St. Paul’s United Methodist Church May 2013 St. Paul’s Vacation Bible School June 10-14, 2013 8:30-11:30am Please contact Jill Mouk if you can help. See inside for more information. Help! We need Bible school teachers ! We will come together to celebrate our faith with ONE service at 10am, then enjoy fellowship with one another immediately following. Tea, rolls, and fried chicken will be provided. Please bring salads, sides, or desserts to share.
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St. Paul’s United Methodist Church May 2013
St. Paul’s Vacation Bible School June 10-14, 2013
8:30-11:30am Please contact Jill Mouk if you can help.
See inside for more information.
Help! We need Bible school teachers!
We will come together to celebrate our faith with
ONE service at 10am, then enjoy fellowship with one another
immediately following. Tea, rolls, and fried chicken will be provided.
Please bring salads, sides, or desserts to share.
DeSiard Street Mission
St. Paul’s had our first annual Acolyte Appreciation Sunday on Sunday, April 7 at the 8:30 and 11:00 traditional worship services. These children serve during worship by lighting the altar candles and serving as cross bearer. We appreciate the children who serve Christ at St. Paul’s through this ministry. The children were presented with a certificate of appreciation and a gift of treats and an acolyte pin.
Children who are currently serving as aco-lytes are: Anna Grace Bennett, Landry Bennett, Lucy Bennett, Elise Burch, Pat-rick Garrett, Sara Kate Gregory, Priscilla Guo, Madison Hoover, Sadie Keyes, Ben-jamin Landry, Davis Landry, Thomas Landry, Olive Nolan, Reagan Read, Wil-liam Read, Walt Sartor, Amanda Shelby, Emma Street, Matthew Wolleson, and Patrick Wolleson.
Pictured here are some of the children who were honored.
Our UMM cooked and served around 123 serv-ings of food to the people at the DeSiard Street
Mission on Thursday, April 18. Won’t you help this month?
Thursday, May 17
At the April meeting of the UMM, we decided to change our meeting time to 7:00 A.M. on the second Friday of every month. We will meet in the Fellowship Area outside the kitchen for breakfast, a brief devotional, and fellowship. We will adjourn in plenty of time for everyone to get to work.
One of the reasons for this change is the continuing effort to involve more men of the church in the UMM’s activities. Men, as members of this church, you are automatically members of St. Paul’s UMM. With that membership comes the call to become more actively involved in our ef-forts to assist and aid those less fortunate than ourselves.
The UMM is a service oriented mission group for the church. Through several fundraising ef-forts, we seek to raise monies which we use to assist numerous worthwhile charities in the church and in the community. Many of you already participate in activities such as cooking for the To Do at the Zoo. Will you not consider doing more, being more, giving more by becoming an active, participating member of your UMM?
Also, we as that you please be in Prayer for our longtime UMM member Van Leigh and his family during this time.
Dear Friends,
The Lord is risen! Hallelujah! What a glorious celebration Easter is. It is the highlight of the Christian year. It reminds us that our God is so powerful that He can defeat death. It reminds us that God loves us so much that He sacrificed His most precious gift to us, His son Jesus, the Christ. It reminds us that we, too, as His followers, will defeat death and will live with Him for-ever. Oh, yes, the Lord is risen indeed! Hallelujah!
I love the beautiful symbols we use in the church to celebrate this time of year. First comes the palm waving and the enthusiasm of our children as they recreate Jesus’ tri-umphant entry into Jerusalem. Then comes Maundy Thursday with the Eucharist, or Holy Communion, the last meal Jesus shared with the disciples. That symbol of the bread and juice that we eat around a single table reminds us that we are connected to each other through our shared love and devotion to our Christ. Good Friday, that dark-
est of all days, is represented by a cross, an ancient instrument of torture and pain. We drape a black cloth around it and leave the altar bare of decoration, reminding us of that bleakest of all days, the day our Lord and Savior was cruelly tortured and hung on the cross. Ah, but then comes Easter. Just when we think all is lost, that all hope is gone, we find that Jesus really IS alive. Oh yes, His promises are true. Our God has conquered death. In the church, we celebrate with a multitude of Easter lilies, with a white cloth on that empty cross, with shouts of acclamation, with beautiful hymns and joyful singing. Christ, the Lord, is risen today! Hallelujah!
