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Confirmation Sunday

“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15). “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven” (Matthew 10:32). Confirmation Sunday is a very special occasion when we publicly profess our faith before others as we ex-plain the reason for the hope which we have.

This year at St. Paul we will hold the Rite of Confirmation during the 11:00 a.m. service on May 4. Our 8th grade confir-mation group consists of just one student this year, Caleb Donavon. As is our custom, during the 11:00 service he will share his personal faith statement, explaining the important role that Jesus plays in his life. Please pray for Caleb as he is confirmed and as he publicly acknowledges Jesus Christ.

In the past, in some congregations, the pastor would be the

one who would select the special confirmation passage for

each confirmand. My tradition has always been to allow the

confirmand to select his own Bible passage, as this will en-

sure the passage is one he personally finds meaningful.

Caleb has chosen John 8:12 as his confirmation verse—

“When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said, ‘I am the

light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in

darkness, but will have the light of life.’” Jesus Christ has

filled Caleb’s life with true light, washing away the darkness

of his sins. Pray with me that Christ will always empower

Caleb to walk in that light and to bring glory to Jesus Christ.

A Message from Pastor Jenks

T o v i e w t h i s n e w s l e t t e r i n f u l l c o l o r , v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e , w w w . s a i n t p a u l a m e s . o r g

St. Paul Epistle—May 2014

Our Mission is:

• To Know Jesus Christ

as Savior and Lord,

• To Grow in faith

through His Sacra-

ments and Word, and

• To Go share His Gospel

with love in our

community and world.

Worship schedule, Adult Confirmation Class

2

Evangelism/

Thrivent choice

3

Education & Youth 4-5

WOSP event/ LWML convention news

6

Birthdays, anniver-saries and directory

7

Conversational Dinner & Human Care News / Summer Sunday school

8

WOSP/LWML News 9

Spotlight on a Fellow Believer

10

“Singing with the

Lutherans”

11-12

Service Roster 13

BOD Minutes 14

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

ST. PAUL EPISTLE—MAY 2014

Sunday, May 18Sunday, May 18Sunday, May 18Sunday, May 18

Holy Communion

7:30 & 10:00 a.m. 7:30 & 10:00 a.m. 7:30 & 10:00 a.m. 7:30 & 10:00 a.m.


Memorial Day WeekendMemorial Day WeekendMemorial Day WeekendMemorial Day Weekend

10:00 a.m. only10:00 a.m. only10:00 a.m. only10:00 a.m. only


Holy Communion

Confirmation at 11:00 am

8:30 & 11:00 a.m.


8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Worship Services at St. Paul Lutheran ChurchWorship Services at St. Paul Lutheran ChurchWorship Services at St. Paul Lutheran ChurchWorship Services at St. Paul Lutheran Church

Flower Garden Helpers

St. Paul has the opportunity to plant & maintain the flower garden by the bridge at Brookside Park. We took care of this garden last year in memory of friend Dave Cavanaugh. We need to notify the city soon so if you are willing to spend some time playing in the dirt , please contact Tom & Judy Peter at [email protected] or the church office.

Are you an adult who has never been confirmed? Would you like to learn more about the core beliefs of the Christian church, drawn from Scriptures? Would you like to dig deeper into the foundations of our faith and the teachings which come from Christ? We are working to make plans for a new adult confirmation class. The class would involve workbook lessons you complete at home and group discussions with Pastor and other participants in the class. You may attend the class simply to review the material and to refresh your faith, or you may at-tend with a goal of being confirmed. If you are an adult who has an interest in this, please speak to Pastor Jenks very soon.

Thrivent Choice Dollars Benefit St. Paul MinistryThrivent Choice Dollars Benefit St. Paul MinistryThrivent Choice Dollars Benefit St. Paul MinistryThrivent Choice Dollars Benefit St. Paul Ministry

Thank you to all the members of the congregation that have designated St. Paul Lutheran Church to receive your Thrivent Choice Dollars. At the March Board of Directors Meeting the Board allocated Thrivent Choice Dollars toward the fol-lowing projects:

$1399.07 to complete the funding for the new A/V System. This project is now totally funded and all installations have been completed.

$2000 to an Audio Visual Enhancement Fund. This will allow us to improve the Audio Visual equipment used in our worship services as new technolo-gies become available.

$2000 toward our goal of accelerated payoff of our current church mortgage.

