The Epistle

S t . P a u l L u t h e r a n C h u r c h o f B u l v e r d e

29797 US Hwy 281 N, Bulverde, TX 78163

Phone (830) 980-2813 — Fax (830) 980-9756

Office hours: Monday & Friday—9am-12pm

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday—9am to 4pm

Closed for lunch from 12:00—1:00pm

stpaulbt@gvtc.com

Regular Sunday Schedule

Worship Services 8:30am & 10:45am

Holy Communion Every Sunday at both services

Adult Christian Education 9:40am

Sunday School 9:40am

Temporary Service Schedule for August will be

one service at 9:30am in the CFC.

St. Paul Lutheran Staff

Ministers All People of St. Paul

Senior Pastor Open Position

Visitation Pastor Donald Ofsdahl

Youth Minister Carly Barnes

Children’s Minister Holly Silvas

Office Manager/Bookkeeper Sherry Schneider

Christian Day School Director Sandy Kantorak

Music/Media Team Kyle, Sarah and Steve Schneider

Accompanist Michael O’Loughlin

Facilities Manager Ron Norman

Nursery Staff Elizabeth Salazar & Karen Williams

2020 Council Members

President Brian Meuth

Vice President Greg Snell

Treasurer Kelly Schumacher

Secretary Dick Weitzel

Dustin Gass

Chuck Knibbe

Jerry Penshorn

Mike Scott

Shauna Weaver

www.redroofchurch.org

2020

If any of our disciples are in need of help (food,

pet food, toiletries, anything) during this time,

please contact the church office and let us know.

Sanctuary reopen

We are hoping to get back to a more normal service schedule in

mid-September. We are hopeful that by then the Covid situation will be such that we can return to our normal two service schedule. Having said that conditions may change so we will just

have to monitor the situation and act accordingly. If/when we are able to go back it very well may be that we could have limited

seating, reserved seats, etc. Stay tuned.

North campus update

The buyers original and final option timed out on July 10, 2020. Previously to that they had

submitted a zoning change application to the City of Bulverde. Their zoning change application was denied. The buyers asked the Church for more time to allow them to work with the City. We offered that they could extend the option on the land for up to one year in quarterly

installments for a price of $6250 per quarter and they can back out quarterly. The payments that they are making for this extension will not be refundable and not applied to the ultimate

purchase price. They have executed the extension option for the first quarter. Furthermore, we told them that we would remain neutral in the zoning change application process with the City of Bulverde. If they pick up all four options that should sufficiently cover our tax burden on the

land for a year.

Interim Pastor

We have a position posted for an interim Pastor. The LCMC recommends that you not jump from one Senior Pastor to another but that you transition to an interim Pastor, and then initiate

a call and selection process for a new senior Pastor. Once a new senior Pastor is selected he would replace the interim Pastor. The interim Pastor process allows time for the call process to

be done appropriately and thoroughly and time for healing in the congregation. The interim Pastor posting has been up for about 3-4 weeks and will be taken off July 24, 2020. To date we have 7 applicants who have expressed interest. After July 24th we will begin to review the

interim Pastor applicants and keep everyone posted of developments. Additionally, we have retained the services of Pastor Eric Hulstrand of Moving Forward to help us through this process

thru the end of the year – he will be helping with the interim process and the call process for the senior Pastor. The cost from him for this service was $2000 to assist us through the end of 2020. Until the interim Pastor position is filled we will be utilizing supply Pastors. Some of

those include Pastor Don Ofsdahl, Pastor Bryce Formwalt of the Texas District LCMC and some

others from which we are waiting their confirmation/availability.

Upgrade Committee

We just wanted to express our thanks and gratitude to the Facilities Upgrade committee for

all they have done and are continuing to do. A number of their recommendations have been enacted and as such we have done/are in the process of some remodeling in the Fellowship

Hall to include some painting, new flooring and some remodeling in the kitchen. So far everything looks great! If you get a chance please thank them for their time and efforts. The committee members are; Robin Armke, Jackie Oldfield, Lori Winkler, Judi Sims and Don

Fischer. Numerous other folks have been helping with the facilities on painting, power washing, the kitchen remodel, etc. – we thank them all for their efforts in making St. Paul a special

place.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12

AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT FOR AUTOMATED CHURCH GIVING

