JANUARY 2015

St. Paul’s Lutheran

The Epistle Happy New Year St. Paul's!

Stepping into 2015, we'll be enjoying worship using the popular Texas Kyrie liturgy with guitars and praise

music in this time before Lent. "Kyrie" means Lord in the original Greek language of the New Testament.

There will be praise song sheets in the pews for the call to worship at the beginning of the service. The choir

invites the congregation to joyfully sing along in praising God during this time. We will begin using our pew

Bibles instead of continuing to print all of the Bible readings in bulletins. Page numbers for the Bible readings

will be listed. The readings will be read out loud as usual. We follow the wise men as we show up to worship

and bring our offerings before the Lord Jesus Christ. We can all make a resolution to put first things first in

our spiritual life as we bless the Lord!

Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise

in the assembly of the faithful. Psalm 149:1

Peace in Christ Jesus,

Pastor Nancy

The Epistle January 2015

Birthdays 1 – David Bengelsdorf

1 –Kenneth Dudley

1 – Douglas Wright

4 –Elaine Lucke

4 – Kelly Migl

6 – Carolyn Smith

10 – Phil Crawford

10 - Gail Salewski

12 – Ivy Crawford

14 - Janelle Zimmerhanzel

15 – Beverly Blue

18 – James McGee

22 – Phyllis Chandler

23 – Jaime Parker

24 – Vernon Caninenberg

24 – Tori Stacey

24 – Lori Viereck

24 – Laney Cherry

28 - Megan Hess

29 – Virginia Hackfeld

29 – Emily Viereck

30 – Robyn Soileau

Wedding Anniversaries 9 – Andrea & Juan Huerta

12 - Don & Elaine Eschberger

25 – Kelly & Kurt Migl

28 – Jeanie & Jim Herrington

Congratulations Kyla and Rob Johnston

newly married December 26, 2014

Baptismal Anniversaries 1–Jean Carson

1 –Anna Maria Chauviere

1–Susan Clanton

1–Danielle Cordova

1–Phil Crawford

1–Floyd Eickenhorst

1–Sherry Eickenhorst

1– Albert Elizondo

1–Kim Holle

1 –Elaine Lucke

1–James McGee

1 –Natalie Seymour

1–Elaine Vircant

1–Gene Zeiss

2 -Athena Wooten

8–Tanner Carter

10–Russell Holle

10–Garrett Reavis

10–Justin Reavis

10–Dalton Rein

11–Jaime Parker

11–Peyton Parker

12—Caroline Lucke

17 - Andrew Rouyer

19–Ben Eppley

19 - Beaux Hargrove

20 - Sharon Zeiss

21–Michelle Johnston

22–Marguerite Brueck

23–Kelly Migl

24–Carly Hylton

25–Charlotte Wooten

26 - Debbie Bakemeier

27–Kevin Gillespie

31–Hoya Ash

Serving Our Country Aaron Adams, Aaron Carlin,

Michael Giese, Paul Gomez,

Scott Gubbs, Corbin Haro,

Mike Hobbs, Stephen McWilliams,

Christopher Paradowski,

Kaylyn Perry,

Chris Salo and family,

Cheryl Sisco and family,

Kyle Spence, Garrett Threadgill,

Austin Wilkinson

In Our Prayers Beverly Blue- healing

Shannon Blue- health concerns

Alice Bosart – health concerns

Charlotte & Leon Busby-sympathy

Ben Eppley- health concerns

Cindy Eschberger- shut-in

Betty Ganske- health concerns

Barbara Garrett- health concerns

Virginia Hackfeld- health concerns

Kevin Johnston- healing

Michelle Fredricks- sympathy

Sonny Mask-hospice care

Renee Napier- sympathy

Lorraine Patterson- health concerns

June Tieman- health concerns

Sherry White- healing

Kathe Wodahl- health concerns

Sharon Zeiss– health concerns

THANK YOU To the Bread Bakers, Tellers, Sound

System Technicians, Committee

Members, Choir and Bell Choir

Members, Instrumentalists, Prayer

Shawl Ministry, Eucharist Minis-

ters, Card Writers, Food Pantry

Volunteers, photographers and any

volunteers not mentioned

To all those that volunteer as

Sunday morning worship

leaders. We couldn’t do it

without you

To Leon Busby, Hoya Ash,

Sandra & James McGee,

Don Eschberger, Chuck Ohm,

Salud & Chris Zamudio and any

others who work keeping our

church grounds so beautiful.

