MAY 11- MAY 17

 

AT ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH:

 

THIS WEEK’S PARTICIPANTS

 

 

 

 

Organist: Ardie Smith

Elders:     Sat: Wayne Beck

                 Sun:  Lewis Reppert

Lector:     Sat: Sarah Scherer

                  Sun: Gwen Lindberg

Acolytes:  Sat: Joshua Persson

                  Sun: Chris Reimers

Video Tech: Daniel Miller

Audio Tech: Bob Beck

Greeters:  Sat: Don & Starla Ehrisman, Luella Jahnke

                  Sun: Steve & CorinneDuncan, Mildred Toelle

Ushers:     Sat:  Don Will, Reginald Will, George & Andrew Wimmer, Derek Wegner

                  Sun: Larry & Brian Abrahams, John, Ron & Jessie Ahrens

 

NEXT WEEK’S PARTICIPANTS

 

Organist: Juliann Haase

Elders:     Sat: Norman Abrahams

                 Sun: Lee Schroeder, Chris Schiller

Lectors:   Sat: Sarah Scherer

                 Sun: Joyce Wimmer

Acolytes: Sat: Amanda Reppert

                 Sun: Kasey Persson

Video Tech: Shawn Kreikemeier

Audio Tech: Mark Johnson

Greeters: Sat: Mark & Lynn Daberkow, Luella Jahnke

                 Sun: Allan & Beulah Wittrig, Betty Bettenhausen

Ushers:    Sat: Larry & Brian Abrahams, John, Ron & Jessie Ahrens

                 Sun: Mark Benne, Curtis Beck, Jerry Bargmann, LeRoy Albus, Dennis Broekemeier

 

*Visit our website: www.stpaulwp.org

*Church E-mail: stpaullutheran@cableone.net

*School E-mail: stpaulschool@cableone.net

 

*Restroom facilities are located in the mother’s room in the narthex or downstairs.

*Hearing devices are available in the narthex. Ask an usher for assistance.

*Portals of Prayer are in the pews for you to take. Please contact the church office for large print Portals of Prayer.

                       

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           ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL

                        CHURCH: 434 N. Lincoln, West Point, NE 68788   (402-372-2111)

                        SCHOOL: 325 N. Colfax, West Point, NE 68788   (402-372-2355)

        Rev. Richard Bringewatt, Senior Pastor          Rev. Kevin Cook, Associate Pastor

 

“REACHING OTHERS FOR CHRIST THROUGH LOVE”

 

WORSHIP SERVICES: SATURDAYS, 6 PM   

                                     SUNDAYS, 9 AM

 

       Preaching this week: Pastor Richard Bringewatt

 

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Welcome! We are glad to have you with us this weekend, May 10 and 11, as we gather together to worship the Lord.  Please sign the book of friendship, and if you are a visitor, please include your complete address. If you would like to be contacted or join our congregation, please include your phone number.

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Please remember in your prayers this week:

 

*Katie Groth, Judy Kramer, Ron Neiman, Newt Kollath, Allan Wittrig.

 

*Prayer of thanksgiving for successful surgery for Julie Senden and continued healing.

 

*Family of Sandra Clatanoff who died Saturday, May 3. Funeral was on Wednesday.

 

* All graduates.

 

*St. Paul Lutheran School and Congregation.

 

*Military personnel and their families including: Brett Vance, Shane Lofgren, Brittne Westerman, Clarissa Schmoldt, Janis Guenther, Cole Wagner, Leah Elmquist, Jamie Fleetwood.

 

 

*Call 372-2639 for our prayer chain.

 

                                                                          MAY 11 - MAY 17

AT ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH:

 

SUNDAY: 

Worship – 9 am.

St. Paul Eighth Grade Graduation.

Coffee & Fellowship – 10 am.

Adult Bible Class – 10:15 am.

 

MONDAY:

Service on cable channel 14 – 10 am.

Pastor Bringewatt’s Day Off.

 

TUESDAY:

Weight Watchers – 5 pm.

Steering committee – 7 pm.

 

WEDNESDAY:

No Chapel

Weight Watchers – 12 noon.

Youth for Christ – 7 pm.

 

THURSDAY:

Quilters – 1:30 pm

PTL picnic – 6:30 pm

 

FRIDAY:

Prayer Party – 7:40 am

Chapel – 8:30 am.

Last day of School

Pastor Cook’s Day Off.

Garage Sale 2-8 pm.

 

SATURDAY:

Garage Sale: 7 am – 3 pm.

Worship and Communion – 6 pm.

 

Attendance last week:  225

Offering last week: $ 5,135

 

Services on cable channel 14: Our Sunday worship service is shown each Monday morning at 10 am on cable channel 14.

 

Daily Chapel: each morning at 9:55 on AM 84 and at 11:55 on FM 108.