Again thank you for your support of St. Paul Lutheran church. We appreciate and welcome any ideas for the future application of Thrivent Choice Dollars. These funds are being used to meet the goals and mission of St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Drue Sander, Vice Chairman

PAGE 3 ST. PAUL EPISTLE—MAY 2014

Board of Evangelism News

Evangelism is getting photography information for updating the Church Picture Directory. Photos will be taken in the Fall, when school starts, and before the snow birds leave. The last directory was done in 2010. Iowa District West has given St. Paul a grant of $500 for our continuing evangelism to welcome the un-churched to join St. Paul Lutheran Church, and to help with on-going 'fishing net' into the community. On March 31, Ron and Julie Coy, Inez Smith, and Dick Peterson went to Mapleton, Iowa to receive the grant.

ST. PAUL EPISTLE—MAY 2014 PAGE 4

Education News

VBS VBS VBS VBS –––– “Weird Animals “Weird Animals “Weird Animals “Weird Animals –––– Where Jesus' Love is OneWhere Jesus' Love is OneWhere Jesus' Love is OneWhere Jesus' Love is One----ofofofof----aaaa----Kind” Kind” Kind” Kind” ---- Aug. 3Aug. 3Aug. 3Aug. 3----6666

God filled the world with a lot of crazy creatures...including you! When kids feel weird, different, or lost in a crowd—nothing compares to the ex-traordinary love of Jesus. Mark your calendars for Aug 3-6 for this fun-filled event. Planning is just beginning by the Board of Education and our volunteer coordinator, BUT we need a committee and helpers to take kids through this one-of-a-kind adventure!

New this year we are having VBS for 4 days and beginning on Sunday night with a family night. Families will be able to enjoy a meal, a craft, songs and a Bible story together! The remaining nights, will be the family meals but then kids will break up into groups and do activities as we have in the past.

Please prayerfully consider helping.....we have the following positions we need to fill. Most positions have a group manual/guide book to help with the program listed.

• A Co-coordinator -help our coordinator order materials, help recruit volunteers for po-sitions as well as set up/clean up, get donations if needed, work with all volunteers, over-see week-long event, etc.

• One-of-a-Kind Bible Adventures Leader -teach/act out the day's Bible lesson to ro-tating groups

• Sing and Play Stampede Leader – lead the music with dvd at opening and closing

• Ozzy's Preschool Park -teacher/main leader for contained preschool classroom

• KidVid Cinema Leader -lead and discuss the daily movie

• Imagination Station Leader -lead cool kingdom experiments related to the daily sto-ries

• Zoo-Crew Helpers -each leader needs helpers to assist with position

Critter Cafe --groups to provide and serve meals for approximately 75 people (families and volunteers) before VBS each night.

Get your FREE VBS music cd!

For each family that registers for VBS before July 1st, they will get one FREE cd that will contain all the VBS songs for “Weird Animals – Where Jesus' Love is One-of-a-Kind.” Registration forms will be available soon in the entry way brochure rack by the clock. Once completed, please turn in to VBS coordinator Carla Murphy or the church office mailboxes. Your cd will be placed in your member mailbox.

ST. PAUL EPISTLE—MAY 2014 PAGE 5

Youth Pizza Fundraiser

Pizza Ranch "Share the Tips Night"

A St. Paul Youth Fundraiser

Join the youth of St. Paul on Wednesday, May 7, at the Pizza Ranch in Ames from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. for a "Share the Tips" night. Funds raised from tips that even-ing will go toward our youth's 2016 trip to the LCMS Youth Gathering in San Antonio, Texas! Also, be sure and use the special Pizza Ranch coupon for $1.00 off the reg-ular adult buffet price. (Those dol-lars go to the youth as well!)

Adventureland Special Days

Would you like to join us for the St. Paul Fun Day at Adventureland on Saturday or Sunday, April 26 - 27 OR May 3 - 4? Sin-gles, couples, and families are all invit-ed. You also are welcome to invite friends to attend. (All kids must have their parent or another adult along who is responsible for them.) Tickets are only $20, which is a discount of up to $20 per person! Sign up on the bulletin board and tell us how many tickets you'd like!


