The Monthly Herald

November 2015 FROM THE PASTOR…

November 1st is celebrated as All Saint’s Day. Early in the history of the

Christian Church this day was set aside as a day of remembrance,

giving God glory and thanksgiving for those who have died in the

faith and are now with the Lord in eternity. At St. Paul’s we

remember our loved ones who are now with our Lord by reciting the

names of those who have died during the past 12 months during our

worship services, this year on October 31 and November 1.

White is the liturgical color for All Saints, reflecting the righteousness and holiness

of Christ with which all who believe are dressed. In some traditions the term

“saint” is reserved for special persons in church history. But we understand that

anyone who places his or her faith in Jesus Christ is a saint, that is, one who has

been “made holy” through faith in Christ.

Halloween is a shortening of All Hallows Eve, or the Eve of All Saints.

In America, it’s long been a tradition to greet princesses, ghosts and superheroes

at the door with candy that evening. However, in addition wouldn’t it be a great

idea to drag out the photo album (or I-Pad) and remember family members who

are now celebrating the great wedding feast of the Lamb? Try it

as a family activity to reinforce the faith with your children and

grandchildren. It’s also a wonderful way to review family history,

heritage, and relationships. Finally, we give thanks to God for our

faith, a faith that has transformed us from sinners into saints.

Alleluia!

Blessings, Pastor Stanton

Thanksgiving Worship & Bible Classes 2 Thanksgiving Food Collection 9

More Bible Classes & Sr. Fun Seekers 3 Divine Connections 10

Renewed in Christ 4 School News 11

Ladies Groups 5 Youth 12

All Saints Day 6 Guatemala 13

Advent By Candlelight & Poinsettias 7 News from Pastor Ferry 14 & 15

Stewardship 8 November Calendar 16

Bible Classes

Monday Morning Bible Class

Ladies Bible Study group Monday mornings at 11:30 in the Fellowship Hall

Leader: Laurel Privatt

Sunday Morning Bible Class

Children of a Generous God

Our God is so generous. He loves to give and has given us so much: life, love, family and

friends, food and clothing and all that we call “ours” which is really everything that comes

from the hand of our God. For four weeks we will have a special Bible study focusing on

what it means to be “Children” of that generous God. This is a special study connected to

our “Renewed in Christ” campaign. Even if you don’t regularly come, please join us for

these four Sundays: November 8, 15, 22, and 29. If you already attend, invite a fellow

member to join you! We meet in the fellowship hall at 9:15am. Coffee and goodies are an

added enticement!

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Thanksgiving Worship

November 25th at 6:00pm

November 26th at 9:00am

Remember to turn your

clocks BACK one hour when

you go to bed

Saturday October 31st.

Sr. Fun Seekers are planning a “Christmas

Lunch” on Tuesday December 8th at That’s

Amore. We need to know how many are

interested in going by November 2nd so we

can reserve a private room. Call Janine

Cherney to reserve your spot. 427-8434.

Men’s Bible Breakfast

Martin Luther: The Man

For the months of November through January, we will be

taking a look at the life of the man whom God used to

raise the Gospel again to the forefront in the Holy

Christian Church. Martin Luther had an interesting life

story, and God was with him through it all. Luther had

great spiritual struggles, but found peace in the cross of

Christ, the sacrifice of his loving Savior that claimed him,

cleansed him, and called him to be one of God’s children.

In November we will meet on November 14 & 28.

We meet shortly before 7am; we pray, have breakfast and

then get into the study. All men are welcome; why not

invite a friend!

Thursday Morning Bible Study

Children of a Generous God

Our God is so generous. He loves to give and has given us so much: life, love, family and

friends, food and clothing and all that we call “ours” which is really everything that comes

from the hand of our God. For four weeks we will have a special Bible study focusing on

what it means to be “Children” of that generous God. This is a special study connected to

our “Renewed in Christ” campaign. Even if you don’t regularly come, please join us for

these four Thursdays: November 5, 12, 19, and December 3. If you are already a member of

the class, please invite someone to join you. We meet in the fellowship hall on Thursdays at

10am. Coffee and goodies are an added enticement!

