St. Paul’s Cross Roads
A Monthly News Publication of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
Informing Members and Friends ~ Encouraging Fellowship and Spiritual Growth
October 2014
Our
Annual
Turkey
Supper
Craft & Bake Sale
And
Quilt Raffle
Will be held on
Sunday,
October 5th!
6:30 pm Wednesdays
October 8th & October 22nd
November 12th
Feed My Starving Children
November 26th
Confirmation Class Schedule
6:30 pm Wednesdays
October 1st & October 15th
November 5th & 19th
St. Paul’s UCC
Mission Trip tradition continues!
Women’s Guild Movie Night
will be at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, October 8 at 6:30 at the
home of Peggy Schumaker. Peggy will be leading devotions. She and Sherri Heise will be
our hostesses for the evening. The
movie has not been announced, but
Peggy promises that it will not be
scary or sad.
Katie Fuchs and Dylan Greske have
offered to coordinate the 2015
Mission Trip to Waterloo, Iowa
July 19, 2015 - July 25, 2015.
A brief information meeting was held
on Sunday, September 21st
after worship.
If you were unable to attend the
Meeting and are interested in the trip,
please contact Katie at
[email protected] or
Dylan at [email protected]
All Church
Soup, Sandwich
& Game Night
Saturday,
November 15th!
Soup & Sandwiches
6pm
Games at 7pm
The
Gobbler's Gallop
5K/1K Family Fun
Run will take place
Thanksgiving Day
(November 27th)
at 8:00am. The
Gobbler's Gallop is a
fundraiser for the
Youth Group's
2015 Mission
Trip. Entry is $20/
person with a $50/
family max. The entry fee includes a tee
shirt (registration
forms must be received by November
18th to ensure you
receive a tee shirt).
Inside this issue:
Interim Minister Article
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Church Family in the News
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Prayer Concerns
4
Worship Leaders
4
Calendar
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AS WE DO OUR FALL PLANNING
Ministry in the “Interim Time”
For Your Consideration:
In their book ReJesus: A
Wild Messiah for a Missional
Church, Michael Frost and
Alan Hirsch make this critique of the 21stcentury church: “To be sure, we
do not like gatherings (speaking of church
services) of strangers who never meet or
know each other outside of Sundays, who
sit passively while virtual strangers preach
and lead singing, who put up with second
-rate pseudo-community under the guise
of connection with each other, who live
different lives from Monday to Saturday
than they do on Sunday, whose sole expression of worship is pop-style praise
and worship, who rarely laugh together,
fight injustice together, eat together, pray
together, raise each other’s children together, serve the poor together or share
Jesus with those who have not been set
free.”
Eugene Peterson on the difference between Peter and Judas in Leadership (Vol.
4, No. 1): “Among the apostles, the one
absolutely stunning success was Judas,
and the one thoroughly groveling failure
was Peter. Judas was a success in the
ways that most impress us: He was successful both financially and politically. …
And Peter was a failure in ways that we
most dread: He was impotent in a crisis
and socially inept. At the arrest of Jesus,
he collapsed, a hapless, blustering coward; in the most critical situations of his
life with Jesus, the confession on the road
to Caesarea Philippi and the vision on the
Mount of Transfiguration, he said the
most embarrassingly inappropriate things.
“Time, of course, has reversed our
judgments on the two men. Judas is
now a byword for betrayal, and Peter is
one of the most honored names in the
church and in the world. Judas is a villain; Peter is a saint. Yet the world continues to chase after the successes of
Judas, financial wealth and political
power, and to defend itself against the
failures of Peter, impotence and ineptness.”
The authors level a sharp criticism of
the church. If what they say is true,
can we do better? How will we more
fully be the people of God in this place?
I invite you to join us whenever you
can for worship, Sunday school and
others activities.
I invite you to become members if you
have not already done so. I invite you
to talk with me and share with one another your hope and aspirations for St.