WOSP are hosting a “DRESS FOR LESS”…style show and luncheon. LADIES: the Dress For Less Style Show and Salad Luncheon

is right around the corner. Saturday May 3rd is a perfect time to invite a friend, neighbor, or family member to a spring lunch with a little fun, fellowship and faith mixed in. Share the joy and love we have in our hearts. Bring a pair of shoes for Hope Mission ( Soles for Souls!) Doors open at 11:00, lunch at 11:30. See what 15 of our savvy

shoppers are showcasing for under $35! Sign up on the bulletin board or call the church office at 232-5838. Call Gretchen Zitterich with questions 232-1765.

Iowa West District LWML Convention News ♦ Date - June 19-21, 2014 ♦ The registration form is in the IWD eNews and in

the Harvest ♦ The Ingathering will be items for “Phil’s Friends” -

comfort items for cancer patients. The list in-cludes: Fleece blankets; Bibles; Christian CDs; Journals – For Men and Women; Thick, fuzzy women's socks; Packaged Tea; Word Search, Puzzle, and Game Books; Non--flavored chap stick; Bandanas or warm hats; Men’s Baseball Hats; Travel Sized lotion; $5 gift cards from Panera, Dairy Queen, or Starbucks; Playing cards (standard cards, Uno, etc.); Biotene mouthwash--travel size. Place items in the tub marked LWML

♦ All other convention information is in the IWD eNews. Contact the office if you did not get a copy.

Human Care


Bethesda Food Pantry Sunday, May 18, is Bethesda Food Bank Sunday. Please bring items and place in the tub in the east en-tryway. Cash donations are also welcome and allow the food pantry to buy what they need at a greatly reduced price. You may place your check in the offering plate as long as it is marked “Bethesda Food Pantry.”

Conversational Dinners...please reserve this date.. Sunday,

May 4th. We have reserved the Stonebrook

Clubhouse...more details will follow as we plan our final

evening for the 2013-2014 year. You won't want to miss

this!!!!

Education News - continued Plans are in progress for Summer Sunday school. Sunday school and Bible class will be held June-August on the 2nd and 3rd Sunday of each month. There will be a variety of things happening this summer, so plan to attend. We are working on a “Faith Journey” themed pro-gram. Summer will be a time for all ages to come together in one big group. We will also

have a program for the preschool through Kindergarten age group. Volunteers for that will be needed.


Women of St. Paul

Family Service Circle

Quilt Group

“Book to Know” Our Books to Know group is very excited about our plans for the coming year. There are so many books that our group wanted to read and discuss that we decided to meet this sum-mer and added another meeting time next year. Although we don’t meet every month, we usually meet on the second Thurs-

day of the month. However we will meet on a Tuesday night in July and the third Thursday in April to work around holiday and vacation plans.

Here are the books we plan to read next year and also the dates and places we will meet. All meetings will begin at 7 PM.

Thanks to all of you who brought bas-kets to the quilting room. Your response was great and at this point, we have plenty.

DateDateDateDate HostessHostessHostessHostess BookBookBookBook

July 15, 2014 Julie Coy The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story

By Mark Tabb September 11, 2014

Tanny Latuska So Shines the Night

By Tracy Higley

November 13, 2014

Carol Folkmann The Last Sin Eater

By Francine Rivers January 8, 2015 Adele Knop A Winter Dream: A Novel

By Richard Paul Evans

April 16, 2015 Shirley Tice The Red Tent

By Anita Diamant

All St. Paul women are invited to the Family Service Potluck at noon on Thursday, May 22. You don't need to bring anything. Food and table service will be provided. We usually finish up around 2 p.m. If you are able to attend, please RSVP to Marilyn Hagemoser at 232-2807 or by e-mail at [email protected]

Hope to see you there.


