Serving in Christs Name

Noisy OfferingonApril 10Noisy Offering will be for Joyful Connections, Ottawa Countys supervised visitation
program for families
in crisis. Contributions help children stay connected to people who mean the most to them, in a safe home-like
environment. Your
contribution is an investment in the children and the future of our community. Thank you!
Blessing Cup TeamsA big thank you to all who participated in the Easter visits. Monday, May 23rd, Blessing Cup
Team members,
old and new, are invited to a dinner (5:00 pm at St. Paul. Pastor Chris would like to thank the teams, and also offer a
time for
regrouping and training under a new model that will incorporate more people and fewer visits for each team. Let
Marge know if you
can come! The next visits will be in June, with consecration of communion elements on May 29th.
CelebrationChorus - Practice each Wednesday at 7 p.m.. All are welcome!
Community Garden - There is still time to become a garden member. Its free to join! We will be planting many crops
to share. And
there is still space to plant crops for your family. If interested contact Emily Glynn @ 314-517-2402
(Glynn.emil@gmail.com) or Betsy
Deer 419-310-4406.
All CouncilNightCouncil Meeting will be held on the third Thursday, April 21st At St. Paul. Parish Board meets at
5:30 pm, St. Paul
Council meets at 6:15 pm, and St. John Council meets at 7:00 pm
PrayerShawlMinistryfor St. Paul and St. John Will meet Wednesday, April 6th at 10:00 am at St. Paul
Prayer ChainPlease contact St. Paul office (419-734-1662), and information will be forwarded to prayer chains.
God promises that
our prayers are heard! If you would like to be added to the prayer chain, please contact Deb at St. Paul.
OutreachMinistry(Supporting Native African Pastors) For info. go to snapministries.org (Welcome. to Home).
NotOlder,Just BetterNot Older, Just Better is meeting at Baybell in Bay View on Monday, April 11th at 11:30
a.m. Call Marge
at 419-798-8816 if you have questions or need a ride.
DanburyFoodPantryIfyou would like to volunteer at the Pantry com to St. Paul at 8 AM on Saturday, April 16th. If
you have any
questions call Jan Hirt 419-732-2703 or Rev. Janine Dress 419-265-7298. This month St. Paul is to donate cereal,
and St. John is to
donate canned vegetables.
LawnmowersWontit be great to see the green grass, soon?!There is a sign-up sheet on the activities board
in the
fellowship hall.See Steve Young if you can be on the lawn mowing team at St. Paul, or call the church
office. Please
see the sign-up sheet at St. John if you can help with lawn mowing there.We normally have enough people
so you only mow
once every three weeks, everyone is welcome to serve this ministry.

NWOSynod AssemblyMay19-21 in Bowling Green. St. John delegates are Linda Otermat and Bill Smith. St. Paul
is still in need
of a male and female delegate. Please contact Pastor Chris is you may be interested!