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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (ELCA) 1409 Ridge Ave., P.O. Box 9 Mass City, MI 49948 Office – 906-883-3602 Fax – 906-883-3610 Website: www.northernlights-up.org Look for us on Facebook “Northern Lights Lutheran Parish” E-mail: nllp@jamadots.com Pastor: Rev. Jay E. Welshonse Pastor’s E-mail: pastor@northernlights-up.org
Worship Services
Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. (EST) Bible Adventures: Wednesday 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. September-May Communion is celebrated every week
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Mass City, founded in 1901 by Finnish immigrants, is part of the Northern Great Lakes Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We gather in worship weekly, centered on God’s word and God’s meal. Whether you come to church on your own, with a significant other, or with a family in tow, you are invited to come and see God’s work in your life and the life of this community. On the third Monday of every month, our church basement is transformed into a family dinner table as we host a FREE, home-cooked meal where everyone is welcome. Food is cooked on-site and served from 3:006:00 p.m. (EST) – we even have takeaway containers if you want to bring some home or to share with a neighbor. From September to May, all children age 4 through 6th grade are invited to attend the Wednesday Afterschool Bible Adventure. This is a weekly hour-long program full of fun, snacks and learning the stories of God’s love as together we build a sense of faith and community. We also host an ecumenical Vacation Bible School Day Camp each summer welcoming children from across the area at no cost to families. St. Paul’s also has active group of quilters who meet on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. (EST) Even if you can’t thread a needle, you are welcome to come, learn and get to know some fantastic women as you do God’s work with your own hands. St. Paul’s seeks opportunities to serve our neighbors, both across the street and across the globe. Simple Gifts, the collection of all the loose coins in the Sunday offerings, is sent to the Ontonagon St. Vincent de Paul Society. The annual ‘mitten tree’ collects hats, mittens, gloves, and scarves for the St. Nicholas Project. The annual Harvest Dinner provides funds for donations to area charities. The Malaria Net Project, a monthly after-church fellowship begun in 2008 and has raised over $20,000 to provide insecticidal nets for the Eastern and Costal Diocese of Tanzania. Our congregation is in partnership with two other Lutheran churches: Siloa Lutheran of Ontonagon and First Lutheran in Winona. Together we are the Northern Lights Lutheran Parish, dedicated to serving our neighbors both near and far. We gather together for worship as a parish 3-4 times a year.