Sunday, March 28, 2021 marked St. Paul's 135th anniversary!
For the Lord is good and His love endures forever, His faithfulness
continues through all generations." Psalm 100:5
For the Lord is good and His love endures forever, His faithfulness
continues through all generations." Psalm 100:5
No one who has reservations about meeting publicly or exposure to others need feel left out. We will continue to offer video service via this website and on Facebook, as well as offer family services by appointment.
The October - December issue of the Portals of Prayer devotional, small and large print, is available in the church entryway.
Home-bound family services are 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.
COVID-19 Update
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.
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).
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.
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
2 Corinthians 12:9
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.
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).
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.
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
2 Corinthians 12:9
If you are not sure if the church service is being held,
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
We rejoice with Paul & Courtney (Johnson) Knorr on their wedding on August 21 here at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with Rev. Shawn Ethridge officiating.
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Congratulations to Ashley & Brad Nankivil on the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Jo Nankivil on August 19th, weighing 8 lbs, 4 oz, and 19.5” long. The baby joins her brother Bennett.
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For those who are unable to attend
worship services on a regular basis, tune in to Main Street Living. Main Street Living is an LCMS televised program that features a remastered segment of the TV program “This is the Life” followed by a worship service by pastors from our area. It can be found on KDLT television Sioux Falls at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning or online anytime at mainstreetliving.com. All programs are interpreted and closed captioned for the hearing impaired. For more information go the web site: www.mainstreetliving.com. For more information go to the web site: www.mainstreetliving.com. We are thankful for . . . the new couch and loveseat that was delivered last week. Be sure to try them out sometime soon. This was a memorial given in memory of Bert Kolander. . . . the newly installed blinds for the Fellowship Hall. These replaced the original blinds from many years ago. These were gifted by the Ladies' Aid and memorial gifts given in memory of Evelyn Clark, Darlene Gehl, Randy Gehl, Ruth Hofman, and Joyce Schweigert. |
The Lutheran Hour: The Lutheran Hour has now been on the air for 90 years. With its first broadcast on October 3, 1930, it is the longest-running Christian broadcast in the world. The Lutheran Hour has touched lives and nurtured God's children with an unchanging message of hope nd forgiveness through Jesus Christ. We give all praise and glory to God for this life-changing ministry. October 10 “Giving God our Garbage” (Guest Speaker: Dr. Harold Ristau) Everything belongs to God and there isn’t anything anyone could possibly give Him that He doesn’t already have. And yet, there is one thing He desires: our garbage - our sins, our shame, our guilt - that He might put it all on Jesus. (1 Samuel 2:1-10) October 3 “Approval Cannot Equal Love” (Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler) God places Christians in neighborhoods, among neighbors who don’t necessarily share their beliefs. How should they relate? Dr. Michael Zeigler talks about avoiding the pitfalls of isolation and approval. (1Corinthians 10:23-11:1) Enjoy listening to the Lutheran Hour Sundays on WCCO 830AM at 6:05am, KDOM 1580AM 10:00am or KDOM 94.3FM at 10:00am.
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Current Church Events Study, the Bible study class which draws from the news headlines those events, ideas, and situations which affect our faith, will be resuming regular sessions on Tuesdays beginning September 14th at 9:30 am. Coffee is always served & conversation, personal opinion, Christian doctrine & faithful practice are welcome. Come and enjoy the rapport of CCE! Women’s Bible Study: . . . began a new session on October 4th, meeting again at 7 pm on the 1st and 4th Mondays of the month in the church basement. We are reading through 1st & 2nd Timothy . Come to enjoy fellowship with women of all ages! Contact Tiffany Gehl with any additional questions. “We need to hear the Gospel every day because we forget it every day.” - Martin Luther |