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CLICK HERE for the story
on our theme for lent
CLICK HERE for a sample video |
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The
Lenten Soup Supper tradition continues
at St. Paul even though Marilyn
Sodergren has “retired” as the main
coordinator. The schedule below shows the dates of the suppers and the groups that are taking on the main responsibility for the organization of the suppers along with the Nurture Board. Lenten Soup Supper starts at 6 pm.
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Gen X / Gen Y Observing Lent
Gen X / Gen Y is a generative friendship of Christians in the X and Y Generations who get together to share meals, serve, and seek the kingdom of God. For six weeks starting Ash Wednesday (Feb. 17), you can be a part of a Gen X / Gen Y small group in the Where Faith Meets Culture Lent series. This is a great opportunity to talk with friends about how we are living out our faith in daily life and explore what the Bible says about how Christians can interact with the culture around us. Jerry Mendoza, Natasha Montemayor, and Clay Lindgren will lead the group, which takes place Wednesday nights 7:30-8:30 p.m., at the Lindgren house (across the street) after Lent soup supper and worship. Sign up in the narthex today and order a participant's book ($8) for the series. Childcare will be available. We're also responsible for hosting the soup supper (6 p.m.) on March 3. Just let Pastor Williamson know if you'll have some soup to offer that night (mwilliamson.stpaul@sbcglobal.net). |
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Book
of Faith Forum Series starts February 21 For five
Sundays in Lent, renowned Old Testament scholar and United Church of
Christ minister Walter Brueggemann
(via DVD) draws upon the Book of Exodusand other biblical texts to call us out of captivity and back into relationship with our liberating, life-giving God. In Professor Brueggemann's words: "It is a journey from slavery to covenant that we keep making over and over again... [because] Pharaoh has immense power always to draw us back into slavery." David Gustafson of the Adult Faith Formation Team facilitates the discussion. Participants may want to read Exodus 1-20 as a Lenten practice in conjunction with the class. CLICK
HERE FOR A SAMPLE VIDEO
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In January we
started a new DVD-based series called Opening
Prayer: Three Ways God Transforms through Prayer,
which features Janet Ramsey and Wendell Frerichs of Luther Seminary
together with some other prayerful Christians. It’s a good time to
return if you’ve missed for awhile or come for the first time. "No
experience necessary!"
February 27 we begin a new book, Loving Jesus by Lutheran New Testament scholar Mark Allan Powell. Personal and reflective while deeply grounded in Scripture, Powell's book delves into "the poetic heart of faith" known as piety and offers a moving testimony to how an openness to learning and paradox can lead one into a deeper love of the living Jesus. Place an order for the book ($14) with Pastor Williamson by Sunday, Feb. 7 (or get it yourself online). "No experience necessary!"
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This summer, July 23-31, twentyfour St. Paul youth and three adults are journeying to Atlantic Mountain Ranch, a Lutheran camp in the Black Hills of South Dakota, to participate in a Servant Camp experience. We are so grateful for these young followers of Jesus who are helping to build homes for families in need, but even if you can’t go with them, you can still help out! Please consider taking stock in St. Paul’s youth by buying at least one share of stock this February to support the trip. Each stock share is also a ticket to our Stockholders Reception, held on September 26, where trip participants will serve homemade desserts and beverages to say thank-you and share how they grew in their faith while serving others. Shares are $20 each. Children under 12 may attend the reception for free. Our goal is that every member of St. Paul would buy at least one share, not only to support the trip but to attend the reception in September to hear about how our youth lived out the “God’s Work. Our Hands” mission of our church in the Black Hills and how they hope to carry on their Servant Camp experience into the future. Questions?
Please contact Pastor Mark Williamson at
(630) 668-5953 or mwilliamson.stpaul@sbcglobal.net |
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