Welcome To St. Paul's Lutheran - A Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Congregation
Worship Times
St. Paul's Lutheran English Language Service 9:30 AM Sunday
Vida Abundante en Cristo Spanish Language Service 1:00 PM Sunday 7:00 PM Friday
We are committed to welcoming and valuing everyone, and endeavor to identify and use everyone's gifts
as God's hands. Check out our welcoming statement! COME AND SEE!
Weekly Events
Sundays - The Lighthouse 2:30 to 4:30 PM: Youth Outreach
Wednesdays - Aha Moments 10:00 AM: Explore the scripture of the week. Group discussion
Wednesdays - Creative Expression Children's Ministry 5:30 - 7:00 PM: Four six week sessions, each with its own focus. Agenda: Pizza, gathering, Christian education activity. Session III culminates on Feb. 19 with an Art Show and reception following worship. Session IV will begin after Easter on April 11.
Wednesdays - Faith formation (Confirmation) classes 6:00 - 8:00 PM: St. Paul's partners in this ministry with Oak Knoll Lutheran Church, Hwy 394 and Hopkins Crossroads. Classes for 6th - 8th graders.
Fridays - The Depot 10:00 AM to Noon: Coffee fellowship, treats, and lively conversation. This is a great group, Come and See!
Monthly Events
The Mom's Connection - 1st and 3rd Wednesday 1:30 to 3:00 PM: This is a place for moms to get out of the house bi-monthly to enjoy some fellowship with other moms and have a safe space for their babies to play. Contact Brenda Boone at 651-238-1650 for details.
Befrienders - 1st Wednesday of the month 11:30 to 12:30 PM: Outreach with cards and prayers for the home bound and others in need. An intimate and confidential group open to new members.
Spong Study Group - 2nd Monday 7:00 PM: Mixed member group discussing the writings and teachings of Epsicopal Bishop Spong and other progressive Christian theologians. Open to new participants. Do you have questions? Come and explore with us in an open and frank discussion. (Please check for date changes on calendar)
Prayer Shawl Ministry - 2nd Wednesday 11:30 AM: Make prayer-filled shawls as gifts to others with a need to feel wrapped in God's love.
Book Club - 2nd Thursday 7:00 PM: (CLICK HERE FOR BOOK SELECTIONS) Meet at Munkabeans in Hopkins to discuss the book of the month. Everyone is invited even if you haven't been able to read the book.
Book Club - 2nd Thursday 7:00 PM: Meet at Munkabeans in Hopkins to discuss the book of the month. Everyone is invited even if you haven't been able to read the book.
January
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959.
February
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent
A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven. Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear.Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how "reaaally big" God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit "shoots down power" from heaven to help us.Told by the father, but often in Colton's own words, the disarmingly simple message is heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready, there is a coming last battle.
March
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior-to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 15 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
April
High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never by Barbara Kingsolver
The bestselling author of Animal Dreams and Pigs in Heaven brings her acclaimed voice to the essay, in a handsomely designed book. High Tide in Tucson provides readers with a reflection of Kingsolver's sensibility and creativity, as she constantly examines the urgent business of being alive.
May
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Caelum Quirk and his wife Maureen move to Colorado and find jobs at Columbine High School. One day in April 1999, when Caelum is called away by a family emergency, Maureen cowers in a cupboard in the school library, hiding from two students on a murderous rampage. Though miraculously she survives, Maureen cannot recover from the trauma. Seeking solace, the couple returns to Connecticut to an illusion of safety on the Quirk family farm. As Maureen fights to regain her sanity, Caelum discovers a cache of forgotten memorabilia spanning five generations of his family. As he painstakingly reconstructs the lives of his ancestors, he must confront their secrets and fashion a future from the ashes of his own tragedy.
Our Saviour's - 3rd Thursday of the month 6:15 PM: Volunteers prepare, deliver, and serve food at Our Saviour's Housing Shelter in Minneapolis. Contact Mary Hromatka for details
Meals on Wheels - 4th Friday of the month 11:00 AM: Drivers meet at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, St. Louis Park to bring hot meals to home bound and elderly in the community. Contact Roger Gilbertson for details
Monthly Gathering and Potluck Brunch - Last Sunday of each month immediately following worship: Great food and fellowship with discussion topics and congregation updates on what's happening at St. Paul's. Come and See
Worship at Augustana Chapel View Care Center - Last Sunday of each month 2:00 PM: St. Paul's provides the worship service for residents and visitors. Please feel free to attend or even help out. A St. Paul's Without Walls event for the whole family.
Upcoming Events
January 29 - All Congregation Annual Meeting 11:00 AM All are encouragd to attend. Voice your opinion and vote on new issues and Church Council members.
February 11 - Annual Progressive Dinner 5:00 PM: Not just for couples, all adults welcome, so mark your calendars and save the date for this Valentine's themed event. Reservations required. Look for sign-up sheet below the office window.
February 22 - Ash Wednesday service with Impostition of Ashes 7:00 PM: 2544 Highway 100 South, St. Louis Park 55416. St. Paul's is partnering with Lutheran Church of the Reformation this year. All are invited to join us.
February 29 to March 28 - Wednesday mid-week soup suppers 6:00 PM, Lenten services 7:00 PM: 2544 Highway 100 South, St. Louis Park 55416. St. Paul's is partnering with Lutheran Church of the Reformation this year. All are invited to join us.
Keep watching here and check out the newsletter in COLOR for more upcoming events