Paul’s UCC.
What else can we do individually and
together? What else will you do?
Hope yours has been a blessed summer and that we’ll see you soon.
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Our Church Family - in the News
More Pierce County Fair winners have been announced:
Marshall Funk- Champion Bantam Pullet
Kaden Funk-Champion Entomology 2, Champion Mechanical Projects Models Grade 3-4, Champion Pair of Ducks, Champion Meat Duck, Grand
Champion Cat
Marissa Schumaker-Champion Theater Arts
and Champion in Youth Leadership
Zoe Larson-Champion Foods and Champion in
Food & Nutrition
Riley Schumaker-Champion Child Development
2, Champion Intermediate Showman
Kim Hudson- Grand Champion for her 142 lb.
market lamb, Champion Shropshire Ewe, Champion Shropshire Ram
Isabelle Hudson-Champion Pair of Turkeys,
Champion Meat Turkey,Champion Pygmy, Boar
Fainting Goat Jr. Doe, Champion Meat Kid Goat
Congratulations to all who participated. I am sure
that all fair attendees enjoyed seeing your displays and your animals.
October
MJ be in the office
Monday —Thursday mornings
9:15—12:15
"The Church Basement Ladies
'Last (Potluck) Supper"
The play will be at the Sheldon Theater in Red
Wing on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 7:00
p.m. If you are interested in attending please
contact Denise Blaisdell at 715-273-3399 or Pam
Enger at 715-273-0310. All are welcome,
friends and family, too.
$317.00 raised towards parish house repairs. Thank you for your generosity towards
coffee hour treats. Thanks to those who donated
goodies for the coffee hours.
While the Ice Cream Social was not well attended, we still made a profit of $263.86.
We have some fun activities coming up with
Movie Nite on Wednesday, October 8 at
6:30 at the home of Peggy Schumaker. She
will also be leading devotions and along with
Sherri Heise will be our hostesses for the evening.
The movie has not been announced, but she
promises that it will not be scary or sad.
Saturday, November 15th is All Church
Soup and Sandwich at 6:00 followed by
games. Please bring your favorite game to
share and a friend or two or more.
Sunday, December 7 Advent Brunch and
Bake Sale. Join us following the worship service
for brunch and to get some Baked treats to fill
your Christmas tins for the holiday.
Thank you to Dolores Waltz for leading our devotions and to Marlene Gutting for the sinful dessert.
We met in Dolores Waltz's
barn to enjoy a wonderful
breakfast followed by work
on Prayer Shawls and on
crafts for the Bazaar. October 18th will find
us traveling to Elmwood for breakfast and stitching at the home of Lanie Hauschildt. A car pool
will be leaving Church at 9:00. Please let Lanie
know if you plan to attend (715-639-5413) and
let Pam Enger know if you wish to car pool (715273-0310). Thank you to those who have made
Prayer Shawls to replenish our supply. We will
continue to accept them whenever you plan to
make them. We have instructions for knitting
and crocheting and yarn as well.
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Money Maers
Prayer Concerns:
Merlin Blaisdell, Allison Graham, Ron Reeverts, Bill
Huber, Eric Fischer, Albert Maine, Westal Maine,
Wanda Stromstad, Greg & Laura Arends & those in
the military: Austin Blodgett, Jake Huber and Ben
Leonard.
In Care or at Home: Leon Langer, Connie Gotzman, Vi Magadanz, Frances Ostrander, Marjorie Peterson, Dorothy Schulte, Ed Greske, Daryl Feuerhelm, Ida Holden, Earl Kinneman
If you would like to add someone to the prayer
concerns list, contact the church oﬃce.
For our 2014 ANNUAL BUDGET to be “in the black,”
our oﬀerings need to average
approx. $2,280.00/week, or $9,120.00/ month
(if we were star.ng at a zero balance).
