St. PaulвЂ™s Lutheran Church and School Announcements - October 18 and 19, 2014 ATTENDANCE CARDS Please make sure to locate the Attendance Cards in your row and fill one out when you first arrive. This helps us know that you are here with us and it enables us to assist you. There is a вЂњMemberвЂќ side as well as a вЂњGuestвЂќ side - please fill out the appropriate side of the card. Use one card for each family that is gathered. (Parents, please take responsibility for signing in your children.) The Attendance Cards will be collected by a Lay Minister after the Offering. SUNDAY MORNING ADULT BIBLE CLASSES (9:50 a.m.) Class: вЂњThe Family ProjectвЂќ Location: 5th Grade Classroom Teacher: Mark & Cheri Rogers Class: Faith and Membership Class Location: 7th Grade Classroom Teacher: Pastor Koeppen ASSOCIATE PASTOR CALL This weekend, we are being visited by Pastor Craig Mathews and his wife Eunice. Please keep Pastor Craig Mathews and his wife Eunice in your prayers as he deliberates the Call to serve here at St. PaulвЂ™s as our Associate Pastor. FAITH AND MEMBERSHIP CLASSES Our Faith and Membership Classes will begin today at 9:50 am in the 7th grade classroom at the school. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a member of St. PaulвЂ™s, please call the church office at (815) 932-0312 for more information. ALUMNI GATHERING CALLING ALL ST. PAULвЂ™S ALUMNI, donвЂ™t forget about the gathering and recognition of St. PaulвЂ™s Graduates on Sunday, October 19th. We invite all graduates, but especially those who graduated in 1972 and earlier, to be recognized in the 11:05 worship service as well as during the Oktoberfest. Come on out and enjoy a reunion and some good fellowship (and German Food, TOO!) WORSHIP FOR SHUT-INS October 19, 2014 вЂ“ Isaiah 45:1-7 вЂњCreator and ControllerвЂќ by Rev. Dr. Walter A. Maier III, Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, IN God, who created the world, controls world history. God, who created the Church, controls world history for the benefit of His Church. God, who created you, controls everything in your life for your good. FPU CLASSES A new session of Financial Peace University (FPU) is going on at the school on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. in the Meeting Room. The classes meet for around an hour and a half each week for nine weeks. If you would like more details or would like to enroll in the class, contact John Veers at jcveers@gmail.com, or 815-263-9170 or call the church office at 815-932-0312. Page -1- LUTHERANS FOR LIFE вЂњUsually, when people think of life issues, they think of вЂ�politicalвЂ™ or вЂ�socialвЂ™ or вЂ�controversialвЂ™ issues and come to the erroneous conclusion that we should not be talking about them in church. But do you know what I call issues of life and death, pain and suffering, fear and anxiety, sin and guilt, regret and grief, and end-of-life decisions? I call them вЂ�spiritualвЂ™ and вЂ�biblicalвЂ™ issues! The Gospel of Jesus Christ is tailor made for such issues.вЂќ Rev. Dr. James I. Lamb, executive director of Lutherans For Life вЂ“ A вЂњLife QuoteвЂќ from Lutherans For Life В· w w w . l u t h e r a n s f o r l i f e . o r g ILLINOIS GENERAL ELECTION - 11/4 Reformer, Martin Luther, talked about Christians being citizens of two kingdoms - the heavenly and earthly kingdoms. While much of our focus in the church is on our citizenship in heaven, we also participate in this earthly kingdom until our Lord returns in glory. As part of this earthly kingdom, we are also good, Christian citizens, taking part in our communities and taking our earthly citizenship seriously. Next month, on November 4th, our country will hold mid-term elections for a number of important government positions - positions that have dramatic authority on the direction of our state and nation. As Christian citizens, it is our right and responsibility to take part in this aspect of our earthly citizenship. We cannot take our God-given civic responsibility and the blessing of self-government lightly. As citizens, we have been given the awesome privilege and responsibility to select those who make our laws and govern our nation. Christians have a wonderful opportunity to be salt and light for a state and nation in rapid decay. To help us navigate these issues, we are providing several resources from the Illinois Family Institute to help you make more informed decisions at the ballot box. 1) Voter Guide for the 2014 General Election. They are available at the downtown church in the tract rack in the narthex and on the table by the elevator. At the school, they are available on the table in the entryway. 2) A free online voter guide from Illinois Family Action that evaluates candidates and includes a detailed summary of important information that will help inform you on where the candidates stand on important issues like religious liberty, natural marriage, and the sanctity of life. The candidates were researched based on a number of criterion and then rated on a seven point scale from вЂњVery Liberal to Very Conservative.