This Is the Most Amazing Week of the Year!

What is your favorite week of the year? Maybe it is the week of your birthday. Maybe it is the week leading up to and including Christmas because of all the festivities, the gifts, the food, and the family time! Maybe it is the first week of summer vacation after a long year of school. Those are all great weeks! However, I hope you also love this most amazing week of the year: Holy Week. 

Holy Week for us is when we remember the last week of Jesus' life, beginning when he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, and ending with him rising from the dead on Easter Sunday. During that week so much happened that there is simply no way we could only get together at our normal Sunday times here at St. Paul. We also have a Maundy Thursday service to remember the Last Supper, Jesus washing his disciples feet, the garden of Gethsemane, and so much more. We also gather together on Good Friday to hear Jesus' seven last statements from the cross as he died for us. This week is the MOST amazing week of the year for me and for many because it is the week Jesus saved us all. This was the week when it was finished, the work for our salvation. Jesus did it all and then he burst from the tomb and declared victory over sin, death and the devil. That victory belongs not only to him, but to all who put their trust in him.

If Holy Week has never been a big week for you or your family before or it has been awhile since you thought about it like this, I pray that you join us this week. We are very excited about Holy Week at St. Paul and we have some amazing services planned to remember what our Savior did for us.

Here is our schedule for Holy Week:

• Maundy Thursday Communion Service - Jesus' Last Will & Testament - 6:30pm
• Good Friday Tenebrae Service - Seven Words from the Cross - 6:30pm
• Easter Sunday - Breakfast begins @ 7:30am
• Easter Sunday - Resurrection Festival Service - 9am

I hope you continue to have amazing weeks throughout the year that you look forward to and enjoy! However, this is what I hope (and pray for) most of all: Holy Week is and continues to be the MOST amazing week of the year for you as you hear from God's Word what Jesus has done for you. I hope to see you later this week!

Pastor Titus Buelow

Special Needs Service - Thursday at 5:30pm!

Every first Thursday of the month at 5:30pm we host a special worship service here at St. Paul for those with special needs and their families. We know that an ordinary service on Sundays has a lot of barriers that can keep those with disabilities from understanding or being able to participate in normal worship without feeling lost or confused. Families may feel self-conscious that they do not belong or that it is just too hard to attend worship and take care of their relative or friend with a disability. 

It is for those reasons that we have started our special service for those with learning and developmental disabilities and their families. This service contains the same content that any regular service would have. You will hear about how God loves us and forgives our sins. You will have the chance to sing, to pray, and participate in the devotion. At the same time, this service is simplified, clear, and consistent so that it is easy to follow and doesn't leave you or your loved one behind. We also encourage interaction, conversation, and instrumentation! No one should feel embarrassed for adding their voice or instrument to the service and to the singing.

All in all, we would love to have you and your loved ones join us for our special service on the first Thursday of every month at 5:30pm called "Worship at the Cross," part of our Jesus Cares Ministry. If you have any questions, would like to request a prayer, or simply would like to touch base with our pastor, please call at 715-460-3148 or email at saintpaulclintonville@gmail.com.

God be with you!

Lent Begins This Valentine's Day! (Ash Wednesday!)

Join us for this extra special way to celebrate Valentine's Day this year by taking the love of your life with you to St. Paul for our Ash Wednesday meal and service!

In all seriousness, it just so happens that Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday are the same day this year. And I am sure you want to do something special for that special someone in your life on this very important day. What could be more special to share with your loved one than time in the Word?

It may sound different and feel like a bad idea for your relationship. However, nothing could be further from the truth! Making God and his Word a priority in your life and in your relationship is the single greatest thing you can do for yourself, your significant other, and the future you hope to have!

Help that special someone and yourself focus on what matters most in life by joining us for a light supper at 5:30pm and our communion Ash Wednesday service at 6:30pm. 

"This is love; not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins." 1 John 4:10

Register Now for Men of His Word 2018!

2018 Men of His Word Conference

Have you seen the news lately? It’s crazy out there. The world attacks our Christian values from every direction on a daily basis. To counter these attacks, the MOHW Conference provides opportunities and resources for men to grow spiritually, using God’s Word to empower and equip men to carry out their God-given mission in their homes, churches, communities and the world. This year’s theme is “GET OUT OF THE BOAT.”

The 9th annual MOHW Conference will be held at the Best Western Premier Waterfront Convention Center in Oshkosh on Saturday, February 24, 2018. Additional details and online registration are available at www.menofhisword,org for the first 650 men ($50 by February 11th; $60 from February12th - 18th). Please join us for a day of fellowship in God’s Word that you will not soon forget!

Celebrate the Real Christmas!

Dear family in Christ Jesus,

Isn’t the Christmas season wonderful?! Sometimes it may not feel that way as you hustle and bustle to get all the cooking, the planning, the gift getting, and the gift wrapping done! It may not feel so wonderful when family is away or not getting along. It may not feel so wonderful no matter how many cheesy movies you watch on Netflix, TV, or from your old movie collection. All of those things can leave you feeling empty and exhausted.

