Special points of interest:

VBS Helpers

Still Needed

Donuts for Dads on Father’s Day

Pentecost June 12

Volume 16 / Issue 6

June 2011

Summer Worship

9:45 am

Join us for Vacation Bible School

Monday-Friday June 6-10 from 9

a.m. – 12 p.m. Also there is an 8

a.m. - 9 a.m. pre-session each day to help children attend whose parents

have to be at work early.

Kids gather at 9 a.m. in Fellowship Hall downstairs for music and an introduction to the daily Bible point. Then they move to activity stations including Bible Adventures, games, crafts and snacks in small groups of 6-8 kids. Each morning concludes with more music. On Friday there will be a program at the end of the morning.

Kids will learn about Jesus and other Bible people like Jonah, Elijah and

Hannah, and in all the activities will discover that God has a purpose and a

plan for everyone and that he crafted each of us with his own loving

hands. Bring neighbor children and family members! Call 263-0810 for

additional registration forms or if you have questions. We are looking

forward to 5 great mornings! We invite you to support our VBS in prayer

and thank those who have donated supplies and funds and have made

plans to help during VBS Week.

Summer worship time is 9:45 a.m. – there will only be one worship

service. Join us after church for after church coffee. Spark Bible Time

for youth and Book of Faith Bible Studies for adults are on Summer break.

S t . Pa u l ’s L uth e r a n C h ur c h E . L . C . A .

“ Ma k i n g D i sc i p l es t o Ma ke P e ac e”

VBS Time

Is Here!!!

Summer Schedule

Changes

Council Positions

President Steve Schweitzer (2009-2012)

Vice President Amy Morgan(2009-2012)

Secretary Darrell Isham (2010-2013)

Treasurer Barb Hanstedt (2010-2013)

At Large

Elaine Harvey (2011-2014)

Randy Isham (2009-2012

Judy McDiffett (2011-2014)

Committee Liaisons

Outreach: Elaine Harvey

Stewardship: Elaine Harvey, Barb Hanstedt

Worship and Music: Darrell Isham

Finance: Barb Hanstedt

Property: Randy Isham

Kid’s Kingdom: Steve Schweitzer , Judy McDiffett

Gift of Marriage: Steve Schweitzer, Judy McDiffett

Christian Education: Amy Morgan

GoZones! After-School: Elaine Harvey

ESOL School: Elaine Harvey

Partners for Wichita: Amy Morgan

Memorials: Randy Isham

Staff

Pastor - The Rev. Dave Fulton

Office Administrator - Donna Embree

Kid’s Kingdom Director - Dixie Learned

Daycare Staff – Maria Persson and Yolanda Sanchez

English School - Leon Rausch

Organist - Frances Sloan

Custodian – Cinty So

St. Paul’s

Discipleship

Practices: Worship

Weekly, Pray Daily,

Spiritual Reading,

Mentoring, Discipleship

Groups, Congregational

Support

A congregation is a community gathered by

our Lord to be on a mission for God. At St.

Paul's we understand our mission to be, "making

disciples to make peace.” Disciples are people

who are apprentices of Jesus learning to love

God all that God loves. We make disciples

through our worship, outreach and educational ministries. Discipleship leads to

peacemaking, and the peacemaking ministries of St. Paul's are impressive, from

our English for Speakers of Other Languages classes, to Kid’s Kingdom, to our

community breakfast peacemaking happening all over Wichita. A significant

aspect of our peacemaking ministry is Partners for Wichita which is working for

peace in the neighborhood through the Safe Streets program and for peace

through partnership through the Samaritan Community's work. In short, we have

been able to participate in the abundant blessings of our God, thanks be to God!!

A word from our namesake St. Paul might be helpful here, "The point is this: the

one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully

will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind,

not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is

able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having

enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. As it is

written, ‘He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures

forever.’ He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and

multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your

righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which

will produce thanksgiving to God through us; for the rendering of this ministry

not only supplies the needs of the saints but also overflows with many

thanksgivings to God". (2 Corinthians 9)

Providing resources for the mission of the church is a deeply spiritual matter. I

encourage you to think and pray about our mission challenges and respond based

on your inner guidance. As Martin Luther says in his commentary to the

Galatians, "let your conscience be your guide, but let Christ lie in your

conscience." I leave you with the words of Paul again, " And God is able to

provide you with every blessing in abundance..”

—Pastor Dave

T-Shirts for Sale! Be sure to look at the T-Shirt Table on May 28 and June 5!

