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- ...From the Staff
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Upcoming Events
Sunday School Program
On Pentecost, May 11th, in the 10:45am service, the students will be acting out, narrating and singing about the events of Ascension and Pentecost. Come and celebrate with them Jesus’ exaltation to the right hand of the Father and the Holy Spirit’s establishment of the New Testament Church. This is also Mother’s Day. What a joy to parents to hear their children proclaim the Gospel!
Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School will be held June 23 – 27. Registration will begin Sunday, May 18th. This year’s theme, “Power Lab”, is packed with deep-impact Bible learning and application options that open young hearts to Jesus.
Christians Serving
Summer Lawn Mowers Needed
The Board of Maintenance is asking for volunteers to mow the parts of the lawn close to the church and school that are not cut with the tractor. The church owns a self-starting, self-propelled mower. Volunteers should sign up to provide this service for a month. Sign up at the narthex table. For more information, call Dewayne Goodrow (429-9054).
This Month’s Door Collection
Door collections are accepted once a month as a way to help worthy causes that are not normally covered by our regular weekly gifts. Our April collection of $529.00 was gathered for the Sunday Service DVD Fund. The May door collection will be taken on May 11th.
Christian Fellowship
Family Camping, July 25 - 27
The Board of Youth and Family is organizing a St. Paul’s family camping outing at Camp LorRay the last weekend in July (Friday and Saturday night into Sunday). Those picking up children from Kid’s Camp stay free on Friday. The cost is $25 per night or $15 for Camp LorRay members. A Sunday worship service is part of the plan. Call Tod Rainey at 465-4075 with questions or to register. You can also register at the table in the Narthex.
School News
Entertainment Night
This year our students in our grade school will entertain everyone with a variety of acts. Set aside Friday, May 2nd at 6:30pm for grades K-8.
Sunday, May 4th at 2:00pm, the students of our preschool will entertain.
Come and see how talented our students are. On both of these dates PPA will be selling gift certificates for products from Barbott’s Greenhouse: Flats - $12, Baskets - $14, 4 1/2 “ Pots - $4, 4” Pots - $3
Track Meet
The annual WELS Grade School Track Meet will be held on Friday, May 9th. Our students in grades 3 – 8 will complete with the other WELS students in our area. The meet starts at 8:00am with the high jump competition here at St. Paul’s. The rest of the events will be held at Michigan Lutheran High School starting at 10:00am. We’d love to see some extra cheerleaders!
Upcoming events and dates for school.
April 27: Confirmation Service – 10:00am (Jr. Choir Sings)
May 2: Entertainment Night
May 4: First Communion Service for Confirmands – 10:45am
May 9: WELS Track Meet (No School if weather is favorable)
Michigan Lutheran High School
PRISM Concert
In just a few weeks the Music Department at Michigan Lutheran High School will once again be presenting its annual PRISM concert series. The dates are Saturday, May 17th at 7:00pm and Sunday, May 18th at 3:00pm. Both concerts will be held in the ML gymnasium. Refreshments will be served by the class of 2011. As in the past, a variety of musical acts will be presented by the students of ML for your entertainment. The program for each concert will vary slightly, so please plan to join us for one or both of these concerts!
Titan Marching Band in the Blossomtime Parade
The Titan Marching Band will once again be participating in the annual Blossomtime Festival Parade, held this year on Saturday, May 3rd. The parade begins at noon. Keep an eye out for the band and check out their new marching shirts!
Part Time Art Instructor Needed for 2008-2009
Thanks to a generous donation and five-year commitment from our supporters at the Lighthouse Attic Thrift Shop, ML will add art courses beginning in the 2008-09 school year. We are requesting resumes and cover letters from any qualified person interested in serving as an art instructor for one period each day for both semesters beginning next school year. Particulars regarding time of day, compensation, and curriculum are open to consideration. For additional information, or to submit a resume, please contact Principal Mike Butzow at 269-429-7861 x. 204.
Please see the Michigan Lutheran High School website www.michiganlutheran.org for further information.
From the Staff
The Exaltation Challenge (“Mind over matter?” or Soul over mind and matter?)
Athletes will say it. People living with pain will say it. Highly motivated people in almost any area will say it. “It’s just mind over matter!”
A strong-minded person can stay focused and be so “single-minded” that he or she can overcome a whole variety of obstacles, except the obstacle of sin and sin’s consequences. Only Jesus could overcome that obstacle for us, and He has!
Now, the Scriptures encourage the Christian, the person whom the Holy Spirit has led to trust in Jesus alone for salvation, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30)
“With all your heart” is emotion. “With all your mind” is intellect. “With all your strength” is commitment. But what is “with all your soul”? Your soul is your very essence; who you are. It is everything that leaves the body and goes to heaven, your whole person and personality. Your soul, then, is what makes your body, brain, heart and strength alive! The Christian soul wants to exalt the Savior!
By the grace of God we have been redeemed, body and soul, by the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, our Savior. To love Him is to exalt Him, to lift Him up, to worship Him.
The Psalms are very instructive for their parallelism. The second line repeats the message of the first line. Consider just four examples. Psalm 34:3 “Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together.” Psalm 99:5 “Exalt the Lord our God and worship at His footstool; He is holy.” Psalm 118:28 “You are my God, and I will give You thanks; You are my God, and I will exalt You.” Psalm 145:1 “I will exalt You, my God the King; I will praise Your name forever and ever.”
What is “exaltation” of our Lord? It is “Glorify Thy Name,” as we love to sing. It is worship. It is giving thanks. It is praise. But it is not just words. It’s faith-motivated actions in every single area of our life, in our heart, in our mind, and in our soul, and therein lies our strength.
It’s not just mind over matter! It is a redeemed soul over mind and matter! “My believing soul, guided by the Holy Scriptures, wants to, therefore I will, and therefore I can,” all by the grace of God. It won’t be perfect in this lifetime. It’s not doing the impossible, but doing the real. “I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13)
—Pastor Schroer—
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