The Chimes February 11, 2014

Saint Paul’s Worship Schedule

Sunday

9:00 am: Holy Communion First Sunday of month: Family Worship (service designed with children in mind);

Remaining Sundays: service concurrent with Sunday School

10:30 am: Holy Communion Traditional liturgy

Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 415 E. Athens Ave., Ardmore, PA 19003

The Rev. Dr. Harry W. McDowell II, Pastor 610-642-3211 610-658-3262 (fax)

www.stpaulsardmore.org

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Ash Wednesday March 5

Soup & bread luncheon 11:00 am

in Fellowship Hall

Holy Communion & Imposition of Ashes

12:00 noon & 7:00 pm

Please join us.

The Chimes, the newsletter of Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, is published for the inspiration, education and entertainment of its members and friends. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Just mail, e-mail or deliver them to the church office.

The next issue of The Chimes will be published on Tuesday, March 11. Your articles are due in the office no later than noon on Tuesday, March 4. Thank you!

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Pastor’s

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Dear Friends:

The time of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, with the Imposition of Ashes at 12 noon and 7:00 pm. The noon liturgy will be preceded with a soup and bread lunch at 11 am. On the succeeding Wednesdays we will meet at 7:00 for Holden Evening Prayer, and some outstanding preachers. The theme this year will be…

The Healing of the Nations This year as we travel together on these Lenten Wednesday evenings we will focus on healing – specifically the healing of estrangement, the healing of fear, the healing of despair, the healing of sin, and finally, the healing of the nations. Our overarching theme will be this passage from the Book of Revelation:

Then the angel showed me the river of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb…

On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit… And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

(22:1, 2)

Lent 2014 Calendar of Preachers

March 12 The Reverend Dr. Storm Swain The Healing of Estrangement Associate Professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

March 19 The Reverend Dr. Karl Krueger The Healing of Fear Director of the Library & Professor

The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

March 26 The Reverend Regina Goodrich The Healing of Despair Mediator Lutheran Church, Philadelphia

April 2 The Reverend Sanford Groff The Healing of Sin Associate Chaplain, St. Paul’s School, Brooklandville, MD

April 9 The Reverend Dr. James Pollard The Healing of the Nations Pastor, Zion Baptist Church, Ardmore, PA

Soup and bread suppers will be at 6:00 each Wednesday evening. Holden Evening Prayer will begin at 7:00.

In Christ,

Pastor Skip McDowell

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Transfer Eric & Danielle Lau Family Transferred to Grace Lutheran Church Royersford, PA

Births

Congratulations to Angela and Patrick Freestone on the birth of their son, Thomas George on February 4.

Congratulations to Boofie Younkin on the birth of her grandson, River Dashiell Younkin.

A son was born to Scott and Elizabeth McCoid Kilpatrick on February 10. Hudson Scott Kilpatrick was born a whopping 9 pounds 9 ounces and 22 inches long.

We rejoice with Angela & Patrick, Boofie, Elizabeth & Scott and pray for God’s blessing on their families.

Change of Address Kimberly Dieter Richard Vanstone 770 Black Rock Rd. 673 Paddock Rd Collegeville, PA 19425 Havertown, PA 19083

NEW MEMBERS CLASS The next new member’s class and luncheon will be held on Sunday, February 23, following 10:30 am worship. If you would like to attend, please register with the church office (610-642-3211 or millie@stpaulsardmore.org). New members will be received in the church the following Sunday, March 2.

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Prayers

Please pray for our men and women in the armed services, especially Michael Burns (son of Linda and Bob Burns) and Brandon Mader (grandson of Wendy Black).

Prayers are also requested for: Fred Bauer (uncle of Carol Henry); Mark Coville (friend of Bill Henderson); Richard DeFeo (friend of Millie Parker); Tammy Dormans (sister-in-law of Nan Dormans); Kara Granger (friend of Liz Cassidy); Joann Hoke (friend of Evelyn Reider); Barbara Johnson (wife of Jack Johnson); Bryan Jones, Mark Kelly (brother-in-law of Carrie Kelly); Helen McCloskey, John Messer (friend of Claudia Muller); Brian Michonski (friend of Millie Parker); Miranda Ram-Nolte (friend of Colleen Kolb); Bob Paproth (father of Denette Stetler); Norma Small (friend of Linda Burns); Russ Stevenson (father of Debbie Moran); Joseph Tye (father of Nan Dormans); and Kristi (daughter of Judi DellaBadia).

