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This Week at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville
August 3, 2025
"Grow in Faith, Serve with Love, Invite into Fellowship"
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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, August 3
9:30 am Combined 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 Melissa, Rachel S., Sue, Jerry, Joyce, Diana, Janet, Donna, Lois, Loretta, Eamon, Arthur, Hunter, Mike, Kim, Sue, Samantha M., Gene, Elaina, Adam, Anne, Samantha S., Helene M., Samantha, Steven, Rick, Lucy, Janet K., Amy C., Ruth, Sid, Sandy L., Pat, Marlene, Garnet, Chip, and Jean. We pray that your comforting Spirit be present with the Geischen family as they grieve the death of Michael. We lift up Daniel, Zach, and Alistar in the military. We pray for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East. We pray for those we now name aloud or lift up quietly in our hearts.
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Sunday School Registration
One of the most enduring and important gifts you can give a child is faith. To know that you are loved and special to God, so much so that Jesus died and rose from the dead for you, is the basic foundation of our faith. For most children, this faith grows through a Christian Education program like Sunday School!
Last year we had a fantastic Sunday School year and we're looking forward to this year being even better! You can learn more about the program and see this year's calendar at StPaulsLionville.org/sundayschool. We would ask everyone to register so the teachers can be well prepared and so we know about any special needs or allergies. You can register online here or there are also paper copies available in the narthex. This could be for your children, grandchildren or any family members or friends who would like to attend!
We want this gift of faith for every child we can bless! Filling out the registration form will help us be well prepared for the fall classrooms, so please do so as soon as possible. (Ages are potty trained through fifth grade.) If you have any questions, feel free to contact PastorStuart@StPaulsLionville.org or 610-804-1740 or our Sunday School Coordinator, Ginny Graham at vgg333@aol.com or or (610) 329-7437.
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LWR School Bags
St. Paul's will be assembling 400 school bags for Lutheran World Relief (LWR). LWR Kits are specifically designed to help people coping with poverty, disaster, conflict and more. School bag kits help keep education going during a crisis. The kits provide dignity and hope in the direst situations and are sent globally. Please consider donating new items only to help us fill our bags. Click here to sign up to donate. Please return to St. Paul's Lutheran Church by Monday, September 1.
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Thrift Store Donations
The thrift store is on hiatus for the summer, but we'll be back in the fall and are still accepting donations throughout the summer. Please leave items in the airlock at the entrance to the church. Home decor items are particularly popular with shoppers, but we appreciate all donations.
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Outdoor Service - August 24
On Sunday, August 24 at 9:30 am we will celebrate another wonderful outdoor service, weather permitting. Please dress appropriately for the heat or if it happens to be chilly. You might also want to bring some sunscreen and a lawn chair. (We will also roll out some chairs in case you forget one.)
The service will be followed by an ice cream social - all are welcome and no registration required!
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, this will not be offered on this date.
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Living Love Lunches
Our next Living Love Lunches lunch packing event will be on Tuesday, August 12 at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Please note that this is not our usual week for packing the lunches! Each month, St. Paul's Living Love Lunches program packs 50 lunches to help feed the homeless people of Chester. Please join us!
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Crafters Meetings
The Crafters normally meet in the downstairs area of the church on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 am. Meetings will be suspended for the month of August, and regular sessions will resume on Wednesday, September 3. Everyone is welcome!
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Drive Out Hunger Golf Outing
Calling all golfers! Join us for St. Matthew's Second Annual Drive Out Hunger golf outing, REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Thursday, September 18 at Kimberton Golf Club. Registration will be at 7:00 am with the Shot Gun at 8:00 am.
This year's event will benefit Grace Crossing Food Pantry, Coatesville Youth and Women's Alliance (CYWA), and the Chester County Food Bank. Open to all St. Matthew's and St. Paul's members and their friends & families! There will also be live music, raffle prizes, Mulligans and hole sponsors.
Cost is $125 per golfer (including BBQ lunch), or $20 just for lunch. Children under 10 eat free.
Registration Instructions:
Step 1: To register to Golf or for just the lunch, please fill out this Google form and hit "Submit."
Step 2: To pay for your registration, go the giving page at the St. Matthew's Church website... click the link here: https://stmatthews-church.org/give Once you're there, click "Give Online Now," select "Golf Event Fundraiser" from the drop-down menu, and pay.
If you have any questions, contact Patrick Miller: pjmill98@yahoo.com or 610-291-3002.
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Brickside Dining for Living Love Lunches
We are partnering with Brickside Grille (in Eagleview) to raise funds for Living Love Lunches. Once a month, Brickside will return 15% of your purchase to St. Paul’s for Living Love Lunch supplies. This now applies to any purchases throughout the day, including brunch, lunch, or dinner. Our designated Sunday is the first one of the month. Our next date will be Sunday, August 3. Please remember that you must bring a paper flyer (available in the narthex) or show it on your phone (available at StPaulsLionville.org/events) in order for a donation to be made.
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Follow Us on Social Media!
