South Africa

August 10, 2010

 January 2010, six people from our two churches, St. Paul’s and Trinity ventured to South Africa. These six (Jerry Franke, David Kahle, Mark and Karen Brandt, Margie and I) joined a group of thirty persons from churches in the Southwestern Minnesota Synod who visited our brothers and sisters in Christ in the Southwestern part of South Africa.

-Pastor Bill Nelson

“The road of life twists and turns, and no two directions are ever the same.  Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”

The road of life....

First day in Capetown South Africa

Shanties seen while driving

Housing conditions

Bethel Lutheran Church near Vryheid

Animals roam near Bethel Church and School

Bethel School K-12 650 students

inside Bethel Church

Children that attend church

Housing

Giraffe seen along roads

Housing

Poor housing conditions

Jerry presenting gifts from St Pauls Lutheran Gaylord, MN

Housing

child in hospital

Rural living

Beautiful Country

Jerry's Host Family

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New Members Welcome this Sunday, December 4th at 9:00 Service

August 9, 2010

St Paul’s welcomed new members on May 23, 2010

 

New St Paul's Members

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Rogation Sunday

August 9, 2010

Rogation Sunday took place at St Paul’s on May 9, 2010

 

Delroy Bierstedt, Dale Gerholtz, Cindy Gerholtz

Mrs. Setterman

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"To serve Christ by being a faithful, caring, uplifting community of believers, by sharing God-given resources with the people of Gaylord and the world, and by reaching out to others with the Good News of Jesus Christ."