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The Messenger • September 2018 1
The St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church and Bethany Minstry Lifting High the Cross on Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, Rhode Island
2018
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Thrivent Choice
Program
We are pleased to
announce that our congregants continue
to choose to direct Choice Dollars to St.
Paul in July and August.
Thank you Nancy Lembke! Thank
you for thinking of and supporting St.
Paul.
SEPTEMBER 2018 ASSISTANTS
The Reverend Michael T. Lembke Minister of Music Susan Brunelle
SEPTEMBER 23 Acolyte Ian Paiva Altar Guild Karen Hill Reader Bill McEleney Communion Connie Palmer Assistants Karen Hill Counter Betty Berntson Fellowship Hour Sue & Zoe Mahoney Lunch Team Lori & Pat (Team A) Ushers Don Culton Roberta Pannone SEPTEMBER 30 Acolyte Devin Stevens Altar Guild Altar Guild Reader Marcel D’Auteuil Communion Connie Palmer Assistants Karen Hill Counter Sue Mahoney Fellowship Hour Bill & Pam McEleney Lunch Team (Team B) Ushers Richard Drake Don Culton
SEPTEMBER 2018 ASSISTANTS
The Reverend Michael T. Lembke Minister of Music Susan Brunelle
SEPTEMBER 2 Acolyte Kate Carlson Altar Guild Arlene Papa Reader Dennis Murray Communion Connie Palmer Assistants Karen Hill Counter Lucy Campbell Fellowship Hour Nancy & Harold Nelson Lunch Team (Team B) Ushers Rick Pezza Don Culton SEPTEMBER 9 Acolyte Tam Alpaio Altar Guild Linda Murray Reader Linda Murray Communion Connie Palmer Assistants Karen Hill Counter Bill McEleney Fellowship Hour Kim Paiva Lunch Team Steve & Dale (Team C) Ushers Richard Drake Roberta Pannone SEPTEMBER 16 Acolyte Tess Zurawski Altar Guild Carolyn Romelczyk Reader Betty Berntson Communion Connie Palmer Assistants Karen Hill Counter Barbara/Rick Pezza Fellowship Hour Dale & Steve Whitney Lunch Team Heather (Team D) Ushers Connie Palmer Rick Pezza
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CONFIRMATION KICK-OFF
Confirmation classes will begin Tuesday, September 18th
Parents & Confirmands at Pilgrim Lutheran Church
Full 2018-2019 Schedule to follow
St Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church
401.737.6758
Reverend Michael T. Lembke Pastor Sunday — Saturday
Pamela Wilsey, Parish Administrator Monday — Friday
9a – 12p
Website: http://www.stpaulwarwick.org/
Facebook: https:www.facebook.com/
St-Paul-Evangelical-Lutheran-Church-83289496451/
Once again your help and generosity has allowed us to support children through the CCAP (Comprehensive Community Action Program).
We were able to donate 31 Book Bags filled with Supplies to the chil-dren at an approximate cost of $20 per bag.
The children have been truly blessed by you!
8/21/18
Dear Linda,
Thanks so much to you and the mem-bers of St. Paul’s & Bethany Ministries for your generous donation of 27 back-packs & supplies.
Your support of CCAP has been such an enormous blessing & our staff & clients are very grateful. I love the history we share of working together & hope it continues for many years to come.
God Bless,
Joanne Gregory
V. P. Social Services
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GREAT NEWS!! Through your generosity we are well on the way to reaching our goal of 25 Fresh Start Baskets, to be donated to the Eliza-beth Buffum Chace Center. We have received a gift of 25 baskets, so we currently have 45 laundry baskets. Why not fill them all!
There are bins in the narthex to collect the items we will be putting in each basket. In addition, we will send some folks over to the Bethany Cemetery to plant some things in the entrance. Please see Carol Conrad to sign up for the Bethany Cemetery Beautification Project.
On Sunday, 9 September, we will sort all of the items and fill the baskets. On the following day the baskets will be delivered to the center.
Thank you in Advance for your generosity.
The God’s Work Our Hands Team!!
