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Church Check-In
A chance to connect and check in with one another. You are welcome to join this small group to share prayer requests, give updates about coping with a pandemic, and to just see each other (even through a computer screen). It is twice a month and lasts about an hour. These small group meetings are…
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Stewards of Our Elders’ Wisdom
“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” –Exodus 20:12 This month and next, as our culture celebrates Mothers Day and Fathers Day, God’s people can make the occasions much more substantive than just greeting cards, gifts, and dinners…
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In-person Worship
The Administrative Council held a meeting in April to discuss returning to in-person worship. Please realize that this is not considered to be a re-opening of church because the church is never closed. Instead, the council discussion revolved around how to safely return to gathering for worship. This was a particularly difficult discussion due to…
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May Calendar
Birthdays 4th-Mary Alice Weber 8th-Barbara Hoelzel 10th-Lily Courtois 13th-Jackie Brown 16th-Marvin Jinkerson & David Loucks 17th-Kent Graves 18th-Judy Doyle, Clayton Parkin, & Barbara Duncan 19th-Jim Foster 21st-Alec Huffman 23rd-Jack Robinson 26th-Becky Bradford 28th-Joe Bean & Will Weber 30th-Greg Schellert & Areena Smith Anniversaries 15th-Bob and Bryanna Alexander 27th-Richard and Norma Bell 27th-Padre and Darlene Payne…
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Rainbow Network
For several years now, we have supported a student through the Rainbow Network. We just received a new student! Here’s a little bit that Enyel shared: My name is Enyel and I am from La Concha. I live with my parents and three older siblings. My mom works on a nearby peanut farm, earning $70…
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Food Pantry Needs
The Food Pantry items you can drop off in May are a mixed bag. They need several common items that you might be able to pull from your pantry. dry pasta Jell-o; the fruit flavored gelatin, not pudding small cans of tomato sauce canned peas You can drop these items off at church on Mondays,…
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Maundy Thursday Service
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Mission Minute
Night to Shine Night to Shine just completed its first virtual run, and it was a great success. These things don’t happen without a lot of work though, and our 2022 Night to Shine work begins April 5, 2021. Please join us from April 5 through May 6th for Give STL Day! This past year…
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Special Services
The Lenten season through Easter is a special time in church. The time is punctuated by moving music, sacrifice, and ham. (It doesn’t have to be ham; feel free to substitute bacon!) It was very different last year when the stay-at-home order was in place, and the continuing pandemic means normal hasn’t fully resurfaced yet…
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Graduation is near…
And if you would for us to list your child or grandchild in the newsletter recognizing their pending graduation, please submit: the student’s name degree or diploma earned school attending Please submit this information to the church office by calling 636-586-2472 or emailing it to secretary@standrewsumcdesoto.org. Submissions are due April 20, 2021. Help us recognize…