Serving Others

Celebration Chorus with voices from both congregations meets Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at
St. Paul for practice and sings the 2nd Sunday of each month. Come join us! Noisy Offering for April is the ELCA Malaria Campaign. Join us as together we work to save lives! Food Pantry! Cloth bags with the list of monthly donations are available at both churches to help us remember to bring your items to church for the 3rd Saturday of each month. For April, St. John is to bring canned fruit and St. Paul is to bring cereal. Quarterly Joint Council Night at St. John Thursday, April 18th, 5:45 is Joint Parish Board; 6:45 all council worship and Pastors report; 7:00 individual councils Team Grandparents Influencing Faith (TGIF) - Thanks to Fran and our TGIF group for sponsoring the Lunch with the Easter Bunny! Despite the cold and rain, over 100 kids and families enjoyed the day! Internship We are excited to announce that we have been selected to receive an intern from Trinity Lutheran Seminary this fall! We look forward to this adventure together More information will come after the official assignments on April 1st. Many thanks to our internship committee for their hard work and for not giving up! Many thanks to our two churches for their votes of support. Many thanks to all who are making this possible through their generosity! If you or your group have a fund-raising idea you will be planning, please keep your council presidents informed thank you! If you would like to make a donation, please designate it for the Seminary Fund. Prayer Chain If you have someone to put on the prayer chain, you may call Joan Harris at 419-734-3971 or 419-341-6373 for St. Pauls prayer chain. The St. John prayer chain contact is Myra Prokop at 419-798-5101. God promises that our prayers are heard! You may also contact Joan or Myra to be added to our group who pray. Prayer Shawl Plus Ministry - Meets Wednesdays after Bible Study at St. Paul, around noon. Thank you to this group for their Red, White and Blue shawls for our armed forced families! Also needed are White shawls for Baptism; Misc. shawls for our Church family and outreaches. Contact Sandra Reep at 419-732-7846 for patterns and yarn. PSM will take any donations of yarn, hooks, and needles. Lutheran World Relief Project Please bring 8x10-70 sheet ruled tablets and sturdy combs Mission Sundays for Northwest Ohio Synod - The third Sunday of each month is Mission Sunday and an offering basket is set out for donations to assist the minist ries of our Synod, which includeTrinity Lutheran Seminary, Lutheran Outdoor Ministry of Ohio, Lutheran Disaster Relief, Global Mission, ELCA World Hunger, and others. Volunteer Opportunities -See www.sidebysideministry.com for more opportunities for serving.