вЂќ This guide also provides critical background information such as endorsements, donations to and from the candidate(s), candidate statements on the issues, and information from other sources. This guide is found at www.ivoterguide.com. Simply enter your name and address to see the candidates on your ballot. 3) Guide on Amendments and Referenda questions. The Illinois ballot also has two constitutional amendments and three advisory referenda questions. Illinois Family Institute has prepared information regarding these questions and we have printed copies of that. They are available in the same location as the voter guides. Page -2- SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Mark your calendars now for the upcoming Sunday School Christmas program. Practices are Saturdays, December 6 & December 13 from 9-11 a.m. The program is Sunday, December 14 at 5:00 p.m. The students will also be learning some of the songs during the Sunday School hour. More information will follow soon. their churches, and groups, then generously shopped for supplies! Then on Saturday, October 4th they came with boxes, bags, and armfuls of school supplies, health items, clothing, and toys. In addition they brought many monetary gifts from others who were also inspired by the idea of providing gifts for less fortunate children around the world as a way to spread the Gospel to the children, their families, and communities. After a heart-touching video about Operation Christmas Child, the items were all sorted, groups set about bagging soap, candy, and pencils, others wrapped shoe boxes, and there was even a sock sorter. There were also 7 youth from various churches who participated in this event, along with the children from St. Paul's Lutheran School who provided many supplies and their chapel offerings for postage. Shoebox gifts totaling 152 were packed to overflowing with the many useful and fun items provided! It is the prayer of those involved, that God uses these boxes to lead children to the Bible and His saving grace through the programs and Bible studies that accompany the boxes. Many involved expressed their joy at being able to participate with so many others of various ages in such a generous outpouring of love in action. Moneys donated together with the Thrivent funds were used to pay for extra necessary supplies and shipping of the boxes to foreign countries under the direction of Franklin GrahamвЂ™s SamaritanвЂ™s Purse Organization. Enough supplies and shipping money was left over to pack an additional 63 boxes at a later date -- bringing the total shoebox gifts to 215! To God be the glory! Great things He has done! LWML OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD It all began long before the event when enthusiastic ladies told their congregations about Operation Christmas Child, collected gifts from SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR The Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon. The Fair has books for kids of all ages and select items for adults. The Fair will be held at the BABY BOTTLE DRIVE This Sunday, St Pauls is having a вЂњSpare Change Baby Bottle DriveвЂќ to benefit the River Valley Parenting & Pregnancy Resource Center in Bradley, Il. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has generously provided this fundraiser with matching funds. The center is a life affirming Christ centered non profit agency that provides many services to women, men and grandparents. The centers operational expenses, for this ongoing ministry, is provided solely thru donations. Please take a bottle home with you this week and fill it with change, dollars or a check (made payable to the River Valley PRC) and bring the bottle back to church by Sunday, Nov 2. Please return all bottles as they are the property of the RVPRC. Thank you. LWML INFORMATION We will be collecting Mites on the third Sunday of every month. The Mite Box will be located on the table by the elevator at the Church. At the school, the mite box will be on one of the round tables in the cafeteria area. Please remember that we have not collected Mites since our last meeting in June so we are behind in our contributions. Page -3- school October 27th thru 30th. It is open to the public. Stop by and pick up some early Christmas gifts! Proceeds from the Book Fair are used to purchase new material for the school library. TRUNK OR TREAT Save the date for St. Paul's Fall Fun with Trunk & Treat at the school Sunday evening, October 26th from 5:45pm-7:45pm. All families of the church and school are invited to attend and are encouraged to bring a guest and a potential new member or student. The evening will kick off in the school cafeteria with a Magic Show followed by trunk & treat outside. Also outside, be sure to enjoy roasting marshmallows and s'mores