The Chimes November 25, 2014

Sunday

9:00 & 10:30 am: Holy Communion First Sunday of month: Family Worship at 9 am

(service designed with children in mind); Remaining Sundays: 9 am service concurrent with Sunday School

Christmas Pageant at 9:30 am on December 21

Christmas Eve Christmas Eve services at 5:00, 7:00 & 11:00 pm

December 28: Worship at 9:30 am

(one service only; children’s alternative Sunday School)

Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 415 E. Athens Ave., Ardmore, PA 19003

The Rev. Dr. Harry W. McDowell II, Pastor Laura Tancredi, Associate Pastor

610-642-3211 610-658-3262 (fax) www.stpaulsardmore.com

Like us on Facebook

2

6th Annual

Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 14

4:00 pm The annual Lessons and Carols service returns to

St. Paul’s on December 14, at 4:00 pm. Featured

will be the Adult, Youth and Children’s Choirs, and

the Handbell Choir. This year we will be accompanied

by a string quartet and oboe as well as the organ.

Our tradition of displaying Nativity sets lent by St.

Paul’s members will be continued under the

leadership of Kevin Maurer and Jim Schneider. The

church will also be fully decorated for the Christmas

holiday. There will be a cookie reception afterward.

The Lessons and Carols service has come to us

through the tradition of King’s College, Cambridge,

England where it was heard for the first time in 1918

and every year since. It is a beautiful format that

allows us to hear and sing the carols of Advent and

Christmas in a candlelit setting.

Please join us for this most beautiful service.

Andy Heller

Director of Music

The Chimes, the newsletter of Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, is published for the inspiration, education and entertainment of its members and friends. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Just mail, e-mail or deliver them to the church office. The next issue of The Chimes will be published on Monday, December 29. Your articles are due in the office no later than noon on Monday, December 22. Thank you! Ch

imes

pu

blic

atio

n

info

rmat

ion

3

Pastor’s

Letter

O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,

so that the mountains would quake at your presence… O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter;

we are all the work of your hand. (Isaiah 64: 1, 8- Reading for the First Sunday in Advent)

Dear Friends: As we begin this Advent season, I begin with the above words from the First Reading for the First Sunday in Advent. Advent is from the Latin adventus, meaning “coming.” It is a

season of expectancy, anticipation, and hope. The color is blue which, in the church, signifies hope. The event for which we expect, anticipate, and hope is, of course, the annual remembrance of the birth of our Savior in Bethlehem’s manger.

Our Hebrew scripture readings during Advent will all lead us in this journey of expectancy. On Advent 1 we hear those words above. I love these two thoughts Isaiah expresses. The first is a plea: “Come!” “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down.” The prophet begs God to come, acknowledging that our God is so powerful that the divine presence will cause the mountains to quake in his presence. I, for one, sometimes need to be reminded of God’s awesome, wholly-other presence and the force it wields.

Then the second thought from verse 8, is a surrender, an admission of humility. “You are our Father, we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.” It is a reminder to me that I am nothing on my own, and yet I am everything as a creation of God’s powerful yet gentle hands! The expectancy of Advent tells me that I am a child of God; I am human with a spark of the divine inextinguishable within me.

I hope, with all of the activity demanded of us at this hectic time of year, with all of the preparations and rushing we all go through to get ready for Christmas…I hope that we will all take time for Advent. The words and message of this season of expectancy and hope are so powerful and so important that we should not rush this part of the journey.

Please note these special times of worship during Advent:

Pastor Laura’s ordination- December 6, 10 am, at the Seminary

Worship with Zion Baptist- December 7, 5 pm, at Zion

250th Anniversary Celebration- December 14, 9 am & 10:30 am

Jennifer Ollikainen, preaching …Continued next page

4

Lessons and Carols- December 14, 4 pm

Christmas Pageant- December 21, one service at 9:30 am

Christmas Eve- December 24, 5 pm, 7 pm, 11 pm

First Sunday of Christmas- December 28, one service at 9:30 am

In Christ,

Pastor Skip McDowell

Prayers

Please pray for our men and women in the armed services, especially Michael Burns (son of Linda and Bob Burns) and Brandon Mader (grandson of Wendy Black).

