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Spreading God’s Love through Acts of Kindness
April 13, 2022: St. Paul’s youth spent Palm Sunday evening spreading God’s love through acts of kindness. The youth decorated and delivered cookies to the Rochester Fire Department in appreciation of all they do. We created a gift basket filled with self-care items...

Helping the Easter Bunny
April 12, 2022: Huge kudos the the St. Paul's FAMILY for all the Easter Basket donations for the Michigan Children's Home Society residents and foster families. We will collected the baskets April 10 at the Church Family Comes to Campus event and delivered them this...

Club 45 helps in a BIG way!
March 29, 2022: Okay Club 45 showed up in a big way on March 20 to help mission participants unload their donations at our latest Church Family Comes to Campus event. 895 pounds of items were collected to support Neighborhood House in their efforts to feed our...

St. Paul’s donates to women and children’s building at Cass
March 7, 2022: Pastor David Eardley, Pastor April Gutierrez and Larry Hice, Mission Council Chair present a $2000 check to Rev. Faith Fowler of Cass Community Social Services at the March 6 Cass Breakfast at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester. The donation to Cass is...

Have Truck, Will Deliver
March 3, 2022: Larry Hice, Chairman of Mission Council, delivered four big boxes with well over 300 pair of socks to Baldwin Center. He also emptied and delivered all the items in the food cart to the Neighborhood House Food Pantry including 120 pounds of canned...

Club 45 helps in a BIG way!
March 29, 2022: Okay Club 45 showed up in a big way on March 20 to help mission participants unload their donations at our latest Church Family Comes to Campus event. 895 pounds of items were collected to support Neighborhood House in their efforts to feed our...

Support for Neighborhood House
February 9, 2022: Mission Chair Larry Hice presents a $10,000 check to Dianne Bette of Rochester Area Neighborhood House. The donation is for new computer equipment at their main office, the Food Pantry and Clothes Closet. St. Paul's has provided steady support for...

Despite Challenges, UMW Donates $23,700
January 5, 2022: Thank you for your generous support of the UMW and all its projects! The last two years, the United Methodist Women have had to adapt in their fundraising, being flexible and embracing new ideas. Unable to hold the traditional rummage sales, the...

St. Paul’s raises $2550 for RANH at Kris Kringle Market
December 6, 2021: St. Paul's had a tent at the Kris Kringle Market in Rochester December 3 & 4 and raised $2550 selling beautiful handmade items. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Rochester Neighborhood House. A HUGE thank you to the Handmade Treasures...

St. Paul’s provides scholarships for students in Liberia
November 8, 2021: Missions Council is excited to announce that we will be supporting twenty-eight students in the Kakata-Farmington School District in Liberia. Thanks to the generosity of an individual donor and supplemented by funds from St. Paul's members, we will...