For August 2014
St. Paul’s UCC General Fund Beginning Balance
was $1,675.99
General Fund Income Total
was $8,309.26
General Fund Expense Total
was $3,958.72
As of 8/31/2014
Our General Fund Balance was
$6,026.53
October Worship Leaders
Acolytes
Oct 5–Kylin McEathron, Tucker Larson
Oct 12-Clair Larson, Libby Larson
Oct 19-Isaiah Kasay, Brady Baier
Oct 26-Jacob Waltz, Walker Baier
Ushers
Oct 5–Sarah, Emily & Ginger Leonard
Oct 12-Jim & Glory Luebker
Oct 19-Steve & Linette Lundborg
Oct 26-Becky, Liz & JR Matzek
Video Technician
Oct 5–Bruce Schumaker
Oct 12-Denise Blaisdell
Oct 19-Gayl Greske
Oct 26–Maria Stress
Worship Readers
Oct 5-Julia Larson
Oct 12-Dolores Waltz
Oct 19-Merlin Blaisdell
Oct 26-Steve Ottman
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Coming up in November
Nov 6-8—EHS Musical—Shrek
Nov 11—EMS—Veterans Day Program
Nov 13-15—EHS Muscial—Shrek
Nov 15—Prayer Shawl Potluck
Nov 15—All Church Soup, Sandwich & Card Night
Nov 15– Youth led worship with Potluck to follow
Nov 16—Council Meeting
Nov 26—Feed my Starving Children (all church event)
Nov 27—Gobbler’s Gallop
Sun
Mon
2014
Tue
Wed
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Thu
Fri
Sat
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6:30p Confirmation
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9a Sunday School &
Adult Bible Study
2:30p Care Center
Worship
10a Worship
6:30p Guild Mtg.
3p Octoberfest Bazaar
& Turkey Supper
6:30p Youth Group
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13 Columbus Day
14
9a Sunday School &
Adult Bible Study
15
6:30p Confirmation
9:30a Prayer Shawl
10a Worship
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9a Sunday School &
Adult Bible Study
6p Council
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31 Halloween
25
6:30p Youth Group
1p-4p Church
Development and
Renewal - River Falls
10a Youth-led Worship
with potluck to follow
6:30p CE Meeting
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9a Sunday School &
Adult Bible Study
10a Worship
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
W5706 St. Rd. 72, Ellsworth, WI 54011
Phone 715-273-3118
Interim Minister Dr. Delbert Permann
715-222-9344
E-mail (Mary Jane) [email protected]
Home page: www.spuccellsworth.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SPUCCEllsworth
Youth Ministry:
Confirmation:
SS Superintendents:
Music Ministry:
Custodians:
Bookkeeper:
Administrative Assistant:
Peggy Schumaker
Dr. Delbert Permann & Maria Stress
Merlin Blaisdell & Tammy Waltz
Elaine Bennett, Kris Webster, Youth
Marlene Gutting, Dawn Gutting
Brenda Boley
Mary Jane McEathron
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ELLSWORTH WI 54011
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Lectionary
October 5—Proper 22
Ex 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 • Ps 19 OR
Isa 5:1-7 • Ps 80:7-15
Phil 3:4b-14
Ma 21:33-46
October 12—Proper 23
Ex 32:1-14 • Ps 106:1-6, 19-23 OR
Isa 25:1-9 • Ps 23
Phil 4:1-9
Ma 22:1-14
The mission of
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
is to welcome, worship, and serve,
while sharing our faith in Jesus Christ
with all God’s children.
October 19—Proper 24
Ex 33:12-23 • Ps 99 OR
Isa 45:1-7 • Ps 96:1-9, (10-13)
1 Thess 1:1-10
Ma 22:15-22
October 26—Proper 25
Deut 34:1-12 • Ps 90:1-6, 13-17 OR
Lev 19:1-2, 15-18 • Ps 1
1 Thess 2:1-8
Ma 22:34-46
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