Voters Meeting 2

H.S. Graduates 2 Sunday School 2

Office Hours 2

School News 3

VBS Registration 4

VBS 5

July Calendar & Serving Schedule

Thank You Cancer Support Trash to Cash Walk of Faith Scrip Benefit of Giving Birthdays Anniversaries

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St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church • 742 Depot Street • Manawa, WI 54949 Email Address: stpaulchurchmanawa2004@yahoo.com 920-596-2837

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Service Times: Sunday 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. (2nd & 4th Sunday Communion)

Monday 6:30 p.m. (2nd & 4th Communion)

PASTOR’S ARTICLE

FEWER RIBBONS IN THE SANCTUARY On June 17, Public Health Officer Jed Wohlt replied to Pastor Reichle’s inquiry about the spread of Covid-19 in Waupaca County. Officer Wohlt characterized the community spread of the disease as moderate. Taking this counsel into ac-count, the elders and pastor decided to reduce the number of ribbon covered pews in the sanctuary to every other pew. This will provide the visual cue to re-main at a distance from one another, to remember to wash hands, cover coughs and sneezes, and avoid touching common surfaces. Further, this in-creases the sanctuary’s capacity to hold more than the average worship at-tendance and for that reason the request to attend a certain worship service based on last name is no longer made of St. Paul’s members.

INTERN NEWS We now come to the final full month of Deaconess Intern Sara McPike’s year among us. On August 9th, after 2nd service, a farewell banquet will be held in her honor. Please make plans to attend and send her off well. Gifts, cards, and well-wishes are welcome and encouraged. Vicar James Lanning and his wife, Hannah, will be arriving in Manawa in early August. On August 16th, at both worship services, Vicar Lanning will be in-stalled for his 12 months of work among us. The 2nd service will be followed by a welcome banquet in his honor. Please make plans to attend that also and welcome him and his wife well. Gifts, cards, and well-wishes are welcome and encouraged. Further, here are three suggestions for the members of St. Paul to welcome Vicar Lanning among us:

Non-perishable goods for their first weeks as they settle in Invitations to dinner Wear nametag in worship from August until October

RESOLUTION TO BIBLE STUDY UPDATE The pandemic has caused us to make our Bible studies available to online par-ticipation and thus available for on-demand viewing as well. Go to www.stpaulmanawa.org for links to our Bible studies, both live and on-demand. Presently, Intern McPike is teaching a hymn study on Sundays at 9:30 am and a study of Acts on Tuesdays at 6 pm. The in-person attendance has been “pandemically” low, but the online participation both live and on-demand has also been far below the target of 15% of worship attendance (30 people). In Ju-ly, look for Pastor’s Revelation study to restart and a new class about abortion and birth control to begin on July 26th.

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Kaden Bonikowske, Corey Beyer, Daniel Beyer, Jackson Jaeger Makenna Jaeger, Callie Oltz, Jacob Scheller & Brett Zielke

We will recognize our 2020 High School Graduates Sunday, July 26 during the 8:15 a.m. service.

“Do not pray for an easy life; pray to be a stronger person. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers but for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you will be the miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself and the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.”

SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS NEEDED! We need Sunday School teachers for the upcoming school year. If you think you could help out in this fulfilling way, please call Jim Roenz @ 920- 596-2374 or call the church office @ 920-596-2837. High school age youth are welcome to assist with a class also! Please leave a message and we'll get back to you. We need to begin planning for the upcoming year! Thank you.

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS Church office will be open Monday, Thursday, & Friday mornings.

School office will be open Tuesday & Wednesday.

REMINDER Quarterly Voters Meeting

Sunday, July 19th 9:30 a.m. We will meet to vote on our 2020-21 budget.

SCHOOL NEWS

The school theme for the 2020-2021 is “Praise God” from Psalm 103 1

“Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name..”

