WELCOME,

and thank you

for joining us!

December 8, 2013
St. Paul Lutheran Church
1120 N. 8th Ave., Winterset, IA 50273
Oce: 515-462-4270
Kitchen: 515-462-9408
stpaullutheranchurch@hotmail.com

Pastor Joel Nau
Cell Phone: 515-468-5074
pastor@wintersetlutheran.com

Julie Feirer, Ministry Coordinator
Cell Phone: 515-468-1968

Tina Homann, Parish Nurse,
605-261-4939 (cell)

.. Council Members ..
Tom Acton, President, 462-5815
Steve Dick, Vice Pres., 515-462-4150
Cheryl Bales, 515-462-3133
Jeanne Henrichsen, 462-4438
Kristin Myli, 515-462-4343
Eric Blessington, 462-2099
Judy Schwartz, 641-743-2502
Gus Henrichs, Treasurer, 515-462-3252

Ministry Team Leaders

Building and Grounds Team
Jason Myli

Communications Team
Jodi Lake, 250-1754

Education Team
Julie Feirer, 515-462-4270

Health & Wellness Team
Lori Blythe, 515-249-2096

Kitchen Crew
Connie Weidman, 462-4662

Flock Ministry Team
Debi Martens, 515-462-2342

Finance Team
Lowell Miller, 515-462-2781

Mission Team: Liz Hansen, 462-3987

Stewardship Team
Kim Patience

Worship Team
Pastor Joel Nau, 515-468-5074

In righteousness will the Lord judge the

world. Psalm 98:9

Care Devotions Today

We hope to see you this afternoon at Madison Square at 2:30 and West Bridge
at 3:15, for devotions.

Next week we will host the Christmas party for the

residents of the group homes, here at 1:00 pm.

Childrens Christmas Program

Next Sunday, December 15th, we will have our Childrens Christmas Program
during both services, with a special appearance by the bell choir as well.
Between services we will have an Advent fair with crafts and activities for
families. Please join us!

St. Paul Choir Cantata

For our annual Choir Cantata this year, we have joined with members of the
Presbyterian Church to form one choir. The cantata will be performed at St.
Paul during the 8:00 a.m. service only, because the group will travel to the
Presbyterian church to perform again at their 10:15 service. We hope you can
attend.

Communion Outreach
The Health, Wellness & Healing Team is seeing if our homebound (shut-in)
members would like to receive communion with a visit at their residence. The
communion would be blessed during a Sunday service and there would be
training for those interested in delivering. Please let Pastor Joel know if you
are interested in being part of this outreach.

Christmas Eve services are planned for 7:00 p.m. and

11:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Invite your friends!

Scrip Cards for Christmas Giving

Stacy and Keri are hoping to collect all the Scrip special orders by today, if
youd like to have them by Christmas. Please stop by their table to drop o
your order, and thank them for the time they invest in this program to benet
St. Paul. Their work provides great support for our ministries.

Join us in December for

Advent Dinner & Worship
December 11th and 18th
Dinner at 6:00 pm and worship at 7:00 pm

Healing Oils of the Bible

Did you know that oils for healing, cleansing, and holy anointing are mentioned more than 500 times in the
Bible? Modern Science nds some of them to be as eective as antibiotics and to promote overall health, vitality
and longevity. Come learn, enjoy, share and experience these holy healing oils on Friday, December 13 at 6:30
p.m at St. Paul Lutheran Church. For more information and to RSVP: Rick and Rose Fuqua at (515) 229-1036 or
Roger and Johnna McNeley at (515) 462-0707.

Flowers have been given by the Patience family in joyful celebration of the birthdays of
Kelsey and Josh. Flowers are also given in joyful celebration
of the baptismal anniversary of Brooks Nedved.

CRISP Adopt-A-Family Ornaments
Our mission team has been in touch with CRISP and adopted some people for Christmas. Their wishes are written on
ornaments, which will be placed on the tree in the front hallway. Please check the instruction sheet next to the tree to
make sure we have all the gifts accounted for, or ask Liz Hansen, 462-3987.

Resignation

Dear friends and family at St. Paul,

Im writing with some sadness to let you know I will be resigning from my work at St. Paul in the near future. I assure
you that this is due to some positive factors for my family and myself, nothing negative, and we will continue to be active
members of the congregation. Things have been going very well for Alan in his work, and I would like to have the exibility
to travel with him to some of his jobs, spend more time with Mara in the evenings, and work on some projects of my own.
I knew this was on the horizon for me, and I decided to go ahead and make the decision and announce it before the
budgeting and stang work for next year was completed, so that the Council, Finance, and Sta Needs Teams will have a
clear picture of what they need to do to move forward. I am blessed to have had this opportunity for the last 3.5 years, and
very grateful for it. I fully support Doyle Scott and the sta needs team in their work to bring in a third sta person, and I
hope the church continues with the plan of moving to a three-person sta.
It is my intention to work full time through December and then begin tapering o my hours to 20 per week in
January, wrapping up by the end of April. Pastor Joel and Tom Acton have been very gracious and supportive in receiving
my resignation and wishing me well. Thanks in advance for your grace and support. It means a lot to me.

~ Julie Feirer , Ministry Coordinator

St. Pauls Vital Signs

To meet our budget for 2013, our weekly general fund need is $4537.00. Our general fund pays for salaries, the
mortgage, building maintenance, administrative expenses, insurance, utilities, education, and worship expenses.
To meet our pledge of $8500 to the SEIA Synod ELCA for 2013, our weekly benevolence need is $163.46.

Nov. 3
Nov. 10
Nov. 17
Nov. 24
Monthly

8:00 am
Attendance
41
54
55
39

10:30 am
Attendance
128
75
95
141

General Fund
Oering
$6611.00
$2987.00
$3728.00
$3106.82
(Needed: $18,148.00)

Benevolence
Oering (ELCA)
$210.50
$80.50
$160.50
$120.50
(Needed: $653.84)

Pool of Siloam
(Local Benevolence)
$335.00
$240.00
$80.00
$90.00
(doubled by donor)