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St. Paul's
United Church of Christ
December 2015
Newsletter
Church Office Hours
Monday-Friday: 9:00am-4:00pm
Pastor Mike Roth: Tuesday-Friday
Pastor Erica Roth: Tuesday-Thursday
Pastor Gail Robins: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Erica Faust: Tuesday-Thursday
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
5508 Telegraph Road
St. Louis, Mo 63129
314-892-3332
Website: stpauloakville.org
TreeHouse
You can see it in the eyes!
The level of concentration
as these 2 year olds build to their hearts content!
(math)
Kellen phoning home the old fashioned way!
(verbal skills) Working both sides of the brain
with golf ball painting! Tate enjoying the guitar through dramatic play.
Pastor Gail continues to share her love of music with us ! We love all her songs and Pastor Gail so much!
Nothing better than team-work !
Spiderman Sam cutting away! Kai practicing the letter i. Mackenzie practicing her letter M.
Tyler experiments ramp-building!
Pre-nap Reading Time!
Intense game of CandyLand!
Yes, Carter?
It wouldn’t be November at TreeHouse without preparing for our annual Thanksgiving Feast. We have been busy making costumes of choice, representing those
who first sat down at the original feast!
Vivian used Josh as a model for a headdress! Sorry AJ.. I don’t recog-
nize this costume as part of the feast!
UPCOMING SALT (4th-6th grade youth) EVENTS
We don’t have an ‘official’ event in De-
cember because it is such a crazy time of
year but there are LOTS of activities going
on around St. Paul’s that this age group
can participate in. Hope to see you at the
All Church AdventFest on Sunday, December 13th!
Saturday, January 9th: We will meet at 9 a.m. to go Ice
Skating at the outdoor skating rink in For-
est Park (Steinberg) from10-noon. We will
have lunch there together at noon at the
Snowflake Café (menu on-line). It is $7 to
skate, $5 for skate rentals and about $10
for food.
Please RSVP for SALT events to Pastor Erica (call, text or
e-mail: 812.798.0327 or [email protected])
Friends are always welcome but we need to know ahead
of time too!
Middle School Youth Group meets (most) Sundays at
5:30 p.m. for a meal together fol-
lowed by games, group time, God
time and goofiness. ALL 7th & 8th
graders are welcome! There will be NO YOUTH GROUP
on Sundays Dec. 13th (All church Advent Fest), 20th or
27th because of the holidays. We ARE meeting on De-
cember 6th to make our Gingerbread houses!!!! We
will not be having Confirmation on Sunday, January
3rd but we WILL be having youth group!
Confirmation News
Several members of the Confirmation Class participated in the Conference
Middle School Retreat @ Camp MoVal on Nov. 20-21.
A BIG thank you to Lynn & Colleen Schmittgens, Joyce Hoeing & the Francis family for providing and sharing meals with us in the month of No-
vember. The Confirmation Class will again this year be cre-
ating one-of-a-kind gingerbread houses. The houses will be up for silent auction on Sunday, Dec. 13th. Proceeds from the auction will be to
Lydia’s House.
The Sr. High Youth Group will be ‘selling’
Charlie Brown Trees during the holidays.
Trees will be available in the Narthex
starting Sunday, Nov. 29th. We are asking
for a donation for each tree to help us raise funds for
our yearly mission trips and overseas trip in 2016.
Advent Fest/Children’s Christmas Program
This year we will be holding an ALL CHURCH Advent Fest
(followed by a light meal and Children’s Christmas Pro-
gram) on Sunday, December 13th at 2:30 p.m. We are
looking for people to work craft ta-
bles. We can provide the craft or you
can let us know what you plan on do-
ing and help us share the Christmas
spirit. We are looking for ornaments,
cookies to decorate, Christmas decorations… Please
contact Erica Faust or Pastor Erica if you are interested.
Calendar Link
http://73936384.view-events.com/calendar/
calendar.aspx?ci=G1H2O9G1N8L6O9L6I3
Pastors Mike & Erica are hosting a Young Adult
“Connecting At Christmas” gather-
ing at their home on Tuesday, De-
cember 29th from 6-9 p.m.
Please let us know if you plan on attending or know a
Young Adult we should invite!
Pastor Erica will be leading a 4 week
session for women about “Buckets” on
Tuesday nights starting January 4th.
We will gather for a time of devotion at 6:30 p.m.
and discuss the buckets in our
lives from 7-8 p.m. (ish).
Sunday School
Nursery offered at both services
Multi-age class at 9:00 service
Age-level classes (Pre-K, K-2 , 3-6) at
10:30 service
During the month of November all age levels will be
learning about Moses through various activities.
All of our teachers are dedicated volunteers who are
well-trained and background-checked.
Volunteer Opportunities
We are always looking for volunteers to
help with Sunday School, work in the nurse-
ry, provide a meal for our Sunday Night
Youth Night gathering, etc.
Please see Erica Faust if you need more information or
would like to volunteer for any of these activities.
Ladies Day Out
December 16 at 11:30am at Crusoe’s. Please call Mar-
vella Lester at 314-892-3092 to make reservations
Christmas Eve Services:
5:00 p.m.-Family and Children focused worship with Candles
9:00 p.m.-Choir, Bells , Candles & Communion
11:00 p.m.-Special music, Candles & Communion
(Feel free to bring your little ones in their PJ’s!)
There is a new Church Bus Calendar in
the main office of the church. If your
group/ministry would like to use the
bus then please make sure you are on
the calendar. Thanks!
Christmas Tree Lot
The Athletic committee is preparing for the Holiday 2015 tree lot. The proceeds from the tree lot fund all of
the Athletic programs for St. Paul's youth and Adults. The committee has always looked to the congregation to assist us with the daily operations of the tree lot, so
gather your friends and sign up to help with this im-portant fund raiser!
Look for the sign up sheets to be posted in the coming weeks in the Narthex. The lot will open the weekend of Thanksgiving, November 27, 2014 . Be sure to sign up
early and often!
The committee will be setting up the lot on Saturday, November 21st, at 8:00 am. We will also be receiving
trees on that day. In case of rain on Saturday the com-mittee will set up on Sunday afternoon.
Call Mike Abendroth at 846-6497 for details.
Open
Mon.-Fri. 6:00pm-9:00pm
Sat. 9:00am-9:00pm
Sun. 12:00pm-6:00pm
Pastors Mike & Erica will be offering a 2 week
study on ‘Discovering the Christ of Christmas’
on Tuesdays, December 8th and 15th. We
will meet in the sanctuary at 6:30 for some
reflective time together and the study will be
from 7-8 p.m. each night.