Volume 27 | Thursday, July 13, 2017

Worship Festival Day! Sunday, July 9, 2017 the whole church met for one combined service.

Your weekly news & updatesDear St. Paul's friends,This weekend is going tobe another amazing weekend in and around St. Paul's, with Jesus. On Saturday, please stopby and join in the fun day with Jesus Vacation Bible School activities both insideand outside, as well as our first ever Chalk the Walk foradults and youth of all ages, sponsored bygenerous individuals and fundsfrom the St. Paul's Foundation! What does "Living Water" look like inchalk?You can draw or just look around! On Sunday, come toworship and take a step into PILGRIMAGE, our theme and direction,walking withJesus into our future. Sign up TODAY (last day!) with StephanieHeifner, leader, to be a part of our first-everministry offering to be held inthe NEW UPPER ROOM art space! It's a Visual Faith experienceduring theSunday School hour, based on some of the psalms from worship! And,speaking of visual faith, don't forgetabout our guest coming on July 20th toteach us some simple drawing spiritual practices called, PeacefulPatterns.Sign up! Jesus will be there. Then, remember ourChurch Conference at 1:00 pm Sunday, and our Sr. High Mission Team off foranotheradventure with Jesus, as they leave late Sunday afternoon. In every place you findyourself this July, watch for Jesus. See the Spirit of God this summer. Andtell us eachtime you notice our amazing God. Grace & peace,Pastor Sherrie

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Building Renovations Informational Meeting, July 13Plan to attend today's Building Renovation Informational Meeting at 6:30 pm in the Wesley Center to learnmore about potential state historic tax credits and building design decisions.

Update Membership InformationDoes our Church database have YOUR family membershiprecord correct? Here is your chance to updateYOUR record for ourannual Guide Book & Directory (if you haven’t already done so). It is time for us to updateourdatabase with any changes, additions, or deletions that may have occurred inYOUR family over the pastyear. Have you changed your phone number? Have you moved?Are you preparing to move soon? Are all ofyour children still at home and arethey all included in your membership record? Do you want your recordpublished?

If you have not already informed the Church Officeabout changes to your record, please let us know byMonday, July 24 so that the information inthe Guide Book & Directory is correct. Contact church office at 363-2058 or office@stpaulsumc.org. Thankyou for your help!

Visual Faith: Pilgrimage, (Registration Closes TODAY)To coincide with the upcoming “Pilgrimage” sermon series, we are offering a four-week Visual Faith class,similar to the Lenten Visual Faith series. We will be using passages from the Psalms as our inspiration tocreate works of art. This is open to any skill level – art experience not required! We aim to listen to the HolySpirit through reading the Psalms, and to let the Spirit move through us as we express ourselves on paper.Class will meet Sunday mornings at 10:20-11:20 am in the new Art Space on the upper level. Maximum 16participants.

Please sign up byTODAY by emailing stephanie.heifner@gmail.com.

Sundays for 5th-8th Grades5th-8th grades will meet in confirmation room during the Sunday school hour. Rotating leadership allows usmore flexibility during the summer so adults/leaders get some rest/relaxation, vacations, etc. It also allows us

to switch things up a bit with some new faces in the room! Volunteers to lead/co-lead may sign-up onlinehttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4fa4a82ba46-5th8th

Chalk the WalkALL are invited to Chalk the Walk! The theme of ourevent is “Living Water.” Join us to SHARE our faithand to COLOR the summer day with our neighborson Saturday, July 15 from 10:00 am-2:00 pm. Wewill gather on the 14th Street side of St. Paul’s.Chalk provided.

"Fun with Jesus" Vacation Bible School: July 15Join us for a PASSPORT to FUN! Celebrate a FUNWITH JESUS DAY. This event will include a daycamp for all children 3 years old-4th grade, a carnivalwith bouncy houses, cotton candy, snow cones,popcorn, hot dogs, “Chalk the Walk” sidewalk artevent, and other activities and treats for the wholecommunity. All are welcome and our new educationwing will be open for tours.Questions?: Contact Rev. Keith Pitts, AssociatePastor of Children, Youth, & Family at 319-363-2058 or kpitts@stpaulsumc.org.

Church Conference, July 16A Church Conference has been authorized for July 16 at 1:00 pm in the Wesley Center for the purpose ofvoting on our next steps in our Building Renovations project. More information is available at our WelcomeCenter.

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Get Ready. Set.Go! Fun_Raiser:DEADLINE for Auction Items: July 31What? A Fun_RaiserWhen? Saturday - August 26, 2017

Silent Auction from 4:00 - 6:30 pmLive Auction at 6:30 pmSupper from 4:00 - 6:30 pmBuilding Tours from 4:00 - 6:30 pm

We Need YOUR Donations Please!Now is the time to determine what you can donate tothis auction!