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Renewed in Christ Hope • Strength • Soar

Important Activities Coming Up

40 Day Devotional Book: this will be handed out by our “Prayer Directors”

and their team on the weekend of October 31/November 1. Please use for

your individual or family devotions.

Special Bible Studies: our Thursday morning and Sunday morning Bible

classes will be going through a special study of what it means to be children

of a generous God. Even if you don’t regularly attend Bible class, you are

encouraged to attend this four week study. Thursday study begins

November 5 and the Sunday study begins November 8.

Special Newsletter: watch your emails or your mailbox for special campaign

newsletters that have much more information about our campaign. Please

continue to pray for God’s Immeasurably More to be experienced among us

at St. Paul’s.

A Prayer Based on Ephesians 3: 20-21 Dear God, You are our only Hope through the death and resurrection of your Son, Jesus. In Him, we have eternal life. Your strength is our strength as you do immeasurably more than what we ask of you and what we can even imagine you have in store for us. As you work within us to humbly serve you by unselfishly sharing what you have given to us, your church will soar in service to all generations, and you will be glorified. We ask you to lead our words and actions each and every day. In your name we pray. Amen.

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Ladies Aid

December 2nd

is the date for the next Ladies Aid meeting. All ladies of the congregation are

welcome to join us after the Advent service for our pot-luck lunch and Christmas

entertainment!

Widows Lunch

The next Widows Lunch will be Wednesday November 11th

at Clifford’s

10418 W. Forest Home Ave. at 11:00am.

Ladies Guild

Boston Store Community Days Sale Coupons are again available. For only $5.00 you get a

$10.00 coupon good at Boston Store on November 11-14, 2015. Call Cheryl Seifert to get

your coupons 414-421-1573. All proceeds will benefit our Renewed in Christ campaign and

the S.O. S. Committee.

The Mitten Barrel is back! Our Ladies Guild will be collecting hats, mittens,

gloves, scarves, socks & slippers to be donated to our needy members and

others in our community in need. The barrel is located in the narthex and will

be there for your donations throughout the winter months.

Ladies Book Club

Monday, November 9th at 6:30pm at the ECC. Name of book: “Sinners Garden” by William

Sirls

Elizabeth Ministry

Please remember Elizabeth Ministries in your prayers and if you wish to join our group

please contact Julie Avila at javila7@wi.rr.com.

Mom to Mom

November 2 “How to Be a Mother and a Person Too” & November 16 “But I thought…”

Meet at 6:00pm in the ECC Lobby 7835 W. Grant St. Please contact Angela Ferrell at 262-

366-3614 with any questions.

Quilters

Our Quilting Group will resume in January.

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Altar Flower Reminder

Thank you to all who sponsor our altar flowers.

Your $25 is payable before the flowers you sponsor. Please put your check, made

payable to St. Paul’s Altar Guild, in a plain white envelope marked “Altar Guild”. Do

not include in your weekly offering envelope.

Also, the week before you sponsor flowers, please let the church office know what

you’d like printed in the bulletin regarding those flowers.

All Saints Weekend October 31 and November 1, 2015

Gilbert Reichert 12/11/2014 Dennis Reichert 6/17/2015

Warren Baumgart 12/19/2014 Beatrice Pieper 6/25/2015

Arline Haas 12/24/2014 William Schuppert 7/10/2015

Harlyn Hansen 3/1/2015 Diane Ebert 7/31/2015

Ginger Neeley 3/29/2015 Albert (Skip) Habanek 8/31/2015

Mark Maline 4/1/2015 Jack Delaney 9/4/2015

Bernice Brant 6/13/2015 Gretchen Halstead 9/8/2015

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Advent By Candlelight

Ladies – You are invited to this special event, Sunday, December 6th at 3:00 pm. We will again

take a journey through the Advent/Christmas season with a brief program of word

and song. This event, presented by the women of St. Paul's Choir, will be held in

the Fellowship Hall. Prior to the program, enjoy fellowship, sweet treats and

viewing beautifully decorated tables. Beginning the weekend of Nov. 21-22, you

may sign up in the Narthex after the Saturday service or between services on

Sunday. You will be given a ticket, which will reserve a seat for a numbered table.