and the hay rack ride on the school grounds. Don't forget to decorate your car or van and enter it in the "most festive vehicle" contest to win a $20.00 TRIP credit. Please remember to bring plenty of candy to hand out from your trunk. A $5.00 per family donation is recommended. AN INVITATION TO JOIN OUR CONGREGATION Have you been attending church here at St. PaulвЂ™s for a while, but not yet become a member? If so we warmly invite you to consider joining our congregation. There are a few ways that this can be accomplished: If you are: < A member in good standing of another Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Congregation We need a letter of transfer from your home church and you need to attend our New Member Orientation Class < A member in good standing of another Lutheran Church We need a letter of transfer from your home church and you need to attend our Faith and < < Membership Classes A member in good standing of another denomination We need a release of membership from your church and you need to attend our Faith and Membership Classes Not a member of another church You need to attend our Faith and Membership Classes If you are interested in receiving information regarding the Faith and Membership Classes, please check the box вЂњLike to joinвЂќ on the attendance card the next time you are in worship. You can also call the church office for more information (815) 932-0312 or talk to pastor. BUTTERBRAIDS St. PaulвЂ™s Youth will be selling Butter Braids October 25th - November 2nd in the cafeteria area before and after church services. Please see a youth or youth board member to place your order. Butter Braids will be delivered November 20th, just in time for Thanksgiving. If you have any questions, please contact DCE A n g e l G i l l e s p i e a t . . . . agillespie@stpaulslutheran.net. CHILI SUPPER The Dorcas Society of Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church, Momence will host their annual Chili Supper on Friday, November 7 from 4:30 to 7:30 P.M. in the church basement. The church is located at the corner of Second and Pine Streets in Momence. Ticket prices are $7 for adults, $3 for children 6-10, Free for children under 5. Page -4- RIVER VALLEY PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER Cleaning closets but not wanting a yard sale? If you have gently used newer clothing or small fashionable home decor items, Embrace Consignment Boutique located at 39 Meadowview just might be the place to take your goodies. You also have the opportunity to help out the River Valley Pregnancy Resource CenterвЂ™s non profit. Embrace Consignment allows you to donate the proceeds to the center. Just let them know you want the profit to go to the River Valley PRC. Guidelines on consignments found here. http://www.embraceconsignment.com/ClothingGuidelines.html BOX TOPS Thank you for turning in your BoxTops! We have received confirmation of our recent submission of $217.60 worth of BoxTops and are expecting that amount to be added to our check that we will receive later this year. Please continue to collect and submit! Ten cents at a time does add up! WEвЂ™RE LOOKING FOR HELP! St. Paul's School is in need of 2 or more people to help with mowing and trimming the grounds at the school site. If you have at least 2-4 hours a week that you can donate, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Allen Gehm at 815-932-3914 or Terry Treece at 815-937-4397 if you can help us out. If you have any children in school, your time can be added to your Partnership Hours. Thanks, The Trustees HELP NEEDED! We need help in setting up the gym in preparation for Sunday worship services. Seven to eight workers are needed to replace lost help. High school students and women are welcome. Setup takes place on Saturdays, most often at 3:00 p.m., and it takes only about an hour to complete. If you can help for 4 to 12 hours a YEAR please contact Bill Balgeman at 937-4947. HOLIDAY PIES The 8TH GRADE CLASS will be selling Market Day pies for the upcoming holidays. There are many scrumptious choices to choose from. They have Coconut Cream, Peanut Butter Cup, Pumpkin, Cherry Streusel, Salted Caramel Chocolate, Lemon Meringue and many more. Please place your order with any 8th grader in between church services on the following Sundays: Oct. 12, Oct. 19, and Oct. 26. They will also be selling the pies after school in the lobby up until Friday, Oct. 24th. All orders placed by an 8th grader need to be in by Sunday, October 26th, and on-line orders (www.marketday.com) are due by 11 p.m., Saturday, November 1st. The pick-up date is Wednesday, November 5th. You may also place an order by calling Julie Salzman at 815-530-7320. Please make checks payable to St. Paul's School. All proceeds will go toward the 8th graders end of the year field trips. CRAFT SHOW Zion Lutheran School, 540 Oak Park Ave., Beecher, is holding a Fall Craft & Vendor Faire on Saturday, October 