Messenger. Music Sunday. Inside... Summer Worship Schedule. Did you know all our staff is leaving? Join Us... Rolling River Rampage VBS.

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1 Messenger May 2018 Music Sunday Sunday, May 8:00 & 10:15 am worship services. Inside... Headlines Worship Schedule 2 News/opportunities 3 UMW/ Other news 4 Calendar 5 Volunteers 6 Reflections 7 Join Us... Worship: 8:00 & 10:15 a.m. Sunday School: 9:05 a.m. Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00am 1:00pm Office will be closed on May 28 for Memorial Day. Join us for the yearly tradition of music at both services before Summer schedule begins. You will be blessed by music from Guitars, Worship Band, Sophia Singers, Chancel Choir, Four Guys, Hand Bells, Children and others! You don t want to miss it! May 20th is the last day of Sunday School, too. Summer Worship Schedule Summer Worship schedule begins on May 27. We will move to having one worship service at 9:00 am. We are currently looking for helpers during the summer months for Greeters & Ushers. Please sign up on the green sheet or call the office Did you know all our staff is leaving? On Monday and Friday, that is. St. Paul s summer office hours will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Summer hours begin on Memorial Day (Monday, May 28) and run through Labor Day (Monday, September 3). If you need to contact the staff during the week, please reach out during these times. There may be occasions where Rev. Diane or other staff pass through the building outside of these hours, but there will not be someone staffing the phones or opening the church during non-office times. Special events like weddings or funerals may dictate a different schedule. Rev. Diane s emergency numbers will continue to be made available. For some real exciting staff news, see page 4. Rolling River Rampage VBS It s hard to believe it, but with spring here, guess what is right around the corner? Vacation Bible School! We are inviting rafters of all ages to join us in an adventure of a lifetime with God! Rafters will learn that life with God is an adventure full of wonder and surprise, and that they can trust God to be with them through anything. Rolling River Rampage VBS is July from 6-8 pm.

2 VO LUME 53 ISSUE 5 Senior Pastor: Retired Pastors: Our Staff Rev. Diane Rew Rev. Howard Ott Rev. Jim Kellermann Rev Barb Ristow Discipleship Coord..: Lisa Srenaski Office Administrator : Kathy Paque Financial Manager: Christine Bartsch Chancel Choir Director: Merle Colburn Organist: Vashni Seitzer, CAGO Childcare Coordinators : Emilie Smith & Jennifer Grell Custodian: Chad Kaminski Contact Us Scripture: John 15:1-8 April Worship Highlights Sermon Title: Staying Connected Sunday, May 6 Communion Sunday I am the Vine and you are the Branches we hear Jesus say in todays passage from the gospel according to John. It seems pretty matter of fact: Stay connected to me and you will bear fruit. Don t and you won t. Music: 8:00 Worship Band 10:15 Chancel Choir Scripture: : John 15: 9-17 Sermon Title: Chosen Sunday, May 13 Mother s Day In today s scripture, Jesus calls his disciples friends : No longer servants, but friends. What does it mean to be friend-ed by Jesus? Music: 8:00 Tyler Kasper 10:15 Chancel Choir Sunday, May 20 Pentecost /Music Sunday Join us for our annual Music Sunday, worship will be led by all of our music groups at both 8:00 and 10:15 a.m. worship services. The St. Paul Messenger is published by St. Paul s United Methodist Church, 341 Wilson Avenue, Green Bay, WI Phone: (920) Fax: (920) Website: office@stpaulsumcgb.com Find us on St. Paul s UMC Green Bay Editor: Lisa Srenaski Please submit written material for the June Messenger by noon on Friday, May 18 Sunday, May 27 Memorial day / Ascension Sunday 9:00 am only (Summer schedule begins) Scripture: Joshua 4:1-9 Sermon Title: Remembering The loss of memory is a sad thing. For some it is unavoidable. For most of us, it is a matter of forgetfulness. Remembering takes practice. Just ask Joshua. Music: TBD