Prayers are also requested for: Miranda Bagent (friend of Beth McElvenney); T. Chester Bright (father of Barb Henderson); Gertrude Brinkeroff (grandmother of Kevin Maurer); Preston Lynn Darkes (friend of the Sacks); Barbara Dunn (friend of Carol Hammarberg); Andrew Eldredge (grandson of Hazel Pelletreau’s friend); Steve Engh (father of Anita Engh); Kara Granger (friend of Liz Cassidy); Bill Hoffman (father of Diane Pringle); Barbara Johnson (wife of Jack Johnson); Mark Kelly (brother-in-law of Carrie Kelly); Pamela McDowell, Sydney McVoy (friend of Runa Kennedy); John Messer (friend of Claudia Muller); Linda Nelson (sister of Joan Swan); Marion O’Kane (grandmother of Paul Trombello); Walter Proschinger (brother of Christa Scheidly); Janet Raynor (mother of Kim Boston); Norma Small (friend of Linda Burns); Russ Stevenson (father of Debbie Moran); Andrew Sutor (friend of Vicki & Jason Sack); Alexander Winn (friend of Runa Kennedy); Abigail Yabut (cousin of Belle Miller); Catherine (friend of Liz Cassidy); Samantha (friend of Dolly Henderson) and Anne (friend of Mary Lynn Kennedy).

Baptism Olivia Rose Neidich, daughter of Stephen and Patricia

Neidich, was baptized on November 2, 2014

5

Thank You

(Letter received from Rev. Mark Hanson, dated Nov. 14)

Dear Skip, Laura and the people of St. Paul's Ardmore: What a great joy and privilege it was for Ione and me to share in your 250th anniversary year celebration. We give thanks to God for your gifted pastors and staff, your marvelous musicians, your warm hospitality and your generous support for the ministries of the SEPA synod and the ELCA throughout the country and the world. Having two articulate young people give stewardship temple talks was one of many signs that the Holy Spirit is at work in and through your community of faith. We look forward to hearing about your ministries. Perhaps there even will be a future opportunity to worship with you again. We left feeling that we had made new friends. In God's grace, Mark S. and Ione E. Hanson

Pastor Laura’s ordination will be held on Saturday, December 6, at 10:00 am at the Lutheran Theological

Seminary, Philadelphia. All are welcome to attend.

6

Crop Walk Update It was a great day in early October for the 2014 CROP Walk.

Thank you to all the walkers & contributors for this year’s

walk! St. Paul’s will be sending $1,115.75 to Church World

Services to end world hunger. The CROP walk is held

annually on the first Sunday in October.

7

A Heritage to Keep: St. Paul’s Celebrating 250th

Anniversary

Upcoming Guest Preachers & Special Events Sunday, December 7 St. Paul’s Youth & Children’s Choirs sing at Zion

Baptist Church, Ardmore. Pastor Laura will preach at 5:00 pm Sunday, December 14 Rev. Dr. Jennifer Ollikainen, guest preacher at both services Sunday, December 14 Lessons & Carols Service at 4:00 pm Sunday, January 11 Rev. Julie DeWerth, guest preacher at both services The Anniversary committee is always looking for additional volunteers. If you would like to get involved please contact Kevin Maurer via email at: kfmaurer@gmail.com or 215-473-3897.

St. Paul’s Commemorative

Christmas Ornament

Our commemorative Christmas Ornament has arrived! If you pre-ordered

an ornament, please see Jim Schneider or stop by the church office.

The cost is $20 dollars. Don’t miss out on this beautiful ornament celebrating St. Paul’s 250th anniversary!

8

Women’s Dinner

Wednesday, December 3 6:00 pm

Casey’s in Drexel Hill

Please RSVP to the church office by Monday, Dec. 1st.

(610-642-3211 or millie@stpaulsardmore.org)

Aid for Friends Christmas Cooking

As you start planning your special Christmas dinner for this year,

consider inviting a neighbor to share your meal through AFF. Celebrate

the spirit of Christ as you fill trays and stock our freezer for winter

deliveries. Share your home-cooking with a neighbor who is hungry and

overlooked at the holidays. It is also a great family activity to fill trays

with children of all ages.

