St. Paul s Epistle. Chairpersons for various committees HASD

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1 HASD St. Paul s Epistle AUGUST 2013/ SEPTEMBER 2013/ OCTOBER 2013 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: During the upheaval of preparing to move my household and office to my new home, I came across many interesting things I hadn t remembered having. One article I came across from an ELCA publication Seeds for the Parish, May-June 2007, is worthy of sharing. It s titled The Unchurched : Knowing where a typical unbeliever is coming from is the first step in connecting with them. Researcher Thom Rainer interviewed thousands of unchurched Americans and published the results in: The Unchurched Next Door. Many of the following findings may surprise you: Most of the unchurched prefer to attend church on a Sunday morning if they attend. Most are not antichurch or antireligion. Most Americans have never been invited to church never. 82 percent of the unchurched are at least somewhat likely to attend church if they are invited. Two percent of church members invite an unchurched person to church. Most of the unchurched feel guilty about not attending church. Very few of the unchurched have had someone share with them how to become a Christian. And Christians have not been particularly influential in their lives. The attitudes of the unchurched are not correlated to where they live, their ethnic or racial background or their gender. Many of the unchurched are far more concerned about the spiritual well-being of their children than of themselves. These are very interesting facts to ponder and be challenged by. Let s invite someone! Pastor Elna Treasurer Report 2 General Information 2 Sunday School 3 Upcoming Events 4-5 Prayer List 5 Thank you 6 Calendar 7 Acolyte, Lector & Greeters Council Members & officers are: Elna Stratton Pastor *Scott Brown (2015) President Charles Denis (2014) ( S) *Aveline Stees (2013) Secretary *Calvin Rausch (2014) Financial Secretary *Howard Speck (2015) (S) Karen Willard (2013) Harold Reppert (2013) Vice President Natasha Schappell (2014) Tyler Brown (2015) 8 Chairpersons for various committees Richard Adams..Property Lester Bowers...Education & Resources Harold Reppert. Outreach (Sunday School) Calvin Rausch. Music & Worship Jane Reppert... Fellowship Charles Denis 250th Anniversary Jennifer Denis...Rejuvenation *Indicates second term members (Year indicates end of the council member s three year term.) (S) Indicates Shared Ministry Members from our church Stephanie Smith Church Secretary Donald Ryan Music Director/Organist Karen Willard Parish Nurse

P AGE 2 Treasurer s Report April 2013 General Income $7,299.07 General Expenses -8,993.94 Loss for April -1,694.87 May 2013 General Income $5,700.17 General Expenses - 7,231.08 Loss for May -1,530.

76 Starting Sunday, September 15, 2013, and thereafter, starting time for Sunday worship service will be 9:00am followed by Sunday School at 10:15am.

You can call the church and leave a message on the answering machine or mail the changes to the church.

2 P AGE 2 Treasurer s Report April 2013 General Income $7, General Expenses -8, Loss for April -1, May 2013 General Income $5, General Expenses - 7, Loss for May -1, June 2013 General Income $8, General Expenses -7, Gain for June Total Loss for Year 2013 $ 2, Starting Sunday, September 15, 2013, and thereafter, starting time for Sunday worship service will be 9:00am followed by Sunday School at 10:15am. 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 2013 is on the bulletin board. Please pick your favorite date and sign the sponsor charts. Sponsorships are: Flowers $25.00 Bulletins: $ 6.00 You can sign up on the chart at church or call Kathryn Hermansader Flower dates available: 9/22, 10/6, 12/1, 12/29 Bulletin dates available: 8/25, 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/13, 10/27 MOTORIZED SCOOTER The church has purchased a motorize 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.

