It’s a familiar sight at St. Paul but many don’t know the story behind it. The baptismal font. The font holds a special place in many hearts. It is a symbol of joyful celebration, welcoming young and old alike into the Christian community. It is a pl…
St. Paul volunteers spend countless hours feeding community families Bending, sorting, boxing, bagging, hauling, delivering, counting, connecting; It’s another day at Madison Market. Madison Market has become a familiar sight at St. Paul since the pa…
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On Thursday, April 8, the Faithful Readers book group met to read their 100th book as a group. Founded 1997, there are still many of the same members involved 24 years later. The 100th book was The Bible Salesman, by Clyde Edgerton. Created by Katie…
St. Paul is happy to welcome youth ministries intern, Haley Rhoads, to the St. Paul staff as the new full-time associate youth director. Haley has been a huge asset to growing the youth programming at St. Paul. The associate youth director is a newly…
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St. Paul youth and mentors renovate Youth and Booth Rooms In early January, youth ministry intern Haley Rhoads, along with congregation member Jack Miller, submitted a proposal to renovate the current Youth Room and Booth Room — two Lower Level rooms…
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A group of 20 freshmen and sophomore youth at St. Paul went through Youth Peer Ministry training during the month of February. Utilizing The National Peer Ministry Training Center’s curriculum, the group learned effective conversational and communica…
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Lake Charles, La. On Aug. 27, 2020, St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lake Charles, La., was struck by Hurricane Laura. The damage to their building was immense. Their sanctuary was fully destroyed and the damage to their Fellowsh…
On the Ice, The Lassers family If you happen to drive through this quiet northeastern Davenport neighborhood, you’ll notice something in the backyard of the Lassers family. Could it be an inground pool? They sure hope not. Two winters ago, Alex Lasse…
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The St. Paul Endowment Committee recently approved tuition support for Liz Kuster, a St. Paul member and seminary student at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, or LSTC. She was recently featured in a campus publication. Here is an excerpt: Liz K…
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Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten journey to Easter for Christians. An online Ash Wednesday service will feature a host of gifted musicians and Pastor Peter Marty preaching. The link will be sent by email at 4 p.m. or available at youtu…
St. Paul is once again partnering with St. Ambrose University to bring Aging Innovatively to the community. Learn new strategies to help yourself live well as you age. In this five-week program, St. Ambrose doctoral students and faculty from the Occu…
The St. Paul annual congregational meeting, set for Feb. 7, will be hosted online this year due to COVID-19. Instead of a Zoom meeting where scores of parishioners would be unable to interact successfully, the meeting will be released by email at 10…