St. Paul's
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Hear the Word. Grow in Christ. Serve the World.
Worship Times
10 AM Sunday Mornings in the Sanctuary
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Please join us on our Gather for Worship Page or
Facebook page to hear devotionals and recorded messages.
| April Newsletter |
A Note About Indoor Services
Beginning Sunday February 21st, in-person worship will be offered inside the sanctuary of St. Paul’s. Service time remains 10 am. The church council and Vicar Michelle have carefully constructed a plan of safe practices and guidelines that those attending in- person worship are expected to follow for the health and safety of our community. There is a process for entering the building and participating in worship that we ask you to follow:
• All worshipers are asked to enter through the NARTHEX DOOR ONLY.
• Masks and hand sanitizer will be available on the tables for your use. (You may also bring your own if you'd prefer.)
• Seating will be limited to every other pew. We ask that you limit seating in each pew to 2 people, observing social distancing, or 1 family per pew.
• The liturgy will be spoken, and, while there will be music, there will be no group singing.
• There will be disposable bulletins, no use of hymnals. Please take a bulletin from the table in the back of the church.
• We will have a place for you to leave offering envelopes – we will not be passing an offering plate.
• Sharing of the peace will be contactless. As you greet one another before and after worship, please refrain from hugs and handshakes except with members of your household.
• There will be communion during the worship service. Wine/Grape juice and wafer will be safely and individually packaged and brought to you in your pew without contact. ALL OF US WILL COMMUNE AT THE SAME TIME WHEN INSTRUCTED BY THE PASTOR. Please dispose of your containers as you leave the building.
• All worshipers are asked to exit through the SANCTUARY DOOR ONLY.
If a participant who has attended a worship service tests positive, the Jo Daviess County Health Department will be consulted · All those participating, leaders or congregants, will be asked to not come if they have been in confirmed contact with someone who has COVID-19 within the last two weeks, they have a temperature, or they have traveled out of state in the last two weeks · Participants will be asked to not linger and mingle after the service but quickly disperse in an instructed fashion by row entered.
All members are encouraged to consider their own situation and risk status before deciding when to return to worship or other gatherings in the building. Our worshiping community will continue to include an active online expression for the foreseeable future. We will continue to have members of the St. Paul family who cannot be with us physically, so we will strive to make our virtual presence deeper and richer. The church council knows that not all members will feel the same about some aspects of this plan. While there is no 100% way to gather safely for worship, masks have been determined to be an important risk reduction strategy.
Therefore, in order for this plan to be effective and for other brothers and sisters to worship as safely as possible, members who are unwilling to comply with the re-entry plan (including masks) will need to choose the online community, rather than the in-person community, for worship.
Finally, there is always the risk that we will need to move quickly to a fully online community again if there is an outbreak. Please stay connected with our Facebook page, website, and provide an email for those announcements.
Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 1 Peter 3:8 | NIV |
Vicar Michelle
815-535-6177
• All worshipers are asked to enter through the NARTHEX DOOR ONLY.
• Masks and hand sanitizer will be available on the tables for your use. (You may also bring your own if you'd prefer.)
• Seating will be limited to every other pew. We ask that you limit seating in each pew to 2 people, observing social distancing, or 1 family per pew.
• The liturgy will be spoken, and, while there will be music, there will be no group singing.
• There will be disposable bulletins, no use of hymnals. Please take a bulletin from the table in the back of the church.
• We will have a place for you to leave offering envelopes – we will not be passing an offering plate.
• Sharing of the peace will be contactless. As you greet one another before and after worship, please refrain from hugs and handshakes except with members of your household.
• There will be communion during the worship service. Wine/Grape juice and wafer will be safely and individually packaged and brought to you in your pew without contact. ALL OF US WILL COMMUNE AT THE SAME TIME WHEN INSTRUCTED BY THE PASTOR. Please dispose of your containers as you leave the building.
• All worshipers are asked to exit through the SANCTUARY DOOR ONLY.
If a participant who has attended a worship service tests positive, the Jo Daviess County Health Department will be consulted · All those participating, leaders or congregants, will be asked to not come if they have been in confirmed contact with someone who has COVID-19 within the last two weeks, they have a temperature, or they have traveled out of state in the last two weeks · Participants will be asked to not linger and mingle after the service but quickly disperse in an instructed fashion by row entered.
All members are encouraged to consider their own situation and risk status before deciding when to return to worship or other gatherings in the building. Our worshiping community will continue to include an active online expression for the foreseeable future. We will continue to have members of the St. Paul family who cannot be with us physically, so we will strive to make our virtual presence deeper and richer. The church council knows that not all members will feel the same about some aspects of this plan. While there is no 100% way to gather safely for worship, masks have been determined to be an important risk reduction strategy.
Therefore, in order for this plan to be effective and for other brothers and sisters to worship as safely as possible, members who are unwilling to comply with the re-entry plan (including masks) will need to choose the online community, rather than the in-person community, for worship.
Finally, there is always the risk that we will need to move quickly to a fully online community again if there is an outbreak. Please stay connected with our Facebook page, website, and provide an email for those announcements.
Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 1 Peter 3:8 | NIV |
Vicar Michelle
815-535-6177
Church Council
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President - Kathy McKee
Vice President - Danica Skattum Council Secretary - Anita Fry Treasurer - Sue Bourquin Financial Secretary - Roger Kent |
Parish Education - Danica Skattum
Properties - Daylon Nieman Stewardship - Worship/Evangelism - Linda Balbac Vicar - Michelle Knight |
Contact InformationE-Mail:Telephone: 815-745-3444
Postal Address: 209 Clinton St. P.O. Box 445 Warren, IL 61087 |
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"We, the people of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, are members of Christ's family called by Grace, the cornerstone of faith. Our 100 plus years of community presence provides us with a strong foundation rooted in the Holy Spirit. Our ministry is to to bring the message of God's good news to all, now and in the future."