We gather today as Gods beloved children to worship our Heavenly Father.

We praise his holy name, we listen eagerly for his words of comfort, hope, and challenge to us, and we offer ourselves to him in dedicated service. May you be blessed as you worship here today.

Leading and Assisting in Worship

Leaders: Pastor Stephen Wood and Mission Trip Youth Organist: Olga Otte Deacons: Mark Hoffmeier; Troy Claycamp Greeters: Dan & Lou Ann Hoevener (8:00) Paul & Jan Otte (10:15) Altar Care: Linda Guinn (10:15) Acolyte: Erin Otte (8:00) Dylan Hatfield (10:15) Projectors: Doris Rorick (8:00) Marc Fountain (10:15) Flowers: Linda Guinn Welcome Center: Delores Douglass (8:00) Laberta Otte (10:15)

August 18, 2013

St. Paul Lutheran Church is a congregation of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (E.L.C.A.). It is referred to as Borchers since Rev. Henry Borchers, who served our congregation from 1857-1881, advised and influenced a small group of pioneer settlers that wanted to establish a congregation in the area. This year we celebrate 161 years of life and ministry in this beautiful country setting in Southern Indiana. We look forward to many more years of growth and change as we seek continually to be faithful to Gods call to mission.

The Sacrament of Holy Communion is

offered at the 8:00 a.m. services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays and at the 10:15 a.m. service on the 1st and the 3rd Sundays of the month. Christians who believe in the true presence of Christ in the bread and wine for our forgiveness and salvation are invited to receive Holy Communion.

St. Paul Lutheran Church

10792 North 210 East, Seymour, IN 47274 Office 522-7364 Annex & Fax 522-7484 Parsonage 522-7421 email: stpaullutheran@stpaul-borchers.org Web Site: stpaul-borchers.org Office hours: Tuesday - Friday Staff The Reverend Stephen Wood Pastor Carolyn Jones...............Director of Youth & Family Ministries and Borchers Preschool Director Wendy Rotert ..Secretary Trish Tangman ..Care Team Director Amy Pierceall and Mandy Otte Custodians Jamie Baker .. Worship Technology Advisor and Web Master

Sunday School classes are held each Sunday for all ages at 9:10 a.m. Visitors are welcome to attend. HEARING ASSISTANCE: We have head phones available for those in need of assistance with hearing. They are located on the table at the entrance of the sanctuary. LARGE PRINT BULLETINSThere are a handful of large print bulletins available. They are located on the table at the entrance of the sanctuary.

This week: Today-

Monday 19thTuesday 20thWednesday 21stThursday 22ndFriday 23rdNext week: Sunday 25thMonday 26th-

Wednesday 28th-

Thursday 29thFriday 30th-

CALENDAR August 18th24th Newsletter Deadline 8:00 am Blood Drive in Pre-school Room 9:00 am Stephen Ministry Informational Meeting 9:00 am Pre-school 10:00 am Prayer Shawl Ministry Meeting 9:00 am Pre-school 4:00 pm TREATS 9:00 am Borchers Breakfast Club 9:00 am Pre-school August 25th31st 5:30 pm Wings Scoop of Faith 9:00 am Pre-school 1:00 pm Book Buzz 6:30 pm Stephen Minister Group Meeting 9:00 am Pre-school 9:15 am Preschool Chapel 1:30 pm Clothing Center 5:30 pm Kids Bells Team 1 6:00 pm Kids Bells Team 2 6:30 pm Adult Bells Borchers Breakfast Club 9:00 am Pre-school

TODAYTHE MISSION TRIP YOUTH will be presenting at both services about the mission trip this summer. THE FOOD PANTRY ITEMS for August are pudding and jello. Please place your donations in the basket by the Mission Outreach room or in the wooden box by the kitchen. Thank you. JR. HIGH YOUTH (6th8th) IYI Youth Retreat forms and money are due today. Contact Carolyn with questions. ALL YOUTHPlease begin checking the bulletin board in the church office for sign -up sheets and other announcements. TREATS will begin on August 21st at 4:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Please make sure you have filled out enrollment forms (on bulletin board in church office). Parents, the meal will be served at 6:00 pm that evening. Please be here to eat with your child. Contact Tyler if you have questions 812-216-7027. A TREATS DRIVERBeginning in September a volunteer is needed to pick up the children in Brownstown and bring them to TREATS. If you are interested please contact Tyler Claycamp. KIDS HAND BELLS (3rd and up) will begin practicing on August 28th at 5:30 pm and 6:00pm. A sign-up sheet is at the Welcome Center. ADULT HAND BELLS will begin practicing on August 28th at 6:30 pm. A sign-up sheet is at the Welcome Center. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY will meet on Tuesday, August 20th at 10:00 am in the Narthex.