Blessings and peace this Christmas and always,

Lisa Lexa and Jody Betz

AFF Coordinators

Christmas Cookies for the Homebound St. Paul’s youth will be baking Christmas cookies and making cards for homebound parishioners. Join us in the basement kitchen on December 14th at 10:30 am. Goodies will be delivered the following week.

9

2014 Alternative Gift Giving

Alternative Gift Giving will have a different look this Christmas season. You will still be able to make contributions to a variety of charitable organizations through the Advent letter while the popular Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate bars will be available as a fundraiser for our Youth as they plan for the ELCA Mission Trip to Detroit next summer. Look for St. Paul’s Youth on December 7th to purchase your favorite items for gifts for family, friends, teachers and coaches!

2015 Offering Envelopes

Reminder You will not need to pick up your new box of envelopes in the narthex this December. Your offering envelopes will be mailed to your home. Each month, a batch of newly designed customized envelopes will be mailed home along with a quarterly letter from our Pastors. (How great is it to once again say “Pastors?”) We have partnered with American Church Inc. to provide this service for the church. Please don’t worry about privacy as we control the member roster and our office staff will make any changes to your mailing address. Therefore, if your address changes throughout the year, it is imperative that you notify the church office to ensure delivery. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the church office or a member of the Stewardship Committee. Bill Henderson & Jason Sack, Co-Chairs, Stewardship Committee

10

“Life is like a stained glass window --- many of the colored panes are bright and uplifting, others are of dark hues and appear

uninviting, yet they offer balance to the whole story in the window. Stephen Ministry offers God’s light especially through the dark panes (different states of brokenness) that are often part of everyone’s life journey. With prayer, caring and better understanding, life becomes whole again with new dimensions of hope, love and God’s light.” ~ Carol White, Stephen Minister DE

Jesus is the Good Shepherd, and he wants to make sure each and every

one of his sheep are well cared for. The Stephen Ministry at St Paul’s

also wants to make sure that each member of the congregation is well

cared for. When your life seems to be in that “dark place,” be good to

yourself and allow a Stephen Minister to walk with you on your journey.

If you or someone you know could benefit from a Stephen Minister

please contact Pastor Skip or a Stephen Leader (Beth McElvenney,

Hazel Pelletreau)

St. Paul’s Annual Meeting February 8, 2015

One Service Only at 9:30 am

The meeting will be held in the Sanctuary & a luncheon will follow in Fellowship Hall.

All members are encouraged to attend this important meeting

& the luncheon that follows.

11

Religion 101

Fall 2014

EVOLUTION & THE BIBLE

December 2 7:30-9:00 pm

Darwin & Divinity

Facilitator: Dr. Nelson Rivera, Assoc. Professor of

Systematic Theology, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

Darwin, an iconic figure in science and religion debates, is considered one

of the greatest naturalists that have ever lived. From his formal education in Divinity studies at Cambridge University, to the evolution of his scientific

thinking (evolutionary theory) and personal faith (from theism to agnosticism), Darwin is also admired for his understanding of novelty in

nature as well as for his careful assessment of the strengths and limits of his own scientific theory. Darwin’s intellectual impact moves beyond the

biological sciences by informing other ways of thinking, including religious views of the world. After Darwin, Christian theology

has never been the same.

12

ADVENT EVENTS

NATIVITY DISPLAY On Sunday, December 14, at 4 pm, one of our most loved traditions, the Lessons and Carols service, will take place. With all our choirs participating, the musical offerings are always beautiful, and the Scripture readings set the tone for worship. This lovely service does much to help us prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of the Christ Child. This year we will again feature a nativity display, which has become an annual tradition. All nativity sets (both serious and cute) are welcome and will be displayed in the

narthex. The sets should be delivered to the church no later than Friday, December 12 and will remain on display

until after the children’s Christmas pageant on Sunday, December 21, after which they can be claimed by their owners, although leaving them at church until after Christmas is also an option. All contributions will be greatly appreciated.

DECORATING THE CHURCH

Another traditional event in preparation for Christmas is the decorating of the church, which will take place on Saturday, December 13. Come at 9:30 am with your gloves, cutters and other tools and be part of the festivities. If you don’t have time for breakfast at home, coffee and munchkins will be available. All members (and friends) are encouraged to come; it’s lots of fun and a wonderful way to draw worshipers into the beauty of the events surrounding our Lord’s birth. Help is also needed to remove the decorations on Saturday, January 10 at 10:00 am.