LUTHERAN HOUR BROADCAST: AM 84 AND FM 108 - SUNDAYS AT 11:00 AM.

This week’s broadcast is sponsored by a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church.

 

ST PAUL BROADCAST: AM 84 AND FM 108 – SUNDAYS AT 11:30 AM.

This week’s St. Paul broadcast is sponsored by Deb Siebrandt, husband Joe Kafka and children Lauren and Karajo Kafka in memory of Dorothy Siebrandt and Karen Siebrandt Fullner.

 

Openings are available for both the St. Paul and the Lutheran Hour broadcasts. To sponsor a radio broadcast, please call the church office. Cost is $40.

 

“The Lutheran Hour” Sunday, May 11. “Not About Mothers” Speaker: Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus. A Mother’s Day sermon that’s really not about mothers? A mother’s sacrificial love and work is another way of understanding all that God has done for us in Jesus Christ. (Acts 2:21).

 

Flowers on the altar are given by St. Paul Lutheran School in honor of the eighth grade graduates. Graduation ceremony is Sunday, May 4, during our 9 am service. Congratulations to: Brandon Greckel, son of Mark and Jody Greckel; Ellan Hasenkamp, daughter of David and Teresa Hasenkamp; Garret Reimers, son of Brian and Lou Reimers; Aubrey Schultz, daughter of Lonnie and Twila Schultz.

 

Adult Bible Study this Sunday morning meets in the church social room. Topic is “Heroes of the Faith.”

 

May coffee and fellowship is hosted by the bell choir and senior choir. Any choir members that can help supply food or serve, please call JoDene Stalp (372-3011).

 

Congratulations to college graduates, Thomas Schultz, May 3, from Wayne State, and Emily Wiechman, May 10, from NECC, Norfolk.

 

Steering Committee for the five year plan meets Tuesday, May 13, 7 pm at St. Paul Lutheran School.

 

A memorial service was held Wednesday, May 7, at Ludvigsen Mortuary in Fremont, for Sandra Clatanoff. We keep this family in our prayers. 

 

Chapel service this week is Friday instead of Wednesday. Friday is the last day of school at St. Paul Lutheran School.

 

Project Good News!  The Stewardship Board is looking to share Christ through the giving of food baskets to families in need.  Our goal is to reach as many families as we can and invite them to connect with Christ here at St. Paul Lutheran Church.  For a list of items to donate please see the display in the back of the sanctuary.  Boxes for donations are in the narthex and the east entrance. Questions can be directed to Ann Wascher 372-2086.

 

Representative from St. Paul, West Point needed:  The Native American Missions Committee of the West Point Circuit requests that each congregation in the circuit have a representative who will attend their monthly meetings, in order to increase communication about this mission work.  The committee normally meets on the 3rd Thursday evening of each month at Zion, Bancroft.  If you are interested in serving in this way, please contact Pastor Bringewatt.

 

St. Paul Fair Stand committee meeting is  Thursday, May 22, 7 pm in the church social room. More help is needed for this committee. Please plan to attend this organizational meeting. If you are willing to help but are unable to attend this meeting, please call Joyce in the church office.

 

College graduates!! Please call the church office before May 20. Give your graduation date and future plans so these can be included in this months Reporter. Thank you.

 

Registration forms for Camp Luther are available in the church office. Camp information is posted in the narthex.

 

An action team is being formed to begin seeking funds for the stain glass window restoration and possibly the replacement of the south stain glass window.  Please contact a trustee if you would be willing to help on this action team.

 

Please check your shelves at home. If you have the following resources from the church library, please return them. The Red Geranium and Mama’s Gift, both by Janettoe Oke; Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door, by Josh McDowell; What Babies Can Do by Jane Morton; Video: McGee and Me, Take me out to the ballgame; and World Wide Pictures: The Ride.

 

Vacation Bible School is Monday through Friday, July 7 – 11. The evening includes a meal and Bible school activities for children ages 4 through 5^th grade. Sign up sheets are in the back of church for helpers. Watch for more information as it is available.

 

Garage Sale: Friday May 16, 2-8 pm and Saturday, May 17, 7 am – 3 pm in the church social room. Proceeds from the sale go toward the construction of a school in Tanzania, Africa.

 

Thrivent Financial For Lutherans matches 50 cents per dollar donated to Educational Institutions by Thrivent members. (Up to $600 donation) Matching forms for St. Paul Lutheran School and St. Paul Lutheran Preschool are available from the church or school offices.

 

Camp Luther Sunday Picnic: June 1, 1-5:30 pm, 1050 Rd 4, Schuyler.  Available all day: Camp tours, games, canoeing, hiking and food. At 4 pm a quilt auction and silent auction are held. Closing devotions are at 5 pm. Come and enjoy something for the whole family.