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Worship & Music at St. Paul We have two worship services, 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. from Labor Day through Memorial Day. The second service changes to 9:30 a.m. in the summer (between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends). Communion is celebrated twice a month, typically on the first and third Sundays. Midweek services are held during the seasons of Lent and Advent. A Monday evening worship service is also offered during the summer months. Additional services are held on Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Ash Wednesday, etc. We also frequently host an ecumenical Taize service. In conjunction with the pastoral staff, the Director of Music Ministries, Marillyn Freeman, plans the worship services each Sunday. This is done after considerable research to provide service music and hymns that speak to the lesson of the day. Marillyn also works with the Worship and Music Committee to provide new and varied worship experiences, directs two youth choirs, accompanies the worship services, arranges music, and directs over 30 various instrumentalists who augment the worship services. If a musical instrument exists, chances are the St. Paul congregation has a member who can play it. Over 400 people have led various portions of our worship services throughout the year, from the smallest seven year old singer to all the other choir members, cantors, ushers, greeters, acolytes, lectors, communion assistants, Altar Guild members, instrumentalists, baptismal candle and napkin makers, and seasonal decorators. We are blessed with four choirs: Sanctuary, High School, Chapel, and Hand Bell. St. Paul congregation is STRONG in our celebration and praise of Christ through music.
Our youth choirs reach out to bring gospel and song to nursing homes and care facilities. Our praise band (keyboard/piano/guitars/drums/ and vocalists) prepares a "Soul Lift" service nearly month as a "contemporary" expression of worship. Worshippers are greeted by Sunday morning greeters; we reach out to visitors and provide new member orientation on a frequent basis.
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© St. Paul Lutheran Church. All Rights Reserved. 200 North Commercial, Neenah, WI 54956 Phone: 920-725-3961 07/28/2010
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