A Congregational Meeting will be held on Sunday, December 22, 2024 for voting on the Proposed 2025 Budget which includes Proposed Provisions for Maintenance necessities. The voting will take place immediately following both the 8:15am and 10:30am services that day. Notice of the meeting will be included in the Sunday bulletins on December 8th and December 15th. The Proposed 2025 Budget is being mailed and emailed out to the members of the congregation on December 6th in the same manner as bulletins and newsletters. You should receive your copy as outlined but extra copies will be available on the wooden table in the back of the sanctuary and in the office. 

Are you interested in being a Council Member in 2025? Please see one of the current members or contact the office if this is something that interests you. Several seats will be open for the coming year. 

The 2025 Offering Envelopes are available in the back of the sanctuary. If you can't find your name but would like envelopes, please feel free to take one of the blank boxes. If you take a blank box, please contact the office with the box number so that it can be connected with your name in the accounting system. Thank you!!

Thank you to everyone that donated cookies, helped with set up, worked on Saturday, bought cookies and stuck around to help with the clean-up after the The Fellowship & Social Ministry Annual Cookie Walk on Saturday, December 14. The extra help is always appreciated!

The Youth Group is looking for your help! The Youth Group has decided to take collections all winter to put together Flood Buckets in the spring. Right now, they are collecting Bibles (new and gently used), Paper Towels, Rags, and Work Gloves (rubber, gardening, kitchen, leather, cotton, all are welcome).  Please bring your donations to the church and place them in the School Bus box at the back of the sanctuary. Thank you!

A set of keys have been turned into the office that were found in one of the purses that was donated to the Rummage Sale. If you think they might be yours or if you hear of anyone looking for a set, please direct them to the office. 

The 2025 Altar Flower Chart is hanging on the bulletin board in the main entrance at the rear of the sanctuary. Please feel free to start signing up for your special Sundays in the New Year. The office will be in touch with you during the week before your Sunday to remind you and get your information for the bulletin. If you do not plan to take your flowers that Sunday, please let the Altar Guild or the office know so that they can be delivered to a shut-in or nursing home. Thank you for your help with all the beautiful flowers throughout the year!

Council is looking for help with a new Church Directory. If you are willing to make phone calls and assist in the process of a new picture directory, please contact the office or one of the current Council Members. The sooner there are volunteers, the sooner the project will get started. Thank you!

Your time and talents are being called upon for 2025. Once again it is time to sign up as a Lay Reader. Readers are needed for the entire year. It does simplify things if you take the whole month, but it is not mandatory. Please give of your time and talents by signing up for one Sunday or more to make the coming year the best. A week or two in advance of your Sunday, you will find the Scriptures with your name on them with the Sunday bulletins at the main entrance to the sanctuary. If something comes up during your month, please find a substitute. The sign-up sheets are posted with the Altar Flower Chart in the back of the sanctuary. 

The Wednesday Evening Activities started on September 11th with the Wednesday Night Supper at 5:15pm, Catechism at 6:15pm, Handbell Practice at 6:15pm and Senior Choir at 7:30pm. New members for the handbells and choir are always welcome so please mark your calendars and plan to attend!

Communion Assistants are needed once a month, especially for the 8:15am worship service. If this is something you might be able to help out with, please contact Cheryl Luidhardt or the office. Thank you!

Help is needed with running the sound system during the worship services, especially the 8:15am service. If this is something that you would be interested in learning, please let the office know or talk to Brandon.

The Education Department is in need of a Sunday School Director and also someone to lead the younger children in Music at the beginning of the Sunday School Hour each Sunday and while singing during the Worship Services once a month. Please see Dave Crum if this is something that you feel may be a good fit for you.

Please contact the office if you do not wish to have your photo in the newsletter, website, or the church social media site(s). Our wishes are to protect our member's privacy while still promoting our church to the community.

The January, February, and March 2025 Portals of Prayer are available at all the entrances to the sanctuary and in the office.

Please save your aluminum can tabs to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. You will find a container on the table in the back of the Church and in the Fellowship Hall. Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who has signed up through Kroger Community Rewards. If you are not signed up, login to Kroger.com and the find the community rewards. Our organization is St. Paul's Youth and our number is EL241. Thanks again.