3 April Celebrations Thank you to Larry Mikulsky, Loretta Delvaux, Paul and Colleen Kendle for cooking and Al, Beth, Tia and Alexis Gaffney for serving the NEW Community Shelter. Remembered and celebrated the lives of Myron Jahnke, Bob Melendy & Jack Byler Continued learning/growing opportunities for adults & youth. Celebrated the baptism of Ellison Pearl Winkka Participated in the Ecumenical Communion service at Bellevue Retirement Community. Continued to support the Habitat for Humanity Faith Build. UMW circles held their monthly meetings. Leaders & Volunteers participated in a Safety Training led by Lt. Brian Amenson. Prayer Shawl Ministry continued to witness to people in powerful ways. Care team continued to bring joy and comfort to those unable to join us in worship, as well as serving them communion. Jail ministry team took books/bibles from Brown County Library to jail every Tuesday. We extended our beautiful building to TOPS, out groups, Classical Conversations, several piano groups, and Mather Heights Neighborhood Association. Clean up/mulch days scheduled Hand Bell Choir~ Did you know? In 1998 a few interested members of our church decided to start a Hand Bell Choir. Led by the support and direction of Sue and Andy Zipperer, money was raised by selling totes and hand crocheted bell ornaments to purchase the bells. Congratulations to Sue, Andy and the Hand Bell Players on 20 years of music ministry! Serve at the N.E.W. Shelter Are you looking for a way to serve others? St. Paul s prepares & serves the first Friday meal of every month at the N.E.W. Shelter. If you are interested in helping other seasoned volunteers, contact the church Seeking Graduates! Do you know anyone who is graduating from high school, technical school or college from our congregation? If so, please let us know so that we can recognize them in worship on June 10th. Contact or lsrenaski@gmail.com with information. Faith Build Volunteer opportunities Trustees will be holding a Spring Clean up for the Memory Garden on Saturday, May 12th and a day to mulch the Memory Garden on Saturday, May 19. If you can help out for a couple of hours on either day, please sign up on the green sheet or call Char Dunlap at These work days are scheduled from 9:00-noon. We need your Help! Every month the Mission team asks that we bring items for the Salvation Army pantry. For May, we need detergent & cleaning products. These items can be dropped off in collection bins at either entrance to the Sanctuary. Thank you! As members of St Paul's United Methodist Church, we are called to build community inside and outside of the church. A Faith Build is a meaningful and fun way to answer this call! Volunteer on one of our Build days: May 17 (drywall), June 2 (paint), June 7 (interior finish work and exterior siding); 7:45am-3:30pm, lunch, tools and experienced volunteers to work with you are provided-no experience needed! We are also in need of folks to prepare lunch for our volunteers.. Sign up on the green sheet or call the church office today!