3 S T. PAUL S EPIST LE P AGE 3 Don't forget! The first day of Sunday School will be on Sunday, September 15th. We have classes for all ages. Join us for a wonderful Rally Day on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at the 9:00 service. This year the Ryan Family will entertain us with their wonderful musical talent. The service this year will be held in the sanctuary. I want to personally thank everyone who helped with Vacation Bible School! All of the volunteers are the reason we are able to have a successful Bible School each and every year. I have been blessed with the BEST volunteers and I appreciate each and every one of them. Please consider joining us next year and see why we do it year after year. Nothing is more rewarding! Become involved in your Sunday School. We are always looking for teachers and ways to get more people involved. Come to our quarterly meeting on Sunday, August 18, 2013 and see what we do. Fall will be here before you know it. Mark your calendar for our annual Fall Fest. Our Fall Fest will be on Friday, October 11, 2013 at 5:30 PM. We will have a hayride (weather permitting), snacks and lots of other activities. Our annual bazaar will be on Saturday, November 2, If you are interested in a table, contact Melanie Brown at or at basket286@comcast.net. All tables are $10.00.

4 P AGE 4 KAUFFMAN S CHICKEN BBQ Saturday - August 3, 2013 From - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Cost - $7.50 (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 and someone will get back to you. The more advance tickets we sell, the more successful the BBQ will be. SANDWICH SALE On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, and October 30, 2013, 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 11:00 p.m. and orders can be picked up at 3:00 p.m. Order forms can be picked up at the church or by contacting Harold Reppert (610) Your orders are due no later than September 1, 2013 for September 11 and October 20, 2013, for October 30. Any help to make the sandwiches or take orders would be greatly appreciated. FUEL ASSISTANCE SPECIAL COLLECTION On Sunday, September 22 & 29, 2013, we will be holding a special collection. The money collected will be given to the Northern Berks Ministisrium 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 for enclosing your donation. Just mark the outside of the envelope with the words 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 for fuel assistance in the narthex. If you don t attend either one of these church services and would like to donated to the worthy cause, you may 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 it on the envelope. 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 (610) to book a date.

S T. PAUL S EPIST LE P AGE 5 2013 BUS TRIP sponsored by St. Paul s Ride The Rails in West Virginia October 9 11 th 2013 (3 days 2 nights) Cost $399.

American Mountain Theatre Seneca Caverns Blackwater Falls State Park Flight 93 Memorial Souvenir gift Baggage handling Taxes and meal gratuities Motorcoach transportation There are still sets on the

If you are a single person and would like to go on the trip, please let me know. I have a single woman signed up and would room with another single woman.

5 S T. PAUL S EPIST LE P AGE BUS TRIP sponsored by St. Paul s Ride The Rails in West Virginia October 9 11 th 2013 (3 days 2 nights) Cost $ per person (Double occupancy) Package Includes: 2 Nights lodging at the Canaan Valley Resort 2 Breakfasts 1 Lunch 2 Dinners 2 Trains in one day: The Cheat Mountain Salamander The Durbin Rocket American Mountain Theatre Seneca Caverns Blackwater Falls State Park Flight 93 Memorial Souvenir gift Baggage handling Taxes and meal gratuities Motorcoach transportation There are still sets on the bus. If you want to go on the trip, please make reservations as soon as possible. The bus company started to advertise the trip, so we don t know how fast the bus will fill up. If you are a single person and would like to go on the trip, please let me know. I have a single woman signed up and would room with another single woman. Reservation forms and flyers can be picked up in the narthex of the church. Forms and deposit should be given to Jane Reppert. If you have any questions, please call Jane at 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, which they can use to purchase needed items. So don t throw these labels and box tops in the trash, bring them to church and put them in the plastic container. PRAYER LIST Please keep the following members in your prayers during the next months: Arlene Adam Angela Bashore Roseann Bechtel Lillian Hopko Harry Kauffman Tina Kauffman Kira Kolbe Verna Rausch Maude Reidenhour Rebecca Smith Aveline Stees Ron Wolf Herman Zettlemoyer Anna Zima John Zima

