Church Contacts Pastor: Chad Kyler 716.652.9197 980.330.2725 (cell) [email protected]Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 9-1, Wed 1-4:30 Associate Pastor: Ron Hager 716.652.5977 Vicar: Dan Stahl 716.861.2706 Church Secretary & Calendar Questions: Chantal Riehle 716.984.0049 Choir Director: Bob Posenjak 716.698.5363 President: Bob Riehle 716.912.0249 Sunday School Superintendent: Marsha Welshans Church e-mail: [email protected]Web Site: saintpaulschurch.com ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Visit us on the Web! saintpaulschurch.com Worship Services: Sunday at 8:15am & 11am Saturday at 5pm Sunday School 9:30am OPEN FOR PRAYER STAR ARTICLES are due by the 3rd Sunday of the month. Please e-mail articles, corrections, updates or address changes to Chantal Riehle at [email protected]or call her at 716-652-9197. June 2019 In God We Trust Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church 53 West Falls Road West Falls, NY 14170-9716 (Return Service Requested) NONPROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID EAST AURORA, NY 14052 PERMIT NO. 44 Star Monthly MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, JUNE 2019 Like us on Facebook or follow us on YouTube to stream live services. http://FB.SaintPaulsChurch.com http://YouTube.SaintPaulsChurch.com Pastor’s Corner What is Piety, and do I have it? Pr. Chad Kyler No doubt you’ve heard of piety, or of being pious before? Sometimes it is said in a negative way of someone “he’s too pious for his own good.” Or in a positive manner, “she is such a pious woman.” But what exactly is piety? And do you have it? Christian Piety can be divided into two categories, inward piety and out- ward piety. Inward piety is essentially piety of the soul, the Bible calls this righteousness. Every single Christian from the time of Adam down to our own day has this inward piety. We cannot earn it by our works, we cannot strive to get it, and in fact most times we don’t naturally even want it. It is God’s righteousness given to us by the Holy Spirit through the Gos- pel. It is the righteousness of faith that is our salvation. We should never confuse this type of piety with our having high-minded emotions, or atti- tudes that are considered “holy” or even a feeling of trust. Although this inward piety will change us in “heart, spirit, mind, and powers” (FC SD IV) it isn’t something that resides in us or in our personal experiences. It is rather God’s gift to undeserving sinners like you and me. It is in this sense that Lutheran Christian’s are pious. Outward piety on the other hand is piety that is lived out in our daily lives. Another term for outward piety is “good works.” Uh oh screams the little Lutheran on our shoulder…“you said good works! Those are for tent revival preachers, Methodists and Romans Catholics! Good works don’t apply to us because we’re already saved” Well, yes and no. Yes it is true that good works don’t save anyone and they don’t make us good, right- eous, or even Christian. However we must also say no because good works flow naturally from saving faith. Or simply put the outward piety we display comes from the inward piety God gives us through faith. One June Events 1—Elder’s Meeting 2—Faith Café 5—Soup & Scripture, 6—Stephen Ministry 8—Men’s Breakfast, Confession & Absolution 9—Confirmation Luther League Meeting 11—Trustee’s Meeting 16—Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast 17—Set up for basket raffle 19—Basket Raffle 20—Stephen Ministry, Monthly Star Folding 22—Deacon’s Meeting 23—Luther League Meeting Upcoming Events: Blood Drive—July 3 Church Picnic—July 7th VBS—July 21st, 23rd- 25th, 28th
Sunday School Superintendent: Marsha Welshans Church e-mail: [email protected]
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June 2019 In God We Trust
Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church
53 West Falls Road
West Falls, NY 14170-9716
(Return Service Requested)
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Star Monthly
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH,
JUNE 2019
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Pastor’s Corner
What is Piety, and do I have it?
Pr. Chad Kyler
No doubt you’ve heard of piety, or of being pious before? Sometimes it is said in a negative way of someone “he’s too pious for his own good.” Or in a positive manner, “she is such a pious woman.” But what exactly is piety? And do you have it?
