FROM THE DESK OF . . .
Sunday, August 3 and Monday, August 4, 2025
From the desk of Pastor Ernie Green:
Picnic Time:
After all our planning, it became necessary to move our picnic and picnic worship into church. Rain, heat, and horrible humidity were the cause of that. Everything worked out just fine, but I’ve been told that many people didn’t know about the change. We tried to alert everyone through our E-News and our Facebook page, but we admit that not everyone is connected by these methods. There were too many people attending to make individual telephone calls or text messages. So in the next paragraph, I’ll discuss what occurred over the weekend and what you can do to prevent it from happening to you again.
Saturday morning, we sent out the location change for the picnic through the St. Paul Enews (which comes from stpaulnt@gmail.com) and it was also posted on our St. Paul Facebook page. To subscribe to our Enews, please go to our website (stpaulnt.com). Next, go to the “News and Events” tab, and under that click on the “Enews” tab. Instructions are there for subscribing to the Enews or you can send a message to Jason Cox at jcox3624@gmail.com. If you are on Facebook, you can follow our church Facebook page “St. Paul Lutheran Church & Preschool” (the profile picture is our church logo). You can also access our Facebook page through a link at the top of our website. Please don’t allow this to happen again, but if it does, make sure that you will be notified, because we want you there to join us.
Weather:
Do you remember the weather reports from May and June of this year? It was cold and rainy. Well, things sure have taken a different turn since then. It’s been hotter than most summers that I can recall. And on top of the heat, we’ve also experienced our fair share of humidity, and you know how I love that. Now we’ve made it to August, and we’ll probably see more heat and humidity. Even so, you don’t need to shovel either of them. I guess we should just enjoy these warm times, because it won’t be long, and we’ll be praying again for summer to come.
Todd Urban Award:
The award is ready but we’ve been unable to get everyone in church at the appropriate time to present it. Vacations will be ending soon and we’ll get it done.
May the heat of summer remind us all of the warmth of God’s love for His children.
Pastor Ernie Green
All are welcome at St. Paul Lutheran – Please allow God’s love to work in and through you to brighten the lives of members and visitors alike.
+ PRAYER CONCERNS for our St. Paul Family +
HEALING: Bill Baessler, Paul Baessler, Lorraine Carroll, Karen Cowell, Zachary Dawson, Bev Deer, Elijah Desouza, Miguel Diaz, Joyce Dolpp, Dean Durow, Mildred Enney, Ryan Essenburg, Maureen Finch and her sister Colleen, Amy and David Fleischman, Bob Fritz, Pastor Green, Anne Gross, Marlyn Gross, Margie Hadsell, Bonnie Haskell, Amanda Hughey, Loraine Jensen, Steve Keller, Pastor Dennis Krueger, MaryBeth Lee, Sue & Jeff Licht, Connie Maerten, Jackie Malinowski, Eunice & Jim Manth, Jason McNair, Mel Miller, Mike Mueller, Kathy Nagel, McKenna O’Neil, Gloria & Bill Pittler, Doris Rae, Joy Rohring, Wayne Reichert, Jane Ruppert, Joe Sarzyniak, Leni Schofield, Randy Scott, Chris Thomas, Audrey Truax, Deb Tyler, Kathy Warriner, Frank Wendt, Gail Wolf, Shirley Wurl and Barbara Yate’s son, Ron.
AT HOME: HEALTHCARE FACILITIES: Mary Jo Bishop
MILITARY: Matthew Daugherty, Eric Davis, Aaron Fix, Zachary Kijowski, Joe Kloc, Jack Lambros, Joshua Lindsley, Christopher Manth, Kyle Rae and Travis Shaffer.
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LUTHERAN WOMEN IN MISSION (LWML) NEWS:
THANK YOU: Thank you for all your pledge donations to the mite walk which Marge Stoelting and Joy Staggers-Deberny participated in during the Lutheran Women in Mission Convention. 1,627 people walked a 1 mile route over the 2 state Bob Kerry Pedestrian Bridge connecting Nebraska and Iowa, raising a preliminary amount of $73,516. It’s not too late to give a donation. Also, 33 new mission grants have been selected and will be posted in the Gathering Place. Your continued support is greatly appreciated. For further information please contact Marge Stoelting at 716-449-1688.
The Planet Green Recycle Fundraiser accepts ALL brands of ink cartridges. You can drop off ALL your empty cartridges in the labeled bin in the Gathering Place.
See the bulletin board in the Gathering Place for the most current Mite and Mission Grant Reports or go to the national web site lwml.org and the district web site east-distrlwml.org. Your continued prayers and support is greatly appreciated.
- For questions on any Lutheran Women in Mission news, you may contact either Bea Hapeman (716 -327-2400) or Marge Stoelting (716-693-7555).
***Mite boxes, Eastern District Newsletter, The LINK etc. can all be found on The Information Center in The Gathering Place.
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Confirmation Class Assignments – God bless our Confirmands!
Next year’s classes, we’ll see you in September! Continue to join us on Sunday and Monday. Nothing ended just because Confirmation classes are finished for the Summer.