Deaths J. Blaine Saltzer passed away on January 21, 2014 in Harrisonburg, VA. He was 97 years old. Mr. Saltzer joined St. Paul's in the early 1950s and was a member for 35 years. For many years he served in various leadership positions in the Church, including twice being President of the Council and for several decades the Chairman of the Investment Committee. He was a pillar of the "greatest generation", which fostered St. Paul's in the post-war decades. Mr. Saltzer was a graduate of Lehigh University and George Washington University. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. His career was in the investment field, where he worked for the Board of Pensions of the then United Lutheran Church in America and Drexel and Company. Before and after St. Paul's, he was an active member of Christ Lutheran in Gettysburg and Muhlenburg Lutheran in Harrisonburg. He served on the Boards of the Mary J. Drexel Home and the Lutheran Board of Deacons. Mr. Saltzer was predeceased by his first wife, Virginia Breitenbach Saltzer and is survived by his present wife, Patricia Riley Saltzer, one daughter, two granddaughters, and two great-granddaughters. Submitted by David Wilson

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Help Wanted Job Title: Everlasting Arms Angel Job Description: Make four visits a year to one of our homebound members. Requirements: Willingness to engage in cheerful conversation Compensation: Joy and satisfaction - priceless! Please be in touch with Lisa Lexa at 610 527-9315 or baldwin2020@gmail.com for more information.

ST. PAUL’S WOMEN’S RETREAT Dates: Friday – Saturday, February 21 & 22 Location: Franciscan Spiritual Center, Aston, Pa. Title/Topic: Looking for God Retreat Leader: Rev. Leslie M. Richard Cost: $85.00

Please submit your payment by Sunday, Feb. 16. RSVP to Diane Pringle (dianep@design.upenn.edu) or Millie Parker (millie@stpaulsardmore.org). If you have questions, please contact Diane Pringle.

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2014 COUNCIL MEMBERS

Laura Bickert Ciarlello, Social Ministry Kevin A. Clouse, Christian Education Paul V. DeLomba, Staff Personnel William A. Henderson, Jr., Stewardship Andrew T. Horn, Treasurer George R. Koerner, Finance Josephine M. Norquist, Evangelism Mark V. Pierce, Cemetery Helene A. Roth, Worship & Music Jason Sack, Property Robert J. Weldon, Financial Secretary Andrew M. Vickrey, Technology

Executive Committee

President William Henderson, Jr.

Vice Presidents Helene A. Roth & Jason Sack

Treasurer Andrew T. Horn

Secretary Andrew M. Vickrey

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Making Your Offering to St. Paul’s Through Stocks and Mutual Funds

Stocks and mutual funds can be an effective way to make your offering to St. Paul’s. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, considered the benchmark for the United States Stock Market, has racked up gains for the past three years to include returns close to 30% in 2013 if you include dividends! Many members of St. Paul’s already take advantage of simple method of giving appreciated securities like stock in order to meet their annual pledge or contribution. Rather than making your offering in cash, you can benefit by giving a highly appreciated stock or mutual fund worth the same amount. In doing this, you avoid the capital gains tax (the capital gains rate of 15% applies to securities held for at least 12 months, securities held less than 12 months are taxed as ordinary income) by having St. Paul’s, which is exempt from taxes, take ownership and sell the stock or mutual fund; thereby gaining the full value of the appreciated securities. Your tax deduction is still the full value of the appreciated securities without having to pay the capital gains taxes that would ordinarily be due. By utilizing the method below you can significantly reduce the net after tax cost of your gift. Consider the following example: Your 2014 annual offering to St. Paul’s is pledged at $6,000. Suppose you own a stock or mutual fund that has greatly appreciated over the past three years and has a market value of $6,000. Four years earlier you invested $500 into that stock or mutual fund. Instead of using all cash to meet your 2014 pledge or offering of $6,000, you donate/transfer the investment now valued at $6,000 to St. Paul’s. St. Paul’s then sells the investment, avoiding the capital gains that you would have paid, and puts the money into its account. Your charitable deduction for giving cash or the appreciated investment is the same as both offerings are $6,000. However, by giving the appreciated investment the capital gains tax of $825 (15% of the $5,500 gain (cost of $500 vs $6,000 market value)) is avoided. St. Paul’s still receives your $6,000 and you avoided the tax. Had you sold the stock, the $825 in taxes would be due, thus reducing your value to $5,125 requiring you to add another $825 in cash to your offering to equal your $6,000 target. ………….Continued

