September 4, 2016 THRU-THE-WEEK AT SAINT PAUL 100 S. School Street, Mount Prospect, IL, 60056 (847)255-0332 Email: church@saint-paul.org Website: www.saint-paul.org Church Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00am-3:00pm O WHAT S HAPPENING AT SAINT PAUL Other LABOR DAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE WE WILL HAVE WORSHIP ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 at 8:00am & 9:30am ONLY! There will be NO worship services on Saturday, September 3 at 5:00pm and Sunday, September 4 at 10:45am. Also note, the church office will be closed on Monday, September 5. STONE WALL REPAIR The stone wall that landscapes our church is currently being repaired for the next couple of weeks. Please pardon our dust, noise and work during this time, and please watch your step as you walk around the church. Thank you. NEED SOME HELP AROUND THE HOUSE? Our Church Has Left The Building Teams are going to be out and about the weekend of September 16-18. We re looking for projects. If you need help with yard work, windows washed, or minor home repairs, we want to make sure that we re taking care of God s family too! Please contact Dari at the church office. If we can t complete it that weekend, we ll schedule a different time. NEW MEMBER CLASS: THIS WE BELIEVE If you are new at Saint Paul, or have worshiped with us for a while, and would like to officially become a member of our congregation, then our 10 week new member class, This We Believe, is for you! It will begin on Sunday, September 11 from 10:45am 12:15pm and child care is available. Class meets in Luther Hall, located in the church s lower level. Come grow deeper in your faith, make new friends, and become an official part of the Saint Paul family! All current members are welcome to join if you would like to deepen your faith and/or meet our new members joining our church family. For more information or to RSVP, please contact the church office. BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS GO TO NEW SCHEDULE Free blood pressure checks will be available by our friend and nurse, Sue Jump on the second and fourth Sundays of the month only. Our next Blood Pressure check date is Sunday, September 11. You can find her table by the elevator in the church lobby. Thanks Mrs. Jump!
FLOOD RELIEF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY Saint Paul is sending a volunteer disaster relief team to Baton Rouge, LA to help clean out flooded homes from September 24 thru October 1. The team will be driving to the Baton Rouge area and staying at Trinity LCMS Church. Volunteers are desperately needed. No experience is necessary! There is work to do for all abilities. Please prayerfully consider joining this team. For more information, or to sign up, contact Sue Husar at (847)318-0335 or shusar@comcast.net TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS FOR SAINT PAUL Laudate Ringers and Gloria Deo Choir starts this week on Wednesday, September 7! See below for times: Laudate Ringers: This adult handbell choir rehearses on Wednesday nights at 7:00pm in the sanctuary. Gloria Deo Choir: This adult choir rehearses on Wednesday nights at 8:00pm in the sanctuary. NATIONAL BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY There may be a number of reasons for it. It may be because of summer travel. It may be because life has just seemed too busy. It may be a simple case of falling out of habit or a feeling of losing touch. It may be the pain of a long-held guilt or a difficult experience. There are a number of reasons why people, especially over the summer months, may stop coming to receive Christ s mercy and love in worship. September 18 marks the National Back to Church Sunday. It s an opportunity to extend a gracious and warm welcome to all to come back to church. Take the opportunity to invite someone you may not have seen in worship for a while, or if you re the one who s fallen out of habit, you re warmly invited to fall back into coming to church! Make it a point to make a fresh start the weekend of September 17-18! SAVE YOUR SHOES! Coming later this fall, we are going to host another shoe drive to benefit the Senior High Youth Workcamp for summer 2017. A change this year is that they are asking for only gently worn shoes. (If you wouldn t give the shoes to your friends, then DON T send them.) We earn.40 cents per pound that is donated. Shoes go to Funds2orgs, an organization that ships these shoes to underdeveloped countries. Individuals there get the shoes to sell, refurbish, or use the parts for their business. More information about this organization is available at: www.funds2orgs.com. Inform your coworkers, sport teams, etc., and start collecting! Watch for more information for when the collection bins will be set up. DID YOU KNOW? Saint Paul School enrollment is 265 students for the 2016-17 school year. This is up from 250 last year!!!
