Announcements
A special celebration will be held on SUNDAY, MAY 20TH AT THE 10:45 AM SERVICE to honor the following members’ anniversaries.
Pastor John Huber – 50 years in Ministry; Pastor Dean Bickel – 40 years in Ministry; Gayle King – 25 years as Associate in Ministry.
The Senior Lunch and Bible Study, led by Pastor John Huber, takes place the third Thursday of every month from noon to 1:30PM, come and join us in Christian Fellowship for this informal time to reflect and discuss. Bring your own sandwich, beverages are provided. The Bible Study meets year around. See you May 17th.
Pastor Christensen will be leading a servant group to the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation from July 21 to July 26, 2012. The cost of meals, lodging and programming for the week is $315. Transportation costs are additional. If anyone is interested in joining Pastor Christensen please contact him at pastor
stpaulstelford
org (pastorstpaulstelfordorg) or call or email the church office: secretarystpaulstelfordorg (secretarystpaulstelfordorg) ; phone: 215-723-8981.
July 16th- 7:00 PM in the Parlor
Jeanette Winterson accounts her grim girlhood in a sooty English industrial town in the 1960s, to tell her story very forthrightly. Winterson naturally begins by taking a truncheon to the standard memoir form. From the first page, it’s clear that this isn’t mere memoir. It’s too stylish and stylized. Horror and camp commingle. For the most part, this bullet of a book is charged with risk, dark mirth, hard-won self-knowledge. When Winterson writes, “I knew how words worked in the way that some boys knew how engines worked,” she’s right. You’re in the hands of a master builder who has remixed the memoir into a work of terror and beauty. Winterson was adopted, raised by evangelical Pentecostals in a working-class town in northernEnglandin the 1960s and ’70s. Her family’s house had no phone, no indoor toilet, intermittent heat and electricity and not quite enough food. Of the six books allowed on the premises, three were either the Bible or Bible commentaries. To the dismay of her mother, Winterson turned out to be brilliant, literary and defiant.
The library committee has been busy adding new titles to both the children’s and adult library. So please come and look at the new titles and take them home to read. The children’s new books are displayed on the top of the shelves in the yellow Sunday school room. When checking out a book just write your name on the book card and leave the card in the box or bin in the respective libraries. We started a small section of teenager books too in the adult library on the shelves under the Lutheran magazines. Enjoy.
May 22, Tuesday Chapel at Valley Forge: We will meet atSt. Paul’s at 10:45AM to car pool toValley Forge. Upon arrival we will have lunch, followed by devotions led by our host , the former Bishop of the SEPA Synod, the Reverend Roy Almquist. Currently the Reverend Almquist is Interim Rector at the Washington Memorial Chapel inValley ForgePark. Box lunches will be available for purchase at the adjacent Cabin Shop, or you may provide your own bagged lunch. If you wish to purchase a box lunch please note that on the signup sheet. Also please note your ability to drive. The Coordinator is Pastor Huber.
June 12, Tuesday 2:00PM –Maximize Your Memory. Patricia Anasiewicz, RN, MSN, MBA, CTTS is the presenter. She has been a clinical nurse for 30+ years and has earned two masters degrees. She is currently Community Outreach Nurse for Abington Health /LansdaleHospital and she currently works out of the Community Health Services Department. Mark your calendars. Light refreshments will be served. The coordinator is Winnie Murphy.
All ‘Senior Events’ are open to anyone of any age, friends, neighbors, cousins, etc. that may wish to attend.
The next concert in St Paul’s Concert Series is on Sunday, October 14th at 4 pm. St Paul’s very own, Tim Wolfe, Jr, professional bassist will be performing jazz and classical works for string bass. Tim will be joined by a saxophonist and pianist. Sure to be an enjoyable afternoon!
On November 11th at 4 pm, St Paul’s Concert Series will continue with a Hymn Festival sponsored by the choirs of St Paul’s. The theme of the festival is the Church Year. Come, sing and enjoy hymns representing the church year!
Music is a gift from God, a gift to be shared! We hope you can attend these wonderful music events! Bring your friends and family and share the gift of music!
April 16th at 7:00 PM in the Parlor.
