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Holy Week 2025
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Open Forum and Annual Meeting
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Christian Education: Keeping Our Heritage

“God’s Word is our great heritage and shall be ours forever;
To spread its light from age to age shall be our chief endeavor.
Through life it guides our way; In death it is our stay.
Lord, grant, while worlds endure, we keep its teachings pure
Throughout all generations.”
— CW 293 - God's Word Is Our Great Heritage

I'm thankful that I was given the great heritage of the Word of God. Who gave it to me? God did. The Holy Spirit worked faith in my heart that clung to the words recorded for me in Bible. The Holy Spirit did the same for my parents, my teachers, my fellow members and my Christian friends who inspired by the hope they had shared with me what they had received from others. The heritage I have, they have, and those who have gone to heaven retain, is a beacon of light to guide through this life and to ferry us through death to our eternal home. Such a heritage is yours. Such a heritage must be passed on by us faithfully to our neighbors, our children, and our children's children!

“What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.”
— 2 Timothy 1:13-14

We have an amazing opportunity to do just that as we ourselves spend time in the Word, learning the teachings of the Bible and being prepared to faithfully share the hope we have starting with our own heart and finishing with whoever else we can tell. We also have an amazing opportunity to give that to our children through family devotions and discussions about the Word, and bringing them to the many opportunities we have together as a family of believers to grow on Sunday and throughout the week.

We will be kicking off our "school year" of Christian Education on September 8th! Beginning with worship, we will celebrate the beauty of our heritage in God's Word. Then after worship, plan on sticking around as we will have a Christian Education kickoff to focus our hearts on what matters most and to have some fun to start of the year! Afterwards, we will enjoy a potluck together with our church family.

If you are able to help by bringing some food for the meal, please either let me know by email here or sign up this coming Sunday in the back of church.

Also, to get you excited for the opportunities coming your way to know and appreciate your heritage, check out all of our opportunities below for you and your children to grow in the Word this Fall-Winter-Spring:

  • Weekly Worship - Sunday @ 9am

  • Weekly Bible Study - Sunday @ 10:30am

  • Weekly Sunday School - Sunday @ 10:25am

  • Catechism Class - Wednesdays @ 5:30pm (starting Sept. 4th)

  • Midweek Book Club/Bible Study on "Heaven" - Wednesdays @ 6:30pm (starting Sept. 25th)

  • Monthly Men's Breakfast & Bible Study - Second Saturday @ 6am (starting Sept. 14th)

  • Monthly Women's Bible Study - Fourth Tuesday @ 6pm (starting Sept. 24th)

May God bless and keep you today and throughout the week. See you in God's house!

In His service,

Pastor Titus Buelow

Soccer Camp & VBS Recap!

We have another year in the books and what an amazing year is was. We had a record 60 kids this year! What a blessing to have so many eager to learn more about soccer and their Savior. And even though there were so many more campers, we had a very respectful and loving group. They listened attentively, were kind to one another, learned quickly, and had a blast!

Soccer Camp featured many drills that train the essential skills of soccer like dribbling, passing and shooting. We also played games that worked those skills while being a lot of fun! After two hours of running around and playing, we take a break to eat a delicious smorgasbord of a snack, sing some silly and some seriously grace-focused songs, and then talk about Jesus. This year we talked about finding Jesus at ALL costs because he is that much more amazing than anything else in our life. After devotion, we headed out for a last half-hour of scrimmage time to practice the skills we had been working on so that we could play the game of soccer!

After three days of Soccer Camp, we moved to our home base here at 31 N. Park and began our two day Vacation Bible School portion of the week. What that meant was an opening devotion about the focus of the day, some silly songs to get us moving, and some Jesus-focused songs to help us voice our confidence in Him! Afterwards, we broke into groups to dig deeper into God’s Word. Then we played kickball or duck duck goose outside, made some amazing crafts, ate more delicious goodies, and played some more big games outside. We closed with another wrap up devotion and said goodbye!

It was a fun-filled week with lots of things to take home to practice, to show family and friends, to study, and to talk about! I pray that it was as fun for everyone who came as it was for me. I was sad when everyone went home!

Thank you to all who helped make our week so fun for everyone who came. Thank you to the parents who sent your kids to be a part of our week. Thank you, Lord, for blessing our Soccer Camp & VBS week! And thank you Jesus for all you have done for us so that we can proudly share the good news you have given to us and to all!

…I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ. Philippians 3:8-9

In His service,

Pastor Buelow

It's Time to Reexamine Everything

This past Sunday, we started a new series of sermons based on Jesus' words refuting commonplace ideas by attacking commonplace pride. Jesus goes beyond the artificial and the superficial things and instead strikes at the heart of the issue and the heart of the person. He will force us to reexamine our preconceived notions so that we clearly see him and ourselves in his light.

