DEVOTION: They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. Psalm 53:3
People are still trying to "make sense" of what happened yesterday. If you don't know by now, let me tell you what happened. Someone, or a group of people, placed two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday and blew them up killing three people and injuring (at last count) 140 people.
Now comes the questions, among them is "Why?"
I have heard many people say over the years that human beings are basically good. Let me tell you the truth on that. According to this verse and many others human beings are not basically good. In another verse it says this" For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God."
Man is not basically good. He is basically sinful. When we see things like this and the story of a guy who drove up to an elephant at the Ringling Brothers Circus Tent after a show one night and shot an elephant for no reason, and the kids in St. Louis and other places who play this game called Knock Out where they go up to unsuspecting, innocent people and beat them till they are knocked out, need I go on?
Yesterday's events are just another example of the evil in the world and the inherent evil in humanity. To try to make sense out of something that is from Satan is senseless in and of itself.
That is the cold hard truth. There is no sense, only sin.
The other truth is much better, much more wonderful! The other truth is that God incarnate, Jesus Himself, has come into this cruel sinful world to save sinners. He came to take us out of this sinful world and away from our own sinfulness and the sinfulness of others. In the end He will do away with this old sinful earth and transform it into what it once was before the Fall and what He created it for and intended it to be.
Jesus said "I am the way, and the truth, and the life...." Instead of trying to make sense of senseless things, instead trying to put your faith in flawed sinful human beings, put your faith in God the creator and redeemer of all things!
Let us pray: Lord God, help me not to put my trust in Your creation but in You! Help me to keep my faith where it belongs, in Your Son, Jesus Christ. Help me to live by the power of the Holy Spirit so that one day I may join you in that sinless paradise. Amen.
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MONDAY'S QUIZ: How did Absalom die? He was running away from his father David's army and got his hair caught in a tree, then after some discussion with the men who found him hanging in the tree, Joab, the commander of David's army took three spears and drove them into Absalom's heart.
NEW MEN'S GROUP CALLED "MEN'S NETWORK" TO BEGIN WITH A MEN'S BREAKFAST ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27 at 8am!!!
It has been on my mind and heart to begin a men's ministry at St. John's. I would like us to begin with a men's breakfast on Sat, April 27 at 8am. I will do the cooking, but I would like a guy or two to help me out. We will eat breakfast and have a half hour devotion, followed by the planning of future gatherings and events. Please make plans to attend TODAY. Wives please encourage your husbands to go!!!
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RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW TO SELL YOUR OWN WARES AT ST JOHN'S ON SATURDAY, MAY 4
The ladies aid is expanding their bake and craft sale to include those who would like to sell their own products whether they be homemade crafts or sell from home products like uppercase living, scentsy, Tupperware, etc. Tables are available for $20 a table.
Along with that there will again be parking lot spaces available for our 5th annual Flea market. parking spaces are $10 a space. More info below:
WHERE??
Basement and Little Lambs Classrooms: The Ladies Aid is adding INSIDE spaces for vendors, crafters, and bakers to their Spring Craft and Bake Sale. You can reserve your own spot to sell your own wares for $20 per table. These spots are open to St. John's members first before being open to the public. If you are interested, call Coleen Bottorff 456-5482 or the church office 456-2888 within the next two weeks.
Parking Lot: The Annual Flea Market will continue as it has the past four years. Parking spaces will remain $10 per space. Proceeds from the outdoor parking space rentals and Little Lambs sale under the pavilion will benefit the preschool. They are raising funds for their new Summer Camp Programs and to enhance preschool. Please call the Little Lambs teachers or the church office to rent a parking space 456-2888
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People are still trying to "make sense" of what happened yesterday. If you don't know by now, let me tell you what happened. Someone, or a group of people, placed two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday and blew them up killing three people and injuring (at last count) 140 people.
Now comes the questions, among them is "Why?"
I have heard many people say over the years that human beings are basically good. Let me tell you the truth on that. According to this verse and many others human beings are not basically good. In another verse it says this" For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God."
