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Church: 201 N. Ford St. Anamosa, IA 52205 Mailing/Offices: 103 E. Cedar St. Anamosa, IA 52205 Website: www.stpaulanamosa.com Phone: (319) 462-4841

April 2018

High School Seniors Check out page 7

8th Grade Confirmation details Check out page 6

March Craft Day Check out page 8

VBS Donations/Volunteers Check out page 9


March and April Work Group

Coordinator: Lori Reynolds

Barry & Wilma Anderson Vic Hamre Dennis & Beth Hora Dan & Marilyn Lambertsen Pat Merritt Colin & Carol Stiffler Kyle & Catherine Vavricek Hank & Karen Biere Dennis & Joyce Christenson Don & Dorothy Harmon Barb Kleis Bob & Joanne Klinkkammer Dave & Jane Ortgies Carolyn Otten Bernice Petersen Corey& Michelle Smith Aiden Miller & Brandy Joens Marge Eilers Darcie Tenley

Pray for Our Military

Please pray for our men and women currently serving in the military:

Jeremy Fall Allen Gilbert Kalib Seeley Jason Schoenbeck

Please call the church office if you would like to be added or deleted from this list.

Generous Giving

We would like to thank the following who have given of their time and talents: Time and effort of the portrayers.

Those who have supported our water and witness with donations.

Those who took on extra ministry tasks during lent.

Sabrina Rogers, Chris Holtz, Kristi Fortune, Darla Algoe, Tom Sabotta, Linda Kenny, and Arlie Willems for serving on the Mental Health Minis-

try task force.

Our Audit committee for all their hard work.

Jane Ortgies for preparing and leading the Spring Equinox Prayer

Session.

Thank you to all those who donated to the ELCA Southeastern Iowa

Synod Water and Witness project to bring clean water to those in need.

For all the generous help we had making the Lenten meals and serving them each week. The food was great, and the fellowship was wonder-

ful.

March 25 8:30am Palm Sunday, 10:30am Palm Sunday with Children’s Palm procession March 27 5:30pm Holden Evening Prayer March 28 6:00-7:45pm (no worship or meal) KFC (elementary) Holy Week Experience in CE building Middle School-Adult (everyone is welcome) Passion Live Video and Discussion in

the Church

March 29 7:00pm Maundy Thursday with Foot Washing Ritual March 30 7:00am Community Good Friday Breakfast at the Motorcycle Museum (tickets needed)

7:00pm Good Friday Veneration of the cross March 31 8:00pm Easter Vigil Service of Light & Sacrament April 1st 7:30-10:30am Easter Breakfast 8:30am Easter Sunday 10:30am Easter Sunday


I hope you have grown during Lent as you fasted from thinking you’re not good

enough or that you have to do it all on your own. I hope you have noticed how God is already powerfully alive in your life as you welcomed and let go with the Welcoming Prayer. I pray your celebration of Holy Week and Easter, the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus the Christ, awakens more fully in you the steadfast mercy and love of God. I don’t know about you, but I love waking up to the new energy of spring and the resurrection incarnated all around me in tree and bird and sun-splashed water.

In the spring, I naturally find myself reflecting on the newness of things. One of those for me is an emerging consciousness about being intimately connected to all creation. I find myself wanting to leave behind the mechanistic, atomistic, Newtonian world view that formerly left me an indifferent consumer who saw humans as the top of the creation pyramid with permission to freely manipulate anything lower down the slope. I am challenged and encouraged by these words from Joanna Macy: “Now, in our time, these three rivers—anguish for our world, scientific breakthroughs, and ancestral teachings—flow together. From the confluence of these rivers we drink. We awaken to what we once knew: we are alive in a living Earth, the source of all we are and can achieve. Despite our conditioning by the industrial society of the last two centuries, we want to name, once again, this world as holy. These insights and experiences are necessary to free us from the grip of the Industrial Growth Society. They offer us nobler goals and deeper pleasures. They help us redefine our wealth and our worth. The reorganization of our perceptions liberates us from illusions about what we need to own and what our place is in the order of things. [Moved] beyond tired old notions of competitive individualism, we come home to each other and our mutual belonging in the living body of Earth.” Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown, Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work that Reconnects (New Society Publishers: 2014), 6, 14.

I think this is what Jesus meant when he said he draws all things together in himself.

