Electronic Giving

Through “Simply Giving”, your gift payment is made through a pre-authorized withdrawal from your bank account. You determine the frequency of your automatic gift—weekly, semi-monthly or monthly—the option is yours. It allows you to share your gifts through planned giving and activates your generosity into ongoing stewardship. Because your gift is given consistently, you won’t need to play “catch-up” at year-end or worry about forgotten checkbooks or missed Sunday offerings. “Simply Giving” forms are available in the narthex or call the church office and we can mail one to you.

CHARA! Everyone Welcome!

Once again, CHARA! will be starting September 9th to study the book of 1st & 2nd Timothy & Titus. The books will cost about $8.00 and are like the ones we have used. If you are interested in attending the study please let Brenda or the office know so she can order them.

After this study Brenda is thinking about doing a Beth Moore study about David. There will be a “David” presentation at the Fireside in July 2011 which would be fun to attend as a group, but that will be discussed later.

We are looking forward to getting together again - Thursday mornings at 8:15 and Thursday evenings at 7:00.

St. Paul's Needs Your Help!

Sunday School

We are in need of teachers for the 4K/Kindergarten class, a team teacher for Grades 3-4 and a person to the handle the music. We are also in need of a Sunday School Director to oversee the functions of the Sunday School.

If you are interested in helping out, please contact Janet Pionkowski at 478-2874, Pastor Robb or the church office. Thank you for considering this important ministry at St. Paul’s!

Altar Guild Needs Your Help

There are only a few members who have taken the responsibility to serve on the Altar Guild. Please consider trying it out this year. It is not a hard job...you need to fill the glasses and prepare the wafers. Sometimes the paraments need to be changed but that is all attached with velcro and there are instructions and charts in the library to help you know where to put items.

You can either do it with someone you know or find someone who would be willing to do it for half of the month.

As far as cleanup, the communion ware needs to be washed, the cups emptied (they are disposable so they do not need to be washed). This is one of the many services that members can take advantage of to help the congregation provide for the members.

The alternative is to have communion by intinction each Sunday. Please consider volunteering for this position.

Vocal and Bell Choir Director Needed

St. Paul's has an opening for a vocal and bell choir director. If you are interested or know someone who is, please contact the Mutual Ministry Committee chairperson, Jan Crave, Pastor Robb or the church office.

Volunteers Needed for Mobile Food Pantry

On Friday, August 27th there will be a mobile food pantry at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Marshall for residents of the Marshall and Waterloo communities in need of assistance. This will be a monthly event and is sponsored by the Marshall-Waterloo Food Pantry and 2nd Harvest.

We are in need of volunteers from 3:00 - 6:00 pm to help unload food, work during distribution and help clean up afterwards. Any unused food will be given to our local food pantry. If you are willing and able to help with this ministry, please contact the church office or just stop down at Holy Trinity.

Help Us Save Postage - New Email Directory

In an effort to save some postage we are going to try to use the Internet email for as much communication as we can rather than sending out schedules, notices, etc. We will put together an email directory of our members and friends. If you have an email address that you can receive notices from St. Paul's members, please email a note the the church office at office@stpaulswaterloo.com and note your email address.

Want to Join a Fun Team? We Need Greeters!

Team “GREET” is now recruiting new members. The only requirement is to be at Church 15 minutes before the Sunday service begins (8:45 am) on your scheduled greet date. You then pick up your name badge and talk to your co-greeter to decide who gets to man which entry door. As your fellow parishioners come in to worship, give them a pleasant “Hello! Welcome to St. Paul’s” (or whatever greeting you prefer).

Please call Lynn Sullivan at 478-2642 to volunteer. Schedules are flexible if you are out of town for extended periods of time, on vacation, or just “can’t” during a certain time of year. Also, if your name is on the greeter list and you no longer are able to do it, please call.

Thank you in advance for volunteering for this fun, easy and gratifying position. The next schedule will be posted in August. Please call NOW! and sign up for the next team roster.

Youth & Family Committee Needs a Leader

The Youth & Family Committee has been without a leader for a long time and we'd really like to see someone take it on. They could do as much or as little as they like with it and there are a few people willing to help out. They should talk to Pastor Robb if they are interested or would like more information.

Drivers Needed for Meals On Wheels

St. Paul’s two year term organizing drivers for Meals on Wheels started in August. Every two years this changes and we are in need of drivers for this job. Betty Schroeder and Eric Schemm are taking care of this and you can talk to either of them to get information of how you can help. They will work with you and your schedule to plan days that you would be available. The only requirement is that you are available between 10:45 am and 12:30 pm on the days you are able to help. You do not need to be able to drive, they can pair you with someone who does, you will work in a team with someone else.

Looking ahead in the summer, it is possible for youth to be part of a pair. You just need to be able to get to the Fire Station to meet your driver. This is a great outreach opportunity for those who are available and helpful to our volunteers!

St. Paul's Library

We are beginning a process to rejuvenate the library at St. Paul’s. Kathleen Throne-Luebs has offered to work on this but would like your help to give her an idea of what you would like to see available in the library. At the present time we have no budget to purchase any items but are open to accept donations of inspirational adult and children’s book. If you have any ideas, please email them or write them and send them to the church office. If you have any items that you would like to donate, please put them in the library. If you would be interested in writing a book review for the newsletter, please contact the office.