St. Paul s Epistle. Chairpersons for various committees. Pastor Elna

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1 TOSHIBA St. Paul s Epistle AUGUST/ SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER 2014 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Treasurer Report 2 Willing Workers 2 I was reading from the book of 1 Peter the other day and the following passages got me to thinking... 1:8,9 Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1:13 set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. 3: 15,16 Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence. The first passage summarizes the amazing grace of our faith in Jesus Christ. And so we will, of course, set all our hope on that grace (verse 13). But the third passage is what got me Richard Adams..Property Harold Reppert. Outreach Calvin Rausch. Music & Worship Jane Reppert... Fellowship Charles Denis 250th Anniversary Jennifer Denis...Rejuvenation to thinking about the ways in which we communicate our Christian hope to others in our twenty-first century culture. Many of you are familiar with Facebook and other methods of communication which nobody even thought of a few years ago. Now, as with any new innovation, there can be both benefits and abuses of such things. But I have come to appreciate how many Christian believers regularly post on Facebook a defense of the hope that is in us. Rejoicing with the indescribable and glorious joy of our salvation can permeate every aspect of our lives, and sharing that joy with others by communicating to our friends on Facebook is such a natural way to gently and reverently account for the hope that is in us. Keep it up, Facebook Friends! Chairpersons for various committees Pastor Elna Lester Bowers...Education & Resources (Sunday School) Prayer List 2 General Information 3 Upcoming Events 5-6 Thank you 6 Calendar 7 Contact Info. 8 Acolyte, Lector & Greeters Council Members & officers are: Elna Stratton Pastor *Scott Brown (2015) President *Howard Speck (2015) Vice President *Harold Reppert (2016) Secretary *Calvin Rausch (2014) Financial Secretary Jane Reppert Treasurer Richard Adams (2014) Tyler Brown (2015) *Charles Denis (2014) *Karen Willard (2016) *Indicates second term members (Year indicates end of the council member s three year term.) Stephanie Smith Church Secretary Donald Ryan Music Director/Organist Karen Willard Parish Nurse 8

2 P AGE 2 WILLING WORKERS The Willing Workers will be making chow chow in September. It will be available in quarts and pints. We will also be participating in the Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 1. Treasurer s Report May 2014 General Income $5, General Expenses -6, Loss for May June 2014 General Income $5, General Expenses -5, Loss for June July 2014 General Income $6, General Expenses 4, Gain for July 1, Total Loss for $ PRAYER LIST Please keep the following members in your prayers during the next months: Arlene Adam Angela Bashore Helen Bower Clyde Casper Sr. Lillian Hopko Tina Kauffman Sharon Levan Verna Rausch Maude Reidenhour Rebecca Smith Ron Wolf Anna Zima John Zima Pastor Guy Grube GROCERY STORE PROGRAMS We are still collecting the Redner s Save-a-tape. If you shop at Redner s, please register at the customer service desk and get a card for the Save- A-Tape program. Then, just save your register tapes and give the tapes to the church. We total the tapes and get a % of the total. Thank you to those who support the grocery store programs. CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS AND BOX TOPS As an outreach project for our church, we are starting to collect Campbell labels and box tops. These items will be given to the local school district, which can be used to purchase items for the schools. So don t throw these labels and box tops in the trash, bring them to church and put them in the plastic container.

3 S T. PAUL S EPIST LE P AGE 3 General Information ADDRESS & TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGES If your address or telephone number has changed, for whatever reason, please let us know so we can change our mailing list. You can call the church and leave a message on the answering machine or mail the changes to the church FLOWER & BULLETIN SPONSORS The chart for sponsoring altar flowers and Sunday bulletins for 2014 is on the bulletin board. Please pick your favorite date and sign the sponsor charts. Sponsorships are: Flowers $25.00 Bulletins: $ 6.00 The dates available for next few months: Flowers: 8/3, 8/31, 10/5, 10/12 Bulletins: 8/3, 8/24, 8/31, 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19 You can sign the chart or call Kathryn Hermansader ( ) and ask her what dates are available. MOTORIZED SCOOTER The church has purchased a motorized scooter for the use of members or visitors attending any service or activity in the church or Sunday School wing. The scooter is kept in the basement of the church. If you, or someone you know, is coming to a service and can not walk up the walk-way due to health problems, please let a member of the church know and we will have someone out at the walk with the scooter to show you how it works. Or come in the basement entrance, and someone can help you. 250 th ANNIVERSARY ITEMS STILL AVAILABLE St. Paul s still has the following 250 th Anniversary items for sale: Wooden Church Hometowne Collectables $20.00 Lidded Crocks...$35.00 Christmas Ornaments..$10.00 History Books (new or old)..$10.00 If you need a gift for someone, why not consider purchasing one of these items for him/her. There will not be any more of these items made and the gift will be something special. If you would like to purchase any of these items, please call the church and leave your name, telephone number, and the item(s) you are interested in. Someone will get back to you. CHURCH BASEMENT RENTAL Are you having a family get-together, birthday party, baby shower, etc. and need a place to hold the event? Well, St. Paul s basement is available for rent. The new cost is $30.00 (active members) and $60.00 (all others) for basement without use of kitchen facilities or $55.00 (active members) and $ (all others) for full use of kitchen facilities and basement rental. There is a security deposit of $25.00 due at time of rental, which will be refunded after inspection of facilities if there are no damages and clean up has been satisfactorily completed. Contact Jane Reppert ( ) to book a date.

