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This Week at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville
February 22, 2026
"Grow in Faith, Serve with Love, Invite into Fellowship"
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First Sunday in Lent
Sunday, February 22
8:00 am Traditional Service
10:30 am Cotemporary 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 JB, Bob, Lois, Dave, Marla, Fred, Garrett, Matt, Luke, Carson, Brenda, Linda, Ben, Belinda, Fran, Keith, Deb, Mary, Diana, Corky, William, Melissa, Jerry, Diana, Janet, Eamon, Arthur, Kim, Sue, Gene, Anne, Samantha S., Samantha, Steven, Rick, Lucy, Janet K., Amy C., Pat, Marlene, Garnet, Chip, and Jean. We pray that your comforting Spirit be present with the family and friends of Knute Harold Leidal, father of Knute A. Leidal, as they mourn his death. We lift up Bianka, Liam, Daniel, Zach, and Alistair in the military. We pray for peace in Sudan, Ukraine, and the Middle East. We pray for those we now name aloud or lift up quietly in our hearts.
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Tell Us About Bring-A-Friend Sunday
The Invite and Welcome Team would love your feedback on this survey, even if you didn't attend or invite anyone to Bring a Friend Sunday!
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Wednesday Lenten Services
During the Wednesdays of Lent (February 25-April 1) we will have brief
services at 7 pm which will include The Gospel of Luke movie. More information on the Gospel of Luke Lenten worship series is coming soon. All are welcome to join us!
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The Lenten Gospel of Luke Starts This Week
This Lent we are exploring the Gospel of Luke. The series offers the daily opportunity to read, or listen to the Gospel of Luke while the worship services focus on what we have read. On Wednesday evenings we are watching the movie The Gospel of Luke, word for word from the Bible with actors on location acting out the text. Best of all, there are weekly Bible study groups where you can discuss what you’ve read while making friends. To learn more or sign up for Bible study or the daily readings from Luke, please visit StPaulsLionville.org/luke. We hope this series will be a blessing to you!
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Spaghetti Dinner Food Donations
LOOKING FOR SPAGHETTI DINNER FOOD DONATIONS! We are looking for people to donate food and supplies for our March 6 Spaghetti Dinner. Donations should be dropped off at St. Paul's by Thursday, March 5 or at St. Matthew's by noon Friday, March 6. Sign up here to contribute: Spaghetti Dinner Food Donations.
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Easter "Air-Lock" Door Greeters
The Worship & Music Planning Team received a lot of positive feedback on having additional greeters outside of the "air-lock" entrances at our Easter services and would like to continue the tradition. This is an excellent “one-time” opportunity for a husband-and-wife (including children) team planning to attend one of the two services. To aid you in performing this responsibility, a simple written description will be provided. Please contact John Peiffer (610-363-9535 or extonpeiffers@gmail.com) if you have any questions or would like to volunteer for one of the services.
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Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Youth Fundraiser
The annual spaghetti dinner and youth fundraiser will be held on Friday evening, March 6 at St. Matthew's! As in past years, there will be two seatings, one at 5:30 pm and one at 7:00 pm. Unlike past years, tickets will not be sold but a freewill offering will be collected to benefit the St. Matthew's/St. Paul's youth ministry; suggested donations are $10 per adult and $5 per child 12 and under, or $30 per family. To reserve your seats, go to this link: March 6th Youth Spaghetti Dinner.
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Leadership Gathering, Sunday, March 1
All of St. Paul’s leaders, official or unofficial, are invited to gather on Sunday, March 1 after the second service in the fellowship hall. It is always good when St. Paul’s leaders gather together for conversation, planning and supporting one another! We also want to thank you for all you do! We’ll have lunch and then some conversation afterwards. Please sign up to attend online. We hope you can attend!
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Musical Ensemble Information
If you're an ensemble-member at St. Paul's (or would like to be!), you can now get all the information you need about upcoming anthems and performance dates at the St. Paul's Music Canva page.