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You can make your offering of securities, stocks or mutual funds, the same way as all other offerings to St. Paul’s. For help in taking advantage of this simple tax-avoidance strategy contact the church office, a member of the Finance Committee or a member of the Stewardship Committee. William Henderson, President, Stewardship Committee Co-Chair, Investment Sub-Committee Chair Jason Sack, Stewardship Committee Co-Chair

Children & Youth Choir Concert

Join us on Sunday, February 23 at 3:00 pm, at Overbrook Presbyterian Church as the children and youth choirs of Ardmore Presbyterian, Overbrook Presbyterian and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church sing a joint concert. Please join us there and support our combined youth as they praise God through music. Overbrook Presbyterian Church is located at the corner of Lancaster Avenue and City Line Avenue.

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Red Cross Blood Drive Monday, March 10, 1 - 6pm

The congregation of St. Paul’s and any friends or family that would like to donate blood through a Red Cross Blood Drive is invited to schedule

an appointment to do so. You can sign up by going to redcrossblood.org and searching St. Paul’s Ardmore or typing in the access code: St. Pauls

Lutheran Ardmore.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed to help assemble the printed version of the Chimes newsletter each month. This involves being available the morning the Chimes is published and coming to the

office around 9:00 am for about an hour to attach address labels and postage. If you are interested, please contact Carisa Cantor at

carisa@stpaulsardmore.org or 610-642-3211.

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Wednesday Evenings in LentWednesday Evenings in LentWednesday Evenings in LentWednesday Evenings in Lent

Soup & Bread Supper at 6:00 pm, Fellowship Hall Worship at 7:00 pm, Sanctuary

March 12 The Rev. Dr. Storm Swain Associate Professor, Pastoral Care & Theology, Director of Anglican Studies

Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

The Healing of Estrangement Psalm 42 Dr. Swain completed a PhD in the Psychiatry and Religion program at Union Theological Seminary in New York, with her dissertation topic “Trinity, Trauma and Transformation: A Trinitarian Pastoral Theology reflected in the experience of the Chaplains at the 9/11 Temporary Mortuary at Ground Zero” under Dr. Ann Ulanov. She holds a Bachelor of Theology from the University of Otago, New Zealand, having attended Knox Theological Hall majoring in Christian Thought and History. After graduation from Otago University, Dr. Swain served as Chaplain to Mental Health Services and later as a CPE supervisor in Dunedin, New Zealand. She was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1995 in the Diocese of Dunedin of the Anglican Church of Aoearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Her STM thesis, CAIRA: A Model of Professional Formation for the Supervision of Pastoral Ministry became the theoretical component of the CAIRA (NZ) Supervisors Training Course in NZ. Dr. Swain's psychoanalytic residency was served at the Blanton Peale Counseling Center, NY. She served as a Chaplain for the American Red Cross in 2001, and thereafter with Disaster Chaplaincy Services, NY on their Leadership Team, and now as part of their CISM team. Canonically resident in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, Rev. Dr. Swain most recently served the church as Canon Pastor at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York (2002-7). She has served as the Diocese's representative on the Board of New York Disaster Interfaith Services. She now oversees Anglican Studies at LTSP in addition to her Pastoral Care and Theology academic responsibilities.

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March 19 The Rev. Dr. Karl Krueger Director of the Krauth Memorial Library

Associate Professor, History of Christianity

Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

The Healing of Fear Psalm 121 Karl Krueger’s fascination with books and the role of religion in the immigrant experience led him to study history at the University of Michigan and write a dissertation on the congregations of the Polish-speaking Lutheran Mazurians in East Prussia and the United States. He has created an online graduate course that explores the religious history, piety, and migration experience of East Europeans to the United States, and a seminar about the history of the Bible in print entitled Book of Faith: Print, Politics, Public Event. He also teaches the history of Lutherans in North America

Before coming to the Krauth Memorial Library, Dr. Krueger worked in the Rare Book Room of the University of Michigan and as Public Services Librarian at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, a library and museum that was dedicated to American Ethnic Life and Immigration History. Dr. Krueger has attended the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and in 2007 was selected from a national pool of candidates to participate in the five week-long Reformation of the Book Seminar, in Europe, that was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has published articles in the Lutheran Quarterly, Church History, and the ATLA Proceedings.

