St. Paul Lutheran Church – Weekly News
September 5, 2010
 

** Deepest Sympathy is expressed to the family and friends of Hazel Sommer. Funeral services were held at St. Paul on Friday.

** Deepest Sympathy is also expressed to the family and friends of Richard Johnson, a relative of the Katterhenry’s.

** Office Closed: The church office will be closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 6.** Parish Ed will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 7.

** Lydia’s Closet will be held from 12:15-1:15 in the church lounge on Wednesday, September 8, in conjunction with the soup lunch.

** Basket Guild will gather at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 9.

** WELCA: Women of the church will be selling knives, dishcloths, and nuts at Preservation Park on Saturday, September 11. Please contact Billie Kenitzer or Virginia Knutson if you can help.

** Ruth Circle: Sewing kits need to be in by September 12. Please bring them in and we will put them in the women’s workshop.

** Church Council will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14.

** Men’s Group will meet at Sophia’s Restaurant on Thursday, September 16 at 8:00 a.m. All men are invited to join us.

** Miriam Circle will meet at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 16 in the church lounge. The hostesses will be Audrey Kotenberg & Jewell Furman, and Kathy Schoon will lead the Bible Study. Please remember to bring your health kits.

** Teacher NEEDED: The Believer’s Club Sunday School is looking for a teacher (or teachers) for the 7^th and 8^th grade class. Experience is not needed, but a love for adolescents is required! If interested please talk to Kerri or Julia.

** Confirmation Orientation will be held on Monday, September 20 at 7:00 p.m. This is for students in the 7^th and 8^th grade. (This was listed incorrectly in the newsletter and I apologize for any confusion this may have caused.)

** Soup at St. Paul: St. Paul Soup will be held on Wednesdays. Volunteers can come at 9:00, soup is served from 12-1 and clean up is after. A shopping list is available in the kettle in the narthex. Thank you for your generous support.

Believer’s Club

This year we are USING THE GIFTS AND TALENTS GOD GAVE US!

To kick off the Believer’s Club year, we will have an “America’s Got Talent” style talent show in the fellowship hall on Rally Day, Sunday, September 12^th! Everyone is invited to share their talents with us ~ including children and adults. Possible talents include playing an instrument, singing, dancing, telling jokes, juggling, magic tricks, or any other talent you may have. Please sign up on the bulletin board outside of the Believer’s Club office, prior to Rally Day.

Classes and Teachers for this year include:

Beginners Karen Saudargas

Kindergarten, 1^st & 2^nd Billie Kenitzer

3^rd & 4^th Jen Murry

5^th & 6^th Brenda Kothe & Deb Hubb

7^th & 8^th Teacher Needed

St. Paul Softball News

Your St. Paul Softball team has experienced an exciting season. After a meager first half and a 2-5 record, they rebounded with a 6-1 second half record for an 8-6 season record.

The year end tournament began on Aug. 19 with St. Paul taking on Hope Blue. After a tight game St. Paul squeezed out a comeback 10-7 victory in 8 innings. St. Paul now moves to the semi-finals on August 27 at 6:30 against Roscoe UMC with the winners advancing to the finals at 8:10.

You can review the entire season on the St. Paul website, stpaulbeloit.org, with a report and stats on every game. Thanks to Roger Neitzel for providing the information. Go St. Paul!

Thank You!

We are blessed to have many volunteers at St. Paul. Do you know someone who volunteers their time and talents at St. Paul? Let us know so we can publicly thank them here!

** Thank you to the Money Counters! Leo Upward, Dave Markee, Ron Josh, Dick Bridge, Ivan Eckholm, Don Folts, Bill Rodermel, and Russ Liptow help to count the offering on Monday mornings. Thank you for your faithfulness to this volunteer position at St. Paul. We very much appreciate all you do to be sure the money is accurately recorded.

** Thank you to the office volunteers: Thank you to the many volunteers who help apply labels, fold and seal newsletters, and help with special mailings and seasonal bulletins. There are too many to list, but you are so valuable to me! Thank you also to the volunteers who work in the office while I am on vacation, special thanks to: Jackie Ueland, Virginia Knutson, Judy Engle, Judelle Murphy, and Joann Rosenow who covered the office the first week of August for me.

** Thank you to the Wedding Coordinator: Cyndi Martalock works with all couples who are to get married at St. Paul. She meets with them to determine many aspects of the wedding including bulletins, music, church decorations, and scheduling of weddings. Thanks you for this important ministry at St. Paul.