Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life  Psalm 23:6  (NIV)
Log in
     
Welcome to the St. Paul Web Site

If you are having trouble seeing theYou Tube videos on this page, download and install the Adobe Flash Player.

 

The Winds of Pentecost Blow Again, Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh

Thoughts from the St. Paul Staff

image1ECUADOR

"Hello," from all our friends in Ecuador.

After a week in Quito visiting with all six of our Illinois South partners and a week in the Amazon rain forest learning about the work of the YACHANA Foundation, I joined a team of fourteen to fly to Catamayo for a week of Habitat house building. The team included six St. Paul members—Jane Bonaldi, Jan Friedrich, Steve Schmidt, Lee-Alison Wilson, Scott Wilson and myself.

We joined the Habitat engineer; the site "maestro" and his helper; Pompillio, the home buyer, and his family; Pastor Segundo, his wife—Julia—; and other volunteers from the Christian Center of Catamayo to form a marvelous, diversified work team. It is amazing how such a motley, intercultural crew can become an efficient working machine in no time when it is more about giving a family a decent place to live than simply building a brick house.

The week started with filling, leveling and compacting the sub-floor areas for the living-dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms and bath. By Tuesday evening we had also dug trenches, laid water and sewer lines, and conduit for the electricity. Once they were re-covered and compacted, we were ready, on Wednesday, to mix, move, and pour 36 square meters of concrete (approximately 380 square feet or nearly 200 wheelbarrows full of the grey, heavy and sloppy stuff) for the floors. Then began the fun part--laying and tuck pointing the exterior brick walls. Thursday saw the whole team pouring the flooring for house number 2—the future home of Gladys Zinizaray and her daughter, Melissa (13).

image2Back on site for Friday—everyone worked at a feverish pace. We only had six more working hours. Cement dust was flying! Mortar was splashing! One thousand bricks arrived by truck! Bricks were soaking! Plumb bobs were bobbing! Trowels were finishing mortar lines! Paint brushes were slopping orange protective pain on the roof panels! At 4:30 PM the exterior walls were done, the front half of the roof was painted with two coats and in place. The day and week came to an official close.

At the dedication each family was presented a Bible, many words of appreciation were shared and a lot of satisfaction was felt as we glimpsed a work well done.

Want to know more? Want to be a part of it? Catch any member of the team and get the full story. Then mark your calendar to be a part of the February or July 2011 team.

Peace, Pastor Kuether

Who's Online

We have 7 guests online

What's New - Other Things

The sermons for 2010 are in a changed format - click on the sermon title and the sermon will begin streaming immediately; no need to download the complete sermon before you play it.  Go to Video Sermons under the menu Inside St. Paul

Our youth just completed a mission trip to Chicago as part of DOOR (Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection) Click on the link to see the day by day photos.

Pictures from the 25th Annual Patriotic Concert are on the site.

St. Paul is streaming the worship service live.  Go to the Streaming Page for more information.

The Stewardship and Nominating Board is posting devotionals on the site.  Go to Devotions under the Service menu.

The Scholarship information has been transferred to "What's New at St. Paul"

The July OSP is available online

The Bulletins and News and Notes for Sunday August 1st,  are available.

The OSP has gone electronic - sign up for electronic delivery on the website

Did you know that you can listen to the St. Paul Sunday worship service from anywhere in the world?  Just click on Listen to KSTL at 8:30 a.m. or 11:00 p.m. CST on Sunday and a window will open with KSTL's broadcast.

Watch a short portion of the Fine Arts concert on Friday, Nov. 13th. It will open in Windows Media. If the video picture is garbled please upgrade to a later version of Windows Media.

http://www.stpaulucc.org/service/reecedelaschmitt.html
valid-xhtml10.png
FooterLogo.gif

St. Paul United Church of Christ
115 West B Street, Belleville, Illinois 62220

Telephone 618-233-3303 - Fax 618-233-1122

Visit the Contact Us page for email links.

Starting May 30, 2010 the Summer Schedule will start.
There will be one worship service at 9:00 a.m.
See News and Notes for Adult Sunday School schedule
There will be no children's Sunday School during the Summer schedule
Visit Heritage Hall after the service for fellowship, coffee and donuts. 
Church service broadcast Sunday on KSTL - 690 AM at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
The worship services are streamed over the Internet from this web site.
Copyright © 2007-2010, St. Paul United Church of Christ, Belleville, Illinois

RocketTheme Joomla Templates