8.4 - Luke 10:25-37 - It’s Time to Reexamine… Being Neighborly

8.11 - Luke 10:38-42 - It’s Time to Reexamine… What Needs to Get Done

8.18 - Luke 11:1-13 - It’s Time to Reexamine… Asking for Help

8.25 - Luke 12:13-21 - It’s Time to Reexamine… Our Retirement Plan

9.1 - Luke 12:32-40 - It’s Time to Reexamine… Are We Ready and Alert?

We would love for you to join us Sundays at 9am, listen to our podcast, or watch us on youtube. You can find the tabs for each above.

Soccer Camp: Register Now!

There is still time to register your kids for our 5th annual Soccer Camp and VBS! It seems hard to believe but Soccer Camp and VBS are almost here. Make sure you include this in your child’s summer. To register, go to the link below (or on the black bar on the top of the page). Registration helps us prepare and gives us important emergency contact information.

The registration form is on this page… http://www.stpaulclintonville.com/soccer-camp-vbs

Church Family Night: July 31

On July 31st, St Paul is having a special Church Family Night that is open to the area KEPT Youth Group. You are welcome to come starting at 6pm. Don’t worry about making food, we will have hot dogs and baked potatoes with lots of toppings (feel free to bring a topping, crazy or normal, to share). Rain or shine, we’ll have activities. Relax with some lawn games and then there will be a special water balloon fight for the kids!

RSVPing is not required, but we ask you to if you can. There is a sheet in the gathering area of church or email us to let us know how many people we should have water balloons for.

Severe Storms in Clintonville

Friday night was a wild one! Maybe you had just finished setting up your tent at the Family Retreat. Maybe your were at home, getting ready to rest. No matter what you were doing, if you were in the Clintonville area you know about the severe storms.

It is fun watching severe weather from a safe place. The might of the winds, the ferocity of the rain and the barrages of bright lightning flashes were in full force Friday. When the weather is down right scary, it reminds us that we don’t control it. The weather is beyond us, we can hide from it but we can’t prevent the weather from getting severe… and we know that we are powerless if the storms get worse. Frightening storms are a great reminder to us, we are only human. When we acknowledge what we can’t do, it reminds us of who can and how great He is! Jesus can control and guide the weather. While He was on Earth He showed us this. God is powerful and beyond us, yet the One who even the storms listen to chose to submit Himself to be the least of us. He allowed Himself to be treated as a criminal, tortured, humiliated, and executed. When the weather gets fierce take comfort in the God who loves you.

Thankfully with all the strong winds and rain there was no damage to the church. No flooding in the basement. No fallen trees.

Family Retreat: what you need to know...

So the Church Family Retreat is this weekend, here is what you should know…

Members of the church will be visiting or camping at Bear Lake Campground in Manawa (address below). The church has booked 4 campsites which will we will camp and it will serve as the “home base” if you visit. We will be at sites 88, 89, 106, and 107. Remember, there is a cost to visit. Bear Lake Campground charges $36 per campsite per night (for up to 2 adults, $10 per additional adult per night). If you visit for the day Bear Lake charges $2 per person. That gives you access to the beach! The beach is very kid friendly, it is shallow for a good distance.

Saturday around 7pm there will be a short outdoor service at the campsite with campfire songs and s’mores!

Bear Lake Campground has a lot of features, but remember some cost money (you may want to bring some cash).

  • child-friendly, shallow beach

  • kayak and canoe rentals

  • ice cream shop

  • volleyball courts

  • softball diamond

  • playground

  • lawn games

  • nature (we’ve seen eagles)

Address:

Bear Lake Campground, Inc.
N4715 State Road 22 - 110
Manawa, WI 54949

Finding Freedom: from Opportunity

Our forefathers declared this country “the Land of Opportunity.” We truly do enjoy much opportunity in this country that is not available in many other places around the world. In such a greater degree, we have opportunity in being part of God’s Kingdom through faith in Jesus Christ. God has made us his heirs, his children! That reality gives us incredible opportunity to live differently in this world no matter what challenges we might face. Let us dwell on that freedom this morning.

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost -- July 14, 2019

Pastor Titus Buelow

Galatians 3:23–29

Construction: One Year Later

This week the basement floor in the church is being prepped, cleaned and finished. It seems like a big project, but take a look at what our church looked like last July. It was only a year ago that we were meeting at the high school because our building was growing and under construction. Take a look at some pictures from last year. It is amazing the difference a year makes. We thank and praise God for the work being done here that enabled the construction project.