August 21, 2016 Announcements

Calendar of Events

Announcements:

We have a wonderful outreach here at St. Paul with our preschool. One of the best ways we can support our preschool’s families is through prayer. We would like to have a church family praying regularly for each preschool family. That’s it!!!  Just pray!  Please sign up on the bulletin board and a preschool family will be given to you to include in your prayers.

Midweek Kickoff for Grades 1-8 will be August 31 at 6:30 pm in the fellowship hall. Please RSVP to the office if you are able to attend or not.  If you are not able to attend the meeting, please return your Midweek forms to the office before Sept 4.  Thank you

THE MIGHTY MITE Box Next Sunday is Mite Box Sunday. Please help the LWML reach its $2,000,000 mission goal by placing your extra coins or bills in the large Mite box in the narthex. Thanks.

Beginning Sept 11, Pastor’s Sunday morning Bible study will be on Greg Finke’s book, Joining Jesus on His Mission . This book tells you how to share Jesus’ love in everyday life. Please read it to be prepared for the class. You can purchase them for $10 from the office.

The Book to Know group will meet Sept 8 at Tanny Latuska’s home to discuss “The Light and the Glory” by Peter Marshall and David Manuel. Men– this book is rich with our nation’s history and would be of interest to both men and women.

Reminder: There is no Sunday School during the summer. The Adult Bible class will meet in August.

Septoberfest is less than 1 month away and the committee is working hard on planning. You all have heard about the bean bag toss games and I’m sure you are starting to practice. We need to have you sign up so we can get the beanbag boards ready.  If you have a board we can use, please let us know. There are sign up lists on the bulletin board for a variety of places we need your help or if there is something you want to do, let us know. ~Karen Griffin

The Women’s Bible study will take a break and resume Sept 19 with our new Beth Moore study “The Patriarchs”. Books are available in the office for $5.00.

CHECK YOUR MAILBOX! The new phone directory and the Annual Report is now in your member mailbox.

YOU ARE INVITED Social and Informational Meeting for American Heritage Girls Troop IA2016 on Sunday, August 21st, 3-4pm at Inis Grove Park, Hickory Shelter (in back behind Tennis Courts). AHG aged girls (K-12) and parents are invited to come back and keep getting to know each other and gathering momentum for our troop starting this September in Ames. Bring a friend and general info from last meeting will be repeated, as well as additional details for those returning. Girls please wear shoes appropriate for hike/scavenger hunt! In case of bad weather we will relocate to St. Paul Lutheran Church. Watch FB for updates. JOIN/SHARE OUR FACEBOOK INFO GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1142713789101422 Thanks and hope to see you there! Kara Warme, Troop Coordinator American Heritage Girls Troop IA2016 515-708-4246

A helper is needed for the 5th-6th grade Midweek class every Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30 pm beginning Sept 7th. (We have a teacher). If you are interested, please let Breanna Wetzler or the office know. Thank you.

HOPE Ministries is in need of “The Summer Six” for the shelters for homeless men, women and children. The Summer Six are tooth paste, toilet paper, paper towels, men’s deodorant and men’s razors. Also HE (high efficiency) laundry soap. Place your donations in the HOPE box and they will be delivered. Thank you and I know the collection center will say “God Bless You”.

Mark your calendars and plan to join us. Conversational Dinners will resume on Sunday, September 11th. Conversational Dinners are for all adult members of St. Paul and their guests. We meet from September thru April, sometimes in homes in groups of 8-10 people and sometimes we do other group activities, such as bowling, attending a concert, or a movie. For more information you can contact Ellen or Drue Sander at 515-292-3574 or e-mail druellen@hotmail.com. We’d love to have you as part of our group this year.

Too hot to bake? We think so too. Visit the No Bake – Bake Sale, August21 and 28. Make a freewill donation, nothing to carry, no calories to burn off, no guilt. Help us get to the National LWML Convention in Albuquerque in 2017!

The annual Tuscan Dinner to benefit the Good Neighbor Healthy Food Voucher program will be held today, August 21st at the Unitarian at 1015 Hyland Ave., Ames. Social time for the event will be at 6:00 p.m. with dinner being served at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $35.00 per person, with $20.00 per ticket being tax deductible. For tickets or more information, contact Becky Jackson at 451-0474.

VBS was only 4 days and students were able to fill and actually overflow our little red wagon with school supplies that will go to students in need in the Ames area. We are challenging the members of St. Paul to re-fill the wagon before the start of school which is August 24. Items can be small like rulers and pencils or larger like backpacks, binders and notebooks.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for St. Paul Preschool’s food booth at the Farm Progress Show on August 30, 31, and Sept 1st.Sign up either on the paper forms in the church lobby or on the online site. Thank you from the Preschool Board, teachers and students.

Quilters will meet from 10:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 25th. Bring a sack lunch and join us.

Sunday School Teacher Meeting – August 29^th at 7:00 pm.

Please join us in the fellowship hall this morning after the first service for a reception to wish all the best to Thomas Wilson, heading to Concordia University Nebraska to attend a director of Christian education program. Thomas has been a strong supporter and advocate for Christian youth programming and we are excited to support him in his education. ~Board of Education.