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This Week at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville
March 22, 2026
"Grow in Faith, Serve with Love, Invite into Fellowship"
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Fifth Sunday in Lent
Sunday, March 22
8:00 am Traditional Service
10:30 am Cotemporary Service
Attend in person or worship online
Everyone is welcome!
Second Sunday of Every Month:
4:00 pm - Rejoicing Spirits Service
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Our Prayer List.
We pray for Scott, Lauren, Bob, Lois, Dave, Marla, Fred, Matt, Luke, Carson, Brenda, Linda, Ben, Belinda, Fran, Keith, Deb, Mary, Diana, Corky, William, Melissa, Jerry, Janet, Eamon, Arthur, Kim, Sue, Gene, Anne, Samantha S., Samantha, Steven, Rick, Janet K., Amy C., Pat, Marlene, Garnet, Chip, and Jean. We lift up the Flach family as they mourn the passing of Chris' sister, Suzanne Moore. We pray that your comforting Spirit be present with the McIlvaine family as they grieve the death of Sue's sister, Joyce Carroll. We lift up Bianka, Liam, Daniel, Zach, and Alistair in the military. We pray for peace in Sudan, Ukraine, and the Middle East. We pray for those we now name aloud or lift up quietly in our hearts.
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Final Week - Easter Food Drive
Please consider donating food or monetarily to St. Paul's Easter Food Drive. Food boxes will support families through the Care Center in West Chester, as well as families in need in the Downingtown and West Chester School Districts. Food donations should be dropped off at St. Paul's by Sunday, March 22. Monetary donations can also be dropped off at church. Checks should be made to St. Paul's with a comment about going to the Food Drive. You can view the contents of a complete food box and sign up to donate online or in the Narthex. Thank you for supporting local families.
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A Fresh Format for Easter Morning
This year, we’re excited to introduce a new format for our Easter breakfast. Instead of a full breakfast, we will gather between services for a joyful Easter Coffee Fellowship featuring donuts, bagels, coffee, and more. We understand this adjustment may affect your plans and thank you for your understanding. We’re excited about this new format and the opportunity to enjoy time together as we celebrate.
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Help Needed - St. Paul's Easter Family Fun Night
We've had a large number of sign ups to attend our Easter Family Fun Night on Saturday, March 28 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, so it should be a great evening! The event will feature food, crafts, games, and a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt. If you are able to lend a hand, please sign up here. To register to attend, click here.
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Holy Week Services
We hope you can attend Holy Week worship services at St. Paul's and experience the full depth of God's love and power for your life! We will be offering the following services:
- Palm/Passion Sunday, March 29: 8:00 am and 10:30 am
- Wednesday Service, April 1, 7:00 pm: Continue watching the movie of the Gospel of Luke
- Maundy Thursday, April 2, 7:00 pm: Service with special Communion celebration
- Good Friday, April 3, 7:00 pm: Tenebrae service of light and darkness
- Easter Sunday, April 5: 8:00 am and 10:30 am
More details about service are available on our website. We look forward to seeing you during Holy Week and on Easter!
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Penny Wars are Back - with a Twist!
This year, we have a competition not only between Pastor Stuart and Pastor Christian, but also between two youth from our congregations! Zack Heath from St. Paul's is facing off against John Lueders from St. Matthew's. Beginning next Sunday, four jars will be in the Gathering Area with the participants' names on them. At the end of the competition on April 12, whichever pastor AND youth have the highest amounts in their containers will take part in a slightly embarrassing stunt. As an added bonus, if $1,000 is raised between both congregations, our Youth Director, Craig Miller, will be involved as well!
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St. Matthew's Annual Easter Egg Hunt
St. Matthew's annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held Saturday, April 4 beginning at 10:00 am at St. Matthew's. All kids from toddlers through 5th grade are welcome to come participate in the egg hunt and other Easter-related activities. (This is the week after St. Paul's Family Fun Night, so you can do BOTH!) If you know you are coming, sign up here to help us with planning the event: April 4th St. Matthew's Egg Hunt.
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Good Works Help Needed!
GOOD WORKS NEEDS LOTS OF HELP ON MARCH 28! They have to vacate their West Chester/Exton warehouse and move their supplies and equipment to another nearby storage facility and to their Coatesville site. We need adults and youth who can work either all day (8:30am to 4:00 pm) or half of the day (morning or afternoon). Lunch is provided for anyone who can stay the whole time. If you have a vehicle with lots of cargo capacity and are willing to bring it, that will help too! Sign up at this link by Tuesday, March 17 to be part of our work crew.
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Easter Flower Orders
St. Paul's will be ordering flowers to decorate the sanctuary on Easter. If you would like to sponsor a daffodil, lily, or tulips in memory or honor of a loved one, please submit this online form. Orders are due by Friday, March 20. Flowers can be picked up following the 10:30 am service on Sunday, April 5, or from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm on Tuesday, April 7. Dedications will be listed in the Easter bulletin. Each flower is $10. Please make your check out to "St. Paul's Lutheran Church" and write "Easter flowers" in the memo line. You can put your check in the offering plate, drop it off from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Thursday, or mail it to the church at 104 S. Village Avenue, Exton, PA 19341. If you have any questions, please contact the church office. Thank you!