Did you know St. Paul's is on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube? Click on the links to follow us and be sure to like, comment, and share our posts with your friends, family, and neighborhood groups so they can learn more about all the great things happening at St. Paul's!
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"The Anxious Generation" Book Club for Parents with Young Children
This fall, our St. Paul's/St. Matthew's Family Ministry Team is offering a group book study around the New York Times bestseller "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness," written by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This compelling book discusses the impacts that smartphones, social media, and other societal trends have had on our youth, and offers practical (but counter-cultural) ideas on how to establish important boundaries for younger children and adolescents. We are particularly encouraging parents with young kids to join us, so that you can think about these things before you experience the pressure to get a smartphone for your child.
Our get-togethers will be held once a month on the second Sunday from 5:00 to 6:00 pm, alternating between churches. The first gathering will be an information and introductory session on Sunday, September 14 in the Fellowship Hall at St. Paul's; childcare will be provided. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at a reduced cost or can be bought at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, or other major book sellers.
If you are interested in attending the September 14 informational session, please sign up here so that we make sure to have adequate childcare in place. If you have any questions, you can contact Craig Miller at craigyouthmin@gmail.com, or 484-320-0785.
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Rise Against Hunger Meal Packaging Event
St. Matthew's and St. Paul’s are hosting a Rise Against Hunger meal packaging event on Sunday, October 19. According to our liaisons at Rise Against Hunger, our packaging event is the second largest community event in our region. Last year, over 360 volunteers came together to package more than 60,000 meals that we purchased. We have purchased and packaged more than 150,000 meals over the past 3 years!
While we will kick off planning for the 2025 event around Labor Day, we need 3-4 people to help send emails to local businesses and groups to find co-sponsors for the event (seeking financial contributions and also groups of people interested in packaging meals). We also need help in applying for grants from local grocery stores, insurance companies and banks. We have all of the form emails and attachments to easily copy and paste to assist in this task, and the involvement is on your own time and schedule. Many hands make light work! We appreciate any assistance in combatting food insecurity.
Please contact Troy Sisum at (610) 724-7357 or tdsisum1@yahoo.com if you are available to help. He will coordinate with interested individuals to help get started.
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Save the Date: Gala Benefit for Refugees
The Chester County Conference of Lutheran Congregations will be hosting a benefit for refugees on Sunday, November 9 from 4:00 - 8:00 pm at Penn Oaks Golf Club. The evening will include a live DJ, silent auction, and dinner, with proceeds going to support Palestinian and Ukrainian refugees. Cost is $100 per adult, $25 per child. For more information, contact Adventlutheranwc@gmail.com or (610) 436-0807.
Donations of items for the silent auction are also welcome. Please contact Pastor Chris Franz if you have items to donate.
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Coffee Fellowship Help
Do you enjoy having a cup of coffee and a snack while visiting after services? Everyone does! Please sign up to lend a hand and provide Sunday morning fellowship snacks and prepare coffee. Get together with friends, family, or your church group and have some fun! Sign up in the narthex or online at StPaulsLionville.org/events.
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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.
WE'RE HAVING A POOL PARTY! On Sunday, August 24, all youth going into the sixth through twelfth grades are invited to join us for a pool party from 1:00 to 3:30 pm at the Hummerstons' home, 32 Heron Hill Drive in Downingtown (near Marsh Creek State Park). Bring a munchie or dessert to share with the group; drinks and pizza will be provided. Sign up here to save your spot: August 24th Youth Pool Party.
OUR SECOND ANNUAL YOUTH KICKOFF LOCK-IN will be held Saturday evening, September 6 through Sunday morning, September 7 at St. Paul's! All sixth through twelfth graders (including friends) are invited to spend an overnight in the church building playing games, doing activities, eating food, and just generally getting to know more about each other. The event starts at 6:00 pm Saturday evening and ends with us leading worship at St. Paul's on Sunday morning, where our ASP participants will share stories from their trip to West Virginia this summer. Come late or leave early if you need to (with parental permission). Sign up here to avoid missing out on the excitement: September Youth Kickoff Lock-In.
HIGH SCHOOL OASIS RESUMES ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in the St. Paul's Youth Room. Come welcome our rising 9th graders to this opportunity to relax, chill out, and decompress from the stresses of school, activities, and other pressures of life. No heavy discussions or deep Bible studies; just a chance to breathe. Advance sign-up isn't required, either; just show up! As with most of our youth events, friends are welcome, too.
YOUTH EVENTS COMING IN SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER: Watch for information on a ropes course/teambuilding event, a canoe trip, a fall festival, and more!
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July Pave the Way Parking Lot Update
To learn more about this project and be part of God leading us forward, check out StPaulsLionville.org/parkinglot.
Project Finances as of 07/22/25:
Pledges: $99,265
Funds Received: $85,635
The drawing to the left shows our parking lot with a little over 100 spots.
- Each red car represents $1,000 in pledges.
- Each green car represents $1,000 in received funds.
- As the parking lot fills up with cars, we get closer to our goal of $100,000.
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