Church Bulletin Announcements
April 8, 2022
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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
Eleonore Begick
Vera Begick
Jon Ittner
Mike & Karen Kusch
Margaret Meyer
Julie Roark
RoseAnne Schmidt
Roy Schwab
Anna Spielhaupter
Al Wegener
Tim Wegener
Frank & Carol Wozniak
Bereaved
Matthew Itter (RoseAnne Schmidt's son)
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Special
Dean Bass
Gayle Burnison (Ben Burnison's mother, hospitalized)
Wyatt Crouse (Dan Bourdow’s grandson)
Larry Daly (Denise Daly's father; cancer)
Dave Foster
Justin Garcia (hip surgery)
Debbie Kahihikolo (Denise Daly's sister)
Kathleen Kernstock
Connie Makl (Jeremy Warren's aunt)
Ardie Reuther
Jack Robinson (Jan Kinney's grandson; leukemia)
Don Schark (brain tumor)
Donna Smigiel (knee surgery)
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This Week's Members
Deloris Appold
Doug & Julie Begick
Benjamin Brenner
Hannah Doan
Melissa Gerhauser
Jonathan Ittner
Jeffrey, Lori, Morgan, & Marshall Kurchak
Sandra Maxwell
Luella Prime
Roy & Donna Schmidt
Diane Vogtmann
David Zeilinger
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Sunday, April 10
Palm Sunday
Worship with Communion 8 a.m.
Bible Class & Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Worship with Confirmation 10:30 a.m.
Monday, April 11
Board of Business Management 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12
Vocal Choir 6 p.m.
Bell Choir 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 13
Church Newsletter Articles Deadline
Thursday, April 14
Maundy Thursday Worship with Communion 3:30 p.m.
Maundy Thursday Worship with Communion 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 15
No School
Good Friday Worship 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 17
Easter Sunday
Easter Sunrise with Communion 6:30 a.m.
Easter Breakfast 7:30 a.m.
Celebration & Praise with Communion 9 a.m.
Easter Worship with Communion 11 a.m.
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God's Blessings to Our 2022 Confirmands
Nathan Aaron Coyer
But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the one who lifts my head high.
Psalm 3:3 (NIV)
Landon Joseph LaForest
If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 (NRSV)
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.
Altar Flowers
This Sunday's altar flowers are in honor of Roger & Lynn Hendrick's 15th wedding anniversary.
Church Attendance
Last Sunday - 378 (192, 186)
Lent Midweek - 158 (101, 57)
Livestream
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
April 10 - Mark 9
April 11 - Mark 10
April 12 - Psalm 36
April 13 - Mark 11
April 14 - Mark 12
April 15 - Mark 13
April 16 - Mark 14
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Easter Egg Hunt Planned for Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. – noon
Come to St. Paul Lutheran School for an Outdoor Easter Egg Hunt! Our Egg Hunt is a community event and is open to young children, through elementary school. Come any time during the 2-hour event to participate in the hunt. We have thousands of eggs available, and every child gets 20 eggs and a treat bag, which includes an Easter storybook, while supplies last. This is an outdoor event, so dress for the weather. Bring your own basket to collect the eggs. Rain date is April 16.
Easter Breakfast
Next Sunday, April 17, breakfast will be served in the fellowship hall from 7:30-9 a.m. Scrambled eggs, ham, sausage, hash browns, caramel French toast, fruit salad, and pastries. A free-will offering will benefit the Youth.
VBS – Save the Date!
Save the date for VBS at St. Paul: June 26-July 1, 2022
Campfire Wood Available
Members, feel free to pick up some campfire wood from the pile behind the annex. Thank you!
Ladies Spring Tea
All ladies of St. Paul and guests are invited to a Ladies Spring Tea, May 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Ministry Center. Come for fellowship and fun, tea and desserts. $5 tickets, as a fundraiser for Ministry Center décor, can be reserved now and will be sold after services beginning April 24. Volunteers to host a table and help with desserts are appreciated. For tickets contact Cher Leppek 989-460-838, for tables Lu Britton 989-798-3156, for desserts Cathi Reymore 989-2251204 or Tammy Jaskiewicz 989-385-0898. Hope to see you there!
JOY Gathering in April
The Joyful Older Youth or “JOY” (the name our Single Seniors have given themselves) meets on the third Thursday of each month. This group is geared towards those aged 60 and older and single. Meeting time is noon in the Fellowship Hall for lunch. Prepare for an afternoon of fellowship, food and fun. Our next meeting is April 21 at noon.