Recently, I attended the Rural Ministry Conference sponsored by Wartburg Seminary as continuing

education. The focus was on collaborative and cooperative ministry among small congregations. The primary presenter is currently the pastor of four, 50 member churches in rural Texas that intentionally formed a collaborative ministry, sharing staff and resources to keep alive all four churches in four towns 10 miles apart. Much to their surprise, they are thriving and even growing. While this does not exactly match our situation, I came away feeling positive about our life at St. Paul. We have evidence of a lot of the “thriving facets”: trust, communication (i.e. All Leadership meeting – this model was given as an effective way to bring together councils and committees from different yoked communities or within a larger church), community events, a welcoming and healing spirit, a catechetically supported youth program, generous outreach and missional support, ecumenical prayer and activities, and a significant stable worshipping population.

An invitation from the presenter that I anticipate we will further explore is to identify our partners in the community and strengthen those bonds while exploring new partner relationships for ministry and outreach (i.e. families of prisoners, elderly poor). I look forward to the adventure.

Shalom,

Pastor Rodney

Pastor Rodney Bluml


Discipleship Corner – Ken Winter, Director of Discipleship Ministry

The Opioid Crisis Is Surging: "You realize getting clean would be a lot of work," 26 year old suicide survivor Mady Ohlman, says, her voice rising. "And you realize dying would be a lot less painful. You also feel like you'll be doing everyone else a favor if you die." Ohlman, who has now been clean and sober for more than four years, says many drug users hit the same point, when the disease and the pursuit of illegal drugs crushes their will to live. Ohlman is among at least 40 percent of active drug users who wrestle with depression, anxiety or another mental health issue that increases the risk of suicide.

"No one has answered the chicken and egg [question]," says Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, a family physician who runs the Lynn Community Health Center in Lynn, Mass. Is it that patients "have mental health issues that lead to addiction, or did a life of addiction then trigger mental health problems?" With so little data to go on, "it's so important to provide treatment that covers all those bases," Mahaniah says. When doctors do look deeper into the reasons patients addicted to opioids become suicidal, some predict they'll find deep reservoirs of depression and pain.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 800-273-8255. Adapted from a story found in the reporting partnership berween NPR, WBUR and Kaiser Health News. BEBINGER, MARTHA. “How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides?” National Public Radio, 152 Mar. 2018, www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/15/591577807/how-many-opioid-overdosesare-suicides.

How is this epidemic touching your family, our faith community, and Jones County? What are we to look for and what can we do? Any efforts to heal are a step in the right direction.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, St. Paul will be launching its Mental Health Ministry May 2018. Be on the lookout for information on how you can be a part of this important ministry.

Tuesday April 3rd- Drumming for Healing: bring your favorite per-cussion instrument to join in the natural

rhythm of life. We will share gratitude and intentions, then drum for good ener-gy to permeate all creation. Some drums will be provided.

Tuesday, April 10th-Holden Evening Prayer: Beautiful sung prayer composed by Marty Haugen that can be soothing and uplifting.

Tuesday, April 17th-Centering/Meditation led by Jane Ortgies

Tuesday, April 24th- Holden Evening Prayer

Tuesday, May 1st- Communal Anointing for Healing

Burdens are divided when shared. Anointing with oil for strength and healing was maintained as a laudable ritual in the Lutheran tradition because of its connection to baptism and God's promise of grace. This practice has fallen away in many communities over the years but we want to reclaim its power at St. Paul.

Tuesday Evening

EASTER PANCAKE BREAKFAST

Join us in the church Fellowship Hall on Easter Sunday from 7:30-10:30am as we dine on a variety of good food including-PANCAKES! This will be a free will offering oppor-tunity to support the youth going to the ELCA National Youth Gathering in Houston, TX in June.

tel:800-273-8255

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/15/591577807/how-many-opioid-overdosesare-suicides

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/15/591577807/how-many-opioid-overdosesare-suicides


The Jones County Safe and Healthy Youth Coalition aims at engaging our communities in efforts to reduce substance abuse through creating and

maintaining a safe and healthy environment for youth and adults in Jones County. Join us in our first annual 5k run/walk through Wapsipinicon State

Park as we focus on safe and healthy natural highs.

REGISTRATION: Register on Active.com or fill out paper registration and deliver to Coalition office

https://www.active.com/anamosa-ia/running/distance-running-races/jcshyc-

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http://jonescountycoalition.org/uploads/JCSHYC%205K%20registration%20form.pdf

PACKET PICK UP: Coalition office 110 S Williams St, Anamosa April 27th 4-6pm or Race day

PARKING: Please park in the large lot across from football field/track and walk across the foot bridge to state park.

