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OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE AND PICNIC/ POTLUCK BRUNCH
Please mark your calendars for the annual outdoor worship service on July 11th. We will be having a potluck brunch following the service, and Life and Growth will provide the main dish: Egg Bake. There is a sign up sheet in the narthex. Hope to see you there for worship, fun and friendship!
If you need any more information contact: Cheryl Kappelmann, Life and Growth
BRAT FRYS
Summer is coming and that means fry out time again. We are planning two brat frys this year. The first one will be at Copp’s on June 12th and the second one July 10th at Piggly Wiggly. The times will be from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. each time. Sign-up sheets will be posted soon. Please come and join us. We need your help. All the money raised will go to the building fund.
Lonnie Erdmann
The building will be closed for asbestos removal from July 7th through the 9th. The office will be closed so if you need to get a hold of Pastor Brian any of those days you will have to call him on his cell:905-5581.
During Construction the narthex will be unusable for a while, there will be little space to place announcements and sign up sheets. WOW has graciously purchased a computer and a portable screen that will be used before services to place announcements and pictures. The screen is not permanent and a much better screen will be purchased after construction. The new portable screen will eventually be placed in the basement.
If you have any information to be placed on the PowerPoint presentation, please let the church secretary, Joy Carlson or Mari Roedig know by Wednesday each week. We are also looking for someone to run the projector for Thursday evening services. Please contact one of the above if you are interested.
LET’S GO OUT TO THE BALL GAME!!!
The Youth and Education Committee is inviting Sunday School families to attend the Bandits game with the Addison Braves on July 18 for the 1 p.m. game. The Committee is purchasing 40 tickets and will give them to any interested families. Donations are welcome; food is not included.
Vacation Bible School
Because of eminent construction, the Youth & Education Committee decided that Vacation Bible School will be held August 12, 1 – 5 p.m. at Red Arrow Park. All children of St. Paul, ages 4 and up are invited to attend. They may also invite their friends. The theme of VBS will be “An Ocean of Devotion.” There will be four learning stations, a craft station, and an eating station. At the end of the day, there will be an ice cream social for the children and their families at the park. Invitations will be sent to the Sunday School children soon. The Committee is also asking for volunteers to help. Sixth graders and older youth are asked to be helpers, to play, and, of course, eat.
Volunteer sheets will be available at church for all who would like to help, or contact the church or Betty Swadner at 758-2138 or mswadner@lakefield.net.
NO RUMMAGE SALE THIS YEAR
Because the building project will be underway during the next 5-6 months, and to avoid any personal liability issues that could arise during construction, there was consensus from the Church Council to skip this year's rummage sale. Plans are to hold one some time in 2011.
Visitors Welcome!!!!!
The Worship and Evangelism Committee has worked on organizing visitations to our shut-ins. There are currently 12 people on the shut-in list that need visits from our
congregation. Since it may be difficult to make that first “Cold-Call”, we have put together a guide line to help. Please remember our members who can no longer get to church still want and need the fellowship that church provides. Please consider using some of your valuable time to share with someone who can no longer join us at church.
First – if we have missed anyone from our list, or you would like a home visit from a member, please let Pastor or the church secretary know of your request.
As a Visitor, What do I do?
1. Plan on the average visit being about 30 minutes.
2. Be prepared with some small talk to start. For example: weather, family, church, history, gardening, activities they used to do. Find out about them and their wonderfully blessed lives.
3. If you feel comfortable, have a short prayer with them
The next time you are in church, fill out the visitor book with date and comments. For example, do they have a favorite snack that could be brought, are they diabetic, some points for future visits, or a favorite conversation you had, do they have pets, etc. Since you may not always visit the same person, these are good things for all visitors to know.
If you are interested in helping, sign the book on the visitor list page. Visit whenever you can. There are no limits, but we do ask that you check the book to see if anyone hasn’t had a visit for a while. Our expectation is that each of the shut-ins are visited once a month by someone from the church other than pastor. That is a lofty goal, but with many hands, the task is small.
If you want to talk to someone before getting your feet wet, ask Pastor Brian, Sandy Marty, Cindy Wildenberg or Mari Roedig.
Stewardship lasts all year…… We need you, they need you, God needs you to help.
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