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If you don’t see Pastor Sara in the pulpit or around St. Paul as much this summer, there’s a very good reason why. The Personnel Committee granted her request for a study leave from mid-July through mid-August, taking time way to focus on writing. A…
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Megan completes her two year pastoral residency at St. Paul on July 16. To say Megan’s next call is a match made in heaven may sound tongue-in-cheek but she is most sincere when she says it’s a spiritual calling. Megan has had a connection with the D…
Last week, the St. Paul I-Spy boxes made their debut in the gathering area for all to enjoy. Beginning in early July, head outside to stroll the St. Paul campus to view these art installations designed by youth in grades 6-8. Constructed from all sor…
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Serit arbores, quae alteri saeclo prosint. “A person plants trees for the benefit of later generations.” These words of the Roman poet Caecilius Statius (220 – 167 BC) may not be original to him. And, poets, preachers, and philosophers have certainl…
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Bill Campbell has been a staple of Sunday worship for the past 17 years. Every Sunday, Bill arrives at St. Paul around 10 a.m., messenger bag over his shoulder, ready to set up and spend the next two hours rehearsing with the Open Spirit Ensemble and…
Oscar Wilde believed theater to be one of the greatest of all art forms saying that the theater is “…the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” Many St. Paul people find someth…
St. Paul is blessed to have two care ministries, both of which intentionally connect members of the St. Paul community beyond the walls of the church. The Hospital Befrienders program is a team of volunteers who visit hospitalized St. Paul people in…
On the evening of Sunday, May 28, the unimaginable happened in downtown Davenport. The historic Davenport Hotel, home to businesses and apartments, collapsed, leaving many without homes and the loss of their belongings. Anyone wishing to make donatio…
In March, the congregation voted to call McIver “Mac” Mullins to a two-year placement as part of the Pastoral Residency Program. Born and raised in North Carolina, Mac is currently at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. He begins his call in Augu…
St. Paul members Craig and Judy Wurdinger both had a clear idea of what they were meant to do with their lives. For Craig, thanks to his family and influential coaches, it was always basketball. And for Judy, it was the guidance of a social worker an…
Longtime St. Paul member Rachel Evans has always had a passion for recycling but just last year, she took on the role of communications coordinator for the Waste Commission of Scott County. Rachel is a graduate of Valparaiso University where she obta…
While Andrea has been a St. Paul member her entire life, she is beginning a new chapter as the Book Corner Manager. She began her role on March 6. Stop in to say hello and get to know Andrea. Tell us about your family/where you grew up/went to colleg…