The t-shirts will be for sale for $10 each, have entertaining messages and

designs and come from the ―Old Lutheran‖ web store. http://

www.oldlutheran.com/ Proceeds will go to help support the 2011 VBS.

“Come and See” - A Good News Letter

T-Shirts for Sale!

Sunday Bible Readings

June 5 Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 (4) 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11

June 12 Pentecost Acts 2:1-21 or Numbers 11:24-30 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b (30) 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 or Acts 2:1-21 John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39

June 19 Genesis 1:1-2:4a Psalm 8 (1) 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 June 26

Jeremiah 28:5-9

Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18

(1)

Romans 6:12-23

Matthew 10:40-42

Please help keep our electricity costs down: be sure to turn off lights and keep doors in the church closed.

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Upcoming Events

Training for VBS Helpers is Wednesday June 1 at 6 p.m. As of the newsletter

deadline we still had some spots open for crew leaders and activity station assis-

tants. We are making plans for up to 100 kids. We have 4 main groups organized

into smaller of 6-8 kids led by crew leaders who spend the whole morning with their

crew. Also we could use some help for the 8-9 a.m. pre-session.

Fellowship Hall decorating and arranging the activity centers will be happening be-

ginning Friday June 3 or maybe even on Thursday. Call Diane Harman at 722-7272

or send an e-mail to mharman687@aol.com if you can help.

June 12 is Pentecost, the Church’s birthday! Wear Red!

On the day of Pentecost, 50 days after Easter, the church cele-brates the gift of the Holy Spirit and the mission of God extending to

the whole human family. In Acts 2:1-21 the story begins: ―When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

2And suddenly from heaven there

came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested

on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in

other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.‖ (NRSV) At Pentecost we celebrate the Holy Spirit, the formation of the Church, Christ as the light of the world and the mission of God to all nations. Red is a color we associate with festivals of the church and the Holy.

Join us on Sunday June 19 to honor our Dads in our lives! Outreach Committee in-

vites everyone to celebrate Fathers and will host donuts for ―Donuts for Dads‖ at cof-

fee time. Also, on Friday June 17, Outreach Committee is bringing donuts for the

dads of the kids in St. Paul’s Kid’s Kingdom Learning Center on Friday June 17th as

they arrive with their kids. Please contact Elaine Harvey if you can help.

You are invited to Home Bible Study on Sunday June 26 at the home of Richard and

Judy McDiffett. The group will be discussing chapter 2 of The Good and Beautiful

Community by James Bryan Smith. The group begins with a potluck supper and

then the study follows.

VBS Planning

Donuts for Dads

Pentecost

Home Bible Study

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The early childhood day care and learning center at St. Paul’s-Wichita, 925 N. Waco is convenient to downtown and midtown. Kid’s Kingdom is welcoming new enrollments for children ages 3-5 years for summer and for fall. Hours are 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. M-F. For information and enrollment please call 263-2433 or 263-0810. And you can pick up a flier at the information center or check out http://stpauls-wichita.org/kidskingdom/

Kid’s Kingdom is starting our summer program with 5 new members. They are Emily Chavez, Marsha Dominquez, Kobe and Kiya Bennet, and Iris OsBorne. The school is planning an outdoor sack lunch and piñata luncheon on our picnic tables Friday May 27th.

Thanks to GoZones! Volunteers for 2008-2009. Our After-School Volunteers have been Betty Ladwig, Wendell Forsse, Cristin Julo, Barb McDougal, Holly McDougal, Elaine Harvey, Daena Mejia, Cindy Galstad, Donna Embree, Norm Embree and Brad Tuzicka. In the fall we will be needing additional volunteers so please give the opportunity some thought. We need more tutors to help with homework than we have had this spring, as well as activity leaders and snack coordinators.

And, thanks to those who supported St. Paul’s After-School GoZones! this year. It is a joy to watch the young people grow over the course of a school year. This year the youth did several service projects including Easter Baskets for shut-ins, planting flowers around the north fence and the west entrance of the church, helping with the yard sale preparations, packaging snack bags for Community Breakfast guests, decorating cupcakes for fire fighters, and playground cleanup after some windy days. They brought lots of homework and were always hungry after-school. They enjoyed the basketball goal and the tetherball a lot as well as various crafts and dramatic play.

There will be at least one summer get-together and then

we will resume in early September.