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Confirmation 8th grade youth Dates to remember:

Dirty Feet Retreat April 6,7,8th . Youth are encouraged to attend this retreat at Camp EWALU. (All middle school students as welcome)

Wednesday, April 18th WD4 for 8th Grade Confirmation youth will be staying late until 7:45 to share their faith statements with Pastor Rodney. Parents are invited to join us in the church.

Wednesday, May 2nd 7:30-8:00pm Confirmation Sunday rehearsal

Sunday, May 6th during the 10:30 worship is Confirmation Sunday. (8th grade youth confirmation, all middle school students are encourage to come and support their fellow youth)

Dear Parents of children and youth,

Happy Spring! Can you believe it is already April! Our KFC group will be continuing their exploring of the Bible with the Spark Lectionary curriculum. Our Middle School youth will be starting their Jesus Teaches in Parables unit in the Here We Stand Curriculum. Our High School youth are starting a Bible Study Kids For Christ (prek-5th grade) Wednesday, April 4th- The Empty Tomb Mark 16:1-8 Wednesday, April 11th– Thomas the Questioner John 20: 19-31 Wednesday, April 18th– The Great Commission Luke 24:36-53 Wednesday, April 25th– The Good Shepherd John 10: 11-18 Middle School Youth WD4 (6-8th Grade) Wednesday, April 4th- Saved by Grace through Faith Lesson (working on Faith Statements

for 8th Grade confirmation youth) Wednesday, April 11th– The Good Samaritan Luke 10: 25-37 (8th Graders will be working on their Bible Character project) Wednesday, April 18th– Parables of Lost and Found Luke 15 (8th Grade sharing Faith Statements with Pastor Rodney Staying till 7:45) Wednesday, April 25th– Sheep and Goats Matthew 25: 31-46 High School Youth WD4 (9-12th Grade) Wednesday, April 4th– Open Our Eyes- 1 Thessalonians 2:8, Psalm 148, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Wednesday, April 11th– Open Our Minds– Amos 7:7-9, Matthew 18:21-22, Romans 12:1-2 Wednesday, April 18th– Open Our Hearts– Matthew 25:31-46, 1 Corinthians 1:20-31, Deuteronomy 7:6-11, Luke 23:32-43 Wednesday, April 25th– Open Our Hands– Micha 6:6-8, Palm 134, 1 Corinthians 13

Normal WD4 time in April 6:00-7:30pm on Wednesday evenings.

Our last WD4 of the year will be Wednesday, May 2nd.


The ELCA National Youth Gathering Team

Our next informational meeting and Youth Gathering Devotional will be on Sunday, April 15th starting at noon in the classroom and office building.

April Fundraiser

-Community Spaghetti lunch at the LCC on April 22nd Free Will Donation

Thank you to our St. Paul church family for all your support!

We are still collecting Cans

& Bottles!

Camp EWALU Volunteer weekend.

We will be taking a group of high school students (primarily 9th and 10th graders due to prom, however 11th and 12th graders are welcome) the week-

end of April 27th and 28th to serve at camp Ewalu. Join other families, volunteers and church groups to help Camp Ewalu prepare for the summer camping season! Come get your hands dirty, take time to explore camp, get

to know some of the camp staff and other volunteers, and return home renewed and refreshed from your time in this special place in God’s kingdom. All are welcome. Meals and lodging are free. Please let Shawna know if you

plan on attending by April 18th.

Flyers are on our St. Paul Website. http://www.stpaulanamosa.com/school-year-ministry.html

Attention All High School Seniors!!!

Your St. Paul church family would like to recognize your great achievement of high school graduation. Sunday, May 13th during the worship services we will be showing a PowerPoint with all our HS Seniors. Please email Shawna [email protected] a senior photo, your name, your parent’s names, and your grandparent’s names, as well as a couple sentences telling us what your future plans are after graduation. You are invited to attend either the first or second service. Please let Shawna know what service you plan on attending. We will also be having a simple reception with cake during the coffee hour between services.

