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This Week at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Lionville
July 7, 2024
"Grow in Faith, Serve with Love, Invite into Fellowship"
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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
9:30 am - Combined Service
Everyone is welcome!
Attend in person or worship online
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Our Prayer List
We pray for Carol, 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.
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Vacation Bible School Registration Ends This Sunday, July 7
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). New this year: DISCOUNTS for parent volunteers!! See website or registration form for details.
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).
We have plenty of room for campers and volunteers! Please share with your friends!
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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.
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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.
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Looking for Youth Help Decorating VBS Staff Shirts
We need some rising 6th through just-completed 8th graders to help decorate VBS Staff T-shirts on Friday, July 12 at 11:00am at St. Paul's. Come spend an hour decorating shirts, then enjoy a pizza lunch afterward. Sign up here to help: July 12th VBS Shirt Decorating.
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Thank You from Living Lunch Ministry
Thank you for the abundance you shared with the Loving Lunch Ministry in June! As always, everyone was so grateful for the lunches, soda, water etc.! Thanks again for your support of those who call the streets their home.
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Rare Birds
Please join us at the Marchwood Tavern for lunch on Tuesday, July 9 at 12:00 pm. Since it’s Tuesday they’ll have special bargains on tacos, but their full menu will be available. Please RSVP to Karen Lammey by
Sunday, July 7.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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 nearby 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.
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First Aid Kits for ELCA
You are invited to join in and support the In-kind Offering at the upcoming ELCA Youth Gathering. SEPA Synod, along with the rest of Region 7, are collecting small first aid kits. Simply click the links below to go to an Amazon or Target Wish List. Then add the small first add kit to your cart. When you check out, double check that the delivery address is to Kenner, LA (Christ the King --Accompaniment ELCA Youth Gathering). Thank you for your generous support!
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