Mid-Week Advent Worship

Mid-Week Advent Services

Prepare your heart for the Savior’s second coming and for a proper celebration of his first coming by attending mid-week Advent services. “The Covenant of the Coming Lord” serves as the theme of the three-week series that begins this coming Wednesday, December 4. These shortened services will begin at 7pm and focus on the prophecies of Christ recorded in Jeremiah 31.

Soup suppers will precede each of the mid-week Advent services. These suppers will start around 6pm. If you have any questions regarding these meals, please speak with Karen Petermann.

Thanksgiving Worship

Give Thanks to the Lord!

This coming Wednesday, November 27, we will celebrate another year of grace and mercy that has been showered down upon us by God with a special Thanksgiving Worship service at 7pm.  All are invited and encouraged to attend as we reflect on the many gifts the Lord has given to us.

Reformation Celebration

This coming Sunday, November 3, we will celebrate the Reformation in our regularly scheduled worship service at 9am.  All are welcome to join us as we praise God for giving us men and women who were willing to faithfully stand on His Word while others faltered. 

Later in the afternoon, there will also be a joint-Reformation service held at Fox Valley Lutheran High School in Appleton for all area congregations. Professor Mark Zarling from Martin Luther College will be preaching and a pastoral choir will begin the worship service. The service will start at 4pm. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

Christian Book Club

Do you like to read? Do you like to read religious books, but many times find yourself finishing the book with more questions than answers? Do you want to read more religious books, but never know what’s worth the read and what isn’t?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, St. Paul is starting something that you’ll hopefully be interested in. In October we will be starting a book club. The group will meet at least once a month to discuss materials the group has chosen to read.

If you’re interested, there is a sign up sheet outside the cry room/office at the church. Keep your eyes open for more information in the coming weeks.

If you have any suggestions for reading material, please speak with Pastor Schlicht.

Papers written on the WELS Practice of Fellowship

In response to discussions that we have been having in Sunday morning Bible Class as of late, I thought it would be nice to get some outside perspectives from distinguished men in our Synod as to this doctrine of Fellowship and Close Communion.   Below, you will find a number of articles found on Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary's Essay File (www.wlsessays.net). If you would like even more material, all you have to do is search on that page under "fellowship ."

http://www.wlsessays.net/files/HoffmannCommunion.pdf

This paper was presented to the South-Central Pastor-Delegate Conference of the South Atlantic District meeting in Decatur, Georgia, on October 4, 1983.
 

http://www.wlsessays.net/files/BarteltWith.pdf

Whenever we join in prayer with others it is a form of church fellowship. With this in mind, much of this paper is dedicated to examining the principles involved in church fellowship. We join in fellowship with others based on their confession and their practice. It is God’s will for his people to demonstrate their fellowship though worship and prayer, unless the one persists in error.

http://www.wlsessays.net/files/GehrkeFellowship.pdf

An essay delivered at the twenty-first biennial convention of the Western Wisconsin District, Northwestern College, Watertown, July 15, 1958.

http://www.wlsessays.net/files/BraunChurch.pdf

Church Fellowship--Our Term, God's Teaching

http://www.wlsessays.net/files/MuellerFellowship.pdf

 History of Fellowship Practice in the Wisconsin Synod 

http://www.wlsessays.net/files/SchulzFellowship.pdf

Fellowship – How May We Celebrate Our Unity with All True Believers on Earth?

Recognizing that even Christians may feel alone among those with whom they worship, Pastor Schulz encourages his readers to promote real fellowship among the members of our congregations.

Church Picnic

To celebrate another year of the Lord's continued grace and mercy, we will be having a church picnic on Sunday, June 2.  All are invited to attend.  The picnic will follow our worship service (9am) and Bible Class (10am).  Burgers, brats, and hot dogs will be provided, but everyone is asked to bring a dish to pass.  We hope to see you all there!​

Holy Week Services

Palm Sunday — March 24, 10:00am

On Palm Sunday, we see Jesus entering into Jerusalem triumphantly with great crowds of people calling out and praising him. They even went as far as to lay down their clothes and palm branches in his path as a sign of adoration, respect, and reverence. On this day, we sing Hosannas to our King who willingly entered into Jerusalem knowing what was waiting for him at the end of the week.

On this Sunday, we will have a procession of palms at the beginning of the service. All members of the congregation are invited to gather in the basement before church begins where they will be given palm fronds. At the beginning of the service, they will walk into church and lay their palm before their Savior at the front of the sanctuary. The children of the congregation will lead the processional. If you wish to participate, please meet in the basement at 9:45am.

