Upcoming Events: • Feb 2 Women’s Group 9am-11am • Feb 4 Evangelism 7pm • Feb 5 Devotions Group Chapel • Feb 5 Cjurch Council 7PM • Feb9 Men’s Brotherhood 8 AM • FEB 10 SPAGHETTI DIN- NER 6 • FEB 19 SR FELLOWSHIP 11AM • FEB 22-23 LEAD TEAM AWAY AT 4TH SEMINAR PASTOR’S CORNER 2 Associate Pastor 3 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE 4 STEWARDSHIPK & EVANGELISM 5 SR. FELLOWSHIP, WOMENS GROUP- BROTHERHOOD & 6 WOMEN’S DAILY 7 ARCHIVES 8, 9 PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTS & BROTHERHOOD 10, 11 CHURCH COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS 12 PRE-YARD SALE INFO 13 Inside this issue: February 2019 Volume 12, Issue 02 News & Notes Regular Worship Schedule Sunday 8:30am and 11:00am Thursday evening service 7:00PM each week Adult Sunday School 9:45am with Dave Shank DEVOTIONS GROUP: Join us the First Tuesday of the Month from 10 am - 11 am in the Parish Hall for a “Devotions” group. All are welcome, please come as often as you are able to attend. Our next gathering will be held Tuesday, February 5th Youth Schedule— Save the Date! — April 27, 8am till 2pm St. Paul’s Annual Yard Sale St. Paul’s Lutheran Church February 10th 6 PM, Parish Hall $10 at the door Spaghetti Dinner Time to clean out those closets and donate your unwanted treasures for the annual St. Paul’s yard sale scheduled for April 27, 2019 from 8 AM to 2 PM. This year Brother- hood voted to dedicate yard sale proceeds towards the Schol- arship Fund. We will have more details and be requesting assistance from volunteers as the date approaches, so stay tuned. We appreci- ate donations as soon as possible to stay ahead on pricing. Just leave any items in the basement on the table outside the yard sale room. If you have questions or need help transporting items to the church, please call John Korslund or the church office 301-725-0241 and leave a message for John. Please sign up in the Narthex or on your “Welcome Sheet” (formerly “Yellow Sheet” found in your Sunday bulletin) The cost is $10 at the door! Looking ahead to March … Save the Date! Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper is March 5. More details will follow. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday which is March 6. We will have worship in the Chapel at noon and the Sanctuary at 7:00pm.
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Upcoming Events:
• Feb 2 Women’s Group 9am-11am
• Feb 4 Evangelism 7pm
• Feb 5 Devotions Group Chapel
• Feb 5 Cjurch Council 7PM
• Feb9 Men’s Brotherhood 8 AM
• FEB 10 SPAGHETTI DIN-NER 6
• FEB 19 SR FELLOWSHIP 11AM
• FEB 22-23 LEAD TEAM AWAY AT 4TH SEMINAR
PASTOR’S CORNER 2
Associate Pastor 3
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE 4
STEWARDSHIPK & EVANGELISM
5
SR. FELLOWSHIP, WOMENS GROUP-
BROTHERHOOD &
6
WOMEN’S DAILY 7
ARCHIVES 8, 9
PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTS
& BROTHERHOOD
10, 11
CHURCH COUNCIL
HIGHLIGHTS
12
PRE-YARD SALE INFO 13
Inside this issue:
February 2019
Volume 12, Issue 02
News & Notes
Regular Worship Schedule Sunday 8:30am and 11:00am
Thursday evening service 7:00PM each week
Adult Sunday School 9:45am with Dave Shank
DEVOTIONS GROUP:
Join us the First Tuesday of the Month from 10 am - 11 am in the Parish Hall for a “Devotions” group. All are welcome, please come as often as you are able to attend. Our next gathering will be held Tuesday, February 5th
Youth Schedule—
Save the Date! — April 27, 8am till 2pm St. Paul’s Annual Yard Sale
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
February 10th 6 PM, Parish Hall $10 at the door Spaghetti Dinner
Time to clean out those closets and donate your unwanted treasures for the annual St. Paul’s yard sale scheduled for April 27, 2019 from 8 AM to 2 PM. This year Brother-hood voted to dedicate yard sale proceeds towards the Schol-arship Fund.
We will have more details and be requesting assistance from volunteers as the date approaches, so stay tuned. We appreci-ate donations as soon as possible to stay ahead on pricing.
Just leave any items in the basement on the table outside the yard sale room. If you have questions or need help transporting items to the church, please call John Korslund or the church office 301-725-0241 and leave a message for John.