Christian Piety can be divided into two categories, inward piety and out-ward piety. Inward piety is essentially piety of the soul, the Bible calls this righteousness. Every single Christian from the time of Adam down to our own day has this inward piety. We cannot earn it by our works, we cannot strive to get it, and in fact most times we don’t naturally even want it.
It is God’s righteousness given to us by the Holy Spirit through the Gos-pel. It is the righteousness of faith that is our salvation. We should never confuse this type of piety with our having high-minded emotions, or atti-tudes that are considered “holy” or even a feeling of trust. Although this inward piety will change us in “heart, spirit, mind, and powers” (FC SD IV) it isn’t something that resides in us or in our personal experiences. It is rather God’s gift to undeserving sinners like you and me. It is in this sense that Lutheran Christian’s are pious.
Outward piety on the other hand is piety that is lived out in our daily lives. Another term for outward piety is “good works.” Uh oh screams the little Lutheran on our shoulder…“you said good works! Those are for tent revival preachers, Methodists and Romans Catholics! Good works don’t apply to us because we’re already saved” Well, yes and no. Yes it is true that good works don’t save anyone and they don’t make us good, right-eous, or even Christian. However we must also say no because good works flow naturally from saving faith. Or simply put the outward piety we display comes from the inward piety God gives us through faith. One
June Events 1—Elder’s Meeting 2—Faith Café 5—Soup & Scripture, 6—Stephen Ministry 8—Men’s Breakfast, Confession & Absolution 9—Confirmation Luther League Meeting 11—Trustee’s Meeting 16—Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast 17—Set up for basket raffle 19—Basket Raffle 20—Stephen Ministry, Monthly Star Folding 22—Deacon’s Meeting 23—Luther League Meeting
Upcoming Events:
Blood Drive—July 3 Church Picnic—July 7th VBS—July 21st, 23rd-25th, 28th
of the Lutheran confessions says this of good works “it is God’s will, order, and command that believers should walk in good works,” that the works to be done are “those that God Himself has prescribed and commanded in His Word,” and that these works are done “when a person is reconciled with God through faith and renewed by the Holy Spirit” (Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord IV)
Lutheran piety then is one of Word and Sacrament. It follows that our piety begins at the Divine Ser-vice wherein we are once baptized and where the Word of Christ is heard and the Body and Blood of Christ are offered weekly. God commands in scripture that those who have been “born again of water and Spirit” (John 3:5) do these good works.
From the Divine Service Lutheran piety flows naturally into the home where we read and teach the Bible and Small Catechism to our families, where we also pray daily reciting the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer, and learn to worship God together. Lutheran piety thanks God daily for the blessing of home, job, clothing and food and it teaches our children to “…fear, love, and trust in God above all things.” This piety at home ultimately leads to piety in the world as we live among and interact with our neigh-bors each and every day. Here we find that the old Lutheran axiom “God doesn’t need your good works, but your neighbor does” holds true. It should also be noted that Lutheran piety expects crosses in life and expects that it will daily sin much (failing to be outwardly pious) and need forgiveness often.
So are you pious? You bet you are! Your piety comes from outside of yourself as a free gift of God through faith. Thus inwardly transformed your faith and outward witness for Christ is strengthened and made firm as you attend the Divine Service receiving God’s Word and His Sacraments weekly which empowers you to act piously in your home and the world around you.
Next month we’ll discuss the wrongheaded and most common view of piety known as “Pietism” and why it should be avoided at all costs!
Memory Café @ West Falls Center For The Arts Providing a gathering place for friends with Alz-heimer's or dementia along with their caregivers,
to relax and socialize while enjoying some re-freshments, discussion and entertainment.