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CPR and AED Training
St. Paul's is hosting CPR and AED training provided by the Uwchlan Ambulance Corp. The training is Sunday, March 15 at 1:00 pm in Classroom 207. Please come learn how to perform CPR and how to use an AED (or for a refresher). The training cost is being covered by St. Paul's. We need to have at least 10 attendees for the Uwchlan Ambulance Corp to provide the training. We are limited to 20 participants so please sign up right away. If you are interested in attending but this date does not work or we already have 20 people signed up, there is a spot on the signup to register your interest in a future session. The deadline to register is Sunday, February 22. The ambulance corp requires that participants be 12 years of age or older. Sign up online here.
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Emergency Contact Information
After some recent medical incidents at St. Paul's, we realized that it might be helpful to have emergency contact information on file for members. If you are willing, please email the church office to share your emergency contact information. You may also want to consider including a contact person in addition to a spouse. We'll record this in the secure church database, which the staff can access if needed.
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Monday Morning Bible Study
The Monday morning Bible study group is pausing their overview on World Religions and focusing on the Gospel of Luke for the Lenten season. They will resume there focus on World Religions after Easter. They meet on Monday mornings at 10:00 am in room 110 and run through Monday, May 18, 2026. Come when you can! For more information, contact Mary McCormick at Jandmmccormick@yahoo.com.
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Easter Food Drive
Please consider donating food or monetarily to St. Paul's Easter Food Drive. Food boxes will support families through the Care Center in West Chester, as well as families in need in the Downingtown and West Chester School Districts. Food donations should be dropped off at St. Paul's by Sunday, March 22. Monetary donations can also be dropped off at church. Checks should be made to St. Paul's with a comment about going to the Food Drive. You can view the contents of a complete food box and sign up to donate online or in the Narthex. Thank you for supporting local families.
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First Communion Retreat
All students fourth grade and older who are not yet taking communion are invited to the First Communion Retreat being held on Friday, March 13, from 5-8 pm. The evening will include dinner, lessons on Holy Communion, and fun activities. To learn more, please contact PastorStuart@StPaulsLionville.org.
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Living Love Lunches Packing
Please join us in packing 50 lunches for the homeless in Chester through Living Love Lunches at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, February 24 in the Fellowship Hall.
Donations of individual packages of chips, pretzels, crackers, cookies, applesauce are always welcome to help fill the lunches. Donations may be placed in the bin in the narthex labeled Living Love Lunches. Thank you for helping the homeless in Chester.
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Rare Birds Brandywine River Museum Trip
The Rare Birds (ages 50+) will be visiting the Brandywine River Museum on Thursday, March 12 at noon. Cost is $18 (age 65+) or $20 for adults. Lunch will be available at the Millstone Cafe in the museum. For more information, reach out to Karen Lammey.
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Chat and Chews Book Club
The Chat and Chews Sunday School Book Club meets on the THIRD Sunday of each month, however in February we will meet on the FOURTH Sunday, due to Friend's Sunday. We meet after the late service in the Lounge. Our next meeting will be on Sunday, February 22, and we will discuss 2 books: "The Nurse's Secret," by Amanda Skenandore, and "Prayer--Does it Make a Difference," Part 4, by Philip Yancey. You do not have to finish the book or even read it to join us in a lively and faithful discussion. Please contact Gwen Werner at ggwerner@verizon.net for more information. Happy Reading!
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St. Paul's Reading Phillies Game
St Paul's is going to the Reading Phillies game on Sunday, April 26. The game starts at 3:15 pm. The Philly Phanatic will be there that day. Tickets are $15.00 per person.
Payment by check made payable to Anne Wiest is due no later than Sunday, March 15. Payments can be handed to Kyle or Anne Wiest. Sign up online here.
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Crafters Meetings - Location Change
Please note that for the next several weeks the Crafters will be meeting in the Fellowship Hall as they make their Easter candies. The candies will be for sale soon and will help support the Crafters' various projects throughout the year.