Please sign up in the Narthex or on
your “Welcome Sheet” (formerly
“Yellow Sheet” found in your Sunday
bulletin)
The cost is $10 at the door!
Looking ahead to March … Save the Date! Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper is March 5. More details will follow. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday which is March 6. We will have worship in the Chapel at noon and the Sanctuary at 7:00pm.
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Pastor’s Corner
News & Notes
February 2019
In January 1997 I attended my first Youth Quake. Since then, I have lost count of how many youth events I have attended. I’ve been to different venues and different states. I’ve attended in various roles and capacities. I’ve learned that each organization that puts these events together uses different models. But there is something common to these events. That is the “mountain top” feeling that comes from attending.
It’s a time away (usually a weekend) where you are surrounded by hundreds (or in the case of a national trip, thousands) of youth that are all gathered in the same place to have some sort of encounter with God and to grow in faith.
Today, I write this following Road trip, our Synod’s High School event in Ocean City. There were a few hundred youth gathered together to sing, dance, learn, pray and grow together. This year, it was even more special to see one of our own, Carla Heyser, on stage with the Lutheran Youth Organization leading the music for the weekend! True to form, this morning, following the event, I woke up singing the songs we heard!
To be honest, I don’t always remember the themes of the events, or everything the speakers say, but I remember the feeling. The feeling of spiritual rejuvenation, of exhaustion mixed with excitement, of having come from a place where I could be my-self, dance like no one was watching and embrace my faith in a way that wasn’t as easy at school and most importantly, being happy.
As time has passed on, and I’ve attended so many events, its been really neat to watch as people who attended as youth (some of them when I was their youth lead-er) have taken on leadership roles in their young adult lives. In the case of Road trip, some of my colleagues who are instrumental in putting the event together are people I remember attending the event with when we were all High School students!
Sometimes we may ask, why do we do this? My answer to that question is this:
I loved these trips when I was a youth. They were instrumental in helping me discern a call to ministry. Because of that, I want to give others the opportunity to have that experience.
Even if all that is remembered is a feeling of closeness with God, there were seeds planted within the participants. We never know what those seeds will grow in-to, but they are important! Yes, involvement in the local congregation is also im-portant in this “seed planting,” but God speaks to us each in different ways, so to of-fer different experiences increases the opportunity for God to speak in various ways!
Here at St. Paul’s we are truly blessed with a wonderful group of youth! When we go on these trips, I am reminded of just how wonderful our group is and how blessed we are here!
Our congregation is very generous in your support of the youth program, and we are thankful for that support! Please continue to embrace the excitement our young people have for going to events which are great opportunities for group build-ing and faith formation!
Peace,
Pastor Carolyn
“Rejoice always,
pray continually,
give thanks in all
circumstances;
for this is God’s
will for you in
Christ Jesus “
1 Thessalonians
5:16-18 (NIV)
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Volume 12, Issue 02
Associate Pastor
February 2019
On a monthly basis we
have meetings of the Men’s
Lutheran Brotherhood
here at St. Paul’s. For one
morning a month the men of
the congregation gather togeth-
er to have a warm breakfast
prepared by one of our mem-
bers, a time of great fellowship,
and a meeting where we all
ponder how we can serve the
ministry of St. Paul’s better. It
is a great time, and I highly
recommend that you stop
by if you have not ever
had the opportunity to do
so. It has actually become one
of the highlights of the month
for me, and I personal view it
as a time to take a break from
fatherhood, be here at the
church with other guys, and ask
how Christ is stirring in my life,
and in the lives of other men
who gather around this table
from all walks of life, various
ages, and generations. It is a
time for me to admire those
who have put so much into
building the ministry here at St.
Paul’s through the years, and
still have the same commit-
ment to see the ministry
through today. It is also a time
for me to see new men who
have come into the congrega-
tion and see this brotherhood
as a way of living out their
Christian faith through acts of
service. I again, invite any
man who is looking for
Christian brotherhood to
attend these meetings on
the second Saturdays of
each month at 8:00AM in
the parish hall.
Recently, I have been
offering a small devotion to
close our meetings together. At
our first meeting of 2019, I of-
fered a prayer that has enlight-
ened my life, and I wish to
share this with you today. It is a
prayer of reflection, a prayer of
commitment. It is a covenant to
remind us of our commitment
to being faithful followers of
Christ. I hope that this will
serve as a reminder of your
own personal commitment to
Christ as this year of 2019 is
still in its infancy.
Best and Blessings,
Pastor Dave
A Covenant Prayer (Traditional)
I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed by thee or laid aside by
thee. Exalted for thee or
brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me
be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious
and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, thou art mine, and I am
thine. So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on
earth, Let it be ratified in
heaven. Amen.