Karl Krueger is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and has served congregations in Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada.

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March 26 The Rev. Regina Goodrich Pastor, Mediator Lutheran Church

Philadelphia

The Healing of Despair Psalm 130

The Rev. Regina Goodrich’s roots stem from the Church of God in Christ, where she spent over forty years of her life. During this period she was, e.g., a Consecrated Evangelist, a workshop & seminar instructor, a revivalist, a Spiritual Counselor, and a leader of women’s and youth retreats. She also wrote the book, On the Other Side of Through—My Testimony, while working on three others.

Rev. Goodrich attended The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia; Wayne University and the Merrill-Palmer Institute, both in Detroit, Michigan; and William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

In 2001, a colleague invited her to develop and lead a Bible Study group in the Lutheran Church. This experience led to her being invited to become an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America because she had something the church was looking for—passionate spirituality. She was ordained on December 20, 2008. Since then: she has preached for several congregations and revivals; she has served on the Bishop’s strategic planning/writing team, the leadership team for Youth of Color, and the Synod Council; and in 2011, she was a delegate to the Church-wide Assembly. She served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Germantown, and currently serves as the pastor of Mediator Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. Rev. Goodrich’s favorite scripture is Romans 1:16 and her life’s mission is based on Luke 4:18-20. She states that the joy of her life is ministry and advancing the Kingdom of God here on earth, so that all people might have an opportunity for a more abundant life in this world and the next. Community outreach has been the core of her existence from an early age. Through outreach and evangelism across the country, God has blessed and added to the Church such as should be saved. Evidence of this is the increase in membership of Mediator Lutheran, where many have joined and partnered with the ministry God has called them to. Rev. Goodrich says that life for her is simple and enjoyable: seeing lives transformed by and through the Grace of God given so freely.

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April 2 The Rev. Sanford Groff Associate Chaplain, St. Paul’s School

Brooklandville, MD

The Healing of Sin Psalm 51 Sanford H. Groff, Jr. began attending Saint Paul’s in 1986, as a six

year-old. Throughout his entire K-12 education, Sanford cherished the consistent love and support provided by the church he called home. Sanford attended Grove City College where he earned a B.A. in Christian Thought and Philosophy. At the end of college, he realized that he needed a more global perspective. He traveled to Kenya where he lived and worked for a year as a Chaplain and Instructor of Religion at a girls’ boarding school. He then completed a Master of Divinity degree at Duke University in Durham, NC.

Sanford is currently the Associate Chaplain at St. Paul’s School, an independent Episcopal school in Brooklandville, MD. He leads the Upper School weekly chapel service, teaches tenth grade World Religions and twelfth grade Theory of Knowledge. In the spring he coaches JV tennis and over the summer he runs two service learning trips, one to the Eastern Shore of Delaware and the other to West Virginia. In January 2013, Sanford was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood at St. Paul’s School Chapel.

A “son of the congregation,” Sanford is delighted to return to Saint Paul’s Church in Ardmore to give back to the community of faith, which has time after time unconditionally given to him.

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April 9 The Rev. Dr. James Pollard Pastor, Zion Baptist Church

Ardmore

The Healing of the Nations Lamentations 1:1-4; 3:22-23

James Pollard received a Bachelor of Science in Biblical Literature from Philadelphia College of the Bible, a Masters of Divinity from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Philosophy from Kensington University of California. While a student at Dropsie University, laying the foundation for his doctorate, he worked with the late Dr. Solomon Zeitlin in the production of the fourth volume of “The Rise and Fall of the Judean State.” Reverend Pollard accepted the call to become pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Ardmore in May of 1971. He has held this position longer than any other pastor who has served Zion Baptist of Ardmore.

Reverend Pollard currently serves as a member of the General Board of American Baptist Churches and the Board of American Baptist Missions, and he is a member of the Montgomery County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. An active participant in the academic world, Reverend Pollard currently teaches at Eastern University, Geneva College Center for Urban Theological Studies, and Lutheran Theological Seminary. He has also taught classes at the Philadelphia College of the Bible, Lincoln University and New York Seminary. His teaching emphasis is on Biblical Hebrew, World Religion, and Old and New Testament subjects. “The African Presence in the Bible,” on which he has written several articles, is Pastor Pollard’s primary academic focus. Reverend Pollard was a featured writer for the Philadelphia Tribune’s Religion Section from 1973 to 2003. He has been an instructor for the Pennsylvania Legal Continuing Education Program and gives lectures on public speaking. Pastor Pollard is married to Virginia Overton, with whom he has three sons and daughters-in-law: James, Jr. (& Simone), Joseph (& Vernessa), and John (& Tamara). The Pollards are also the proud grandparents of Jadon, Julian, and Jada Pollard.

