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This Week at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville
January 5, 2025
"Grow in Faith, Serve with Love, Invite into Fellowship"
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Second Sunday of Christmas
Sunday, January 5
8:00 am Traditional Service
9:15 am Faith Formation (for all ages)
10:30 am Contemporary 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 Elaina, Adam, Anne, Samantha D., Patty, Deb, Helene M., Tom, Garrett, Jen, William, Alex, Charles, Jane, Samantha, Michael, Steven, Rick, Dave M., Lucy, Janet K., Amy C., Ruth, Sid, Sandy L., Pat, Marlene, Nancy, Garnet, Chip, Sandy F., and Jean. We lift up Daniel, Zach, Alistar, and Chris in the military. We pray for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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MLK Day of Service
On Monday, January 20 from 9:30 am - 12:00 pm, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will celebrate Dr. King’s legacy of service by offering the following volunteer opportunities.
● Food collection at the Chester Springs ACME
● Living Love Lunches Personal Hygiene Care Packages (assemble and write
notes of encouragement)
● Church and Parsonage clean up (vacuuming, dusting, polishing, plus much
more!) & Removing and Storing Christmas Decorations
We will gather in the church Narthex at 9:30am for light refreshments, a group picture, and a send-off prayer. Sign up here to participate. For more information contact Gwen Werner.
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Food Donations For College Info Panel
This coming Sunday, January 5, as part of our special college info panel for high school students, we are having a taco bar dinner, and we are looking for donations of food and taco ingredients. If you can help, please go to this Signup Genius to indicate what you can bring. If you have a youth that is planning to attend, they can simply bring the donation with them when they get there; if not, you can drop off your donation at St. Paul's anytime between 4:30 and 5:30pm this coming Sunday, January 5. Thank you for supporting our ministry to our high school students!
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Director of Youth Ministries
Craig Miller will be on leave from January 6 through February 3, 2025. As a society we are becoming very aware that taking care of one’s personal health is vital and we pray this time of rest and recharging is a blessing to Craig. During this time Pastor Stuart (and Pastor Christian) and our excellent team of adults will be leading our youth ministry. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Pastor Stuart.
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Brickside Brunch for Living Love Lunches
We are partnering with Brickside Grille (in Eagleview) to raise funds for Living Love Lunches. They have a buffet brunch on Sundays from 10 am until 1:30 pm. Our designated Sunday is the first one of the month, so our next fundraising date will be Sunday, January 5, starting at 10 am.
When you present our flyer or email, Brickside will return 15% of your purchase to St. Paul’s for Living Love Lunch supplies. You must show a printed flyer or show it on your phone. Flyers can be picked up in the narthex or accessed online here.
The spread is amazing including many breakfast, lunch and seafood items. The cost is $33 which includes coffee, tea or soft drinks. Thanks in advance for taking one for the team by eating too much!!!
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St. Paul's Thrift Store Accepting Donations!
St. Paul's will be hosting a pop-up thrift store the 1st week of February and we need your donations! A pop-up thrift is like an indoor garage sale. From now through January, your donated items can be placed in the designated room in the parsonage from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm on Sundays! Instead of bringing your items to Goodwill, consider donating to the sale. Household goods, toys, holiday decorations, small furniture, gently used clothing, etc. is all needed. Proceeds from the sale will be used to make repairs to the parsonage as well as be donated within the community. Please contact Jennifer Pindle with questions.
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Congratulations to Daniel Ledinh!
Congratulations to Daniel Ledinh, one of our St. Paul's/St. Matthew's 11th graders, for being selected to participate in Appalachia Service Project's Youth Leadership Summit in February! Participants are chosen from a group nominated by peers and adult leaders, and will spend a long weekend in February with like-minded individuals, ASP staff, and other leaders in Jonesville, VA building leadership skills, exploring what it means to be servant-minded, and learning about advocacy issues related to Central Appalachia.
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Making Sense of the Christian Faith Adult Class
Starting on Sunday, January 5 at 9:15 am, Pastor Stuart’s adult class will be starting a video-based class in room 207 called “Making Sense of the Christian Faith.” The study is led by David Loose, a very well-respected seminary professor and pastor of the ELCA. We hope you can join to learn, grow and make some new friends!
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Living Love Lunches
Our next Living Love Lunches lunch packing event is on Tuesday, January 21 at 6:30 pm. Please stop by the fellowship hall and lend a hand. Thank you!
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Christmas Eve Street Signs
If you took a sign advertising our Christmas Eve worship times, please remember to bring it back to church so it can be reused next year. Thanks so very much for advertising the services!
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Volunteers Needed for 2026 Church Council Nominating Committee
In order to speed up the annual meeting in February, we are looking for folks to volunteer ahead of time to serve on the 2026 Church Council Nominating Committee.
The committee identifies good candidates to serve on Church Council and then asks if they are willing to serve.
