Current Announcements

POTLUCK TODAY
Please join us downstairs in the Fellowship Hall for an all-church potluck following worship; all are welcome, whether bringing a dish to share or not! (Please ID your vegetarian/vegan/gluten-free dishes with a Post-It note.) Following we’ll join in community conversation with a financial update on St. Paul’s, and a report from Leadership Summit, etc.
FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR 2019 (THROUGH MARCH)
Income:    $25,145.19 (cancelled 3 Sundays due to weather)
Expenses:  $24,995.64 (includes $1634.34 in mission giving for 2018 given/sent in January)
LAST CALL TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING THE EASTER SEASON ‘4 X 4’
Love that “table fellowship”? Sign up today at potluck or email stpaulsfmc@gmail.com (by next Sunday) to opt in for 4 X 4, to feast with a smaller group (4ish individuals, couples and/or families) several times across the Season of Easter. Groups will form based on preferred day(s) of the week; your group decides which 4 (or fewer) days/times April 22 – June 9 you’ll meet, for mini-potluck, picnic, dessert, dinner or breakfast out, whatever your group desires! 
GU MUSIC DEPARTMENT PRESENTS DANIEL HUNG IN ECHOES FROM PAST GRANDEUR
You’re invited to enjoy a free hour of excellent music by Taiwanese violinist Daniel Hung and colleagues (including Joe Noble’s good friend Oliver Shon, tenor) THIS Tuesday, April 16, at 7p in Whitlock.
2nd ANNUAL GOLF SCRAMBLE SUPPORTING EDEN’S GLORY APRIL 27
Spend a day on Indian Springs Golf Course (Fillmore, IL) while benefitting the outreach of Eden’s Glory to human trafficking survivors. $400/foursome includes breakfast (following 7:30 registration) and lunch (12:30—with prizes!) Register at:  http://bit.ly/EG-Golf  You may also register (or volunteer, or sponsor) by emailing: rachelwayman6@yahoo.com.
ANNOUNCING 2019-20 ELECTION RESULTS FROM MARCH 31
Congratulations to those newly elected at our Society meeting! Our 2019-20 delegates are Elizabeth Ahern, Ann L. ​Zahniser and Eric Nord, with reserve delegates Jennifer Munshaw and Naomi Brown. (Other members of our 2019-20 Board of Administration include Dave Holden, Tim Wayman, Shannan Bernico, Pedro Valentin, and the four pastors ex officio). The newly elected Nominating Committee includes Meg File, Darlene Hartley, Jordan Hohm and Megan McPeak. 

FEEDING THE HUNGRY IN BOND COUNTY
Our local food pantry gladly accepts all nonperishable food (and toiletry) donations, especially canned or boxed pasta meals, soup, peanut butter, jelly, and canned meat. Please place your donations in the box in the mural room.

ST. PAUL’S PRAYS WITHOUT CEASING
Join us in Morning Prayer Mondays-Fridays 7:30-8:00a in the sanctuary for prayer, Scripture and Communion.

TOGETHER READING The Very Good Gospel
Join our Adult/College/Teen Sunday School at 10a Sundays in the Mural Room for hot coffee or tea and stimulating discussion of Lisa Sharon Harper’s The Very Good Gospel.
WELCOMING OUR CHILDREN TO GODLY PLAY
Our preschool and elementary-age (3+) children join in Godly Play Sundays on the lower level, gathering at the pew outside the carved door at 9:45a. Here they are creatively and imaginatively engaged with the church’s stories, rituals and rites, preparing for the worship and life of the church.
YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL IN FELLOWSHIP HALL
Our preteen/middle-school Sunday School, led by Pastor Niquita, meets Sundays at 10a on the lower level.
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OBSERVING HOLY WEEK TOGETHER

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• COMMUNITY GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE--The final community Lenten service will be hosted by our sister Free Methodist church, Greenville FMC (1367 IL Route 140) this Friday, April 19, with worship at noon, and a complimentary luncheon immediately following; a freewill offering supports the Bond County Ministerial Alliance’s benevolence fund.
• JOINT FREE METHODIST SUNRISE SERVICE--Gather to worship the Risen Christ in the east parking lot of the Greenville FMC (1367 IL Route 140) at 6:00 Easter morning, April 21. We will recount and rejoice in Christ’s resurrection through scripture, prayer and song. (Alternate location Young Teen Room, should weather require.) Please do dress warmly and bring your folding chairs!
• EASTER GODLY PLAY & BREAKFAST POTLUCK--Our children invite us to the Godly Play room at 9:45a to hear the Easter story with them; we’ll then adjourn to the Fellowship Hall, in place of our regular Sunday School schedule, to share an Easter Breakfast Feast together in St. Paul’s favorite potluck style.
• EASTER WORSHIP AT 11:00 A.M.--Celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord with us in worship on this, the highest day of the Christian year! This Easter Sunday four of our acolytes will complete their confirmation class by sharing with us what it means to them to affirm their baptism.

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