4 Upcoming UMW Gatherings Ruth Circle Leah Circle Thursday, May 1:00pm In Fellowship Hall Kathy Gaffney ( ) Susanna Circle Monday, May 6:30 pm Fellowship Hall Program: Dave Nelson: Drone presentation Becky Engebretson ( ) UMW Team meeting Thursday, May pm in Room 107 Tuesday, May 9:00 am Bay Family Restaurant Loretta Delvaux ( ) Congratulations Vashni! Needed: Young people between the ages of 7 and 18 years of age. To be: Page Turners, Stop Pullers, Piston Pushers, and Toe Stud Stampers for the pipe organ Job Description: 1) assistant to the organist, Ms. Vashni Seitzer 2) at the 9:00 service, summer (10:15 Fall-Spring) 3) one Sunday each month 4) arrange music pages, turn pages, pull stops, push pistons, stamp toe studs 5) equal opportunity activity! Pay: Organist s Assistant Program 1) one free organ lesson for each five months of service 2) the satisfaction of knowing you have "Praised the Lord" by helping to make our organ play beautiful music in service. Contact: Our organist, Vashni by cell phone (or text): ; vseitzer1@gmail.com Some important safety information We want to thank Lt Brian Amenson for his All Church Safety presentation. Thanks, as well, to all of you who attended. We had a good representation from many areas of our ministry. Here are a couple of important questions for YOU: If, for some reason, you were unable to LEAVE the church from the same door you came IN, would you know where to go? Make yourself familiar with your surroundings. Did you know that you are able to exit any church door? Even if a door is locked from the outside, you can always exit from the inside. Make sure your children know other exits as well. Practice by using other doors to enter and exit. (Just make sure they are closed behind you!) If you needed a first aid kit, AED, or fire extinguisher do you know where they are? AED: In Narthex near elevator First Aid kits: Narthex entryway, Kitchen, and Nursery Fire extinguishers: 3 in the Sanctuary, 1 Division street entrance to Sanctuary, 1 in Narthex, 1 in the entryway off west parking lot, 1 in the kitchen, 1 in fellowship hall, 1 in room 204, 1 by room 209, 1 by each Wilson street entrance, 3 downstairs by classrooms, and 1 in the hallway leading to fellowship hall.

5 Sunday Volunteers May 6 8:00 10:15 Liturgist James Hansen Loren Prince Ushers Ken Paitel, Dan Gage, John Dunlap Ken & Zona Graetz Darren & Lisa VanEss Greeters Tom & Wanda Matuszewski Connie Shaw Sound/Projection Wil Kasper Patrick Srenaski Ken & Zona Graetz May 13 8:00 10:15 Liturgist Inez Gulbrandson Dale Johnson Ushers Paul Anderson, Kari Alvey Merle Cwiak, Connie Shaw Van Ess Family Tom & Nancy Wakefield, Greeters Darren & Lisa Van Ess Bill & Kathy Gaffney Sound/Projection Kris Engebretson John Dunlap Kasper family May 20 8:00 10:15 Liturgist Music Sunday Music Sunday Ushers Ken Paitel, Dan Gage, John Dunlap Ken & Zona Graetz Chad & Dawn Smith Greeters Lisa Srenaski Mike Dugan Sound/Projection Kris Engebretson Patrick Srenaski Arlene Finlan May 27 9:00 Liturgist Ushers Greeter Anna Merry TBD Lisa Srenaski Sound/Projection Kris Engebretson Jennifer Cousineau

6 Reflections Buried. My son called me from Colorado. How bad is it? he asked. We are buried, I said Just buried. Of course I am speaking of our recent snowstorm that literally buried us under 2 feet of snow, smack dab in the middle of the emerging spring flowers. As I reflect on it, being buried may have taught us a few lessons. After all, it is a great post-easter image to contemplate isn t it? What does life, after being buried, look like? Being buried tended to change our perspective. I think that many of us may have spent a lot more time just staring out the window that weekend that we had in a long time. Marveling at the power of the natural world. Noticing whether our neighbors were moving and their lights still on. Being buried tended to change our priorities. For days, all we thought about was how to help ourselves and others survive! How to get out the door, out the driveway, down the street. How to feed the birds and care for the pets. Being buried tended to remind us how much we really need each other. None of us can navigate this world all on our own. Being buried taught some of us how much we need the help of others And being buried taught others of us how much we have to give others. I was particularly inspired by two young men interviewed on one TV station saying that they had been out all day just wandering around to see who needed help with anything! They had pushed cars, shoveled, carried a child to a neighbors house a whole list of things. We both have strong backs so we decided to put them to use to help others, they said. So what did you learn from being buried? Anything new? ~Rev Diane From the Burial service in our UM Book of Worship: In the midst of life, we are in death; From whom can we seek help? Our help is in the name of the Lord Who made heaven and earth. God who raised Christ from the dead Will give life to your mortal bodies also Through the Spirit that dwells in you.

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