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Save the Dates

Sunday, March 9, 5:00 – 7:00 pm, FwYC indoor moonbounce. More info to follow.

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St. Paul’s book club will meet on Tuesday, March 18 at 7:30 pm in the Kugler Room. We will discuss Pastrix by

Nadia Bowels-Weber. More info to follow!

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Sunday, March 30 at 4:00 pm, there will be a concert featuring the choir of the Creative and Performing Arts High School

(CAPA), Philadelphia, under the leadership of Dorina Morrow, who was a section leader at St. Paul’s a few years ago. The choir is about 60 voices, and rivals many college ensembles. They are a frequent guest at the American Choral Directors conventions. The event will

have an offering and refreshments. Please join us!

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FALL 2014 HOST FAMILIES NEEDED FOR TWO MEXICAN YOUTHS

The chair of the Greater Philadelphia Latin American Studies Consortium and Director of Latin American Studies at Villanova needs our help. Temple University is bringing two Mexican young-adults here this fall semester (late August – mid December) to study English with scholarships. We are looking for a loving family to welcome a student into their home. Cristo Rey Lutheran Church in El Paso, Texas, sends Dr. San Juana Mendoza, M.D. across the border to Juarez, Mexico, daily. She runs a free medical clinic built on the site of a former dump. Many young Mexican volunteers are trained there to promote health in the community. Dr. Mendoza has chosen these two volunteers to study at Temple. The two students coming here are: Eric Medellin, male, age 23, and Teresa Ambrosi, female, age 21. They need sleeping accommodations and meals but not transportation, from late August to mid December 2014. Sharing your home with them would be a kind act of international friendship. To volunteer or receive more information, call (610-525-4499) or email Joe Betz(joseph.betz@villanova.edu).

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MARCH Birthdays

2 Katrina Riggs 3 Trinh Tran 4 Dorothy Linderman, David Miller, Tyler Stellwagen, Savina Tintera 5 Aurora Shaw 6 Lorraine Gricevics, Jeanne Nelson 7 Roberta Hoose 8 Donna Carstens 9 Elizabeth Lucas, Kelly Mazzanobile 10 Joanne Betz, Kai Isenberg, Christine Jerpbak 11 Robert Dougherty, Abigail Lynch, Kimberly Schumacher 12 Tuyen Nguyen, Susan Osborne 13 Caroline Conybear, Paul Moock, Jr. 14 Katie Bode 15 Christine Fritton 16 Mark Foust, Alexander Norquist, Matt Schnaath 17 Julia Manning 18 Shane Boston, Michael Burns, Sarah Curtin, David Wilson, Jr. 19 Kerri DiGuiseppe, Erika Gibb, Thomas Stellwagen IV 20 Judi DellaBadia, Kate Schmeiss 21 Kristin Carroll, Pastor Skip McDowell, Colin McFillin 22 Colleen Kolb, Jason Kunsa 23 Andreas Gustafsson, Hanna Gustafsson, Jim Stetler 24 Laura Balcer, Gail Feustel, Missy Perry, Abigail Venezia 25 Rebecca Cronin, Caleigh Foust, Luca Norquist, William Wagner 26 Kirstin Copeland, Donald Reimer III 27 Richard Schmeiss 28 Abigail Frey 29 Lorie Foust, Ava Sack, Samuel Vettori, Irma Walters 30 Christine Cannon, Carolyn Stellwagen 31 Brendan Miller, Elaine Stellwagen

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MARCH CALENDAR

Saturday, March 1 9:30 am We All Have Questions/2nd floor Meeting Room Sunday, March 2 New member’s received 9:00 am Holy Communion (Family Worship—no Sunday

