The Season of Advent

Happy New Year! Today marked the first day of the new Church Year. During the season of Advent, we focus on Jesus’ coming: his coming in the flesh to be our Savior, his coming into hearts through Word and Sacrament, but particularly his coming in the clouds on the Last Day to judge the living and the dead. Jesus directs us to live in constant watchfulness, eagerly anticipating his return to deliver us from the effects of sin.

Prepare your heart for the Savior’s second coming and for a proper celebration of his first coming by attending mid-week Advent services. “Who Are We Waiting For?” serves as the theme of the three-week series that begins this Wednesday evening (December 5). These shortened services will start at 7pm and focus on Messianic Psalms pointing to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All are invited and we would love for you to join us!

Essays on Reproductive Technology

As mentioned in Sunday morning Bible class, there are some good essays on the topic of reproductive technologies and the moral implications for Christians in the Seminary's essay file.

Click here for an essay by John Gawrisch entitled The Moral and Scriptural Principles concerning Test-Tube Babies.

Click here for an essay by John Covach entitled The Moral Implications of Attempts to Control Human Reproduction.

If you have any questions, please direct them to Pastor Schlicht (pastor@stpaulclintonville.com).

Celebrating our Annual Mission Festival

Come, one and all! Join us for our mission festival! (it sort of rhymes)

This coming Sunday, October 28, St. Paul is celebrating it's annual Mission Festival. Our guest speaker will be Pat Schlosser who is a disaster relief nurse. She has traveled all over the world caring for the bodies and souls of complete strangers, bringing them an unending hope in times of great difficulty.

Pat will present during our Bible Class hour at 9am. A mission-themed service will follow at 10am with a potluck meal after that. We would love for you to join us.

Pat’s presentation today could be titled: Mending Bodies — Saving Souls

Following disasters, it's easy for nurses to feel like they want to go out and “save the world.” Our focus was on mending the bodies, but we quickly realized that we couldn't save them all. What a huge blessing to know that we didn't have to—we simply needed to tell them about Jesus, the one who already did.

From NYC to Haiti and more, I was given many unique opportunities to experience mission work first hand and to see the amazing difference God can make in people's lives. We were there mending bodies — but Jesus was there saving souls.