“I am no longer my
own, but yours.
Put me to what you
will, place me with
whom you will.”
Covenant Prayer
(Contemporary)
Covenant Prayer
(Contemporary Version)
I am no longer my own, but yours.
Put me to what you will, place me with whom you will.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be put to work for you or set aside for you,
Praised for you or criticized for you.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and fully surrender all things to your glory and ser-
vice. And now, O wonderful and
holy God, Creator, Redeemer, and Sus-
tainer, you are mine, and I am yours.
So be it. And the covenant which I
have made on earth, Let it also be made in heav-
en. Amen.
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News and Notes
President's Message January 2019 Looking Forward
I am reflecting on a good year at St. Paul's. We were active on many fronts- Steady
attendance, a variety of music programs, social gatherings, successful fund raising, and
the continuity of some of our traditional activities. All of this becomes possible as you
commit to serve each other and the outside community through your devotion to St.
Paul's. If you take a moment to reflect back, you should feel good about what you helped
St. Paul's do this year. And if you want to be more involved this coming year, there are
willing volunteers around every activity who would welcome your help. The office staff
and our Pastors can help you find "your place" at St. Paul's.
In the next few months we will become focused on this year's Lent and Easter obser-
vances. We will have the opportunity to support our youth as they host a spaghetti din-
ner, and we plan to host the Annual Yard Sale again. Look to our regular communica-
tions to see updates on our activities and opportunities to serve. As I think of current
needs, we need worship assistants, helpers to set up and clean up the altar, ushers for
worship, and choir members for any of the choirs. Most importantly, worship services
are best when we share them with a larger group. If you don't worship regularly by
choice, we'd love to see you more often. If you do come to services, you should be part of
a welcoming atmosphere- St. Paul's is your church home and you can help to make this a
welcoming church home to others.
As I reflect on the leadership needs, there are currently openings on church council, and
there will be more openings in the spring as we meet in May for our semi-annual congre-
gational meeting. If you have ever lead a team of two or two hundred, you have the abil-
ity to help St. Paul's as we seek to grow with our surrounding community. Please give
prayerful consideration to adding St. Paul's Church Council to your way of contributing
to the life of our church.
Finally, I must extend thanks and gratitude to everyone who helped us close our budget
gap as we closed 2018. We are truly blessed as a church family, and I look forward to a
2019 of continued blessings!
Thanks be to God!
See you on Sunday!
Erik
Council President
“With God all
things are
possible!”
Matthew 19:26
KJV
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Stewardship ELCA
“Verily I say unto you, Inas-much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me..’’
MATTHEW 22:37b-39
Volume 12, Issue 02
From the LEAD Listening Team February 22-23 our Team will be attending our 4th Learning Seminar. Please keep us, as well as the people from all the congregations who are also in this process in your prayers during the Seminar!
2019 Envelopes are available in the parish hall. If anyone would like an envelope please contact Bob Peters [email protected] or email Donna Frederick at [email protected].
2018 Giving Statements are available in the Parish Hall. If you have not already done so please pick them up as soon as possible to save the church postage.
A reminder:
If you have not made your pledges for 2019 and for the Capital Campaign you can still mail
them in or put them in the offering plate! There are extra cards available in the Narthex!
From the Evangelism Committee:
We meet the 1st Monday of the month at 7pm in the Chapel.
Last month the committee did a service project for the church (finish taking down the
“greens”), devotions, a time of “checking-in with each other” and discussed ways to work with
other committees and the Youth with events for the coming year 2019 and with a special eye
towards 2020, which will be St. Paul’s 150th Anniversary.
Activities that are in the works:
Spaghetti Dinner – February 10th
Community Garden Ribbon Cutting – March
Our next meeting has been planned for Monday February 4th at 7:00 pm
in the Chapel and we cordially invite you to join us with your ideas and
thoughts that will energize OUR congregation.
Community Out Reach Crayon Re-cycling program to Launch— Details page 11
Russ Werner will be sharing details of a “Mission Trip” to Haiti - Watch the church website for
The Men of St. Paul’s gather on the 2nd Saturday of each month for breakfast, a
brief business meeting and devotions. All males in the congregation are wel-
come and invited to attend! Next meeting is February 9h
Officers: Ken Keefer, President; Mike Heyser, Vice President; Randy Baldini
Treasurer; Randy Arndt, Secretary
Music– Notable Events
We hope you will join us for Senior Fellowship on February 19th beginning at 11:30am. Our speaker will be Officer Lingham from the police department who is brought to us by Arbor Terrace Fulton, the new assisted living communi-ty. He will speak to us about Safety and Security in the Home and Com-munity. Also, Arbor Terrace is graciously providing our dessert! If you plan to attend, please RSVP on the Welcome sheets in the bulletin or to Joe and Cathy Dymek or call the church office 301-725-0241 An inclement weather reminder: if the Howard County Public Schools are closed we will not have our luncheon. If schools, are 2 hours late, we will have the luncheon.
