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This Week at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville
November 10, 2024
"Grow in Faith, Serve with Love, Invite into Fellowship"
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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, November 10
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 William, Travis, Julie, Alex, Herb, Charles, Alicia P., Jane, Samantha, Michael, Steven, Rick, Dick, Dave M., Lucy, Janet K., Amy C., Ruth, Sid, Sandy L., Pat, Marlene, Nancy, Garnet, Chip, Sandy F., Alice, Jean, and Mark. We pray that your comforting Spirit be present with the Hujsak and Tabakin families as they grieve the death of Dick. We pray for all those affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. 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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Grow With St. Paul's
This week we continue our worship series based on the Parable of the Sower in Mark 4:1-9. This parable is such a simple way to think about our faith as Jesus compares our lives to the growth of seeds in four different soils. We have a diorama in the Sanctuary to help us visualize the parable, and we encourage you to check it out and to consider how each of us can provide the most fertile soil for spreading the message of Jesus.
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Thanksgiving Food Bag Packing
Please join us to pack 300 Thanksgiving Food Bags for Honey Brook Food Pantry on Saturday, November 9 from 10 - 11:30 am. Thrivent Financial will be supplying pizza for the event! Please RSVP to let us know you are coming. This is a great event for families and individuals of all ages. Looking forward to seeing you on the 9th.
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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 https://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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Younger Families Game Day
YOUNGER FAMILIES - COME TO OUR ST. PAUL'S/ST. MATTHEW'S GAME DAY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 10! We will meet in St. Matthew's Christian Life Center (CLC) from 4:00 to 5:30 pm to have some fun and get to know other families in our two congregations. Our new Family Ministry Team is hosting this event as a way to develop more opportunities for our preschool and elementary-age families to connect, both within and between our two churches. This is a fee-free event! Sign up is encouraged to help with planning, but not required. You can sign up here: Nov. 10th Family Games. If you have questions, please contact Craig Miller at craigyouthmin@gmail.com. See you there!
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Celebration for Lyndsey Holmes!
We will all gather in the Fellowship Hall on November 24 after the late service to celebrate Lyndsey's wonderful eleven years as our Director of Music! Please sign up for your attendance and choice of potluck item. Feel free to invite guests who have interacted with Lyndsey (just let us know), and we will make sure to have food for all.
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Thanksgiving Community Service
Please join with people of all faiths as we celebrate and worship together on Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 7 pm at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church at 2440 Conestoga Road, Chester Springs. (Click here to view online.) The service will feature sharing, prayers and music sponsored by the Interfaith Action Community and the Exton/Lionville Ministerium. Please bring canned goods as an offering for the local food banks! We hope you can attend and celebrate with your neighbors!
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Homemade Pumpkin Pie Sale
Let Social Ministry make your Thanksgiving easier! We are selling HOMEMADE pumpkin pies to raise money for our Toys for Tots drive. Every pie sold will provide at least 1 toy to a child in need.
9" Homemade Pumpkin pies are available for $25 each. Orders must be placed and paid for by Sunday, November 17. Please place a payment in the council president's mailbox or hand it to Kyle or Anne Wiest. Please make your check payable to St Paul's with Pie Sale in the memo.
Pies will be available for pick up before and after church on Sunday, November 24.
We are only planning on making 20 so get your order in early! Sign up here.
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Upcoming Local Music Performance
St. John's Lutheran Church in Phoenixville will present a performance by Flutist Jocelyn Crosby along with her flute partner Faith Wasson and pianist Doug Wimer. The performance will take place on Sunday, November 10 at 4:00 pm.
The concert is part of the 2024-2025 concert series at St. John's and is offered as musical outreach to the greater Phoenixville community. No tickets are required but a free-will offering, with a suggested $10 donation, will be received. Click here for more information.
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Lutheran Disaster Response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton
You have no doubt seen the news stories about the devastation from Hurricanes Helene and Milton in Florida, especially in North Carolina and Tennessee. Entire towns, roads and bridges have been washed away, and millions remain without power and cell service. As always, Lutheran Disaster Response is always "first in and first out" supporting those in need. If you are able, you can make a gift to support these efforts at this link. Thank you so very much!