However, this is why Christmas is still wonderful. Christmas is NOT the food, the events, the gifts. Christmas is NOT even about family or stories of holiday cheer. All of those can be wonderful blessings, however, they are not what the real Christmas is. Christmas is so much more. Christmas is a Savior being born for you. Christmas is about Jesus, God made flesh, coming to die for you that you might live. That is why the Christmas season is always wonderful, no matter how busy, different, lonely, or sad it may feel this year. A Savior has still been born for you. He is Christ the Lord. The real Christmas means you have peace with God, you have God with you, you have hope!

This Christmas season, take time to celebrate the real Christmas. There you will truly find reason to say, “This Christmas season is truly wonderful!” Or in the words of the angels, “Glory to God in the highest and peace to men on whom his favor rests!”

Make use of these wonderful opportunities at St. Paul to celebrate with your family and friends the real Christmas:

Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols Service - Sunday, Dec. 24 @ 9am

Christmas Eve Morning will be a lessons and carols service consisting primarily of prophesies that point to and describe the Messiah who would come into the world. These prophesies help to prepare our hearts to welcome the babe born in Bethlehem as our King and Lord.

Christmas Eve Children’s Service - Sunday, Dec. 24 @ 6:30pm

Christmas Eve Evening will feature the children of our congregation telling us the account of that first Christmas and what it means to us. This is one story that never gets old and must be told! “Today in the town of David, A Savior has been born to you, He is Christ the Lord!”

Christmas Day Communion Service - Monday, Dec. 25 @ 9am

Christmas Day will give us a chance to delve deeper into what it means that God became man, the Word became flesh! What makes the incarnation of Jesus so beautiful, mysterious, and especially meaningful to me and all people? Coupled with this service is the Lord’s Supper, where we partake in the mystery of the God-Man for the forgiveness of sins and the strengthening of our faith. 

Along the way, we will sing many if not all of your favorite Christmas and Advent hymns! Young and old will be reminded of how our lives were forever changed that first Christmas morning. Come celebrate the real Christmas with us!

May God bless you and yours this Christmas,

In His service,

Pastor Titus Buelow

“Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” Luke 2:15

Christmas for Kids - Saturday, Dec. 2nd at 9am!

Christmas for Kids

This Saturday, beginning at 9am, we have an awesome opportunity for you and your young ones to have fun and remember the reason for the season! Crafts, ornament making, Christmas story time and singing await for children and parents until noon! Food will also be served at about 11:30am. All of this is free of charge! This event is for children 5 & up, 4 and younger with an adult. 

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to call us at 715-460-3148 or email us at saintpaulclintonville@gmail.com. To pre-register, simply click here that you are going so we have an idea of how many to expect.

Merry Christmas!!!

Advent Midweek Services - Wednesdays @ 6:30pm (Dec. 6, 13, 20)

Join us this December for three extra opportunities to gather together and meditate on the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas is not about the tree, the lights, the gifts, or even the delicious meal and cookies... Those things are great! However, Christmas is about so much more. Christmas is about peace, true and heavenly peace! Because God was born on earth that first Christmas day, peace came to mankind! This is a very different peace than what the world gives. 

This year's Advent Midweek Series is going to meditate on the peace Jesus came to give that Christmas morning and how that applies to you. Here is what you can expect!

Dec. 6, Wednesday @ 6:30pm - "Peace for Eternity"

Dec. 13, Wednesday @ 6:30pm - "Peace in Poverty"

Dec. 20, Wednesday @ 6:30pm - "Peace Despite Conflict"

Please join us for these wonderful midweek opportunities to dwell on the "peace that transcends all understanding!"

Thanksgiving Eve Service - Nov 22nd @ 6:30pm!

Join us for a special evening service to give thanks for all the things God has given us. We are NOT very good at remembering to say, "thank you." We ARE very good at asking for things that we feel we need. Even when we get some of those things, do we remember to say, "thank you?" No... not very often. Let us use this special service as a way to take extra time this Thanksgiving to look back and see all of the things God has given and also to look forward at all the things God promises to give us tomorrow and forever. You will leave with a full heart, thinking about all that God has poured out on you, phsyically and spiritually. You are invited and welcome!

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34

Trunk or Treat! This Sunday, Oct. 29, from 4-7pm

Community! If you are trick or treating in our area on Sunday from 4-7pm, swing through our parking lot and load up on extra goodies. If you need a bathroom break or a drink of water, don't hesitate to stop in and make use of our facilities. 

Members and friends, deck out your trunks and yourselves and join us to give a boost of goodies to those trick or treating in the area. This is a great opportunity to spend time with your church family and to represent our church and our Savior to our community!

Hymn Sing, Pie & Ice Cream Social - Sept. 24 @ 1pm

Join us this Sunday at 1pm for some good old hymns, pie and ice cream! All are invited and welcome to join us for a great afternoon of singing, eating, and fellowship. We hope to see you there!