Give of Yourself: Get Involved

Do you want to give of your time and talent to God and our community? We have a place for you, there are so many ways to be involved in our parish family.  Take a few minutes to look over this listing, you can express interest on the form at the bottom of the page or, if you have questions, contact Mary Kral in the parish office.  At this time of restrictions many ministries are on hold.  Please keep all involved in your prayers.  

BE a blessing and receive blessings by experiencing COMMUNITY at St. Paul Parish: 
MASS and SACRAMENTS:
JOIN US each week for mass:  Saturdays at 5:30pm, Sundays at 9am and Reconciliation 2^nd/4^th Saturdays at 10am
Daily mass Tuesdays and Fridays,  8am followed by the rosary

 OUTREACH AND SERVICE

Bereavement Ministry assists those who have lost a loved one.  (Ruth Palzkill, rapalzkill@yahoo.com, 262-968-9730)

• Funeral support during visitation for the family in the Family Room 
• Bring food or shop (with a very specific grocery list) or serve for funeral luncheons (Diane Miller, 262-968-4625)
• Join the Bereavement Ministry; help with All Souls liturgy/reception; send cards to bereaved
• Cemetery clean up

Casa Maria House of Hospitality (Nancy Reinbold, nreinbold@wi.rr.com, 262-968-4564)

• Funded by monthly Loaves and Fishes donations
• Shop for groceries purchased for homeless shelter for women and children; COOK a meal once/month
• Donate new/gently used clothing for newborns to children size 12

Clothing Share (twice/year) (Jerie Roder, roderjerie55@gmail.com, 262-968-3474)

• Free clothing for anyone, held in the cafeteria Spring and Fall
• Donate gently used clothing – set aside your closet cleaning items for the Share
• Help sort/display items
• Help pack up clothing left over and deliver to St. Vincent de Paul (or pack St Vincent de Paul truck)

Easter Food Drive (Vickie/Gary Schroeder, vjschroeder@gmail.com) 

• Donate non-perishable food for Easter food baskets in partnership with the Capuchin Community

Giving Tree (November/December)  (Sharon Rehnberg, 262-547-3668)

• Purchase gifts on angel tags/star tags.  Help is also needed to cut out angel and star tags.
• Help sort on return weekends
• Load delivery cars on return weekends; be a back-up driver to deliver gifts to agencies

Health Ministry (Chris Yehle, christineyehle@gmail.com, 414-940-0057)

*Home communion visits to homebound, those in hospitals, nursing homes, rehab facilities

Heavenly Babies Layette (every month) (Jennifer Aldrich, jaldrich38@hotmail.com)

• Donate new/gently used new born – 6 months clothing (rummage sales, use Kohl’s cash or 30% clearance!)
• Sort clothes
• Fill bags:  monthly choose clothes, wash, fold, return in layettes bag to church

Hope Center, Waukesha (Mary Kral, mkral@stpaulgenesee.net, 262-968-2276)

• Serve a meal twice/year, provide desserts for 100 and 10 gallons of milk
• Donate clothing, household goods for people transitioning from homeless to homes

Human Concerns Committee (Mary Kral, mkral@stpaulgenesee.net, 262-968-2276

• Monthly committee meetings to discuss upcoming Human Concerns activities

Kettle Moraine Food Pantry (every month) (Vera Switalski, rswit@centurytel.net, 262-392-2389)

• Donate non-perishable foods directly to them, date checked, with receipts
• Reverse Giving collection in the summer to help restock the shelves 

Loaves and Fishes (every month) (Tim/Mary Alters, talters@wi.rr.com, 262-968-3338)

• Volunteer to hold the money jar and collect donations on the third weekend of the month ON HOLD
• Donations fund:  Casa Maria groceries, KM Food Pantry detergent, groceries for St. Ben’s, Easter Food Drive

Mt. Meru Coffee (Mark Montanye montanyem@yahoo.com, 608-921-5848)

• Purchase self-serve coffee anytime in Gathering Space to support fair trade farmers in Tanzania

Respect Life 

• January:  Baby fundraiser: Life’s Connection:  pregnancy resource centers in Waukesha, Mukwonago
• October:  Annual Wisconsin Right to Life ad: signatures 

St. Ben’s Community Meal, Milwaukee (Diane Miller 77diane87@gmail.com )

• Monthly meal provided for the free meal at St. Ben’s , funded by Loaves and Fishes donations
• Volunteer to help cut vegetables and stew meat 3^rd Thursday of the month in the cafeteria
• Donate travel size toiletries (basket in coat room near church)

St. Clare School, Paita, Peru (Deb Passino, deb_passino@yahoo.com, 262-506-9678)

• Save canes, walkers, eye glasses, reader glasses, toothbrushes for mission trips (basket in coat room)

St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Milwaukee (Mary Drout, mdrout@wi.rr.com, 262-968-3802)

• Expand your global horizons:  attend a multi-cultural liturgy at this sister parish (www.stmichaelsmke.com)

Work and Pray (JoAnn Presta, jdpresta@gmail.com, 262-490-8581)
 

• Knit or crochet prayer stoles, baby blankets 1^st/3^rd Mondays in Gathering Space or make cards for bereaved/sick/baptism

Liturgical Ministries Matt Byczynski (mbyczynski@stpaulgenesee.net)

• Church cleaning    
• Altar servers
• Eucharistic Minister   
• Lector
• Greeter     
• Choir
• Altar linens (wash, press, fold, return)  
• Sacristan – help set up before mass
• Usher

FAITH FORMATION CLASSES Be a teacher, all materials are provided or join/host an adult small group, see website.

OTHER  PARISH COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES  :

ALPHA – fellowship, a video, and small group discussion to help you build or rebuild your relationship with Jesus

Private Prayer in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel: ask for an electronic keycard at the parish office

Prayer Network: volunteer as a pray-er or send a prayer request to PrayerNetwork@stpaulgenesee.net

Donut Sundays third Sunday of the month in Galleria

Fish Fry 3 times during Lent

Parish Breakfast hosted by the Knights of Columbus 

Children’s Liturgy of the Word twice per month, 9am mass Child/Family ministry 262-968-2276

Dynamic Men’s Group: Wednesday 6-7am 

Men’s Basketball pick-up games: Wednesday evenings, Saturday mornings

Parish Clean up or Cemetery Cleanup Also:  Gardening and Grounds Ministry: adopt a flower bed, call parish office

FORMED.org LOADS of resources available to all parishioners.  Formed.org/signup 53189

Contact the parish office (262-968-3865) or Mary Kral Mkral@stpaulgenesee.net  for more information. 

EVERY MINISTRY IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO Co-CHAIR OR SHADOW the CHAIR to help share the blessings!

  Pick just ONE thing for starters to feel more at home in our parish! (REV 5/2022)