Ministries at St. Paul's
Family and Youth Ministry
St. Paul's Lutheran Church offers a variety of programs to help families and young people grow in faith, community, and service. The best place to hear about all that is going on in our congregation is at the Sunday morning worship services, or join the Jr. and Sr. High Youth Wednesday evenings. For more information about these and other events contact Paul Frantsen, Director of Family and Youth Ministry. All are welcome.
Music Ministry
Currently, approximately 150 musicians of all ages share their talents in a primary role of service to St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Their participation enhances our worship services, special services and events. We offer choirs for children through adults, a handbell choir, and seasonal instrumental ensembles. Members also offer vocal and instrumental solos and lead worship as Assisting Ministers, Worship Assistants, or in the Worship Team. Every spring we round out our music program with our "Annual Talent Showcase & Dessert. Event" Please explore our program and indicate your interests. Contact the church office. All are welcome!
Women's Ministries
As a community of women created in the image of God, called to discipleship in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves to grow in faith, support one another, engage in ministry and promote healing and wholeness in the church, society and the world.
Women at St. Paul’s meet in Circles, serve through Do-Day and find many ways to “engage in ministry” throughout the congregation and community.
Intercessory Prayer Ministry
St Paul's Intercessory Prayer Ministry is composed of lay members who, on a weekly basis, offer prayers on behalf of others. Prayer requests are collected each Sunday following services and are prayed for daily by one or more of the Intercessory Prayer Ministers. Each prayer minister commits to spending a minimum of 1/2 hour each week in the sanctuary praying for the prayer requests that have been submitted.
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Umbrella of Care MinistriesUmbrella of Care is a multi-ministry that helps a lot of people in a lot of ways. Through these ministries, dozens of volunteers extend the reach of the congregation in four specific ways: Care Callers, Home Communion Visitors, Prayer Shawl Ministry, and Catering with Kindness. |
Domestic Missions
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Saints' CaféThe Saints' Cafe Program is a partnership between several churches in Waverly to provide meals to those in need. The meals are served at St. Paul’s three Monday nights a month. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic and St. Andrews Episcopal/Trinity Methodist/Heritage Methodist churches serve the second and third Mondays. St. Paul’s serves the last Monday of each month. Volunteers are always needed; sign up on the bulletin board next to the kitchen. Transportation is provided by a community foundation grant. Watch for the new Saints Café website going up soon. |
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Holy FamilyHoly Family nurtures children’s social, academic, physical, and spiritual development and serves about 340 children and youth on Chicago’s west and near north sides. St. Paul’s and Holy Family do annualexchange events. For more information about Holy Family visit holyfamilyministries.org. |
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Habitat for HumanityIowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity (HFH) is an ecumenical Christian ministry working to eliminate poverty housing in Bremer, Butler and Blackhawk Counties. Many St. Paul’s members have volunteered on work crews in Heartland Hills—the Waverly HFH development. St. Paul’s has also been involved with serving lunches to college and university students who volunteer to work on area houses during their spring breaks. |
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Northeast Iowa Food BankThe Northeast Iowa Food Bank provides healthy and nutritious foods to the roughly 200 agencies that they serve around this part of Iowa. For more information about the Northeast Iowa Food Bank. |
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Cear Valley Friends of the FamilySt. Pauls has been very active with the “adopt-a-room” program in which individuals, groups, or organizations may volunteer to refurbish the women’s shelter when needed or provide donations. |
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Community GardenSt. Paul’s congregation is looking for more ways to be sustainable. As a result, we are creating a community garden that will be maintained by our congregation. The fresh produce and plants from this garden will be used for our various meal ministries and other needs of our congregation. |
Global Missions
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Middle East Missionary SupportFred & Gloria Strickert are ELCA Global Mission personnel in Jerusalem where Fred serves as Pastor of the English speaking Congregation at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in the heart of the Old City and also as Special Assistant to Bishop Munib Younan of the ELCJHL. Members of St. Paul’s, they began their service in Jerusalem in 2010. St. Paul’s is committed to providing $3,000 a year for 3 years to our Global Mission partnership in support of the Strickerts. |
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Fair Trade ProductsFair Trade is an alternative way of doing business—one that builds equitable, long-term partnerships between consumers in North America and producers in developing nations. The program supports disadvantaged farmers and artisans in developing countries all over the world. The income they earn through selling their products allows them to feed, clothe, shelter, educate and provide health care to their families. |
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Companion Synod Partnership - NamibiaThe Companion Synod Program is about fuilding relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ in the country of Namibia through the three expressions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: churchwide, synodical and congregational. |
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Tanzanian Missionary SupportRev. Herb Hafermann, a member of St. Pauls, works in the Morogoro Diocese of Tanzania. AdvocacyOur members are committed to speaking and praying with and on behalf of others in need, as a witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We advocate for just, sound, and compassionate policies or programs around the world and in the U.S. We annually participate in the Bread for the World Offering of Letters. |
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Lutheran World Federation & ELCA Global MissionThe Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutheran tradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF now has 145 member churches in 79 countries all over the world representing over 70 million Christians. |
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Lutheran World ReliefEvery day in 35 countries, Lutheran World Relief works to combat the causes of poverty and the dignity it robs from people’s lives. We teach people to better care for themselves, their communities and the environment. They counsel victims after manmade and natural disasters, and help them recover with material aid. |