We look forward to seeing you and please bring a friend!
St. Paul’s Senior Fellowship
Audio Recordings
Check out the website for St Paul’s ser-
vice’s recordings. All services from the
last 2 months can be found under Gal-
lery/Audio. Just click http://
stpaulslutheran.info/messages/sermon-
audio
Hearing assistance is available. Please
ask an usher.
Women’s Group
The Women of St. Paul’s will resume their studies of “Twelve Extraordinary Women” by John
MacArthur, starting with Chapter 7“Anna” 0n Feb. 2 (the first Saturday of the month) from 9
to 11am. Please join us for study, food, fun and fellowship. We also usually have a service pro-
A Congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
S T . P A U L ’ S L U T H E R A N C H U R C H
“Like” us on Facebook!
For a while now we have had a St. Paul’s Facebook group, we also have a public page! Find us and click “like” and watch us for an-nouncements! Tell your friends too!
www.facebook.com/StPaulsFulton (New to St. Paul’s Social Media)
“Follow” us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/stpaulsfulton
“Tag” us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/stpaulsfulton/
February 3– 4th Sunday after Epiphany
Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30
February 10 – 5th Sunday after Epiphany
Isaiah 6:1-8[9-13]; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11
February 17 —6th Sunday after Epiphany
Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26
Women’s Daily Grace— Dancing Outside Your Comfort Zone! 1/24/2019
We all have our comfort zones. Occasionally we are asked to step outside them. This is what I am facing this year. My son is going to be married soon. The upcoming event will require me to shop for a “fancy dress and shoes.” But that isn’t even the most difficult task I face. I have to learn to dance. This is not even close to my comfort zone.
God, too, has a way of asking us to step (and maybe even dance) outside our comfort zones. God has given us all gifts that we need to tap into. But we need to stretch those comfort zones.
Imagine if you invited a woman that hasn’t attended your congregational unit’s Bible study to come with you. What if you asked the young women in your congregation for ideas of new ministries your synodical wom-en’s organization could help in the coming year?
This message is excerpted from a Women of the ELCA blog by Jody Smiley
1. The Gas conversion is well underway. Both boilers in the church are now on gas and the boiler and hot wa-
ter heater has been converted in the parsonage. We are on schedule to have the kitchen converted this
week.
2. We have signed with a new insurance company. We now have insurance through Henry-Bitner Insurance. It is a policy through Brotherhood insurance company. It gives us more coverage at a significant savings
3. The community garden is still in progress Eric Knoerschild gave a presentation to council and receive pre-
liminary approval to proceed. The next step is to present it and get approval from the scouts.
4. We now have a new cleaning company. Good News Cleaning Services began on Monday January 21st and will be cleaning on Mondays and Fridays
5. Carl Gutschick has been in touch with Jeremy Rutter He is getting together a price for the septic and well
cost for the proposed lot. Carl believes he can have an estimate for the development cost for the third lot in a couple of more weeks
6. All three vacuums in the parish hall closet have been cleaned and repaired. All three are now working. 7. I want to give a special thanks to our snow clearing team who got to work at 6:00 am during the last snow
to shovel the sidewalks, the drive lane and part of the parking area open, so that we could have Sunday ser-vices. A big THANK YOU to Pastor Dave, Ken Keefer and Erik Domaas
Thanks, to all those persons who have helped out in the past and also to those who have volunteered to help
going forward.
John Murphy Property Committee Chairman
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Church Boilers being converted to natural gas. St. Paul snow removal team in action, Jan. 13, 2019 630am
Property Pictures—by Ken Keefer
Volume 12, Issue 02
Men’s Brotherhood Notes from January 2019 Meeting:
1. We discussed the progress on the Natural Gas Conversion project. 2. We discussed the proposed Community Garden. 3. We voted to make a Memorial Donation to St. Paul’s in memory of Norman Oehlke. 4. We had a brief devotional Lead by Pr. Dave.
The Men’s Brotherhood is open to all men in the congregation of any age. We meet on the 2nd Saturday of each month for a Breakfast Meeting in the Fellowship Hall at 8:00 am. Anyone with questions on the Brotherhood can contact any of the Officers.
Ken Keefer Brotherhood President.
Meeting Minutes Synopsis 2/6/2018 7pm
Devotions
We did not have a quorum at this meeting, so the January Minutes will be approved in
March.
