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The Story of God, the Story of Us
Featuring Sean Gladding  -  Thursday, September 9
8pm (doors 7:30) - At St. Paul Lutheran Church

A Book of Faith Initiative Special Event

cosponsored by InterVarsity Press and
up/rooted-west (local Emergent Village cohort)

Before the Bible was a book it was flesh and blood. Join author and storyteller Sean Gladding as he presents the story of creation, helping us hear it as Israelite exiles would have as they gathered around a fire by the rivers of Babylon in the sixth century B.C.E. The story of creation is chapter one of Sean's new book, The Story of God, the Story of Us: Getting Lost and Found in the Bible (IVP 2010), which has grown out of years of telling the overarching Story of Scripture to large groups and small gatherings throughout the United States and internationally as well.

Says the author: "What I always hope people walk away with is a desire to go read the text again, with others, and for people to hear the Story that is healing, invitational and that leads to life, rather than one that creates division, wounding and isolation."


 
 

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About Sean: Sean Gladding spent several years in Houston, Texas, where he was copastor of Mercy Street, an initiative by Chapelwood United Methodist Church for "church wounded" people, as well as people in drug and alcohol recovery. He now resides in Lexington, Kentucky, at Communality, a missional community that serves as one of the host "schools for conversion" for the New Monasticism.

ELCA HIV/AIDS Public Service Announcement
 KNOW YOUR STATUS -  HIV  and AIDS Screening
 
At St. Paul Lutheran Church,  on  Saturday, October 23, 2010
         9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
 

Congregation and public invited to LEAD BY EXAMPLE

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Black Hills Youth Mission Trip 2010
 

This summer, July 23-31, twenty two St. Paul youth and four adults  journeyed 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.


The St. Paul congregation is very proud of our youth! On Sunday, August 1, an excellent sermon and stories were shared of their mission trip in the Black Hills. They are truly wonderful examples of God's "greatness" as exemplified in their service,and songs!

          
Listen to three St. Paul youth relate
their mission trip experience.

Men’s Breakfast Group
To Discuss
Faith and Immigration



The Saturday Morning Breakfast Group meets biweekly at 7:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall for coffee, doughnuts, and conversation. Haven't been to men's group before? "No experience necessary!"
 
In August and for four Saturday gatherings taking us through September, the Men's Group will be participating in St. Paul's "Stand for Welcome" series by reading and discussing They Are Us: Lutherans and Immigration by Stephen Bouman and Ralston Deffenbaugh.
 
By virtue of Lutheranism's spiritual heritage and identity in America as an immigrant church, Lutherans are specially placed to give hopeful leadership about the controversial issue of immigration in the United States today.
They Are Us explores the biblical, historical, theological, and cultural foundations for Lutheran participation in a public conversation that has important implications for the future of this nation. Based on professional experience and grounded in Christian faith, the authors make the case for immigration reform and call the church to a mission of evangelical hospitality.

  • July 31    - Episode Six of the DVD series Down + Out: Where Grace Takes You: "Spirit/Flesh"
     
  • Aug. 14  - Forward, Introduction, and Chapter 1: "Walking in Newness of Life"
     
  • Aug. 28 -  Ch. 2: "A Church of Immigrants" and Ch. 3: "A Nation of Immigrants"
     
  • Sept. 11 - Ch. 4: "The Current Immigration Debate and Our Broken System" and Ch. 5: "A More Just Future: Four Spiritual Values"
     
  • Sept. 25 - Ch. 6: "Putting Our Feet on the Road in Mission," Ch. 7: "Standing in the Breach," and Ch. 8: "What Next?"
Copies of the book may be acquired from the church office for a discounted price of $10. After reading and discussing the book, come and interact with co-author Stephen Bouman, director of Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission for the ELCA, on Sunday, October 3 when he will be our guest preacher and Adult Forum presenter at St. Paul.
 
 

St. Paul Taking a "Stand for Welcome" with All-Church
Summer Reading on Immigration
 
Please join us this summer in an all-congregation summer reading of They Are Us: Lutherans and Immigration by Ralston Deffenbaugh, president of LIRS, and Stephen Bouman, director of Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission for the ELCA and former bishop of the Metro New York Synod.

Called to action by the new Social Policy Resolution "Toward Compassionate, Just, and Wise Immigration Reform" (adopted by the ELCA Church Council last November) and in support of the "Stand for Welcome" campaign of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), the Outreach Board has organized a series of opportunities for St. Paul members and friends to learn about the current immigration debate and consider ways of answering God's call to welcome the stranger in our midst.

 Discussion Schedule:

On the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month in June, July, and August ,

tables will be set aside during the morning breakfast hour for
group discussion using the questions included in the back of the book.
  • June 13 —    Forward, Introduction, and Ch. 1: Walking in Newness of Life
     
  • June 27 —    Ch. 2: "A Church of Immigrants" and Ch. 3: "A Nation of Immigrants"
     
  • July 11 —      Ch. 4: "The Current Immigration Debate and Our Broken System"
     
  • July 25 —      Ch. 5: "A More Just Future" and Ch. 6: "Putting Our Feet on the Road in Mission"
     
  • Aug. 8 —       Ch. 7: "Standing in the Breach" and Ch. 8: "What Next?"
     
  • Aug. 22 —     Open Conversation on St. Paul Action Steps
     
  • October 3 — designated "Stand for Welcome" Sunday, you'll have a chance to interact with one                            of the authors as Stephen Bouman will be with us as guest preacher and Forum speaker.
A limited number of copies of They Are Us have been ordered and are available from the church office at a subsidized price of $10 each, but the book can also be purchased at augsburgfortress.org or other on line booksellers.

Questions about the "Stand for Welcome" series at St. Paul?
Contact Ann Hein (630 653-
8288), Outreach Board Chair, or Pastor Mark Williamson.


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