TODAY- ARE YOU INTERESTED in learning what Stephen Ministry is all about? There will be an informational meeting at 9:00 am today in the Care Team/Resource Room. Come learn about this vital ministry and how Stephen Ministers can offer hope to hurting individuals in our congregation and community. TODAYS BLOOD DRIVE has been cancelled by the Red Cross. They are experiencing a critical shortage of RNs which has forced them to cancel. The next drive at St. Paul-Borchers is scheduled for November. Thanks to all who had signed up to donate blood. Please pray for a resolution to the staffing issue within the Red Cross so that their ability to collect blood is not further compromised.

OLGAS ANNUAL LABOR DAY PITCH-IN on September 1st beginning at 5:00 p.m. at the home of Olga Otte, 8575 N. Base Rd., Seymour. Meat, Drinks and table service will be provided. Please bring food to share and your lawn chairs. RSVP (by contacting Olga 497-2253) by August 25th. BACK TO SCHOOL SALES are in progress. It is hard to believe its that time again, but its here! Take advantage of great sale prices to purchase school supplies for Lutheran World Relief school kits. If you would like specific information on what to buy and what businesses usually offer the best deals, call Jan Otte @ 522-5491 for details. BOOK BUZZ PARTICIPANTS will meet on August 26th at 1:00 PM readers will meet in the narthex to discuss the Pulitzer Prize winning novel March by Geraldine Brooks. One copy of the book is available in the church library. Copies of the book are also available at the Jackson Co. Public Library and through Evergreen. If you need assistance locating the book or if you have other questions, please contact Michelle Wood or Trish Tangman. PANTRY SHOWER DONATIONS for the Carter family are being collected near the Welcome Center. If you have not chosen items to donate there's still time. Check the list on the Welcome Center. The goal is to deliver the items during the first week of September, so please have your donations at church by August 31st. Remember cash may be given to Trish so that additional items may be purchased before delivery. Thank you for helping others in our community!! A BIKE was left behind after the Daycamp bike ride this summer. If it is yours or if you know who it belongs to please contact the church office.

WINGS will hold their annual SCOOP OF FAITH on Sunday, August 25th in the Picnic Grove. A free will offering meal will be served by WINGS at 5:30 pm. The ice cream tasting and voting will begin at 6 pm. Sample all the entries and then vote for your favorites ($0.50 per vote, vote as many times as you like). Flavor with the most votes will receive the Scoop of Faith Trophy! Winners will also be announced in new categories for youth, sherbet and frozen yogurt. Bring as many entries as you wish! Live music will be provided by returning favorites: Healing Waters Gospel Singers. SCOOP OF FAITH PARTICIPANTS are invited to churn their ice cream together this year. Beginning at 1pm, August 25, WINGS will provide salt and ice at the picnic woods. Please bring your own ice cream maker, if possible (a few extras will be available). We are happy to assist anyone with freezing their tasty treats! Questions, see Leah Otte or Jamie Baker. PHONE/ADDRESS DIRECTORYYou may pick up an updated phone directory at the Welcome Center. IRON MAN NATE is at it again!! This time Nathan Otte is competing in the Iron Man competition in Louisville on August 25th as "Team Charlie" in memory of his friend, Charlie Wolters, who died their sophomore year in high school. Money raised will go to the Muscular Dystrophy Association to fund camp scholarships. Attending camp was one of Charlie's favorite activities. If you would like to donate to this cause please contact Nathan at 812.521.1447 or mark your donation and put it in the offering plate. Donations will be accepted through August 25th. SINCERELY APPRECIATE the prayers, cards, phone calls, and other expressions of sympathy at my brothers (Ronald Kidd) recent death. Bill Kidd

OUR MISSION:
Walking in Faith Sowing Christs Love
The mission of St. Paul Lutheran Church is derived from our core values - the essence of our purpose for existence and the criteria we should use to guide our congregational decisions and actions.

Our Core Values:

1. Spirituality to worship and to grow and develop spiritually as Christians. 2. Outreach To spread the message of Gods love and grace by word and by action. 3. Service to Others To live Christs message to Love one another.
You can support the mission of our church by coming to worship, engaging in study, sharing the word, bringing a friend to church, taking part in Care Team initiatives, volunteering at church or in the community and loving one another. We invite you to join us in this journey.

