St. Paul's Trumpet

Dear Friends,

Once upon a time Sunday was a special day, a holy day, a day different from the other six days of the week…. This was a time when people like those I grew up with still believed that it was enough to spend six days a week trying to make a living, … fretting over the future, despairing over whether life would ever get better. Six days of worrying were enough. The Sabbath was the Lord’s Day, a momentary slowdown in our ongoing struggle to survive and an opportunity to surrender ourselves to the rest only God offered. Come Sunday, we set aside our worries about the ordinary, uninspiring daily living, and renewed our love and devotion to God, through Sunday worship and fellowship.

Our hearts were ultimately fixed on one thing alone. Sunday held out to us the promise that we might enter the Sanctuary, our Sunday School rooms, and the Fellowship Hall and find a sacred moment and blessing from a week of hard work and daily responsibilities. Remembering the Sabbath, where I grew up, meant being more connected to God and the people I called friends and loved ones. Ultimately, in good company, with fine clothes and countless potluck meals, we would gather to pray, reflect, laugh and support one another. The Sabbath allowed us to mend our tattered lives and restore dignity to our souls.

We rested, giving ourselves over fully to the divine dimension, where in God’s presence we found “rest” not in stillness and in repose but in more labor—a different kind of labor. The Sabbath meant more than withdrawal from labor and activity. It meant to consciously enter into a realm of the sacred, to worship and praise. Sunday was set aside to recultivate the soul’s appreciation for beauty, truth, love, and eternity. The Lord’s Day allows us to bring our souls, our emotions, our senses, our vision, and even our bodies back to God so that God might remember our tattered, broken selves and put our priorities back in order. The Sabbath makes sure we have the time to do what’s really important and be with those we really care about.

I miss the Sabbath of my childhood. I miss believing in the holiness of time. There is little in this culture, and hardly anything in my adult days and nights, to serve as a timely reminder of how precious life really is, to remind me of sacred moments. Perhaps, I should begin to look for new ways to celebrate Sabbath that is just as meaningful in this new time and place. How do we offer Sabbath to stressed out and burned out families who wake up on Sunday morning not to worship but rather to do housework and shuttle children to a day full of activities? How does Sabbath happen on the edge of a soccer field or near a park or anyplace that people gather? How does the church become missional on Sunday morning? We receive the sacrament of Holy Communion and make our way into a mission site. Imagine a new kind of sabbath.

Blessings,

Pastor Chad

To submit a prayer request, complete the Prayer Request Form below. You will have the option to share your request with the congregation via this location in the Trumpet or to keep the request private - meaning it will be shared with our pastoral care team. The form is available in the Trumpet and on our website.

If you have any questions or difficulty using the form, please contact the Church Office at 402-339-3308 or admin@stpaulspapillion.org

Prayer Requests:

Please pray for Sarah, Nathan & Julie William's daughter.

Submit a Prayer Request

Please pray for the following members of our church during the month of November.

Prayer Calendar-November.

Your prayers are important to us and we have a team of people dedicated to praying for you. This team responds to urgent prayer requests, and prays each day following our monthly calendar. If are currently a member of the prayer team, or would like to start receiving those email prayer requests, please click the link below to be added to this ministry team.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Papillion Creative Arts Academy Fall Semester Community Showcase! We had 125 people join us for exhibits by our young artists, photographers, and comic book creators. We also enjoyed a performance of "Snow White & the 6 1/2 Reindeer" by the Page to Stage: Acting Class, and some delicious quiche and chocolate tarts made by our Cooking 101 Class! Thank you, St. Paul's, for helping us create this positive and encouraging space for young people to explore their gifts in the creative arts -- this is our 3rd year and we're going strong!

PCAA Artist Educators included: Liz Polivka (Photography), Sara Marquiss (Art), Anne Munter (Cooking), Josh Nichol-Caddy (Comic Books), and Lily Jones (Acting)

Class Assistants included: Roxanne Lott (Photography), Kris Hjelle (Art), Sharon Ostlund (Cooking), Paula Matras (Cooking), Celeste Pille (Comic Books), and Rebecca Hjelle-Penner (Acting)

Welcome Desk Volunteers & Subs included: Barb Thornburg, Michelle Keller, Mary Robotham, Mark Hjelle, and Andrew Penner.

Help us decorate St. Paul's for Advent by purchasing a poinsettia. Order forms are available by link below or outside the main office. All orders and payment are due by Sunday, November 24th.

Payment of (6”) $10.75 or (8”) $22.50 is requested for each plant ordered. You may send a check to the church office or go to our online giving page at www.stpaulspapio.org. Click on the "Give" tab and click on "Give" in the Poinsettia Order box.

You may designate your poinsettia in honor or memory of a loved one or family member and it will be recognized in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Poinsettias may be picked up between Dec. 26th and Jan. 5th. Any poinsettias remaining after Jan. 5, 2025 will be donated.

The flowers that will be on the altar this Sunday have been donated by Jim & Barb Berg in honor of all Veterans. Thank you for your service.

