August 2023 Newsletter

Over the last month, we have been working our way through the Gospel

of Matthew during worship. Jesus has been teaching in parables. Using

stories that exaggerate, illuminate, or use imagery and analogies to help

us understand or perhaps think deeper on a hard-to-understand subject.

This past Sunday Jesus was teaching what the “Kingdom of heaven is

like.” He used seeds, yeast, and precious stones to remind us that in

God's Kingdom, the smallest or the most precious have an equal value

that grows as we use the gifts God gave us all.

If I was to give a parable on what the Kingdom of Heaven is like, I

would say, “The Kingdom Of Heaven is like a picnic.”

Yes. A picnic. The Kingdom of Heaven was lived into as we

participated in our first joint outdoor picnic and potluck. Around 60

people from St. Pauls and Bristol shared in worship, a delicious meal,

ending with a rousing game of Bingo.

Two churches, one family, coming together to share our ministries as we

love God and each other. This is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Here are a few pictures of “What the Kingdom of Heaven is like.”

Sunday Worship Service will begin at 8:30AM August 6th, 2023!

8:30 AM August - November

10:30 AM December - March

Friday Night Sliders

June 2nd - September 15th 4:30PM - 7:00PM

THANK YOU to all of those that participated in any fashion in the 4 of July Pie & Ice Cream sale, it was a hit and wouldn't have been without all of those that supported it!

Also a THANK YOU to those that keep our grounds looking so nice, your work has not gone unnoticed!!

We need kits!! 4 notebooks, 1blunt scissors, 1 box crayons 16 or 24, 1 eraser, 1 ruler, 1 sharpener, 5 ballpoint pens 5 un sharpened pencils. Kits are desperately needed!! Bring to church by Aug 31. Thanks. Ann Schwanke

Here is a photo from the sucessful Beer & Bible study held at Lynn & Pastor Bob Mobergs home.

We will host a Free Brat Giveaway Saturday, Aug. 19th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will be using Sunshine Place, 1632 W. Main Street in Sun Prairie to give away brats, bottled water and chips, 1 per person, while supplies last. We are planning to include a donation spot to benefit the Sunshine Place/Food Pantry.

We estimate our costs to be just about $700 for supplies. We need donations. We are looking into merchants’ donations and discounts. If you know of anyone we should contact, please let us know. The hope is that we will have enough donations from our members to cover all of the supplies. We’d like to be able to give all donations on that day to the Food Pantry.

This event is a great way to reach out to the community with free food and promote giving back to the community with food and donations.

We will need help closer to the event and on that day. There will be a lot of brats to cook, package, give out, etc. and we do have some of our Life and Growth/Outreach that won’t be able to help as much due to surgeries. If you can donate, with money and/or helping, please contact us. I am listing some of the committee members below to contact. Linda Campbell, llccllcc@charter.net, 608-217-8012(cell, text), 608-837-8686. Emme Thorpe, emme.thorpe@gmail.com, 608-358-1856 Mary Kay Knipfer, mktk3@ymail.com, 608-215-1442 Lynn Anderson (St. Paul), timandlynn96@gmail.com, 920-285-0548