Our Response to Gods Love

We Worshipped: August 11 8:00 am service 145
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10:15 service73

Total Offerings for August 11 : Spending Plan Giving $3,701.50 New Church Loan Payment$370.00 Other Giving$155.00 {The weekly amount needed to cover expenses in the 2013 Spending Plan is $5,435.00}

Readings for August 25th:

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Those assisting with worship August 25th:

Communion Assistant: Altar Care: Acolytes: Projectors: Welcome Center: Lou Ann Hoevener (8:00) Sara Oe (8:00) Madison Engelau (8:00) Rachel Hildebrand (10:15) Kaelen Eglen (8:00) John Pierecall (10:15) Delores Douglass (8:00) Laberta Oe (10:15)

Isaiah 58:9b-14 Psalm 103:1-8 Hebrews 12:18-29 Luke 13:10-17 Lectors: Leah Oe (8:00) Kendall Alsta (10:15)

August 18, 2013

Going Deeper

The purpose of this page is to provide a tool or instrument for your spiritual growth. This page contains a brief synopsis of the readings as well as some questions for your reflection to help you go deeper with the Word. On the back is a day by day listing of scripture readings with possible prayer request. Individuals are listed on their day of birthso that you might pray for them on their birthday. Also on the back is the prayer list for the congregation. Keep on Growing Spiritually!! Readings for the Day: Jeremiah 23:2329--Because Jeremiah preaches the unpopular message of God's judgment, he suffers rejection. Today's reading distinguishes between the true prophet, like Jeremiah, who speaks God's word, and the false prophet who misleads the people through dreams. One is like wheat; the other like worthless straw.

NOTES:

Hebrews 11:2912:2--The author of Hebrews presents us with rich stories of faith. In a long list of biblical heroes, we find examples of trust in God that enabled them to face the trials of life faithfully. In addition to this "cloud of witnesses," we have Jesus, the perfect model of faithful endurance. Luke 12:4956--Jesus delivers harsh words about the purifying and potentially divisive effects of obedience to God's call. The way of the cross often leads followers to encounter hostility and rejection, even from those they love. From Sunday & Seasons, copyright 2013 Augsburg Fortress

Questions To Ponder: 1What is the baptism that he will undergo? 2Why does Jesus say he did not come to bring peace, but division? What does this mean? 3What are the signs that we are to interpret? 4What does these saying teach us about Jesus? 5Is this message of Jesus difficult for us to hear? Why or Why not?

MEMORY VERSE: Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.

Going Deeper in Prayer

Sunday 8/18 Jeremiah37:1-21 2 Corinthians 4:1-18 W Linda L Claycamp, Hannah Davis W World peace Monday 8/19 Jeremiah 38:1-28 2 Corinthians 5:1-21 W Courtney Mansfield, Tyson Lawles W for clean water throughout the world Tuesday 8/20 Jeremiah 39:1-18 2 Corinthians 6:1-18 W Michael Baker W military personnel Wednesday 8/21 Jeremiah 40:1-16 2 Corinthians 7:1-16 W John Rust W Christians in Africa Thursday 8/22 Jeremiah 41:1-18 2 Corinthians 8:1-24 W Thomas Hoffmeier W victims of abuse Friday 8/23 Jeremiah 42:1-22 2 Corinthians 9:1-15 W Kathy Kleffman W the music ministry of the congregation

Saturday 8/24 Jeremiah 43:1-13 2 Corinthians 10:1-18 W Kayla Baker, Greta Brown W Family Services

Prayer List Prayer for Homebound Individuals: Betty Hoene, Eldena Hoene, Eunice Lutes, Helen Carter Prayer for Long Term Care Issues: Orville Schnitker; Andy Runge, Peggy Meahl (Sarah Roterts sister-in-law); Pastor Ed and Joan Winter; Walter and (Bertha Ottes brother in-law); Geneva Hoene Recent Hospitalizations : Lucille Thompson Other Prayer Request: The family and friends of Verl VonFange (Bertha Ottes sister); Tom Harris (cancer-friend of Leah Otte); Claudine Rowe (cancer- friend of Bill & Marlis Kidd);Ed Patman (Teresa Brownings father); Howard Wente; Floyd Meahl (Sarah Roterts brother); Emily Hume; Paul Johnson (cancer-Leslie Wentes fianc); Anita Shelton (friend of Herschel and Doris Kleffman); Leta Ahlbrand (friend of Shirley Lewis); Amy Siefker (niece of Karen Hoene); Carly Hoffmeier (sister-in-law to Mark Hoffmeier); Joe Bond (cancer-friend of Bob & Dena Schafstall); Mike Tangman (cancer); Vicky Ent (Cancer-friend of Judy Wonning); John Helwig (cancer-friend of Jenny Engelau);Frances Lamberson (Terri DeVoes Mother); Phyllis Neidinger; Edna Spiehler (Patty Herkamps friend); Mary Sipes (sisterin-law of Linda Booher); Peggy Rucker (Friend of Wilma Claycamp); Shirley Darlage Duncan (cancerfriend of Dena Schafstall); Dewayne Greathouse (cancerfriend of Linda Guinn);Pat Norrell (friend of Kendra Harris) Prayers for those in Military Service: Steven Rieker (Jerry & Pixie Ottes Grandson); Chad Brigdon,

Evan Marshall