This Week at St. Paul's!

This Week at

St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville

June 16, 2024

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

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

9:30 am - Combined Service

Everyone is welcome!

Attend in person or worship online

Our Prayer List

We pray for Dave M., Sherri, Wrenly, 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.

Summer Family Fun Night, MOVED to Friday, July 12 from 5-7 pm

This event has been moved as the previous date was during the Exton Community Day! The Family Fun Nights are a lot of fun for all involved, but it takes volunteers for supplies and helping out! Please sign up here to help out in any way and here is the sign-up if you are attending. It's also a fantastic way to introduce someone to St. Paul's so please share this Facebook Event link!

Living Love Lunches June 25

Living Love Lunches is a program that provides packed lunches to the homeless in Chester. St. Paul’s will be contributing 50 packed lunches a month to the ministry. Please join us Tuesday, June 25 at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall to pack bagged lunches. All supplies will be provided. We need help making sandwiches and assembling the lunches. Please let us know you will join us by registering at StPaulsLionville.org/events.

Be Part of a New Family Opportunity

We are creating a new "Family Ministry Team" to plan events for, and consider ways to help and support, our younger families (elementary age and below) at St. Paul's and St. Matthew's. This team will meet on a regular basis, either monthly or every other month, to brainstorm and identify opportunities to more deeply engage younger families. If you are interested in being part of this team, please contact Craig Miller at craigyouthmin@gmail.com.

We are Looking for Care Package Goodies for our ASP Team while they are away in WV!

Items can be cookies, brownies, hard candy, Tastykakes, simple dollar-store puzzles and games, etc. Donations must be received by Wednesday, June 19 and can be left on the office porch at St. Matthew's or in the airlock at St. Paul's. Questions? Contact Craig Miller at craigyouthmin@gmail.com.

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!

Lutheran World Relief School Bags

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. Visit StPaulsLionville.org/events to learn more and donate items. New items only. Please return to St. Paul's Lutheran Church by September 1.

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 am-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).

Crafters Schedule Changes

The Crafters will not be meeting on July 3. We will be meeting in the Picnic Grove for the summer (weather permitting) at 11am for lunch and various projects.

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!

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.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH ESCAPE ROOM EVENING! On Thursday, July 11, we will meet at 5:00pm at a restaurant in Lionville/Eagleview for dinner, then wander over to Elite Escape Room for an hour of "Playroom Pandemonium!" The event is open to all 9th through 12th graders, including rising 9th graders and just-graduated high school seniors. Cost for the Escape Room is $20 per person; if you will be eating with us at the restaurant beforehand, bring $10-15 for your meal. (Craig Miller will cover the rest.) Sign up here to reserve your spot: July 11th High School Escape Room.

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.

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.

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.