Real Options for Women …For Life!
Real Options for Women is a women’s clinic in Plano that offers physical, emotional and spiritual resources to women who are making decisions about their pregnancies and lives. Screening is offered for Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Abstinence education is presented in the office, as well as at churches and school groups through the 180 Degrees program. Real Options on Campus (ROC), is an outreach program to a very vulnerable segment of our society: male and female college students. Abortion-recovery support is offered for women who need healing from past abortions they have had.
All services are confidential and free of charge. Real Options is supported by donations from individuals, local businesses and churches.
Here’s how you can help.
Beginning on Mother’s Day, May13th, you can choose a baby bottle from the Real Options’ Baby Bottles for Life located in St. Paul Lutheran Church’s entry display area. Take the baby bottle home and fill it with coins, U. S. currency or checks and pray for the ministry! Then return the baby bottle to our church on or before Father’s Day, June 17th.
Your contribution will help provide Christian counsel and medical services to women with STDs, unplanned pregnancies, or emotional needs as well as abstinence education to student groups.
Real Options…replacing despair with hope for 25 years!
Questions? Contact Marilyn Sevin by phone at 214-547-0432 or E-mail Real Options for Women at dhanson@realoptionsforwomen.com.

Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
Will be May 16th from 7:00am to 11:00am. Please contact Jane Foster to volunteer breakfast items or help serve that morning. Suggested items: Coffee cake, breakfast burritos, orange juices, other juices, muffins, bagels and cream cheese, fruits, donuts, yogurt, etc. janefoster@verizon.net 469-939-2449.

Teacher Appreciation Donations
Your help is needed as we recognize our St. Paul Christian School staff for the love and dedication they give to the children each day. We want to thank them for living our mission statement "Reach, Establish, Send" each day, as they share the love of our Savior with the children and their families. There are two ways you can help:
1. Pick up a note paper from the table in the narthex or choose a paper of your own and write a thank you to the St. Paul Christian School staff. Return the note to the basket on the table.
2. Choose an apple or two from the display and purchase the items on the apple(s). Return the apple to the display table by May 6.
Thank you for helping us show our appreciation to the school staff. If you have questions, please contact Janet Anders @ tjanders@swbell.net or 972-742-4619

VBS Registration

Registration for this summer's Vacation Bible School is now available! VBS is June 11-15th from 6:00pm-8:30pm (optional fellowship dinner from 5-6pm). This is our first 'family-style' VBS that is intended for the whole family to participate and experience...

And for the first time, you can register completely online! Click here to register your family today!

Sunday Sermon 
This Sunday, May 20th, we continue our series called- "Discipleship Unplugged: The Kingdom Sessions."

Sunday Adult Bible Study
“Life Together” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer will continue next Sunday morning at  9:45a.m. Pastor Jack leads this class. We will also hear from Eric and Linda Funke, missionaries in Tanzania with Global Lutheran Outreach.

Estudio Biblico / Bible Study
“Pablo: Apóstol o gatillero de Jesus? Paul: Apostle or Jesus’s hitman?” En español e inglés, conversaciones prácticas de aplicaciones bibliicas en la vida diaria. English/Spanish, practical conversations about biblical applications on our everyday life.  Sunday morning at 9:45a.m. Led by Deacon Eddie Torea in the Conference Room. Domingo 9:45 de la mañana. Diácono Eddie Torea en el Salón de Conferencias.

“Digging Deeper”
An Adult Bible Class is meeting on Wednesday evenings 6:15-7:45 p.m. in the conference room.  We will begin studying  the book of Judges this week. Everyone is welcome to attend; led by Pastor Jack.

Women’s Bible Study
Tuesdays at 5:45 PM at Jane Foster's home. The study is: Supernatural Living in a Secular World by Charles Swindoll. It consists of 10 video (30 minutes long) by Chuck Swindoll, 10 principle lessons for group study and discussion. In this series you'll explore such life-changing topics as:
Winning your battle against deep-seated sin, Squaring off against legalistic does and don'ts, Persevering through suffering, Trusting in God's providence, This is an in-depth study of Romans 6-8. Please contact Jane Foster at janefoster@verizon.net or 469-939-2449

BOOK OF CONCORD
The Book of Concord study meets 2nd Thursdays - the evening of 5/10/12 we will be studying the Augsburg Confession - Articles 1, II, and II. We will examine the Augsburg Confession, the Catholic Confutation, and Apology of the Augsburg Confession. The Catholic Confutation is available at http://bookofconcord.org/confutatio.php. Contact Greg Nelsen or Mike Kolls if interested.

Men's Breakfast
Men's Bible Study & Breakfast usually takes place on the first Saturday of each month.  The group will meet next on Saturday, June 2nd,  7:30 a.m. at St Paul. Bible Study Topic: “Iron Sharpens Iron.” Contact Dan Fuhrmann at: danielf@flash.net for more info.

CHURCH PICNIC
Saturday June 9th, 11am-3pm here at St. Paul. Contact Cody Moody if you would like to help.