“Sponsor a Student” How do you support St. Paul Lutheran Church and School? Is your support found in regular church attendance? Do you attend the special functions at St. Paul? Do you attend bible study or help with Sunday School or VBS? Do you serve in a leadership role at St. Paul? Do you faithfully give to support the missions of St. Paul? The “Sponsor a Student” program will give con-gregational members a chance to assist the fami-lies and students of St. Paul in another way. Un-like financial aid, this program will simply allow a congregational member to sponsor a student without the paperwork of applying for financial aid. Members can sponsor a student for a month, a semester, or an entire year. The amount of con-tribution or commitment is decided by the spon-sor. This commitment could range any range. Do-nors would remain anonymous. During the 2019-2020 school year, over $2,500 was donated to the Sponsor A Student Program. Specially marked donations can be dropped off in the school or church office any time. Please consider this program as a way to help a student receive a Christian Education at St. Paul Lutheran School. Anyone interested in donating to this worthy cause can bring dona-tions to the school office.

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Have you heard about all of the great things happen-

ing at St. Paul Lutheran Church and School?

Tell someone else!

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ST PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH 742 Depot St, Manawa, WI 54949

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL July 6 – 10, 2020 (if necessary, VBS will be virtual) 9 – 11:30 am Ages: 3 (potty trained) – 6th Grade (just completed)

Complimentary VBS music (either digital or cd) available; one per family.

Please print name and list classroom for each student:

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Classroom (3K, 4K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6):_______

Name ­­­­­­­­­

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Classroom (3K, 4K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6):_______

Name ­­­­­­­­­

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Classroom (3K, 4K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6):_______

Name ­­­­­­­­­

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Classroom (3K, 4K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6):_______

Contact information

Emergency Contact: ______________________________________________________

Relationship to child: ____________________ mobile # _________________________

Work # _______________________________ home # __________________________

Child(ren)’s Address: _____________________________________________________

City: _____________________________________ State _______ Zip ______________

Allergies (especially food and animal) ________________________________________

Other Helpful Info (illnesses, medication, food and activity restrictions) ______________

________________________________________________________________________ Are you members of St Paul Lutheran Church? Yes ___ No ___ Are you looking for a church home? Yes ___ No ___ Name of your church home: ______________________________________________________

Permission to use child(ren)’s photos in St Paul Lutheran Church’s publications? Yes ___ No __

We will not be charging a fee to attend Vacation Bible School. However, we will be accepting and appreciating freewill donations. The cost per child is approximately $20.

Please return this registration form to St. Paul Lutheran Church office.

or Register online at www.vbsmate.com/stpaulmanawawi

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VBS Vacation Bible School is something I look forward to every year. I enjoyed participating as a student, and that energy and enjoyment has remained through my teenage and adult years as a vol-unteer. I’m sure many of you have fond memories of attending and/or volunteering at a VBS in the past. This year’s theme is Rainforest Explorers: Jesus Leads the Way. In our lives, we may feel as though we are lost, afraid, or unsure of what to do. We may even feel that we must find our own way, even though we know that’s impossible. Thankfully, Jesus our Savior knows what the right path is for us, and He is there to lead us. Students at VBS will learn how Jesus leads us through the following five accounts from the Bible. Day 1 - God Rescues Noah (Genesis 6:17-22; 8) Day 2 - God Gives the Commandments (Exodus 19:18-20; 20:1-21) Day 3 - Jesus Calls His Disciples (Matthew 4:18-22; 9:9-13) Day 4 - Jesus Heals Ten Lepers (Luke 17:11-19) Day 5 - Jesus Visits His Disciples (John 21:1-14) Students will also experience fun songs, skits, crafts, games and snacks; all while still learning important ‘take home points’ about Jesus and how He is our priceless treasure. VBS will be July 6-10 at 9:00-11:30am. We look forward to a week of fun and faith together. In Christ, Deaconess Intern Sara McPike

THANK YOU St Paul Lutheran for the thoughtful retirement gifts. I'm proud to be a part of the St. Paul Family. I've been inspired by the staff, students and congregation. I started here as the part time custodian in 2002, then in 2007 I became the head custodian. The years flew by as I watched the children grow. Even though I'm retired from full time work here, I'm looking forward to using the talents I've been giv-en to continue helping wherever I can. This is the day the Lord hath made, Let us Rejoice and be glad in it. Connie Klotzbuecher CANCER SUPPORT GROUP AT ST. PAUL This group is for patients, survivors and caregivers. I strongly encourage people who are newly diag-nosed with cancer and their caregivers to join a cancer support group. The one here at St. Paul Church meets the second and forth Saturday of the month at 9:00 a.m. for about an hour or you can join one on line. I joined one through facebook in January, it has 30,000 members worldwide. I do see lots of questions, venting, rants and blessings. Have Faith OVER Fear of cancer. Stay strong and remember to be humble. Kim Bartel-5 year Ovarian Cancer Survivor.

