You who live in the shelter of the most high, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust. –Psalm 91:1-2 (NRSV) As each of us shelters in place to do our part to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we…
With the situation in our country, many people have gotten laid off. The need for food has exploded, and our food pantry is responding. Our Food Pantry is still open on the second Wednesday of each month for people to come get food. Social distancing is in place so there is limited contact between people…
Thanks to our incredible Sunday School Superintendent Elaine Luoma, our children have still had Sunday School every week during this pandemic. Elaine was quick to set up a ZOOM One-Room Sunday School for the kids, and she has been teaching a lesson every week that all the kids have enjoyed. About a dozen families are…
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER program was shown Thursday, May 7 at noon on ZOOM. Click on the video below to watch. The actual service begins about 5 minutes into the video. ABOUT NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER The West Deptford Area’s community gathering for the 2020 National Day of Prayer was hosted online by St. Paul’s…
The truth is St. Paul’s was ahead of the game before the pandemic hit. We were already streaming our worship service to the world and one of our Bible Studies has a regular member who has never set foot in the State of New Jersey in her entire lifetime. St. Paul’s has stepped right up…
Jesus told them a parable, “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.” Luke 21:29 My Dear Church, We are in this time of isolation and Holy Week once again is upon us! God is still with us; Jesus…
Every Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m., Bishop Schol and leaders of our church in New Jersey are going to lead an online Prayer Service. Pastor Dave is asking each of you to give up 20 minutes of your time to watch it or listen to it. You can participate in the following ways: GNJ You…
Monday, March 16, 2020 “The Lord God is in your midst. He will create calm with His love!” Zephaniah 3:17 That verse from the prophet Zephaniah is one of many verses of Scripture that I have highlighted and underlined through the years. Perhaps it was prophetic that as I opened my Bible this morning I…
YES, our youth group has continued to meet in spite of social distancing. They gathered together on ZOOM on the first Sunday evening in April and it went great! Once things go back to normal… These young people are gathering on the first Sunday of EVERY month from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. for FUN,…
Another new hire from the Staff-Parish Relations Committee is Jeremy Slickerman as our new custodian. He began taking care of our building in February of 2020. Jeremy is a graduate of West Deptford High School. He previously worked in landscaping/ tree care and in customer service for Walmart and Wawa. He is also a gamer…
We’re so sorry to have to cancel this event due to self-isolation during this pandemic. Please pray for all our Sunday School children and their families.
We’re so sorry to have to cancel this event due to self-isolation during this pandemic. Please pray for all members of our Community Relations Team, who normally sponsor this event.
Last year, we began a “Healing Card” ministry on the 5th Sunday of March. It is traditional in St. Paul’s that we have a “healing service” in a month where there are 5 Sundays. On Healing Sundays, someone is chosen who needs an extra note of encouragement to receive cards from our congregation. The recipient…
Coming in February, our Wednesday Bible Study is going to look at First John for a new eight week study. The study “GO DEEPER in CHRIST” is open to everyone at noon or at 7 p.m. (Our 7 p.m. study will continue to be ZOOMED online so you can participate from home.) So, if you…
In November we held our first “Cluster Youth Group” with leaders and youth from five local United Methodist Churches. There were more than 30 people present (adults and kids) and we can call it a success! There were four teens representing St. Paul’s! We can now officially state that St. Paul’s has a youth group…
We are very happy to report that the Staff-Parish Relations Committee has hired Glenda Steffee as our new music director and organist. Glenda has extensive experience as a music teacher and church music director. She is a graduate of West Chester University with a degree in Music Education, and she taught at the Runnemede School…