It is a short term commitment in November and December 2025.
If you are interested or would like more info on what is involved, please reach out to Kyle Wiest.
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Thank You So Very Much!
On behalf of all the staff at St. Paul’s, we thank you so very much for the collected Christmas gift from the congregation. We all serve for the joy of helping our church and community, but your collected expression of thanks is so appreciated by all of us!
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Christian Unity Service
This year celebrates the 1,700 year anniversary that churches have been cooperating with each other since the first Christian Ecumenical Council. As we do each year, the Exton/Lionville Ministerium will be hosting a worship service to celebrate this unity. This year the service will be on Sunday, January 19 at 4 pm at Covenant Presbyterian Church (400 Lancaster Ave, Malvern, PA) and the guest preacher will be Pastor Stacy Gonzalez from Grove Presbyterian Church. (You can also watch the livestream at Covenantfrazer.org)
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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.
HEY, 6TH THROUGH 8TH GRADERS - DON'T MISS OUR THREE KINGS PARTY on Sunday, January 5 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm at St. Matthew's! Come celebrate this cultural event to mark the arrival of the three kings, or wise men, in Jesus' birth story. We will have special foods, activities, and games for the occasion. Sign up here to join us: January 5th Middle School MANIA! Three Kings Party.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS - ARE YOU WONDERING WHAT MAY BE IN STORE FOR YOU IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO GO TO COLLEGE? We are going to have a special session with current St. Paul's and St. Matthew's college students on Sunday, January 5 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at St. Paul's, to give you the opportunity to hear about their experiences and ask any questions you may have. This will be geared toward current 11th and 12th graders, but younger high school students are welcome to come, too, especially if you are already thinking about college. Dinner will be provided. To reserve a spot, please sign up here: Jan. 5th College Q&A.
OUR NEXT HIGH SCHOOL 'OASIS' GET-TOGETHER will be Sunday, January 19 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at St. Paul's. Come relax and unwind from the stress of school, activities, jobs, and anything else. No heavy topics or deep Bible studies; just an opportunity to "be." No advanced sign-up necessary; just show up! Open to all 9th through 12th graders, including friends.
A GOOD WORKS YOUTH WORK DAY IS SCHEDULED for Saturday, January 25 from 8:15 am to 3:45 pm (meet at the Good Works warehouse in Coatesville). Come spend the day helping fix up homes for families who don't have the means to do it themselves. Anyone in eighth through twelfth grade is welcome to join us, including friends. Sign up here by January 15 to participate: Jan. 25th Good Works Workday.
THE ANNUAL TUSCARORA LUTHERAN YOUTH RETREAT will be Friday evening, April 4 through Sunday, April 6 at the Tuscarora Inn and Conference Center along the Delaware River. Sixth through twelfth grade youth from Lutheran congregations across southeastern Pennsylvania will gather to have fun, make new friendships and renew old ones, and engage in activities around this year's theme of Prayer. The cost is $175 per registrant if registered before February 15; scholarships are available. Registration is open now; sign up here if you are interested in participating: Tuscarora Lutheran Youth Retreat.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW FOR NEXT SUMMER'S APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT WORK WEEK! Our annual work week with ASP will be Saturday, July 12 through Saturday, July 19, 2025. All current 7th through 12th graders are welcome to join us for a meaningful week of memorable fun and eye-opening experiences as we travel once more to Central Appalachia to help make people's homes safer, warmer, and drier. To register, go to the online ASP Registration Portal and use group code 15902 to find our trip. If you haven't participated in ASP before, you will need to create an account first; be sure to create the account in the participant's name, not the parent's! If you have questions about ASP, contact Craig Miller at craigyouthmin@gmail.com, or 484-320-0785.
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New Church Directories Available
New church directories are now available in the narthex. Please feel free to take one per family.
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Director of Music
Documents related to our search for a new Director of Music are now available. If you or someone you know is interested, they can be found at StPaulsLionville.org/careers! Please keep this process in prayer as our discerning team receives information, starts to interview, and seeks God's direction.
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Parking Lot Improvement Committee
Do you have a knack for marketing, fundraising or just have a passion to see improvements at St. Paul’s come to fruition? If so, we’d love for you to be a part of this much-needed project!
We’re planning to raise approximately $100,000 during 2025 - through a variety of means - to completely repave our entire property.
We’d like to kickoff this project within weeks, so if you’re interested, please see Pastor Stuart or sign up online so we can schedule a meeting soon. Thanks!
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Blankets Needed
During this winter season, warm blankets are needed for the homeless in Chester. If you have a blanket you are not using, place it in one of the bins in the hallway and it will be distributed to the homeless.
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Coffee Fellowship Help
Sharing coffee, snacks, and fellowship after services is a St. Paul's tradition. Help us keep it alive by signing up to help by making coffee and providing goodies. You can sign up online or in the narthex.
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