St. Paul A.M.E. Church Prayer List: (Sick, Shut-Ins, and "Special Prayer" Requests) Please take the time to send cards or make calls to those on this list to shower them with Christian love and spiritual support.)
Please keep the families who have lost a loved one lifted in prayer. The St. Paul A.M.E. Church Family sends love, prayers, sympathy and condolences to them as this sad time. May God grant them gentle comfort as they face the days ahead.
- Prayers & sympathy to the family of Shirley A. Madinger Stettler
- Prayers & sympathy to the family of Susan Rush
Obituaries
Zanesville: Shirley A. Madinger Stettler
Shirley was born January 11th, 1938, and grew up in Frazeysburg Ohio. She
was called home to glory on March 16th, 2025.
Shirley attended Bethesda Nursing School in Zanesville. There she met and married
Marvin Madinger, her first husband and father of her children, Greg & Michelle.
She gave birth to Greg in 1960. Michelle wouldn’t come along until much later in
1977. Shirley was certain she just had the flu.
She was a caregiver all her life. She worked at Bethesda Hospital for over 40 years.
She worked in many areas of the hospital. She came from the “Old Bethesda on
the hill and described what it was like to tour the then “New" Hospital when it was built.
She worked in the Emergency Room, Surgery and Implement Sterilization. When she
ended her career at the hospital, she went on to continue to care for patients as a
home health care aide. She continued to work until the age of 77. She jokingly said it
was time for her to stop working because she was now older than some of her patients.
Her caregiving didn’t end there. She helped care for her grandchildren as they
grew up. She loved her family. She enjoyed flowers, acrylic painting, quilting,
and square dancing.
She was preceded in death by her parents Lester & Leona Denman, siblings
Paul, Ronnie, Dwight, Kenneth Harold, Keith, Donald and Patricia, son Gregory
A Madinger, and 1st husband Marvin C Madinger. She is survived by her daughter
Michelle (Michael) Simpson. Her grandchildren, Gregory, Tara, Matthew, Elizabeth,
Javier, Zyon and Yazmen and 8 great grandchildren.
Friends and family may call on Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m.
with funeral services starting at 12 p.m. at Burrell Funeral Services in Zanesville, Ohio.
Contributions can be made to the American Heart Association to honor her
memory. BURRELL FUNERAL SERVICES is serving the family.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Book Scholarship Committee was pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s scholarships, recognizing outstanding minority high school graduates from Muskingum County.
Congratulations to the students who were honored at the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund Prayer Breakfast. Scholarship Recipients:
* Yuvraj Bastola – Tri-Valley High School
* Mariam Eid – West Muskingum High School
* Carmin Farnsworth – Maysville High School
* Nicholas Flarey – Tri-Valley High School
* Michael Hill – Zanesville High School
* Alaiah Johnson – John Glenn High School
* Elijah Mayle – Maysville High School
* Dhruv Patel – Zanesville High School
* Huryah Shawar – West Muskingum High School
* Zoey Shumate – John Glenn High School
* Harman Singh – West Muskingum High School
* Josiah Sipe – Tri-Valley High School
* William Tang – West Muskingum High School
* Hannah Tezen – Tri-Valley High School
* Giada Tongson – Tri-Valley High School
* Kristy Zhang – West Muskingum High School
* Nicole Zhang – West Muskingum High School
This scholarship is awarded to minority students who are graduates of Muskingum County high schools.
Eligibility requirements include maintaining a 3.0 GPA or higher, completing a CP, Honors, or AP track,
achieving a composite ACT score of 18 or above, passing all state tests, and applying to a 2- or 4-year
college or university. Applicants must also submit an official high school transcript showing their
cumulative GPA and ACT scores. The breakfast ceremony celebrated these students’ achievements
and recognized their commitment to academic excellence.
Please go to our Church Facebook page to view the sermon/Church service for March 23, 2025. Due to our new recording system that was recently installed, they are trouble shooting the issue of an invalid YouTube link preventing us from uploading to our website page. Thank you for your patience as they work to resolve this issue. Sorry for the inconvenience. These posted sermons are from May 19 & June 16, 2024.
Congratulations to RaShaun Merriman on being elected as the new Ohio South Ohio Conference YPD President! 👏🏽👏🏽 We are so proud of this young man and the leadership he will bring to the Young People’s Division at the Conference level. 💚🙏🏽🤍
Congratulations to our First Lady, Ruby Kilpatrick on being elected as the President of the Women's Missionary Society of the Ohio South Ohio Conference. Also congratulations to WMS Sister Costella Haley on being elected as the Young People's Division of the Ohio South Ohio Conference. We look forward to their leadership in the new conference year!
Welcome to our NEW Leadership to the Third Episcopal District...
Bishop Stafford J.N. Wicker and Episcopal Supervisor, Dr. Constance Belin Wicker