TO FULFILL YOUR CHURCH PLEDGE

Company Name: St Paul Lutheran Church, Bulverde, TX I/We hereby authorize St Paul Lutheran Church, Bulverde, TX, hereinafter called COMPANY, to initiate debit entries to my/our _____Checking Account _____Savings Account (select one) indicated below at the depository financial institution named below, hereafter called DEPOSITORY, and to debit the same to such account. I/We acknowledge that the origination of ACH transactions to my/our account must comply with the provisions of U.S. Law. Please attach a voided check to this form. Depository Name_________________________________________________________________________ Depository Address_______________________________________________________________________ Depository Routing Number_______________________________________________________________ Name(s) as it Appears on Account:____________________________________________________________ Account Number______________________________________________________________________ Amount of each debit: $___________________________ Frequency of Debits: ____________________________________________________________ (twice a month on the 4th & 17th; or once a month on the 4th or 17th) I want my deposit to be distributed in the following manner:____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ (i.e., budget, building fund, a specific fund such as Memorial Fund, etc.) Email: ________________________________________________________________________

(An email will be sent out to notify you when the first transaction will occur) This authorization is to remain in full force and effect until COMPANY has received written notification

from me/us of its termination in such time and in such manner as to afford COMPANY and DEPOSITORY a reasonable opportunity to act on it.

Signature_________________________________________________________Date_________ Signature_________________________________________________________ Date_________

NOTE: DEBIT AUTHORIZATIONS MUST PROVIDE THAT THE RECEIVER MAY REVOKE THE AUTHORIZATION ONLY BY NOTIFYING THE ORIGINATOR IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED IN THE AUTHORIZATION.

Donating to St. Paul has never been easier! Just take a minute to fill out

this form, attach a blank check and return it to the church office and you

can have your monthly offering pulled electronically every month! Never

write a check again!! Call the church office if you have questions.

The Adult Christian Education (ACE) Schedule for July 2020

For now, ALL BIBLE STUDIES are on hold or meeting via Zoom. Please contact your Bible Study leader for more information.

Sunday ACE Classes meet at 9:40am:

Class led by Jeff Smith in the ACE Building—Blue portable building The class will be studying 2nd Peter for the next few months. Class led by Dean & Kathy Krueger meets in the Luther Room Dean and Kathy's class will complete their study of three other Christian branches by examining the history, doctrine, denominational structure, favorite Bible verses, and recent challenges of our Baptist brothers and sisters as we conclude the study "Methodists, and Presbyterians, and Baptists, Oh My!". A new study, "The Three Heavens," will begin soon!

Class led by Ingrid Lingle meets in the Office Workroom The class will be studying the book of Genesis this year.

Tuesday ACE Class meets at 9:15am:

Class led by Fred & Harryette Coon in the Choir Room

The next study of the Tuesday morning Bible Study will be the DVD study of "Everything You Need" by David Jeremiah. Bible study at 9:30am on Tuesday mornings will resume soon. I will send an email to all members of the Tuesday Bible Study and the church office.

Yours in Christ, Harryette Coon

Prayer Warriors

Prayer Requests

We love to know your prayers and continued concerns. The prayer warriors are always in prayer! Please contact Lucy Walker or the church office for your prayer requests: lwalkerbluei@gvtc.com or stpaulbt@gvtc.com.

Prayer Warriors: Pastor Harder, Pastor Ofsdahl, Holly Silvas, Lucy Walker, Cindy ‘Boo’ Peek, Lynn Rosenfeld, Sharon Knibbe,

Dagi Fischer, Gloria Krueger, Marjorie Rothchild, Connie Osborn, and Paula McBride

...are continually praying for you according to God’s will in all circumstances through Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

In our Prayers Milton Krauss Mike Walker Eddie & Linda Fischer Clark Collins Jacob Flores Jason Gallas Edith Gutierrez Toni Coble Heath Osborn Helen Short

Wanda Flanagan Vivian Kaeppel Sheila Robinson Steve & Kim Johnson Sandy Patterson Shellie & Doug Kathy Krueger Robin Miksch David Turnquist Nellie Stephens Larry Mercer

Gloria Krueger Julie Sutton Emma Jean Lund Jarrett Watts Carol Rawe Elizabeth Lyons Darlene Larson Sandy Dickerson Jerry Barnes Courtney Collins Rita Bywater

Bailie French Cassidy Peek Nida Fischer Marian Hull Shirley Remmert Grace Kaeppel

BE STILL

Why does it seem so difficult to just be still? I don't mean being still in a comfy chair curled up with a good novel or being still watching TV. When was the last time you were still before God? We have so many distractions and many times miss out on God's best for us. God tells us in Psalm 46:10, "Be still and know that I am God." God wants to be the center of our lives. We can be still before God when taking a walk, or watering the garden, as we look out our window and are blessed with seeing a hummingbird or deer in the yard. Or, how about the times we are in awe of a sunrise or sunset, or the beauty of the cloud formations? We can worship and be still before God as we appreciate and acknowledge all He gives us each day. Instead of hurrying through each day, may our spiritual eyes be open to His majesty.