If you wish to sit with a friend, sign up at the same time for that table. If you need

more information, you may contact: Judy Conrad (414-321-3895).

Martin Luther High School Drama Department presents Hello Dolly!

November 13 & 14 at 7:00pm and November 15 at 2:00pm at Martin Luther High School.

Tickets range from $4.00 - $9.00. Call 421-4000 for more information.

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Christmas Poinsettias

You can find the order envelopes by the

elevator or in the narthex.

Order deadline: November 22nd

Cost: $ 11.00 per plant

All poinsettias will be red.

Questions? Call Jean Weigand 262-784-1494

Sharing God’s Bounty

November

Showing our Gratitude

God gives us his love, goodness, and mercy daily. He has given us victory over sin and death

through his Son. Christ has given us the blessings of forgiveness, justification, a new life, and an

eternal hope. Because of his bountiful blessings, we should be compelled to show our gratitude. Do

we? Could we, at times, be taking all that we receive for granted?

If Christ were to come into our homes in physical form, certainly we would express our thanks in

tangible ways. We would make him comfortable, run errands for him, offer our best food, and give

him our time and attention. However, we don’t have that opportunity, so we show our gratitude in

different ways.

One way that we express our gratitude is to give thanks throughout the day in our prayers and

thoughts. When we see life and its blessings as gifts, we are prepared to offer our thanks. Our

thanksgiving is expressed when we use the faith God has given us to live in obedience to his Word.

God hears and sees our gratitude through the lives we live. When we generously share our time and

money with others in Christian love, we show our thanksgiving for our gifts. Our giving reflects Christ’s

love in us. We extend our thanks to our heavenly Father when we give him praise and glory in weekly

worship and privately throughout each day.

As stewards, we find that our gratitude to God opens our hearts to receive more of God’s love,

which enables us to be more faithful with our time, talents, and treasures. In response to God’s love

and grace, we give ourselves and our resources. When we acknowledge God as the creator and owner

of all, we will serve the Lord faithfully out of gratitude for all his gifts to us. Our gratefulness to God

will enable us to give thanks even during bad times because God promises to comfort and sustain us

in all things.

Blessings during this Thanksgiving season!

Regardless of whether you tithe or use some other method of measure, the return

you make to God should come from the "first fruits" of your labor. This means that

your return to God comes first, before paying all your other bills.

If we give simply from what we have left over after all our needs are met, it is not

really sacrificial. If there is no pain in our giving, then we can be sure that we are not

giving enough.

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Thanksgiving Let us be like the pilgrims That first thanksgiving First, Giving thanks and praise To our heavenly Father For all the blessing received. Then, Sharing these blessings with others. Submitted by Elaine Lemke

We will once again be collecting food and paper

products for our needy members, as well as for Hope

Lutheran Church’s food pantry at our

Thanksgiving Worship services.

Please bring your donation to the front of the church

before each

Thanksgiving worship service.

Concordia University Wisconsin, Wednesday, November 4th, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.

Exploration of the Christian’s role in issues impacting our environment.

In Awesome Wonder—Finding Our Place within God’s Creation

will be an evening forum led by Rev. Dr. Charles Arand, professor and Dean of Theological

Research and the Director of the Center for the Care of Creation at Concordia Seminary, St.

Louis. Dr. Arand has published multiple books and over fifty articles on topics related to the

Lutheran Confessions and the theology of creation.

Join CUW faculty, students, and the local community at Concordia’s Center for Environmental

Stewardship (12800 N Lake Shore Drive, Mequon, WI 53097) for an evening that promises rich

reflection and discussion.

Can’t make it to campus? The event will be live streamed!

Find out more at www.cuw.edu/roundtable.

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PARENTS- GRANPARENT YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

Do you have a child/grandchild who is currently attending college?

