For Next Week Youth—Noah’s Ark— 19th ST. PAUL EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH July 15 & 16, 2017 For your worship preparation for next week- Information and permission forms are end, please read and pray over and meditate available on the back bulletin board, in the on the sermon text of: Romans 8:26-27, church office or from Natalie Schulte. Call Christ’s Crusaders with the theme of "Learning How To Groan" Natalie with any questions. 608-921-5437

"Take Me Out to the Ballgame!" in July Building Relationships in Christ Now and Forever NEXT Sunday is our time for fun at the ball- will be Saturday and Sunday (July 22-23) park. Sign up to reserve your ticket to the before and after worship. There will be the

Rockford Rivets game at 4:05 p.m. Tickets usual “White Elephant Sale” and Coffee Welcome are $10. Spend some relaxing time together hour with mini Bake Sale. Nothing is We are blessed to know that by faith as you bring others to enjoy this event. Sign priced—donate what you want. All dona- and living in grace we have been pro- up Today! tions are for the senior ministry at St. Paul vided all we need to celebrate life and and their outreach to the local and global S c h e d u l e love. We have all been called children of Part-Time Teacher Sought communities. Any remaining white ele- Worship God and the gifts and peace of Christ We are searching for a part-time middle phants will be donated to the HOPE Thrift Saturday allow us to grow in faith and share His school teacher for Social Studies and Sci- Shop. Good News with others. May our time 6:00 p.m. ence. If you or someone you know would together be a blessing and supply each of Scrip Next Week: Contemporary be interested, please bring in a resume’ or us with the wonderful promises of the *Plastic scrip card orders and check pay- w/Communion send it to Mr. Steve Hall at Loving Savior. ment orders for other "on-line cards" [email protected]. would be dropped off and picked up at the Sunday Church office during normal business This weekend we welcome our guest Next Week: Liturgical Ice Cream Social hours. Orders due by 4pm: Pick up is usu- pastor, Rev. Gary Scharrer, who will be Join us for cake and ice cream on July 26th ally the Friday of the same week. serving us for three weeks. He earned his beginning at 6:30pm in Atwood Park. The July 25, Aug. 8 B.A. in music at Concordia College summer Jr. High band plays at 7pm with the (now University) in Ann Arbor, Michi- City Band playing at 7:30pm. stpaulev.org gan, and his M.Div. at Concordia Semi-

Donations of cakes are welcome. Please Our redesigned website is online. You can RADIO SPONSOR nary, Saint Louis, Missouri. He is wed to contact the church office 562-2744 or sign find general church information, calendars Sara Shalom Scharrer, and father to five in both a current (changeable) format and The 10:00 WRHL (1060 am) radio children. He's served congregations in up on the sheet on the back bulletin board. broadcast is sponsored by Guyla They can be brought to the church office by also the calendar that was included in the Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Illinois between 4pm on the 26th or to the park at 6pm. newsletter. Current and past newsletters Pfeiffer in loving memory of her hus- 2003 and 2017. His album, We Are His, are available as are ministry pages. If you band, Wayne. was released in 2015. In 2009, He and miss a Sunday, you have access to current Sara released a kid's album, Salt Light and past bulletin insert pages. A link to the City. We welcome him as he brings the school website is available. Word to us and leads us in worship.

NEXT WEEK’S SERVANTS Saturday 7/22— 6:00 p.m. Sunday 7/23— 9:00 a.m. St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church 1415 Tenth Ave. Rochelle, Illinois 61068 Reader Pastor Marcia Schnorr phone: (815) 562-2744; email: [email protected] website: stpaulev.org Communion Lee Prunty ——————- St. Paul School phone: (815) 562-6323; website: stpaulrochelle.org 4

The Week at St. Paul: 7/16—7/23 od’s People Respond G Sunday 16 9:00 a.m. Worship—Communion Mission Weekend—”The Lamb to Life” In Our Worship: † PLEASE PRAY FOR†

Blood Pressure Readings 7/8 85 7/9 52 Total: 137  Bill Dilling with surgery this week. Monday 17 6:00 p.m. Elders Meeting

 Vi Honeg for peace and care Tuesday 18 2:00 p.m. San Bible Study Wednesday 19 Youth to Noah’s Ark  Butch Halsne for heath and grace In our Giving:  Velma Smith for health issues and 1:00 p.m. Countryside Bible Class care. Thursday 20 Last week’s Giving  Pastor Hoffmann for healing, recovery Friday 21 5:30 p.m. Sr. Supper Club @ Maxon’s Manor in Oregon Offerings $ 3,805 and rehab. Saturday 22 6:00 p.m. Contemporary Worship School Tuition $ 0  For the blessing of the movie "The Christmas in July—White Elephant Sale All Thrivent $ 0 Lamb To Life." Sunday 23 9:00 a.m. Worship Other $ 0 If you would like to have a prayer request printed, 4:05 p.m. Rockford Rivets Ball Game Total Income $ 3,805 please call the church office before Thursday.

Monthly Mission Offering Normal income thru THIS WEEKEND is our Monthly Mission Offering. We are chal- July 9, 2017 $ 254,333 Bible Study Opportunities lenged in our support of the global wide distribution of the Total Projected & Actual Expenses The Men’s Bible Breakfast and Women’s Bible movie, "The Lamb to Life," to be released at Passover 2018. for Fiscal Mar 2017– Feb 2018 $ 784,560 Class will be on summer break during July and It will bring the message of Christ to audiences around the Normal Income Needed to . world, sharing the Good News with perhaps billions of people. Break-even for Fiscal Year $ 530,227 We can be a part of this endeavor. Baskets are provided in WOW—Women’s’ Bible study meets the sec- the back for your gifts of support. ond and fourth Tuesdays at 6:30pm. Enter March – May 2017: through the West door. Currently they are Total Normal Income $ 206,376 studying Philippians. w/Communion Total Expenses $ 190,080 Cash Flow $ 16,296 Borrowed/Loaned Funds $ 0 Net Cash Flow $ 16,296 Sunday’s Bible Studies Marcy’s Group meets in the Parish Nurse of-

fice immediately after our worship service. Please join us for a “small group feel” Bible St. Paul has donated $1,592.03 from the study. Church offerings this calendar year to the Pastor Bible Study— This class will be on sum- Northern Illinois District (NID) Missions. mer break during July and August.

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