"Worship in the truest sense takes place when our full attention is on God--on His glory, His power, His majesty, His love, His compassion. And if we're honest, this doesn't happen very often, because even in church or in our times of quiet devotion, we get distracted and fail to see God as He truly is." (From Billy Graham's Wisdom for Each Day)

Dear Heavenly Father,

There is a lot in this world to distract us and take our attention from You. Help us to be still in Your presence. You deserve our praise and honor. Please quiet our hearts and minds so that we may be lead to the quiet waters of wor-ship, and rest in You.

LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

In Jesus' Holy Name, Amen.

Our Nation and Community Pastor Lee & Karen Harder Our Church Connie Osborne Trish Lowe Melanie Hill Patti Johnson Loretta Price Virginia Johnson Tom Schalk Sue Freiburger Renee Garcia Macias & Baby Cambry Tamara Gass-Poore Shelby Shelton Rodney King John McLendon & family Sam Hennen Jason Walker Pat & John Larow Stuart Dudley Shawn Sande’s mother Sue Biesenbach David & Darlene Gipson Morgan Donnell & baby Grayson Paula Reed Laurie Lotton Dagi Fischer Judy Marburger Aliena Larsen John Osborn Steven Krueger Thomas Pierce Woody & Jean Miller Julie & Hunter Collins

Anne Weisman Katy Mullino Ruth Baller Dottie Williams Leslie Gurganus King Andrew, Elisabeth, Zoe, Uriah & Daphne Schafer Steve & Judy Waldock Mack Mullino Maddie Giese Sandy Munoz Margie Jauregui Tom Wehe Roy McNeese (grandson of Jim & Ingrid Lingle) Emily Overhaug Lowell Germeroth Ruth Smith Misty Jurrs Vercille Triesch Carla Barron Rochelle Martin Jim Bowie Joe Gamble JoAnn Stigliano Dave Huysman Megan & Tyler Niedfeldt Mike Gurganus Carol Woodard Susie & Gary Galloway Kathy Bowie Keegan Joyce Nyla Rayburn Pat Hatcher Jack Davis

John Hutchison Bart and Kaylie Collins Marian Hull Mike & Shirley Stasko Military & their Families Children, Families and Workers in our Foster Care System Abused and Neglected Children Victims of Human Trafficking Those with mental illness Threads of Love Children’s Centre-Los Ninos Mission Mexico International Hands of Mercy, Jalapa Guatemala Bulverde-Spring Branch Pregnancy Care Center HeBrews 10:24 Community Church Watoto Ministry Encounter Church

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Prayer list

August News

We hope you are having a wonderful and relaxing summer. We sure miss our kiddos and are

looking forward to the return of their smiling faces next month. The students will be returning on

Tuesday September 1st. Please continue to keep them in your prayers for a safe and cool summer

with their families. We wish all the kids of St. Paul a happy and successful 2020-2021 school year.

Our greatest compliment is your recommendation. Thank you for telling your friends and

neighbors about us, it means a lot. Our hours of operation are Monday-Thursday 9:00am to

2:00pm from September 1, 2020 through May 20, 2021.

Parents wishing to enroll their child(ren) are encouraged to call 830-980-6771 to set up a tour of

the facility or to register your child. Thank you for considering St. Paul Lutheran Christian Day

School for your child’s early childhood education!

Blessings,

Sandy Kantorak

Director

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6 (KJV)

Dear Faithful St. Paul Disciples,

Please remember Bulverde Spring Branch Pregnancy Center

(BSBPCC) in your prayers and as God leads you to generously

give. To learn more about the center, please visit the website at

www.bulverdepregnancy.com. For ways to donate and for items

needed, please click under the icon "Get Involved".

Thanking you in advance for all you do to help BSBPCC as they

reach out to promote the sanctity of life and empower individuals

to make Christ centered choices regarding pregnancy and

sexuality, and to experience the healing presence and love of

Jesus Christ.

