Time Commitment: 2-3 hours/week

Ideal Gifts and Talents: Ability to teach, works well with kids, ability to work independently

Contact: Brandon Steenbock at 354-3641 or email Brandon

Detailed Position Description:
-Get curriculum materials at beginning of year
-Recruit teen or college student assistants
-Communicate with your teaching team regularly
-Review week’s lesson prior to each Sunday, do any necessary prep work
-Arrive at your classroom at least 15 minutes prior to start of Sunday School
-Communicate Law and Gospel to the kids in every lesson
-Remain afterwards to communicate with parents if necessary
-Keep attendance and follow up with parents when children are consistently absent
-Communicate with ministry staff regarding any problems

Detailed Position Description:

- St. Paul’s greeters should arrive at church 25 minutes before the start of the service to which you’re assigned.

- Put on your nametag from the rack in the ushers room.  One of your team should be in the back of the church (old narthex), the other in the parish center narthex or hallway.

- Greet each person as they arrive.  Smile!

- If worshipers are visitors, ask them to sign our guest registration book in the narthex, and direct them to rest rooms, nursery, and parents’ room, as needed.

-  Help people with special needs as you are able.

- Continue to greet until a few minutes past the beginning of the service, as needed.

- Return your name tag to the rack in the ushers’ room.

Time Commitment: One or more services a month as you are available.

Ideal Gifts and Talents: friendliness, hospitality

Contact: Email Dale

With four or five services each weekend and additional midweek and festival services, ushering provides a great way for members of St. Paul’s to serve the Lord, We currently have about 70 men and women serving on 14 usher crews.  Crews serve on a rotating basis and generally usher 16 to 20 services a year.

Ushers are most visible as they greet people, distribute bulletins and gather the offering, and guide people to communion but there are a considerable number of “behind the scene” duties that they also perform.

At least a half hour before each service and after the last service of the day, each of the church’s eleven exterior doors must be unlocked or locked.  All of the lights need to be turned on and off.  The candles must be lit and the bell rung.  A count of the worshippers is taken and recorded each service. At the end of each service ushers are required to collect pages from the Attendance Register found at the end of each pew. Ushers also need to know the procedures to follow in a medical, fire, or weather related emergencies – quite a responsibility.

St. Paul’s Volunteer Coordinator Joanne Wolf and Usher Coordinator Dale Markgraf keep the ushering program up and running.  They are indeed grateful for the ushers who are serving today and those who have served in years past.  Each year there are circumstances that come up when individuals must step out of ushering. This means there is turnover, so new ushers are needed at various times throughout the year. When you see an announcement in the bulletin that an usher is needed, we hope that you will consider this opportunity to serve the Lord.

Time Commitment: 1 hour a week for practice. The Choir sings approximately 25 times between Labor Day and Ascension.

Ideal Gifts and Talents: A solo voice is not a necessity – A willing and thankful heart is.

Contact: Steve Biedenbender at 354-8351 or email Steve.

Time Commitment: 1 hour a week for practice. Choir also sings approximately once a month September – May.

Ideal Gifts and Talents: A desire to share the love of our Lord through music.

Contact information: Linette Scharlemann at 354-3711 or email Linette

We welcome all levels of singers.  All we are looking for is a love for your Lord and a desire to share his message through music.  We do a variety of styles including traditional, contemporary, acapella, accompanied, etc….  We try hard to make this accessible to everyone.  We sing once a month and also one time during both the Advent and Lent evening services.  We also try to get out and visit shut-ins at least one time a year to share with those that aren’t able to come to church on a regular basis.  I know everyone has busy schedules and we try to be flexible and understanding of that.  We just want you to know that you will be missed and we love to have you with us singing.

Rehearsals:  Wednesday – 6:00PM – 6:45PM

Your responsibility
- Arrive on time for rehearsals
- Bring music along to all rehearsals and singing opportunities
- Arrive 15-20 minutes early for church singing opportunities for warm-up
- Come with a love of your Lord and a love of music

I look forward to having you in my choir.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me any time.

Linette Scharlemann at 354-3711 or email Linette

Time Commitment: 1 hour a week for practice and playing for services about once a month.

Ideal Gifts & Talents: able to stand for at least an hour, wrist strength and flexibility, commitment to attend practices faithfully, and an ability to read music is also extremely helpful

Contact information: Carlotta Ohm at 354-7800 or email Carlotta

Time Commitment: Whatever you wish to give.

Ideal Gifts & Talents: An interest in new songs and alternate ways to tell the gospel message, a gift in playing an instrument, singing, or acting.

Contact: Email Pastor Sutton

Time Commitment: 1 – 2 hours a week

Ideal Gifts & Talents: Service, fellowship

Contact information: Dorothy Plagge at 507-354-4762

Time Commitment: 2 or more hours a month

Ideal Gifts and Talents: Service, fellowship

Contact: Dorothy Plagge 507-354-4762

Time Commitment: as required by each assignment

Ideal Gifts & Talents: Service, fellowship

Contact: Joanne at 507-354-3641 or email Joanne