Here is the list of items:
Dust pan and brush All-purpose spray cleaner
Rubber gloves Pinesol or similar type cleaning liquid
Ajax 2-pack of paper towels
4 pack of toilet paper Dish liquid
Package of sponges Dish cloth
Kitchen towel
About This Project
With a team of volunteers planning since February 2018, our congregation is learning about the activities of our local Domestic Violence shelter and providing 25-45 filled baskets of fresh start household items which help a family when they relocate from the shelter into a new, safe home. Our team is collecting from a list of items provided by the shelter. We have been communicating with the shelter since February and ad-vertising the items and services of the shelter since April. On Sunday, September 9, we will gather to inventory items, fill, pack and decorate baskets and write encourag-ing notes. On Tuesday, our team will deliver the baskets to the shelter’s administra-tion offices.
In Support Of
Elizabeth Buffum Chace Domestic Abuse Shelter
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Did you know . . . Qualified Charitable Distributions . . .
Based on the new tax laws for 2018, with larger standard deductions, fewer people
will itemize and claim charitable deductions. This may affect the ability of charitable
organizations to raise the necessary funds to sustain their mission. However, if you
are older than 70 ½ there is a way to increase your yearly offerings to St. Paul Ev. Lu-
theran Church by using untaxed IRA retirement funds and lowering your Adjusted
Gross Income.
A Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) can only be done on or after the date on
which you turn 70 ½. At that point, you can make Qualified Charitable Distributions to
qualified charities totaling up to $100,000 a year from your IRA. None of your QCD is
treated as taxable income, yet it counts toward your required minimum distribution.
For the donation to qualify as a QCD, the check must be payable to a qualified chari-
ty, not to you. If you take a check made payable to you from your IRA and then do-
nate the money to the charity, the full amount of the check is taxable to you as ordi-
nary income.
Make sure that your IRA investment company makes the check payable to St. Paul
Ev. Lutheran Church and note that it is from your account so St. Paul will know where
the money came from.
For example: Your pledged amount to St. Paul is $2,000.00 per year and your federal
tax rate is 25%. In order to make this $2,000.00 contribution, it is necessary to with-
draw $2,667.00 from your IRA to yield the $2,000.00 after tax contribution. Why not
make a $2,667.00 contribution to St. Paul and avoid giving the $667.00 to the IRS?
See your tax professional or call your IRA investment company for more details on
how you and St. Paul might benefit from a Qualified Charitable Distribution.
Your continued support in keeping your pledge
up to date is what helps to keep us going...
The deadline for the
October issue of
The Messenger will be
Thursday, September
20th.
St. Paul Finance
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 12 (6-7 PM)
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SEPTEMBER 2018
Shaun Lima—3rd
Joseph Forgue—7th
Dale Whitney—8th
Sydney Paiva—9th
Caleb Crete—9th
Russell Berntson—12th
Julie Mazzo—18th
Lori Jacob—19th
Jayson Martinez—22nd
Christopher Corbett—24th
Brooke Young—25th
Ruth Ferrazzano—27th
Eric Romelczyk—28th
Hunter Soares—30th
Choir Rehearsals begin Wednesday
September 5th at 7:00 p.m.
Bell Choir Rehearsals begin
Sunday, September 23rd after service
All are welcome to join.
Please see a Choir or Bell Choir member if you are interested in joining or have questions.