St Paul’s senior youth group would love to send them a small care package right

before finals week

In order to do that we NEED YOUR HELP

Please email kcrist@wi.rr.com or call the church office 414-541-6250 with the

following information

CHILDS NAME AND COLLEGE ADDRESS - that’s all we need – Thank you

Information needed by DECEMBER 2nd

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Join Friends of Concordia (Concordia University Wisconsin) traveling to the

Fireside Theater in Fort Atkinson on Saturday November 14th to see the live

stage version of A WONDERFUL LIFE. Reservation information regarding cost

for adults & youth, pick up locations and times, are available by calling Sandy

Vick at 262-243-4333.

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Sugar Plum Faire at Martin Luther High School

5201 S. 76th Street

November 7, 2015

9:30am – 4:00pm

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School News

From the Principal

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

In the month of November we celebrate Thanksgiving. It is a time to

reflect on the many blessings we have received over the past year. It

is too bad that many people take those blessings for granted, and do

not thank God on a daily basis for all that He gives to support our body

and life. Not only on an individual basis do we have reason to be

thankful, but we have so much to be thankful for at St. Paul's Lutheran

School. The wonderful opportunity to minister to the young people on a daily basis

is truly a joy and a privilege. The outstanding students and parents make the

teaching and the sharing of the Gospel message a delight.

Take time today and everyday to give all thanks and praise, honor and glory to God

our Father for all that He did, does, and will do for us in this life and in the life to

come.

One of the historic events at St. Paul's is our annual Girls

Basketball Tournament. This year, it is on November 20th and

21st. Please come out and support our school, our students, and

our athletic program. We would love to have you here rooting on

our Lady Panthers!

Martin Luther High School

Open House

November 5, 2015 at 6:00pm

5201 S. 76th Street Greendale, WI

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Girls Tournament November 20-21

St. Paul’s Youth

Sr. Youth

National Youth Gathering

We have 20 youth and 6 adult counselors already registered for the National Youth Gathering:

“In Christ Alone.” Praise the Lord!! And it is not too late to register!!! We are hoping for an

additional three to five youth to join us as we travel to serve and to grow in Christ and to

experience spiritually uplifting times as brothers and sisters in Christ. If you need a

registration form, please contact the church office (541-6250). Registration fee is $325 but

all that is needed at this time is $100 of that; make checks out to “St. Paul’s Youth.” For

further information, please contact Pastor Bender (Church: 541-6250; Cell: 217-779-7985).

Fridays at Pastor’s House

Friday, November 27, at 6:00pm all high school youth are invited to gather at Pastor Bender’s

house. We will have a special Thanksgiving devotion, a special Thanksgiving activity, and then

spend some fun time shooting pool or playing foosball or just hanging out. Food and drinks will

be provided. Hope to see you there.

Jr. Youth

We will be having our monthly Jr. High Youth event on

November 29. Details will be emailed- please watch for more info!

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My, How Time Flies! Only 4 months until we leave for Guatemala.

Our team has grown, welcoming Lou Ann Zimmel to our ranks. We continue to meet regularly,

refining our lesson plans and developing crafts to help “drive home” the lesson of the Prodigal

Son. We’ve gotten pretty good at reading/speaking Nehemiah 9:17 in Spanish; the next step

will be the challenge of memorizing it!

We invite you to join us for dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings at 2950 S. 108 St. on Wednesday,

November 11. Vouchers will be in your mailboxes and in the narthex. This dinner marks the

end of our formal fund-raising for the Guatemala trip and we thank you for your support of

dinners, sales, and BBQ.

Current airline prices have significantly raised our costs, so we continue to welcome your

contributions. Reminder: If you wish to send Christmas letters/cards to sponsored Guatemalan

children, they must be received in Arizona by November 9.

Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away; here are a few of the things we are thankful for:

o The opportunity to serve our Lord in Guatemala

o The faith and friendship of the Guatemalan people who teach us

o Our new team rookie, Lou Ann Zimmel

o The opportunity to participate in the LWML Zone Rally, and share the Guatemalan

experience -The in-kind donations of health and hygiene items from the LWML ladies

o Participating in the Mission U seminar and learning new ways to witness

o The ongoing support of our mission trip by the St. Paul’s family, with contributions and

participation in our fundraising efforts.

o In-kind donations of school supplies for the Guatemalan kids

o Your prayers for the success and safety of our mission.

Thanks and blessings to you all! Your Guatemala Team

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