St Paul Church

During the month of November the Board of Christian Education is encouraging you to help fill up the table with much needed items. After talking with someone at the Salvation Army, their food supply is VERY low and the following items are needed: canned meat products (i.e. tuna, salmon, chicken, Spam), Beef Stew, Chef Boyardee ravioli, beefaroni, spaghetti & meatballs, peanut butter & jelly, hearty soups—Chunky brand, Progresso, etc, paper products, coffee. They said they get a good supply of vegetables from the food bank, but are in great need of items that people can just open and have as a meal. The shelves at the Salvation Army are bare so there is a great need for food, especially with the onset of winter quickly approaching!

There is also a need of winter boats, boots, hats, gloves, mittens and blankets. If you have clean, gently used items please bring them to the church by November 13th and we will make sure they get to the Salvation Army. Thank you for your continued support of this local mission. May God contribute to bless your giving.

The Board of Christian Education met on Monday, October 3rd at 7:30pm. The following was discussed:

• Upcoming Fall Party—October 23rd—finalized please for the day and what people needed to bring as far as supplies.
• Salvation Army—Food & Coat drive—April will call and see what specific needs they have. (See above)
• Recap of Christmas Committees— General Christmas Committee: Mike & Nancy Bartelt, TJ & Jessie Zambrovitz; 2012 Holdovers: Kevin Ludeking, Patti O’Haver, Shaun & Ann Gallagher, Ross Meinert, Chris Dornink, Shawn & Sarah Stuckey; Christmas Program Committee: Bobbi Jo Schlueter, Tina Schlueter 2012 Holdovers: Tracy Hendrick, Karen Kleckner
• Christmas Mission—Sunday school offerings for the 1st Sundays in November, and December. November will be for Leap of Faith Ministry (sponsors Christian Concerts at the Masonic Temple), December will be for Havalyn Duchenne and her work in Belgium. White gift envelopes will also be given to Havalyn’s mission work. (An email from Larry Correll, of Timothy Ministries, is in this newsletter with an update about Havalyn and her husband.) There will be a box in the narthex the first Sunday of each month for anyone wishing to donate to these missions as well.
• Angel Tree Mission—Mike & Cheryl Johnson and family will be our Angel Tree Family this year. Mike has been off work with a bad back since August and will be having back surgery in early November.

  The Johnson’s have 4 children, Eryn, Kaylie, Andrew and Garrett that are students at Dakota and have been to St. Paul in the past. The Angel Tree will be put up the first Sunday of Advent and there will be ornaments for you to put your name on and place on the tree along with any monetary donation you wish. Thank you in advance for helping this family through your Christmas spirit.

• College Goody Boxes—it was decided to let you decide if you’d like to send a gift card or goodie box to our college students this year. Watch for the clipboard in the weeks ahead with cards and/or boxes being sent by the week after Thanksgiving.
• Ornaments will be given to each student preschool—high school attending Sunday school thus far in 2011.

Our next meeting will be Monday, November 8th at 7:30pm.

The Board of Christian Education will sponsor the 4th annual 4 C’s Fall Party for the congregation on Sunday October 23rd following worship.  Activities planned include crafts, “trunk or treating” for the kids and a wagon ride (weather permitting).  The BOCE will provide Chili and Chicken Noodle Soup for lunch, drinks and table service.

The congregation is asked to provide a dish to share based on the following…If beginning letter of last name begins with

• A-H –Desserts
• I-Q– Finger Foods/Cheese/Veggies
• R-Z – Appetizers/Sandwiches.

We hope that everyone will join us for this fun-filled afternoon.

The Board of Christian Education met on Tuesday, September 6th at 7:30pm and discussed the following:

• Rally Day—Everyone attending Sunday School on September 11th will gather in the sanctuary to kick-off the new Sunday School year.  The balloon release will follow.  We will also provide cupcakes and juice for the refreshments after worship.  Pastor Scott & April will pass out Bibles to our 3rd graders during worship.
• Worm Sunday School – some of the teachers will meet to discuss the lesson focus for this year.  September lessons are taken care of and a sign up will be passed as soon as things are decided for the remainder of the year.
• Salvation Army collection for October will be items for school cold lunches ~ fruit snacks, granola bars, juice boxes, snack-size items, or as always anything you wish to donate is always greatly appreciated.
• Fall Party—October 23rd after worship.  There will be crafts,  “Trunk or Treating”, and a hayride, weather   permitting.  The congregation is asked to bring food according to their last name:
  • A-H Desserts
  • I-Q finger foods/cheese/veggies
  • R-Z appetizers/sandwiches.