Upcoming Bus Trip
The “JOY” Senior Group is sponsoring a bus trip on Thursday, May 19th to visit 3 Lighthouses and a Winery in upstate lower Michigan. This trip will leave St. Paul Church at 8 a.m., have lunch at JJ’s in Alpena, supper at Iva’s Chicken Dinner and arrive home about 7:30 p.m. The cost will be about $65 to $70 with meals, tips included. This trip is open to all St. Paul members—single or married. If interested, please call Virginia Hutter (989-686-3262) or Bonnie List (989-686-6848).
Cemetery Decorations
Mowing season is coming soon! Please remove any Christmas decorations from the cemetery by the end of April. Any remaining decorations will be removed and discarded.
Sunday School recognizes perfect attendance for March:
Congratulations to the following students who had perfect Sunday School attendance for the month of March: Charles Begick, Annabelle Gehrman, Isaac Hendrick, Brenna King, Jacob King, Ryker Kolberg, Abigail Matyas, Isaac Matyas, Olivia Matyas, Alex Schlicker, Maura Zeilnger.
Ushers Needed
Ushers are needed for the Tri-City Good Friday Service on 4/15/2022 at Horizons in Saginaw. Please bring a basket or bag from the Church. The Service starts at 1 pm so please try to be there between 12 noon and 12:15 to help with seating and then the collection. Please contact Vaughn Begick at 989 686-0578 to volunteer.
Food of Faith Needs Your Help
Food of Faith is an ecumenical program with churches and organizations from Bay City's west side serving a free meal to all who come. This important community ministry needs your support! St. Paul is scheduled to be providing the meal at Food of Faith on April 14, July 14, & October 20. Do you have (or would be part of) a group that would like to take one of these dates? The number of people needing food has increased, and we are now serving 190-200 each time. This also means we are in need of financial assistance to make this possible! Do you have a team ready to cook? Are you willing to make a donation? Or are you a Thrivent member who can sponsor this event with an Action Grant? If you are willing to support this program with your time or money or by applying for a Thrivent Action Team, please contact Jamie Zeilinger (989-992-4602 or [email protected]). Thank you!
Tri-City Good Friday Worship Service
The Tri-City Good Friday Worship Service will be held on April 15, 2022, at the Horizon’s Conference Center at 6200 State Street in Saginaw Township at 1 pm. To underwrite the cost of this service, we are seeking support from congregation members as we have done in the past. If you would like to donate, contact your congregation representative, Vaughn Begick. Checks should be made out to “Good Friday Service”. Thank you for any support that you can give, and invite your relatives, friends, and unchurched acquaintances to join us at the service.
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Enroll at St. Paul for 2022-2023 School Year!
Enrollment is now open! A $75 preschool enrollment fee and a $50 grade school enrollment fee (per child) will reserve your child’s spot for next year. Click here for information and admission forms. If you desire your child to receive a Christ-centered education, please call the school office at 989.684.4450 for more information and to make arrangements to enroll your child.
Please Help!
Our Video Display Team desires to add another early service screen operator. We’d like enough operators so that each serves for one Sunday per month. Training is available. Call Don Krueger (989-895-5737) if interested.
Stewardship - A Way of Life
Luke 22:11 – "Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’" Did Jesus really need this man’s Upper Room? If the man had refused to let Jesus use it, would the work of salvation have been derailed? Of course not. But what an honor for the man who owned this room! It is the same with us. The Lord needs none of us, but what an honor it is for God to choose to use our generosity in the work of His Church.
Camp Scholarships Available
The Brenda & Keith Rowley Family Faith-Based Resident Camp Scholarship program provides partial scholarships to Bay County residents for overnight youth or family camps operated by faith-based organizations. Qualifying camps include but are not limited to: Springhill Camp, Camp Barakel, Camp Lu Lay Lea, and YMCA resident camps such as Camp Timbers. Consideration for scholarships is determined by the completion of a scholarship application. Applications are available here or by visiting the Dow Bay Area Family YMCA Membership Service Desk. Application Deadline is April 29, 2022. For more information, contact Tami Ashlock at 989.895.8596 or [email protected]
Register for Camp @ Camp Lu Lay Lea
Camp Lu Lay Lea is now registering campers for Summer 2022! Camp Lu Lay Lea is a Christian Summer Camp for youth ages 8-14. Camp Lu Lay Lea is located on Henderson Lake near West Branch, Michigan. We offer seven one-week sessions (Sunday-Saturday). Youth Campers have the ability to participate in boating/canoeing, campfires, Chapel, arts and crafts, gaga ball, devotions, three different games a day, skits, singing, swimming, making new friends and so MUCH MORE! To register your child, go to www.camplulaylea.org and click on the camp schedule tab.
Camp Arcadia is seeking young adults for service!
