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, Elana Aal, Helen Nickles, Lisa Borchard, Karen Bisson, Chuck Connolly, Cliff Wyman, Sue Robb, Mary Steinke, Lois Cramer, Pamela Anderson Courtright, Tatum Wallace, Lisa Taylor, Terry Hand, Bea Diemond, Alice Cornell, Julie Curtis, Rapheal Skiba, Sandy Johnson-Braugh, Thelma Connolly, Donna Stepanski, Cheryl Lumsden, Beverly Diemond, Harold Meske, Randy Stewart, Karl Haselhuhn, Doris Severson, Leah Ford, and Eugene Kamyszek. (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.) 

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

* Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo, Pastor Mike Kemper 

CONDOLENCES TO: the family and friends of Gladys Wagner who joined our Lord in eternity on November 3, 2007.  Her funeral was held at St. Paul Lutheran Church on November 7, 2007. 

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE           

 Saturday          5:30 p.m.         (11/03)        95  

 Sunday            8:00 a.m.         (11/04)      107  

                     10:30 a.m.                          186            

Total                                                        388

The Head to the Heart Students are sponsoring a service event for the month of November.  You can help!  They are collecting items for overseas armed forces.  The items needed are: AA Batteries, Hard Candy, Gum, Beef Jerky, Single Packet Drink Mix, Greeting Cards, Magazines, Personal Hygiene Items, Playing Cards, Phone Cards, Stationary Items, and Stamps.  Please leave items in the designated basket in the Dining Room. Thank You! If you have any questions please call Val Urban at 356-4613. 

The Immanuel Lutheran Church is sponsoring a blood drive at: First Presbyterian Church, 1600 Chisholm Street, Alpena, Michigan on Wednesday, November 14 from 12:00 noon – 5:45 p.m.  You must have a photo ID or donor card to donate.  We need your donation to help provide the 2,000 blood products used in Michigan every day.  Each pint can save up to three hospital patients.  Donating blood is safe, it’s simple, it saves lives.

We welcome into the kingdom of God through the sacrament of Holy Baptism (Sat. 5:30 p.m.)  Brody Michael Steinke, son of Kaitlyn Thompson and Ian Steinke.  His sponsors are Adrienne Thompson and Adam Thompson.  May our Lord surround him with His grace as he grows to know Him as Lord and Savior. 

The St. Paul Christmas Program will be December 15th at the 5:30 p.m. service.  For those who want to participate or if you have any questions please call Kristi Werth at 356-3634.  Music selections need to be approved by Julie Wood so there are no duplications.  Thank you. 

The NOVEMBER SERVICE ACTIVITY is to purchase 100 T-shirts for our members who are traveling to Cameroon, Africa to present as gifts to students and their families.  The shirts will have printing in English – something the people in Cameroon appreciate very much.  The shirts cost $6.00 each.  You may purchase as many shirts as you want by placing your donation in the offering or taking it to the church office.  Flyers with detailed information and a contribution form at the bottom are available in the November newsletter and in the Narthex.  We thank you for supporting our Global Mission program in Cameroon.  Contact Georgene at 356-2505. 

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 Ushers Group at St. Anne Catholic Church. 

Reading God’s Word at Home: The Egermeier’s Bible Story Book readings for next week are:  The Temple Is Finished, page 338, Ezra Teaches God’s Law, page 340, and Jesus’ Enemies Come with Questions, page 467. 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:  NOVEMBER 11 - 18, 2007

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

MON.    Line Dancing–5:00 p.m.; Girl Scouts – 6:00 p.m.; Education Committee –        6:30 p.m.

TUES.   Esther Bible Study – 12:30 p.m.; Cub Scouts – 6:30 p.m.; Boy Scouts – 7:00 p.m.

WED.   H2H Theme– 6:30 p.m.; Cherub Choir – 6:45 p.m.

THURS.   Newsletter Deadline; Adult Choir – 6:00 p.m.; Praise Band – 7:00 pm

SAT.     Worship Service/HC – 5:30 p.m.

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