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Church Bulletin Announcements
August 23, 2024
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In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Philippians 4:6
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Homebound
- Doris Appold
- Dorine Auernhammer
- Gwen Bakus
- Jon Ittner
- Mike & Karen Kusch
- Margaret Meyer
- RoseAnne Schmidt
- Tim Wegener
- Shirley Ziegler
- Janet Hoerauf
- Sandy Hafer
- Tom and Lea Roma
- Julie Roark
- Marilyn Appold
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Special
- Dean Bass
- Herb Appold
- Larry Kramer
- Fuzz Appold
- Leslie Kelley
- Judy Coulter
- Lois Matthes
- Diane Rachwitz
- Howard Grantham
- Jeff Heckman
- Karen Berger
- Tim Weiman family
- Tiffany Switek
- Rollie Berger
- Kathy Kernstock
- Sue Clark (Howard Grantham's sister)
- Barb Dewald
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This Week's Members
- Bill, Beth, Kati & Anderson
- Peter Auernhammer
- Kristina Behmlander-Mohror, Nathan & Charlotte Mohror
- Colton Bush
- Martin & Linda Doyle
- Terry Gehrman
- Julia Helmreich
- Paul, Kristen, Natalie, & Matthew Kernstock
- Jessica & Garrett Legner
- JungJa McCoy & Nathan Coyer
- Luella Prime
- John, Lisa, & Alex Schlicker
- Eddie, Tiffany, & Collin Switek
- David & Sheryl Wood
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Sunday, August 25
Teacher & Staff Blessing & Rededication
Mrs. Guse' & Miss Doan Installation
Worship with Communion 8:00 a.m.
Cake & Card Reception & 9:30 a.m.
Worship with Communion 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Night Youth Group 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 27
First day of school (early dismissal) 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Kona Ice (at school) 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, August 29
Blood Drive 2:00-6:30 p.m.
Friday, August 30
No School (Labor Day Recess)
Sunday, September 1
Worship with Communion 8:00 a.m.
Bible Study 9:30 a.m.
Celebration & Praise with Communion (outdoors, weather permitting) 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Night Youth Group 5:00 p.m.
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Communion Statement
The Lord's Supper is celebrated here in the confession and glad confidence that our Lord, as He says, gives not only bread and wine, but His very body and blood to eat and drink for the forgiveness of sin. In joyful obedience to the clear teaching of our Lord Jesus those are invited to His table who trust His words, repent of all sin, and set aside any refusal to forgive and love as He forgives and loves us. They show forth His death until He comes. Because Holy Communion is a confession of the faith which is confessed at this altar, any who are not yet instructed, in doubt, or who hold a confession differing from that of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and so are unable to receive the Sacrament are invited to meditate on God's Word in the distribution hymns and pray for the day when divisions will have ceased. If you wish to receive communion in your pew, please inform an usher.
Church Attendance
Last Sunday - 386 (185, 201)
Livestream
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The Lutheran Hour
Sundays at 8:30 a.m. on WSAM 1400 AM
Donations mail to: Saginaw Valley Lutheran Hour; P.O. Box 133; Frankenmuth, MI 48734
Daily Bible Readings
August 25 - Proverbs 20
August 26 - Psalms 90-91
August 27 - Romans 9
August 28 - Romans 10
August 29 - Romans 11
August 30 - Psalms 92-93
August 31 - Psalm 94
This Sunday's Hymns
865, 543, 395, 563, 853, 839, 575
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St. Paul Teacher Installation Cake and Card Reception
To start the school year, St. Paul will have a St. Paul School Teacher and Staff Blessing at both the 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, August 25. During those services, Mrs. Jane Guse’ (full-time Young Five’s/Kindergarten) and Miss Hannah Doan (part-time First Grade) will be installed as new teachers. Please join the St. Paul Church and School family between services in the Welcome Center as we celebrate the installations of Mrs. Guse’ and Miss Doan with a Cake and Card Reception for Mrs. Guse’ and Miss Doan.
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Dear St. Paul Church & School Families,
The Church and School have a new apparel store!
The stores will be open now until September 8. Orders will then be fulfilled and delivered to the school by the last week of September. The office will communicate how the orders will be available for pickup once fulfilled.
This will be the first of three campaigns throughout the 2024-2025 school year. If you have any questions, please contact office@stpaulbaycity.org.
Thank you for supporting St. Paul Lutheran Church & School.
Click HERE for the church store.
Click HERE for the school store.
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Calling All Plant Lovers
There is a tree that has resided in the preschool entry for several years and though we love it, it has more than outgrown the space! We are looking for a new home for it as soon as possible, preferably in the next week. If you are interested and can help us out, please contact the school office at 989-684-4450.
Thank You
"Dear Pastor Matyas & St. Paul Folks, Thank you for the beautiful service and potluck for the installation of our new teachers. We greatly appreciate your hospitality and taking time for us! -In Christ, Heidi Behnke & VL Staff"
Thank You
The Matyas Family would like to thank the Trustees for approving new siding for the parsonage. It looks incredible! Thank you for giving the house a new look and fresh surface. It is joy serving the good people of St. Paul Church and School, thank you for loving us in this way.
