle Deadline    
Office
   
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall
   
6/20    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

6/22    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary

6/25    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room

6/26    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

6/27    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

7/3    
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM    
Men's Breakfast    
Bethany Room
   
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

7/4    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

7/6    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary

7/9    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room

7/10    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

7/11    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

7/13    
9:30 AM to 11:00 PM    
Worship w/communion    
Sanctuary

7/16    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room

7/17    
Epistle Deadline    

7/18    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

7/20    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary

7/23    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room

7/25    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

7/27    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary

7/30    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room

8/1    
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM    
Bridge    
Poppen Hall

8/3    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary

8/6    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room

8/7    
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM    
Men's Breakfast    
Bethany Room

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

8/10    
9:30 AM to 11:00 PM    
Worship w/communion    
Sanctuary

8/13    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room

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

8/17    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary

8/20    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room
   
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM    
Council Meeting    
Bethany Room

8/21    
Epistle Deadline    

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

8/24    
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM    
Worship w/Communion    
Sanctuary

8/27    
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM    
Adult Bible Study    
Fireside Room

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

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Let Summer Begin!

Here are meaningful ways to welcome the warm season.

The St Paul community celebrates the journey our young people begin from home into the world with the High School graduation milestone.  Parents bless their children with quilts made by hand with love and prayer by the St Paul Pieces Be With You Quilt group. 

This years graduates include:  Derek Demkowicz, Michael Dougherty, Isabella Kirck, Allison Mobley, Blythe Rogg, Joshua Trempus, Hannah Tripp and Brooke Willard.

Beginning May 27, 2014, there was a change in the Church Office hours. This is an adjustment to the changes that was announced in February and come as a result of the feedback received.

The office staff lunch will remain between 12:30 - 1:00 pm.

Office hours will change to 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday (a change from the current 9:00 am - 4:30 pm).

Sandy Wallace, Office Secretary, will be off on holiday time during Mondays for the summer beginning June 1. Other staff will cover phone calls but the office itself will not be staffed on Mondays during June, July and August.

Now that the Discernment Committee has finished up, the Call Committee has started meeting. We will be reviewing candidates that are interested in coming to St. Paul, and will interviewing a few hopefully in the next few months. After the interviews are conducted, we will be presenting our choice to the church council, who will then have to approve the nominee before they will come and preach at our church. After this, the congregation will meet and vote on the candidate.  For a complete step-by-step view of the process, click here.  If you would like to nominate a candidate, please click here.

While we are working very hard on this process and ask for your prayers and support, we are not in charge of this process. We are trying to follow God's plan, and we ask for your patience as we do this. If you have any questions or suggestions for nominees, please contact either Tim Reisen (treisen@comcast.net or (313) 670-2651) or Michele Miller (michlmil@umich.edu or (313) 729-9600). Thank you for your patience and support!

GARDEN STONES  that are hand crafted by the middle and high school youth will be sold over the month of May.  Garden stones make great Mother's and Father's Day gifts, and confirmation and graduation gifts.  Proceeds from this effort will go to purchasing a new basketball hoop for the Wayne County Family Center, ELCA Disaster Relief and LSSM Foster Care. 

Pastor Fred Harms received his recognition of retirement and 40 years of pastoral ministry  from Bishop Don Kreiss, Bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod ELCA at the Synod Assembly on May 17, 2014.

Click here for Zollie's camp experience.

The month of June brings many outdoor activities and celebrations!  Our partnership with LSSM this month will be to focus on the camp ministries and help children in foster care, refugee children and homeless children in LSSM programs participate in a week of enjoying the outdoors at Camp Michi-Lu-Ca.  Last year our church helped equip 33 campers!!

How we can help:
- Pray for foster children that attend camp to have a positive and  loving experience with their siblings (who often live apart and have limited contact)
- Pray for the camp staff and the children in their care this summer (including Sam Archinal, who is a counselor this summer)
- As your children outgrow clothing and tennis shoes that 3rd grade through 8th grade children could wear to camp, wash and bag with sizes noted
- Donate items from the list below to the foyer where the camping tent is located
    - Sunscreen/bug repellant
    - Sleeping bags
    - Flashlights
    - Backpacks, duffels, sling bags
  - hygiene products; shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, lotion, deodorant
    - towels (beach and bath)
    - water shoes or tennis shoes
    - swim gear; trunks, suits, cap   
    - socks and underwear
    - travel toiletries bags
    - combs, brushes, hair ties
    - rain ponchos

Lutheran Social Services of Michigan has partnered with Living Water Ministries for the last three years to offer a special overnight camp experience at Camp Michi-Lu-Ca for children ages 8 and older who are:
*    In foster care (40 kids)
*    Living at the Wayne County Family Center (20)
*    A child in a refugee family (20 kids)

This week of camp provides a safe environment to explore faith, love and grace in a beautiful outdoor setting, while giving us an opportunity to help these children gain a sense of community in Christ. Thanks to help from other donors like you, more than 120 children served by LSSM have already benefitted from this week-long camp experience. In 2014, we desire that 80 more children have the same experience!

You can sponsor one or more of these children for a week of camp with a donation of $550. Your gift of $550 will send one child to camp Michi-Lu-Ca for one week ($400) with a sleeping bag, a pillow and duffle bag ($100), toiletries and a swimsuit ($50). This gift will cover the cost of registration, a camp t-shirt, a daily snack at the camp store, canoe trip expenses, and travel expenses to and from camp.

Make a difference in the life of a child or homeless family today! Send your tax-deductible donation to Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, ATTN: Sonia Bankston, 8131 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, MI 48214 or click here to make a secure donation online.

The Grosse Pointes have the opportunity to bring a choir from Minden, Germany to perform for our community in July through Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Eighteen students still need host families to house these singers for three nights in their homes. Is anyone willing to host 2 - 3 choir students from July 16th to July 19th.  You don't have to live in Grosse Pointe to have a few boarders!  The Archinal's are helping with housing and have volunteered to be the liaison between St Paul and Laurie Aurora, who is working with the Choir and Blue Lake.  If you can help, please let Gretchen know: garchinal@sbcglobal.net or  313.530.0427.

B. Brosseau, C. Graham C. Scholfield, C. Komer

Cross Bearer  Volunteer needed
Greeter    Farquhar family
Lector Sandi Warner