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14th Annual JME Memorial Run/Walk
Please join us for a morning of exercise, fellowship and remembrance - Our Annual JME Memorial Run/Walk will be held Saturday, September 6, 2025.
Registration deadline has passed, but you are more than welcome to come on out and join in the fun. Thank you for your continued support of this event. We hope to see you on September 6!
Seeking Fun Fest Helpers
We are seeking volunteers to help make our Fun Fest run smoothly on Saturday, September 7th. Contact Kristen Glasser if you can lend a hand: 989-529-2962.
Help is needed for set up and clean up, as well as during the event. Any amount of time volunteering is greatly appreciated!
- Set up: 7:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. - Sept. 7th outdoors at the Ministry Center (moving and setting up tables, chairs, and pop-up tents)
- Event Hours: 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m - (food prep and serving, generally monitoring children at the bounce house, assisting at the dunk tank, etc.)
- Clean up: 12:30-1:30 p.m. (cleaning up food area, taking down pop-up tents, tables, and chairs)
Teacher Installation/Rededication/Blessing
St. Paul will have a St. Paul School Teacher and Staff Blessing at both the 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, September 7. During those services, Miss Megan Gallagher (3rd Grade–Commissioned Church Worker Teacher), Miss Katie Fehn (4th Grade–Contracted Teacher ) and Miss Hannah Lewicki (Young 5’s/Kindergarten–Contracted Teacher) will all be welcomed to the St. Paul teaching staff. Plan to join us between services in the Welcome Center as we celebrate the installation of Miss Gallagher, Miss Fehn, and Miss Lewicki with a Cake and Card Reception.
Ladies Aid - September Meeting
The next Ladies Aid meeting is scheduled for September 8 at 6:30 p.m. Please note that the time has changed. Sarah Schimm will be leading a craft at this meeting and the supplies will be provided.
Choir and Bell Choir (and others) Starting Up Again!
Choir and Bell Choir will begin meeting again every Tuesday starting September 9th. As in the past, Choir rehearsals will be from 6-7pm, and Bell Choir from 7-8pm. New and returning musicians are equally welcome and encouraged to join! Also, instrumentalists and singers are strongly desired for special music throughout the year. If you have questions or skills to share, please call or text Peter Schimm at (602) 781-4519, or email peter.schimm@stpaulbaycity.org
Donut Donors Needed - Junior High Youth Group
The Jr. High Youth Group is in need of Donut Donors for their Sunday morning gatherings. If you are interested in bringing some donuts in for very hungry middle schoolers, please sign-up using the form outside the youth room. We are also accepting monetary donations which can be placed in the envelope provided outside of the youth room as well. Please contact Dave or Andrea Dent with any questions. Thank you for making Jr. High Youth Group sweet!
Sunday School Donations
Sunday School is looking for a few donations for the upcoming Sunday school year, if you would like to help please check out our Amazon Wishlist by clicking here.
Sunday School
Sunday School needs your help! We are looking for more Sunday School teachers and helpers. The upcoming Sunday School year starts on September 14, 2025. We are starting a new curriculum aimed towards small groups of kids preschool-5th grade together. The commitment would only be one or two Sundays a month! If you would like to help or have helped in the past and are planning on joining the team again, please call or text Tiffany at 989-225-8516.
Thank You
"Pastor Matyas and St. Paul families, Thank you for your prayers, cards, monetary and food donations. We greatly appreciate your love and support surrounding our family upon the passing of Doris. -The Gerald Appold Family"
Thank You
"Thank you Pastor Matyas for your visit & your prayers while Larry was in the hospital. We truly know the power of prayer. May all the glory and praise be to our Lord for Larry's quick recovery. The card from my brothers & sisters in Christ meant more to me than you would ever know. May God continue each member as he has blessed us. We are so blessed to have two Godly Pastors. Thank you! Larry & Carol Winter"
Friendship Circle
Do you own a small business? Do you have a crafty talent you would be willing to share with others? Does your place of employment like to donate to good causes? The For His Glory mission auction is looking for donations of new items for our upcoming auction on October 12th here at St Paul. We would love to have a huge variety of items for people to bid on so we can support missions far and wide. If this sounds like something you can help with, please contact Dorothy Helmreich (989-213-1515), Denise Daly (989-992-8491), Heidi Schultz (989-450-0975). or Andra Warren (989-245-6451).
Stewardship - An Act of Faith
Luke 14:11 – “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Psalm 111:10). That’s called humility. The Lord is God and we are not. With that in mind, how could we not seek to follow His Word in all aspects of life? He knows what He is talking about and we don’t. If you believe that, then striking out on a path of faithfulness in the realm of stewardship is a lot easier: it just makes sense.
Valley Vision
Click here to see the July Valley Vision.
Hymn Festival “I Am Baptized Into Christ: The Devil’s Might Unraveled.”
On Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church in Auburn, Michigan will be hosting “I Am Baptized Into Christ: The Devil’s Might Unraveled.” The Commentators for the hymn festival will be Rev. Stephen Starke and Rev. Aaron Schian. Kantors for the service will be Nathan Beethe, Jon Eifert, and Brian Heinlein. There will be a Mass Choir composed of members from area congregations, instrumentalists, and pipe organ.Anyone who wishes to participate in the mass choir should contact Kantor Nathan Beethe at kantor.graceauburn@gmail.com or they can call or text him at (989) 878-2103. Please mark your calendars for this exciting event!
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