The Breakfast Teams for June will be St. Paul’s June 11,

Reformation June 18 and Christ Lutheran June

25. Youth from Ascension Lutheran are planning to help

and we will also need St. Paul’s people to help. People

from Area 5 churches planned to assist with an ―All Area

5 Breakfast‖ on May 28, the one Saturday in the year

that doesn’t have a regular breakfast sponsor, and we

will need some St. Paul’s helpers too for that. The

Second Saturday in May breakfast was smaller than

recent months but larger than last years and we

scrambled over 40 dozen eggs. We appreciate all the

helpers, each part of the work is important. We also

appreciate those who pray for the ministry and those

who contribute financially. Each table of 7 guests costs

about $22.

St. Paul’s ESOL program greatly needs additional teachers for its ESOL program to keep the classes small, and to allow enough conversational practice. Classes continue in the summer. Classes are offered at 4 levels, beginner to advanced. Teachers may volunteer for 1 day a week or for 4 days a week. Teachers may volunteer for a season such as summer or may start right away. For information contact Leon Rausch, coordinator, at 263-0810 or send him an e-mail at ESOL@stpauls-wichita.org.

St. Paul’s Ministries

Breakfast Helpers

Needed

GoZones

Openings in Kid’s

Kingdom

Do You Speak English? Others

Would Like to Learn!

The summer meals program funded by the USDA will offer free lunches to kids 18 and younger at 35 sites in Wichita in June and July. Park School and First Church of the Brethren are sites near St. Paul’s. There is a gap in early August before school starts when the regular summer meals program ends. This year a multi-church initiative spearheaded by Partners for Wichita is working with the Wichita Food Bank to fund sack lunch meals and staff at 5 sites during those ―gap days‖. The closest site to St. Paul’s for the August ―Gap Days‖ will be Evergreen Neighborhood City Hall. St. Paul’s will have a special offering in July to help fund the lunches. The NW Sedgwick County Thrivent Chapter will partially match our donations if given through St. Paul’s. Funds are needed to feed 500 kids at the 5 sites on weekday noon hours August 1 - 16 ($2+ per meal - $12,000+). A tornado leveled parts of Joplin, Mo., on Sunday, May 22, killing at least 89 people. Residents describe the city as "unrecognizable." The only ELCA church in Joplin, Peace Lutheran Church, was destroyed along with many homes and businesses. This was part of a huge outbreak of tornados that weekend. Communities throughout the Midwest and South have also faced widespread damage due to floods and severe storms. ELCA Disaster Response is supporting communities overwhelmed by tornadoes, rising waters and leveled by destructive winds. Our church is reaching out to the survivors of these devastating storms and assessing the needs—working together for as long as it takes. If you are able to send aid to one of the areas in need you can send your check or money order to ELCA Disaster Response, 39330 Treasury Center, Chicago, IL 60694-9300 and you can designate where the funds should go. You can also contribute by phone at 800-638-3522 and there is a link to contribute electronically on the ELCA Website. http://www.elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action/Responding-to-the-World/Disaster-Response.aspx

Thanks to Spring term Youth Sunday School leaders Amy Morgan, Charlene Stevens, Darrell Isham, Betty Ladwig, Elaine Harvey and those who substituted periodically and to Charlene Stevens who led openings and Deb Ary who worked with the youth who sang songs and played handbell music in worship and to also to Dave Paulsen, Adult Sunday School teacher.

Thank you to those who brought food for the Easter Brunch and decorated Fellowship

Hall and to the youth who served the breakfast. And thanks for the donations which will

help support this year’s VBS.

St. Paul’s Youth Minis-

tries

Kid’s Kingdom Learn-

ing Center

Director Dixie Learned

M-F 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. For ages 3-6. Call 263-2433 for information and fees

GoZones! After-

School

For grades K-5. Call 263-0810 to enroll

St. Paul’s Adult Commu-

nity Ministries

GoZones! English School

Coordinator Leon Rausch

M-Th 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. For Adults. Call 263-0810 for informa-tion.

Free Community Breakfast

Coordinator Elaine Harvey

Call 263-0810. Most Saturdays 8-9:30 a.m.

Gift of Marriage

Coordinator Pastor Fulton

Call 263-0810.

Church Office Hours

8-4:30 Monday and Wednes-day

8-12 Friday

Please submit articles for the weekly bulletin to the office by 5pm Wednesdays.

Ministry Support

“Come and See” - A Good News Letter

“Filling the Gap-Lunches for Kids” is

Growing!

