St. Paul Lutheran Church in East Lansing, Michigan. Member congregation of the ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.

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March 2007

I am continually astounded by the gifts that are the people of St. Paul's. A family in the church gave seed money to the church which has been earmarked to help fund a Health Care Ministry/Parish Nurse Team. We are blessed with many health care workers, about a dozen at my count of which over half attended our organizational meeting on January 30. Former pastor, Paul Pretzlaff, spoke of the formation of the Health Care Ministry Team at his congregation, Immanuel Lutheran, in Grand Ledge. Our group made a commitment to get together once a month to read, pray, discuss and work to form a Health Care Ministry Team here at St. Paul's. We will be meeting on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:00PM to discuss a chapter of the book, Healing and Transformation by Dr. Kenneth Bakken. You are welcome to join us. Books are in the Pastor's Office at $10.00 each. (See other report on Health Care Ministry Team in March Newsletter.)

I'm hoping others will sign-up for a stint at the MABA (Meridian Area Business Association) EXPO on Saturday, March 10. It is a good way to make our congregation visible in the greater community. We will make popcorn and hand out small gifts to those who stop by our booth. It is a lot of fun meeting neighbors and getting out the word about what a blessing the St. Paul Family is. There is a signup sheet in the narthex.

As you know, we have already started the season of Lent, a time when we reflect on the sacrifice our Lord Jesus made to reconcile us to our heavenly Creator. During this season we are having our Soup & Bread Suppers at 6pm followed by the Lenten Worship Service based on the lessons for the Vigil of Easter. It follows the history of salvation from creation throughout the Bible. Come join us for this blessing. Following the service we will continue with Adult Studies. Craig Anderson will lead us in a seven week Book Study entitled, Reclaiming the "L" Word, Renewing the Church from Its Lutheran Core by Kelly Fryer.

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