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Easter Egg Hunt!! April 20 11:00-12:00 hot dogs, popcorn, crafts

Good Morning! It's Wednesday; we've made it to the middle of the week already! Tonight is our V.I.P. Meal at 5:30 p.m. Following that are our regular scheduled groups at 6:30 p.m. Please come join us tonight for food, fellowship, and groups!

Good Morning and Happy Monday! Don't forget we have the weekly V.I.P. Meal this Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and our free 2nd Saturday Breakfast this Saturday at 8:00 a.m. And of course, on Sunday our regular scheduled services at 9:00 a.m. (traditional) and 11:00 a.m. (contemporary). We hope to see you all soon! Have a great week!

We made it to Friday! Please don't forget that our first traditional service begins at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday and our contemporary service begins at 11:00 a.m. Also, feel free to to come to our 10:00 a.m. social hour in between services in Fellowship Hall for snacks and coffee. We hope to see you there and that you have an incredible weekend.

This Easter we are having a special offering for the following ten ministries. These ten amazing ministries help the people in our community and beyond. If you would like to donate, you can go on our website at: stpaulselkhart.com and give electronically. The second way to donate is to get a special Easter Offering envelope and mark which Easter offering you are donating to. The offering begins this Sunday, March 31st and continues through Easter Sunday (April 21st, 2019). Below are the options to donate to. Thank you so very much for your contributions and have a fantastic day! Susanna’s Kitchen Samaritan Center Center for Healing and Hope Church Community Services Bashor Home - UMC Preschool Scholarships Saving Grace Africa University Scholarship – UMC Operation Classroom – UMC Life Treatment Centers

A HUGE thank you to our amazing community helpers here in Elkhart County!

Here are some upcoming information on March and April Messages, Sermons, and Events. We hope to see you all! Have a fantastic Tuesday! March 31 Genealogy of Jesus: God’s plan through Ezra, Nehemiah, Malachi and to Jesus. Easter Theme: God is still rolling stones April 7 God’s incredible power: Ephesians 1:18-22. I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power 20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms. April 14 (Palm Sunday) The spiritual changes the physical: Matthew 27:50-54. God’s spiritual power translates to the physical world…helping us make changes in our real lives and situations. April 18 Holy Thursday – we will be serving open communion in the sanctuary from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. All are welcome to come and reflect upon Jesus’ work. April 19 Good Friday – we will be joining other UMC churches in the community to celebrate Good Friday together. Calvary UMC at 6:30 PM. April 20 Easter Egg Hunt here at the church from 11:00 AM till Noon. April 21 (Easter) God is still rolling stones: Mark 6:14. God is still giving new life out of those dead and dark places in our lives. April 28 We are overcomers: John 16:33. I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. We are overcomers in Jesus.

What an exciting morning at preschool! Community Helper Day 2019 in full swing! Thank you Elkhart Fire, Ambulance & Police for an amazing day!!

New Sermon Videos have been uploaded to our YouTube Channel. Please check them out and subscribe. Subscribing helps us tremendously! :) 3/17/2019 Sermon: https://youtu.be/p-qbvVO9Itc 3/24/2019 Sermon: https://youtu.be/p-qbvVO9Itc

Happy Monday! It's a new week! Let's make it a good one!

The Friday Crew is together once again and looking mighty fine on this sunny Spring day! Thank you for all that you do, guys! You're amazing!

some of the wonderful volunteers at our wednesday night dinner!! thank you brittney marlow and crew!!

It's a brand new week with lots of things to look forward to. We hope you have an amazing week ahead and that we see you on Sunday for our regular services.

Good Morning! We have uploaded the sermon from 3/10/2019 on our YouTube Channel as well as our Website. In case you missed the amazing sermon or would like to revisit it, you can click on the following links to enjoy watching it at: YouTube: https://youtu.be/IxV8ZmsmQJA St. Paul's Website: https://youtu.be/IxV8ZmsmQJA

Ecclesiastes 3:20 "All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return." Please come join us tonight at 5:30 p.m. for our V.I.P. Meal and following that is our Ash Wednesday service with our very own Pastor Tom DeFries delivering a wonderful and special message! Please come join us in worship and fellowship. We hope to see you here tonight. <3 #ashwednesday

Spring Picture Day is today! Can't wait to see all those wonderful smiles!!

Come join us this Wednesday, March 6th for our Ash Wednesday Service at 6:30 p.m. This is also the same night as our V.I.P. Meal which begins at 5:30 p.m. So please feel free to come get a bite to eat and celebrate Ash Wednesday with us; we'd love to worship and fellowship with you!

In case you weren't able to make it to church on Sunday or wish to revisit Pastor Tom's sermon, you are in luck! We have a freshly uploaded sermon from yesterday just for you! Feel free to check it out on our website at: stpaulselkhart.com under the "current message series" -OR- you can go to the following link that will take you straight to YouTube: https://youtu.be/_sKVpiIq6dw . Have a blessed day! <3

#preschool

In case you weren't able to show up on Sunday or want to revisit Pastor Tom's Sermon, we just uploaded more videos to our YouTube Channel! We also have this information on our website. Please feel free to visit and share the links! :D St. Paul UMC's Website: stpaulselkhart.com St. Paul UMC's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIihrO_BvxDFin2v99xhcFQ?view_as=subscriber

Another fun visit from Corporal Ballard A.K.A. "Grampa Po-Po". The kids absolutely adored his reading. The Book With No Pictures was a hit, here's a clip..

Children's Sunday School presents some special Christmas music for the 11am worship.