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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


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

3 The Messenger • September 2018

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

[email protected]

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

http://www.stpaulwarwick.org

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


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)


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


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


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!

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