Scholarship Opportunities (Deadline May 1st)

High School Seniors and their parent’s should have received a letter outlining the scholarship opportunities at St. Paul. That information is below:

Debra Herren Weeks Memorial Scholarship

Application forms and scholarship fund guidelines are available in the church office for the Debra Herren Weeks Memorial Scholarship. A recipient must be a high school senior and be a member in good standing at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Scholarship may be used at any accredited vocational school or any accredited two or four year college. Up to two $1,000.00 scholarships may be awarded each year (at the discretion of the Scholarship Review Committee). All scholarship applications shall be submitted to the Scholarship Committee by May 1, 2017. Recipients will be announced in June.

EPIC Scholarship Program

What is EPIC? EPIC (Educational Partners in Covenant) is a matching grant program between Lutheran congregations and Lutheran colleges/universities.

If you are a high school senior and will be enrolling in a Lutheran college or university this Fall, please contact Shawna in the church office at 462-4841 before May 1, 2017.


Women’s Circles

Mary’s Circle will meet in the church fellowship area on Tuesday, April 10th at 7PM. Hostess is Bernice Peterson. Bible Study is Karen Biere.

Sarah’s Circle will meet on Wednesday, April 11th at 1:30 at Woodland Park. The Hostess is Angie Keller.

Sisters Ecumenical Bible Study meets on Tuesdays in the Classroom & office building at 2:00pm. The first Tuesday of the month they meet at Grounds & Goodies. Join us at noon for coffee when at Grounds and goodies if you would like, join us on the first Tuesdays.

St. Paul Women of ELCA booklets are available

Attention Ladies of St. Paul!

Hope Cluster Spring Gathering Saturday, April 21st

Location: St John Lutheran Church in Olin, IA

8:30-9:00am Registration and Coffee 9:00-12:00 Worship and Presentation by Chains

Interrupted (Human Trafficking)

Photos from our recent Women’s Day Out Craft event. During the

month of March, this event helped support our youth going on the

ELCA National Youth Gathering. We had 15 people register for this time

of creativity and fellowship.

The youth are thankful for your support this past month!

Photos from our recent Women’s Day Out Craft event. During the

month of March, this event helped support our youth going on the

ELCA National Youth Gathering. We had 15 people register for this time

of creativity and fellowship.

The youth are thankful for your support this past month!


Tuesdays from 6-7:00PM ALL ARE WELCOME!

Christian Education Building - Lower Level (Enter from gravel parking lot, first door on left.)

Ken Winter & Nancy Lyon Douglas Co-facilitators Questions? Call 319-462-4841 Free to the public

Vacation Bible School Volunteers and Supply Donations WANTED!!! During the months of April and May we will be recruiting and equipping our Vacation Bible School station leaders, crew leaders, design team, and other many needed helpers! A sign up sheet will be posted in the narthex and education building during Holy week. If you or anyone you know, is interested in helping out with this 4 days of FUN, FRIENDS, and FAITH Event, Contact Shawna Giegerich at [email protected] or by phone (319 )462-4841.

Notes from the Parish Nurse,

Nationwide April is known for “Donate Life America” month. There are an amazing 115,000 people waiting for an organ, eye, or tissue donation. Also amazing is that 22 people die each day because the organ they needed was not donated in time.

Being a registered Iowa donor you alone could save up to 8 lives with organ donations, restore sight to 2 people with cornea(eye) donation, and heal up to 75 lives with tissue(skin) donation.

You might ask who can be a donor, is there a cost to be a donor, and does my religion support being a donor? Peo-ple of all ages and medical history should consider them-selves potential donors and there is no cost to be a donor. The ELCA recognizes being an organ and tissue donor as a means to save and renew life/health as well as a blessing of God given through human beings.

95% of Americans are in favor of being a donor, though only 54% are registered.

For more information , please contact the Iowa Donor Net-work at 1-800-831-4131 or “[email protected]” These statistics for me are powerful food for thought. If you would like a call or visit from a nurse please call the church office.

Happy Spring, Carol Stiffler RN, BSN, PN Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength Deuteronomy 6:5

Dementia Program Series Anamosa Public Library

April 14th at 10:30am The Basics– Learn

about detection, causes, risk factors, stages, and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

May 12th at 10:30am Effective Communica-tion Strategies. Learn how to decode verbal and behavioral messages delivered by some-one with dementia.

June 9th at 10:30am Understanding and Re-sponding to Dementia-Related Behaviors.

Contact the Anamosa Public Library for more de-tails.