Man is not basically good. He is basically sinful. When we see things like this and the story of a guy who drove up to an elephant at the Ringling Brothers Circus Tent after a show one night and shot an elephant for no reason, and the kids in St. Louis and other places who play this game called Knock Out where they go up to unsuspecting, innocent people and beat them till they are knocked out, need I go on?
Yesterday's events are just another example of the evil in the world and the inherent evil in humanity. To try to make sense out of something that is from Satan is senseless in and of itself.
That is the cold hard truth. There is no sense, only sin.
The other truth is much better, much more wonderful! The other truth is that God incarnate, Jesus Himself, has come into this cruel sinful world to save sinners. He came to take us out of this sinful world and away from our own sinfulness and the sinfulness of others. In the end He will do away with this old sinful earth and transform it into what it once was before the Fall and what He created it for and intended it to be.
Jesus said "I am the way, and the truth, and the life...." Instead of trying to make sense of senseless things, instead trying to put your faith in flawed sinful human beings, put your faith in God the creator and redeemer of all things!
Let us pray: Lord God, help me not to put my trust in Your creation but in You! Help me to keep my faith where it belongs, in Your Son, Jesus Christ. Help me to live by the power of the Holy Spirit so that one day I may join you in that sinless paradise. Amen.
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MONDAY'S QUIZ: How did Absalom die? He was running away from his father David's army and got his hair caught in a tree, then after some discussion with the men who found him hanging in the tree, Joab, the commander of David's army took three spears and drove them into Absalom's heart.
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TUESDAY'S QUIZ: Why did God not allow David to be the one to build the temple?
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CALENDAR:
Tues- Quilters 9-2; Bible study 11:30-12:15; Council meeting 7pm
Wed- Ladies Aid 1pm
Fri- 20-30 somethings bbq 6pm
Sat- worship 5pm; TRVIA NIGHT doors open at 6pm and game starts at 6:30pm
Sun- worship 8:30am and 11am; Sunday school 9:45
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Sat- worship 5pm; TRVIA NIGHT doors open at 6pm and game starts at 6:30pm
Sun- worship 8:30am and 11am; Sunday school 9:45
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SPECIAL VOTER'S MEETING RESULTS
Result of the vote was 41-15 to move forward with the funding proposal provided by the DCE funding committee. The next step is to get a Capital Campaign Committee together to get going on plans for a Capital Campaign to begin in the near future.
If you are interested in being a part of this committee please reply to this email or call/text me at 636-359-1061
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20/30 SOMETHINGS SPRING PICNIC FRIDAY, APRIL 19 at 6pm
Even though it is only 30 degrees. Winter is over and Spring has sprung! Time to gear up for some activities and fellowship. I would like to kick it off on Friday night, April 19 at 6pm with a picnic under the pavilion. I will make the brats and burgers. You bring your favorite beverage and a side dish to share. PLEASE Let me know if you can come! _______________________________________________________________________________________
20/30 SOMETHINGS SPRING PICNIC FRIDAY, APRIL 19 at 6pm
Even though it is only 30 degrees. Winter is over and Spring has sprung! Time to gear up for some activities and fellowship. I would like to kick it off on Friday night, April 19 at 6pm with a picnic under the pavilion. I will make the brats and burgers. You bring your favorite beverage and a side dish to share. PLEASE Let me know if you can come! _______________________________________________________________________________________
PRAYERS FOR OUR SERVICEMEN
I have been compiling a list of servicemen who are members of St John's so that we can pray for them. Below is a list of them and where they are currently stationed. Please note that their stationing changes quickly, so this may not even be up to date, but it is the last known whereabouts that I have of these guys.
Danny Dreyer- Army- 2nd Lieutenant- Ranger school, In a swamp in Florida near Elgin Air Force Base, Pensacola, FL
Sam Hargrove- Army- 2 Lieutenant- Ft Rucker, Alabama, will be going through helicopter flight school and other training
David Mincemeyer- Army- Army Specialist- Ft. Carson, CO
Jon Rahn- Navy- Hawaii, not sure of his rank at this time
David Tate- Air Force- 2nd Lieutenant- Kirtland AF Base, Arizona
Alex Walters- Navy- E4- Guam
Ryan Woolf- Air Force- Airman 1st Class- Buckley Air Force Base, near Denver, CO
If there are more out there that I just don't know about, please let me know, and I will include him/her on the list.
