Fellowship Activities

At St. Paul, we are a community of believers who enjoy being together. Below you’ll find a sampling social groups and fellowship events offered at St. Paul throughout the year. For more information about any of these, please contact the church office.

Koinonia: All are welcome to these weekly fellowship breakfasts at the Hi-View Restaurant on Saturday mornings.

WELCA Book Group: Women and men are welcome to join in this once-a-month discussion of a variety of interesting books.

The Under-One-Hundred-and-Five Club: Are you free on the second Thursday of the month during the day? Join Pastor Swanson for lunch and fellowship. We meet at noon in Erlandson Lounge.

Friday Night at the Movies: Join us on the second Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in Erlandson Lounge for a movie. Movie selections may be comedies or dramas, classics, documentaries, or new releases. We'll supply the popcorn and pop. Stick around after the show for discussion.

Faith in Life Weekend: An in-depth study of a specific topic traditionally during one weekend in late winter/early spring.

Thanksgiving Eve Pie Social: We gather after worship on Thanksgiving eve to share conversation and a piece or two of pie.

Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper: A rollicking good time while we eat pancakes and sausage — many get dressed up as we have one last fling before Lent begins.

Trivia Night: Twice a year we rack our brains to answer obscure trivia questions and stuff ourselves with snacks.

Ash Wednesday Soup Supper: We all gather for a simple soup supper followed by a worship service to begin the Lenten season.

Mid-week Lenten soup supper and evening prayer: Each Wednesday in Lent we have a simple soup supper followed by an intimate, evening prayer service.

Passion Sunday Prayer Breakfast for all adults: From 9:15-10:25 am on Passion Sunday we gather for breakfast and a presentation by a guest speaker.

Easter Breakfast: 7:00 - 8:00 am  and 9:00 - 10:30 am Easter morning we enjoy breakfast served by our Luther League.

Adult Forums: Several times a year we gather together to discuss topics of interest.

Annual Church Picnic: Our summer get-together to share food, fun, and fellowship.

Ice Cream Social: Join us as we enjoy entertainment, games, and ice cream in late summer just before the start of school.

Martha Shaw Scholarship Fundraiser: A fun evening when we’ve slurped spaghetti, or pulled pork and belted out a karaoke song all to benefit the Martha Shaw Scholarship fund for music students.

Blessing of the Animals: Bring your beloved pets to a short worship service and blessing.


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