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This Week at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville
March 29, 2026
"Grow in Faith, Serve with Love, Invite into Fellowship"
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Passion/Palm Sunday in Lent
Sunday, March 29
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 Anna, 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 Bianka, Liam, Daniel, Zach, and Alistair in the military. We lift up the Flach family as they mourn the passing of Chris' sister, Suzanne Moore. 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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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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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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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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Penny Wars are Back - with a Twist!
PENNY WARS END ON APRIL 12! As of Wednesday, Pastor Christian has raised $53.13 and Pastor Stuart has $47.99, so it's pretty close! In the youth competition, John Lueders from St. Matthew's has $47.82 and Zack Heath from St. Paul's has $28.87. The pastor and youth who raise the highest amount will "win" the privilege of performing in front of the congregations. If we raise $1,000 total combined, our Youth Director, Craig Miller, will be involved as well! Containers are in the narthex at both churches; be sure to vote with your pennies, coins, and dollars who you want to "win" in both contests!
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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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Crafters' Easter Candy
Crafters will be selling chocolate coconut and peanut butter Easter eggs for $10/box, after church services, beginning March 15. 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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Exton-Lionville Ministerium Hygiene Kit Project
Our local churches are very excited to offer this cooperative event to bless our community! We're collecting funds to purchase hygiene kit supplies in bulk. Then, on Saturday, May 16 at 10 am we’ll be assembling the kits. The kits will then be distributed to numerous local ministries to bless people in need in our community. If you would like to learn more, donate or sign up to help assemble the kits, please go to ELMinisterium.org!
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Pop Up Thrift Sale
Our next pop up thrift store will be on Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12 from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm in the parsonage. Donations, especially of home decor items, are welcome and may be left in the airlock between the two sets of double doors
at the front of the church.
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Rejoicing Spirits Service
Our next Rejoicing Spirits service will be on Sunday, April 12 at 4:00 pm. This is an informal, inclusive and adapted service open to all in the community, including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, regardless of faith background. The service includes joyous music, singing and brief, meaningful, pastor-led sermons.
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Musical Notes From Lindsay
March 29, 8:00 and 10:30 am Prelude:
"Ride on, King Jesus!" performed by the Jubilant Bells
The bells are BACK: Start your Palm Sunday with a Jerusalem-bound musical adventure!
Listen closely to the Jubilant Bells' performance of this beloved African-American Spiritual and you will hear moments of grand musical triumph, juxtaposed with "clomping" sounds meant to imitate the hooves of the donkey ridden by Jesus during his entrance into Jerusalem. We have been enjoying practicing it, and are excited to share this experience with everyone!
Children (and inquisitive adults) are welcome to sit near the bells during the prelude when this selection will be performed.
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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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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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 FOR ST. MATT’S EASTER EGG HUNT! We need 6th through 12th graders who can help hide eggs and run events St. Matthew’s Easter Egg Hunt. Helpers are needed on Saturday, April 4 from 8:30 am to 11:00 am at St. Matthew's. Sign up at StPaulsLionville.org/youth to help.
OUR HIGH SCHOOL OASIS GROUP meets again on Sunday, April 12 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at St. Paul's, in the upstairs Youth Room. We will continue our Bible Dive series with a focus on the history of the early Christian church, from Acts up through the first three hundred years. Our first two Bible Dive sessions have had some really deep, thoughtful discussion and reflections; come and see what this is all about. All ninth through twelfth graders are welcome to attend, including friends. No advance signup necessary; just show up!
APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT PREP SESSION #1 will take place on Sunday, April 19 from 4:00 to 5:30 pm at St. Matthew's. All those who have signed up for our ASP week in July are asked to come to meet the rest of the group and begin making plans for our upcoming trip!
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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