TRASH TO CASH: We are collecting labels from Our Family Labels for Learning (Remingtons). Used stamps for mis-sions, used empty inkjet cartridges, beverage tabs & old eye glasses. These items can be brought to the office or when you come to church, you can put them in the dresser drawers by the coat rack.

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NO COMMUNION SHUT-IN SERVICE THIS MONTH!

GET SCRIP TODAY!

SCRIP cards are sold Monday, Thursday & Fri-day morning in the church office. Orders can be placed in the boxes provided along with your check made payable to St. Paul Scrip, or brought to the church office. Orders will be placed around the 1st & 15th of each month and take about 4 days to receive them. Thank you to everyone who has taken time to purchase SCRIP cards for your everyday pur-chases such as: prescriptions, gas & groceries. For families enrolled in school July will be the last month to have % come off education fees for the 2020-2021 school year. Starting in Au-gust you can start saving on education fees for the 2021-2022 school year. If you have any questions about SCRIP please ask Betty Klotzbuecher or Lori Hass.

BENEFIT OF CHARITABLE GIVING Because of the CARES act, if you charitably donate more than $300 in 2020, you get a $300 “above the line” deduction to your 2020 taxable income.

NO MEETINGS THIS MONTH

Men’s Club LWML

Ladies Aid

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JULY BIRTHDAYS Ronald Koehler ................................. 7-1 Todd Bonikowske .............................. 7-2 Erik Fritz ........................................... 7-2 Kenneth Rohde ................................. 7-2 Leighton Dunnihoo ............................ 7-3 Bracyn Hass ..................................... 7-3 Rebecca Ricker ................................ 7-4 Mary Fradrich.................................... 7-5 Ronald Radke ................................... 7-5 Corey Beyer ...................................... 7-6 Sheri Lettau ...................................... 7-6 Andrew Drath .................................... 7-7 David Helgeson ................................ 7-7 Haley Ingersoll .................................. 7-7 Abby Peters ...................................... 7-7 Courtney Smits ................................. 7-7 Ashley Spiegelberg ........................... 7-7 Brianne Diermeier ............................. 7-8 Ron Drath ......................................... 7-8 Lois Glocke ....................................... 7-8 Braxton Huebner ............................... 7-8 Wendy Nichols .................................. 7-8 Jamie Sanderfoot .............................. 7-8 Kelsey Behnke .................................. 7-9 Daniel Blum ...................................... 7-9 Benjamin Gehrke .............................. 7-9 Julius Reichle.................................... 7-9 Brett Zielke ....................................... 7-9 Rachel Krueger ............................... 7-10 Joshua Seeger ................................ 7-10 Jack Sturm ...................................... 7-10

Andrew Buchholz ............................ 7-11 Frank Jaeger ................................... 7-11 Jax Riesenberg ............................... 7-12 Alaina Bonikowske .......................... 7-13 Bryan Lockman ............................... 7-13 Wendy Sztuczko ............................. 7-13 John Bartel ...................................... 7-14 Christa Cupp ................................... 7-14 Aaron Delaney ................................ 7-14 Jill Timm .......................................... 7-14 Hunter Peters .................................. 7-15 Betty Bonikowske ............................ 7-16 Tony Drath....................................... 7-16 Tamara J. Johnson .......................... 7-16 George Meidam .............................. 7-16 Katie Schneiderwent ....................... 7-16 Gerald Bailey .................................. 7-17 Gloria Behnke ................................. 7-17 Peter Claussen ............................... 7-17 Marla Gerl ....................................... 7-17 Evelyn Klotzbuecher ....................... 7-17 Jason Klotzbuecher ......................... 7-17 Rachel Beyer .................................. 7-18 Kris Heinz ....................................... 7-18 Carol J. Glocke ............................... 7-19 Drew Meyer ..................................... 7-19 Travis Radke ................................... 7-19 Chris Roenz .................................... 7-19 Sean Seeger ................................... 7-19 Julie Mehlberg ................................. 7-20 Kai Kreklow ..................................... 7-21 Joel Bonikowske ............................. 7-22 Lieca Secard ................................... 7-22 Lori Suehs ....................................... 7-22 Troy Zielke ...................................... 7-22 Lindsay Kassis ................................ 7-23 Alyssa Nelson ................................. 7-23 Brittany Osei ................................... 7-23 Jennifer Sturm ................................. 7-23 Matthew Sturm ................................ 7-23

