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Upcoming Events
  • Easter Party
    The Education Committee will be hosting the Easter party on Saturday, March 27 from 10 AM – noon. All are welcome to attend to eat, dye eggs, make crafts, play games and hunt for candied eggs. We will have a photo opportunity with the Easter Bunny; please bring your own camera to take pictures if you would like to have one with the furry friend. Invite your friends and neighbors. All are welcome! Please contact Martha in the office at 651-646-4859 with the number attending.

  • The Journeys of Paul in Greece 2010
    Join Pastor Donna Martinson and many MN United Methodists from November 4-13 on an educational and inspiring trip in Greece. Brochures are available on the bulletin board near the office. Total cost of the trip is approximately $3000, including taxes and fees. This includes roundtrip airfare, motorcoaches, first-class hotels, guided sightseeing, breakfast and dinner daily, entrance fees, study guide and lecture series. Payment can be made in installments, with final payment due 90 days before departure (which would be the first week of August). Come to the slide show on March 7 after worship.
News and Information
  • Office Help Thanks
    Thanks to Betty Gumbrell & Mary Markgraf for volunteering in the office while Martha is away this week. Office Hours this week are from 10 - noon.

  • Trivia Night 2010!
    Park Avenue is hosting Trivia Night 2010 on March 12th at 7 pm. This is a fun event for adults, with teams of 3-6 people competing for the glory and the prizes!
    We provide a few drinks and appetizers, and you bring your thinking caps! Check it out at www.payfs.org or contact Tessa for more information.
    This is a fundraiser for Park Avenue Youth & Family Services (formerly the Foundation), which is a "Conference Advance Special Status for 2010" in the current conference Journal.

  • Emma Norton Services Theatre Benefit
    Emma Norton Services, a United Methodist mission that provides transitional and permanent housing with support services to homeless women and their children in the Twin Cities, invites you to attend a benefit performance of Painting Churches by Tina Howe on Sunday, March 14, 2010, at the Park Square Theatre: 20 W. 7th Place, St. Paul, MN. The performance begins at 7 pm. ALL TICKETS ARE FREE. However, a free-will offering will be taken to benefit Emma Norton Services. Seats will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. For reservations and further information, please call Paula at (651) 224-1329 by March 8th, or visit the Park Square Theatre website at www.parksquaretheatre.org/plays/2010_churches.php.

  • SPIN (the Saint Paul Interfaith Network) Interfaith Passover Seder
    SPIN (the Saint Paul Interfaith Network) invites the community to its third annual Interfaith Passover Seder, held this year on Sunday evening, March 21, at Temple of Aaron Congregation, 616 S. Mississippi River Boulevard, Saint Paul 55116. Led by adult and youth leaders of several religious traditions, the Seder expresses the universal longing for freedom, justice, and transformation in our lives and in our world through ritual, readings, song, and a shared meal. Check-in at 4:30 PM; Seder from 5 PM sharp to 8 PM. Cost: $15, $10 for youth (18 and under), for light vegetarian dinner. Pre-registration and pre-payment required by March 16th deadline;click here to register/pay on-line, or send a check made out to "SPACC/SPIN" to the Saint Paul Area Council of Churches, 1671 Summit Ave., Saint Paul, 55105, with "Interfaith Seder" in the memo line, by March 16th.

  • Sunday school classes for preschool through sixth grade meet during worship time. Children who turned three years old by September 1 are eligible for the preschool class.

  • Nursery care
    Supervised nursery care is provided in the lower-level gym again on Sundays. The nursery serves our congregation who are younger than 3 years old and don’t go to Sunday School yet. If you can serve as a nursery supervisor once a month, please contact the church office at 651-646-4859.

  • Centering Prayer Monday at 8:45 AM.

  • SAPUMC Book Club
    is reading Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. The group is meeting weekly on Monday afternoons from 2-3 PM. We typically share passages or ideas that we agree with, disagree with or would like help understanding. We aim to have a casual, supportive atmosphere. Everyone is welcome.

  • Bible Study is Thursday in the Parlor at 7 PM.