O FAMILY MINISTRY Other SUNDAY SCHOOL KICK OFF CARNIVAL On Sunday, September 11, we re having a carnival as a fun way to start the Sunday School year! Games and prizes! Meet in the school gym, 9:30-10:30am! Parents, come hang out with your kids, and register them for Sunday School. 3 RD GRADE BIBLE BLAST SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, FROM 9:00 10:45am We re unpacking the new Bibles and getting ready for this fun event! Parents and their third graders will be meeting in the school gym. We ll have games, donuts and learn about how to use those Bibles. Then, on Sunday, September 11 at the 10:45am service, we ll be having them all join us again to dedicate those Bibles. If you didn t get a letter from Mrs. Rittle or Miss Dari, please let us know at the church office. TOT TIME REGISTRATION FOR FALL SESSION Yay! It s time to start our classes again with our new teacher, Mrs. Lisa Makris! We can t wait!!! Registration forms for classes beginning Friday, September 16 will be sent home with the school Blitz, attached to the online version of Thru-The-Week, and available at the church s welcome center! This class is for tots ages 18 months to 3 years and their adult. Adults participate in the class as we play and learn. Please invite your tot friends to join us! If you have any questions, you can talk to Dari at the church office. Other O YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT FELLOWSHIP JUNIOR HIGH LIGHTHOUSE Sunday, September 11, from 7:00-8:30pm: Game night. Next event: Sunday, September 18: Bowling at Beverly Lanes from 7:00-8:30pm. $5 bowling, $2.75 for shoe rental. RSVP to Dari by Wednesday, September 14 to ensure we have the right amount of lanes reserved. Thanks! SENIOR HIGH UNDERGROUND Friday, September 9 from 9:30pm-9:00am; Senior High Lock-In We will be hosting a lock-in filled with games, food and movies! There are high school football games that night, so bring your friends after the game! Just make sure they have a permission form. For more information, contact jeff at jkuester@saint-paul.org Sunday, September 11 from 7:00-8:30pm; Sunday Night Underground We will be back in full swing starting Sunday, September 11! We ll have a time of games, worship, and Bible study as we kick off the fall and the beginning of a new school year!
WORK CAMP MISSION TRIP Attention all Work Campers! This year s mission trip will be from July 15 23, 2017 in Pocahontas, VA. We will be building porches, painting houses, etc. If you want to participate, please have your deposit of $50 turned in to either the church office, Dari, Mike Heinze, or Jeff Kuester by Sunday, September 11. This trip is open to all present 8 th graders through those who are seniors in high school. The cost is approximately $700 per person and we will do fund raisers to help cover some of that cost. If you have any questions, please contact Mike Heinze by email at mheinze@saint-paul.org or call (708)601-1643. COLLEGE MAILING INFORMATION SOUGHT We would love to keep in touch with our college students while they are away at school. Please submit mailing & email addresses to our church office via email at church@saint-paul.org. Our senior high group sends out care packages and we will send a few emails to them throughout the year. Thanks! Other O ADULT FELLOWSHIP WEDNESDAY BIBLE CLASS The time is drawing near when we will start our next season of journeying into God s Word in our Wednesday Bible Classes. Both groups will resume this Wednesday, September 7. The morning group meets in Luther Hall each week from 9:30 11:00am and the evening group meets each week in the Church Library from 7:30 9:00pm. Our first topic will be How does the Holy Spirit Work? All are welcomed to attend! PETER: FROM FISHERMAN TO LEADER OF THE CHURCH Timeless and timely! Come to the Library at 9:15am (repeat at 10:45am if sufficient interest) for six Sundays, beginning Sunday, September 25 for a study of Peter and his advice and counsel for persecuted Christians in a secular, pagan society. Chuck Black will lead you through the rise of Peter in the Gospels and Acts to be a titan of the early church, then study his two letters to congregations facing some of the same problems we are now or soon will be. Study ends on Sunday, October 30. SAINT PAUL GOLF OUTING RECAP Partly sunny skies and temperature of 75 degrees greeted the golfers at Chevy Chase Golf Club on Sunday, August 21, for the 16 th annual event. After an opening prayer, 100 participants enjoyed playing the 18 holes with a Scramble Format. More fun and fellowship followed as the day ended with a buffet dinner, prizes and raffles. The Saint Paul Church and School technology fund will receive $2,500 from the proceeds of the event.