July Birthdays Continued

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Darci Vanden Heuvel ...................... 7-23 Truman Ingersoll ............................. 7-24 Bruce Scheller ................................ 7-24 Sharon Spiegelberg ........................ 7-24 Jason Jones ................................... 7-25 Brenna Lockman ............................. 7-25 Joshua Ort ...................................... 7-25 Nancy Timm .................................... 7-25 Margaret Fahser ............................. 7-26 Suzanne Suehs .............................. 7-26 Richard Bonikowske ....................... 7-27 Tarra Buschke ................................. 7-27 Shirley Fuhs .................................... 7-27 Riley Buch ...................................... 7-28 Allen Kriesel .................................... 7-28 Tylar Johnson ................................. 7-29 Mary Mann ...................................... 7-29 Alissa Suehs ................................... 7-29 Harley VanArk ................................. 7-29 James Zemple ................................ 7-29 Myla Abhold .................................... 7-30 Jacob Craig .................................... 7-30 John Diermeier ............................... 7-30 Timothy Dusel ................................. 7-31 Karen Helpap .................................. 7-31 Robbie Schneiderwent .................... 7-31

JULY ANNIVERSARIES Bruce & Dinah Herrmann .............. 7-05-69 Jacob & Shauna Timm .................. 7-06-10 Mark & Katherine Much ................. 7-07-18 John & Teri Suehs ......................... 7-10-82 Courtney & Ryan Smits ................. 7-12-14 David & Kathy Pethke ................... 7-14-79 Daniel & Rebecca Tellock .............. 7-14-01 Joy & Eugene Griffin...................... 7-15-78 Bruce & Jennifer Scheller .............. 7-15-95 Gerald & Geraldine Hackbarth....... 7-16-77 Jason & Sheri Bailey ..................... 7-18-98 Dean & Wendy Beyer .................... 7-18-09 Roy & Sue Suehs .......................... 7-18-92 James & Christine Hanna .............. 7-19-97 Barbara & Gerald Lowney ............. 7-20-74 Dean & Pat Zander ........................ 7-21-62 Tristan & Jessica Drath ................. 7-22-05 Ronald & Barbara Vaughan ........... 7-23-60 Mike & Sue Lemke ........................ 7-24-65 Ronald & Marla Rieckmann ........... 7-24-82 Scott & Tammy Arndt ..................... 7-25-92 Erik & Meagan Fritz ....................... 7-12-14 Jason & Michelle Rieckmann ........ 7-27-19 Donald & Betty Schamber ............. 7-27-02 Ed & Kathy Flater .......................... 7-27-63 Kevin & Christal Buch .................... 7-31-99 Randy & Lynn Steingraber ……..7-31-76

OUR CHURCH IS TO BE SOLD Our church is to be sold! Yes, our church is to be sold! No, we are not about to lose our building through foreclosure or repudiated debt. However, our church must be sold to the city and county. It has been planted to wield an influence beyond its membership and walls. Thus, we are presented with an enormous challenge. Our church must be sold to the unchurched! There are scores of people in our community who would attend our church and join us in the Lord’s service if we would bother to sell our church to them. How much is our church worth to you? How much do you value its ministry? How much do you value the Christ it proclaims? As a member of this church, you are selling your church to others every day. Are you selling it short? Has it helped you to the extent that you’re willing to sell it to others? Will you be enthusiastic in talking about your church? Will you share your church with others who have no idea what they’re missing? Take our church seriously and talk to people about what our church has to offer to them.