Non-profit Organizaon Postage Paid Permit #36 Hampton, IA 50441 Pastor: dan hanson Office Manager: Ady Heilskov Organist: Pam Devries Caretaker - John Sandvig Email; [email protected]Website: splchampton.com Marked with the cross of Christ for- ever, we are claimed, gathered, and sent for the sake of the world. Our Mission Statement: We are called through baptism to be a welcoming community of faith, grounded in worship and prayer, so that we may grow in Christ-like forgiveness and love. St. Paul Lutheran Church P.O. Box 433 17 2nd St. NE Hampton, IA 50441 Website: splchampton.com Phone: 641-456-3276 Pastor Dan Hanson Phone: 641-832-8726 Email: [email protected][email protected]Return Service Requested F EBRUARY 2020 St. Paul Lutheran Church ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Return to the Lord “Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” Mark 1:14-15 (NRSV) Unfortunately, the first thing I think of when I hear the word repent is a street preacher with a megaphone shouting at me and other passing people. I’m not sure this call to repentance is effec- tive. Despite the street preachers, Jesus’ call to repentance is an important one. Later this month, we will gather for worship on Ash Wednesday (February 26), the beginning of Lent. Lent is a sea- son of repentance. What does it mean to repent? Repentance is a word of motion. To repent means to turn around. To repent carries the meaning of returning to God, turning away from other influ- ences and forces that seek to claim our lives. The Holy Spirit gathers us together as church, coming from many different phases of life. Even as we come from different places and seasons of life, our invitation from Jesus is the same. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” Jesus invites us not just to a single confession, or a six week season in the church of repentance. Jesus calls us to a lifetime of repentance. Life pulls us in many directions. In every season, Jesus calls us to examine our whole lives to see if we live our faith values in our everyday life. As we approach the season of Lent, I invite you to ponder. Does the way you live reflect what you believe about God and your neighbors? What might Jesus be calling you to reexamine? What might Jesus be calling you put aside to more faithfully follow him? What might Jesus be calling you to do in your life to more faithfully follow him? This Lent, let our hearts be open to Jesus’ call of repentance. “Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.” Lenten Gospel Acclamation ELW Setting 3 In Christ, Pastor Dan
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The Kazmerzak Family,
Terry Wheeler, Jo Klein, David
Kienol, Justin Mejia, Ev Fink,
Kathy Brandt, Marilyn Latham,
Irene Abernathy, John Sandvig, and
Liz Seib.
February 19th– Howard and Kathy Brandt
Council Meeting Council Meeting for February will be held on
February 19th at 7:00 p.m.
Thank you for all of your cards, thoughts and
prayers for the loss of our mother, Ruth Erickson. We
very much appreciate all the acts of kindness from our
family at St. Paul.
Beth and Jeff Jaacks
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Hampton -
Every Wednesday - Play Date and A Story– 10:30-noon-Hampton Public Library
Every Monday– Celebrate Recovery– Youth for Christ Bldg-
February 1st– Parenting Seminar-Faith Baptist Church– 9-1 (Information below)
February 1st– Relay for Life Cribbage Tournament— Godfathers Pizza– 12-2
February 2nd- Souper Bowl Sunday– After church at United Methodist Church bring a pot of
soup to share.
February 2nd– Old Time Country Hoe Down– Windsor Theatre– 6:00-9:00 pm
February 14th– All Chocolate Bake Sale– Hampton Senior Center– 9:00 until gone
February 15th– Franklin County Fair Dinner Dance with a comedian
Convention Center Doors open at 5:00 pm (Information below)
February 29th– Chamber Appreciation Night at Hampton Country Club beginning at 5:00pm.
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Date Coffee Greeters Reader Ushers Communion Helpers
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Kennedy and
Bryce Pralle
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Jay Van Wert Jr., Bryce
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Marcus
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Laura Showalter
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Lydia
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Jay Van Wert Jr., Bryce
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Larry Alquist
Dorothy Madetzke,
Steph Korth, Diane
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Steph Arenholz
Snow Removal
February 1st– 15th Clint Burmester & Bryce Claypool
February 16th-28th– Torie Korth & Randy DeVries
Thank you to Lowell Lange, Marcus Kofoot, Jay Jr. and Jay Sr. Van Wert
for helping out with snow removal in January.
January 5th 74 $3,610.00
January 12th 93 $3,883.00
January 19th 54 $1,209.00
January 26th 99 $3,209.00
January
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* Giving totals include: Envelopes, Simply Giving Donations, and Building Fund Donations.