Missouri Tornado

Spring Sunday School

June Birthdays

6/1 Julie Koon

6/2 Charlotte Pierce

6/3 David Aaron Fulton

6/5 Joanne Hartenstein

6/7 Phyllis Bradburn

6/10 Emily Morgan

6/11 Barb Hanstedt

6/13 Dale Holvorson

6/13 Sarah Treto

6/15 Inez Rains

6/18 Brooklyn Raine Reimer

6/22 Rena Olson

6/23 Pastor Sally Fahrenthold

6/24 Randy Edson

6/28 Wayne Bradburn

6/29 Ted Hartenstein

Anniversaries

6/2 Charlotte & Bill Pierce

6/5 Steve & Jeannene Schweitzer

6/5 Derek & Molly Day

6/6 Martin & Nyssa Lapp

6/13 Randy & Kristin Edson

6/17 Larry & Charlene McLean

6/18 Phyllis & Wayne Bradburn

6/24 Deb and Patrick Ary

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Our prayers continue with choir director Frances Sloan facing surgery

and with Holly McDougal after recent surgery.

Welcome New Members New Members will be received on Sunday June 12. Please contact Pastor Fulton at revdavefulton@live.com if you would like more information about becoming a member of St. Paul’s.

St. Paul’s has several ways to give your offering. We might have some variation this summer. We have been placing an offering plate on a table in the center aisle for the contemporary service and people have brought forward their offering when they ar-rived when they went forward for communion. During the traditional service ushers have passed offering plates to all the worshippers in the pews. In each case people have also been invited to place their attendance slips in the offering plate. Also offer-ings may be mailed in during the week. Our current envelopes have the church ad-dress on the outside they may be used to send in offerings. And for those who would like to use pre-authorized bank withdrawal, St. Paul’s has that option too. It is called ―Simply Giving‖. There are forms to begin that process in the information center across from the library or you can ask the church office to mail you a form.

Please contact Elaine Harvey if you can be a greeter at worship. We like to have a greeter at each door to welcome all who come to worship. Also we need people to be readers and communion assistants. Please contact Betty Ladwig if you would like to do either of those activities. And, the Altar Committee is looking for additional vol-unteers. There is a set-up component on Saturday, a final setup on Sunday before services and then a cleanup component on Sundays. Please contact Phyllis Wessel if you can help with Altar Committee. Also, youth help in the service including serving as acolytes. Please contact Judy McDiffett if you can help there. Constitution Update Vote to be Sunday July 17, after worship Watch for Constitu-tion Update Materials. St. Paul’s is updating its constitution to permanently change the annual meeting to the last Sunday in January and to allow the number of council persons to be a minimum of 7 instead of exactly 7 as well as update in a number of places to conform to the ELCA Model Constitution, an update which St. Paul’s does periodically. The council has reviewed the changes and recommends their adoption. You will receive a copy of the updated Constitution either in the mail or by hand deli very in the next few weeks.

Church Family News

Greeters and Worship Assistants

Ways to Give Your Offering

Constitution Update

Volume 16, Issue 6 June 2011

Area 5 Prayers: Praying Together

in the Spirit

.

All St. Paul’s members are invited to attend the Glocal Mission Event to be held at St. Paul’s Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Churches are being invited to send teams of peo-ple wanting to learn more about growing their local and global mission but any St. Paul’s member can attend. There are workshops and meals and several speak-ers and the cost is only $35 a person (including Friday supper and Sat. lunch). Throughout the summer there will be opportunities to help get our building ready for the event so watch for invitations to wash windows and polish floors and do some painting.

St. Paul’s strives to be a welcoming congregation as we carry out our mission of Making Disciples to Make Peace. St. Paul’s has local outreach ministries as well as interests in mission abroad so we understand how mission is global and local and will gain even more insight from this event. ELCA staff will lead the program-ming and mission activities going on in the Central States Synod will also be high-lighted. Early registration will help the planners. You can register already at www.elca.org/glocal. If you don’t have internet, call the church office and get a paper form and return it to the church office with your check.

Would you be able to house one or more delegates to the Glocal Mission Gather-ing overnight Sept. 30, and perhaps a day before or after? If so, please contact Betty Ladwig o7b406@aol.com or 316-722-5123. GoWichita! has also helped arrange excellent group rates at several area hotels.

