St. Paul's Announcements

Dear St. Paul's Congregation,

My sermon on Thanksgiving Day (10:00 a.m.) this year is called The Unlikely Thanker. It is about the healing of the ten lepers. The most unlikely leper, the Samaritan, is the guy who came back to thank Jesus. The other nine lepers were Hebrews, and they did not return to say thanks (Luke 17:11-19).

I would like to include a couple testimonies from unlikely thankers this year.

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Dear St. Paul's Family,

This Sunday, we will look at the prophecy of Ezekiel 39 from the viewpoint of the exiles. During the 6th century BC, they had been carried away into captivity in Babylon. How do you act when you are in exile? Ezekiel encouraged them to be hopeful. The reasons to be hopeful we all based on things God would do in the future. What about you? Does the assurance of things hoped for make any difference in your life right now?

Dear St. Paul's Family

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Here is updated information regarding Cathy's father's funeral. Her father's name is Ralph Woebling.

The funeral and visitation are as follows at Hutchins Funeral Home, 675 Graham Rd, Florissant, MO.

• Visitation: Monday, Nov. 21, 4:00-9:00 pm.
• Funeral: Tuesday at 9:30 am. with burial at Jefferson Barraks.

Thanks for your concern and prayers for Cathy at this time.

Pastor Dan

Dear St. Paul's Family,

Please forgive my mistake. Ralph Woebeling died on November 17, not November 18.

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Friz

Dear St. Paul's Congregation,

We have had several of the attenders of St. Paul's experience death in their families as we near Thanksgiving.

1. Lisa Oliver's mother, Louise McAneny passed away Saturday, November 12. The funeral is today in Granite City. She was only 64 years old.
2. Steve Vasel's grandmother (Viola Vasel, 101 years old) passed away this week. The visitation will be Friday, with the funeral on Saturday. For funeral information, please click on the following link: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?n=viola-e-vasel&pid=154633037
3. Cathy Woebeling Paul's father, Ralph Woelbling, passed away on November 18. Funeral arrangements are pending.
4. Finally, Alberta Reeder, one of our long term members, has been placed on hospice at Friendship Village Health Center.

Your prayers, cards, and words of comfort for all of these dear brothers and sisters are muich appreciated.

Grace, mercy and peace to all,

Pastor Mark Friz

Dear St. Paul's Family,

This Sunday we continue the Future Hope sermon series with a message from Ezekiel 37 (The Valley of Dry Bones) called New Life.

Dear St. Paul's Congregation,

After finishing a six week sermon series on prayer, we will now be entering a three week series called "Future Vision," based on Ezekiel 37, 38 and 39.  This prophetic sermon series will take us to a section of scripture that is a challenge to understand, but which I think has tremendous application for our times.

Our sympathy goes out to the family of Marie Graeser, who died on Tuesday, November 1, 2011.

There will be a visitation at the church on Friday, November 4, 10:00-11:00am, with the service at 11:00am. Burial will be in the St. Paul's cemetery.

A luncheon in the church multipurpose room will follow.

The November 2011 issue of the St. Paul's newsletter is now available on the church web site.

http://stpaulsefree.org/sites/default/files/publications/nov_11.pdf