St. Paul`s Lutheran Church
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St. Paul`s Lutheran Church
CHARITOS DECEMBER NEWSLETTER St. Paul’s & Trinity Lutheran Church Ellicottville and Ashford, New York 6360 Route 242 E. – PO Box 656, Ellicottville, NY 14731 Church E-mail: [email protected] The Rev. Jerry leFeber Interim Pastor Office: 716-699-2265 Home: 716-372-9220 LIKE US ON FACEBOOK @ St Paul’s Lutheran Church Ellicottville NY to keep up with what’s happening here at St. Paul’s! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ www.stpaulsellicottville.com THE SEASON OF ADVENT The new church year begins as the color of the season, BLUE, reminds us of the HOPE, LOVE, JOY & PEACE that the coming of the Lord brings to us now and when he comes again. We prepare to welcome him into our midst. Charitos comes from the Greek word for grace, favor, kindness and goodwill. As this is the name of our newsletter, we reflect upon how much of God’s charitos has been given to us and how we in turn live with charitos among each other. May what we present in this newsletter be a constant reminder of God’s favor and grace upon us and our love and goodwill for each other. THE MISSION OF SAINT PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH IS OPENING DOORS OF ITS HOME OF FAITH, WELCOMING AND NOURISHING ALL PEOPLE THROUGH THE WORD AND SACRAMENTS, AND STRENGTHENING EACH OTHER THROUGH ACTS OF KINDNESS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Jesus Is The Reason In Bethlehem, God gave to us The source of Christmas joy; A star shown on a miracle: The virgin birth of a boy. He was born both God and man, A Savior for us all, The way to get to our heavenly home, If we just heed His call. So as we shop and spend and wrap And enjoy the Christmas season, Let's keep in mind the sacred truth: Jesus is the reason. By Joanna Fuchs CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICES Wednesday, December 24th TRINITY ~ 5:00 pm ST. PAUL’S ~ 7:30 & 10:00 pm December Sunday School Update November was a good month for Sunday School. Our attendance has increased with some new faces and friends. Thank you for sharing your children with us ~ As we enter into the season of Advent we thank the church for providing some Advent activities for us to learn while we wait….wait upon the Lord. We have our very own Advent Wreath that we light every week and have a special prayer around it. We will begin to practice for the Sunday School Christmas Program during our Sunday School time so it is important for everyone to attend and be on time Sunday mornings. Our program will be Sunday, December 28th during the Worship Service so mark your calendars….you won’t want to miss it! In Jesus’ Joy ~ Connie Hellwig Sunday School Supd’t CHRISTKINDLMARKET THANK YOU!!! Please remember that St. Paul’s will be offering a fundraiser Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday 12/27. This will allow the substantial number of visitors in the Ellicottville area, an opportunity to enjoy a reasonably priced meal while here for the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season. We will be needing extra help and of course those famous homemade desserts. Please look for the sign-up sheet in the Narthex area. Thank you for your help at this busy time of the year! At the Council meeting of 11/19/14, the Budget Committee presented its proposed spending plan for 2015. After discussion and some modifications, the Council unanimously approved this plan. They have directed aCongregational Meeting be called for the weekend of December 13th & 14thto consider this budget. The Congregational vote will follow both servicesthat weekend. The Budget Committee will be available to answer questions at these meetings. A preliminary look at the budget will be available on December 6th & 7th. Please plan on attending. SUMMERY OF COUNCIL MEETING NOV. 19TH Kevin Bower presented a proposal to do his Eagle Scout project at Saint Paul’s $1358 was collected form parking during Fall Fest weekend Sunset Committee (description attached)-could be seen/used as short term housing for the new Pastor. This is in regards to a donation of a chalet at Holimont. This donation was voted for acceptance at a Congregational Voter's Meeting on 11/2/14 Call Committee- expecting names and resumes (15) Trying to increase the number of acolytes for a training in January $5000 donated from Saint Michael’s Lutheran Church in Little Valley Working on being proactive regarding pipes that have frozen in the past Budget Committee (Linda Stiles, Jan Benson, Cheryl Crowley, Ron Swartz and Pastor leFeber) are the recommendations and those folks are being asked Spaghetti dinners (11/15,12/27,1/17,2/14,3/7) 10 and under $5, 10 and over $9 Marilyn moved and Connie seconded to purchase a memorial Brick in memory of Byron McMillen Andy moved and Karen seconded to purchase ½ page yearbook ads for the ECS and WVCS yearbooks; approved unanimously DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1 2 5 8 9 10 11 12 Zachary Hellwig Brandon Farris Alicia Defoe Michael Defoe Michael Erlandson Frieda Hicks Dennis Westfall Shannan Klahn Brenden Chudy Kyle Gregory Katie Hill Oliver Wedrik Andrew McMillen Braeden Kent Justin Kent Ashley Bringenberg 13 14 15 16 Anthony Crowley Patricia Hellwig Emil Hellwig Mary Anne Rohwer Donna Erlandson Denver Boberg Patrick Ebert Gerald Musall John Weise Jr. Aidan F. Murray Sandra Grey Ethan Klahn Kevin Krotz Emily Sinn 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 31 DECEMBER ANNIVERSARIES 17 23 Nathan and Melissa Dahlman Harold and Dorothy Gerwitz Martha Wittman Connie Zybert Jordan Salim Jacqueline Klahn Dawn Oliver Brian Naber Linda Kay David Wiechman Shirley Ellis Lisa Dubik Deborah Mest Jaylee Evans Kathleen Schuster Karl Schwartz Nicholas Rocco Joel Davis Brandon Ellis