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Church Picnic | June 2
Care & Connect Week | July 28 - August 3 | Learn more
Wedding Photo Submissions
Relocations & Late Service at 11:00 a.m.
VBS Volunteering & Snack Donations
175th Anniversary Photo Album
Pastor Thomas' Retirement Announced
Help Us Locate School Alumni
Small-Setting Communion | June 3
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CHURCH PICNIC: JUNE 2
Sunday, June 2 • 175th Anniversary Picnic
Noon • Des Peres Park & K-8 School Campus
Side Dish/Dessert/Volunteer Signup
It's our 175th anniversary, and it's cause to celebrate God's faithfulness to our congregation! St. Paul's church members and all school families (K-8, ECC, and PDO) are invited to join together for a good old-fashioned church picnic with a barbecue, potluck, games, and fellowship. Grilling meats and accoutrements, chips, and beverages will be provided. To bring a side dish or dessert, or to help at the event, please our picnic signup. | “For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations." Psalm 100:5
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care & connect week: July 28 - AUg. 3
In honor of St. Paul’s 175th anniversary year, we’re hosting a Care and Connect week filled with opportunities to serve our neighbors, the wider community, and our church home and schools.
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VBS VolunteerING & SNACK DONATIONS
Volunteer signup | “Scuba” VBS | June 10-14 | 9am-noon
Volunteer at VBS, where your time means the world to a child! Adults and teens (5th grade+) who volunteer early enjoy first pick of their favorite jobs or days. We’re flexible if your plans or available days change.
Camper registration | Please note that our student camper registration has reached capacity and is closed.
May is VBS snack collection month
Help make VBS "snack-tastic"! Consider adding some Teddy Grahams, Goldfish, Cheerios, Rold Gold Pretzels, or bags of mini marshmallows to your shopping cart (this year our wish list has been simplified to five items). Find collection bins in the church lobbies.
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Wedding photo display: Submit by June 2
Did you know that 1,677 couples were married at St. Paul's from 1849–2023? If you — or your ancestors — tied the knot here, we look forward to featuring your wedding photo in a special 175th-anniversary display on the weekend of June 8-9.
Please send or deliver to church a wedding picture of you and your spouse or your entire wedding party (or your ancestors'), to the attention of Dawn Thorburg by June 2. All photos will be returned and can be picked up after the June 9 late service, or at the church receptionist's desk the following week. Email Dawn Thorburg with questions.
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Relocations: Summer 2024
Sanctuary HVAC replacement is complete | Sanctuary services return to the church Sanctuary on May 26, with the late service remaining at 11:00 a.m.
- Activity → Relocation
- Sanctuary Worship → Returns to Sanctuary May 26 (late service remains at 11am)
- Living Stone Worship → Music room (10:45am)
- Nursery → Church (unstaffed)
- Sunday School (excluding middle school) → School
- Fellowship Breakfast → Fellowship Hall
- KFUO Bible Class → Music Room
- Foundation Bible Class → Fellowship Hall
- VBS → Gym/School
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sanctuary late service at 11am: April-June
Service times during relocation
- Sanctuary worship (temporarily in Gym) | 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m. (note new late service time shift)
- Living Stone service (temporarily in Music Room) | 10:45 a.m.
April through June relocations | Sanctuary worship livestream on hiatus
- When our sanctuary service temporarily relocates to the gym, it will not be livestreamed.
- The Living Stone 10:45 a.m. service will relocate to the Bender Music Room and its recording will serve as the Sunday online worship service.
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It's our 175th anniversary Year!
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Help us connect with alumni
Info submission form | We're working to create a school alumni list to keep in touch with past St. Paul's Saints of all ages, and we need your help! If you're a family member or friend of an alum, please share contact info here.
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pastor's october retirement announced
St. Paul's senior pastor, Rev. Dr. Glen D. Thomas, has announced his October 2024 retirement. Pastor's letter to the congregation can be read here:
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kEY DATES: mINISTRY EXPANSION CAMPAIGN
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- September 24 | Prayer Walk | Noon
- September 24-October 22 | Sermon series
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October 5 | Guest Presentation: Charitable Giving
- October 6 | Prayer Vigil
- October 8 | Cottage Meetings at Church
- October 22 | Concert of Prayer
- October 29 | Commitment Celebration | Reformation | Brat & Pie Fry
- December 17 | Voters’ Meeting | Approve final building project
- January 7 | First Gifts | Epiphany Sunday
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Sunday, June 30 | Noon | Groundbreaking Ceremony
- January 2026 | Projected Completion
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MONTHLY small-setting communion
Next date: Monday, June 3 | Noon | West Lobby
If mobility challenges or concerns about crowds have kept you from in-person church worship or Communion, you are warmly invited to a special small-setting worship opportunity on the first Monday of each month. Our pastors look forward to meeting you for orders of worship.