Gilead, By Marilynne Robinson. Gilead is set in Gilead, Iowa in 1956 with the minister, John Ames, facing death from heart disease. He has a young wife and son whom he loves deeply and decides to leave his son a family history. He tells of his grandfather, also named John Ames, a fire and brimstone preacher from back east who went to Kansas to fight for abolition and then went to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War. John Ames, his father, reacted strongly to his father’s violence and became a pacifist preacher. The Ames household when all three generations lived together was one of an uneasy truce.
As Ames realizes his time on earth is limited, a friend from earlier in his life who left in disgrace returns to visit. Ames’ life had been a solitary one before the blessing of his cherished wife came late to him in life. As he watches his friend and wife begin to bond, he must decide whether to tell his wife of his friend’s past.
Easter Breakfast tickets go on sale Sunday, following each service in the narthex. Menu will be scrambled eggs, potato casserole, breakfast sausage and pancakes. Please buy your tickets before Easter Sunday, so that we have an idea of how much food to prepare.
SCRAP METAL RECYCLING EVENT – Saturday, March 31st, 9am – 1pm
Drop off items in the St. Paul’s Lutheran parking lot: South Main St. and Lincoln Avenue, Telford, PA.
Drop off these items free of charge: All scrap metal including Steel, Iron, Brass, Copper, Aluminum, and products such as Lawn Mowers, Benches, Bicycles, Washers, Dryers, Water Heaters, Swing Sets, Car Batteries, Radiators, Insulated Wire and much more!
We are also taking Refrigerators & Freezers, Room Air Conditioners and Dehumidifiers! – No charge!
And we are also collecting used Printer Ink Cartridges!
DO NOT BRING: Tin Cans, Paint Cans, Vacuums, Microwaves, Hazardous Material or Electronics.Email us greenteam107
KIDS CLUB Reminder!! Due to the Lent schedule, the next Kids’ club will meet on the Second Wednesday, April 11th. The final Kids’ Club is scheduled for May 2nd. At 6:30 children in grades K-2 go to Cherub Choir while the children in grades 3-6 enjoy a craft. At 7 pm the Cherubs return to the Sunday School room to work on their craft project while the Red Angels Choir rehearses. Kids Club and Red Angels Choir both end at 7:45. Kids Club will meet on the first Wednesday of each month (February 1st). All children in grades K-6 are invited to be part of this fun evening. Please contact Priscilla Landis for more information.
Our next Senior Event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 at 2 pm.
The subject is Dealing with Losses – Others’ and Your Own. If you’ve lost a loved one and think you should “just get over it”, or care about others who are grieving, but just don’t know what to say or how to show you care, this event can help you understand the nature of “normal” grief, the ups, the downs, and the duration of the journey and what may be most helpful to those around you who need your support. Our speaker for this event is Elaine Ely, Bereavement Coordinator for Grand View Hospital Hospice. Elaine is a UCC pastor with 16 years’ experience in hospice care, having spent the past 7 years serving our community through GVH.
The Senior lunch and Bible study led by Pastor Huber takes place the third Thursday of every month from 12-1:30pm. Come join us for good fellowship and good discussion. Please bring your own sandwich. Beverages are provided. The Bible study meets in the conference room across from the Choir room. See you on March 15, 2012.
Book club pick for April: Gilead, by Marilynne Robinison.
Come April 16th at 7:00 pm in the parlor. Gilead is set in Gilead, Iowa in 1956, with the minister, John Ames, facing death from heart disease. He has a young wife and son whom he loves deeply and decides to leave his son a family history. He tells of his grandfather, also named John Ames, a fire and brimstone preacher from back east who went to Kansas to fight for abolition and then went to fight in the Union army during the Civil War. John Ames, his father, reacted strongly to his father’s violence and became a pacifist preacher.
Come out and discuss this book in April!
In 2012, members will be receiving your weekly offering envelopes by mail & will not have to pick them up at church. The envelopes will be mailed directly to your home every two months. You should receive January & February envelopes late in December. March & April envelopes will be received in late February & so forth. The mailing list will be updated every two months. If you have any changes notify the church office as soon as possible. Everyone will receive envelopes so that you can take advantage of the special envelopes i.e. Christmas, Easter, Lent, Lutheran Community at Telford, & Initial offering.
EVENING WORSHIP SERVICES AT ST. PAUL’S…
SUNDAY @ 6:00 P.M. –is scheduled for the THIRD Sunday of each month in the church parlor at 6 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend this contemporary Worship Service.