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The SBB Lions club and Provisions Outreach will be hosting a STUFF THE BUS event on Saturday, August 1, from 9:00am to 12:00pm at

the food pantry parking lot. This school supply drive is being held in lieu or the Day of Services & Back to School Outreach, which has been cancelled due to COVID-19 limitations. All collected school

supplies will be divided among local elementary schools. Monetary donations will be used to purchase additional supplies. So start

your collection now and throughout July!! Plan to drive through and drop them off when we STUFF THE BUS!!

Provisions is located at 2295 Bulverde Road, 78163 (behind Vine in the Village).

Announcements

Men’s Life meets on the Third Tuesday of each month. We

meet at 6:00pm at the Knibbe Ranch. The August meeting is

TBD. Please contact Randy Fischer for the details at

rfischer@gvtc.com.

Tired & Retired meets every LAST

Wednesday of the month at 10am in the fellowship

hall. Please bring a dish to share. Contact Benny

Havens at benandphyl@yahoo.com or Dean & Kathy Krueger at krueghunt@gmail.com

for more information.

August 20

for

September

newsletter

August 19, 2020 a long time St. Paul Elder

Disciple celebrates her 83rd

birthday.

Virginia Johnson

2186 Contour Drive

Spring Branch, TX 78070

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August 31, 2020 a long time St. Paul Elder

Disciple celebrates her 84th birthday.

Jean Miller

909 Misty Water Lane

San Antonio, TX 78260

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Please join in the celebration of these Elder’s birthdays by

honoring them with a birthday card! Sign your name and

disciple of St. Paul Lutheran Church if you do not know

them personally.

We want to thank all

those that came out

to help with the pew

cushions in the Sanctuary and also helped the

Facility Improvements Committee clear

everything out of the Fellowship Hall, Choir &

Luther Room so that the new flooring could be

installed. A special “Thank You” to Men’s Life

for their help with the heavy lifting.

Thank you to all the people who

set me a birthday card for my 84th birthday on June 25. I received over

20 cards with some very special

comments and greetings and I was

totally overwhelmed!

Ron Martens

Jon, Steven and myself would like to

thank you all for the prayers, cards,

the hugs and the food. We couldn’t

have gotten through this week

without you. Also, thank you for all the

flowers, plants and donations from our extended family. May

God bless all of you for your caring hearts.

Patti Johnson and family

August Event for WOW (Women of the Word) is Monday August

17 @ 6:30pm. We will be putting together small

care packages to send

out to all the children and youth at our

church that will be going back to

school. Prepackaged snacks and

bottled water will be available.

Announcements

The Red Roof Readers will be meeting on August 10th to be discussing the book The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. This heart-warming book and then a popular movie is a

deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, loyalty, and hope – a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life…as only a dog could tell it.

Please come and join us on this evening in The Fellowship Hall at 6pm for fun, food, and fellowship. There is always a lively discussion and lots of good thoughts shared!

Our ladies BUNCO group will not be meeting until the social

distancing restrictions are lifted. Please contact Judi Sims at jdsims@gvtc.com for more

information.

As you recall in the July Epistle, evidence of active termites were discovered in the walls of the fellowship hall. The Church Facilities Upgrade Team obtained 3 bids for the treatment of termites and have made a recommendation to the council. Council will be contacting the recommended company to schedule treatment for the termites along with a pest control contract moving forward. The ceiling stains in the Fellowship Hall have been addressed the best possible way without having to replace the ceiling. We were striving to avoid ceiling replacement because of the excessive cost involved. We believe it looks 99% better with the primer, sealer, and paint that was applied to the stained areas. Bids have been reviewed for new flooring in the Fellowship Hall. After careful consideration of all bids, the bid was awarded to O''Krent Floors. They will be installing new flooring in the fellowship hall, the kitchen area, the Luther room, and the Choir room. The team is currently reviewing options for new counter tops for the fellowship kitchen area, restrooms adjacent to the fellowship hall, and the counter in the Luther room. The team continues to review landscaping options. The team obtained bids from two landscaping companies. These bids came back extremely high so we continue to discuss our options. We really would like to improve our landscaping but we are very cost conscious so this actually is taking more time than we anticipated. We continue to try our best to enhance our church facilities as we have been tasked to do. It's taking some time but you will be seeing some very eye pleasing changes in the very near future. ~Your Church Facilities Upgrade Team

UPDATE

Thank you to Carly Barnes and the youth for painting our barn style storage building located on the church property. It truly needed a fresh coat of paint; it looks great! Thank you youth for taking the time to come out and help Carly with the painting. If you participated and need service hours please do not hesitate to let Carly know.

