This Week at St. Paul's!

This Week at

St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville

May 19, 2024

"Grow in Faith, Serve with Love, Invite into Fellowship"

Day of Pentecost

8:00 am - Traditional Service

9:15 am - Faith Formation (all ages)

10:30 am - Contemporary Service

Everyone is welcome!

Attend in person or worship online

Our Prayer List

We pray for John, Cassie, Julie, Dave, Lucy, Janet, Amy C., Ruth, Sid, Joanna, Bill H., Bill T., Sandy L., Amy D., Joy, Pat, Marlene, Nancy, Garnet, Chip, Sandy F., Alice, Jean, and Mark. We lift up Daniel, Zach, Alistar, Chris, and Adam in the military.

Outdoor Service and Picnic

On Sunday, June 2, we will celebrate a wonderful outdoor service (weather permitting) at 9:30 am followed by a great afternoon of food and fellowship. The church will provide hotdogs, hamburgers, and veggie burgers. To sign up to contribute to the meal and RSVP, click here or go to StPaulsLionville.org/events. If your family likes to play outdoor games, bring your favorite one along. This is always such a delightful event that it would be a great opportunity to invite a friend, neighbor or family member to worship that day!

Please note that for those who regularly watch our livestream, due to the complications of offering the livestream outdoors, only the pre-recorded sermon will be offered that morning.

Jubilant Bells' Final

Ring of the Season!

St. Paul's handbell ensemble, the Jubilant Bells, will be ringing at BOTH services this Sunday, May 19. This is our last ring of the season before we go on summer hiatus, so make sure to arrive early to catch the prelude. The bells are a great way to prepare our hearts for worship!

Confirmation of

Ava Finkbiner and Peyton Zurowski

We will celebrate the Confirmation of Ava Finkbiner and Peyton Zurowski at the 10:30 am service on Sunday, May 19. May God bless Ava and Peyton.

Serve with Love at St. Paul's

One of the best ways to grow in faith is to be used by God in a ministry! You bless others, bless the church and use the gifts God gave you. St. Paul’s ministry schedules run three months so you can easily jump in or step back when needed. How often you serve depends on the schedule. There are so many ways to serve - altar care, lector, worship assistant, usher, acolyte, and many more! We’ll be glad to help by providing a schedule, responsibilities, training and support! Click here to sign up now!

Preschool News

Please join us for our preschool graduation and end-of-school celebration on Thursday, May 23, at 5:00 pm. We will present our graduation program followed by a picnic for our families, staff, board, and generous community. Signups are required so there are enough treats for everyone! You can register online.

Want a Break from Making Dinner?

Please come support the St. Paul's/St. Matthew’s Youth Group and order dinner at Freddy’s Steakburgers at 221 Eagleview Boulevard in Exton on Wednesday, May 22 between 5:00 and 9:00pm. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the St. Matthew's/St. Paul's Youth Ministry. Just let them know you are here for the St. Matthew’s Fundraiser. We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your support.

Airport Transportation Needed for

Our ELCA Youth Gathering Team

We are looking for three or four drivers who would be willing to take our group to Philadelphia airport on Tuesday morning, July 16 and/or pick us up upon our return Sunday morning, July 21. We will need to get to the airport at 4:00am on Tuesday, and our returning flight arrives at 12:30am on Sunday. If you are able to help, please sign up here: Youth Gathering Airport Transportation.

Community Yard Sale

Any books, games, toys, jewelry, tools, and household items you'd like to donate to this year's community yard sale can now be dropped off at the home of Tilly and Dick Hujsak. Please call ahead at 610-363-6898 to make sure they’re home. The yard sale is on Saturday, May 18, from 8:00-12:00 pm! All proceeds from the sale will go to The Chester County Food Bank.

Annual Free Shred Event

Your local Thrivent Community and The Pickering Group are hosting a free shred event on Saturday, May 18, from 9:00-11:00 am in the Thrivent Exton Office Parking Lot, 300 N. Pottstown Pike, Exton, PA. Bring your papers in bags or boxes. Staples, paper clips, and credit cards are acceptable. Please bring a donation for the West Chester Food Cupboard. DRIVE THRU Only, please stay in your vehicle.

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.

YOUTH NIGHT AT THE READING FIGHTIN' PHILS! Our youth ministry has been generously gifted with sixteen tickets to the Tuesday, July 9 Reading Phillies game against the Akron RubberDucks, which is also an Orion Kerkering Bobblehead Night! This event is open to ALL sixth through twelfth graders, but available tickets are limited; sign up here to save your spot: July 9th Reading Phillies Game.