  • Haiti earthquake assessment continues
    The UM Committee on Relief (UMCOR) team’s goals are to support the Methodist Church of Haiti (EMH) to assess damages and needs and to plan for long-term recovery in the devastated Caribbean nation. EMH has helped to identify a location where an UMCOR office and staff residence can be established in the southern Port-au-Prince area. The UMCOR team has piloted a program of food distribution to largely unattended local communities outside of Port-au-Prince. The UMCOR team also met with representatives of some of the other not-for-profit, nongovernmental and church organizations, whose initial efforts to respond are being coordinated by the United Nations. The full assessment of damages and needs, as well as an initial clearing of debris from the earthquake, is expected to take at least another two months.
    In the meantime, the best way for congregations and individuals to respond to the Haiti crisis is by supporting the work of UMCOR (Advance #418325). Make your donations through your offering plate - made out to SAPUMC - marked for Haiti. Not only are funds needed but also health kits.

  • Tax Relief Provision
    People who give to UMCOR and other charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti can claim these donations on the tax return they are completing this season, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their 2009 return qualify for this special tax relief provision, enacted Jan. 22. Only cash contributions made after Jan. 11, 2010, and before March 1, 2010, are eligible. This includes contributions made by text message, check, credit card or debit card. The new law only applies to cash (as opposed to property) contributions. The contributions must be made specifically for the relief of victims in areas affected by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. Taxpayers have the option of deducting these contributions on either their 2009 or 2010 returns, but not both.

  • Flower Chart for 2010
    The Flower Chart for 2010 is up at the back of the sanctuary for one more week. Choose a date on the flower chart and write your name in. If the flowers are in memory of someone or in honor of someone or an anniversary/birthday etc., please print (clearly) the dedication on the back of the special envelope for flowers. Place your check in the special envelope for flowers and place it in the offering plate or in the church office. This year e-mail reminders about flower orders will be sent the week prior to the Sunday for which you have signed up. If you have any questions, please contact the Church Office or a member of the Worship Committee. Make out your check for $43 to SAPUMC and on the memo line, please write “flowers.” Please get January and February entered as soon as possible. The last day the Flower Chart will be at the back of the church will be March 7th. After March 7th, call the office to place flower orders. Sign up early and often!

  • 2010 Church Directories
    Church Directories are now available at the back of the church. Large print are also available there. If you desire a PDF copy on your computer, e-mail sapumc@mcg.net

  • SAPUMC added to GoodSearch charity list!
    Goodsearch.com, powered by the search engine Yahoo!, is a unique charitable search engine which donates half its advertising revenue to the charities its users designate. Select "St. Anthony Park United Methodist Church" as your designated charity before doing your search ( you will only need to choose it once!). Checks are mailed to the charity once each year in November. We have received our first check. Happy searching!

  • Prayer Partner Missionary
    Joua Vang is in ministry with women and children serving in Laos. See the Lamplighter for more information, or check her Missionary Biography at www.gbgm-umc.org, or on church office door.

  • Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:30 AM -1:30 PM. During the week of March 1, office hours will be 10 - noon, while Martha is on vacation.

Scripture Readings for the Week
What's Going On This Week
    Tuesday Committee Night
  • UMW Circle 10:00 AM in Parlor
  • Worship 6:45 PM
  • Committees 7:00 PM


    • Wednesday
  • Leisure Center 10:00 AM Crafts, noon Lunch in Fellowship Hall
  • Senior Exercise Class 10:00 AM in Parlor
  • Ash Wednesday Worship 7:00 PM in Sanctuary


    • Thursday
  • Bible Study 7:00 PM in Parlor


    • Sunday - Communion
  • Worship 10:00 AM in Sanctuary
  • Fellowship
  • Greece Trip Slide Show 11:30 AM in Parlor


    • Monday
  • Centering Prayer 8:45 AM in Library
  • Book Study 2:00 PM at Tondra's


Opportunities To Get Involved - Everyone is encouraged to find some way to participate in our community!
  • Prayer Requests Pastor Donna Martinson at 651-646-4859 or pastorsapumc@mcg.net
  • Announcements Martha Bentley at 651-646-4859 or sapumc@mcg.net
  • Ushers Martha Bentley at 651-646-4859 or sapumc@mcg.net
  • Greeters Marian Hartwick
  • Fellowship Hospitality Marian Hartwick
  • Choir Jason Stones
  • Sunday School Karen Ballen
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