How abouta nice gift basket?Will it bevalued antique possession?Use ofyour vacation time-share?Ahome-made quilt?

Clark Neighbors (Clark@BISCommodities.com),319-431-6108Jerry Oakland (joakland@stpaulsumc.org), 319-377-5977 or 712-730-0049

A giftcertificate?A specialdinner for 8?Tickets toa sporting event?Concerttickets?

Youth Ministry Needs Life Vests for Upcoming Mission TripThe senior high are leaving on their mission trip this Sunday and we areending the trip with a tube river float on the Maquoketa River on Saturdaythe 22nd. We have tubes but are in need of additional life vests. If anyonehas life vests they would be willing to loan us please leave them at thechurch office or contact Pastor Keith Pitts. You will get them back. Just writeyour name on the tag inside and I will make sure they are returned. Thankyou for your continued support of our youth. We need them by ThursdayJuly 20th.

Missing St. Paul's Golf UmbrellasSt Paul’s Members, a few yearsago golf umbrellas were purchased for the ‘Parking Lot Greeters’ to use whenitwas raining. Many times they were usedto help members get to and from church without getting soaked. Acouple of weeks ago we were cleaning outthe Parlor, the vests were there but no golf umbrellas. If youborrowed oneduring a rain event and haven’t returned it, would you please return it and putit next the coat rackin the back of the Sanctuary (where the vests arelocated) by the 14th Street door. Thank you.

Thanksgiving Ingathering: Celebrating 38 Years of IngatheringIngathering SchoolKits Making a Difference

School Kits are sent to placeswhere even a few school supplies may bemore than a family can afford. Thesesupplies can help write a positive futurefor some child.

You may pick up a list of suppliesat the Connection Center or go to the St.Paul’s website and do a search on “Ingathering”.

Items may be dropped off at thechurch office or the Connection Center bin byOctober 2nd. If you don’t have the time, you can alwayscontribute $13.00. That covers $11 forthe school kit plus $2.00 shipping and handling.

From the St. Paul’s Ingathering Team

Thank You to all who made our firstFestival Day of Worship asuccess!

Thankyou to Compass Class for making muffins and gettingup early to make coffee andserving the light breakfast beforethe service. I've never seen so many muffinsin my life!Thanks also to Lee Novak for entertaining everyone withhismagic in the Wesley Center during breakfast.

Thankyou to the Serendipity, Seekers and Lifeline Sundayschool classes for thewonderful spread of fruit and cookies afterthe service. It was wonderfulto see all of these Sunday schoolclasses working together to make this asuccess. All of thedonations of food were very much enjoyed.

Thankyou to the African ladies for the African bread.

Theservice itself was awesome. Pastor Sherrie and PastorDaniel planned awonderful, joyous service for us. PastorDaniel gave a very entertainingsermon that was soappropriate. I feel now we really are onecongregation! ThanksBertin, for translating for your dad.

Thankyou Mark, and the choir for the wonderful music. It wasgreat!

Last,but certainly not least, thank you to the congregation for welcoming ourAfrican brothers and sisters to St.Paul's and also for being so flexible withthe time change and giving up your Sunday School Class. The nexttime we dothis we will have our new gathering space in the old parlors which will be muchlarger.

Blessing!TheAfrican National Board

Pastor SherriePastor DanielJoyce JohnsonBertin Nduwayezu

JimMildenPerpetuaNiyonzimaNancyOwenJackieKool

Mission, Vision, and PlansforPILGRIMAGE: Our SacredJourneyTogether as People of FaithOverthe past year and a half, we’ve gathered assmall groups to share our hopes,dreams, potentialblocks and challenges, for being a vital church intothefuture. We’ve talked specifically about ourdirection for the next 3-5 years.

You’ve named 4 ministry directions that will be our focus. All of us are invited to journey together as pilgrimson the way towards Christ!

In some of my reading about PILGRIMAGE, I’ve been blessed to discover some good practices that pertain tonot only physical pilgrimages to a destination, but also to our metaphorical pilgrimage, as a sacred journey inmission and vision.

Practices of Pilgrimages…for travelers on sacred journeysPractice the arts of attention and listeningPractice renewing yourself every day.Practice meandering toward the center of every place.Practice the ritual of reading sacred texts.Practice gratitude and praise-singing.

Abraham, becomes our example of a faithful pilgrim on a sacred journey:Faith is the reality of what we hope for, the proof of what we don’t see. 2 The elders in the past wereapproved because they showed faith…

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was going to receive as aninheritance. He went out without knowing where he was going.

By faith he lived in the land he had been promised as a stranger. He lived in tents along with Isaac andJacob, who were coheirs of the same promise. He was looking forward to a city that has foundations,whose architect and builder is God. - Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-10

Below, you’ll find more details of the road map we have in front of us for the next 3-5 years. Find yourbackpack, your walking stick, a friend, and prepare to journey in faith. Your pastors, staff and church leaderswill be walking alongside, noticing holy moments.