Memory Café takes place the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 11:30 am to 1
pm. While walk-ins are welcome, an RSVP is ap-preciated. More information can be found at
westfallsartcenter.org or by calling (716) 570-6520
Join our new community board the 'St. Paul's Lutheran-West Falls' group hosted on BAND - Get news, updates, events and meeting info as well as
post your prayer requests, and other items to share. Download the app at
https://band.us/n/aeaf15g9M36bA
Those Who Celebrate Their June Anniversaries
2, 2001 Robert & Rebecca Greiner 18 years
3, 1959 John & Iris Skorupa 61 years
3, 2000 Fred& Kim Bush 19 years
4, 1960 Dave & Bonnie Schroeder 59 years
5, 1982 Eric & Susan Canaski 37 years
5, 1987 Doug & Mary Schroeder 32 years
6, 1992 Doug & Bonnie Stoddart 27 years
6, 1998 Francis & Julie Deubell 21 years
7, 1975 James & Debra Leumer 44 years
Building Fund Mr. & Mrs. James Brooks Jr. $20.00
Mr. Gerard Nowak—In loving memory of my beautiful wife, Betty $50.00
Ms. Kirsten Chase—In appreciation for St. Paul’s family and all that you do. “For where tow or three gather in my name, there am I with them” ~ Matthew 18:20
$50.00
Mark & Lisa Belz—Thank you Ken Cox for all your help $100.00
Mr. Gary Benson—”There is a saying that for every halting step we take toward God, God walks a thousand miles in blazing light to come to us.” ~ From the book Healing After Loss
$40.00
Kevin McGee—In honor of Jiovanni Galbo $5.00
Anonymous $5.00
May Totals: $270.00
Donations to the Building Fund are published in the Monthly Star in the format you see.
If you would like your gift to be listed anonymously, please indicate so on your envelope and we will be happy to comply.
9, 1973 James & Shirley Miller 44 years
11, 1983 Richard & Jean Compo 36 years
12, 1982 Mark & Lisa Belz 37 years
12, 1993 Colin & Liz Stewart 24 years
14, 1997 Larry & Melissa Brooks 22 years
19, 1982 Scott & Pamela Fentzke 37 years
23, 1979 Bob & Marian Riehle 40 years
23, 2001 Todd & Sara Bush 18 years
25, 1977 Michael & Barbara Polizzi 42 years
Official Acts
Holy Baptism of Lyla Rose Kranz, performed by Pastor Chad Kyler, May 5, 2019
2019 Mother’s Spaghetti Dinner—Thanks to all!
If you weren’t able to attend the dinner this year you missed an opportunity to watch some of the youth of this congregation at their best! We had a lot of fun and fellowship making meatballs, cooking spaghetti and preparing and serving of the entire meal.
Thanks to all those who attended the 20th Annual Mother’s Day Spaghetti dinner along with a big thanks to all those who helped prepare for the dinner and to cleanup after-wards. (Proceeds to go to the Luther League)
Tell your friends and family about this and as always we have yummy homemade soup, pies and friendly faces. Even if you can’t give blood consider coming to help.
Opportunities to Serve Our Community
UB HEALS
Our need is great for clean socks, razors, bandaids and bandag-es and OTC medical
supplies. Donations can be placed in the blue basket in the narthex. Please contact Liz Stewart at 716-671-2771 for more infor-mation.
FISH OF EAST AURORA Sue Cox
The food for the month of June is COLD CE-REAL.
Thank you to all of you who placed food at your mailbox for the Mail Carrier’s Food Drive on May 11th. FISH did receive all the food from East Aurora, Elma, and West Falls. It was a very nice, rain free day and we collected a large amount of food. As always, the postal carriers were more than happy to extend their work day and lift many bags of food to help those in need.
Operation Christmas Child
June Donation Item: Toys
For more information on O. C. C. visit
www.samaritanspurse.org
Altar Guild Needs Help!