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Crafters' Easter Candy
Crafters will be selling chocolate coconut and peanut butter Easter eggs for $10/box, after church services, on Sunday, March 22 and Sunday, March 29. The money raised will help support their projects. Crafters meet every Wednesday at 10 am but will not be meeting on April 1.
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Living Love Lunches
Please join us in packing 50 lunches for the homeless in Chester through Living Love Lunches at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, March 24 in the Fellowship Hall.
Donations of individual packages of chips, pretzels, crackers, cookies, applesauce are always welcome to help fill the lunches. Donations may be placed in the bin in the narthex labeled Living Love Lunches. Thank you for helping the homeless in Chester.
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First Responder Appreciation Sunday
On Sunday, April 12 at each of the services, we're honoring the First Responders in our community! The call to worship, message and music will celebrate those who bless our community, and they will also receive a small gift! Please feel free to invite any first responders you know using the invitations on the narthex table. Additionally, you can use this website StPaulsLionville.org/firstresponders to send an invite via email, text or social media.
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Incident Reporting
We've had a couple of recent medical incidents, which made us realize establishing an incident report process would be beneficial. We now have a binder labeled "Incident Reports" on the shared desk in the church office and some are also in the mailboxes under the front stairs. The binder contains a simple form you can fill out when it seems appropriate. Complete an incident report for any accident, injury, medical event, property damage, safety concern, or disruptive behavior occurring on church property or at a church-sponsored event. We will then file them in the church office. Thanks so much!
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Lenten Worship Series and Services
This Lent we are exploring the Gospel of Luke. The series offers the daily opportunity to read, or listen to the Gospel of Luke while the worship services focus on what we have read. On Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm we are watching the movie The Gospel of Luke, word for word from the Bible with actors on location acting out the text. Best of all, there are weekly Bible study groups where you can discuss what you’ve read while making friends. To learn more or sign up for Bible study or the daily readings from Luke, please visit StPaulsLionville.org/luke. We hope this series will be a blessing to you!
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Rare Birds at Antique Ice Tool Museum
The Rare Birds (ages 50+) will be visiting the Antique Ice Tool Museum in West Chester on Thursday, April 16 at 2:00 pm and stop for ice cream on the way home! The trip is limited to 18 people. For more information, reach out to Karen Lammey.
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Coffee Fellowship Help
Coffee fellowship sign ups through May are now open, and there are many available slots. Please consider making coffee and providing some treats for people to enjoy after services. Sign ups are available online or in the narthex.
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Musical Notes From Lindsay
Musical Moments: Women's History Month
Highlighting the profound contributions of Fanny Crosby
This phenomenal woman wrote the texts for over EIGHT THOUSAND HYMNS in her lifetime and served as an advocate for the blind and as a missionary in New York. Click here to learn more about Fanny.
Don't forget you can find many of our upcoming March hymns and praise songs on the St. Paul's Spotify playlist for March 2026.
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Monday Morning Bible Study
The Monday morning Bible study group is pausing their overview on World Religions and focusing on the Gospel of Luke for the Lenten season. They will resume their focus on World Religions after Easter. They meet on Monday mornings at 10:00 am in room 110 and run through Monday, May 18, 2026. Come when you can! For more information, contact Mary McCormick at Jandmmccormick@yahoo.com.
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Sheets Needed
Sheets are needed for Lutheran World Relief projects. Any size or material. Place your gently used sheets in the bin under the table in the hallway.
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Youth Ministry News
For the most up-to-date event information and signup links,
go online to the Youth Ministry web page at StPaulsLionville.org/youth.
CALLING ALL YOUTH - HELP NEEDED WITH OUR EASTER EGG HUNTS! We need 6th through 12th graders who can help hide eggs and run events for both congregations' Easter family events. Helpers are needed on Saturday, March 28 from 3:00 to 7:30 pm at St. Paul's, and on Saturday, April 4 from 8:30 am to 11:00 am at St. Matthew's. Here are the signup links to help: March 28th St. Paul's Easter Event Help, and April 4th St. Matthew's Egg Hunt Help. Sign up for one, or sign up for both - the more help we get, the better the events will be for our younger kids!
WE NEED YOUTH AT GOOD WORKS ON MARCH 28! Help move supplies, tools, and other equipment from their current West Chester/Exton warehouse to other storage. Come for the whole day (8:30am to 4:00 pm) or just half of the day (morning or afternoon); lunch is provided for anyone who can stay the whole time. Sign up here by Tuesday, March 17 to be part of our work crew: March 28th Good Works Youth Work Day.
WAITLIST FOR THIS SUMMER'S APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT WORK WEEK - Our trip is currently full, but if you were thinking about going and haven't registered yet, please notify Craig Miller at craigyouthmin@gmail.com. If we get four more interested youth and young adults we will try and add a fourth work crew.
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