06-01-2014 Announcements

IN YOUR DAILY PRAYERS this week please remember Myron Schaffer, those who are recovering from surgery and illness, 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 – June 1^st – The featured speaker will be Rev. Warren Uecker of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Madison.  His sermon theme will be “Firm in the Faith.”  The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.

BAPTISM OF DAXSON PODZIMEK – We joyfully welcome Daxson Albert Podzimek into our Christian family today through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism!  We thank God for giving him new birth, true faith, salvation and eternal life, and we pray that God’s holy angels will watch over him throughout his life.  Daxson is the son of Dan and Karissa Podzimek.  Please greet them in the receiving line following our worship service.

LADIES AID will meet on June 5 at 7:00 pm with Mildred Siekmann  as Hostess.  The Bible Study will be Session 5 – The Sower,  followed by the Business Meeting.  On Altar Guild for June is Millie Gunderson and Mildred Siekmann is Visiting Helper

SANFORD HOSPICE FREEMAN invites friends and family of hospice patients and community members to their annual Celebration of Life memorial service on Sunday, June 1, 2014, 4 pm. at the Arboretum Visitors Center.  Registration is not required and the service is open to friends and family who have experienced the death of a loved one in the past 18 months. For more information call LaVonne Brockmueller at 925-2120.

THANK YOU to everyone who remembered me with such beautiful cards and expressed kind words for my 80th birthday.  Also thanks to everyone who attended the open house to help me celebrate and make it a special day.   God has truly blessed me these 80 years and my prayer is that He will shower His blessings upon you as well.  

Sincerely,  Phyllis Knittel

05-18-2014 Announcements

IN YOUR DAILY PRAYERS this week please remember those who are recovering from surgery and illness, 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.

THE LORD’S SUPPER at St. Paul Lutheran Church is administered in accordance with the Holy Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions.  It is celebrated in the confidence that we receive – in, with and under the consecrated bread and wine – our Savior’s true Body and Blood for the forgiveness of our sins.  All who commune at this altar are making this public confession of the faith that we believe and teach as is written in the Holy Scriptures.  If you are not a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and yet desire to receive the Sacrament, please speak with the Pastor before the worship service.

Main Street Living – May 18^th – The featured speaker will be Rev. Darren Olson of the SD District Office in Sioux Falls.  His sermon theme will be “Expect the Best.”  The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.

OUR CHURCH is serving at The Banquet in Sioux Falls Wednesday May 21st.  Many volunteers from the congregation are needed. They suggests to have around 40 people.  Please sign up on the bulletin board if you are willing and able to help with this project. A small group will need to be there by 2 p.m. to help prepare the meal and servers/helpers are asked to be there by 5:15 p.m.

CORRECTION SHEET: Anyone interested in getting a correction sheet for the cookbook, please see the bulletin board for the green insert. There are five corrections that will affect the outcome of the recipes. Thank you to those that helped make the corrections.  Also thanks again to all that submitted recipes and purchased cookbooks. There are still cookbooks available.

MISSION SUNDAY this year will be next Sunday.  Our guest pastor will be Rev. Chris LaBoube who has been working with Lutheran Bible Translators in Ghana, West Africa for the last 4 years.  His work as Scripture Media Advisor principally entails the translation, recording and dissemination of Christian literature and music.  Prior to being called to serve with LBT in Ghana, Rev. LaBoube was the pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Greenleaf, Kansas.  Rev. LaBoube will also have a presentation for us during the first part of our Fellowship Hour after our worship service.  Everyone is encouraged to stay for our fellowship time and Rev. LaBoube’s discussion session.  We will be accepting freewill donations between now and the 25^th to help support his mission work.

cemetery plots available – We have been asked to remind everyone that our church still owns 3 plots in the Freeman Cemetery.  All of the other plots that we owned have been sold to some of our members over the years.  If you wish to purchase one or more of the remaining plots, please contact Arden Dewald for the cost, location and other details.  Thanks.

AN OPEN HOUSE will be held in the church fellowship hall on Sunday May 25th from 2-4 PM in honor of Phyllis Knittel's 80th birthday.  The congregation is invited.  No gifts please.

05/11/2014 Announcements

IN YOUR DAILY PRAYERS this week please remember Julie Huber who is scheduled for knee replacement surgery tomorrow morning, Ella and Elsie Hein as they continue to recuperate, our high school graduates, those who are recovering from surgery and illness, 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.