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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.
OUR NEXT 6TH-8TH GRADE "MANIA!" EVENT will be on Sunday, November 10 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm! Unfortunately, we won't be able to have a cookout as originally planned due to the countywide burn ban, but we will still have outdoor games and activities, and we will make s'mores using an alternative, non-open-flame method! Sign up here to join us: Nov. 10th MANIA! Event. Feel free to bring a friend!
SHARE A SPECIAL “FRIENDSGIVING” WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL OASIS GROUP. We will gather on Sunday, November 17 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at the Sanders’ family home. Bring a friend or two and some food to share in our annual November celebration of thankfulness and friends. More info and signup links coming soon.
OUR NEXT YOUTH GAMING DAY AT UPLINK STUDIOS will be Sunday, December 1 from 1:00 to 3:30 pm. Bring a friend and come show off your e-skills. Cost is $20 per youth participant or $35 for two or more youth participants from the same household. Sign up here by Sunday, November 24 to participate: Dec. 1st Youth Gaming Day.
THE 9TH-12TH GRADE "OASIS" GROUP will meet on Sunday, December 1 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at St. Matthew's. OASIS is an opportunity for high school students to relax and unwind from the stress of school, activities, work, and other stuff. No deep topics or intense Bible study; just time to hang out, have fun, and eat food. Advance sign-up is not required; just show up!
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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Angel Needed
We are looking to borrow a large angel to put on this year's float in the Downingtown Christmas parade. If you have one that we can borrow, please contact Maureen in the church office (email or call 610-363- 6264).
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Help With Pop-Up Thrift Store Needed
Social Ministry will be meeting Sunday, November 10 after the late service to discuss plans for our pop-up thrift store. We'll be hosting the store in the parsonage to fundraise for both local charities and renovations to the parsonage. If interested in getting this off the ground, please feel free to join us or email Jenn Pindle.
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3rd Annual Toys for Tots Drive
Social Ministry is collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in Chester County. Toys for Tots collects toys for children of all ages. However, there is a shortage of toys for children under age 2 and above age 8.
Toys can be placed in the collection boxes in the airlocks or in the Narthex.
We are also collecting funds to purchase larger toys. If you would like to contribute in this way, please mark "Toys for Tots" on your check or envelope and place the donation in the offering.
Donations will be collected until noon on Tuesday, December 10.
Thank you!
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Gently Used Winter Coats Needed
Honey Brook Food Pantry is in need of gently used winter coats for kids through adults. Please bring to church and put in the designated boxes. Great way to clean out your closets and help someone in need.
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Holiday Parade - Save the Date
St. Paul's will once again be participating in the Downingtown Holiday Parade on Saturday, December 14. Help will be needed to work on our float, walk in the parade, and cheering us on along the route. Stay tuned for more information.
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In Touch Christmas Cards
This year the In Touch Ministry is sponsoring the mailing of the St. Paul's Christmas Greeting Card and we need help signing cards, stuffing and labeling envelopes. Join the fun in-between services on Sunday, December 8, 9:15 am, in the upstairs fellowship hall. All are invited to help out and a light breakfast will be served. Contact Kirsten McCurdy with any questions and sign up to help online.
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Crafters Meetings
Crafters usually meet on Wednesdays at 10 am. They will not be meeting on Wednesday, November 27. All are welcome!
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Coffee Fellowship Help
Most coffee fellowship slots for November and December are open. Why not share some coffee and holiday treats after services? Sign up to help online or in the narthex.
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Volunteer Your Time to St. Paul's
In December, we will be scheduling our next session (March through May) of volunteers to help support our worship services at St. Paul’s. Positions include altar care, assisting minister, lector, usher, and acolyte. More information and descriptions of positions can be found online. If you would like to volunteer, please fill out the pink insert in this week’s bulletin or in the narthex or use our online form. We are especially in need of altar care, assisting minister, and acolyte volunteers. Thank you so much for considering how you can help!
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