St. John's Lutheran ChurchWarrenton, MO: 12/21/11

DEVOTION:
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalms 51:10-12

So, what do you have on your bucket list?

Most of us do have things we would like to accomplish before we die. Of course, we generally keep most of those things to ourselves, don't we?

Since that's the case, I was intrigued by an art project that recently was put up in New York City. The project is the brainstorm of a New Orleans artist named Candy Chang.

In front of a construction project, she set up a half-block-long stretch of blank plywood. She also put out a sign which, in part, reads, "What desires do you hold dearest? What is your greatest ambition? What do you want for those you love? Here you can share your individuality with the city."

To make the job easier, she provided baskets full of chalk.

Hundreds of people have responded to the opportunity. One individual longs to be a WNBA player, and another wants to "stop the guns." The responses are varied.
All of this got me to wondering, when the Lord looks down at His people, when He looks into our hearts what does He see written on our bucket lists?

Understand, I'm not talking about the things which ought to be there. When God looks at us, He sees the truth. He knows that which is really important to us.

So, what would He see when He looks into your heart? What do you want to accomplish?

It's my hope your list is better than mine and better than King David's. You see, David is the fellow who wrote the prayer which serves as the theme for this Daily Devotion. Now it is my hope that your list contains things which are more altruistic, more noble, more spiritual, more loving, more giving, more Christian than is ours.

Of course, if your bucket list is like ours and leaves something to be desired, you may want to join us in ...

THE PRAYER: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. This I pray in my Savior's Name whose sacrifice makes the creation of a new heart a possibility and a reality. In His Name. Amen.
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ: Who was Tychicus? (I'll leave it up one more day.) Tychicus was a constant help to Paul especially in association with the churches of Asia. Tychicus was an associate of Paul who traveled as his representative. He was introduced in the Final Greetings of Paul as the "dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing. (Thank you Dianne)

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TODAY'S QUIZ: Who was Onesimus?

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CATECHISM:

6th commandment: You shall not steal.

Question: What does this mean?

Answer: We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor's money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income.

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CHURCH CALENDAR

Wed- bells 6:30; choir 7:30

Thurs- nothing scheduled

Fri- nothng scheduled

Sat- Christmas Eve worship 7pm and 11pm

Sun- Christmas Day worship 9am

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NEWS:

CHRISTMAS WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Saturday- 7 and 11pm

Sunday- 9am

Hope to see ALL of you there on both days!

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ANYONE WANT TO GO DOWN TO JOPLIN WITH ME FOR A COUPLE DAYS IN JANUARY DURING THE WEEK?

WORKERS NEEDED IN JOPLIN

Immanuel Lutheran Church in in Joplin is taking workers to help with construction.

YOU CAN GO ON YOUR OWN IF YOU WANT or, I'd love to take a group for a couple days in January and/or February to work on some houses.

Trent Davis, Immanuel's director of disaster response sent the following:

"The Lord has blessed us with the ability to get five decent sized projects under roof before the weather has gotten too ugly here, however we have only a few teams committed from Dec-Feb. We need additional teams.

All help will be greatly appreciated. Types of skills we are looking for include: electricians, plumbers, HVAC, drywall, painters and interior trim.
Not everyone on a team needs to be skilled but we need enough skilled folks to give direction to the willing. Thanks and Blessings!"

Contact information for Trent is:
Director of Disaster Response Trent Davis
Immanuel Lutheran Church – LCMS; 2616 Connecticut Ave; Joplin, MO 64804;
417.624.0333 | fax: 417.624.2774;

If anyone wants to go with me for a few days let me know asap and I will set it up. I'm pretty sure that all we'd really have to pay for is food.
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YOUTH GROUP STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION

***SAVE THE DATE*** The date of the Youth Group Steak Dinner and Auction has been set for Saturday, February 11, 2012. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Please join us for a night of fun and fundraising. We will be having the old favorites: silent auction and 50/50 drawing as well as the new favorites: live auction, dessert dash, wine raffle, and the WILD HEARTS JACKPOT DRAWING where there is a chance to win $500.00.

Tickets for the WILD HEARTS $500 DRAWING are on sale now. Please ask a youth group member to get yours. The tickets are 1 for $10 but for an additional $10 you can get 10 more tickets and have 11 chances at winning!

The youth will begin selling dinner/auction tickets at the beginning of January in the narthex after services. Tickets are $15 per person. Bid only tickets are $5.00. You may also contact Marilyn to reserve tickets.

In order to guarantee that you get to sit with a special group of family or friends, you may want to consider purchasing a table of 8 for $120.

BUY A POINSETTIA FOR THE ALTAR FOR CHRISTMAS IN MEMORY OF OR IN HONOR OF SOMEONE!!

Please sign the sheet in the narthex by Wednesday, Deember 14. They are $12.50 each.

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A MOMENT OF GRACE FLORIST IS DONATING 10% oF EACH ST. JOHN'S MEMBER'S SALE BACK TO THE CHURCH

Each time you purchase flowers and other gifts from A MOMENT OF GRACE and tell them you are a member at St. John's, the church receives a tithe from them. A Moment of Grace is located at 511 N Hwy 47 and the phone number is 456-9334.

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PRAYERS: (If I have missed anyone please let me know.)

For DAVE KOHRS who is recovering well after surgery to remove a tumor from his abdomen.

For PATRICK BIONDO, a son of a friend of Toni Mauch. Patrick was in a serious car accident on Saturday evening and will be undergoing several surgeries to try to repair a large portion of his scalp and a broken hand.

For Mrs. Sisson (first grade teacher at Daniel Boone) and her newborn baby girl who was born very early and weighs in at a little over a pound and a half. Her name is Chloe Michelle.

For KEN SUTOR, Lisa Rausch's dad, who is was brought home and is on hospice care, but is in good spirits.

For KEN WAGNER who is home and is doing well, although he still has a LONG way to go.

For JANICE MCKENZIE who will has a huge ulcer and is getting treatment for it.

For ED KOHRS who is at Delmar Gardens in Chesterfield

For Robyn McNew's cousin MARY KUTRIP who is dealing with terminal cancer and has quit doing treatments for it.

For JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, who continues to be up and down because of chemotherapy treatments.

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