4 P AGE 4 A huge THANK YOU to everyone that volunteered and helped us out with Vacation Bible School this year! It was another successful year. Although our numbers were a little lower than some years, the children who did attend had a great time and throughout the week invited more friends to come. Hopefully we will see them and more of their friends next year. As always, without the help of my wonderful volunteers, we would never be able to do VBS and spread god s word and love to the children. I can never thank you enough and hope you will share your experience with others and inspire them to volunteer their time next year. IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER Following are just a few important dates to remember for Sunday School. We hope everyone will become active in our Sunday School. We have classes and activities for all ages and everyone is always welcome! Sunday, August 17, 2014 Sunday School meeting following Church service Sunday, September 7, 2014 Rally Day Sunday, September 14, 2014 First Day of Sunday School Friday, October 10, 2014 Fall Fest with Hayride and Doggie Roast Saturday, November 1, 2014 Annual Holiday Bazaar Sunday, November 16, 2014 Sunday School meeting following Church service Saturday, November 29,2014 Decorate the Christmas tree Sunday, December 7, 2014 Christmas Caroling to shut-in Church members Sunday, December 21, 2014 Sunday School Christmas program during the Church service Join us on Rally Day as we kick off a new year of Sunday School. We will have promotions, a short presentation about Bear Creek Camp and a program to celebrate our Sunday School and it s mission to share God s love. We will have a small luncheon following the service. Don t forget, we have classes for all ages and if a need for additional classes arise, we will gladly work to fill that need. What a wonderful need that would be! Feel free to bring any ideas and concerns to any of the Sunday School meetings or officers. Superintendent Lester Bower Secretary Roseanne Bower Treasurer Melanie Brown Teachers Adult Class Pastor Stratton/Melanie Brown CAT Class Scott Brown Middlers Angie Bashore Pre-school Tana Koller

5 P AGE 5 HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE GRADUATES On Sunday, June 15, we recognized the following high school graduate of We want to congratulate her for her achievements and wish her great success in the future. Cecily Anna Ryan: She graduated from Kutztown Area High School and will be attending West Chester University studying Music Education. Upcoming events... SANDWICH SALE On Wednesday, September 10, 2014, and November 19, 2014, an Italian, Turkey, and Ham/Cheese sandwich sale will be held. The sandwiches can be ordered with or without onions. We start making the sandwiches at 10:30 a.m. and orders can be picked up at 2:00 p.m. Order forms can be picked up at the church or by contacting Harold Reppert (610) Your orders are due no later than August 31, 2014 for September 10 and November 9, 2014, for November 19. Any help to make the sandwiches or take orders would be greatly appreciated. KAUFFMAN S CHICKEN BBQ (Please note new month & time) Wednesday, October 15, 2014 From 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Cost - $8.00 (Half chicken, baked potato, applesauce, roll, and lemonade or ice tea) Dinners will be available to eat in or take out. Donations of baked goods would be appreciated to sell the day of the sale We do need a lot of help on this day and also help to sell advance tickets. You can get tickets from Doris Lindenmuth (610) or you may call the church office (610) and record a message with your name and phone number. Then someone will get back to you. The more advance tickets we sell, the more successful the BBQ will be.