Questions? Call the Alzheimer’s Associate at 800.272.3900

mailto:[email protected]


WATER AND WITNESS As the April Pulse goes to press, we’re in the last days of the Water and Witness project. Our leadership team has worked to help St. Paul focus on the need for funding the ELCA’s water-related projects, relating the call to provide water for a world in need to God’s baptismal call for us to witness to that world in need. Weekly “noisy” offerings have been supported generously, and our original pledge to our partner congregations in the Southeastern Iowa Synod has been nearly doubled.

What can we do now? We can join together in keeping this project alive, as we join in prayer:

Lord God, source of living water, you have seen the need of your creation to be nourished by the water of life. Empower our church community to work for access to the water that is life, through

Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

ANAMOSA LUNCHES FOR YOUTH

Thanks to all of the St. Paul ALY volunteers who packed and delivered the weekend

bags of food to our Anamosa schools during March.

And a special shout out to the WD4 middle & high

school youth who volunteered to pack the bags on a very busy Wednesday

evening.

Lutheran World Relief News

The Lutheran World Relief quilters are busy each Monday, creating warm quilts to be sent wherever there is need throughout the world. Funding and fabrics come from many, including Thrivent Action Teams, St. Paul members, and individuals from the Anamosa community who support the project. The Spring shipment of quilts will be blessed, packed, and sent on the way during the week of April 15th.

ATTENTION: Thrivent Members Just a few days left to donate those Choice Dollars left from 2017. It’s time to check with Thrivent to see if you have Choice Dollars available. Just call 800-847-4836 and say “Thrivent Choice!”

Did you miss a Lenten portrayal this year? Want to see one again?

The videos are available at our website.

http://www.stpaulanamosa.com/lenten-portrayals-2018.html


Sunday, April 1st EASTER SUNDAY! 8:00am Choir Practice 8:30am Traditional Worship 7:30-10:30 Easter Breakfast 10:30am Contemporary Worship

Monday, April 2nd All Staff Offices Closed

Tuesday, April 3rd 12:00 Ground & Goodies Sisters Ecu-

menical Bible Study Coffee Hour and Study starts at 2:00

5:30-6:30pm Drumming for Healing 6:00-7:00 Grief Support in CE building

lower level. 8:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Wednesday, April 4th 7:00am Good Guys (McOtto’s) 8:00am Luther Men in Mission

(Pinicon Place) 6:00pm Worship Service in Church 6:00-7:30pm WD4 (Preschool-12th

grade) in CE Building

Friday April 6th-Sunday April 8th Middle School Dirty Fee Retreat at

Camp EWALU. Starts at 8:00pm Fri-day & ends at 11:00am on Sunday.

Sunday, April 8th 8:30am Traditional Worship 9:30 coffee hour 9:45-10:30 AL-ANON Introduction 10:30am Contemporary Worship

Monday, April 9th 6:00pm All Leader meeting in Church

Fellowship Hall. Church Council to fol-low (new earlier start time)

Tuesday, April 10th 2:00pm Sisters Ecumenical Bible

Study in lower level of St. Paul CE building.

5:30-6:30pm Holden Evening Prayer 6:00-7:00 Grief Support in CE building

lower level. 7:00pm Mary’s Circle will meet in the

church fellowship area. Hostess is Bernice Peterson. Bible Study is Karen Biere.

8:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)


(Pinicon Place) 1:30pm Sarah’s Circle will meet at

Woodland Park. The Hostess is Angie Keller.

6:00pm Worship Service 6:00-7:30pm WD4 (Preschool-12th


Sunday, April 15th 8:00am Choir Practice 8:30am Traditional Worship 9:30-10:30 Coffee Hour 9:45 AL-ANON during hot topics 10:30am Contemporary Worship 12:00-2:00 ELCA Youth Gathering

Team Meeting in CE building.



5:30-6:30pm Centering/Meditation led by Jane Ortgies

6:00-7:00 Grief Support in CE building lower level.



(Pinicon Place) 6:00pm Worship Service 6:00-7:30pm WD4 (Preschool-12th


Thursday, April 19th 10:30am Monticello Care Center

Communion service. All are welcome to join us.

2:30 ALY Meeting in CE building

Saturday, Aprl 21st 8:30-noon Women’s Hope Cluster

Spring Retreat at St. John’s in Olin.

Sunday, April 22nd 8:00am Choir Practice 8:30am Traditional Worship 9:30-10:30am Coffee Hour 9:45am “hot topics” 10:30am Contemporary Worship 11:00-1:00 Community Spaghetti lunch

at the Lawrence Community Center sponsored by our ELCA National Youth Gathering Team as a fundraiser.

