Our Stories
3rd Sunday Mission – Blessings in a Backpack
September 21, 2021: Our Better Together 3rd Sunday Mission project was to assemble hygiene kits for Blessings in a Backpack. The generous congregation of St. Paul's donated and assembled over 300 hygiene kits on September 19. Blessings in a Backpack is a...
Youth Showcase Summer Project
September 15, 2021: St. Paul's Youth were able to celebrate their summer worktrip project at Cranberry Lake Farm Open House on September 10. In June, 17 youth and adults created the story garden as their worktrip service project. At the Open House there were several...
Bountiful Harvest
August 16, 2021: Thanks to the Give and Grow at Home program, the St. Paul’s Community Garden donation total is 100 lbs. ahead of last year as of early August. We have collected 300 lbs. so far and expect to surpass last years record of 400 lbs. very soon with still...
Playground Project
July 22, 2021: The Playground is moving to a new, more convenient location. Through the strong leadership and vision of John Price, an aspiring Eagle Scout, and the support of our church family, the playground on our church campus will be relocated to the grassy area...
Work has begun on Sanctuary flooring
July 1, 2021: Work has begun to replace the 33 year-old carpeting in the Sanctuary, Balcony and Narthex. Tile will replace the carpet in the chancel and choir loft to provide better acoustics for musical performances in the Sanctuary. The organ was carefully...
St. Paul’s Youth Stay and Serve
June 28, 2021: St. Paul’s Youth stay and serve locally for High School Worktrip 2021 at Camp Agawam in Lake Orion. June 22 - 26 the youth partnered with Cranberry Lake Farm building a Storybook Garden from the ground up. They were very excited to be part of a project...
UMW Remembers
June 10, 2021: On Tuesday, June 8, the United Methodist Women held their Spring Memorial Meeting and remembered those members who passed on in 2020 and 2021. The tributes can be seen here: Memorials at Service June 2021
Sprucing up MCHS
May 25, 2021: St. Paul's volunteers spent Saturday, May 21 doing spring clean-up at Methodist Children's Home Society campus. They planted flowers, spread mulch and weeded beds around Kresge Chapel.
Community Garden Spring Clean up and Planting
May 3, 2021: St. Paul’s Community Garden Kicks off the Season with Spring Clean-up and Planting. On April 25 the St. Paul’s Community Garden Group had a successful day of cleaning up the garden plots and planting some early vegetables including lettuce, Swiss chard,...
Club 45 Drops the Rock
April 26, 2021: CLUB 45 Drops the Rock for Dutton Farms. 4th and 5th graders gathered at Innovation Hills on April 25. They colored and hide rocks for our friends at Dutton Farms to find during their outings in the Hamlin Road city park. It was a lovely day and a...