Pre-assembly activities will begin Thursday evening, June 2 with a Royals Game; Workshops and Services Projects will be offered Friday morning. The Assembly will officially open with worship at 1 p.m. Friday, June 3. Assembly Registration and initial Pre-Assembly materials have been posted to the synod website. Click: http://css-elca.org/about/synod-assembly/ Registration for lodging is done through the Holiday Inn Waterpark Hotel SE, Kansas City, Mo.; Call 1-800-465-4329 (mention the CSS Assembly), or register online. St. Paul’s can have two lay delegates. Please contact Church Council President Steve Schweitzer if you are interested in being our delegate.

Pray for our Partner churches and Pastors including St. Paul's Lutheran in Vladi-vostok, Russia and our area Ministry 5 churches. We pray also for people who have had losses and are facing chal-lenges due to the spring 2011 storms especially the people of Peace Lutheran in Joplin, Mo.; for PMA Larry Frank as he regains health; and for congregations in the call proc-ess. June 6: St. Paul’s, Wichita, Pr. David Fulton June 13: Zion, Hutchinson, Pr. Henry Hartman June 20: Seminarians and preparing for ministry: Caleb Crainer (Zion, internship), Quinn Gorges (Reformation, doctoral studies); Katy Harder (Christ; graduate, pastoral candidate), Tim Meyer (Reformation, Luther Seminary distributed learn-ing); Chris Deines (Reformation, internship, W artburg Seminary). June 27: Pastors in special ministries, on leave and other service: Pr. Bill Horn, St. James Episcopal; Pr. Maynard Peterson, Veterans’ Medical Center; Pr. Tamara Keen, Interim Pastor, Good Shepherd, and Supply at Our Saviour’s; Pr. Tom Hallstrom., Interim Pastor, Christ, Wichita; Pr. Larry Cross, Interim Pastor, Resurrection; Pr. Tom Schae-fer. Parish Ministry Associates Larry Frank and

Jean Hagbom.

Area 5 and Synod News

Homes Needed for Glocal Mission

Gathering

Synod Assembly

“Come and See” - A Good News Letter

WORSHIP SURVEY

St. Paul's Worship Committee and Church Council has decided to review the format of St. Paul's worship service. Your feed-

back is appreciated and crucial, in helping to consider options. Please complete only one copy of the survey per person.

Copies of this survey will also be available for completion at the June 5 and June 12 worship services. In addition to paper

copies, this survey can be completed by visiting the church's web site (www.stpauls-wichita.org). If you would like to utilize

this copy of the survey, please mail it to the church offices (925 N. Waco; Wichita, KS 67203) or return it in the church offering

plate. Whichever method you utilize for completing the survey, please return it to the church no later than Sunday, June 12.

Which service do you attend most frequently? (circle one) a. Contemporary b. Traditional

How often do you attend each service? (circle one answer for each worship service)

Contemporary – a. weekly b. several times/month c. occasionally d. never

Traditional - a. weekly b. several times/month c. occasionally d. never

For the worship service that you attend most frequently, what do you like about the services? (circle all that apply)

a. Liturgy (format) b. Music c. Time of Service d. Length of Service e. Friends

f. Other _______________________

If changes were made to St. Paul's worship format, what is most important to you? Put items in rank of most important (1)

to least important (7).

__ Liturgy (format)

__ Music

__ Time of Service

__ Length of Service

__ Friends

__ Sermon

__ Other ________________

In addition to Sunday worship, what do you value in participating in on Sundays?

(circle all that apply)

a. Youth Sunday School b. Adult Sunday School c. Fellowship/Refreshment Hour

d. Choir e. Other _________________

6) Is nursery care during the worship service important to you? (circle one)

Yes No Indifferent

7) Other feedback. Please provide any additional feedback regarding St. Paul's worship services.

Thank you for your time and comments. The feedback will be compiled and presented to the congregation following the

worship service on Sunday, June 26.

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

925 N. Waco

Wichita, KS 67203-3994

Office phone: (316) 263-0810

Fax: (316) 263-0810 or (316) 264-2139

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"Come and See" is a monthly newsletter of

St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 925 N. Waco, Wichita, Kansas, 67203

Phone: (316) 263-0810 Fax: (316) 263-0810

Email: office.stpauls@sbcglobal.net

Website: http://www.stpauls-wichita.org/

Newsletter Editor: Donna Embree

Please submit any information for the July Come and See by June 17. Submissions received later than June 17 may not be put in the newsletter. You can drop the information in the folder in the office or e-mail Donna at office.stpauls@sbcglobal.net. If you send an e-mail, please note “Newsletter” in the subject heading. Thank you for your contributions!