25th from 9:00 a.m. вЂ“ 2:00 p.m. DonвЂ™t miss out!!! Start your Christmas shopping early. Shop our variety of vendors with unique items and crafts, as well as, Tastefully Simple, American Girl dollclothes, Mary Kay, Avon, South Hill Design, Scentsy, Woodworking, Handmade Jewelry, American Girl Doll Clothes, Caramel Kettle Co., plus many more. Lunch will be available!!! There will also be a bake sale sponsored by the DC Group. Mark your calendars and hope to see you there!! Page -5- WE NEED YOUR HELP!! St. PaulвЂ™s is again participating in the S.C.O.R.E. Recycling Contest through BelsonвЂ™s Steel, Rt. 50 & Larry Power Road, Bourbonnais. The contest ends April 2015 but we need your help now to reach our goal. Why not consider recycling during all the holidays and parties? By doing so, you teach valuable skills to tomorrowвЂ™s adults, but you are earning cash and prizes for St. PaulвЂ™s School. HereвЂ™s what you need to do... 90th BIRTHDAY SURPRISE CARD SHOWER If you would like to send Velora Pittman a birthday card for her surprise 90th birthday card shower, being given by her children, please mail cards to her at: Velora Pittman c/o Garrett Pittman 727 We Go Trail Mt. Prospect, IL 60056 1) Collect your aluminum cans and bring them to BelsonвЂ™s. You get paid cash for your cans. If you are unable to take the cans to BelsonвЂ™s, we do have a collection canister located at the school. 2) Mention вЂњSt. PaulвЂ™sвЂќ when you get paid. BelsonвЂ™s will add one point to our score for every pound of cans that you are recycling. 3) At the end of the contest, our school gets two cents for every point. PLUS, the top schools will win thousands in extra cash and prizes. Last year the winning schools received over $15,000 in cash and prizes! Mail no later than 10/24/14. If you have any questions, please contact the school office at 815-932-0312. Please help us out...RECYCLE...and SCORE with us!! CIRCUIT REFORMATION REFORMATION SERVICE Immanuel Lutheran, Steger is hosting a Circuit Reformation Service for our congregations together on Sunday afternoon, October 26th at 4:00pm. This Evening Prayer Service will welcome as guest preacher Rev. Hicham Chehab (Salam Christian Fellowship), who serves in outreach to the Muslim community within our district (through Peace Lutheran, Lombard). After the service, he will also have a Q/A presentation about the proclamation of Jesus Christ. Refreshments will be provided by the gracious members of Immanuel. CANCER BENEFIT AT ZION LUTHERAN For: Bonnie (Wendling) Shott (Niece of Linda & Barry Gadbois) Spaghetti Supper вЂ“ Free Will Donation Sunday, October 19th 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm Zion Lutheran Church 11478 W. Rt. 17 Bonfield, IL All money raised will help with expenses. (Matching Funds Provided by Thrivent) Page -6- This Weeks Schedule of Activities Serving In God's House Today Preacher: Pastor Koeppen Organist: Carol Goodwin Lay Ministers: Lay Readers: Acolytes: Greeters: Usher Teams: 5:00: John Giertz, Greg Deck (Steve Plotezka) 8:30: Bill Hasenjaeger, Robert Carruthers, Dean Cappel (Doug Mann, Brent Eden, Art Schumacher) 11:05: Ken Taube, Don Bayston (Brent Eden, Art Schumacher) 5:00: Dennis Hess 8:30: Loree Yoakum 11:05: Jim Johnston 8:30: Gabby & Olivia Schultz 11:05: Kaitlyn Riley, Noah Stack 8:30: Nancy Rabe & Betty Rubin 11:05: Nyree Bowen 5:00: Mark Gradberg, Fred Langelett, Jim Sharper, Terry Treece, Jeff Wilken 8:30: Bill Balgeman, Tom Minor, Craig Roggendorf, Steve Weith 11:05: Matt Callan, Bob Adams, Don Anderson, Kirk Anderson, Tom Milton, Brian Milton Nursery: 9:50: Brett & Nancy Roggendorf 11:05: Joan Gehm & Rylie HartmanEmily Anderson & Sharon Kerouac Coffee Hour Hosts: 8:30: Parish Fellowship 9:50: Parish Fellowship Sun. Oct. 19 8:30 am 9:50 am 9:50 am 11:05 am 12:30 pm 6:00 pm Worship - Traditional - Communion Sunday School and Adult Bible Classes Faith & Membership Class Worship - Contemporary - Communion Oktoberfest Youth Bible Study (at (at (at (at (at (at Mon. Oct. 20 9:15 - 1:00pm MOPS Lay Ministry Meeting (at School) (at School) Tues. Oct. 21 10:00 am 7:00 pm Adult Bible Class Church Council (at School) (at School) Wed. Oct. 22 8:30 am 4:30 pm School Chapel 7th and 8th Grade Public School Confirmation Class (at School) 6:30 pm Financial Peace Class (at School) Sat. Oct. 25 7:30 am 5:00 pm MenвЂ™s Bible Class Breakfast Worship - Traditional Sun. Oct. 26 8:30 am 9:50 am 9:50 am 11:05 am 5:45 pm Thurs. Oct. 23 7:00 pm (at School) Fri. Oct. 24 (at Riverside Hospital) (at Church) Worship - Traditional Sunday School and Adult Bible Classes Faith & Membership Class Worship - Contemporary Trunk or Treat Contemporary Service Worship Team: Renee Brammer, Nikita Brown, Duane Ferrebee, Gail Ferrebee, Scott Moore, Kayla & Greg Ronchetto, Cindy Rubin, Jim Stone, Rodney Voigt Page -7- School) School) School) School) School) School) Page -8- (at (at (at (at (at School) School) School) School) School)