Free will donation.



5:30-6:30pm Holden Evening Prayer 6:00-7:00 Grief Support in CE building

lower level. 8:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)


(Pinicon Place) 6:00pm Worship Service 6:00-7:30pm WD4 (Preschool-12th

grade) in CE Building 8th Grade youth stay until 7:45 this

night for Confirmation to share their faith statements with Pastor Rodney.

Thursday, April 26th 10:30am Friend to Friend meet in

church fellowship hall.

Friday, April 27th &Saturday April 28th Camp EWALU Volunteer weekend.

Sunday, April 29th 8:00am Choir Practice 8:30am Traditional Worship 9:30-10:30 Coffee Hour 9:45 AL-ANON during hot topics 10:30am Contemporary Worship

Tuesday, May 1st 12:00 Ground & Goodies Sisters Ecu-

menical Bible Study Coffee Hour and Study starts at 2:00

5:30-6:30pm Communal Anointing for Healing

6:00-7:00 Grief Support in CE building lower level.


Wednesday, May 2nd 7:00am Good Guys (McOtto’s) 8:00am Luther Men in Mission

(Pinicon Place) 6:00pm Worship Service in Church 6:00-7:30pm LAST WD4 of the 2017-

18 year FAMILY NIGHT Details to come in May Newsletter and at WD4 (Preschool-12th grade) in CE Building

7:30-8:00pm Confirmation Sunday rehearsal


Wednesday Evenings 6:00 pm April 8th April 8th

March 28th NO WORSHIP Usher: Tom Sabotta & Sherri Evans Usher: Rob Robertson Family

Reader: Chris Holtz Reader: Kristy Robertson

April 4th Communion Prep: Verna Lewison Communion Prep: Amy Christianson

Usher: Jim Conley Communion Asst: Wayne & Becky Embree, and Chris Holtz

Communion Asst: Amy Christianson, DJ & Donna Condry

Reader: Beth Hora Videographer: Denny Oltmann

Communion Prep: Dorothy Wood Power Point: Ruby Robertson

Communion Asst: Eunice Conley & Beth Hora

April 15th Video: Sebastian Goldsmith

Power Point: Beth Hora Usher: Lynn & Cindy Decious Children’s Church: Vicki Wacker

Reader: Deb Oltmann

April 11th Communion Prep: Denny & Deb Oltmann April 15th

Usher: Ken & Pam Humpal Communion Asst: Denny & Deb Oltmann, and Chris Holtz

Usher: Carl Achenbach & Bob Good-year

Reader: Beth Hora Videographer: Grace/Grant Lubben Reader: Ivan Lambertson

Communion Prep: Ken & Pam Humpal Communion Prep: Bob/Janice Goodyear

Communion Asst: Marge Bohlken and Beth Hora

April 22nd Communion Asst: Eli Lehrman, Ethan Ewing, and Seth Secrist

Power Point: Beth Hora Usher: Dale & Pat Jensen Power Point: Emma Dales

Reader: Pat Jensen Video: Logan Dales

April 18th Communion Prep: Barry & Wilma Anderson Children’s Church: Sabrina Rogers

Usher: Darla Algoe Communion Asst: Jeff & Kristi Fortune, and Wilma Andreson

Reader: Darla Algoe Videographer: Conor Fortune

Communion Prep: Darla Algoe April 22nd

Communion Asst: Doug & Jody Fairbanks April 29th Usher: Dustin Paulson Family

Power Point: Darcie Tenley Usher: Mike & Nancy Bickford Reader: Paula Sisler

Reader: Jay Willems Communion Prep: Serge & Paula Sisler

April 25th Communion Prep: Jim & Delores Albrecht Communion Asst: Will & Shawna Giegerich, and Paula Sisler

Usher: Jerry & Verlyn Stolte Communion Asst: Dave & Jane Ortgies, and Jay Willems

Power Point: Samuel Kenny

Reader: Dorothy Postel Videographer: Karen Biere Video: Drew Pate

Communion Prep: Gerry & Verlyn Stolte Children’s Church: Brandy Miller Communion Asst: Summer Parks and Dorothy Postel