13

Attention Committee Chairpersons

Annual reports on all activities for the year 2014 are due in the office no later than Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Please note that reports are expected from all committees, subcommittees and groups. Observance of this deadline will greatly assist the church office in distributing the annual report to members in a timely fashion. The following reports are due:

Senior Pastor Director of Music Associate Pastor Finance Council President St. Paul’s Youth Ministry Christian Education Parish Activities Subcommittee on Library Worship & Music Staff Personnel Stewardship Evangelism Subcommittee on Altar Care Property Treasurer Report Technology Audit Committee Cemetery Social Ministry Financial Secretary Report Benevolence Payments Council’s Strategic Planning and Development 2014-2015 2013, 2014 Budget & Actual; 2015 Proposed Budget Cemetery Budget & Financial Summary Endowment Investment and Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Summary Ad Hoc Committee on Council Nominees

2014 Contributions Reminder All contributions for 2014 must be in the office or

postmarked by December 31, 2014 in order to be

counted for this year’s donation. No exceptions.

14

Families with Young Children

Breakfast with Santa!

Saturday, December 13

9:30 – 11:30 am in Fellowship Hall (Please note the change of date)

Pancake breakfast, picture with Santa, and crafts!

Families, please bring the following items:

A – H Muffins

I – R Fruit S – Z Orange Juice

Please register with the church office by

Thursday, December 11th

(610-642-3211 or millie@stpaulsardmore.org).

Friends & family are welcome.

Free-will offering

15

The banners are up, the historical pictures are

displayed in the sanctuary and we are on our way

in celebrating our 250 years as a congregation!

Built on the foundation laid by followers in Christ

from centuries past, St. Paul’s has supported our

community both locally and globally.

One goal of our Building on Blessings campaign

is to increase our efforts to aid those in need.

This month the Stewardship Committee is

highlighting many of the good works we do. To name just a few:

cooking over 200 meals for people in need each month

helping fill food trays for the homebound

supporting our missionary in Bratislava, Slovakia, The Rev.

Miriam Schmidt

helping IHN’s efforts to provide temporary housing to

homeless people in

transition

supporting Mediator

Lutheran, an inner city

congregation

There are so many more. For a

full list, please visit the Outreach tab on our website.

We could rest on our laurels but that’s not who we are. Now with double

the pastor power and invigorated by our anniversary, we want to do

more! With your contribution to our Building on Blessings campaign,

we will do just that. Please pledge by emailing

finance@stpaulsardmore.org or donate regularly using our new

envelopes.

Do you have ideas for service projects to undertake or support? Please

pass them along to our Social Ministry chair, Laura Bickert,

labickert@yahoo.com.

Building on Blessings Facts

% Families who have

pledged: 24%

% of pledges to come: 76%!

16

Christmas Pageant

This year’s Sunday School Christmas Pageant will take place on December 21 during the 9:30 am service. All classes—three year-olds

through 6th grade—will participate in the pageant.

DECEMBER Birthdays

1 Trisha Christian, Runa Kennedy, Marian Wagner 2 John (Jack) Johnson, Jr., Rolando Luistro 4 Brandyn Cronin, Tracy Scota 5 Michael Brophy, Wolfgang Ellmer, Linda Martin, Diane Zimmer 6 Helen Somma 7 Phil Jacobsen 9 Taryn Riggs, Robert Williams 10 Brianna Riggs, Heather Hunt Shaw 11 David Bevan, Spencer Groff 12 Renate Dietzschold, Cynthia McGeever 13 Dylan Curtis, Larry Dieter, Ann Kilbride, Halligeir Rui 14 Amy Bashore 15 Sophia Harkins 16 Connie Langzettel, Pamela Marlin, Patricia McFillin, Stephanie O’Mara 17 Joy Baxter, Anita Engh, Alexia Gibb, Rolando Luistro, Ryan Schuster 18 John Lieb II 19 Stephen Carroll, Johnathan Memmel 20 Elizabeth Kilpatrick 22 Stuart Krissinger III, Cady Schimpff 24 William Bozman, Robert Perry 25 Michael Aleardi, Hazel Pelletreau 26 Elizabeth Cassidy 27 Carol Henry, Barbara Keyser, Peter Lucas 28 Andrew Vickrey 29 Barbara Erickson, Charles Horn 30 James Perry, Laura Tancredi

17

Christmas Caroling

to the Homebound

Sunday, December 21 at 2:00 pm

Join us as we sing to many of our homebound members. All are

welcome! No choir membership is required. We will meet at the

church at 2:00 pm, split into groups, and carpool and caravan to

the different residences. RSVP to the church office by

Wednesday, December 17, to allow for route planning.

