FROM THE DESK OF . . .
Sunday, August 16 and Monday, August 17, 2026
From the desk of Pastor Ernie Green:
Roswell Info:
Last week was a difficult week for me. On Tuesday afternoon, while receiving my second chemotherapy drug of the day, I went into respiratory arrest due to a reaction to that chemo drug. Cindy was with me. The nurse on my case immediately saw what was happening and called a code, or in Roswell terms, requested a rapid response. And apparently it was rapid because within seconds others were there to help and they started injecting me with multiple things, epinephrine, Benadryl, adrenaline, steroids, and several other drugs that I’ve never heard of before. I was then taken to ICU where I was finally stabilized. I spent the next 24 hours in ICU. I then spent the remainder of the week at home recovering from all those rescue medications.
I don’t remember parts of it and that’s probably a good thing, because I have to tell you, I was frightened out of my mind. Between bouts of panic and terror, I was asking God to help me. And He did. He sent many trained people to rescue me, but there is one thing you need to know . . . if you’re not yet a believer in Jesus when something like that occurs, there is no way you’ll have time for a last second conversion. Be right with Christ right now and practice that faith by being in worship and leading others to the same salvation that Jesus died to give His followers. You never know when your call comes, don’t be left out.
CT Scan:
The CT Scan did not locate a wrench, or anything else in my back. Just going to have to wait and pray that the nerves that were cut during the surgery heal themselves, sooner than later.
St. Paul Family Picnic:
If you haven’t already signed up for next Sunday’s St. Paul Family picnic, then please do so today so that we can give Alps Catering an accurate number of folks attending. This is open for everyone of you, members and visitors alike, because you are all part of our St. Paul Family. If the weather is bad, we’ll simply move the picnic to our upper fellowship hall and Alps will cook here on site. It’ll be delicious, it always is.
Place all your cares and concerns on our savior Jesus. Never stop believing.
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, April Carlin, Lorraine Carroll, Karen Cowell, Bill Davignon, Zachary Dawson, Bev Deer, Elijah Desouza, Carmen Dexheimer, Miguel Diaz, Neil Doucette, Dean Durow, Ryan Essenburg, Maureen Finch and her sister Colleen, Darlene Felbinger, Amy and David Fleischman, Bob Fritz, Cindy & Pastor Green, Anne Gross, Marlyn Gross, Margie Hadsell, Bonnie Haskell, Amanda Hughey, Loraine Jensen, Kathy & Steve Keller, Pastor Dennis Krueger, Jim & Liz LaRock, MaryBeth Lee, Sue & Jeff Licht, Connie Maerten, Jackie Malinowski, Eunice & Jim Manth, Jason McNair, Mel Miller, Ron Moll, Laurie Wolter Moulton Mike Mueller, Kathy Nagel, Maryanne Novack, McKenna O’Neil, Carole Painter, Jim Peron, Gloria & Bill Pittler, Doris Rae, Meredith Roberts, Joy Rohring, Wayne Reichert, Jane Ruppert, Joe Sarzyniak, Leni Schofield, Dane Scott, Chris Thomas, Audrey Truax, Kathy Warriner, Frank Wendt, Shirley Wurl, Ron Yates & Burton Zeitz
AT HOME:
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES: Mary Jo Bishop, Joyce Dolpp and Jean Watters
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! Thank you to those people that supported the Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML) Summer Mission Project by ordering the Thrivent Water Filter Kit. On August 4th a total of 78 kits were assembled. God bless you and the people who will receive these kits.
- LWML INK CARTRIDGE RECYCLING FUNDRAISER has been resumed. Only inkjet printer cartridges will be accepted. The only brands currently being accepted are Canon, HP, and Epson. The average amount earned per qualifying inkjet cartridge is $0.51. You may place your donation in the labeled container on the shelf in The Gathering Place next to back entrance staircase. Thank you for your support.
- See the bulletin board in the Gathering Place for the most current Mite and Mission Grant Reports or go to the national web site organd the district web site east-distlwml.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 -213-7977) 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 classes are finished until September. Enjoy the summer, but please keep attending worship and serving your acolyte assignments.
Confirmation letters were recently mailed to families with students entering Grade 7. If you have a child in that grade and have not received a letter, please call the church office.