Sundays at 10:30 am

Power Point: Myra Powell EASTER SUNDAY April 1st April 29th

Usher: Ralph & Sandra Andresen Usher: CJ Sullivan Family

Sundays at 8:30 am Reader: Kathy Dornbusch Reader: Nancy Lyon Douglas

EASTER SUNDAY April 1st Communion Prep: Ralph & Sandra An-dreson

Communion Prep: Nancy L. Douglas

Usher: Don & Debbie Hardersen Communion Asst: Sally Clapp, Kathy Dorn-busch, and Darel Secrist

Communion Asst: Fred Austin, Nancy L. Douglas, and Stacie Sullivan

Reader: Colin Stiffler Power Point: Nathan Hollet Power Point: Gabe Countryman

Communion Prep: Jan Allaire & Karen Biere

Video: Ivan Lambertsen Video: Eian Countryman

Communion Asst: Ashlyn Fortune, Colin & Carol Stiffler

Children’s Church: Shawna Giegerich Children’s Church: Shawna Giegerich

Videographer: Ashlyn Fortune


Balances of St. Paul Bank/ Accounts As of 02/28/18

General Fund Checking Account Beginning Balance $37,884.28 Ending Balance $31,161.86 Budget Reserve Savings Account Beginning Balance $6,366.52 Ending Balance:$6,366.52 Land/Maint/Repair Checking Account Beginning Balance $2,593.83 Ending Balance $2,235.38

Land Development Savings Account Beginning Balance $8,188.87 Ending Balance $8,609.51 Luther League Checking Account Beginning Balance $2,232.44 Ending Balance $5,681.11 Luther League Savings Account Beginning Balance $6,283.42 Ending Balance $2,284.98 Seminary Support Account Beginning Balance: $6,809.05 Ending Balance: $6,809.05

Fidelity Savings Account Beginning Balance: $6,166.12 Ending Balance: $0.00 Mortgage Account Beginning Property Purchase Amount: $258,250.00 Mortgage Balance: $0.00 100% Mortgage Paid

ST PAUL DIRECTORY Staff Pastor Rodney Bluml (319)389-6153 [email protected] Church Secretary: Shawna Giegerich (319) 462-4841 [email protected] Director of Discipleship Ministry: Ken Winter (319) 462-4841 [email protected] Director of Family Ministry: Shawna Giegerich (319) 462-4841 [email protected] Finanical Coordinator: Nancy Lyon Douglas (319) 462-4841 [email protected]

Church Council: Council President: Ralph Andresen (319) 462-3003 Vice President: Doug Fairbanks (319) 480-2484 Council Secretary: Barb Wilson (319) 462-2989 Council Treasurer: Brian Darrow (319) 489-4183 Church Council members: Shawn Countryman Jim Hankemeier Lori Reynolds Colin Stiffler Carlene Vavricek

In a few years, St. Paul Lutheran Church will be celebrating it’s 100 Anniversary.

We would like all members of St. Paul to go through your old pictures. St. Paul was established in 1923. We are looking for any old pictures of our past members– especially weddings, birthday celebrations, Vacation Bible School, Christmas, Sunday School, and baptisms that took place at St. Paul.

We are looking for photos from the beginning of church life of St. Paul from 1923 to present. Please bring the photos to the church office (we can make a copy) for Jan Allaire. When you bring in the photos, please label them with the names of people in photo, name of event/activity, and date if possible. Thank you for your help! We are proud of our St. Paul Lutheran Church family and it’s history. If you have any questions, please contact Jan at (319)462-4223

April Food Bank Rotation: Barb Kleis

Communion Bread Bakers for April: Marilyn Lambertsen


Council Minutes- St. Paul Lutheran 3/19/18 Members Present: Ralph Andresen, Doug Fairbanks, Colin Stifler, Carlene Vavricek, Lori Reynolds, Shawn Countryman, Brian Darrow, Jim Hankemeier, Barb Wil-son, Pastor Bluml Minutes/Agenda: Minutes from the February Council meeting were submitted and agenda was shared. Lori made a motion to approve the minutes and Shawn se-conded the motion. Pastor’s Report:

1. Deaths- Kim Walker Luchtenburg Chambers, baptized at St. Paul 2. Baptisms- We anticipate 3 at Easter Vigil 3. Preparing several for First Communion: choice of Maundy Thursday or any liturgy of the second and third weeks of Easter. 4. New Members- preparing to receive some at Easter Vigil 5. I attended the Rural Ministry Conference spon-sored by Wartburg Seminary as Continuing Educa-tion. Focus was on collaborative and cooperative ministry among small congregations. The primary presenter is currently the pastor of four, 50 member churches in rural Texas who intentionally formed a collaborative ministry, sharing staff and resources to keep alive all four churches in four towns 10 miles apart. Much to their surprise, they are thriving and even growing. While this does not exactly match our situation, I came away feeling positive about our life at St. Paul. We have evidence of a lot of the “thriving facets”: trust, communication (i.e. All Leadership meeting – this model was given as an effective way to bring together councils and committees from dif-ferent yoked communities or within a larger church), community events, a catechetically supported youth program, generous outreach and missional support, ecumenical prayer and activities, and a significant stable worshipping population.

