Come together to pack Shoebox Gifts for Operation Christmas Child!
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This is a huge accomplishment to celebrate and you should be so proud. God has seen you through to this point and has great plans for your future. The ministry staff of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church would like to celebrate your accomplishment along with you and the rest of your church family as a part of our Family and Faith Celebrations.
We are planning to recognize the Family and Faith Celebration: Graduation at the 10:30am Worship Service on Sunday, June 3rd. We would like to put together a slide show with photos of graduates, along with the display of the graduate’s name and place of graduation, so that we may feature our SPL graduates and share this with our family of faith.
During the 10:30am worship service on June 3rd, we will call all graduates forward for words of encouragement and a prayer of blessing. In order to make all of this happen, we need your help. We would love to include you in all parts of this celebration as a 2018 high school or college graduate, so please complete the online Graduate Information Form (or return the printed version) and upload (or send) a senior/current photo by May 25th (photo should be at least 2″x 3” – an electronic version can be uploaded into the form or sent as an attachment to info@spldecatur.org, either .jpg, .png, etc., but a hard copy is acceptable).
Please be sure to return these items by the specified deadline either online or by mail, email, or in person to the SPL Church Office. Only the individuals who return forms and photos by the indicated deadline will be included in our slide show and print items.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Church Office by phone at 217-423-6955 or e-mail at info@spldecatur.org. Completed forms and photos can also be emailed directly to Andrea Gerhard, Director of Communications, at andrea@spldecatur.org.
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