EXPERIENCE ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
SMALL GROUP FELLOWSHIP
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
OUTREACH AND MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
PHOTOS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
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Our Social Concerns committe heads up many outreach programs and projects within our congregation, the community and throughout the world. To learn more about some of the mission and outreach projects through the Social Concerns committee, click here . . . 
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NEWS ABOUT OUR VALLEY FOOD SHELF MARCH FOOD DRIVE
In June we will be focusing our donations on Rice Side Dishes, Cream Soups of all kinds, and deoderants. Of course, any donations, food items or monetary, are welcome at any time. If you wish to write a check for a monetary donation, you can write the check to St. Paul Lutheran and mark it in the memo area for the food shelf. By doing this you will get credit for your donation on your St. Paul Lutheran giving statement.
The Valley Outreach Food Shelf is open on Mondays from 10 a.m. to Noon and 6 - 8 p.m.; Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - Noon; Thursdays from 6 - 8 p.m.; and Fridays from 10 a.m. - Noon.
We are also looking for volunteers to staff the Valley Outreach Food Shelf during our assigned week. We need volunteers on Monday, June 15, Wednesday, June 17th, and Friday, June 19th, from 10 a.m. until noon each day. If you can help, please sign up on the sign-up sheet on the kiosk or call the church office to have your name put on the list. Thank you!
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JOSEPH COATS HAS A NEED FOR THE FOLLOWING:
Clean seasonal clothing for men, women and children -- T-shirts, socks and underwear;
New or gently used outerwear appropriate for the
season
Adult backpacks, sleeping bags, duffle bags
Shoes and boots, especially for the men
Books for adults (novels, mysteries)
Children’s games, toys and books
Candles
Hygiene products: soap, toothpaste and brushes, deodorant, lotion, shampoo,
conditioner, shaving soap, razors, foot powder, and etc.
Household items: pots and pans, glassware, dishes and silverware, small
electric items, sheets, blankets, towels, bedspreads, rugs for the
bathroom and kitchen, etc.
Brown paper grocery bags
If you have any of these items, please bring them to church and put them on the shelves across from the Book Nook. Any questions, please call a member of the Social Concerns Committee.
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ST PAUL LUTHERAN PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
Calling all knitters, or those who crochet! Would you like to get together to knit or crochet, to compare notes on patterns, or just share fellowship with one another? Does meeting once a month fit into your schedule? If you would like to use your talents in this way, you are invited and welcome (even if you don’t know how to knit and/or crochet) to be a part of this ministry.
Even if you don’t have time or can’t make it to a meeting, we are always in need of prayer shawls or prayer squares. These can be dropped off anytime in the church office. A variety of colors and sizes are always needed and appreciated.
The next meeting of the PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY TEAM will be on Friday, April 24th from 6 – 8 p.m. (note this is not the usual Saturday time). We will meet again in the church lounge. All are welcome and treats are provided! For those of you who cannot make it on the usual Saturday, contact Mali and we could perhaps meet on a Tuesday morning. Contact Mali with any questions.
What makes it a prayer shawl? As people knit, they weave prayers into the shawl. They begin with a prayer for blessing the shawl and then pray for the person who will receive the shawl throughout the process. When this prayer shawl is given to a parishioner, it is given with a special card that also tells who knit the shawl. The message that is to accompany the shawl should read something like this: It is our prayer that you use this shawl as a mantle of love: wrap it around you as you go about your daily activities, when you feel down, when you go out, when you sleep, whenever you feel a need for love and support, always remembering that the minister who wove prayers for God’s love and your healing into it with the intention that it would comfor you, continues to remember you in prayer. And may God bless you! Many people who have received a prayer shawl comment that they feel completely covered with prayer, warmth and God’s love.
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OUR FAITH CHEST MINISTRY
Our Faith Growing Chest Tradition
As many of you know, several years ago St. Paul Lutheran began a tradition of presenting a Faith Chest to all Baptism recipients. (A sample is located in the vestibule at our church.) The tradition has been dearly received by many families of the baptized as another sign of our congregation’s love and our deep belief in the centrality and “grace-full” significance God’s promise and claim made upon each of our lives by Jesus Christ. In our baptism seminars with parents of the baptized, parents often express amazement and surprise when they learn that this is a gift from members of this church. Sometimes we witness tears of gratitude and amazement in parents. We tell the family of why we do this and how the Faith Chest may be used to store important faith formation materials, certificates and pictures related to their child’s baptism. Over time the Faith Chest may store important devotional books, study Bibles, faith journals and pictures of important teachers and friends who have been a part of their personal Christian faith experience and development at church, retreats, camps and mission trips.
Our Faith Chest tradition originated in our Men’s Club under the leadership of Emery Nelson who did the planning for and locating of component parts for the completion of each. For a time, Warren Creager did the large part of the assembly and finishing. In these last several months the Men’s Club’s Faith Chest working crew has been reorganized and enlarged by the leadership of Ron Kuehn and now includes Dennis Breu, Roger Harris, Al DeFore, Eldon Johnson, Orville Schettle, Leon Siverhus and Jim Schuster. These people are not only doing assembly and finishing, but are providing increasing amounts of funding for the costs of the materials. As members of St. Paul Lutheran we can all be grateful to these men who team to make these Faith Chests a gift to each of those among us we baptize in Jesus name. This is also another sign of our congregation’s serious commitment to rebuilding through our congregation the finest possible children and youth ministries for Christian faith and life formation within our children and their families. And it all begins in our practice and understanding of the gift of the Sacrament of Baptism.
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MGAMA WELLS
As printed in a previous Parish Visitor, we only received one successful drilling of a well in the Mgama Parish. Our $10,000 did not go as far as we hoped and more money is needed for more wells. Our goal to raise $3500. for a second well has been reached. We are well on our way, and will continue to accept donations, to try to reach another $3500 to provide a third well for the Mgama Parish. Please join us in raising the necessary funding to accomplish another drilling of a well. Stop by the Gathering Area after worship to drop off your donation, or send or drop it off in the church office. Please read the “Water Facts to Ponder” on the back of the next page. Let’s work together to make a big difference in the lives of those in our companion congregation of Mgama. Thanks in advance. The Social Concerns Committee
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