CALLED AND SENT FOR THE SAKE OF THE WOR LD! P AGE 4
February 2nd, 2020
Jairus’ Daughter Healed
Mark 5: 21-43 Psalm 131
February 9th, 2020
Death of John the Baptist
Mark 6: 1-29 Psalm 122
February 16th, 2020
What Defiles?
Mark 7: 1-23 Psalm 51: 1-3, 6,-7
February 23rd, 2020
Transfiguration
Mark 8: 27-9:8 Psalm 27:1-4
February 26th, 2020– Ash Wednesday
Passion Prediction
Mark 9: 30-37 Psalm 32: 1-5
Engaging God’s Story
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The High School Youth Group and the Board of
Youth would like to give a BIG THANK you, to the
parents & members of the congregation for your
support of the Annual Dinner Luncheon held on
Sunday, January 26th
LIVING LUTHERAN MAGAZINE
Looking for something to do on these cold days.
Living Lutheran magazine is available for your reading pleasure.
It has a lot of good articles about other congregations and
remarkable people.
Please help yourselves to these magazines as they are
made available by the Board of Life & Growth.
Thank you to Nazareth Lutheran Church of Coulter
for the generous $2,000.00 gift to the
St. Paul Lutheran Endowment!
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February 2020, LSI Bulletin/Newsletter Article and Story
Happy Valentine’s Day from LSI! “We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19
Lutheran Services in Iowa’s (LSI) mission is about love: responding to the love of Jesus Christ through compas-sionate service. We give thanks for all the ministry partners, both individuals and congregations, who help share this love for Iowa children, families, and adults! We see this love in newly adopted children and their families, in teens who learn to trade self-harm for self-worth, in Iowans with disabilities who are growing their independence and confidence, in new parents who are raising strong and healthy families, and in so many other moments of joy. You can help carry out our mission of hope and healing by giving a gift and showing love to the Iowa families we serve. For more information, please contact Deb Whitford, LSI director of philanthropy and church relations, at [email protected] or 563-676-2065.
Thank you for the love you share and create through LSI. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Our Mission: Lutheran Services in Iowa responds to the love of Jesus Christ through compassionate service. LSI is an affiliated social ministry partner of the Iowa congregations of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) and a member of LSA (Lutheran Services in America). We proudly serve people of all ages, abilities, religions, sexes, gender identities, national origins, ethnicities, races, and sexual orientations. Learn more at www.LSIowa.org and www.facebook.com/LSI.iowa.
“I Feel Like a Parent Now.”
When Harmony learned she was pregnant for the first time, she was excited, but apprehensive. She didn’t know what to expect when raising her first child.
Harmony’s mother, Lois, helped her enroll in LSI’s Early Childhood Services, which provide parenting education and resources to families of young children across Iowa.
While she was pregnant, Harmony participated in prenatal programming, which helped her maintain a healthy pregnancy and ensure she had everything she needed when her baby was born.
When her daughter, Aya, arrived in October of 2018, Harmony and Lois began participating in LSI’s Parent Edu-cation Program, where they now attend regular classes and connect with other families in their community.
And at home, they receive weekly visits from their LSI Parent Educator, Amy. Each week, Amy brings resources for Harmony and age-appropriate toys for Aya. They work together to monitor Aya’s development, and Amy is teaching the family what to expect as Aya begins hitting her developmental milestones.
“LSI helps you learn how to raise your baby and how to learn about being a parent,” Harmony says. “Before, I felt like I was trying to swim, but I was drowning. I feel like a parent now.”
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February 2020
This is my last month of writing to you as president of the W/ELCA. It is al-ready the month the St. Paul Women of the ELCA holds its annual meeting. We will be meeting at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, February 12th. If you are interested in hearing about what we do, please plan to attend the meeting. We will elect a new president (at least) and fill other positions as needed. At our meeting we will be voting on our budget for 2020. The fund raisers for this year may need some new chairpersons. Nancy Showalter has agreed to continue as the Ham Dinner chair, but we will need some Christmas Bazaar chairs and someone for the Spring Salad Luncheon (if we have it). We are always short of help for that occasion.
Bible study groups will continue to meet this month. Dorcas Group will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month on the 11th at 9:30 AM at Country View Care Center. The Priscilla group will meet the 3rd Thursday of the month, February 20th at the home of Julie Abendschein at 7 PM.
Please come to join us for “quilting” and coffee hour on Wednesday mornings. All la-dies (and men) are welcome. There is always great conversation and usually plenty of good food.
