Watch video of our worship services live streaming at 8:00 on Facebook and on YouTube. Please note, our Facebook address has changed to www.facebook.com/ssbdwels.
Follow along with this week’s worship folder: https://2021bulletinpdfs.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2021-05-23_Pentecost.pdf
Welcome Visitors If you are visiting today, we welcome you in our Risen and Living Savior, Jesus!
- Please let us know you worshiped with us by introducing yourself to a Pastor.
- If visiting, please don’t feel obligated to give an offering. St. Stephen’s members express thankfulness to God through their voluntary offerings which then support the congregation’s work.
Radio Service: 9:30am on AM 1430 WBEV
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Sermon: The Ultimate Memory Aid: The Holy Spirit
Hymns: CW 184, 183, 180, 186
Sunday, May 30, 2021
Sermon: You Are Always in the Presence of the Three-Times Holy God
Hymns: TLH 239, 248, 246, 244
St. Stephen’s 8th Grade Graduation will be held on Friday, May 28th at 5 pm.
| Seth Dorn
pastorsdorn@ |
Philip Heyer pastorheyer@ saintstephen.org 887-1117 |
Paul Stratman pcstratman@ gmail.com 885-6960 |
Video on Facebook and YouTube
Sunday worship will be streamed on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ssbdwels/) and YouTube. Go to www.ssbdwels.com and click on “YouTube” and select St. Stephen’s Worship or St. Stephen’s Bible Study.
Christian Worship: Hymnal Orders The new Christian Worship: Hymnal is now available to pre-order. St. Stephen’s will be doing a bulk order to save on shipping costs. The price of the hymnal pew edition is $24. A leather-bound gift edition may also be ordered and is $52. Please indicate “gift” on the signup if you would like to order the leather-bound gift edition.
Payment is due when hymnal is picked up. There are 4 easy ways to sign up for your own copy. There are signup sheets in the back of church and by the ramp door or you could call (920-885-3309) or email the office (office@saintstephen.org). Imprinting is available for an additional price. Form and details with signup sheets.
Our Church Council met this week and made the following decisions that will be in effect this weekend:
The Center for Disease Control recently declared that transmission of COVID by touch is extremely unlikely (Less than a 1 in 10,000 chance, even less if people are vaccinated, https://bit.ly/33W3V8n). Therefore we can safely and confidently use hymnals and hand out bulletins.
Since the county health department has suggested 75% capacity for public spaces (https://bit.ly/3owJkRv), the lectern side of the church will continue to have every other pew roped off for those who wish to continue social distancing.
New guidance from the CDC (https://bit.ly/3wiRQ9z) states that those who are vaccinated do not need to wear masks and can return to previous activities without restrictions. We will assume those who are not wearing masks have good reason to do so (vaccinated or breathing issues) and those who wear masks have good reason to do so (unvaccinated or cautious).
New Service Schedule Starting Thursday (June 3) & Sunday (June 6) church service times will be changing to 6:00pm on Thursday nights and 8:00am & 9:30am on Sundays with a 30 min Bible study starting after the 9:30am service at 10:40am. Friday service at 1:30pm will also still be offered.
Thank you and God’s Blessings For the next few weeks, gift/card baskets will be placed in the back of church for any and all well wishes for our kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Erin Krebs, and for our 5th grade teacher, Mr. Jacob Bohlmann, who have both taken calls to teach at sister congregations. May the Lord continue to bless their service!
Grounds Grass Cutting if your talents are in grass cutting and you would like to help with the beautification of the church and school yards, please contact
Mike Schultz (920)296-3599.
District Elders meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. We will conclude our “Christian Citizenship” Bible study and discuss ways to talk with members about returning to worship in light of lingering concerns about Covid.
PTS/Awards/Band/Choir Night will be Monday, May 24 at 6pm. On this evening, the choir and band will perform some numbers they have prepared throughout the year and awards will be handed out. All parents and students are welcome to attend and see the wonderful gifts of our students on display.
Book Fair Thank you PTS (Parent Teacher Society) would like to thank everybody for participating in the scholastic book fair. We raised an amazing $878.59 dollars in scholastic dollars to be used for new books for the school. Thank you for all your support.
Any parent interested in joining PTS, please contact Jayme Roll at (920)342-4291. New members will be voted on during the PTS Awards Night on Monday, May 24 starting at 6:00pm.
Our Response to God’s Grace in Christ:
Participation:
Thursday, May 13 46+26=72
Friday, May 14 35
Sunday, May 16 67+68+72+56= 263 Total for weekend: 370
Calendar:
Sunday, May 23
8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00am – Worship
9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430
Monday, May 24
6:00pm – PTS Awards Night/Band/Choir
Wednesday, May 26
6:30pm – Elders
Thursday, May 27
6:00 & 7:00pm – Worship
Friday, May 28
1:30pm – Worship
5:00pm – Graduation
Sunday, May 30
8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00am – Worship
9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430