Can you help lead a group instrumentally (guitar or other)? Let

Joy Baxter know as soon as possible (610-789-2408).

Mark your calendars!

Red Cross Blood Drive at St. Paul’s

Monday, December 22

Fellowship Hall 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

18

Saint Paul’s Christmas Eve Services

5:00 pm – Candlelight Communion Service with Youth

Choir (prepared especially with Families in mind)

7:00 pm – Traditional Candlelight Communion Service with

Brass Ensemble (preludial music begins at 6:45 pm)

11:00 pm – Traditional Candlelight Communion Service with

Arioso String Quartet (preludial music begins at 10:45 pm)

Worship & Sunday School on 12/28

On the Sunday after Christmas, December 28, there will be one worship service only, at 9:30 am. Children’s alternative Sunday school will meet

concurrently with the 9:30 worship service.

19

ST. PAUL’S WOMEN’S RETREAT

Dates: Friday, Jan. 23 & Saturday, Jan 24, 2015

Location: Franciscan Spiritual Center, Aston, Pa.

Title/Topic: What Do Lutherans Believe? Nearly 500 years ago, a reluctant but studious monk, Martin Luther,

stood up to the church and inadvertently began the Protestant

Reformation. He cried for reform from within the church so that God's

love might be clearly proclaimed so that the consolation of grace be felt

and celebrated among all of God's people. Lutherans today trace their

theological and church roots to this brilliant and oftentimes quirky

German monk who still shapes our practice and belief in the Lutheran

church. We will explore Luther, his theology, and his humor as we

respond to the question, "What do Luther-ans believe?" (Please bring

your Bibles)

Retreat Leader: Rev. Dr. Jennifer Ollikainen The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Phelps Ollikainen served as vicar of St. Paul's

Lutheran Church in Ardmore (1999-2000), Associate Pastor of St.

Matthew Lutheran Church in Springfield (2002-2007) and Associate for

Worship Resources at the national church-wide office of the Evangelical

Lutheran Church in America (2007-2010). She is currently called as

Executive Director of Lutheran Congregational Services, an affiliate of

Liberty Lutheran Services which is a social ministry organization that

serves people in need throughout the southeastern Pennsylvania area. She

holds a Master of Divinity, Master of Sacred Theology in New Testament,

and a Doctor of Ministry in worship renewal from the Lutheran

Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.

Please note that the retreat fee covers the cost of the FSC meeting

room, overnight accommodations, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, the

leader's accommodations and meals, and a stipend for the retreat leader.

Checks should be made payable to St. Paul's, with "Women's

Retreat" in the memo line and dropped off in the church office

or given to Diane Pringle.

...Continued next page

20

RETREAT SCHEDULE: Friday:

6-6:45 pm arrival and room assignments

7-9 program introduction (retreat leader)

9- til fellowship + refreshments + games brought by

participants

Saturday:

8-9 breakfast

8:45-9 group photo

9-10:30 retreat program (leader)

10:30-10:45 break

10:45-12 retreat program (leader)

12-1 lunch

1-2 retreat program (leader)

2-2:15 break

2:15-3 closing worship (leader)

3pm departure

Directions and confirmation details will be sent closer to the date.

We hope you can join us this year!

Please register by Wednesday, January 7 and submit your

payment by Sunday, January 18. RSVP to Diane Pringle

(dianep@design.upenn.edu) or Millie Parker

(millie@stpaulsardmore.org). If you have questions, please

contact Diane Pringle.

St. Paul’s book club 2015 St. Paul’s book club will meet on Tuesday, January 27 at

7:30 pm in the Kugler Room. They will be reading the Young

Adult novel The Bomb by Steve Sheinkin.

