The fellowship of St. Paul Lutheran Church participates in several outreach & service ministries.
Sharing and Caring is a local agency that helps the less fortunate in our area financially and through their food pantry. We support Sharing and Caring through a monthly benevolence, food collection, Tools for School, and Thanksgiving and Christmas Food Baskets.
The Waterfront Mission is a local agency that assists the homeless with shelter, offers educational programs and provides hot meals. Each year the LYO participates in the Souper Bowl of Caring collection drive on Super Bowl Sunday. Funds are donated to the Waterfront Mission.
Relay for Life: St. Paul members actively participate in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life event held annually the third weekend in April at the Niceville High School athletic stadium. Anyone interested in joining the RFL team can contact Gayle Norgaard, St. Paul Team Captain, by calling or emailing the church office.
Mission Outreach: Through donations, St. Paul supports The Oaks Indian Center in Oaks Okalohoma, Lutheran World Relief, Global Missions, Lutheran Bible Translators, Camp Luther Springs, Lutheran Disaster Response, Lutheran Services Florida, Food for the Poor and other Lutheran agencies through our Mission Outreach program.
Sharing and Caring is a local agency that helps the less fortunate in our area financially and through their food pantry. We support Sharing and Caring through a monthly benevolence, food collection, Tools for School, and Thanksgiving and Christmas Food Baskets.
The Waterfront Mission is a local agency that assists the homeless with shelter, offers educational programs and provides hot meals. Each year the LYO participates in the Souper Bowl of Caring collection drive on Super Bowl Sunday. Funds are donated to the Waterfront Mission.
Relay for Life: St. Paul members actively participate in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life event held annually the third weekend in April at the Niceville High School athletic stadium. Anyone interested in joining the RFL team can contact Gayle Norgaard, St. Paul Team Captain, by calling or emailing the church office.
Mission Outreach: Through donations, St. Paul supports The Oaks Indian Center in Oaks Okalohoma, Lutheran World Relief, Global Missions, Lutheran Bible Translators, Camp Luther Springs, Lutheran Disaster Response, Lutheran Services Florida, Food for the Poor and other Lutheran agencies through our Mission Outreach program.
Missionaries: January through June 2013, St. Paul Lutheran Church is sponsored Rev. Dirk and Sarah Stadtlander and their two daughter, Eva and Ellen. They are completing their mission in Senegal, West Africa.
Starting in July 2013, the Church is sponsoring a new missionary family: Rev. Chad & Natalie Rimmer. Please read Rev. Rimmer's letter below:
Greetings!
I want to invite you to our family website, www.therimmers.org,and especially the pages that we've dedicated to our mission sponsors. http://www.therimmers.org/join-the-dialogueon this page, I've left a welcome message for St. Paul, and any members can get on this sight and leave message, ask questions, or start a thread about Global Mission. We can be in touch personally this way.
I hope this is a good way for us to be able to 'talk' to groups such as Sunday school classes, youth groups, or anyone who wants to be in touch.
So, encourage folks to check it out, and in the meantime, please bring our greetings to the community of St. Paul.
The peace of Christ to you, Rev. Chad M. Rimmer
Theological Advisor to the Lutheran Church of Senegal (ELS)
ELCA Global Mission - West Africa
ELCA Global Mission - West Africa
Further information and pictures are posted on the Mission Bulletin Board in the garden narthex.
Remember to pray for missionaries everywhere for their work bringing Christian love and the Gospel to the people of Senegal. Your contributions to Missionary Support are needed and appreciated.
WordAlone: St. Paul Lutheran Church supports WordAlone Ministries. WordAlone is a Lutheran grassroots network of congregations and individuals committed to the authority of the Word manifest in Jesus the Christ as proclaimed in Scripture and safeguarded through the work of the Holy Spirit. WordAlone advocates reform and renewal of the church, representative governance, theological integrity, and freedom from a mandated historic episcopate. http://www.wordalone.org.
Lutheran World Relief: St. Paul Lutheran Church gives regular donations to LWR, in addition to, quilts and health kits provided by the women of the congregation. Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is an international nonprofit organization and a joint ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. www.lwr.org
Good News Jail and Prison Ministry: In August of 2010, the St. Paul Church Council voted to include Good News Jail and Prison Ministry as one of the many organizations the church supports with benevolence gifts. The purpose of this ministry is to meet the spiritual needs of both inmates and staff through ministry that includes evangelism, discipleship, and pastoral attention, while facilitating other religious faiths within the guidelines established by law and the individual correctional facility. www.goodnewsjail.org.
Adopt-A-Highway: St. Paul has adopted a one-mile stretch of Hwy 285, from John Sims Drive north, through the state's Adopt-A-Highway program. On a quarterly basis volunteers help pick up litter on a Saturday morning. Vests, pickup sticks, trash bags, and water are provided. Suggest bringing gloves, sunglasses, cap, and appropriate [closed-toe] shoes. All ages 12 and up are welcome to help. Youth age 12-15 must be accompanied by an adult. Look for the announcement in the Sunday bulletin.