THE LORD’S SUPPER at St. Paul Lutheran Church is administered in accordance with the Holy Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions.  It is celebrated in the confidence that we receive – in, with and under the consecrated bread and wine – our Savior’s true Body and Blood for the forgiveness of our sins.  All who commune at this altar are making this public confession of the faith that we believe and teach as is written in the Holy Scriptures.  If you are not a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and yet desire to receive the Sacrament, please speak with the Pastor before the worship service.
 

Main Street Living – May 11^th – The featured speaker will be Rev. Matthew Nix of Christ Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church for the Deaf, both in Sioux Falls.  His sermon theme will be “Are Your Hearts Glad?”  The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.

CONGRATULATIONS and GOD’S BLESSINGS to our 2014 high school graduates:  Paige Albrecht, Nicole Hinckley, Matthew Peterson and Maria Starner.

CORRECTION SHEET: Anyone interested in getting a correction sheet for the cookbook, please see the bulletin board for the green insert. There are five corrections that will affect the outcome of the recipes. Thank you to those that helped make the corrections.  Also thanks again to all that submitted recipes and purchased cookbooks. There are still cookbooks available.

MISSION SUNDAY this year will be May 25^th.  Our guest pastor will be Rev. Chris LaBoube who has been working with Lutheran Bible Translators in Ghana, West Africa for the last 4 years.  His work as Scripture Media Advisor principally entails the translation, recording and dissemination of Christian literature and music.  Prior to being called to serve with LBT in Ghana, Rev. LaBoube was the pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Greenleaf, Kansas.  Rev. LaBoube will also have a presentation for us during the first part of our Fellowship Hour after our worship service.  Everyone is encouraged to stay for our fellowship time and Rev. LaBoube’s discussion session.  We will be accepting freewill donations between now and the 25^th to help support his mission work.

OUR CHURCH is serving at The Banquet in Sioux Falls Wednesday May 21st.  Many volunteers from the congregation are needed. They suggests to have around 40 people.  Please sign up on the bulletin board if you are willing and able to help with this project. A small group will need to be there by 2 p.m. to help prepare the meal and servers/helpers are asked to be there by 5:15 p.m.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK Sharon Pfeiffer and the members of Group III for serving the luncheon for Olinda Starks funeral.  Thank you  Elaine Vogel

05-04-2014 Announcements

IN YOUR DAILY PRAYERS this week please remember those who are recovering from surgery and illness, 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 SUNDAY – Today we celebrate Main Street Living Sunday.  Main Street Living is in its 13^th year of proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ to the people of South Dakota and the surrounding area.  The program is aired weekly on KDLT-NBC out of Sioux Falls and on KEVN-Fox out of Rapid City.  Throughout the years this program has become the alternate method of worship for those who cannot regularly attend church.  We thank God for this television ministry and we ask for your prayers for continuing success in the years to come.  We also ask for your help with the financing of this mission work as it costs about $2,200 to air each weekly program.  Please use the provided envelope and either send it directly to the MSL office or just place it in the offering today and it will be forwarded to MSL.  Thank you very much for your prayers and your support!

 Main Street Living – May 4^th – The featured speaker will be Rev. David Ellis of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Menno and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Scotland.  His sermon theme will be “Is the Old Testament Relevant Today?”  The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.

SENIOR SUNDAY – Please plan to join us next Sunday for our Senior Sunday worship service and the reception afterward.

FINANCIAL AID is available for any full-time undergraduate student attending one of our Synodical universities and who is preparing for professional church work as well as for any full-time seminarian attending one of our Synodical seminaries.  Financial Aid Request forms must be received by the Sioux Falls District Office no later than May 1^st.  Applications received after the deadline may not be considered or may be approved only if budgeted funds are still available.  Students must apply each year.  Applications are available online at the District web site http://sd.lcms.org under the Forms and Resources tab.

OUR CHURCH is serving at The Banquet in Sioux Falls Wednesday May 21st.  Many volunteers from the congregation are needed. They suggests to have around 40 people.  Please sign up on the bulletin board if you are willing and able to help with this project. A small group will need to be there by 2 p.m. to help prepare the meal and servers/helpers are asked to be there by 5:20 p.m.

CORRECTION SHEET: Anyone interested in getting a correction sheet for the cookbook, please see the bulletin board for the green insert. There are five corrections that will affect the outcome of the recipes. Thank you to those that helped make the corrections.  Also thanks again to all that submitted recipes and purchased cookbooks. There are still cookbooks available.