April 2013 St. Paul Lutheran Church The St. Paul Academy Great Beginnings Preschool & Child Development Center ST. PAUL ACADEMY NOW ENROLLING Our St. Paul Academy is now enrolling students Pre-K through 8 th grade for the 2013-14 school year. Schedule your personal tour by calling the Academy at 423-3926. GREAT BEGINNINGS Our Great Beginnings Early Childhood center currently has a few limited spots available for infants through 3 year old classes. Stop on by or schedule a tour by contacting Denise Dash at 425-6330. BIBLE STUDY The Jesus I Never Knew Take another look at the Lord you thought you knew so well! Based on the challenging and insightful bestseller, The Jesus I Never Knew, by Philip Yancey this rich visual study leads you through an examination of Christ in the Gospels. This study features film clips of the cinematic portrayals of Jesus and it's certain to get you thinking and growing! Starts Sunday April 7 th at 9:15AM in the Parish Hall. LWML SPRING RALLY Sunday, April 7 3:00PM Fishers of Men Lutheran Church Port Isabel, TX The presenter will be Deaconess Perla Gil de Rodriguez speaking on the District s LWML program, Valuing all Women. All women are invited. We will meet at St. Paul at 1:30PM for carpooling. Let s support our sisters in Christ. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL You and your friends are invited to join us this summer for Tell it on the Mountain June 17-21 st at St. Paul. Join us for five mornings of high energy singing, crazy snacks, great crafts, engaging Bible stories, and fun with friends new and old. Online registration will be posted on our website in the next two weeks for both students Pre-K through 5 th Grade as well as for volunteers. 1
Page 2 ESV Large Print Pew Bibles The Elders are in the process of replacing our pew Bibles with the Large Print ESV as well as providing Story Bibles in the pews. The new ESV Bibles will match those now being used by our church body, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and the Story Bibles will provide excellent Bibles for young readers to follow along in God s Word during worship. If you would like to help with this project, cases of 12 Bibles are $140 and the Story Bibles are $20; just mark Bible on an offering envelope. A few Bibles are now available in the last pews on the pulpit side of the church. Thank you. Ladies Aid Meeting and Food Bank Project Saturday, April 13 10:00AM Will meet for our regular meeting in the library. Our project is the Harlingen Food Bank. The congregation is invited to join us in this project by bringing nonperishable foods to donate to the pantry (preferably not canned). Packages smaller than giant economy sizes are recommended in order to serve more families in need. A box for donations is located by the Welcome Desk in the lobby. Thank you for your help. April Altar Guild Shirley Gunderson, Peggy Elder, Karen Wulff, Jennifer Loewe Youth Group The Youth Group meets Sundays in the youth room from 6PM-8PM. Anyone entering 8 th grade through high school is welcome to attend. Dinner is provided. For more information, please contact Nathan Loewe, youth director, at 536-9595. Men of Prayer Monday mornings at 6:30AM, Men of Prayer of St. Paul gather in the church library to begin the work week with prayer. You are invited to join us for a time of lifting up the people of our community and giving thanks to God for all his blessings. Planning Council Planning Council will meet on Monday, April 8 th at 7:00PM in the conference room. Elders Elders will meet on Tuesday, April 9 th at 7:00PM in the conference room. Bunco Will meet on Tuesday, April 30 th, 7:00PM in the church library. 2