I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for all the prayers, phone calls & cards. Power of prayer really works. Thank you Sherry and the Prayer Warriors for praying during this time. Your the best! I am free of cancer for now. God is Good! Blessings to everyone! Love,

Vercille

Discipleship Commitments

Love God! Love Others! Serve All!

August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30

Ushers 9:30am

Communion

Assistant for 9:30am

Connie White Judy Wemmert Sharon Knibbe Lucy Walker Connie White

Fellowship

Worship Assistant 9:30am

Connie White Judy Wemmert Sharon Knibbe Lucy Walker Connie White

Altar Guild

9:30am

Jane Harrell Jane Wanke

Jane Harrell Jane Wanke

Altar Flowers Gloria Gass

No Coffee or donuts for August

We could use your help to usher for the month of August. For now, we will

continue to have one service at 9:30am in the CFC.

The Worship Committee has met and has decided for now, to alternate traditional worship

with contemporary worship. The first, third & fifth Sundays, we will have traditional worship

and the second & fourth Sundays, we will have contemporary worship.

For the month of August, we will only have

communion the 1st & 2nd Sunday.

6 Brian & Rachel George 7 Richard & Jennifer Vandersteen 11 Tom & Judy Wemmert 12 Paul & Becky Schwanenberg 13 Bill & Gerda Nuernberg Sr. 16 Jim & Ingrid Lingle 20 Freddy & Reva Laumer Scott & Weslea Miller 21 Jonathan & Amber Ray 25 Paul & Christina Slowly 31 Trooper & Barbara Irving

1 Wayne Nuernberg 30 Travis Martin 3 Ken Crowder Olivia Rawson Haley Padilla 31 Shelly Gass 5 Will Krause Jean Miller 6 Garrett Armke Tassley Neisen 7 Sydney Marburger Joshua McCord 8 Natalie Kuhn Pat Crowder Barbara Irving Douglas Osborn 9 Rebekah DeLaCruz 10 Scott Schroeder Devon Smith 11 Molly Garcia Crystal Cravens 12 Mary Penshorn Ron Robertson 13 Lynn McCord Charlene Tapp 14 Connor Neisen 15 Paul Hankosky Becky Padilla Wally Schroeder 19 Virginia Johnson Cindy Reeh Vercille Triesch 20 Jessica McCord 21 Melanie Hill Elizabeth Schaeferkoeter 22 Sandy Chapman Garrett Haas 22 Roger Johnson Elizabeth Schroeder 24 Jason Kaiser Clifton Klabunde Ernest McCallum Jr. 25 Kathleen Hill Charles Schultz 27 Scott Miller Lane Whitehead 28 Melody Robertson 29 Jerry Penshorn Greg Snell

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3 Church office closed at noon

4 Staff Meeting 10:30am Children’s Ministry Team Meeting 5:30pm

5 No BUNCO this month Youth Group Pool Party

6 Praise Team Practice 7:00pm

7 Church office closed at noon

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10 Church office closed at noon Red Roof Readers 6pm

11 Staff Meeting 10:30am Council Meeting 5:30pm

12 Youth Group 7pm Lions Club Meeting 7:30pm

13 Praise Team Practice 7:00pm

14 Church office closed at noon

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17 Church office closed at noon WOW 6:30pm

18 CDS Work Day 9am Staff Meeting 10:30am Men’s Life (TBD)

19 CDS Work Day 9am

20 CDS Work Day 9am Praise Team Practice 7:00pm

21 Church office closed at noon

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24 Church office closed at noon

31 Church office closed at noon

25 CDS Work Day 9am Staff Meeting 10:30am

26 CDS Work Day 9am Tired & Retired TBD Youth Group 7pm

27 CDS Work Day 9am CDS Meet the Teacher 10:30am

28 CDS Live Training 8:30am to 2:30pm (CFC) Church office closed at noon

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Church office hours Monday & Friday 9am

to noon Tuesday—Thursday

9am to 4pm Closed for lunch

Noon-1pm

2 Traditional Worship 9:30am in the CFC

9 Contemporary Worship at 9:30am in the CFC

16 Traditional Worship at 9:30am in the CFC Family Game Day after worship

23 Contemporary Worship at 9:30am in the CFC - Blessing of the Backpacks

30 Traditional Worship at 9:30am in the CFC

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Color Key:

Education Ministry Evangelism Stewardship Fellowship Worship 2020 August

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL EVENTS

AND MEETINGS at the church must be

scheduled through the church office.

This helps to prevent groups from

meeting at the same time and

location. Please contact Sherry

Schneider at 830-980-2813 or

stpaulbt@gvtc.com.