School) 10-10:30 am Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 10:30 am Holy Communion 11:30-12 pm Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 11:40 am Handbell Choir Rehearsal/Sanctuary 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Monday, March 3 6:30 – 9:30 pm Philadelphia Paper Pholders/Fellowship Hall Tuesday, March 4 9:00 am Community Bible Study 7:00 pm AA/3rd floor Wednesday, March 5 Ash Wednesday 11:00 am Soup & bread luncheon/Fellowship Hall 12:00 noon Holy Communion & Imposition of Ashes 7:00 pm Holy Communion & Imposition of Ashes Thursday, March 6 9:00 – 11:30 am Community Bible Study / throughout church 1:00 – 2:30 pm Women’s Christian Fellowship/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Children’s choir rehearsal 7:30 pm Adult choir rehearsal Sunday, March 9 8:40 am Matins choir warm-up 9:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Holy Communion 10-10:30 am Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 10:30 am Holy Communion 11:30-12 pm Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 11:40 am Handbell Choir Rehearsal/Sanctuary 5:00 pm Indoor Moonbounce 6:00 – 7:00 pm Confirmation class/Kugler Room 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Monday, March 10 1:00 – 6:00 pm Red Cross Blood Drive/Fellowship Hall Tuesday, March 11 9:00 am Community Bible Study 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall

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Wednesday, March 12 6:00 pm Soup & Bread Supper/Fellowship Hall 7:00 pm Holy Communion—Guest preacher:

The Rev. Dr. Storm Swain Thursday, March 13 9:00 – 11:30 am Community Bible Study/throughout church 1:00 – 2:30 pm Women’s Christian Fellowship/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Children’s choir rehearsal 7:15 pm Council Meeting/2nd Floor Meeting Room 7:30 pm Adult choir rehearsal 7:30 pm Evening Christian Fellowship/Penne home Saturday, March 15 9:30 am We All Have Questions/2nd Floor Meeting Room Sunday, March 16 8:40 am Matins Choir warm-up 9:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Holy Communion 10-10:30 am Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 10:30 am Holy Communion 11:30-12 pm Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 11:40 am Handbell choir Rehearsal/Sanctuary TBA Cooking for the Hungry /St. Paul’s basement kitchen 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Tuesday, March 18 9:00 am Community Bible Study 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall 7:30 pm Book Club/Kugler Room Wednesday, March 19 6:00 pm Soup & bread supper/Fellowship Hall 7:00 pm Holy Communion—Guest preacher:

The Rev. Dr. Karl Krueger Thursday, March 20 9:00 – 11:30 am Community Bible Study/throughout church 1:00 – 2:30 pm Women’s Christian Fellowship/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Children’s choir rehearsal 7:30 pm Adult choir rehearsal Sunday, March 23 8:40 am Matins choir warm-up 9:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Holy Communion 10-10:30 am Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 10:30 am Holy Communion 11:30-12 pm Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 11:40 am Handbell Choir Rehearsal/Sanctuary

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8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall Tuesday, March 25 9:00 am Community Bible Study 7:00 pm AA/Fellowship Hall Wednesday, March 26 6:00 pm Soup & bread supper/Fellowship Hall 7:00 pm Holy Communion—Guest preacher: The Rev. Regina Goodrich Thursday, March 27 9:00 – 11:30 am Community Bible Study/throughout church 1:00 – 2:30 pm Women’s Christian Fellowship/Kugler Room 6:30 pm Children’s choir rehearsal 7:30 pm Adult choir rehearsal 7:30 pm Evening Christian Fellowship/Penne home Saturday, March 29 9:30 am We All Have Questions/2nd floor meeting room Sunday, March 30 8:40 am Matins choir warm-up 9:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Holy Communion 10-10:30 am Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 10:30 am Holy Communion 11:30-12 pm Coffee Fellowship/Fellowship Hall 11:40 am Handbell Choir Rehearsal/Sanctuary 4:00 pm CAPA Choir Concert/Sanctuary 8:00 pm NA/Fellowship Hall

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Save the Date

FRIDAY, MAY 30

TICKET INFORMATION TO FOLLOW

Gifts of Flowers for the AltarGifts of Flowers for the AltarGifts of Flowers for the AltarGifts of Flowers for the Altar Consider becoming a weekly or monthly sponsor of altar flowers for Sunday

morning worship. The cost of the flowers is $25 per week, $100 or $125 per month. A sign-up chart for sponsoring altar flowers is available in Fellowship Hall, or you may call Dottie Buchanan at 484-420-4969. The dedication(s) for your flowers will be published in the appropriate Sunday bulletin(s).

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