The Paschal candle is another symbol of the Easter season. It is bigger than the Christ candle we light on Christmas, for what is bigger than the birth of a king? Only the resur-rection of our King from the dead. Throughout the season of Easter (the fifty days follow-ing the resurrection) the Paschal candle will remain lighted to remind us of the resurrec-tion message: the Risen Christ is present here among us today, with us and for us for all time. The darkness of the crucifixion is replaced with the light of the risen Christ. My hope for us during this season of Easter is that we, the community of believers called St. Paul’s UMC, will reflect the light of that Paschal candle, the bright light of a living Christ, and share the Easter message with all we meet during this season of Easter. Christ has risen! He has risen indeed! Hallelujah! Peace, my friends . . . Tim
When Our last Wednesday night (until fall) goes
Mex I can !
For this fiesta, we will suspend with our usual plan and will feature great Mexican food, and fantastic fellowship.
UMW May Meetings Harmony Circle - Dianne Dollar will host our meeting in the church Parlor on May 16 at
6:30pm. A light meal will be served followed by a brief meeting and the continuing study of the book, Calm My Anxious Heart.
Joy Circle - We will meet Tuesday, May 14 at 6:00pm in the Parlor. Hostesses are Linda Beth
Neustifter and Jill Mouk. If you are not part of another circle, please join us.
Circle of Friends Circle - We meet the 1st and 3rd Sundays in the Parlor at 5:00 p.m. as
we continue with our outreaching plans at St. Paul's and the community.
Mary Henry Circle - We will meet at 9:30 a.m., May 28, in the Parlor. We will complete our
study of Immigration and the Bible, led by Donnell Wilhite. This will be our last circle meeting until September.
What a beautiful day! A small group of St. Paul's ladies traveled to enjoy the day on April 13th in a small bit of paradise, Hodges Gardens State Park. The ladies were led on a de-lightful tour by one of the park rangers who was very knowledgeable of the history and the plants of the gardens. The flowers, rose gar-dens, waterfalls, reservoir, and landscaping were a wonderful testament to the handiwork of God in nature.
Look for information soon on another "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
adventure planned for May 17 to Jackson, MS!
Upcoming dates to remember: June 8—District UMW meeting, hosted by St. Paul’s UMW. Registration at 9:30, meeting at 10:00. Speaker: Dr. Ellen Blue, author of St. Mark’s and the Social Gospel. Cost: $5.00 for brunch.
June 25—General meeting, covered dish salad luncheon, 11:30-1:00, place TBA.
July 17-20—Louisiana Conference School of Missions, Woodworth, LA.
August 24—Mini School of Missions, Memorial UMC, Bastrop, LA
Looking ahead: UMW Assembly (worldwide UWM conference), April 25-27, 2014, in Louisville, KY, theme: Make It Happen: Turning Faith, Hope, and Love into Action.
Eighteen of our 21 Confirmands attended the Confirma-tion Day with the Bishop retreat on April 12-13. Jill Mouk and Chad Brooks were chaperones. The group left Monroe on Friday and drove to Pineville where we checked into the hotel and walked next door to the Pizza Hut for dinner. The manager at Pizza Hut had re-cently installed an X-Box game of Karaoke…Jill was a bit anxious about this new addition as ALL of the students were anxious to play! Luckily, the music was ap-propriate (mostly) and the kids who sang had a great time…the others watching had a pretty good time too! Madison Hoover was the grand champion of the Karaoke challenge. Look out American Idol!!!
Following dinner at Pizza Hut, the group headed back to the hotel for swimming in the indoor pool. Imagine 18 sixth graders jumping, splashing, laugh-ing, and screaming in an enclosed room with a very loud echo… Jill and Chad were looking for ear plugs! The group settled in for the night safely “taped” in their rooms around 10:30 and amazingly, they were pretty quiet for the night. (Chad and Jill heard stories about how late the kids stayed up, but no one woke them up so all was well!)
Saturday morning the group gath-ered for breakfast and a Bible study devotion with Jill and then headed to the Wesley Center for the Day with the Bishop where they attended classes about the sacraments, missions, our Method-ist history, and praise and worship. It was a great trip! We have a great group of Con-firmands this year. The group will be con-firmed during the 11:00 Tra-ditional Wor-ship service on May 19.