Page 3 Layne Klostermann 4/2 Jocelyn Rodriguez 4/2 Jerome Perron 4/4 Susan Uribe 4/4 Paula DeBolt 4/7 Michael Cantu 4/8 Mary Cavazos 4/8 Linda Tetley 4/8 Rodney Eckert 4/9 Erin Elder 4/10 Courtney Stewart 4/10 Fern Kubalsky 4/11 Chase Walther 4/11 Shelby Leftwich 4/13 Stephen Allex 4/14 Elijah Derington 4/14 Barbara Grass 4/14 Brittany McCoy 4/14 Betty Pletcher 4/19 Verdell Boland 4/21 Herb Hamburg 4/22 Angela Alexander 4/23 Connie Carrillo 4/23 Ray Peynado 4/23 James Pospishil 4/23 Debbie Vogel 4/23 Billie Griffith 4/24 Greg Thornburg 4/24 Jaylon Klostermann 4/25 Andrea Aguilar 4/26 Peyton Neuhaus 4/26 Alvina Eubanks 4/27 Linda Carstensen 4/28 Jason Kuiper 4/28 Myrtle Peterson 4/28 Mac Abrigo 4/30 Mary Pack 4/30 Happy Anniversary Chuck & Fern Kubalsky 4/4 Mike & Linda Galvan 4/8 Gary & Marge Hamburg 4/8 William & Norma Miller 4/10 David & Shannon Macias 4/11 Steven & Missi Fair 4/23 R.G. & Pat Broome 4/24 Rick & Debbie Vogel 4/25 Ryan & Lara Busse 4/26 David & Erika Wolf 4/28 St. Paul Epistle Stay connected! Join our weekly St. Paul Epistle email. The Epistle is emailed every Wednesday and will keep you up to date with all that is happening at St. Paul. To sign up include your email on the registration sheet in the pew, call the church office, sign up via our Facebook page, by texting: STPAUL to 22828 (standard rates apply) or email: 3
Page 4 April Calendar of Events S u n M o n T u e W e d T h u F r i S a t 1 9:00am Friendly Quilters 2 3 4 5 6 GB & Scouts BBQ Fundraiser at Chapitas Restaurant 7 8:00am Traditional- HC 10:30am Contemporary 1:30pm Meet for carpooling to LWML Rally in Port Isabel 8 9:00am Friendly Quilters 7:00pm Planning Council 9 7:00pm Elders Meeting 10 11 12 9:00am St. Jude s Trike-A- Thon- GB 13 10:00AM Ladies Aid 14 8:00am Traditional 10:30am Contemporary HC 11:45am Confirmation Class 15 16 17 9:00am Chapel at St. Paul 18 19 20 21 8:00am Traditional HC 10:30am Contemporary 11:45am Confirmation Class 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 8:00am Traditional 10:30am Contemporary HC 29 30 7:00pm Bunco GB = Great Beginnings, 4 HC= Holy Communion
Page 5 ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH 602 Morgan Blvd. Harlingen, TX 78550 Website: www.stpaultexas.com Email: church@saintpaulharlingen.com Telephone : (956) 423-3924 Fax: (956) 423-3942 Office hours: 8:30AM 4:30PM Pastor Nathan Wendorf (956) 423-3924 nathanwendorf@ saintpaulharlingen.com The St. Paul Academy, Linda Tetley, Principal, (956) 423-3926l lindatetley@saintpaulharlingen.com school@saintpaulharlingen.com Great Beginnings Preschool & Child Development Center Denise Dash, Director 425-6330 denise.dash@saintpaulharlingen.com Nathan Loewe, Youth Coordinator (956) 536-9595 nathanloewe@saintpaulharlingen.com CHURCH SERVICES AND HOLY COMMUNION SCHEDULE Saturdays, 5:30PM Gospel Praise every Saturday Sundays, 8:00AM, Traditional first, third, and fifth Sunday Labels For Education is a school fundraising program which helps provide needed resources and equipment to schools. Please help the Great Beginnings Center by collecting labels from the many eligible products and dropping them off in the designated basket located in the lobby by the Center s entrance. A listing of the many participating products is available at the welcome desk or online at labelsforeducation.com. Your support is greatly appreciated! FREE TAKE ONE! In our lobby you will find a display filled with booklets on various topics. The booklets have been designed to meet the needs of today s adults and families. Several titles have been topics on radio and television programs produced by Lutheran Hour Ministries. Please feel free to stop and visit the display today! CALL CANDLE The white pillar candle on the altar serves as a reminder to keep the call process for principal and associate pastor in your prayers as we look for the persons God has prepared for these positions. Sundays, 10:30AM Contemporary second, fourth and fifth Sunday 5