Grace & peace, Your Pastors, Staff, and Church Leaders

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Lifeline Sunday School Class Begins New Study,July 16Do you want to read the Bible but find the unabridgedversion intimidating oroverwhelming? Have you read the Bible but felt thestories and themeswere disconnected or disjointed? Do you enjoy reading theBible in differentways and learning with others as we all deepen our spiritualknowledge andrelationship with God? You are invited to join Lifelines as webegin a studyof The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and HisPeople.The Story is an abridged, chronological Bible that readslike anovel. Although it doesn't contain the entire Bible, it is actual scripture,condensed into 31 chapters, using the New International Version (NIV).Each session will include a 10 minute video lesson by Randy Frazee, whomost recently served as senior minister with Max Lucado at Oak Hills

Church in San Antonio, and discussion with others studying The Story. Our first session will be Sunday,July 16th at 10:20 a.m. in the main room of the Annex. Lifelines would love to welcome anyone who wants tolearn and grow with God and in fellowship with each other! Coffee and cookies are always available. If youhave any questions, please contact April Campbell at april.hedgecoth@gmail.com or 319-521-2074.

Youth Wednesday Nights, July 19Youth will not meet on Wednesday, July 19th due to the Senior High Mission Trip. We will meet on July26th. Also, as a reminder we do not meet on Wednesdays in August, but will regroup in September.

Create Expression of Soul with PeacefulPatterns, July 20 - Upper Room, 5:15-8:15 pmOurpilgrim guide will be Andi Lewis, Prairie Woods MarketingCoordinator, who hasa gift in art as experienced through her workknown as Peaceful Patterns. Thiswill be a relaxing, informational andexperiential evening. Andi emulates graciousness and peace and is

Arts Ministry at St Paul’s UMC –Cedar Rapids hopes toprovide avariety of opportunities for people ofall ages to grow their faiththroughcreative expression in multiple artforms: visual arts,dance,prose/poetry and music.

someone you'll want to meet andspend time with. Come and joinusfor this adventure and add another spiritual practice to your list ofoptions! Free Will Offering. Bring a sack lunch if you like.Please RSVP in the church office.

Kool Kool Luncheon, July 27Kool Kool Luncheon, July 27 12:00 pm at Bever Park, Bever Pavilion. You won’t want to miss thiscelebration of our youth in mission and fundraiser for future youth mission projects. Make reservations in thechurch office, 363-2058, or office@stpaulsumc.org.

Compass Sunday School Class Begins New Study,July 30Beginning July 30, Compassclass will do another study of Rev. AdamHamilton: Half Truths. The study is 5 sessions, with no class on August20, and will end September 3. We have allheard well-worn clichés in our daily living and believed theywere somethingthat may come from the Bible. They capture some elementof truth, yetthey miss the point in important ways and can lead us downunfaithful andsometimes dangerous paths. Adam Hamilton searches forthe whole truth bycomparing some common Christian sayings with thewisdom found in Scripture.

"Fill the Truck" Food Bank, August 6“Fillthe Truck” Food Bank Sunday is August 6 for a collection of food for the LinnCommunity Food Bank. TheLinn Community Food Bank provides a 3-dayemergency supply of food to families in need on a firstcome/first servedbasis. The food bank is funded and supported solely through donationsfrom the localcommunity, and serves over 7000 families a year! Look for cloth bags to be distributed in the next couple of

Sundays to bereturned full of donations! The Food Bank van will be parked at the 2nd Avenueentrance of thechurch.

Women's Retreat, August 11-13

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Next Youth Flag Fundraiser, September 4We need volunteers! Adult drivers (2) with pick-up truck or mini-van tofit flag poles inside, additional adults (2), and youth (4-6). Thisfundraiser benefits all youth programs so families are encouraged toparticipate in this easy opportunity to support our youth! Sign-up onlinehttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4fa4a82ba46-flag1.

Music Staff Positions Available!See our website for job descriptions at www.stpaulsumc.org/employment/.

Sanctuary Choir Sanctuary Choir rehearses on Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00 pm during the summers. All singers are welcome tocome when your schedule allows. Contact Mark Baumann (mmbaumann@msn.com) or any choir memberfor more information.

Especially for You Race Against Breast Cancer:October 1“Mom's da bomb” Fundraiser

WORD Ministries will be showing their support for Lee AnnDielscneider by joining the "Especially for you Race Against BreastCancer" walk on October 1, 2017. If you would like to join the team youcan register by clicking the link below. You may also donate to theyouth team by clicking the link below or through the church office.

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Christmas Dinner 2017 Help NeededInterested in helping plan for the 2017 Christmas Dinner? Ifso, please contact Pastor Jonathan(jheifner@stpaulsumc.org).