OLD BUSINESS DISCUSSIONS:
LEAD Update, Youth Trip(s) and Super Bowl Sub Sales, Capital Campaign, Evangelism, Ad-
ministrative Assistant to be hired soon, 2017 Leadership reports due in early April. New
Hymnals are in the pews.
NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSIONS:
LENT Services and Devotions, New Front Doors should be installed soon, upcoming vacan-
cies in Council.
CLOSED IN PRAYER
NEXT MEETING, TUESDAY MARCH 6
Humbly Submitted,
Julie Smith
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Crayon Re-cycling Program to launch as a Community Project
I am organizing a recycling service project, and I am hoping you will be interested in getting involved. I am collecting old, used or broken crayons to melt and reshape into new, fun shaped crayons to be donated to charities such as home-less shelters and other non-profits. All I am asking for are your old crayons, and I will take care of the rest. Please place your crayons in the collection box in the Parish Hall. Please contact me with any questions you may have. Thanks,
Ande Heyser PS :I would be happy to give some back to church if anyone would like them for their classroom, and some will be used in VBS.
Example 1 of “Re-cycled” Crayons Example 2 of “Re-cycled” Crayons
St. Paul’s Council Meeting Synopsis:
January 8, 2019
Devotions-Pastor Carolyn
OLD BUSINESS DISCUSSIONS:
Review and approval of December minutes.
We had a full church at the 6:30 Christmas Eve Service. 12th Night was also a huge success. Extra tables and chairs were needed to accommodate everyone. The Website and Social Media hits were great in December. Over two hundred hits on the website the week of Christmas.
Property highlights-the installation of the natural gas lines should be completed this week. Motions were made and approved to change liability insurance from Church Mutual to Bitner-Henry Insurance and Brotherhood Mutual Insurance. Another motion was made and approved to change cleaning companies from Jani-Clean to Good News Cleaning Service. Council vacancies were discussed-Erik Domaas will step down in May 2019 and Dave Riethmiller
has served four years as the Music & Worship Committee Chair and will be stepping down as well.
Julie Smith has agreed to fill the President position in June, leaving the Secretary position vacant.
Please prayerfully consider using your talents to serve on Council.
Pastor Dave and Kerry Griffin to serve together in putting formal “Gift/Legacy Policy” in place for
church giving.
NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSIONS:
Evangelism meeting was held on January 7th. Group focused on what we do to serve the church in
2019.
Cemetery committee considering opening cemetery to public. Council is in favor of the idea.
Council to have an additional budget meeting on Monday, January 15th to balance budget with 2018
giving. This will include staff contracts and how to proceed in 2019.
CLOSED IN PRAYER-PASTOR CAROLYN
NEXT MEETING, Tuesday, February 5, 2018 @ 7pm
Humbly submitted by
Julie Smith
Secretary
News & Notes
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Pre-Yard Sale Information
It’s BAACK… the annual yard sale will soon be here!
It’s cold right now, but spring will soon be upon us – time to clean out those closets and donate your unwanted treasures for the annual St. Paul’s yard sale. You likely have just what someone else is looking for. The sale date is April 27, 2019 from 8 AM to 2 PM.
Last year we raised over $3700 for the capital improvement fund. This year Brother-hood voted to dedicate yard sale proceeds towards the Scholarship Fund for further education of youth active in the congregation.
We will have more details and be requesting assistance from volunteers as the date approaches, so stay tuned. This event has a record of great participation and good fel-lowship. Don’t miss the chance to donate, be involved, and find a few treasures for yourself! Any items not sold will be donated to the Lutheran Mission Society of Mary-land for their needs.
We appreciate donations as soon as possible to stay ahead on pricing. Just leave any items in the basement on the table outside the yard sale room. (We would prefer that larger items not be delivered until closer to the sale day, when the parsonage garage is available for storage.) If you need help transporting items to the church, please call John Korslund or the church office and leave a message for John (301) 725-0241
Volume 12, Issue 02 News & Notes Special thanks to all our contributors and those
that make the News & Notes possible!
Special Notes: Have an item to share for the newsletter? Please submit items of interest by the 20th of the month for publication the first Sunday of the following month.
Please let the church know of any Affirmations or people we should remember and other prayer re-quests
Last But Not Least
Photo releases: As we continue to update our website we need your help! We have people who take photos at events and we would like to high-light these events through the website! But, we also respect your need for privacy. We will not post photos that show the faces of anyone under 18. We also will not post your photo without your permission. We ask that you contact the church office via email or snail mail or put a note in the “communications box” in the office and let us know if you DO NOT want your image used on the site.
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