The Board of Christian Education will provided chicken noodle soup and chili along with place settings and drinks.

• Pastor Appreciation:  A sign up sheet will be passed around during church for people to sign up for a day throughout the month of October to show their appreciation to Pastor Scott & Sue.
• Christmas Committees:   It was decided to wait until next month to figure this out.

Our next meeting will be Monday, October 3rd at 7:30 p.m.

7:30 PM     Monthly Meeting

The Board of Christian Education met on March 9th, discussing the following:

• Secretary and Treasurer reports read and approved with a treasury balance of $2.054.07
• Rotation Sunday School leaders needed for April & May. Please check out the bulletin board in the North hallway if you are interested in helping.
• Sunday School teacher appreciation will be May 17th during worship. Gifts have been ordered and notes will be given to all teachers.
• Easter Outreach update – this will be on March 29th starting at 9:15am. There will be crafts for preschool – 5th grade as well as an egg hunt. Please encourage Sunday School familities to join us!
• Salvation Army collection for April will be cereal and juice or anything else people wish to give.
• Graduation Recognition will be May 25th during worship. High school graduates will receive an invitation in the mail. Gifts have been ordered.
• Festival of the Christian Home will be Sunday, May 10th. Karen will contact a family to see if they would be willing to lead worship that day.
• Vacation Bible School will be on July 20th-24th with the program on Sunday, July 26th. After contacting area churches and checking school calendars, this seems to be the best date we could find.
• Summer Sunday School – last year there was no organized classes for Preschool – 8th grade, but a one-room type class was offered each week. The Board will decide at the next meeting if this is what we will do for the kids this summer.
• Movie Night — the BOCE will sponsr a couple of movie nights featuring the movie Fireproof. Please watch the bulletin and newsletters for upcoming dates. There may also be a study group formed to “dig” into this movie deeper.
• CCCC Church Camp — talked about promoting this camp which is held at Rock River Bible Camp in Dixon the week of June 21st. The cost is $130/camper for the week. We will check with the Church Council to see if they would be willing to pay the registrationfee for anyone that attends. See camp flyer in the newsletter.

The next meeting will be April 6th at 7pm.

The Board of Christian Education continues to sponsor monthly food drives for The Salvation Army, and the month of April will be a cereals and juices, or anything else you wish to bring. As always, thank you for your continued support of this outreach to our local communities.

The Board of Christian Education continues to sponsor monthly food drives for The Salvation Army and the month of March will be a general collection with an emphasis on canned meats, pastas and mac and cheese. As always, thank you for your continued support of this outreach to our local communities.

The Board of Christian Education met on February 9th discussing the following:

• Secretary and Treasurer reports read and approved with a treasury balance of $1,578.35
• Angel tree misssion project — $900 given to the Geiseman Family
•  College boxes — 26 boxes sent. Will ty and organize earlier for 2009
• Christmas Eve refreshments
• Sunday School Secretary update
• Salvation Army collection for March — pastas, mac & cheese, canned meats
• Rotation Sunday School — could still use more teachers, specifically for Geography room for March/April
• Teacher Recognition — May 17th during worship
• Easter Outreach — March 29th as this is a 5th Sunday and works well with the rotation schedule
• Election ofOfficers — Karen Kleckner, President; Brooks Henneman, Vice President; Ann Kriens, Secretary and she will serve thru 2009
• Bible School — dates are being discussed with decision to be made at the March meeting

Next meeting will be March 9th at 7pm.

The Board of Christian Education is seeking Leaders/Teachers/Helpers for our Sunday school program. We are in need of additional leaders/helpers for the preschool class, the Rotation Sunday school program for Kindergarten through 5th grade, as well as the Jr. High class. Information and sign-up sheets for the Rotation Sunday school program are posted on the bulletin board that is on the wall near the Sunday school rooms. If you are interested in helping with this program or any other class or want additional information, please contact Karen Kleckner or April at the church office. All parents are encouraged to help and will likely find the lessons easy to follow and understand.

