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St. Paul's E-News for
November 11, 2022

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From the Pastor
Rev. Dr. Sonja Tobey

We are getting close to the end of our worship series Words of Life: Jesus and the Promise of the Ten Commandments Today. This week we are looking at the commandment to not testify falsely against your neighbor. This is a particularly timely now when so many untruths create division in our denomination and country. Join us Sunday at 10:45 am in person or at 11 am on Facebook and YouTube. If you missed a message in the "Words of Life" worship series, you can find them on our YouTube channel or Facebook page.

A few weeks ago, I mailed out a letter with a commitment card for 2023 giving. Some of you have returned your commitment. Thank you! We will be blessing these commitment cards on November 20th. If you have not yet returned them, you can do so on the 20th. Please pray about how God is calling you to support the work of your church in the coming year. If you have lost your commitment card, you may pick up one at the church. If you need one mailed to you, please let us know.

Check out the news below, and I'll see you Sunday!

Grace and peace,

Rev. Dr. Sonja Tobey

A message from Bishop Jimmy Nunn and the Oklahoma Conference on the Idabel Tornado.
Please click the above link to read the letter Bishop Nunn sent out regard the assistance needed for Idabel and surrounding areas following the tornados that went through last Friday night.. We will take a special offering on Sunday which will go disaster response. You can give to this through the Oklahoma Conference HERE, or you can give directly to UMCOR through the Advance (#901670).

From the Lay Leader

During the month of November, we collect monetary Christmas gifts for our hardworking Pastor and staff. The gifts are given at our annual Christmas dinner which will be December 4th this year.

If you would like to contribute, please give your contribution to Maurine Wiseman , Gary Buckley, or place it in the basket at the right hand side of the altar rail on Sunday mornings. The last day we will be collecting gifts is Sunday, November 27th.

Thanks, Gary Buckley,
Lay Leader and Leadership Board. Chair

JINGLE JAM: THE BIG GIVE will be December 2, 2022 at 6 p.m. Share with your friends and join us for JINGLE JAM, the Christmas party big enough for the whole family.

October Worship

Words of Life: Jesus and the Promise of the Ten Commandments Today Sermon Series

November 13, 2022 – Telling the Truth
Text: Exodus 20:16; Matthew 7:15

November 20, 2022 – Don’t Long for What Isn’t Yours
Text: Exodus 20:17; Luke 16:13

Advent Worship

Advent starts November 27th.
Our worship series for Advent:

Prepare the Way for the Lord: Advent and the Message of John the Baptist.

This week at St. Paul's
11/13-11/19/2022

Sunday -
9:30 a.m. Sunday school
10:45 a.m. In person worship
11:00 a.m. Online worship starts
4:00 p.m. Youth Group
6:00 p.m. Disciple Bible Study 2

Monday -
10:00 a.m. to Noon - Church Office Open

Tuesday -
6:00 p.m. Emmaus
7:00 p.m. Prayer

Wednesday -
10:00 a.m. to Noon - Church Office Open
5:30 p.m. - Midweek @ St. Paul's
6:00 p.m. - Confirmation Class

Coming Up
November 20th at 1:30 p.m. - Leadership Board Meeting
December 2nd at 6 p.m. - JINGLE JAM!
December 4th at 5 p.m. - Holiday Dinner

9:30 a.m

Adult Sunday School Classes at 9:30 a.m.

Questors - Uses the Adult Studies quarterly and meets in the office area.
Looking Glass -does a video based study and meets in the Heritage Room.
Connections/Pastor's Class - meets in the North Classroom.

Children and Youth Sunday School Classes

Seedlings - 0-36 months in the nursery
Lil' Sprouts - 3-5 years in the toddler rooms
Spouts - 6-8 years in the Children's Church room
Saplings - 9-11 years at the end of the hall.
Youth 12-18 downstairs in the youth room.

Join us for Christian Education on Sunday mornings!

UWF Still Collecting Sneakers

New sneakers slightly used sneakers, old sneakers, and sneakers you bought but really don’t like. Men’s, women’s, and children’s sneakers are needed. It seems everyone wears sneakers these days. What do you do with the old ones? St. Paul’s UWF will take them!

UMW is collecting all those sneakers, (and only sneakers) for a fund raiser. We will bag them up & send them off to Gotsneakers.com who will pay us, depending on condition. The newer the sneaker, the more we money collect. Name brands are also more valuable. The company then ships them to developing countries.

So, find those sneakers in your closet, mud room or back patio and bring them to St. Paul’s, put them in the sneaker box in the foyer. Money collected from the fund raiser is used to support local, state, and world missions.

St. Paul's E-News for November 11, 2022