The April-June issue of the Portals of Prayer devotional are now available in the church entryway, along with a Lutheran Hour Ministries "30 Days of Household Devotions" guide and the Holy Scripture inserts for the Fifth Sunday in Lent and Palm Sunday.
Home-bound family services are now available.
If you are home-bound during this time (for any reason) and would be comfortable and interested in an abbreviated worship service consisting of confession and absolution, Scripture readings, a hymn, prayers, and the Lord's Supper (similar to a shut-in service), please contact Pastor Ethridge by email (stpaulslutheranpastor@yahoo.com) or by phone (507)-425-2258. If you would like to gather your family or neighbors together for such a service, consider keeping it a group of under nine (plus the pastor = 10). Such services could be arranged to be held in the sanctuary chapel or at your home for the duration of our cessation of public worship.
A joyful 134th birthday to the congregation of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church! Originally begun in 1886, St. Paul's has been a good neighbor and steadfast Christian support in the Fulda community for over a century and a third.
COVID-19 Update (April 4)
St. Paul's Lutheran Church is taking the coronavirus recommendations of our government seriously. Careful hygienic practices are being routinely followed, including before and after services. Our sanctuary is large enough to allow for social distancing practices. In many cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), healthy individuals who contract COVID-19 can and do recover their health. At this time there are no reported cases of COVID-19 in our immediate area. However, due to concerns regarding meeting together in the public service, the Elders have reached the decision to postpone public worship services (Sunday and Midweek Lenten) at least through April 10.
If you are concerned about possibly transmitting or receiving the COVID-19 virus from someone in a public gathering, as in a worship service, you are encouraged to act on that concern, staying home and engaging in personal devotional time as well as a quality service program such as Main Street Living (see this page below), Lutheran Hour Ministries' radio broadcast (or podcast) of The Lutheran Hour (see the Home page) or our local-cable broadcast of the Sunday morning service on Thursdays. Additional resources for home worship, home study, and home devotions are available from Concordia Publishing House free of charge. www.cph.org
Your thank-offerings may be mailed to the congregation (P.O. Box 384, Fulda, MN 56131) or you may wish to make arrangements with your financial institution to provide funds through First National Bank of Fulda.
At St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, we trust the Lord of the Church, who reigns over all the creation, to provide His good gifts to His people through the Holy Scriptures and the Holy Sacraments brought by His Holy Church. We commend ourselves into His hands while exercising caution and care towards those in our community.
" I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death."
(Philippians 1:20)
St. Paul's Lutheran Church is taking the coronavirus recommendations of our government seriously. Careful hygienic practices are being routinely followed, including before and after services. Our sanctuary is large enough to allow for social distancing practices. In many cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), healthy individuals who contract COVID-19 can and do recover their health. At this time there are no reported cases of COVID-19 in our immediate area. However, due to concerns regarding meeting together in the public service, the Elders have reached the decision to postpone public worship services (Sunday and Midweek Lenten) at least through April 10.
If you are concerned about possibly transmitting or receiving the COVID-19 virus from someone in a public gathering, as in a worship service, you are encouraged to act on that concern, staying home and engaging in personal devotional time as well as a quality service program such as Main Street Living (see this page below), Lutheran Hour Ministries' radio broadcast (or podcast) of The Lutheran Hour (see the Home page) or our local-cable broadcast of the Sunday morning service on Thursdays. Additional resources for home worship, home study, and home devotions are available from Concordia Publishing House free of charge. www.cph.org
Your thank-offerings may be mailed to the congregation (P.O. Box 384, Fulda, MN 56131) or you may wish to make arrangements with your financial institution to provide funds through First National Bank of Fulda.
At St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, we trust the Lord of the Church, who reigns over all the creation, to provide His good gifts to His people through the Holy Scriptures and the Holy Sacraments brought by His Holy Church. We commend ourselves into His hands while exercising caution and care towards those in our community.
" I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death."
(Philippians 1:20)
If you are not sure if the church service is being held due to inclement weather,
listen to one of the following radio stations.
KWOA-AM 730 KJOE-FM 106.1
KITN-FM 93.5 KLOL-FM 101.1
listen to one of the following radio stations.
KWOA-AM 730 KJOE-FM 106.1
KITN-FM 93.5 KLOL-FM 101.1
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For those who are unable to attend worship services on a regular basis, tune in to Main Street Living. This is an LCMS program that features pastors from the area, and is found on KDLT-Soux Falls. The first half hour is a reproduction of “This is the Life,” a Lutheran Hour Ministries program made popular in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. The second half hour is a modified Lutheran worship service, which is produced locally. This program is funded by viewers and others who want to keep the Gospel available. All Lenten Suppers and Midweek Services have been cancelled. Confirmation classes (5-6th grade and 7-8th grade) are currently postponed. The assignments will be given to families to help facilitate the instruction and learning of their confirmation-age children. |
The Lutheran Hour: April 5 "There's Still Time" Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler People can be unreceptive to God's love because they are very bad-or because they think they are very good. (Exodus 11-12) April 12 "Whatever Gets Your Attention Gets You" Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler "To believe is more than just acknowledging that Jesus is risen from the dead; it includes that, but there's more. It's about where you lay your fears, where you rest your concerns. It has to do with what gets your attention-with what gets you." (John 20) Enjoy listening on WCCO 830AM at 6:05 am, KDOM 1580 at 10:00 am or KDOM 94.3FM at 10:00 am, or listen anytime on their podcast. Basement Renovations continue downstairs in the Fellowship Hall. The basement has receive updated ceiling, walls, and flooring in many of the main rooms. Windows have undergone replacement with new thermal-barrier ones. We look forward to the completion of this anticipated project very soon. |
Women's Bible Study began in February here at St. Paul's and will continue to meet on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. The next class will be on Monday, April 6th. We are studying "Waiting: A Bible Study on Patience, Hope, and Trust" by Sharla Fritz. Come enjoy fellowship with other women! "God doesn't love us because of our worth, we are of worth because God loves us." - Martin Luther |