SEPTEMBER 2018
Richard & Barbara Pezza—2nd
Bill & Pam McEleney—9th
Mike & Stacey Charnley, Sr.—23rd
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CALENDAR OUTSIDE GROUP MEETINGS
AT ST. PAUL
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 8:00 AM AA Mtg 8:00 AM AA Mtg 8:00 AM AA Mtg 8:00 AM AA Mtg
10:00 AM AA Mtg Noon AA Mtg 10:00 AM AA Mtg Noon AA Mtg 5:00 PM AA Mtg 7:00 PM AA Mtg 5:00 PM AA Mtg 7:30 PM AA Mtg
7:00 PM All In A Chord 7:30 PM AA Mtg 7:30 PM Gamblers Anonymous Mtg
Friday Saturday Sunday 8:00 AM AA Mtg 9:30 AM Gamblers 5:00 PM AA Mtg
11:00 AM AA Mtg Anonymous Mtg 7:00 PM AA Mtg 5:00 PM AA Mtg 10:00 AM AA Mtg 7:00 PM AA Mtg
We pray for the following people:
Cheryl Bailey, Malcolm Ekstrand, Sonja Jacobson, Pauline Carlson, Anna Mahoney, Kirk Fadden,
Andre D’Auteuil, Araxi Shoushanian, Sister Alice Fontaine, Ed Shunney, Dorothy McLaughlin, Joan
Lakey, Bo Gauthier, Sally Mallett, Kevin Nelson, Mark Pezza, Kathy Gremel, Celestina Ca-bral, Austin Jacabson, Larissa Toth, John Whitcomb, Glenn Carlson, Chris Barszcz, Susie Gilbert, Verna Perrott, Larry Marsch, Kevin Corriveau, Gordon McCrea, Ryan Jacob, Bob
Webb, Mary Ann Drake and Lee Gilbert
We pray for our homebound:
Ursula Anderson, Marcelle Chatelain, Arline Cookson, Carolyn Lenihan, Evelyn Lofgren
and Janet Young
We pray for those who serve in the military:
Chad Corrigan, Jimmy Lampman, John O’Brien, Matthew Wyatt, John Westervelt, Walter Anderson, John Crowley, Nathaniel MacIntosh, Sean Rounds, Jennifer Fleming, Stephen
Thomas, Samuel Bryan, Fransheska Gauthier and Zach Shatek
Linus Group
“Linus” will resume on Thursday, September 13th. Our group of women
have been busy sewing quilts for 17 years. At Easter 80 plus quilts
adorned the pews of St. Paul and were blessed before they were given to
hospitalized children at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
All are welcome to join us on the
second Thursday of the month at
9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Good Fellowship!!!
Bring a sandwich—we provide dessert!
Sewing skills are not required.
The quilts need to be pinned and tied.
Social Ministry
Betty Berntson
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 5:00 PM
Matthew XXV
Worship Service
2 FIFTHTEENTH
SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST
9:30 AM Worship
11:30 AM FREE
Lunch
3
4 5 11:30 AM
FREE Lunch
6:00 PM
Facilities
Committee Mtg
7:00 PM Choir
6 7 8 5:00 PM
Matthew XXV
Worship Service
9 GOD’S WORK
OUR HANDS
SUNDAY
SIXTEENTH
SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST
9:30 AM Worship
11:30 AM FREE
Lunch
Grandparent’s
Day
10 7:00 PM
Council
Meeting
11
SEPTEMBER 11TH
REMEMBRANCE/
PATRIOT’S DAY
12 11:30 AM
FREE Lunch
6:00 PM
Finance
Committee Mtg
7:00 PM Choir
13 9:30 Linus
Group
14 15 11:00 AM
Acolyte
Training
followed
by lunch at
Iggy’s
5:00 PM
Matthew XXV
Worship Service
w/Sweet Song
Special Edition
16 RALLY DAY/HOLY
CROSS SUNDAY
SEVENTEENTH
SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST
9:15 AM Sunday
School
9:30 AM Worship
w/Sweet Song
11:30 AM FREE Lunch
(Volunteer Sign-ups/
Committee Recruitment/
Roster of
Service/Issue Lit Cal)
17 6:45-8 PM
Worship &
Music
Committee
Mtg
18 6:30 Confirmation
Kick Off with Parents/
Confirmands/Adult
Leaders
19 11:30 AM
FREE Lunch
6:00 PM
Education
Committee Mtg
7:00 PM Choir
YOM KIPPUR
20 10:00 AM to
Noon WELCA
Women’s Bible
Study and
Fellowship
21 22 5:00 PM
Matthew XXV
Worship Service
FALL BEGINS
23 EIGHTEENTH
SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST
9:15 AM Sunday School
9:30 AM Worship
10:30 AM Handbells
11:30 AM FREE Lunch
24 6:45-8 PM
Mutual Ministry
Committee Mtg
25 6:30 Confirmation
26 11:30 AM
FREE Lunch
7:00 PM Choir
27 28 29 5:00 PM
Matthew XXV
Worship Service
30 MICHAEL AND ALL
ANGELS SUNDAY
NINETEENTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST
9:15 AM Sunday School
9:30 AM Worship
10:30 AM Handbells
11:30 AM FREE Lunch
Hammonasset Sept 7-9
NEVER
FORGET
September 2018
Sunday Worship Service with Holy Communion
Worship Service Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary
Saturday Healing Services
Saturday at 5:00 p.m. at Matthew XXV
We are Handicapped Accessible!