Camp Arcadia is hiring young adults with a desire to serve God by serving others while living in an intentional Christian community. Our summer staff team serves in a variety of departments including program, kitchen, office, caretaking (grounds), housekeeping, media, archives and Trading Post. Camp is seeking young adults with one year of post high school experience who have a heart for service and a desire to learn and grow on the shores of Lake Michigan! Visit camp-arcadia.com/serve or call 231-889-4361 for more information.
Part-time Custodian
Faith Lutheran Church and School are seeking applicants for a part-time Custodian position. Work hours are Monday through Friday, 30 hours per week. Job duties entail cleaning bathrooms, mopping and vacuuming floors, trash removal, window washing, helping with event setup and salting sidewalks in winter. Applicants must be able to lift up to 50 pounds. Successful candidate must undergo a criminal records check before hiring.
Applications can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Faith Lutheran, 3033 Wilder Rd, Bay City, MI 48706 Attention Trustees.
The Traveling Last Supper Troupe
Friday, April 8, 7:00 p.m. The Traveling Last Supper Troupe will be at St Mark Lutheran Church & Preschool (2565 N Miller, Saginaw). Watch the Disciples interact during their meal with Jesus the night before His crucifixion. Free Admission. Freewill offering. Everyone Invited!! Info: 989-781-3205
Triumphant Entry
Come experience the Triumphant Entry of Jesus Live on Palm Sunday April 10, 2022 at Zion Lutheran Church, 510 W. Ivy St. Bay City, MI. 48706 from 10:30am till 12pm! There will be costumed characters waving Palms & saying Hosanna with Jesus. Come see and pet the live animals provided by Wilderness Trails Zoo, including Sadie the Camel.
German Service
On Sunday, April 10th, St. Lorenz’s monthly German worship service will be held at 11:00 am in the St. Lorenz School dining room. 140 Churchgrove Rd., Frankenmuth. Palm Sunday worship recalls Jesus’ historic entry into Jerusalem. We celebrate that He continues to “journey” into peoples’ lives today and promises to walk with us on our respective journeys of faith. The service features German liturgy and an English sermon by Pastor Bill Hoesman based on Philippians 2:8 entitled “A Humble Attitude, Really?” The congregation will join in singing favorite hymns: „ Heut' fangen wir in Gottes Nam'n“ (As We Begin another Week), “Laßet uns mit Jesu ziehen” (Let Us Ever Walk With Jesus), “Jesu, komm doch selbst zu mir” (Jesus, Savior, Come to Me) and „Jesu, deine Passion“ (Jesus, I Will Ponder Now).
The service will also be broadcast on Charter cable channel 191, on the St. Lorenz app., and livestreamed (and stored) on the St. Lorenz website at http://stlorenz.org/stream.
Brass & Organ Fireworks
Music at St. Lorenz invites you to BRASS AND ORGAN FIREWORKS, a fun and exciting program of music featuring our Casavant organ, antiphonal brass choirs, brass solos, and even an organ duet. Please join us on April 24 at 4 p.m. at St. Lorenz Church, 1030 Tuscola, Frankenmuth. Free and open to the public.
Festival Ascension Eve Divine Service
On Wednesday, May 25 at 7:00 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church in Auburn, Michigan will be hosting a festival Ascension Eve Divine Service. The preachers for this service will be Rev. Christopher Vossler of St. Paul, Sanford, Rev. Phillip Baerwolf of Zion, Bay City, and Rev. Aaron Schian of Grace, Auburn. The organists will be Jon Eifert of St. Michael, Richville and Nathan Beethe of Grace, Auburn. There will be a Mass Choir made up of members from area congregations, brass, and organ. Anyone who wishes to participate in the mass choir should contact Nathan Beethe at [email protected]. Please mark your calendars for this exciting event! We hope you will join us! |
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Old Testament Reading
Deuteronomy 32:36–39
36The LORD will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
and there is none remaining, bond or free.
37Then he will say, “Where are their gods,
the rock in which they took refuge,
38who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you;
let them be your protection!
39“See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.”
Epistle
Philippians 2:5–11
5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Holy Gospel
Luke 23:1–56
1Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. 2And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” 3And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” 4Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.” 5But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
6When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. 7And when he learned that he belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time. 8When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him. 9So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer. 10The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him. 11And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate. 12And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
13Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. 15Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him. 16I will therefore punish and release him.”
18But they all cried out together, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas”— 19a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and for murder. 20Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus, 21but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” 22A third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” 23But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. 24So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. 25He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
26And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. 27And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. 28But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
32Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. 33And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 34And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments. 35And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” 36The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine 37and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” 38There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.”
39One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
44It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. 47Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” 48And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. 49And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.
50Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God. 52This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid. 54It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning. 55The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 56Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments.
On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
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