Maundy Thursday — March 28, 7:00pm

On Maundy (originally from the Latin word for “command”) Thursday, we recall the command that the Lord gave his disciples—to love one another. We also think about how he commanded his disciples to eat his body under the bread and drink his blood with the wine. We heed his invitation to remember what he accomplished through his life and death and receive the forgiveness of our sins through the Sacrament of the Altar.

Maundy Thursday marks the beginning of a service that extends over three days, focusing on the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ. Holy Communion will be offered at this service.

Good Friday — March 29

Two different Good Friday services are planned. The first, beginning at 5pm, focuses on the seven words Jesus spoke from the cross.

At 7pm, a Service of Darkness (Tenebrae) will allow worshippers an opportunity for quiet reflection on Jesus’ suffering and death for sinners. This service is intended to dramatize the suffering, death, and burial of the Lord Jesus.

• We will join in the shouts of the crowds, reminding us that we are equally responsible for Jesus’ death because of our sin.
• We will hear the sound of a hammer, reminding us of the nails being driven into the hands and feet of the Lord Jesus.
• We will hear the sound of a tomb closing, to remind us that the God-Man Jesus was buried.
• We will see the Christ candle return to remind us that though Jesus died, he lived.

In between the two services, there will be a light supper provided.

Easter Sunday — March 31

Easter Sunday we will have a devotional breakfast starting at 7:30am. Pastor Schlicht will offer a short devotion on the resurrection of our Lord before we join in a fellowship meal.

Following the devotional breakfast, we will have Easter worship at 9am to celebrate our Risen Lord who defeated sin, death, and the devil.

Daylight Savings Time

Don't forget that Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday. Remember to "spring ahead" an hour before going to bed on Saturday evening. Unless, that is, you want to make a grand entrance in the middle of the service on Sunday!

Confirmation Cancellation

Snowstorm Denise is upon us and the Clintonville schools are closing early. Due to the heavy snow falls, we are cancelling confirmation class for this evening (01/30/13). We will look to make it up at a later date.  If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Schlicht.

Irene Riesenberg

Irene E. Riesenberg, age 88 years, of New London, passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at the New London Family Medical Center.

The former Irene Elsie Martha Schulke was born on November 28, 1924 in the Town of Almond, Portage County, to Emil and Ida (Nowak) Schulke.  On November 28, 1940 she was united in marriage to William R. Heineman in Manawa.  The couple dairy farmed, raised seven children, and her husband passed away in 1964.  On October 12, 1969 she married Roy F. Riesenberg at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, New London.   Over the years, Irene had lived in Manawa, Bear Creek, Marion, New London, Shawano, and Clintonville.  During that time, she cooked at various restaurants in the New London and Shawano area, retiring in the mid 1980's.  Irene's second husband preceded her in death in 1997 and she settled in New London in 1998.  Irene was a longtime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Clintonville.  Her interests included fishing, flowers, crocheting, gardening, and she especially enjoyed spending time with family.

Survivors include six children; Betty (Vernon) Knapp of Arizonia, Patricia (special friend Orv) Shaw of Bear Creek, Eric (Bonnie) Heineman of Bear Creek, Connie (Norval) Swinford III of New London, Frederick (Carol) Heineman of Shiocton, and Gregory (fiancee Katie) Heineman of New London.  There are 26 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.  There is a sister, Arlene Roland of New London, a sister, Mildred (Harlan) Loken of Iola, a sister, Delores (LeRoy) Armon of Ogdensburg, and a brother, Martin (Pat) Schulke of Weyauwega.  She is further survived by two sisters-in-law, Audrey Schulke of Waupaca & Janice Schulke of Manawa, two daughters-in-law, Delores & Sherri, many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Irene was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, William, her second husband, Roy, a son, William Heineman, two grandsons, Todd & Steven Shaw, a son-in-law, Sam Shaw, two brothers, Gordon Schulke & Maynard Schulke, and a brother-in-law, Rudy Roland.

The family wishes to thank the nurses and staff at New London Family Medical Center and St. Joseph Residence for the wonderful and compassionate care given to Irene.

   Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 12th at 11:00 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Clintonville.  Rev. Ryan Schlicht will officiate and burial will be at Greenleaf Cemetery in Marion.  Friends may call on Saturday from 9:00 AM until time of service at the church.  The Beil-Didier Funeral Home, Clintonville, is assisting the family.  Online condolences may be sent via www.beil-didier.com.