We are in need of someone or two to head up our Altar guild. We have people who take care of filling the communion each week, but we need someone to check the supplies and order when we are low, and to keep things running smoothly. Please talk to Marsha Welshans Thank you
St. Paul's Elevate Worship, Saturday’s @ 5 pm
Beginning this June: Are you a Worrier or
a Warrior? A four part series looking at the
life of Gideon from the book of Judges to
learn how God turns the biggest worriers
into the greatest of warriors. If worrying is
a burden you bear this is the series of
messages for you!
Basket Sale!!! Wed, June 19th
Tickets on Sale at 6 pm Drawing at 7 pm
Roast Beef Sandwiches, Beverages and Desserts will be
served.
Please help us by making a basket for the Basket sale. Some
ideas: baskets for cats, dogs, small children, wine, candles &
books and men’s stuff. Set-up will be June 17th at 6pm. Food
will be cooked by the men of St. Paul’s please bring a side or
dessert to share. Also anyone who could bring a dessert for
Wednesday or help serve sandwiches that would be great!
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Upcoming News and Events
Summer Bible Study Series: Soup & Scripture Nothing has a greater impact on spiritual
growth than reflection on Scripture.
Beginning June 5th @ 6 pm, we will gather for reflection on and discussion of the book of Roman’s. Bring a soup to share and be
What Is Stephen Ministry? Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of
Christ (Galatians 6:2, NRSV).
Stephen Ministry is the one-to-one lay caring ministry that takes place in congregations that use the Stephen Series system.
Stephen Ministry congregations equip and empower lay caregivers—called Ste-phen Ministers—to provide high-quality, confidential, Christ-centered care to
people who are hurting.
If you know of someone who could use these books contact:
Dan Stahl (716-655-3349) or Sue Cox (716-652-6835)
St. Paul’s
Blessings from Sunday School
Blessings from the Sunday School. We are praying for the nice weather now that it’s June. By the time you are reading this we will have had
our float in the West Falls Memorial Day parade. I hope everyone had fun and that our goodie bags advertising VBS reached many families. VBS will take place On Sun-day July 21st during Sunday school and on July 23,24,25th with supper at 5:30 and the program from 6 to 8 p.m. We will end on the 28th during Sunday school. We are then on summer break until Rally day Sept. 8th. So mark your calendars , bring a friend and be ready for a fun filled trip to Ath-ens! It is not too late to order shirts for VBS, just see Kim Christensen. One more thing, we will be participating in the East Aurora July 3rd parade, to advertise our church and VBS. More details to fol-low. Thank you and God bless Marsha and Kirsten.
St. Paul’s Life Team
We are in the process of organizing a Life Team for St. Paul’s Church. What is a Life Team? A Life Team is a group of people who work together to sustain a Gospel-motivated culture of life in and around St. Paul’s
Life Teams are motivated by ongoing gratitude for being rescued by Christ in the Gospel. The Life Team focuses on all aspects of life, from conception to natural death.
Life Team members need to go through a short training. We will be scheduling this training soon. If you are interested in participating or have any questions, please contact Carol and Fred Happy by emailing [email protected] or by calling or texting (716) 207-6072.
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Register Now: 19th Annual Gathering and Convention By Kristy Thomas - LCMC - April 1, 2019
Registration is officially open for our 19th Annual Gathering and Conven-tion, a four day event featuring keynote speakers, updates about LCMC, worship, vendors, Bible study, and breakout sessions, plus plenty of oppor-tunities to connect and network with other pastors, leaders, and congrega-tion members throughout our association.
Greg Finke and Grace Johnson will serve as our keynote speakers this year as we "Listen Up!" to God's calling on our lives, His calling on the people around us, and the callings and challenges that we are faced with across generations.
Andrea Paulsen and Jonathan Haseley will preach our opening and closing worship services. Jim Cords will lead prayer and Bible study each morning.
It all takes place September 29 through October 2 at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
Flood Relief in Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska By Mark Vander Tuig - LCMC - April 23, 2019
Record rainfall and record snowfall, all coming together on frozen ground, has made for one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit western Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
Some of the communities became islands, river beds have been changed, roads have been washed out, and thou-sands of tons of sand now cover rich, black farmland. The flood waters are receding but there is much work ahead.
