“For unto you is born in the City of David … a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” And each and every year since I was ten years old, I have heard the voice of the cartoon image named Linus as he walks off the stage in a national setting and then looks at the…
Ok, this is personal, and a confession of the pastor who is confessing to at least one and perhaps many of the shortcomings of the male of the species. On Saturday October 14th of the year 2023 I was admitted to Inspira Medical Center with a blockage of the artery well known as “The Widow…
Well, we certainly did not plan on putting out the HELP WANTED SIGN here at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, but Glenda Steffee, who led our choir and provided musical accompaniment for our worship services since before COVID, announced her retirement in May and is traveling around America in her RV! We are so thankful…
After Church Socials Are Back! Our Fellowship will begin again on Rally Day, September 10! We need volunteers to bring snacks and help with setup and cleanup each week. Below is a link to the online sign-up form. We will bring a printout of the sign-up sheet every week to church so you can sign…
Thanks so much to everyone who helped with or patronized our delicious chicken BBQ dinner on November 29th. We had a complete sellout, and the money we made will give a boost to our wavering finances. Special thanks to Sharon Rutter, our overall chair, and to Denise Hosier, assistant chair/publicity. So many of our members…
Our Sunday School families had a blast at the Pumpkin Party, which took place on Friday, October 27, 2023. They enjoyed hotdogs and pizza plus lots of goodies. There were games and prizes, and everyone won a prize for their costume! Thanks so much to Mary Ann Jones. Without her, we wouldn’t have a pumpkin…
Thank you for your support! Hi, St. Paul’s Family! We provided dinner for TWO Family Promise families from Sunday, October 22nd through Saturday, October 28th. On Sunday we delivered 3 meals to each family, one hot and 2 prepared with instructions on how to heat the meal up. On Wednesday we delivered 4 meals, one…
I just want to CONFIRM the interest!! Because several people have reached out to me to ask about CONFIRMATION for our teenagers and that is really GOOD NEWS to me!! We United Methodists use the term “confirmation” to mark the first time a baptized Christian publicly “confirms” their intention to live the vows of the…
Calling all Sunday School students! We are back in session! We meet every Sunday after church at 10:45 a.m. Join us as we learn and grow together! On September 10 we celebrated Rally Day! It was a great service, complete with Pastor Dave and his “rally cheerleading pompom!” Our kids sang for us this morning and also…
Calling all Ladies! Our Women’s Bible Study takes place on Wed. mornings (no meeting 9/13), 10 to 11:30 am in the church sanctuary. All women are invited to attend. We also welcome your friends and/or family if they’d like to join us. Our leader, Patty Fish, does an amazing job in facilitating our discussion and…
Over fifty percent of the world’s population lives closer than 3 kilometers (you are going to have to look that one up and discover something on your own) from a freshwater body, which can be a lake, a stream, or a river. Only ten percent of the population lives further than 10 kilometers away. Now,…
“You will be my witnesses to the end of the earth.” Jesus in Acts 1 Growing up I could never imagine having the capability of sharing the Word of God or my faith testimony to “the end of the earth.” Heck, I couldn’t imagine being a faith-filled witness beyond Western New York. But then technology…
We had a super duper end of the season party, picnic, BBQ, and worship service that was all rolled into one fantastic opportunity to showcase who we are at St. Paul’s! On Sunday afternoon August 27th from 4pm until 6pm we held our “annual” CHURCH PICNIC at the Red Bank Battlefield Park in National Park!!…
We stepped up to the plate with St. Paul’s!! We were there when the Philadelphia Phillies play the Kansas City Royals on Saturday August 5th. It was a perfect game … mid-summer and a Phillies team that won! And everyone had fun! Sponsored by the CRT, the Community Relations Team. Thank you all for being…
VBS wrapped up on Thursday evening, July 27, and we had a total of 73 kids in attendance! How great is that! And because there were over 70 kids, they got to pelt Pastor Dave with paintballs at the end of the program on Thursday. Many thanks to our VBS volunteers, kids, PD, parents, and…
Dear church friends, We are all greatly grieving the loss of dear sweet Megan. We remembered and celebrated our beloved Megan after church on July 16. We were happy to see so many of our members present to remember Megan. There were some nice photos of her and several of our church family brought pictures/crafts…