Monday, December 8th at 7pm

The Board of Christian Education met on Monday, November 3rd and discussed the following:

• Family Fall Celebration—general thoughts were that it was a good event
• Christmas Mission Project—see related article for further information
• St. Paul Store update—it was decided that with the change in our Sunday school program, that we would no longer
  use the St. Paul Store so the items that were left were given to Cassie Wymer for the Samaritan’s Purse boxes.
• Ornaments for Sunday School children—Ornaments have been ordered and will be given our on December 21st
• Salvation Army collection for December—this will be a general collection
• Sunday School Offerings—October—December 1st Sunday offerings will go toward the Christmas mission project as will the White Gift envelopes
• College Goodie Boxes—it was decided to send goodie boxes to our college students for finals week. April will pass around a clipboard during worship and Board of Christian Ed. will follow-up with this final details of the boxes.
• Christmas Eve—it was decided that we will provide refreshments after the 7:30pm Christmas Eve service. We will decide who will bring what at the next meeting.
• Advent Books—Pastor Dick made a request to purchase Advent calendars and coloring books for our children. Each Sunday school child will receive a coloring book and each Sunday school family will receive a calendar. The extras will be available in the narthex.

Beginning Sunday, October 5th, Sunday School will start at 9:30 and Worship will be at 10:30 AM.  Please be sure to mark your calendars!

On Sunday, October 26th, the Board of Christian Education will be sponsoring Chili, Chicken Soup and Chattin’ after Church. (Notice the CCCC relationship?) This promises to be an afternoon of fun and fellowship for ALL ages. After a delicious lunch, there will be games, crafts, pumpkin painting, scavenger hunts, hayrides, a euchre tournament and the possibility of a Bunco game.

We are asking that everyone bring something to share for the meal according to the first letter of your last name:

• A-H: cheese/crackers, veggies, finger foods, appetizers, etc.
• I-Q: sandwiches – lunchmeat, PBJ, chicken, tuna or ham salad, etc.
• R-Z: desserts

The Board of Christian Ed. will provide the chili and chicken noodle soup, table service and drinks.

We look forward to seeing everyone for this great day of family, food, fellowship and FUN!!

The Board of Christian Educatino met on Monday, September 8th at 7 PM. President Karen Kleckner welcomed Jan Boyer and Leann Quinn as new members.

Old Business

• YF leaders are still needed. We have a few people we will be contacting
• Reviewed prior changes to the BOCE Bylaws and voted on approval
• Update of Rally Day/WORM kick-off

New Business

• FACC/Salvation Army collection for October will be anything at “falls” off your shelf (general collection)
• Samaritan’s Purse/Operation Christmas Child – Cassie Wymer will be heading up this mission as part of her Senior project
• Family Fall Fun Night - it was decided to have an all-church lunch after worhsip on October 26th with fall games and crafts for those attending
• Christmas Committees
  • General Christmas Committee – CJ and Tracy Hendrick, Jim and Barb Leifheit, Mike and Kim Cassidy, Craig and Ann Kriens, Mark and Shelly Fiene, Brenda and Joey Mayberry
  • Program Committee – Amy McKee, Kelly Roth, Jenny Blocker, Vicki Thomas
• Pastor Appreciation Month – watch for details the next couple Sundays
• Christmas Mission Projects – Nancy Bartelt is working on this and will bring more details to the next meeting
• Offerings for Oct, Nov and Dec – The first Sunday offering for the months of Oct, Nov and Dec will go to our Christmas mission projects. Further details will be available soon

The next meeting was set for October 6th at 7 PM.

