1
What are the 40 positive assets in a young person’s life that can help them thrive? How can knowing and understanding these assets shape efforts to reach out to others, no matter their gender, age, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, or ability? R…
Editor’s note: Meridyth Bates is spending a year in Madagascar as part of the Young Adults in Global Mission initiative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Q: Tell us a little bit about your path to serve – what choices did you make, how d…
One small way that St. Paul offerings support refugees – people stripped of everything they know – is through two organizations that directly and indirectly assist refugees. This year, the congregation’s mission board voted to increase its giving to…
St. Paul’s Mental Health Awareness Team will host two upcoming events – one a panel discussion on mental wellness, and the second a presentation on depression. Both are free and open to the public. The first, onThursday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m., will…
8
Kathie Heaps first saw the story on Facebook, of a barber in Dubuque that gives free haircuts to kids as long as they read a book to him. Immediately, she knew: “I can do that!” Kathie, a hair stylist for more than three dozen years, has tutored stud…
A mailbox. Doors. Cabinets. Windows. Light fixtures. A crew from Habitat ReStore recently visited a house recently purchased by St. Paul that is slated for tear down. They spent a day removing items that will go on to new life. “Each house is a littl…
1
Editor’s note: This event has been cancelled by the organizers. On the night of Saturday, Oct. 17, St. Paul high school youth will be sleeping outside. They will build makeshift shelters and gather with others at Brady Street Stadium for Sleep Out, a…
St. Paul Lutheran Church will host Rethinking Poverty, a continuation of series of conversations about socioeconomics, beginning on Monday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m. September’s topic is entitled, “Cultural Lens.” This monthly discussion is led by a variety o…
1
Tucked away behind a garage next to the St. Paul Community Garden is a round circle of wire fence, just a few feet high, shaped by wooden stakes in the ground. The fence is a composting area, built by 12-year-old Collin Burnett, for a Boy Scout garde…
1
Lace up your sneakers and join the St. Paul crew who walk each year to support programs and research for people who struggle with mental illness. The 2015 NAMI Walk (NAMI stands for National Alliance for Mental Illness) is Saturday, Sept. 26, 10 a.m….
Jesus turns to his disciples and says, “You give them something to eat.” St. Paul holds a core conviction that hungry people must be fed. On Hunger Awareness Weekend, August 29 & 30, from local meals to global relief, food expresses love for our…
It’s a subtle change at St. Paul’s donut counter. On Sunday mornings, the coffee flows at St. Paul. It’s a comfort, a treat, a warm-up on chilly days to have a cup of coffee in hand while enjoying a donut and conversation. The white disposable cups m…