21

DECEMBER CALENDAR

Please join us every Sunday for coffee fellowship at 10:00 am in the Fellowship Hall.

The Handbell Choir practices in the Sanctuary every Sunday following the 10:30 am service.

Monday, December 1 12:30 pm Mahjong/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Greater Phila. Paper Pholders/Fellowship Hall Tuesday, December 2 9:00 am Community Bible Study leaders 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall 7:30 pm Evolution & the Bible/Kugler Room Wednesday, December 3 6:00 pm Women’s Dinner at Casey’s, Drexel Hill Thursday, December 4 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Community Bible Study/throughout church 1:00 pm Women’s Christian Fellowship/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Children’s Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal Sunday, December 7 Family Worship/No Sunday school Alternative Gift Market 8:40 am Matins Choir warm-up 9:00 am Family Worship 10:30 am Holy Communion 5:00 pm Youth & Children’s choir at Zion Baptist 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Monday, December 8 12:30 pm Mahjong/Kugler Room Tuesday, December 9 9:00 am Community Bible Study leaders 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall Wednesday, December 10 7:15 pm Church Council Meeting Thursday, December 11 9:00 am Community Bible Study/throughout church 1:00 pm Women’s Christian Fellowship/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Children’s Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal Saturday, December 13 9:30 am FwYC Breakfast w/ Santa/Fellowship Hall 9:30 am Decorate the Sanctuary for Christmas

22

Sunday, December 14 8:40 am Matins Choir warm-up 9:00 am Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am Holy Communion Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Jennifer Ollikainen 10:30 am E-SPY bake cookies for the homebound 4:00 pm Lessons & Carols Service/ St. Paul’s Sanctuary 7:00 pm Youth Choir Rehearsal 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Monday, December 15 12:30 pm Mahjong/Kugler Room Tuesday, December 16 9:00 am Community Bible Study leaders 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall Thursday, December 18 1:00 pm Women’s Christian Fellowship/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Children’s Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal Sunday, December 21 9:30 am Sunday school Christmas Pageant 2:00 pm Caroling to the Homebound 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Monday, December 22 12:30 pm Mahjong/Kugler Room 1:00 pm Red Cross Blood Drive/Fellowship Hall Tuesday, December 23 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall Wednesday, December 24 Christmas Eve (church office closed) 5:00 pm Holy Communion w/ Youth Choir 7:00 pm Holy Communion (prelude begins at 6:45) 11:00 pm Holy Communion (prelude begins at 10:45) Sunday, December 28 9:30 am Alternative Sunday school 9:30 am Holy Communion (one service only) 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Tuesday, December 30 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall Wednesday, December 31 New Year’s Eve (Office Closed)

23

CCChhhrrriiissstttmmmaaasss DDDeeecccooorrraaatttiiiooonnnsss &&& MMMuuusssiiiccc

I/We would like to share in decorating St. Paul’s for Christmas by donating the following: In loving memory of __________________________________________________________ In honor of _________________________________________________________________ Name(s) of donor(s): _________________________________________________________ _____ Poinsettias @ $10.00 per plant = $__________enclosed _____ Wreaths @ $25.00 each = $__________enclosed Contribution toward pine roping = $__________enclosed Contribution toward cemetery decorations = $__________enclosed Total = $__________enclosed

I/We would like to sponsor a musician for the Christmas Eve services: In loving memory of __________________________________________________________ In honor of _________________________________________________________________ Name(s) of donor(s): _________________________________________________________ _____ Brass/string instrumentalist(s) @ $250.00 = $__________enclosed Entire string quartet @ $1000.00 = $__________enclosed Donation in any amount = $__________enclosed Total = $__________enclosed Any funds received in excess of the actual cost of the Christmas musicians will be used to support the music program at Saint Paul’s. Names of all contributors will appear in the Christmas Eve bulletin.

The church office must receive your completed form and check payable to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church no later than Friday, December 12, in order to include your information in the bulletin.

24

S

aint

Pau

l’s

Evan

gel

ical

Luth

eran

Churc

h

4

15 E

ast

Ath

ens

Aven

ue

A

rdm

ore

, P

ennsy

lvan

ia 1

9003

-3197

C

han

ge

Ser

vic

e R

eques

ted

T

ime

Dat

ed M

ater

ial