An invitation from the presenter that I anticipate we will further explore is to identify our partners in the community and strengthen those bonds while exploring new partner relationships for ministry and outreach (i.e. families of prisoners, elderly poor).

Weekly prayer opportunities continue on Tues-days from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the church. The num-bers during Lent have been modest but those who attend express appreciation. Attendance might change when Lenten Wednesdays cease.

February Financial Reports: Brian shared the finan-cial reports. Giving was down during the month of Feb-ruary, but expenses are under control. Shawn moved to file the financial report, and the motion was seconded by Carlene.

New Business:

Pastor Bluml asked if the long pew in front of the pulpit could be switched out for the shorter pew. There is a lot of congestion in that front area during funerals, and there are usually only 2-3 peo-ple sitting in that pew during worship. Doug made a motion to swap the two pews, and Brian second-ed. Grounds and Maintenance will take care of this.

Pastor Bluml was asked to participate in the Jones County Ecumenical services at the Jones County Fair on July 22nd. In exchange for coming to the service, people attending would receive free tick-ets for that day at the fair. Since the service starts at 9:30, Pastor would have to cancel both of our normal worship services. The decision was made for us to promote this opportunity for those who would like to attend, but Pastor Rodney will not participate, so that our worship services can remain the same. Council would like to encourage families and youth to attend the Casting Crowns/Lauren Daigle concert together. We’ll discuss this more later.

Shawn shared that Brandy Miller asked about our youth or congregation participating in the Red Nose Day campaign. This is a yearly event sponsored by Walgreens that raises money to end child poverty. Council thought this would be best done with our youth in WD4. Children and Youth Ministry will plan this at the April meeting.

Council discussed what organizations the money offered during the Lenten services should go to. The decision was made to split the money equally be-tween the following: Jones County Safe and Healthy Youth Coalition, Water and Witness, National Youth Gathering trip.

The All Leader Meeting will start at 6:00 begin-ning in April. The team meetings will be shortened to 45 minutes, instead of 1 hour. We’ll adjust times as needed.

Agenda for Next Meeting:

Budget for next year

Nominating Committee Time and Date of Next meeting: April 9th following the All Leader Meeting Adjourn/Closing Prayer- Ralph led Council in a closing prayer. Lori moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:20 and the motion was seconded by Carlene. Respectfully submitted, Barb Wilson- Council Secretary


Abel Burgess 02 Karol Pinney 02 Bentley Paulson 02 Rick Douglas 03 Miken Wheeler 03 Mandy Zieser 03 Ruth Ann Bungum 04 Josh White 05 Bernice Petersen 06 Pat Ricklefs 06 Dave Ortgies 10 Marty Rowland 10 Jennifer Plueger 10 Emily Hunt 11 Bryce Switzer 12 Virginia Danielson 13 Amy Koppenhaver 13 Ella Giegerich 14 Tim Hollett 14 Jason Hosek 15 Elaine Stigen 17 Kathy Dornbusch 18 Karen Biere 21

Jill Darrow 22 Dean Lambertsen 22 Ryan Thomas 23 Dean Pepmeyer 24 Emily Christianson 25 Helen Seaton 25 Simon Robertson 27 Myra Powell 28 Jamie Behnke 30 Craig Farr 30 Tessa Reynolds 30 Tristan Smith 30 Kurt Vavricek 30

If your birthday was omitted from this calendar, we may not have the date in our records. If you would like your birthday listed on our newsletter calendar, please call Shawna at 462-4841 or email her at [email protected] and she would be happy to include it.

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Wednesday: 6:00pm 6:00pm WD4 (Prek-12th grade) in CE Building

Sunday: 8:30am Traditional Worship 9:30am Coffee Hour 9:45am “Hot Topics” Studies 10:30am Contemporary Worship w/ “Children’s Church”

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