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Every 2nd Saturday of the month we are scheduled to serve in-person lunches from 10 am to 1 pm with the Gathering. Our next serving date will be Saturday, September 13, and we will be at Ascension Lutheran Church, 1236 S. Layton Boulevard.

If interested, please contact John Cain (johnhowardcain@gmail.com)

Join us on Tuesdays from 12:00-12:30 p.m. for 30 minutes of prayer, reflection from the Christian tradition, and meditative music.

Gentle Readers,

The Fall “Semester” will begin on Wednesday, 9/24/25, at 7:00 pm in the Community Room. The selection will be Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements by Erin Vearncombe, Brandon Scott, Hal Taussig, and The Westar Institute. Since the book is over 300 pages, divided into IV Parts, I propose we read Parts I and II for this meeting.

Hope to see you there!

Would you like a copy of the church photo directory emailed to you? Contact Cindy in the office for a PDF copy: cindy@stpaulsmilwaukee.org

The St. Paul’s Thrift Shop will be closed from Sunday, July 27 through Friday, September 12, reopening at 10 am on Saturday, September 13! However…

Are you ready to part from Grandma’s China, or Aunt Gertrude’s Hummel collection? You are in luck!

We are currently on our Summer Break, but please keep us in mind when wanting to make donations.  Whether you have sets of dishes, glassware, common kitchen items, or collectables, we’ll take it all!  We also accept small scale furniture, electronics and artwork.

Our clothing inventory is solid right now, so hang onto those items a little longer and we’ll take them closer to winter.

Our team is hard at work getting the shop ready for our Fall launch which will happen Saturday, September 13^th at 10:00 am.

If you have any questions regarding donations, please email Matt at mpamperin@icloud.com

St. Paul’s Thrift Shop Hours (after re-opening):

Every Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm

Second and Fourth Tuesday of the month, 10 am – 2pm

A few folks teamed up to transform a corner of our Sanctuary into a little sanctuary for young ones on Sunday mornings! This space has a little rocker and big rocker, foam flooring, books, and quiet activities for active bodies and minds during church. Kids are always welcome in church during worship – you might surprised what is absorbed while getting the wiggles out! 

We have also recently hired two nursery caregivers for Sunday mornings, Skyler and Tess. Using the daycare space on the main floor, this will allow parents of little ones to have a focused worship experience if they choose. This space is available for kids up through five years old. Kids older than five are encouraged to use the Children’s Corner and/or participate with their families in the pews. 

A huge thank you to everyone who has helped make sack lunches for The Gathering! Our September sandwich date is Friday, September 26!

Sandwich making will continue on the Friday before the fourth Saturday of the month at 3 pm (unless otherwise indicated).

We are always looking for a few more volunteers! Please contact John Cain (johnhowardcain@gmail.com) for more information or to sign up!

Sunday parking is available across the street in the Lincoln Center school lot, 820 E Knapp Street.

St. Paul’s small parking lot is found north of the church building. Enter it from Marshall Street between E Knapp and N Marshall Streets. The parking lot is the preferred option for newcomers and those with ambulatory concerns.

Thanks to the generosity of our neighbors at Jewish Family Services, we are happy to be able to offer additional Sunday morning parking options in the Jewish Family Services parking lot (1300 N Jackson Street, Milwaukee). They have ask that we please NOT park in the spots marked “reserved,” but other than that are happy to host us, with the caveat that they are not liable for any damage to cars that may be incurred while parked in their lot. Jewish Family Services is approximately 0.2 miles from St. Paul’s (about a 4 minute walk). You do not need to display any stickers or other paperwork in order to park there on a Sunday morning.

And don’t forget about The HOP as another option! The HOP light rail system has a stop at Ogden and Astor, right by the church, and is still free.

However you arrive, we look forward to seeing you on Sunday morning for worship!

The St. Paul’s offices will be closed on Monday, September 1 for Labor Day. We’ll see you Tuesday morning September 2!

It’s easy to get your news and information published to the parish. Here’s how to do it:

The primary news vehicle now is the website, which in turn provides the content for weekly email updates to the entire parish community. To get your content published, write it up as a news story with as little formatting as possible – just the text – and email it to us at info@stpaulsmilwaukee.org. Tips for an effective announcement:

• Use news format: That means standard prose in paragraph form and complete sentences. Imagine that what you’re writing will be published as a new story (not a display ad) in a newspaper. A news story is not the same as a poster or flier, and posters and fliers are ineffective as website content.
• Don’t bury the lead: Get to the point. Remember that people skim these stories, and if you don’t get their attention with actual information in the first sentence, they won’t read your message. A bad “news story” begins with old church newsletter saws like “Got the winter blues and want some have some fun Milwaukee style? Come one, come all! Get your dancing shoes on! The entire parish invites you to …” Ugh! just tell us what you want us to know!
• Write in the third person. Assume that the reader doesn’t know who you are.
• Headline: You should write a headline for your story. A good headline is short, uses active voice, and is informative. Examples of bad headlines: “Treasurer’s report”, “Service to be held”, “Bad news to report” or “Just a reminder”. Good examples: “Adult formation resumes for February”, “Prison ministry seeks members”, or “Evensong features Bruce Springsteen”.
• Photo: Our website automatically crops photos to a standard shape, with an aspect ratio of 4:3, horizontal. And in some cases, it crops even more, to 19:6 horizontal. Remember that when you’re submitting photos. If your photo is vertical, make sure there is enough room on either side that it can be cropped to horizontal. If you are able to crop it yourself, that’s very helpful. Keep the subject of your photo in the very center for best results.
• Copyright issues: Copyright holders routinely scan websites, including those of churches, looking for copyright violations. Make sure you don’t submit copyrighted materials, including photos, unless you have permission to publish it on the website. If that’s the case, please make sure to include copyright info (e.g., “Photo by Lee Matz, © 2018. All rights reserved. Used by permission.”)
• Contact info: Wherever possible, include contact information with your story. If you list a person’s name as the contact person, make sure you also provide an email address or phone number. Check out, for example, the last bullet point below. But also consider this:
• Privacy: Remember that our website is public. Don’t publish an email address, phone number, or any other personal information unless you have the subject’s permission.
• Embargo and expire: It’s a great idea to send news items well ahead of the dates you want it published. It’s very helpful if you give us a start and stop date for news items. Our software can honor those dates automatically, so you can be extremely precise. For example, you can have a message appear automatically at 3 a.m. if you like, and especially helpful for events, your news item can expire at a precise time. So a music event might be set to expire one hour after it starts. That helps us make sure our website is as fresh as possible.
• Questions: Contact us at info@stpaulsmilwaukee.org!