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What are the worship times?
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Do you have a nursery available?
Summer Schedule: 7:45 to 11:15 a.m.
What are your requirements for baptisms? For weddings?
For weddings, either the bride or groom must be a member to have a wedding performed here. The presiding pastor will also have to approve the planned date. Pre-marriage counseling with the pastor is also required.
What should I wear at church?
What's involved in becoming a member?
We generally have membership classes two times per year; once in the spring and once in the fall.
Classes normally run 1 to 1-1/2 hours one time per week for 4 to six weeks. The length and duration of the classes depends upon when they are scheduled. For example, our current new member classes are being held on Wednesday evenings immediately after our Lenten worship service. We have had classes on Sundays during our education hour and during the work week.
If you are unable to attend some or all of the classes, just speak with Pastor Eastman and she will work something out with you.
For what ages is Sunday School provided?
The Vineyard is dedicated to help each child build, strengthen, and live his or her relationship with God. Hands-on, interactive activities are the tools we use to guide the children along their own personal faith journeys. By exploring Bible stories from both the Old and New Testaments each year, children are encouraged to discover God and God’s character, to understand the message of the gospel and God’s plan of salvation, and to internalize what it means to be a Christian and to live each day in relationship with God.
We recognize that our children need to experience God’s Word, not just hear it. Through the Workshop Rotation Model approach, we provide opportunities for our children to experience the feeling and meaning of God’s Word through active participation that is not merely “fun and games,” but rather a fully engaged learning process. School age children will explore the Bible and their faith each week in one of five different workshops which utilize hands-on active learning, such as drama, video production, puppetry, first person storytelling, computer, games, art, science, cooking, and more! Preschool children are introduced to learning about God’s love through stories, songs, activities, and crafts.
For more information, or to register your child for Sunday School, please contact Cherie Schumm at cschumm.stpaul@sbcglobal.net.
Does St. Paul have a youth confirmation ministry program?
In partnership with parents and family, St. Paul Church is committed to helping guide, direct, teach, lead, share, and encourage young people in their faith journeys. At the conclusion of this intentional period of faith formation, youth are given the opportunity to
Affirm their Baptism on the festival day of the Baptism of Our Lord (1st Sunday after Epiphany).
Does St. Paul have a High School Youth Ministry Program?
• special "field trips"
• service opportunities
• guest speakers (“More Lives of the Saints”)
• movie nights
all culminating in a trip next summer July 21-27 to New Orleans for the ELCA Youth Gathering "Jesus, Justice, Jazz."
Seminary student and St. Paul member Niles Eastman is once again at the helm for 2008-2009, together with the Connections CORE (a.k.a. Youth Board), Pastor Mark Williamson, and a terrific supporting cast of St. Paul adults.
Check out our calendar of events to see all the good stuff happening - and remember that there's always a space for the fresh ideas in your head -so come to Connections this month, celebrate our friendship in Christ, and make your voice heard!
What programs do you have available for adults?
Each year some of our members, offer short courses and seminars that engage life issues, the Bible and our Lutheran Christian Faith.
Other Adult Groups
The following are independent groups which, though not led by the pastors, engage members in lively, thought-provoking discussions and other activities as described below. Check the church calendar or contact the church office for meeting times to join them.
The Book Discussion Group meets monthly to discuss a book which has been selected by the group. Several months are committed to the study of each book.
The Theological Discussion Group enjoys monthly discussions among several congregation members who meet to study a variety of differing theological views.
The Women's Bible Study Group meets monthly to discuss and study the Bible together.
Spiritual Formation groups continue to meet independently since their initial studies. There are two such groups: Koros and Kalos Spirituality Groups, which meet twice a month on different days.
The Men's Bridge group meets weekly to play bridge.
The Labor of Love group meets twice, sometimes three times each month to make quilts which are later donated to different charities.
The Morning Circle Prayer Study group meets once each month on the third Monday to explore and expand their prayer life.
For dates, times or more information about any of these groups, contact the church office at office.stpaul@sbcglobal.net.