OUR THIRD AND FINAL APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT PREP SESSION will be Sunday, June 2 from 4:00 to 5:30pm at St. Matthew's. We will learn more about our work crew teammates and spend some time practicing basic construction skills with hand tools and power tools. Please plan to attend if at all possible! Our ASP group leaves for Clay County, West Virginia on Sunday morning, June 23. If you haven't turned in your final registration payment, please do so by this coming Sunday, May 12!

OUR LAST ELCA YOUTH GATHERING MEETING will be on Sunday, June 9 from 4:00 to 5:30pm at St. Matthew's. Come and learn more about what we will see and do while we're in New Orleans in July for the Gathering!

Flat Sheets Needed

The quilters are in need of flat sheets for the back of the quilts. If you have flat sheets you are not using, please place them in the bin in the hallway marked Quilts.

Blood Drives

St. Paul's is holding a Blood Drive on Thursday, May 30, from 2:00-7:00 pm. To sign up, click here and enter "splutheran" as the sponsor code.

St. Elizabeth Parish, Chester Springs, is holding a Blood Drive on Saturday, May 18. You can register online.

Vacation Bible School

It's that time of year again! We are so excited for Camp Firelight VBS!

Dates and Time: Monday-Friday, July 22-26, from 9:00-12:00 pm

Ages: Children who turned 4 before January 1, 2024, through those who completed fifth grade in the 2023-2024 school year

Cost: $40 per camper, $30 for siblings (financial assistance is available; please speak with Pastor Stuart)

Camper registration forms can be found in the narthex or downloaded at StPaulsLionville.org/vbs. Follow the instructions on the form for how to submit it and provide payment. Registration form(s) and payment are due July 7, 2024 (exceptions will be made if your child’s class is not full).

Coffee Fellowship

Most slots for coffee fellowship through June 30 are available! Team up with friends, family, or your church group to provide snacks and prepare coffee on Sunday mornings and sign up in the narthex or online at StPaulsLionville.org/events.

Peanut Butter &

Jelly Drive

Peanut butter and jelly is needed by the Chester County Food Bank. During the school year, low-income students receive free or reduced lunches at school. However, over the summer, they lose this option. The Chester County Food Bank steps in to fill this gap by providing students with the ingredients to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Please consider donating a plastic container of peanut butter or jelly. Bins will be in the narthex through Sunday, June 2.

Living Love Lunches

Living Love Lunches is a program that provides packed lunches to the homeless in Chester. St. Paul's will be contributing 50 packed lunches a month to the ministry. Please join us Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall to pack bagged lunches. All supplies will be provided. We need help making sandwiches and assembling the lunches. To indicate interest, please click here or go to https://www.stpaulslionville.org/events.

Also, to support this ministry we welcome the following donations: Snack size chips/crackers, cookies or granola bars, bottled water or soda, sandwich bags (Ziploc type preferred doesn’t have to be name brand), napkins, gallon size bags, and reusable grocery bags (don’t have to be new).

No Knitters Club on Memorial Day

Please note there will be no Knitters Club on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. Feel free to join us this Monday, May 20 and Monday, June 3 though!

Prayer Team

If you would like to be part of the prayer team who is contacted when immediate prayer is needed, please contact the church office or pastorstuart@stpaulslionville.org. Also, if you have an immediate need for prayer, please don't hesitate to contact the church office or Pastor Stuart!

Attention All Adults Who Work with Youth, or Want to Do So

Under our congregation's Youth Protection Policy, everyone 18 and older who is involved in a direct, supervisory relationship with our youth and children must have completed background checks and YPP training within the past five years. Craig Miller is offering several opportunities for you to be trained in our congregation's Youth Protection Policy (again, training which is required by the policy), as well as on-site help in navigating the online request portals for the necessary clearances. Here are the dates:

Youth Protection Policy Training:

Sunday, May 19, 12:15-1:15pm at St. Paul's
Tuesday, May 21, 7:00 to 8:00pm ONLINE (via Zoom)
Sunday, June 2, 10:45 to 11:45am at St. Matthew's

Background Checks and Clearances Application Assistance:

Sunday, May 19, 11:45am to 12:15pm at St. Paul's

If you need help obtaining clearances and/or need to complete YPP training, please go to this link to sign up so that Craig can plan accordingly.

Personal Care Kits for Lutheran World Relief

Throughout the year we’ve been collecting items to assemble Personal Care Kits for Lutheran World Relief. Each kit contains a towel, bar of soap, a toothbrush, a comb and nail clippers and are distributed at refugee camps for self-care and critical germ fighting. We will be assembling these kits on Saturday, June 1, at 10 AM. If you’d like to lend a hand, please join us.

June Newsletter

Please submit your articles for the June newsletter by Friday, May 24, to Marisa at Marisa@StPaulsLionville.org. You read that correctly!

If you have a high school senior graduating, please email their name, a photo, high school name, and future plans for a spotlight in the newsletter