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Roll Call Sunday - October 26, 2025
Our annual Roll Call Sunday celebration will be October 26! Anyone celebrating an "every 10th Year" anniversary in 2025 is invited to come to the Roll Call Service and Banquet at the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, October 26, 2025. If you were confirmed in one of those years at St. Paul or a sister congregation, you should receive a letter with details and a registration form. If you think this is you (or someone you know) and you haven't gotten a letter, it is possible that our records need updating, so please contact the church office to bring us up to speed.
To register yourself for Roll Call you can click here.
St. Paul in Prayer
All are invited to be a part of St. Paul in Prayer, a new group beginning here at St. Paul that will be meeting once a week to pray for our school, students, staff, and church. Each meeting will be one hour long as we use a specific format for praying using scripture as our guide. We will have an informational meeting on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 8:00 a.m. in the St Paul Ministry Center. Even if you do not have children or grandchildren at St. Paul, you may still come and join us in prayer. If you have any questions, please call or Text Heidi Schultz at 989-450-0975.
Adopt Our Cold Bar Program (St. Paul Hot Lunch)
Mrs. Sue Headings our Head Cook at St. Paul Lutheran School would like to invite St. Paul Church Members to consider the “Adopt Our Cold Bar Program”. Church members can learn more about the “Adopt our Cold Bar Program” in the brochure located near the ramp of the Ministry Center or by clicking here.
No time to shop?! Monetary donations are always welcomed and appreciated!
- Thank you Julia Appold & Leslie Kelley for sponsoring the Cold Bar during the week of September 22-24. We appreciate your generosity!
VLHS Homecoming Tailgate
Friday, September 26
Tailgate Begins 4:30 p.m.
Homecoming Parade - 5:45 p.m.
Football Game Kickoff - 7:00 p.m.
All St. Paul Church & School families are welcome!
We will be providing grilled hot dogs, chips, plates, napkins and cutlery.
Please bring a dish to pass, your own non-alcoholic beverage, lawn chairs or blankets for seating.
Look for our school tent with the St. Paul signs around it. It will be set up between the driveways at Valley.
Staying for the game? Seating in the stands could be tight so you’re welcome to bring your lawn chairs into the game and find a seat around the track toward the end zones with other VL fans!
Does your child have an EVENT PASS from a VL camp this summer? Use it for complimentary family admittance to the game!
We are looking forward to a fun filled evening with our St. Paul Lutheran School Family!
Please remember VLHS is a no alcohol/drug zone.
Ladies Aid
The next Ladies Aid meeting will be on October 6, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. We will be making cards for veterans. Also, if you have a friend in the congregation that you would like to see what Ladies Aid is all about, please bring them along.
Potluck and Silent Auction
St. Paul Church family and friends! All are invited to attend the For His Glory Mission silent auction and pot luck here at St. Paul in the Ministry Center on October 12th. This is a unique time to support local and away mission organizations by purchasing an item at the silent auction. Items available range from t-shirts, outdoor decor, pet supplies, gift certificates to "clean up" your computer, a child's wagon, passes to Dow Gardens and much more!!
Potluck will begin at noon! Bring your favorite dish to share with your church family!
Auction items will be out on Sunday morning, Oct 12th, to look at and bid on. Bidding will end between 1:00-1:30pm, depending on final amount of auction items. You do not need to be present to win, you just need the highest bid!
Come and enjoy fun, fellowship, and a good meal while helping those in need!!
Please contact Dorothy Helmreich (989-213-1515), Denise Daly (989-992-8491), Heidi Schultz (989-450-0975). Andra Warren (989-245-6451), or Ann Weiss (989-475-6456) if you have any questions.
JOY Group
JOY group will meet on Thursday, October 16th at 12 noon for lunch at the Ministry Center. Fellowship and something to make us use our brain will follow lunch See you there!
Ladies Aid - Color Tour
Ladies Aid is planning a local fall color tour for Saturday, October 18. We will meet at the MC by 9:00 a.m. to car pool and leave by 9:10 a.m. We’ll caravan to Sugar Springs for the Gladwin Showcase of Quilts display. Admission is $5. Then lunch (on your own) at one of the local restaurants. As we wind our way home, we’ll stop at an orchard for donuts and cider and possibly some little shops along the way. Please RSVP, especially if you’re willing to be a driver, to Ro Hardy 989-450-2377 or Melissa Appold 989-225-6902. It should be a casual, fun, fall girls’ day out and all ladies are welcome to join in.
St. Paul Book Fair - Save the Date!
Save the date for St. Paul's Scholastic Book Fair October 27th-31st in our school gym. If you are available during the school day to volunteer, please contact Kristen Glasser at 989-529-2962 for more information. Any amount of time volunteering is greatly appreciated.
Thank You
Thank you for the prayers, well wishes and card. I believe God's hand was guiding my surgeon all the way. Prayer helps and I had the faith it would be well worth it.
God Bless my St Paul Family, Bob Hofford
Thrivent Action Grants
Thrivent Action Grants are a fantastic way for Thrivent clients to lead a volunteer project in our St. Paul Lutheran Church and School community. Each grant provides up to $250 in "seed money" for projects such as fundraisers, service activities, and/or educational events. Thrivent Action Grants are a great opportunity to get a team together, live generously in faith, and make a small or significant difference in our church and school community. If you are a Thrivent client and have an idea for a project, you can learn more and apply at Thrivent.com/ActionTeams. If you have any questions, contact the office.
Lost Items
The ministry center kitchen and coffee bar area has recently been cleaned. During the cleaning, there were many lost items that have been found and have been placed in a designated area on the coffee bar. Please stop and see if any of these items belong to you!
RaiseRight - Formerly ShopWithScrip
A quick and easy way to raise money for your student or the school is to shop RaiseRight. Families that shop RiaseRight receive 50% of the rebate earned (which can be put towards tuition, extended care, hot lunch or VLHS) and St. Paul School receives the other 50% of the rebate earned. You can find instructions and more information by clicking here. Gift cards are available in the office, online or through the RaiseRight App.
Beautiful Church Music Seeking Vocal and Instrumental Musicians
Church Music is seeking brave souls to bring it to life each week. Are you a musician? Or maybe you just like hanging out with people who can read music and laugh at organist jokes? Then have we got a ministry for YOU! Choir meets at 6pm and Bell Choir at 7pm on Tuesdays in the church starting on September 9th. Contact Peter Schimm at (602) 781-4519, email peter.schimm@stpaulbaycity.org, or just sneak into rehearsal—we’ll notice you (and probably give you a folder). Rehearsals are fun, non-threatening, and occasionally involve snacks. Auditions consist of showing up and not fleeing. If you know of someone who should come, let them know you think so too!
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!
Stewardship - An Act of Faith
Amos 6:1a – “Woe to those who are at ease in Zion.” The Book of Amos is a warning to God’s people who have been given great material wealth. As Jesus Himself mentions, material blessings can turn into temptations — chiefly the temptation to think of ourselves as self-sufficient and independent. What does Amos suggest as a way to combat this temptation? First, faith in the Lord and dependence upon Him! And if our faith is right, we will want to follow the rest of Amos’ instructions — to bless the poor with our alms and to make sure the Lord’s House is properly cared for. In other words, we are called to align our actions with God’s priorities and put others ahead of ourselves.
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