If you have been wondering how you can help, Lutheran Church of the Master (Omaha, NE), Thanksgiving Lutheran Church (Bellevue, NE), Spirit of Peace Church (Valley, NE), and the Heartland District of LCMC are all working to help with flood recovery and providing needed supplies.
If you are interested in contributing, please contact one of these congregations first to find out what they are col-lecting. You can find their contact information here on our website at www.lcmc.net.
For this and more, check
out the LCMC website at
www.lcmc.net
Presently (as of 5/19/2019):
Total Congregations: 941 U.S. Congregations: 756 States Represented: 42 Countries Represented: 15
The New Birth Evangelical Church and School in Haiti:
We are supporting, along with other churches in the WNY area, the New Birth
Evangelical Church and School in the mountainous area of Haiti. Pastor Reginald
Constant sends photos from time to time of the worshipers and students. There are
200 students currently, grades 1-8, with 9 teachers and a Principal. He has told me,
"Education is the way out of poverty..."
The church also has 200 worshipers, with home services 3 nights a week and
weekly bible study. The continued prayers and support for Pastor Reginald and the
New Birth Church has helped them to continue spreading the message of Christ.
LIBRARY NEWS….
Sandy Beutler has donated several DVDs produced by “Feature Films for Families”. They are family friendly and I will have them on top of the bookcase between the two very tall adult bookcases.
We also have Karen Kingsbury’s latest book, “TWO WEEKS”. It’s a stand alone novel about adop-tion.
We have 6 books (so far) of a series by Focus on the Family. They are part of “The Imagination Sta-tion” series. These are chapter books recommended for ages 7 and up: “VOYAGE WITH THE VIKINGS”, “ATTACK AT THE ARENA”, “PERIL IN THE PALACE”, “REVENGE OF THE RED KNIGHT”, “SHOWDOWN
WITH THE SHEPHERD”, “PROBLEMS IN PLYMOUTH”
Coach Tony Dungy and his wife Lauren have written two picture books about sports, try-ing new things, and playing fair: “AUSTIN PLAYS FAIR”, “MARIA FINDS COURAGE”
St. Paul’s Cookbook For the month of June we are looking for entrée recipes.
You can hand them to one of the leaders, email them to Kim Christen-sen, [email protected], or drop it in the basket in the narthex.
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Women of the Word Claudia Strickland
Another month and the women met again. We read chap-ter 2 from “Giving God Our All” based on Acts 5:38-39.
thanks for our gift from Kim Christensen.
Treasurer’s Report: Last month was very expensive. Our accounts are low but our June basket raffle should increase
our coffers. Don’t forget to fill those baskets!
Old Business: Odosagih Bible Conference Woman’s Retreat was May 17-19. Our bellies were full and our speaker was GREAT! The fall retreat is Oct. 4-6. Come for the day,
you will not be disappointed! Women’s Luncheon, we discussed some changes. Basket Raffle, set up is June 17th at 6 pm. Bring a dish to pass. Hot dogs will be provided. An
ad is going in The Advertiser and possibly The Pennysaver.
New Business: The monthly Tim Horton’s Sunday will now be taken over by families each month. Please sign up for a month, cost is under $70. Altar Guild will be meeting
with Pastor Chad soon. Need to discuss the duties required for each month.
Our next meeting is Monday, July 15th at 7pm.
Ministry News
Men’s Ministry The men of Saint Paul’s meet on the second Saturday of every
month at 7 AM, at the Iron Kettle for breakfast, good fellowship
and great discussions. Bring your Bible and join us in a relaxed
atmosphere as breakfast is shared along with God’s Word.