Thank You
Thank you for the nice cards and prayers while recovering from surgery and a special thanks to my pew-partners, Sandy and Charlie, for all their extra kindness. This is an excellent opportunity to recognize Darlene Zeilinger and any others who work with her in her church card ministry. It's always a treat to receive that card with all the church family signatures, prayers and greetings. It's such a blessing to the many who receive one. So, thanks Darlene for your faithfulness. -Rita Tilley
Thank You
Thank you to our St. Paul family for all of your prayers and caring thoughts during the loss of our mother, Rose Headings -Your friends in Christ, Troy & Sue Headings
Blood Drive
The next blood drive is August 29 in the Ministry Center. If you are interested, contact Darlene or Julia. Or click here to sign up.
Sunday School - Teachers Needed
The Sunday School program is looking for a co-superintendent, along with one or two co-teachers or substitutes to the upcoming Sunday school year. Curriculum and materials will be provided. Please contact Tiffany list at 989-225-8516 with any questions.
Sunday School
The first day of Sunday School is quickly approaching, please sign your students up using the link so that we can have an idea of supplies that will be needed. If you have any questions, call Tiffany List at 989-225-8516. Click here to register your child for Sunday School.
13th Annual JME Memorial Run/Walk
Please join us for a morning of exercise, fellowship and remembrance - Our Annual JME Memorial Run/Walk will be held Saturday, September 7th, 2024. Students, ages 10 and under, can participate in the ¼ mile run at 9:00 AM and will receive a medal for participation. The 1 mile and 2 mile run/walk will begin at 9:15 AM. All races will begin on Ziegler Rd (just next to the Church).
Registration forms are available at the back of the church, in the school office and on the St. Paul Website, or printing the pdf below:
JME Registration - pdf
Online registration available using the link provided below:
JME Registration
Registration deadline is Wednesday, August 28th, to guarantee a race t-shirt. T-shirts are also available for purchase for $15.00 even if you are not running or walking. Please fill out a form to purchase a shirt. We would love to have you attend for a great morning of fellowship. Thank you for your continued support of this event. We hope to see you on Sept. 7th!
Ladies Aid Meeting
Ladies aid meeting will be held on Monday, September 9th at 6:00 p.m. at Leaman's Green Applebarn in Freeland. Anyone wanting to carpool, please meet at church by 5:30 p.m. We will be touring the orchard and be able to shop in their store. Also, there will be an opportunity to sign up for the October Studio 154 meeting. Studio 154 will come to the Ministry Center if we have at least 15 people signed up. Come one, come all!
Join us for a Fun-Filled Fall Getaway
Travel with friends and make new friends on this enjoyable five-day journey to Pennsylvania – September 24-28, 2024
Includes:
- Comfortable motor coach travel
- 4 nights lodging
- 7 meals
- Tour of Gettysburg National Military Park
- Tickets to performance of “Daniel” at Sight & Sound Theater in Lancaster
- Flight 93 National Memorial tour
- Gateway Clipper Riverboat Cruise on Monongahela River in Pittsburg
This tour is recommended by the JOY group at St. Paul Lutheran Church (Frankenlust) and they invite you to come along. To learn more and receive a complete itinerary and pricing, contact Sam Britton at samuelbritton78@gmail.com or call Renee Cragg (Renee’s Travel) – (989)325-0408.
Stewardship - An Act of Faith
Mark 7:11 – “But you say, ‘if a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God).” Each one of our vocations, in the home, in the church and in society, has a claim on our resources. The Pharisees thought that they could use the kingdom of God as an excuse to shirk their duty to their parents. But they were wrong. Of course, doing it the other way around would also be wrong. God has called us to be supportive of our families, our churches and our communities each in the proper proportion.
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Valley Vision
Click here to see the July Valley Vision.
LSEM - Golf Outing
Lutheran Special Education Ministries (LSEM) is having their 19th Annual Golf Outing on Monday, September 16th, 2024 and you’re invited! Play a round of golf and raise funds for children who have learning needs in local Christian schools here and across the country. Golf, cart, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included in your ticket price. There will be plenty of fun games to play as we fundraise for these kids. Register your team today or sponsor the event. Together we can help these children grow in their learning and love of God. www.luthsped.org/2024-lsem-golf-outing
Immanuel’s Trost Trot 5k Run/Walk
The 3rd annual (Immanuel Frankentrost) Trost Trot 5k Run/Walk is coming up on Saturday, September 28, with registration beginning at 8:15 a.m. and the run/walk kicking off at 9 a.m. We’ll have games during and after the race for kids and adults. $25 entry fee includes race t-shirt, and medals for fastest man and fastest woman in the 5k run. Register on Google Forms to guarantee shirt at: https://forms.gle/rKmCZNQ2GDfX9qbL8 or at the Immanuel Frankentrost School Office. Fee can be sent to Immanuel Lutheran Frankentrost–Trost Trot, 8220 E. Holland Rd, Saginaw, MI 48601 or paid at registration on race day. Contact 989-754-4285 or school@frankentrost.org
Smart Cards - Faith Lutheran Church
Faith Lutheran Church Bay City Parish Service Guild is selling Smart Cards. The cost is $25.00/book and can be picked up at the church office. The cards can be used immediately and are good through November 15, 2025. Any questions, please call Marylee Kain at 989-397-5730.
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Old Testament Reading
Isaiah 29:11–19
The vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.” And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men, therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.” Ah, you who hide deep from the LORD your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
Epistle
Ephesians 5:22–33
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Holy Gospel
Mark 7:1–13
When the Pharisees gathered to [Jesus], with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders, and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban’ (that is, given to God)— then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
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