The following names have been placed in nomination for the Sunday school elections to be held August 17, 2008:

Superintendent: Jean Bechtold

Assistant Supt:

• Jan Boyer
• Richard Meinert
• Shirley Goeke

Jr. Dept. Supt: Nancy Bartelt

Assistant Jr. Supt:

• Leann Quinn
• Kristi Krahmer
• Amy Meier

Secretary: Whitney Diehl

Assistant Secretary:

• Maycee Zettle
• Heather Niedermeier
• Parker Ludeking

Pianist: Janet Kloster

Assistant Pianist:

• Sally Kuhlmeier
• Sue Ann Bamberg
• Merlin Meinert

Sunday School Treasurer: Cathy Ludeking (Cathy agreed to serve another year)

Cradle Roll:

• Tari Jones
• Mary Jane Zimmerman
• Vicki Schlueter

If you will not be able to serve if elected, please contact a members of the nominating committee as soon as possible. The committee is Merl Niedermeier, Chairman; Helen Schneeberger, Joyce Filer, Diana Olsen, Connie Marty, Erika Lawson and Joyce Figi.

The Board of Christian Education met on June 9th and discussed the following:

Old Business

Graduate recognition, Summer Sunday school update, VBS, BOCE Constitution, Sunday school Secretary position

New Business

Salvation Army Food Collection: July will be boxed meals and cereals

Rotation Workship in Milwaukee: Approved registration and mileage for Karen Kleckner to attend a rotation workship in Milwakee to get more information and ideas, as this will be the program our Sunday school will be using this fall

Teacher Meeting: June 24th at 6:30pm for all those interested in heping with and/or finding out more about the new proram for our Sunday school this fall.

Women’s Opportunities: April mentioned a weekend retreat in Rockford for women and also an upcoming gathering in July. More information about both in the newsletter.

Next meeting: August 4th at 7pm

St. Paul will be embarking on a new adventure this fall for our Sunday school department and we need your help. Please join us on June 24th at 6:30pm to see how you can help make this new adventure possible. Please see the related article in the newsletter with details about the new program and how you can help. If you have questions or would like to help out, please contact Karen Kleckner or April Zettle.

Summer Sunday School classes for the Pre-K through High School age will be different this summer beginning June 1. The individual classes will be taking the summer off; however, there will still be meeting/activity time for the children who attend and all age groups will be combined as one teacher will plan some type of story/activity for those who attend. Junior High and High School students who would like to attend are welcome to help during this time. The Board of Christian Education wanted to continue to offer a meeting time for children, but several teachers desired to have a break in the summer and that is what prompted the change. So parents may continue to bring their children as there will be a meeting time, but all age groups will be combined.

In the Fall we are planning a new rotation model which is a center-based approach to teaching Sunday School using different activities or themes, similar to Bible School. The Board of Christian Education are looking for more volunteers to help with Sunday School in order to get this program off to a super start. If you would like more information and want to help in some way, please contact Karen Kleckner or call the church office. Watch for more updates in the summer months.

The Board of Christian Education has decided to sponsor an offering for the Freeport Pregnancy Center through the month of June. There will be a box in the narthex along with plastic baby bottles (12) for you to take home and place your loose change in.

Not only will be collecting monetary donations, but we would also like to collect diapers and wipes, baby foods and cereals, maternity and baby clothes, etc.

Freeport Pregnancy Center is

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On Sunday, April 20th the Board of Christian Education recognized all those involved in the SundaySchool department at St. Paul. Thank you to the following:

• Preschool/Kindergarten: Karen Kleckner, Tina Schlueter, Valerie Wymer
• 1st/2nd Grades: Deanna Babler, Amy McKee and Laura Miller
• 3rd-5th Grade: Mary Jane Zimmerman and Chad Goeke
• 6th-8th Grade: Terry Goeddeke and April Zettle
• High School: Diane Schurch and Jeff Wymer
• Fellowship Class: Joanne Meinert, Lois Niedermeier, Carol Olsen, Ron Welling
• Faithful Workers: Mabel Bechtold and Merlin Meinert
• Piano Players: Diane Lawson, Jan Kloster, Terry Goeddeke, Sally Kuhlmeier
• Adult Superintendents: Joyce Figi and Jean Bechtold
• Junior Department Superintendents: Vicki Thomas and Nancy Figi
• Youth Fellowship Advisors: Patti O’Haver and Kevin Ludeking
• Junior Choir: Amy Meier

Our Christian Education Department would not be what it is without you! Thanks again, and may God continue to bless you!