Mountain TOP Payment Due! This deposit of $200 will determine the number of youth attend-ing, so it is important to pay this deposit if you would like to go!
The total cost of the trip is $450. Contact Chad Brooks at 318.278.4185 for additional information.
The dates for the trip are July 20-28, 2013.
Exciting changes are under-way in the Fellowship Hall
Come take a look!
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St. Paul’s Financial Report YTD Feb. 2013 Operating Fund Income $ 125,311.43 Operating Fund Expense $ 143,634.27
YTD Mar. 2013 Operating Fund Income $165,073.73 Operating Fund Expense $200,605.70
St. Paul’s UMC
Teach a Child - Touch a Life!
We need Sunday School Teachers
for this summer!
Please consider teaching! Sunday school is so important for our children and
we need many volunteers to fill all of the classes each Sunday.
Sign up to commit to 1 or 2 Sundays this summer! Contact Jill Mouk for more information.
Another big thank you goes out to the hard working crew for helping
us cook and serve to 140 people at Grace Place last month. Our crew this month included Jill Mouk, our regular rice cooker, Beulah Shakir and Lori Moeller, our dessert makers, Babs, the cornbread baker, and Ray, the chief red beans & ham cooker. Helping us serve were Kay Morgan, Kathy Wells, Ellen Breed, Beulah Shakir, Evelyn McClelland, Curry Bagwell, and Susan Ethridge. Bunny Hewitt was going to help serve but she insisted on wash-ing the dishes. Good for you Bunny! If you want to help this month, call me at 322-0731 or Ray at 791-8214. We will be there on Friday, May 10th at 9am. Babs and Ray Clary
Join us next time... We could use the help!
Meet us at St. Paul’s at 8:30am to cook and assem-ble the meals.
Saturday, June 1 8:15 - noon
We also need substitute drivers. Please call Kathy Wells to be added to the list.
(318) 387-0168
The next Mission trip is scheduled for
August 28th - September 1st. Mark your calendars and sign up to be a part
of this wonderful Mission opportunity.
UMW Chicken Salad Luncheon Tuesday, May 7 from 11:30am to 1:00pm
Dear Members of St. Paul’s,
The Annual United Methodist Women’s fund-
raiser, the Chicken Salad Luncheon, is upon us!
Tickets are only $8.00, so invite your friends and
come enjoy a fabulous lunch at our “Vintage Celebra-
tion!” Men welcome.
Proceeds from the luncheon go to support local
mission. Won’t you help us with this wonderful mis-
sion of our church? You do not have to be a member
of St. Paul’s or UMW to come on your lunch hour
and enjoy a delicious meal and wonderful fellowship,
so invite your friends and coworkers! There will be
lots of door prizes and a silent auction!
St. Paul’s
Vacation Bible School
Children must have completed PK-3 in order to attend VBS. The registration fee for each child is $10.
(Scholarships are available.)
Registration forms can be found on the next page, in the church of-fice, in the Fellowship Area, and on the church website at stpaulsmonroe.com.
Please contact Jill Mouk if you can help. Nursery care will be provided for parents who are helping with VBS.
(for church use only) _______________Crew Number __________
Child’s Name ___________________________________________________ Circle: Boy or Girl Child’s Age: _______ Date of Birth: ______________ Last school grade completed: _________ Name of parent(s): _____________________________________________________________ Street address: ________________________________________________________________ Telephone Number (where you can be reached during VBS hours) _______________________ Other phone numbers where parent (or other caretaker) can be reached during VBS if needed:
______________________________________________________________________ Who would your child like to be in a “crew” with? ____________________________________ Home Church: ________________________________________________________________
Allergies or other medical conditions:____________________________________ Comments: ___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
*Please return this form and the registration fee on or before Sunday, June 9.
We will be at the church all day on Sunday, June 9 setting up for VBS! Please volunteer to help if you can! We need you!
St. Paul’s
United Methodist Church
June 10-14, 8:30 – 11:30a.m.
Registration form
and $10 fee (per child)
are due on or before
Sunday, June 9.
St. Paul’ s VBS is for children
who have completed PK-3
through 5th
grade.
VBS Registration form
2511 Broadmoor Blvd. * Monroe, La * 318-322-2013
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 1901 Lexington Ave. Monroe, LA 71201