Thank you from the Men’s Ministry of St. Paul’s: Your Men’s Ministry from St. Paul’s would like to give out a big THANK YOU to all who took the time to cook and bake for the fifth annual Jake Stahl Me-morial. By utilizing your God given time and talents you helped us in making this event an-other success. A special thank you also goes out to all who did the running around, organiz-ing, setting up, manning the grills, and cleaning up. I believe that all had a good time of food, fellowship, and trap shooting (other than I am certain, a few unwanted sore shoulders come Sunday morning). We also had a chance to fellowship with a couple of our Brothers in Christ from Barefoot Christian Community in Niagara Falls a few other new faces. We would also like to once again, thank the West Falls Conservation Society, (especially club members Rich and Mark who have been help out every year) for graciously opening their doors and giving us this opportunity. We hope to see you all there again next year!
We live by faith and not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 Have you exercised your faith lately? Has God helped you to exer-cise your faith lately? I love to look words up to get the full meaning. Here is what I found online:
exercise - noun, bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improve-ment of health exercised - verb, to put (faculties, rights, etc.) into action, practice, or use: to exercise free-dom of speech. to use or display in one's action or procedure: to exercise judgment.
I believe that our faith needs exertion to improve not just our spiritual health, but our health at large. God wants us to practice, improve, use and wield our faith for our own good and the good of His people. At St. Paul's Sunday School, we are blessed to have all ages in classes, exercising thier faith! Prayer is a great way to exercise our faith. I pray that you are praying at home with your children. Prayer can be a simple conversation with our Lord... Heavenly Father, thank you for the sunshine today so that we can go to soccar practice. Dear Jesus, thank you for a great day at school and for being with me during the spelling test. Dear Lord, I am worried about my friend, please be with him/her. It is a precious right and freedom we have to be able to exercise our faith through worship and prayer. Please pray with me now as I pray for all of God's children: Holy God, please help us to exercise our faith. In every moment of every day, help us turn to You and seek Your will. Help us to pray without ceasing and to teach oth-ers to pray. Give us the courage to wield our faith for our good and the good of oth-ers. Thank you for Your Word in the Bible, for our church family and for all our chil-dren. We especially pray for Teegan Stoddart and Thomas Stynes, two of our own chil-dren from St. Paul's who have enlisted to fight for our freedoms and who exer-cise thier faith through this act. God bless and protect them and all the coura-geous people who protect our freedom to worship You! We ask this in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Lord. Amen. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything ac-cording to his will, he hears us. 1 John 5:14
Faithfully submitted on behalf of Sunday School by Kirsten Chase and Marsha Welshans
Now Is the
June 2019
Deacons Meeting Minutes May 18, 2019 In attendance: Barb Rotino, Liz Stewart, Mary Barkey, and Pastor Chad
Or mission statement: St. Paul’s Deacon’s have been called into service to help meet the caring needs of God’s children both within our congregation and within our community. We see this service as the rent we pay for being, our very purpose in this life, and not some-thing that we do in our spare time; it is our way of life.
Pastor Chad opened with a prayer at 10:00 AM
Pastor Chad shared a lesson on PRAYER. The focus of the Gospel is Jesus praying and teach-ing. Jesus is always praying. The miracles that He performed came in between the praying. Jesus raised the dead. He fed thousands with a few loaves and fishes. He cast out demons, and His Apostles never asked Him “Lord teach us to raise the dead,” or “Lord teach us to cast out demons.” Jesus’ Apostles asked Him “Lord teach us how to pray.”
Pastor Chad mentioned Luther’s booklet, THE WAT TO PRAY, which can be downloaded free. It explains how the focus of the Gospel is Jesus praying and teaching, and that we, today have the same concerns that Jesus’ disciples had back then. Luther tells us that “the Lord’s Prayer is all we need.” First say the Lord’s Prayer, then repeat each petition one at a time: e.g. “thy will be done,” then insert your own petition, e.g. “my spouse is ill, help us.” It is the power of prayer that leads to the Divine Service, to the Body and Blood of Christ, then into the family and home. And Satan’s attacks are on the family and home, where he can destroy faith. But the POWER of Prayer STOPS him.
