St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Sunday Worship 9:00am
Sunday Bible Study 10:30am
Happenings are listed
below under "Current
and Upcoming Events". Please
check them out !
***********************St. Paul’s Mission is to share
at every opportunity,
the message of God’s unconditional saving
Love for all people
found only in Jesus Christ.
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We are an active congregation with a heart for New Hartford
We serve our community through our worship as well as our outreach of food, clothing, and household goods at Hands of Grace.
Interested in serving? Want to know more? Contact the church during
Pastor Mongeau's office hours,
Mondays from 9am-2pm and Thursdays from 9am-12pm or anytime by appointment.
Church Leadership
Pastor
Kevin Mongeau
Pastor Mongeau is currently serving as vacancy pastor as well as called to be executive director of our Hands of Grace outreach ministry. You can find out more information about Hands of Grace at handsofgracect.org. Contact him with any questions about Hands of Grace or ways to donate, phone: 860-738-0299. Email: kevin_mongeau@yahoo.com or handsofgracect@gmail.com.
Office Manager
Janice Becker
Contact Janice for any information regarding events, facility usage, publications or serving schedules. Phone: 860-379-3172 or email: slutheranchurch@snet.net.
Director of Music
Ruth Yeadon
Ruth provides music for all our worship services, leads festival choirs, and coordinates vocal and instrumental ensembles. Please contact her with any questions about music here at St. Paul's. Phone: 860-379-3172 or email: slutheranchurch@snet.net.
What We Believe
Our Congregation’s Name:
St. Paul — Persecutor of the church of God who was graciously called by Christ as apostle to the unbelieving Gentile world, he held steadfast to the pattern of sound doctrine, handed it on to the church in his thirteen epistles, and was martyred for his faith (Acts 9:1-22; Galatians 1:11-24; 2 Timothy 1:8-14)
Evangelical — Delivering the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ and the life found in Him (Romans 1:16-17)
Lutheran — Continuing the Christian and apostolic tradition through the reformation movement associated with Martin Luther
Church — Gathered by the Holy Spirit around Word and Sacrament for witness, mercy, and life together
We Believe:
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That there is one God in three persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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That every person is conceived and born in sin (original sin), and deserves temporal death and everlasting damnation for both original and actual sin.
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That Jesus Christ is the incarnate Son of God, born of the virgin Mary, was truly crucified, died and was buried, and rose again in His body on the third day. He ascended into heaven, and will come again on the last day to be our judge.
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That a person is saved (justified) entirely by God’s grace, through faith, which is created by the Holy Spirit where and when He pleases.
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To obtain this faith, God instituted the Office of the Holy Ministry (preaching office). Through the means of the Word and the Sacraments the Holy Spirit creates saving faith.
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Believers must do good works, but they are not to trust in them for their salvation.
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There is one, holy, Christian Church, with Jesus Christ as her head.
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The Sacraments of Holy Baptism, Absolution, and the Lord’s Supper are to be retained in the church.
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The books of the Old and New Testaments are the true, inspired, inerrant Word of God.
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The Book of Concord is a true and faithful exposition of Holy Scripture, and we subscribe unreservedly to it.
Current and Upcoming Events:
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HANDS OF GRACE is in need of new or gently used queen and king size sheets and sheet sets, bath towels, forks, spoons, cooking utensils, shampoo, deodorant, and Dove bar soap, 12oz. cans of coffee, canned soup, pots and pans. Donations may be dropped off at Hands of Grace, 8 Wickett St. Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9am to 2pm. Thank you, Pastor
MEN'S BREAKFAST, Saturday,
November 21st, at 8:00am. All
Welcome!
THE FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE is hosting a German Food Potluck on Friday, November 13th at 6:00 pm. Please bring a favorite German recipe or explore your cookbooks or the internet for a new one. Following the potluck, we will be playing a simple, short, fun game, and we would like all to participate. If you have any questions, please see Judy or Ken Byrne or call or text her at 860-693-1402. Sign – up sheet is on the board in the narthex. All welcome!
DO YOU sew, knit, crochet, craft or have another special talent? Would you be willing to donate your items to Ladies Aid for our Christmas Fair? If the answer is “yes” now is the perfect time to start your creations. All items are needed especially homemade hats, scarves, mittens and Christmas tree ornaments. Any questions talk to anyone involved in Ladies Aid. Thank you!
DO YOU HAVE any new useful items that you don’t need? Ladies Aid will be making baskets on November 8th to be sold at our Christmas Fair. Please consider donating any books, throws or kitchen items, etc. if you are not already making a basket. Any donations may be left in the Lower Fellowship Room on the pew under the windows. Please label them Ladies Aid. Thank you!
HANDS OF GRACE THANKSGIVING NEEDS:
We are starting to gather food for our Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" event for our clients. As we have done in past years, we are planning to have meals for 60 families. We have turkeys which we purchased from Foodshare. Also, we have a fairly good inventory of other items. Following are the foods needed:
30 jars/cans of turkey gravy
10 cans French-style green beans
35 cans cream of mushroom soup
40 cans cranberry sauce
30 cans evaporated milk
5 cans pumpkin pie filling
Any donations you can help with are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your consideration.
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Better yet, come visit us at 9am on Sunday mornings for worship.
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