6 P AGE 6 FUEL ASSISTANCE SPECIAL COLLECTION On Sunday, September 21 & 28, 2014, we will be holding a special collection. The money collected will be given to the Northern Berks Ministerium for the fuel assistance fund. This money is used during the winter months to help families in need to purchase heating fuel. There are small envelopes in the pews that you can use to place your donation; just mark the outside of the envelope fuel assistance and your name or church envelope number so we can give you credit for the donation. The envelope can be placed in the offering plate during the church service or in special baskets in the narthex for fuel assistance. If you don t attend either one of these church services and would like to donate to the worthy cause, you can mail your donation to the church and mark it fuel assistance. FIFTH SUNDAY OF THE MONTH SPECIAL FUND The fifth Sunday of the month, a special collection is collected for the Fuel Fund Drive. The money collected will be put towards the heating fuel for the year. However, if you want to donate and have it still go to the capital improvement, you may do so but please mark capital improvement on the envelope. A Special Thank You! to... FELLOWSHIP AFTER CHURCH The fellowship and refreshments after the church service is being enjoyed by everyone.. We are asking for volunteers to be in charge of providing the refreshments and serving them. This is to get more people involved and so the same people don t have to do it all the time. There will be a chart on the bulletin board in the narthex of the church for members to signup for a Sunday you would like, starting in September. We hope everyone will volunteer taking their turns, to provide the refreshment for after the worship service. This will allow us to continue this fellowship. Thank you to the people who donated refreshments for the months of May, June, & July 2014 and also to the people who stepped in to help serve and clean up after everyone was through the line. SANDWICH SALE Thank you to everyone who helped to make the sandwiches on May 28, Also, thank you to Harold Reppert for taking charge of the sandwich sales. We made around 325 sandwiches total, with the profit of about $702. Without your help, we would not be able to have the sandwich sales. SPRING CLEANING AND BEAUTIFICATION Thank you to the few people who came out in May, to help in pulling weeds and planting geraniums. Also, thank you to the members who sponsored the geraniums that were planted along the fence and at the church.

7 S T. PAUL S EPIST LE P AGE 7 3 Willing Workers meeting after church 4 Music & Worship Committee Meeting at 7:00 p.m. 10 Children s Sermon during church at 9:00 a.m. 13 Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m. 17 Sunday school meeting after church 24 Holy Communion during church at 9:00 a.m. Hymn Sing at Hearthstone - Sunday School - More information later 31 Fifth Sunday of month - St. Paul s Fuel Fund Drive Sandwich Sale orders due 7 Church service at 9:00 a.m. with Sunday School rally day 10 Sandwich Sale - Orders due August 31 Church Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m Holy Communion & Children s Sermon during church at 9:00 a.m. (Holy Cross Day) Sunday school starting for the Fall and Winter 15 to 17 - Chow-Chow making 21 Fuel Assistance special collection for Ministerium 28 Holy Communion during church at 9:00 a.m. Fuel Assistance special collection for Ministerium 7 Fellowship meeting at 8:00 a.m. 8 Church Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. 10 Fall Festival with doggie roast, hayride, and vesper service starting at 5:30 p.m. 12 Children s Sermon During church at 9:00 a.m. 15 Kauffman Chicken BBQ - 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.?? Fall cleaning inside and outside of the church. Starting at 9:00 a.m. Help is needed. 26 Holy Communion during church 9:00 a.m. (Reformation Sunday) Willing workers meeting after church

8 St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church 2613 Old Route 22 Hamburg PA ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Smoke Church 2613 Old Route 22 Hamburg PA Service Times Church Service 9:00am Sunday School 10:00am If you are in need of pastoral services, please leave a message on the church answering machine or call Pastor Elna at (570) Those serving as acolyte, lector, & greeters. Our Mission The congregation of St. Paul s is committed to Serving our Lord Jesus Christ, Spreading His gospel, and Preparing Christians to do His work. We are on the web Deadline for the Nov-Dec-Jan 2015 newsletter is Oct.12, Please place materials in the blue folder or emmykoller@aol.com. Acolyte Lector Greeters Aug 4 Elaina Koller Tyler Brown Joe & Cheryl Parker 10 Samantha Brown Harold Reppert Lester & Roseanna Bower 17 Cora Brown Kathryn Hermansader Rebecca & Roland Smith 24 Chris Bashore Howard Speck Dorothy Bechtel & Lena Kaley 31 Elaina Koller Vicki Rausch Richard & Patricia Adams Sept 7 Samantha Brown Karen Willard Timothy Rausch Family 14 Cora Brown Linda Stewart Lester & Roseanna Bower 21 Chris Bashore Shelby Bashore Linda Frederick & Esther Moyer 28 Elaina Koller Tyler Brown Charles & Linda Stewart Oct 5 Samantha Brown Harold Reppert Dorothy Bechtel & Lena Kaley 12 Cora Brown Kathryn Hermansader Rebecca & Roland Smith 19 Chris Bashore Howard Speck Joe & Cheryl Parker 26 Elaina Koller Vicki Rausch Richard & Patricia Adams