This Week at St. Paul's!

This Week at

St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville

June 2, 2024

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

Second Sunday after Pentecost

9:30 am - Combined 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.

Graduate Celebration June 2

On Sunday, June 2 at the 9:30 am outdoor service, we will celebrate our high school graduates. I hope you can attend as we celebrate their achievements and offer them faith gifts to bless them as they move to new ventures in their lives!

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.

Thank You for Supporting our Twin Valley Coffee and Freddy's Fundraisers

We raised over $500 for our St. Paul's/St. Matthew's youth ministry thanks to your generosity, which adds to our total of over $6,000 dollars raised! Our fundraising is winding down for summer as we get ready to head off to Clay County, West Virginia in June for our Appalachia Service Project work week, and then travel to New Orleans in July for the ELCA Youth Gathering. We will have a special "Thank You" event in the fall; watch for details!

Coffee Fellowship

July and August sign ups are now available! Team up with friends, family, or your church group to provide snacks and prepare coffee on Sunday mornings. Sign up in the narthex or online at StPaulsLionville.org/events.

Crafters Schedule Changes

The Crafters will not be meeting on July 3. Beginning Wednesday, June 5 we will meet in the Picnic Grove (weather permitting) at 11am for lunch and various projects.

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).

Thank You from the Preschool!

A special and heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make the preschool’s 30th and final graduation a wonderful evening. From the parents to the kids to the staff to the board to the alumni teachers and kids, we appreciate all of you. Although bittersweet, St Paul’s Preschool has been a blessing to so many children (nearly 1,000) and families. We are grateful for every single day!

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.

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 ASAP!

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!

MIDDLE SCHOOL MANIA! GOES TO URBAN AIR IN DOWNINGTOWN on Wednesday, July 31 from 1:00 to 3:00pm. All 6th through 8th graders (including rising 6th and just-completed 8th) are invited to join us for an afternoon of jumping and other fun! Friends are welcome to come, too. Family cost is $20 for one youth participant, or $35 for two or more youth participants from the same household. Sign up here to save your spot: July 31st Middle School Urban Air Event.

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!

Final Week to Grab an Envelope from the Youth Donation Board in the CLC

If you haven't had the opportunity to grab an envelope for a specific need on our summer youth trips, get it now as they will be gone after June 2! Envelopes with donations included can be returned to the church office or placed in the offering plate on Sunday.

Rare Birds Amish Lunch

Please join us on Tuesday, June 11 at noon for an Amish Wedding Lunch prepared by Naomi Stoltzfus at 1853 Agape Court, East Earl, PA 17519. Please give the $30 per person fee to Karen Lammey in cash or check on the day of the event or with Venmo (Karen-Lammey). We need a correct count for this event, so please RSVP to Karen by Monday, June 3. Hope you are able to join us on the farm.

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.

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 has one remaining upcoming opportunity for you to be trained in our congregation's Youth Protection Policy (again, training which is required by the policy). It will be held on Sunday, June 2 from 10:45 to 11:45 am at St. Matthew'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.

Serve with Love

A “Serve with Love" survey will be inserted into bulletins in June and available in the narthex, or you can click here to submit the survey online. Submitting this survey notifies the office if you would like to start volunteering, volunteer in another capacity, or step back from volunteering. If you serve Sunday mornings and will be away in September, October, or November, you can avoid being scheduled by emailing those dates to Maureen at Maureen@StPaulsLionville.org. Visit StPaulsLionville.org/volunteers for the most up-to-date volunteer schedule. Thank you so much for serving!

Rejoicing Spirits Service June 9

The next Rejoicing Spirits service at St. Paul's will be Sunday, June 9 at 4:00 pm. Rejoicing Spirits offers an uplifting and inclusive worship service that features joyous singing, Bible readings by those it serves, individual prayers, interactive participation, and a brief, meaningful message - all in a “no-shushing” environment. Worshippers are encouraged to be themselves!