St. Paul's Worship Times8:15 am | Communion Worship in the Chapel9:00 am | Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary11:30 am | Worship Café Contemporary Worship in the Wesley Center12:30 pm | African Nationals Worship in Swahili/Kirundi language in the SanctuaryWednesday6:00 pm | Youth Worship in the Wesley CenterThursday10:30 am | Community Worship in the ChapelSaturday5:30 pm | African Nationals Worship in Swahili/Kirundi language in room 117ChildrenAt St. Paul’s, worship is for the whole family. While childcare is available in our nursery for all Sundaymorning services, we welcome children of all ages at all worship services. Learn more about how kids can toget involved with worship.Additional Information

Text-to-Give Number Change

Giving Just Got EasierYou can now make a contribution to St. Paul’s UMC with a quick text message! Simplytext SPUMCCR to 73256 with the amount you would like to contribute. Make sure to include the dollarsign before the amount. Example: $75. Within a few minutes, you’ll receive a text with a link to register.Click on the link and enter your cardholder name and credit or debit card information. Once your registration iscomplete, you will receive a text verification and a receipt via email. For future giving, simply send a text withthe amount you wish to give, and it will process automatically! Questions? Call the church office at 319-363-2058 or office@stpaulsumc.org.

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Giving Just Got EasierThe Joyfully2UMC giving app allows members of local United Methodist churches the chance to give to theirchurch electronically. The free app, available for Android and Apple® operating systems, provides aconvenient way for local church goers to give to their church that already uses Electronic FundsTransfer. Questions? Call the church office at 319-363-2058 or office@stpaulsumc.org

It’s easy:1. Download the app (Joyfully2UMC)2. Search for your church (Saint Pauls United Methodist Church)3. Complete a few questions to set up your account4. Donate

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Prayer Devotions for July 16, 2017Trust in the Lord with all yourheart; don’t rely on your own intelligence. Know him in all your paths, andhewill keep your ways straight. -Proverbs3:5-6

Let us pray:O God of all wisdom, we seek your grace today: for the creation which groans in waiting, for nations andcommunities that struggle to be beloved communities, for the Church, as we seek to be faithful to yourcall, and for those named on the list that follows.

Lord, hear our prayers for…Peace and reconciliation in places of conflict throughout theworld and for those serving through ourmilitary.Those struggling with addictions and mental health issues.For those in search of home and shelter.Celebration of Birth: Lucas Sheppard born to Bart and BethanySheppard

Continued healing and grace for...Garr HintzIrba BaconBarbaraNewhallJim & Rose MildenMarilyn CechFrances Allen (Roger Allen’smother)Joel Oxenford (Elaine’s son)Holli SchneeklothJennifer DeBaunAnnette Harding (daughter ofJanet Harding)Wayne DvorakKathy DavisGene MahanyRon BunchJim MorrowMarianne MickleNora Mae VanceLarry ConawayTimothy Ilyes (MichaelaRobinson’s father)Patricia Oostenryk (Lori Montgomery’smother)Rev. Elmer ColyerChadDielschneider (brother of VicDielschneider)Charlene O’BrienJusticeScroggins (father John)Mathias HakizimanaElias MacumiNeoma Starnes (Duane)Steve Dix (Dixie Allen’s brother)Joe, Amanda, & Kolby Boots (Mike & ChrisCrilley)

Penny Grave (Kay Galli)Danuta Miller (Sally & Tom Young)Janet VyubusaLee Ann Dielschneider (Vic)Steve Parry (Friend of Andrew and GennyYarne)Rod BunchLouise Single (FredPauline BeldingMyrna CooneySandy Pingel (Gloria Ford’s daughter)Linda HadleyBarb Zahradnik (Bob)Wilma ShadleRobert Moore (Lee Moore’s father)Dianne Berrett (Bob)Mary Etta Pearson (Jean)Jody SloanTracey O'Shea (relative of Tamara Young)Raine Allen (Dixie and Roger Allen’sgranddaughter)Marty & Spence Grayson (Dave Mahlke’ssister and brother-in-law)Kristin SimonMina Arbore (John)John McQuilkin (Jean Kwader’s father)Ryan VickPam Anslyn (friend of Angela Stookey)Heidi DeJong (Chaun)Angela StookeyKris Yahn (Steve)Quinn Anton Jensen (Nancy and BriceAnton-Jensen’s son)Matthew Hudson (Fran Nathanson)

Those under Hospice Care... Herb EckertShirley Lee (Regina Anderson’sGrandmother).

Memorial prayers for the families and friends of:

Jeanne Sentman (Thad Sentman’s mother)Marjorie BakeDonSchantz (Father of Ron SchantzMarlys Roloff (sister-in-law of Jon &NancyStahl)Steve Rebora (family member of Jon &Nancy Stahl)

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