The rest of meeting was spent reviewing updates for the Care & Prayer Report.
Mary closed us with prayer 11:00.
In the absence of Vicar Dan, minutes were respectfully taken by Liz Stewart.
PLEASE NOTE THAT the next meeting will be the FOURTH Saturday 6/22/19
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Elder Committee Meeting May 4, 2019
Present: Pastor Chad, Ken Cox, Bob Riehle, Don Welshans, John Christensen, Claudia Strickland, Doug Stoddart
The Lord Reigns
John opened in prayer at 8:08 .
Bible Study: Pastor Chad discussed Eastern meditation vs. Christian meditation. Differ-ences, philosophies and techniques used .
Ongoing discussion: church database updating progress.
Introduction of Elevate : proposed changes to the Saturday 5:00 service
Rebranding Confirmation. Now will be referred to St. Paul’s Discipleship Academy. Refor-matting, scheduling and scope changes were introduced.
John closed in prayer at 9:08 Next Elder Meeting 06/01/2019
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Church Council Meeting May 14, 2019
Present: Pastor Chad, Mark Belz, Kirsten Chase, John Christensen, Ken Cox, Gloria Potzler, Donna Ptak, Robert Riehle, Barb Rotino, Judy Stahl, Doug Stoddart, Claudia Strickland, Mar-sha & Don Welshans, Maria Schultz
Doug Stoddart opened the Council meeting with a prayer, Pastor Chad quoted from John 15.
March Minutes were read from the Monthly Star.
Treasurer’s report were distributed.
Sunday School - Marsha reported that they raised $715 at the fund raiser; will be participat-ing in Memorial Day parade; no Sunday School in August
Trustee report - clean-up this Saturday and also stain the playground (if weather holds)
Deacon’s Report & Elder’s Report - in Monthly Star
Stephen Ministry - Claudia reported that first meeting is this Sunday
Benevolence Communication - received letter from Pastor Reginald of Haiti with his thanks.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
On-line data base - John Christensen reported that we have received 85 forms
Camera in Sanctuary - John downloaded some info from Amazon showing a device that we will need to improve reception; costs: $286.68.
MOTION made by Ken to purchase device, SECOND - by Doug Stoddart, APPROVED
EA Theatre - the church has a new ad
Church facilities policy - O.K.
Bank transfer - Donna Ptak has some more papers to finalized; she’ll have the bank slips and deposit bags available for the Bank of Holland
2019 Calendar fill-in -a reminder to hand in their respective dates for next year’s calendar
“Streaming” added to our CCLI license; Trust Committee will follow-up at next meeting
Worship leader conference at Nashville - Aug. 19 - 21.
NEW BUSINESS:
West Falls Fire Dept. would like to do an EMS active shooter held here at St. Paul’s 6/15th
We received $1,000 donation to be used toward the needy; Donna mentioned the Hill family. A son sick with a rare disease has left the family in dire straits.
MOTION made by Marsha to give to Hill family, SECOND - by Ken Cox, APPROVED
New Photo Directory - Terry will get back with the price; if approved, will start in June
St. Paul’s Outreach - Pastor Chad suggests Direct Mailing to 14170 zip code using postcards
An anonymous donor is giving us $20,000. Suggestion made to further the Church’s mission
through various outreach programs. Pastor Chad will bring this up at next Elders’ meet ing after which he will communicate with the donor.
Closing - Donna ended the meeting with the Lord’s Prayer. Submitted by Maria Schultz
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Time to Pray JESUS is a life-line for a tired soul, an exhausted mind, and a broken
heart. Call out to Him in prayer.
Those with health concerns: Our Savior and healer we ask that you would touch those in need of
healing; give them at all times comfort and peace, and help them to accept your perfect will no matter
what the outcome may be. We pray for the following: Thelma, Ron, Denise, Mike, Christy, Kay, Jim,