THEOLOGY ON TAP Join us for Theology On Tap where we get into real conversations, relevant topics and good beer. Please come to discuss our next topic, Is Jesus really who the church says he is? We will meet on Tuesday, September 13 from 7:00-8:30pm at the Tap House Grill in Des Plaines. SAINT PAUL S 11 th ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST It s that time of year again for a delicious German dinner, entertainment with German music, singing, dancing and games for all. There will be a costume contest as well! Oktoberfest will be on Saturday, October 1 from 6:00 10:30pm. Tables of any size may be purchased. Tickets are for sale in the narthex between worship services, or you can buy them at the school and church offices during office hours. There is an EARLY BIRD ticket price of $20.00 per person when purchased prior to 9/16/2016. LATE RISER ticket price of $25.00 per person when purchased between 9/17-10/1/2016. It is a cash bar. Proceeds from Oktoberfest will help support the school getting a 3D printer! MISSIONS CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING WEEKEND OF SERVICE ONE CHURCH, ONE WEEKEND, ONE PURPOSE, ONE HUNDRED HOURS The purpose of CHLTB projects is to serve God by serving others. Our members have been faithful in working towards that purpose, Now it s time for a challenge. Can you and I complete 100 hours of service together in our community in one weekend, September 16-18? We are lining up projects that you can be involved in, or you can choose your own project to do that works within your time schedule. We ll all report back, and the weekend will include a how and what we did wrap up. Save some time for service to our community that weekend. Sign ups for projects will begin on Sunday, September 4. Please pray for good weather! CHLTB PLANNING TEAM Love to serve God by serving others? Want to be part of a planning team that makes that happen? Our next meeting is Thursday, October 13 at 7:00pm. We always welcome new members! Contact Dari Hartmann if you have more questions. THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING BOXWOOD BASH RECAP The 25 th Boxwood Bash was a great success and Saint Paul was a big part of it thanks to your generosity and volunteering. It was a circus theme this year and Saint Paul provided the midway games for children to play. We had all these games - bean bag toss, putting green, Bozo buckets, Velcro ball darts, basket ring toss, lollipop pull, Frisbee throw, and flamingo ring toss - where children won small prizes and snacks. We also had a craft table and caricature artists. We raffled off eight sets of gift cards, two soccer balls, and four music
lessons to the Des Plaines School of Music. We told people about Breakfast with Baby and handed out diapers. The smiles of the children and parents were everywhere and we even had one grandma get a hole in one for one of her grandchildren! Through your generosity everyone at Saint Paul was there with us as we shared the love of Christ to those less fortunate. Thank you very much! And thanks to Thrivent for providing additional funding and tee shirts for this Action Team. We could not have run the games without all of our volunteers. Thank you so much for helping, smiling, and showing God s love: Bellot Family Lisa, Genevieve, Claudine; Bill and Eileen Brazelton; Duckmann Family Vern, Anna, Johanna, Lili, Ella; Jon-Michael Hoskinson; Menze Family Karla, Katherine, Caroline; Sue and Debbie Schreiner; Suzuki Family Jeff, Carol, Jenni, Jo, and Jadyn; Andres Valencia; Dennis and Joyce Voss; Mack Wilson-Leigh; and thanks to Pastor Bo, Hannah, and Ellie for joining us at the Bash! Thanks again to everyone for bringing The Church Has Left The Building to our community! - In Christ, Tom Schreiner FOOD DONATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER NEEDED For the month of September we are asking members whose last name begins with I, J, K or L, or any who have a heart for this ministry, to contribute. If you know of someone who is in need of food supplies, please let them know they can use our food pantry during church service times or during the week by visiting the church office. FINANCIAL EASY WAYS TO SUPPORT SAINT PAUL MANNA GIFT CARDS Are you doing the last minute shopping for school? Have college students buying supplies on Amazon? Thinking about a remodel? Getting out of town for last summer vacations? Planning ahead for holidays? Think about MANNA to help you shop and to help you budget! Order Manna on Sunday, it will be here on Wednesday! Use your automated giving to order regular manna purchases! Stop by and pick up manna cards on your way out of church! You buy gift cards at face value and we earn a profit (different profit percentages for each type of card.) You go shopping just like always! If you have any questions about how Manna works, please stop by the table at church before or after worship services. DOUBLE YOUR SUPPORT WITH MANNA AMAZON GIFT CARDS AND AMAZONSMILE! Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Saint Paul Lutheran Church whenever you shop on AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. Log into smile.amazon.com and chose Saint Paul Lutheran Church as your designated orgination. Double your contribution to Saint Paul buy purchasing an Amazon Gift Card from MANNA, then use your gift card for your purchase with AmazonSmile!