SINGING WITH THE LUTHERANS

by Garrison Keillor

I have made fun of Lutherans for years - who wouldn't, if you lived in Minnesota? But I have al-so sung with Lutherans and that is one of the main joys of life, along with hot baths and fresh sweet corn. We make fun of Lutherans for their blandness, their excessive calm, their fear of giving offense, their lack of speed and also for their secret fondness for macaroni and cheese. But nobody sings like them. If you ask an audience in New York City, a relatively Lutheran-less place, to sing along on the chorus of Michael Row the Boat Ashore, they will look daggers at you as if you had asked them to strip to their underwear. But if you do this among Lutherans they'll smile and row that boat ashore and up on the beach! And down the road! Lutherans are bred from childhood to sing in four-part harmony. It's a talent that comes from sitting on the lap of some-one singing alto or tenor or bass and hearing the harmonic intervals by putting your little head against that person's rib cage. It's natural for Lutherans to sing in harmony. We're too modest to be soloists, too worldly to sing in unison. When you're singing in the key of C and you slide into the A7th and D7th chords, all two hundred of you, it's an emotionally fulfilling moment. I once sang the bass line of Children of the Heavenly Father in a room with about three thou-sand Lutherans in it; and when we finished, we all had tears in our eyes, partly from the prom-ise that God will not forsake us, partly from the proximity of all those lovely voices. By our joining in harmony, we somehow promise that we will not forsake each other. I do believe this: People, these Lutherans, who love to sing in four-part harmony are the sort of people you could call up when you're in deep distress. If you're dying, they'll comfort you. If you're lonely, they'll talk to you. And if you're hungry, they'll give you tuna salad! The following list was compiled by a 20th century Lutheran who, observing other Lutherans, wrote down exactly what he saw or heard: 1. Lutherans believe in prayer, but would practically die if asked to pray out loud. 2. Lutherans like to sing, except when confronted with a new hymn or a hymn; with more than four stanzas. 3. Lutherans believe their pastors will visit them in the hospital, even if they don't notify them that they are there. 4. Lutherans usually follow the official liturgy and will feel it is their way of suffering for their sins. 5. Lutherans believe in miracles and even expect miracles, especially during their stewardship visitation programs or when passing the plate. 6. Lutherans feel that applauding for their children's choirs would make the kids too proud and conceited. 7. Lutherans think that the Bible forbids them from crossing the aisle while passing the peace. 8. Lutherans drink coffee as if it were the Third Sacrament.


9. Some Lutherans still believe that an ELCA bride and an LCMS groom make for a mixed marriage. 10. Lutherans feel guilty for not staying to clean up after their own wedding reception in the Fellowship Hall. 11. Lutherans are willing to pay up to one dollar for a meal at church. 12. Lutherans think that Garrison Keillor stories are totally factual. 13. Lutherans still serve Jell-O in the proper liturgical color of the season and think that peas in a tuna noodle casserole adds too much color. 14. Lutherans believe that it is OK to poke fun at themselves and never take themselves too seriously. And finally, you know when you're a Lutheran when: It's 100 degrees, with 90% humidity, and you still have coffee after the service; You hear something really funny during the sermon and smile as loudly as you can; Donuts are a line item in the church budget, just like coffee; The communion cabinet is open to all, but the coffee cabinet is locked up tight; All your rela-tives graduated from a school named Concordia; When you watch a "Star Wars" movie and they say, May the Force be with you, you respond, "and also with you"; And lastly, it takes ten minutes to say good-bye.

May 4

8:30

May 4

11:00

Confirmation

Sunday

May 11

8:30

May 11

11:00

May 18

8:30

May 18

11:00

May 25

10:00

Memorial Day Weekend

Organist Mary

Nelson

Praise Team Mary

Nelson

LaDonna

Osborn

Elders Steve Johnson Denny Tice

Lectors Claudia Biddle

Gretchen Zitter-ich

Jerry Schradle Nicole Gebhart Paul Knop Steve Johnson Judy Peter

Acolytes Matthew

Latuska

Kaitlyn Wegner Mary Beth Coleman

Alex Highby

Ushers Matt & Sandra Pflug,

Matt & Jana Weiss

Bud & Thelma Voetberg,

Steve Vollstedt, David Pietsch

Greeters Harry & Pam Mundt,

Tom & Beth Henriksen

Ron & Becky Juelfs,

Wanda Schulte, Dawn Schulte

Coffee

Fellowship

Al & Tanny Latuska, Reiny & Maureen Friedrich

Dave & Judy Charlson, Maureen Frie-drich, Shirley Tice

Norm & Norma Pietsch

Altar

Flowers

Confirmation Brad &

DeAnna

Tibben

Offering Counters

Greg & Nicole Gebhart

Power Point Judy Peter Linda Naeve Harry Mundt TBD Harry Mundt Linda

Naeve

Harry Mundt

Sound Board Tom Peter Elder– Denny Tice

Thomas Wilson Thomas

Wilson

Tom Peter Elder– Denny Tice

Tom Peter

Altar Guild Jan Ziebell, Sandy Lundquist,

Pat Thiede, Connie Buss

Video

Recorder

Merle Suntken

Collate

Bulletins

Merle & Marcy Suntken

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