“Each week we sit under the word of God together, opening our selves not primarily to information, but to transformation.”
Dear Fellow Member of St. Paul’s, Grace and peace. Thanks to the Anderson Gift and your faithful giving to the Building on Blessings Capital Campaign, we are projecting the debt from the 2014-15 SPARK Building Program will be paid off in June of 2021. This is more than 10 years in advance of our original […]
Optional Masking Thank you for all the support and understanding that was extended to the board and myself as we made the tough decision about masking. Who would have known that a day later our Governor would put a stop to mandatory masking? On Tuesday, I talked to the kids about the importance of respecting […]
Buckets of Water On Wednesday, May 12, our 5th and 6th grade students had the opportunity to meet up with Wartburg and 7th grade WSR students to walk for “Water to Thrive”. All the students started out from the Middle School and walked to the Cedar River and filled jugs of water and returned to […]
College Savings Contest Celebrate 529 Day and Win $529! State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald and College Savings Iowa are celebrating 529 Day throughout the month of May by giving away 100 College Savings Iowa contributions! A winner in each of Iowa’s 99 counties will win a $529 contribution and one grand prize winner from all entrants […]
EWALU Adaptations are made so traditions can continue. Since 1971 St. Paul’s students have traveled to Strawberry Point to the EWALU camp. Even during Covid we are still ensuring those travels are happening. As we all know during this past year the decisions we have had to make for our families and our organizations have […]
Grace and peace St. Paul’s, We now have in person worship for Sunday morning for 9 a.m. Traditional Worship and 11 a.m. Modern Worship! No reservations are required. Masks, hand cleaning and physical distancing are part of these in person experiences. We have prepackaged communion elements for everyone. All worshippers can softly sing the hymns […]
Acts of Kindness At St. Paul’s there is always an outpouring of acts of kindness. On Thursday, April 22, I was a witness to one of these acts of kindness by Mrs. Rieckenberg and her 5th graders. Every morning for this past month I have entered the west door of the school. I’ve looked at […]
Junior Achievement We are so fortunate the Junior Achievement program brings quality volunteers from the community into our classroom to deliver proven, hands-on programming on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship that inspires students to understand the opportunities provided by education. Our teachers report that students who participate in JA have a better understanding of […]