A heartfelt thank you to

our family at St. Paul’s

for the Love Offering this

Christmas. What a blessing.

We are overwhelmed at your

generosity.

Love,

Pastor Nancy

Rick Falconi

Jada Hylton

The Epistle January 2015

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS Classes will resume January 11th with the last six sessions

on “Keeping Faith in a Changing World” from The Pastoral

Epistles. The next sessions to follow are focused on “A

Gardener, Two Travelers, and a Cheat” (Adam, Abraham,

Sarah, Jacob).

PRAYER SHAWLS will be blessed the last Sunday of

this month, January 25th.

GOLDEN GROUP NEWS (50+ are welcome to attend)

Please contact Lorrie at 281-382-9770 to sign up.

Tuesday, January 13th

Huntsville Museums Tour

$15 for bus and museums

bus leaves at 7:45am

Lunch on your own at Bennie J’s BBQ

Wednesday, January 21st at 11:30 a.m.

Shogun Restaurant, Baytown

Sign-up sheet in the Fellowship Hall

Hostess: Birdie Torberson

TRI-SYNODICAL THEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE January 26th-28th in New Braunsfels.

Pastor Nancy will be attending.

COMMITTEE NEWS

ELIZABETH CIRCLE Bible study group

Wednesday, January 14th at 9:30 a.m.

Please meet in the Parlor. All confirmed women are

welcome to attend. For more information talk with

Anna Maria Chauviere.

MEN’S FELLOWSHIP Saturday, January 10th at 7 a.m.

Come enjoy breakfast, Bible study & fellowship.

Talk with Ian Gillespie for more info.

Community Inreach/Outreach

CUB SCOUTS Every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.

BILINGUAL CLASS Sundays at 2pm

Begins January 11th

Come and learn to be a bilingual speaker!

English/Spanish

Taught by Pr. Nancy in the teller room.

FOOD PANTRY NEWS

Food Pantry Kick-Off February 1st

The youth will be standing at the back of the church to receive loose change as you

exit after the worship service. All money collected will benefit St. Paul’s Food Pantry .

CELEBRATING

EPIPHANY! King cakes were served

on Epiphany Sunday.

Look who found

the babies!

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church- ELCA

712 Schilling Avenue

Baytown, TX 77520

Tel (281)422-9333 Fax (281)422-3648

Web Site: www.stpaulsbaytown.org

ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Called To:

STAFF: Rev. Nancy Simpson, Pastor Rick Falconi, Director of Music Ministries Sharon Mathews, Director of After School Program Jada Hylton, Director of Office Ministries

SUNDAY SCHEDULE: Sunday School — 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship — 10:30 a.m. Nursery available

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Church Council Meeting Minutes December 11, 2014

Present: Lorrie Andrews, Rip Clanton, Debbie Gillespie, Dalton Rein, Kim Holle, Pastor Nancy Simpson, Beverly Tomsic Opening prayer led by Debbie Gillespie Toolbox Webinar – Evaluating Our Leaders Lorrie Andrews, a member of the Nominating Committee, discussed difficulty in getting volunteers to serve on Church

Council. The November, 2014 Council minutes were approved as published. The Treasurer’s Report was reviewed. There has not been much activity in funds. Several propositions were discussed

to balance the budget. Due to a lack of a quorum, the budget was not voted on at this time. January 4, 2015 – There will be King Cakes after the service. The next council meeting will be January 8, 2015. The Annual Congregational Meeting will be January 25, 2015. Installation for incoming Council Members will be February 1, 2015. The Council retreat will be February 6-7, 2015.

Friday from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Saturday from 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

Meeting adjourned with the Lord’s Prayer. Submitted by: Beverly Tomsic

Annual Congregational Meeting January 25, 2015

The Annual Report will be available

to read January 11th.

Copies will be available at church and on our

website. www.stpaulsbaytown.org