St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Papillion, Nebraska is seeking a Music and Worship Leader. This position will care for a contemporary worship service that takes place each Sunday at 10:45 a.m. The Worship Leader is responsible for the development and management of a comprehensive music program for the contemporary service of St. Paul’s under direction of the Senior Pastor. This position directs the Praise Team, selects music, conducts rehearsals, and chooses soloists and instrumentalists for contemporary worship.

Persons interested in this position can contact Pastor Chad Anglemyer at 402-339-3308. If

you call after hours simply leave a voicemail and you will receive a call back.

Help us find the right person to fill this role, share this listing with anyone you know that would be a good fit, or let us know if you think God is calling you to lead.

Please support our local food pantries by bringing an item each week & putting it in the grocery cart in the West Hallway.

This week's wish list: Stuffing & Potato Mixes & Body wash

Support Pearl Food Pantry and families this holiday season by donating non-perishable holiday foods or donating $20 for Turkey/Meat Vouchers so families can choose their main course for upcoming family gatherings.

It is difficult for food pantries to keep their shelves well stocked during the holiday season as the need is so much greater this time of year. Our drive will last the whole Holiday season as both Thanksgiving and Christmas are yet to come, so please keep brining in items and donating throughout the season to keep the pantry stocked for all the families! For more information contact the Mission Committee.

Adult coats and winter gear will be donated to the Salvation Army Night Watch Program.

Children's coats and winter gear will be donated to Papillion LaVista Area Schools.

Thank You to the Offutt Officers’ Spouses Club for supporting our Diaper Pantry with a grant for $1500. Their continued support of our Pantry is much appreciated.

Thanks to all who donated funds to the Shelf Stable Milk fund. Over $1000 of milk was delivered to Pearl Food Pantry in October for families in need.

Barb (Pantry Director) pictured with several boxes of the milk that was delivered last week. Continue to support the pantry by stocking the shelves with milk for families in need.

The Women’s Advent Devotional is coming up on Sunday, December 1. Sign ups are right now in the west hallway. If you are not familiar with this event, it is a night of peaceful reflection and fellowship. Ladies volunteer to host and decorate a table in a Christmas theme. You can make your table as simple or as fancy as you desire. You can then invite friends to sit at your table, or it can be filled with people who are wanting to attend. There will be food and a short program to help you begin your journey to Christmas.

Kick off the Advent Season with Women's Advent on Sunday December 1st from 5-7pm.

Each Sunday in the West Hallway you can sign up to attend individually or you can sponsor a table for a group. The deadline to sign up is November 10th.

Please email April Clark for more information.

All Readers Welcome! The St. Paul's Book Club meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 1:00 p.m. in the library. If a single book sparks your interest or you can only make it once in a while, we would still enjoy your insights and love to have you join us!

Upcoming books:

• November 13 - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
• December 11 - River of Doubt by Candice Millard

Bethany Circle's annual hand Embroidered Towel sale is:

Sunday, Nov. 17th from 8:15am - 11:15am in the East Hallway

There will be lovely kitchen hand towels, micro cozies, jar openers, scarf aprons, micro tortilla warmers, pillowcases, micro potato bags, dish rags, scrubbies, table runners, and more for sale!

They make great Christmas gifts! All proceeds go to support local charities and organizations.

This year's Children's Christmas Program will be a delightful retelling of Jesus' birth. Performed on Sunday, December 8th during the 9:15am service!

Rehearsals are starting soon, see Pastor Rebecca for more info or sign-up your child here!

Youth Worship: Sundays at 9:15am

Youth Group: Sundays at 6:30pm

Not everyone can go to church in person, even though they want to. If you are someone who can't attend or would rather worship online, you have many options. You can watch our live stream of the 9:15AM service on our website, YouTube, or Facebook!

Your financial gifts help sustain the mission and ministry of our congregation as we "reflect the love of God to our community and the world!" There are several different ways that you can give to St. Paul's, the details are below, and we are happy to answer any questions you may have along the way.

1. Online Giving – This is a safe and convenient way to support St. Paul's with either a one-time or recurring gift. Click here to set up your account, and if you need assistance, contact our St. Paul's Treasurer, Cindy Balentine.

2. Cash or Check –On Sundays during worship, you can place your cash or check in the offering plates or offering box. There are offering envelopes in each pew and in the back of the Chapel so that you can designate your gift. Checks should be made out to "St. Paul's United Methodist Church" and designations can also be noted on the memo line. You can also mail your gifts to St. Paul's at 324 S. Jackson Street, Papillion, NE 68046.

3. Automated Bank Withdrawals –This form of giving allows your bank to withdraw money directly from your designated account and transfer it to St. Paul's UMC. There are no fees involved and it's as simple as filling out a form -- contact the Church Office or St. Paul's Treasurer, Cindy Balentine to get started!

4. IRA Distribution or Savings giving –This is another wonderful way to help sustain the ministry of St. Paul's UMC. It requires you to work with your bank or broker to determine the details, but you can also contact our St. Paul's Treasurer, Cindy Balentine, to get an outline of this process.

Every gift helps make a difference -- thank you for your generous support of St. Paul's United Methodist Church!

The church office is open Monday - Thursday, 8:30am - 3:00pm.

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