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Musical Notes From Lindsay
Center for worship with these upcoming musical selections:
February 22
8:00 am Service
Gathering Hymn: My Soul Now Magnifies the Lord
This "new to us" opening hymn provides a triumphant musical setting, paired with text based on the Magnificat.. The recording linked above includes a powerful brass interlude between each verse. Listen, learn and enjoy! The melody will also be played for the prelude, so you'll have the opportunity to get another listen in before we sing together.
10:00 am Service
Gathering Song: Desert Song
This song calls us to lift up praise to God regardless of external life circumstances...a fitting selection for our first Sunday in the Lenten season. Enjoy this video from Brooke Ligertwood,, which includes a gorgeous and dynamic presentation of the lyrics.
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Sheets Needed
Sheets are needed for Lutheran World Relief projects. Any size or material. Place your gently used sheets in the bin under the table in the hallway.
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Lutheran Softball Team
If you're interested in learning more about or joining a Lutheran Church softball team in the Church Athletic League, please reach out to Pastor Chris Franz at pastorchrisfranz@gmail.com.
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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.
NEW DATE FOR POSTPONED YOUTH EVENT AT TOPGOLF IN KING OF PRUSSIA! We may have gotten snowed out on Sunday, January 25, but we have rescheduled this event for Sunday, February 22 from Noon to 3:00 pm! Spend a couple of fun hours showing off your golf swing (or developing one), eating, and having fun with friends! ALL youth in grades six through twelve are invited to participate, including friends. The household cost will be $20 for one participant, or $35 for two or more participants from the same household. Sign up here; don't throw away your shot! Jan. 25th Youth TopGolf Event.
THE NEXT GOOD WORKS YOUTH WORK DAY is Saturday, February 28 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 Monday, February 16 to participate: Feb. 28th Good Works Workday.
ATTENTION ALL YOUTH AND PARENTS: HELP NEEDED FOR THE SPAGHETTI DINNER AND FUNDRAISER! We need 6th through 12th graders, along with their parents, to come out and be part of the youth ministry's biggest fundraising event of the year. We're looking for people to help with setup, decoration, cooking, and serving on Friday evening, March 6. Sign up here to help out: March 6th Spaghetti Dinner Help.
OUR HIGH SCHOOL OASIS GROUP meets again on Sunday, March 8 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at St. Matthew's, in the downstairs lounge. We will continue our Bible Dive series with a focus on the history of the early Christian church, from Acts up through the first three hundred years. Our first two Bible Dive sessions have had some really deep, thoughtful discussion and reflections; come and see what this is all about. All ninth through twelfth graders are welcome to attend, including friends. No advance signup necessary; just show up!
YOUTH REGISTRATION FOR APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT IS NOW OPEN! Current seventh through twelfth graders are able to participate in this annual trip to Central Appalachia to help make homes safer, warmer, and drier for families in need. This year's ASP trip will be July 11 through 18 (Saturday through Saturday), with three prep sessions happening Sundays April 19, May 3, and May 31.
To register, go to ASP's registration portal at https://apps.skycog.com/reg/APPSERV/SignIn.asp and do the following:
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Log in to your ASP account. (If you have never attended ASP before, you will need to create a new account in the participant's name, not the parent's.)
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Enter 16866 for the group number, to find our trip.
- Complete the registration, release, and medical forms online.
The cost per participant will be $400; youth will have the opportunity to earn money toward their trip by helping with fundraisers in late winter and spring. This trip has filled up for the past three years, so don't wait too long if you want to come with us this summer! Questions? Contact Craig Miller at craigyouthmin@gmail.com, or by text or phone at 484-320-0785.
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SCAN QR CODE TO SIGN UP FOR YOUTH EVENTS
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January 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 01/27/26:
Given: $135,400
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.
- We have reached and exceeded our goal, which will allow us to repair sidewalks as well! Thank you!
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