St. Paul's Lutheran Church Council is made up of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Committee Chairpersons. Elected by the Congregation the St. Paul's Church Council and Pastor meet once a month to discuss regular church business, financial items, and committee reports. To find out more information and how you can volunteer please visit the committee pages, speak to a council member, and talk with Pastor to find out more ways to be come involved at St. Paul's.
The Learning Committee plans and coordinates a variety of educational opportunities within St. Paul's. The most significant of these includes selecting curriculum and coordinating teachers for weekly Sunday School classes. This committee also coordinates Vacation Bible School as well as luncheons honoring new confirmands and high school/college graduates each year. Meetings are held on the last Monday of each month throughout the year. Anyone interested in helping to enrich the learning of our church family is welcome to join us!
Our summer VBS program was a huge success as we implemented Gospel Light's SonQuest Rainforest to spread God's word to over 60 children and 40 volunteers. Our rainforest theme encouraged participants to follow Jesus on a lift-changing adventure as they learned to Get It, Get Found, Get God's Love, Get Praying and finally....Get Going to spread God's unending love. Included among the crafts were our own silk-screened t-shirts encouraging us to Forever Rely on God (F.R.O.G.) and a beautiful wood craft reminding us of our daily lessons. A service filled with food and fellowship closed our final evening, giving family and friends a glimpse of our week together.
The Property Committee takes care of concerns around the church regarding the upkeep of buildings and grounds. We try to do the smaller tasks on our own. Large jobs we will have professional help....take bids, etc. The church budget is very important so we try to keep costs at a minimum. Work day is Oct. 16th- 8 a.m. Projects: painting the exterior of the church basement walls, clean/arrange the former nursery school area, maybe seal cracks in paved parking lot. Rain date is Oct. 23rd.
Service is charged with the planning and coordination of food and arrangements for congregational activities throughout the church year. Many volunteers are needed to support these ministries.
Activities:
The Support Committee’s function shall be to evoke and promote the expression of Christian faith in daily living; to teach the Christian use of money; to diffuse knowledge of the congregations’ local, national and worldwide ministries; and to lead all members to higher levels of proportionate giving for the Lord’s work. The work of the Support Committee ensures that giving levels are sufficient to support the compensation of the pastor and staff, to cover the general operating expenses of the congregation, to meet our commitment to benevolence and mission giving, and to work toward our goals for the building fund.
The Support Committee’s mission is carried out through the following activities:
St. Paul’s Mission Statement:
We, baptized members of the church of Christ, responding to faith to the call of the Holy Spirit through the Gospel, and desiring to unite together to preach the Word, administer the sacraments, and carry out God’s mission do herby acknowledge the church is a people created by God in Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, called and sent to bear witness to God’s creative, redeeming, and sanctifying activity in the world.
Witness Activities:
The Worship & Music Committee assists Church Council in seeing that the services of God's house are conducted regularly and in accordance with the liturgy of the Church and that hymnals and other devotional materials are provided and properly cared for. This committee shall supervise and strive to advance the welfare effective services of the choir of the congregation. It arranges for the care of the alter sacraments, robes, and musical instruments, and in consultation with the Pastor, organist and choir director, shall furnish music supplies appropriate for use in worship.
The committee meets to plan all of the hymns used for Sunday worship and all special services. Meetings are attended by the Pastor, organist, choir director, choir members, and Worship & Music Church Council Representative. Worship & Music is responsible for recruiting members to serve as ushers, greeters, communion assistants, communion families, Lay assistants, Lay readers, and acolytes. Volunteers are needed to serve in these areas monthly.
“Our mission is to reach Youth and help them walk with God. Our Youth are the future of the church and will be the source of Jesus’ light in a more challenging and hardening world to God’s Word. We pray our Youth become who God has created them to be.”
The youth group leader is in charge of teenagers that are going into 6th grade all the way up to graduating seniors. The youth group tends to meet twice a month with one of them being a regular meeting. A lot of times the youth will plan fun trips for camping, hiking, a trip to pastors camp, pool parties, and many more fun and exciting events. Some of the past events include...
Not only does the youth get involved with the church and have good times but they also conduct different studies throughtout the year. Some of the past studies inlclude...