Bulletins/Announcements

St. Paul Lutheran’s Mission is to be an expression of God’s compassion in our community and beyond.

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS:  Jim Stafford, Deb Lange, Hilma Burnham, Garrett Chrzan, Brett Precord, Ron Hansen, Pamela (Anderson) Courtright, Frieda Maggert, Elana Aal, Helen Nickels, Lisa Borchard, Karen Bisson, John Matthes, Karen Kirschner, Kelly LaPratt, Terry Hand, Betty Kirschner, Barb Brandel, Adam Badgero, Raphael Marzean, Chet Barney, Natalie Rosenberg, Lois Chapman, Don Haken, Jane Ritter, Margaret Straley, Charlene Plainess, Jere Stein, Robert Mischloney, Paul Burke, Chuck Connolly, Gladys Wagner, Kate Clark, Sally Barney, Stanley Black, Cliff Wyman, and Carma Brubaker. (Prayer is the best medicine and we are prepared to pray indefinitely for folks. Would you please help the church office keep our list current?  Unless we know otherwise, our normal practice is to remove names after a month.  Thank you for your partnership in prayer.) 

ARMED SERVICES:  Patrick Schultz, Kenneth Richardson, Peter J. Smith, Brandon Urban, Christopher Howard, and Amanda Urban.  If there are other people you know of that are serving please contact the church office so that we may add them to our prayer list.

CONDOLENCES TO:  the family and friends of Earl Neiman who joined our Lord in eternity March 17, 2007.  His funeral service was held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Richmond on March 21, 2007. 

We remember our prayer partners in the North/West Lower Michigan Synod:  

* Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, Students, Faculty and Administration 

FLOWERS IN THE CHANCEL (foot of the cross) are given in memory of Mary Kirchoff from daughter Dixie Weiler, and granddaughter Jean Connon. 

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE           

Saturday           5:30 p.m.          (03/17)    93      

Sunday             8:00 a.m.          (03/18)    62      

                        10:30 a.m.                     182      

Total                                                     337 

This week we join in prayer with the other LARCC churches (Grace Lutheran, Trinity Episcopal, First Congregational, St. Anne, St. Mary, St. Bernard and St. John the Baptist Catholic churches) for the Prayer Chain at St. Mary Catholic Church. 

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES:  We are in need of ushers, communion assistants, and lectors, for all three of the Easter services, April 8.  We also need a person to serve as a “traffic director” during communion distribution for the 9:00 and 10:45 a.m. services.  If you would like to serve in any of these ways please sign up today on the sheet in the Narthex, under the service time you are available. We also need ushers for the Good Friday service.  You may sign up on the bottom of the sign-up sheet in the Narthex.  Thank you for your willingness to serve. 

Adult Education Class:  10 Bible Stories Every Christian Should Know.   This week we are studying Ezra and the rebuilding of the temple.  Next week we will study The Ethiopian Eunuch and his Baptism. This class meets on Sundays in the dining room at 9:20 a.m. and is led by Pastor Paul.  Child care is provided in the nursery. 

Attention altar care ladies - Our spring cleaning day is Tuesday, March 27th, at 9:00 a.m.  Come and help make the altar sparkle for Holy Week.  Questions?  Please call JoEllen, (989) 474-4223. 

St. Paul will be sponsoring the Alpena Community Blood Drive at the First Presbyterian Church in Alpena on Wednesday, May 9.  Volunteers are needed to provide cookies and fruit drink for the blood donors.  Other volunteers will help register donors and give out the refreshments.  Help will also be needed to unload the equipment in the morning and to reload the equipment at the end of the day.  We will also need people to make phone calls reminding donors of the blood drive.  If you can help to make this event a success, please call Ann Hardesty at 471-5304.

The March Service Activity is Lutheran World Relief Health Kits. People who must flee their homes quickly often do not have time to pack essential items. LWR health kits can help children, men and women who are refugees maintain personal hygiene while living in exile. Items may also contribute to a new start for those who can return home.  Include the following items in each health kit: One hand towel, one washcloth (dark colors recommended) one bath-size bar of soap (in its original wrapping), one adult-size toothbrush (in its original packaging), one 5-7 oz. squeeze tube of toothpaste, one comb, wide tooth preferred, one metal nail file or nail clippers with file attached, six Band-Aids (preferably ½ to ¾”). Secure Band-aids together with a rubber band.  All items should be new.  If donating an entire kit: Wrap smaller items in the washcloth; wrap washcloth and remaining items in the towel and tie securely with ribbons or yarn.  Do not enclose the kit or any of its contents in plastic bags. Please leave donations of one or more items in the designated green baskets, found in the Narthex, top of the stairs or Fellowship Hall. Questions: Contact Sandi Owens at 356-4039 (sowens@charter.net).

Easter Breakfast:  Plan now to attend the Easter Breakfast, April 8, put on by Boy Scout Troop #92.  Breakfast will be served from 7:00 – 11:00 a.m.  If you have any questions contact Dennis Johnson, 354-5592 or Ken Johnson, 356-1589. 

Reading God’s Word at Home: The Egermeier’s Bible Story Book readings for next week are:  Mary Anoints Jesus, page 460, Lazarus Is Raised from the Dead, page 443, and Jesus’ Last Hours in the Temple, page 468.  Parents, will you invest ten minutes a day in your children by reading God’s word with them? All it takes is time.  I’ll bet you’re willing to give it.

WEEK AT A GLANCE:  MARCH 25 – APRIL 1, 2007

SUN.    Worship–8:00/HC, 10:30; Education Hour – 9:15 a.m.; Faith Stepping Stone #5 “Communion” – 9:15 a.m. 

MON. Line Dancing – 5:00 p.m.; Girl Scouts – 6:00 p.m.; Stephen Ministry – 6:30 p.m.

TUES.   Cub Scouts – 6:30 p.m.; Boy Scouts – 7:00 p.m.; Altar Care Work Bee – 9:00 a.m.

WED.   Prayer – 9:30 a.m.; Lenten Worship – 11:00 a.m. (followed by a luncheon) & 7:00 p.m.; Cherub Choir – 4:30 p.m.; Children’s Choir – 6:15 p.m.

THURS. Staff Meeting – 4:00 p.m.; Praise Band – 5:45 p.m.; Choir – 6:30 p.m.

FRI.      Scout’s Sleep Over 6:00 p.m. – Saturday 12:00 noon

SAT.     Worship/HC – 5:30 p.m.

SUN.    Worship Services – 8:00/HC, 10:30/HC; Education Hour – 9:15 a.m.