VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Please consider volunteering for one of the following …
Sunday School Assistant for Grades 2 – 6: No preparation necessary. Just provide assistance to Abbi on Sunday mornings from 9 am – 10 am. You can volunteer for 1 week, 1 month or the entire 2nd half of the Sunday school term. Please speak to Jodi Baker, Megan Brotherson or Abbi Schutte for details.
FUN EVENTS TO COME
Mark your calendars now for these upcoming events. Please plan to come and always remember to invite friends or family. We are a small town church and we want people to get to know us.
FRIENDSHIP SUNDAY - An annual St. Paul tradition to be held Sunday, May 18th. Wouldn't it be awesome if everyone in our church brought a friend? We really want to grow our church and what better way to spread the word than to share a worship service and a meal with others!! The "feast" will follow worship in fellowship hall!
GREEN DAYS PARADE - Plan to ride in style on the St. Paul float on Saturday, June 21st. Let's set a new record for people participating. It is a great time to spend time together and enjoy the ride! Times and specifics will come later in the year.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL - Sunday afternoon, July 13th is the date for this annual "treat!" Times will be publicized later, but we hope to see everyone (and have we mentioned inviting others??!!) at this annual festival of fun and "sweet-ness"!!
ADULT NIGHT OUT - Mark Sunday, June 1st in the afternoon/evening for the return of a favorite event. Food and fun will happen in this outing. More details will be forthcoming
The M&E committee is always looking for volunteers to join the committee and invites anyone who has ideas for other events to please contact us. One of our goals is to get more visitors into the church in 2008. John Temple and Mike Wilson co-chair the M&E committee and are joined by Robyn Mills, Pastor John and Pauline Chambers in helping to make St. Paul an inviting and wonderful place! Please contact any of us with questions, ideas or thoughts throughout the coming year! Submitted by Dean Nihart
Des Moines Area Religious Council is looking for caring adults who can spend one hour per week during the school day mentoring children from 4th - 8th grade. Working with the Project Connect Mentoring Program, volunteers would be a friend and a homework helper to a child in a Des Moines Public School who might live in poverty and/or who do not speak English at home. Mentors of all ages are welcome. Some working adults give one lunch hour per week to serve a child. To volunteer, contact Vonnie Salem at DMARC, 277-6969, cell phone 770-9287 or email: vsalem@dmreligious.org.
The St. Paul Singles cancelled the February luncheon because of the very cold weather. We will be meeting March 6th at 11:00, at the same place, Sam & Gabes Tearoom on Hickman. For more information please call Shirley Adams at 255-7773.
The Closet at Crown Point
Johnston partnership for a Healthy Community Johnston and The Johnston Rotary Club are working on a joint project to provide basic necessities to those residents that cannot afford them. They will be looking for clean, in-season clothing. Please do not leave clothing items unattended at Crown Point as any abandoned items will be treated at trash and be disposed of accordingly. If you have questions, please call 986-2007. Mary Zirkelbach is involved in this project also and can answer question s and assist with donations. In addition to clothing possible donations include: Shampoo, Conditioner, Body lotion, Dish soap, Dishwasher detergent, Toilet bowl cleaner, Glass cleaner, Household cleaner, Laundry detergent, Fabric softener, Kleenex, Toilet paper, Disposable Diapers (all sizes), Baby wipes, New Socks, New Underwear (children and adult), Adult size snow pants, Adult size snow boots, Back packs appropriate for middle school/ high school students. Also needed are plastic storage bins with lids and pant/suit hangers.
They are also looking for volunteers to sort, fold and steam clothing and to work at the Closet when it is open.
A men's basketball league was formed at the Church. We will meet on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month from 3 to 5 pm in the multi-purpose room for recreational play. Please come if you're at all interested. If you have any questions or want to express interest, please contact Aaron Wych or call the church at 276-2818. Thank you.