6 P AGE 6 A Special Thank You! to... *FELLOWSHIP AFTER CHURCH The fellowship and refreshments after the church service are 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 sign-up for a Sunday they would like, starting in September. We hope everyone will volunteer taking their turns to provide the refreshments for after the worship service, so we can continue this fellowship. Thank you to the people who donated refreshments for the months of May, June & July, 2013 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 29, Also, thank you to Harold Reppert for taking charge of the sandwiches sale. We made an approximate total of 288 sandwiches, with the profit of about $593. Without your help, we would not be able to have the sandwich sales. HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE GRADUATES On Sunday, June 16, we recognized the following high school & college students who are members of our church. We want to congratulate them for their achievements and wish them great success in the future. The following are the members who graduated in 2013: Shelby Bashore: She graduated from Hamburg High School and plans on attending Lebanon Valley College and will be majoring in biochemistry.. Kurt Mohn: He graduated from Hamburg High School and will be attending Lebanon Valley College and will be majoring in chemical engineering. Dr. Daniel Reppert: He graduated with distinction from Arcadia University as a Doctor of Physical Therapy. He is working for Apex Physical Therapy in Blue Bell. *SPRING CLEANING AND BEAUTIFICATION Thank you to the few people who came out in May, for 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. GROCERY STORE PROGRAMS We will be discontinuing to promotion of the Weis gift card after the remaining ones are sold, but we will still be collecting the Redner s Save-atape. 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

7 S T. PAUL S EPIST LE P AGE 7 3 Kauffman Chicken BBQ from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 4 Willing Workers meeting after church 5 Fellowship Meeting at 8:00 a.m. Music & Worship Committee Meeting at 7:00 p.m. 11 Children s Sermon during church at 8:45 a.m. 14 Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m. 18 Sunday school meeting after church 25 Holy Communion during church at 8:45 a.m. 1 Sandwich Sale orders due 8 Sunday School rally day featuring the talents of the Ryan Family & Children s Sermon during church at 8:45a.m. 11 Sandwich Sale - Orders due September 1 Church Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m. 15 Sunday school starting for the Fall and Winter Fuel Assistance Special collection for Ministerium Chow-Chow making 22 Holy Communion during church at 8:45 a.m. Fuel Assistance Special collection for Ministerium 29 Fifth Sunday of month St. Paul s Fuel Fund Drive 7 Fellowship meeting at 8:00 a.m Bus Trip to W. Virginia Ride The Rails 11 Fall Festival with doggie roast, hayride, and vesper service starting at 5:30p.m. 13 Children s Sermon During church at 8:45 a.m. 16 Church Council meeting at 7:00 p.m.?? Fall cleaning inside and outside of the church, starting at 9:00 a.m. Help is needed. 20 Sandwich Sale orders due 27 Holy Communion during church at 8:45 a.m. (Reformation Sunday) Willing Workers meeting after church 30 Sandwich Sale - Orders due October 20

St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church 2613 Old Route 22 Hamburg PA 19526 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED St.

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 8:45am 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 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 2014 newsletter is Oct. 10, Please place materials in the blue folder or emmykoller@aol.com. Those serving as acolyte, lector, & greeters. Acolyte Lector Greeters Aug 4 Cora Brown Kathryn Hermansader Richard & Patricia Adams 11 Anna Stoever Shelby Bashore Joe & Cheryl Parker 18 Chris Bashore Howard Speck Linda Frederick & Esther Moyer 25 Nicholas Rausch Howard Speck Lena Kaley & Dorothy Bechtel Sept 1 Sean Parker Vicki Rausch Lester & Roseanna Bower 8 Elaina Koller Betty Seidel Rebecca & Roland Smith 15 Cora Brown Karen Willard Charles Denis Family 22 Anna Stoever Harold Reppert Tim Rausch Family 29 Chris Bashore Kathryn Hermansader Mabel & Lloyd Seaman Oct 6 Nicholas Rausch Shelby Bashore Richard & Patricia Adams 13 Sean Parker Howard Speck Linda Frederick & Esther Moyer 20 Elaina Koller Howard Speck Joe & Cheryl Parker 27 Cora Brown Vicki Rausch Lester & Roseanna Bower

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

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