03/02/2014 Announcements

IN YOUR DAILY PRAYERS this week please remember those in cancer treatment programs as well as our shut-in and inactive members, and at least 2 family members or friends in your life who do not yet know Christ.

MAIN STREET LIVING – March 2^nd – The featured speaker will be Rev. Steve Wagner of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Custer and Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Hill City.  His sermon theme will be “Getting to Know You.”  The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.

 LADIES AID will meet after Lenten Services on March 5th for the Business meeting with Sharon Pfeiffer as Hostess. On Altar Guild for March is Mildred Siekmann and Julie Huber is the Visiting Helper.  Coffee Hour committee for March 2 is Darlene Schrag, Mildred Siekmann and Susan Borglum.

LENTEN DEVOTIONAL BOOKLETS (written by Lutheran Hour Ministries) will be distributed after today’s worship service.  Additional copies are in the library.

LENTEN SEASON SOUP AND SANDWICH SUPPERS are being scheduled.  Since we have only 3 sets of volunteers so far, we will have soup-suppers on the first 3 Wednesdays (March 5^th, 12^th and 19^th).  We are still in need of volunteers for March 26^th, April 2^nd and April 9^th.  If any person, family or group would like to volunteer to do one of the remaining soup suppers, please contact the Pastor as soon as possible.  Thanks!

ON APRIL 11, 12 & 13 we at St. Paul's will be hosting 30 students      & 2 adults from Goshen, IN who will be here for the regional MSEC choir festival at Freeman Academy.   So far members have signed up     to house 15 students.   If you would be willing to provide a bed & 2 breakfasts for these students or adults, please contact Jane Kleinsasser.   Thank you!

ATTENTION DARTBALL PLAYERS; The State Tournament will be played on Saturday, March 8 at the 4-H Building in Mitchell, SD.  GAME TIME is 11 AM.  Anyone wanting to carpool should meet at the church parking lot no later than 9:45 AM.  ALSO a practice is scheduled for Wednesday, March 5 at 8 PM after the Lenten Service.  (St. Paul/Freeman took 4th place at the Zone Tournament last Sunday.)

MIDWEEK LENTEN SERVICES – The theme for this year’s Lenten season will be “The Passion According to St. Mark.”  In this sermon series we will follow Jesus in His passion as He fulfills His role as our Savior from sin and death.  A soup and sandwich supper will be offered beginning at 5:45.  All services will begin at 7:00 p.m.  Please mark your calendars and please bring a friend as you join us for worship!