Also, if you would like your family member or friend included in this list, please reply to this email with all the information!
Pray for these guys. Some of these guys are in harm's way right now, others are training to put themselves in harm's way. All of them have volunteered to serve and protect their country (which is you).
Danny Dreyer- Army- 2nd Lieutenant- Ranger school, In a swamp in Florida near Elgin Air Force Base, Pensacola, FL
Sam Hargrove- Army- 2 Lieutenant- Ft Rucker, Alabama, will be going through helicopter flight school and other training
David Mincemeyer- Army- Army Specialist- Ft. Carson, CO
Jon Rahn- Navy- Hawaii, not sure of his rank at this time
David Tate- Air Force- 2nd Lieutenant- Kirtland AF Base, Arizona
Alex Walters- Navy- E4- Guam
Ryan Woolf- Air Force- Airman 1st Class- Buckley Air Force Base, near Denver, CO
If there are more out there that I just don't know about, please let me know, and I will include him/her on the list.
Also, if you would like your family member or friend included in this list, please reply to this email with all the information!
Pray for these guys. Some of these guys are in harm's way right now, others are training to put themselves in harm's way. All of them have volunteered to serve and protect their country (which is you).
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NEW MEN'S GROUP CALLED "MEN'S NETWORK" TO BEGIN WITH A MEN'S BREAKFAST ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27 at 8am!!!
It has been on my mind and heart to begin a men's ministry at St. John's. I would like us to begin with a men's breakfast on Sat, April 27 at 8am. I will do the cooking, but I would like a guy or two to help me out. We will eat breakfast and have a half hour devotion, followed by the planning of future gatherings and events. Please make plans to attend TODAY. Wives please encourage your husbands to go!!!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW TO SELL YOUR OWN WARES AT ST JOHN'S ON SATURDAY, MAY 4
The ladies aid is expanding their bake and craft sale to include those who would like to sell their own products whether they be homemade crafts or sell from home products like uppercase living, scentsy, Tupperware, etc. Tables are available for $20 a table.
Along with that there will again be parking lot spaces available for our 5th annual Flea market. parking spaces are $10 a space. More info below:
WHERE??
Basement and Little Lambs Classrooms: The Ladies Aid is adding INSIDE spaces for vendors, crafters, and bakers to their Spring Craft and Bake Sale. You can reserve your own spot to sell your own wares for $20 per table. These spots are open to St. John's members first before being open to the public. If you are interested, call Coleen Bottorff 456-5482 or the church office 456-2888 within the next two weeks.
Parking Lot: The Annual Flea Market will continue as it has the past four years. Parking spaces will remain $10 per space. Proceeds from the outdoor parking space rentals and Little Lambs sale under the pavilion will benefit the preschool. They are raising funds for their new Summer Camp Programs and to enhance preschool. Please call the Little Lambs teachers or the church office to rent a parking space 456-2888
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PRAYER REQUESTS:
For JEANETTE KOEHLER as she deal with yet another infection, this time it is a skin infection in her leg.
For DAVE KOHRS who is back at home and doing well recovering from surgery.
For PAUL TOEDEBUSCH, who will be having surgery soon to remove his bladder due to cancer.
For RICK SPINIOLAS who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and will be beginning chemotherapy on Monday.
For NANCY SPINIOLAS, his wife, who is dealing with severe back pain due to many years of using an artificial leg.
For RALPH SPOEDE who is dealing with cancer in both his kidney and in his brain.
For DOMINIC GENTILE, a friend to many at church and in the community, who is suffering with brain cancer and is recovering from surgery.
For JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, and Pat King's cousin on your prayers today as well.
PAT KING'S COUSIN is seeing the doctor today about an ovarian cyst.
PAT KING'S COUSIN is seeing the doctor today about an ovarian cyst.
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