Monday, August 5, 2013

DEVOTION:  But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word.  Acts 6:4
 
Sometimes a church, a family, or even an individual can get off track.  We can get involved in all sorts of things we call "good", till we start spinning our wheels and getting nowhere.  We are doing all sorts of good things that seem worthwhile, but are not exactly what God has called us to do. 
 
The disciples had this trouble.  Jesus had called them to "Go and make disciples by baptizing and teaching them", but now they were spending all their time "waiting on tables".  Not that waiting on tables is bad, but God had called them to something different and it was being neglected. 
 
God has called you and this church to something specific too.  He has called each individual member of this church and the church as a whole to the ministry of the Word, especially to children and youth.  He has given us the mind and the focus on this specific thing and we need to have a unity of focus on it to get it accomplished and to grow it.  That is why God has put in our hearts and minds to call a DCE (Director of Christian Education), to help us to focus on this ministry and grow it into what God has planned and willed. 
 
I urge you, throughout the month of August, to pray earnestly for this ministry and for God to give you a clear focus as to your part in it.  What does he want you to do?  And when he gives you that clear focus, do it! 
 
Prayer:  Lord God thank you for giving us this focus on ministry to children and youth.  Help me to do my part in it.  Amen.
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THURSDAY'S QUIZ:  What did Jeremiah see when he went down to the potter's house? "So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel, but the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.  Jeremiah 18:3-4 (Good job Dianne and Pam)

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MONDAY'S QUIZ:  Who was Habakkuk? 

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CALENDAR

Tues- Quilters 9-2; Bible Study 11:30-12:15

Wed- Jonesburg Nursing Home Worship 10:30; Jr-Sr Hi Youth pool party at Schirrs house 3-8pm

Sat- worship 5pm

Sun- worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; elder's meeting noon

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Attention ALL JR HI AND HS  KIDS!!!  THERE IS A POOL PARTY AT THE SCHIRR'S HOUSE THIS WEDNESDAY BEGINNING AT 3PM!!  Reply to this email or text me at 636-359-1061 to let me know if you are coming!

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GOLF OUTING SATURDAY!!

STILL PLENTY OF SPACES LEFT!!

$60 per person includes- 2 mulligans, Special hole contests, Cash prizes by flight, Lunch with pork steaks and sides.

7am- Registration begins

8am- Shotgun start

1pm Lunch and awards

 $15 per person for Lunch only

 Hole Sponsorship (tee box sign) $50 per hole

 Entry flyers with all of the details are available in the narthex or  the office!!

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WOMEN'S AND MEN'S RETREATS COMING UP AUGUST 17 AND AUGUST 24!!

Please sign up on the table in the Narthex or call the church office TODAY!!

 

It is a wonderful, lighthearted, fun time of relaxation, refreshment and meditation on God's Word!! 

Both of them begin around 8am and end around 5pm! 

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BARB DREYER WANTS YOU TO SING IN CHOIR!!!

Adult choir will be starting up again here at St. John's under the direction of Barb Dreyer.  Rehearsals will be on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the balcony.  The plan is to sing 2-3 Sundays per month for services.  The first rehearsal will be on August 28th at 7:00 p.m.  If interested, please contact Barb at 636-359-1906, abdreyer@centurytel.net or the church office at 456-2888

 

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SIGN UP TO GET YOUR PICTURES TAKEN FOR OUR PICTORIAL DIRECTORY!!!

Time for us to get a new directory!!  And guess what else!!! If you buy pictures from the photographer, (Lifetouch) St. John's gets 5% of all sales.  You can also get some money off of your purchase by giving them your email address or by bringing in canned goods for their "Feed the Hungry" drive.  Sign up by calling the church office TODAY or at the sign up table in the narthex before or after worship this weekend.

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SUPPORT OUR MISSIONARY DENISE SCHLESSELMAN!!!!!

She will be leaving in a month for the Czech Republic to do mission work for a year and most probably two!!  She needs your support!  First she needs PRAYER support.  Pray for her safety, for her witness and for her life, that God would do His work through her. 

 

Secondly she needs your FINANCIAL support!  She is trying to get 75% of her needed funding in either one time gifts or pledges. 

 

Please pray about God's will for you in this and support her as best as you can!! 

 

Go to www.lcms.org/schlesselman to learn more about how you can support her.  You can also call her directly at 260-579-2942 and she will tell you more about it!!

 

 

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PRAYER REQUESTS:

For BOB NITZSCHKE who is recovering from knee replacement surgery.

 

For WILMA WEIGLE who is recovering from a slight stroke and will have to have surgery soon.

 

For ROSETTA JONES as she recovers from a broken hip at Delmar Gardens.

 

For WILMA SMITH who is now in Warrenton Manor Nursing Home.

 

For JILL JACOBSMEYER as she recovers from knee surgery at home. 

 

For NANCY SPINIOLAS who is having sever back and hip pain .

 

For PAUL TOEDEBUSCH who is recovering from bladder surgery due to cancer.  

For RICK SPINIOLAS who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and continues to go through treatments.

For JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, and Pat King's cousin on your prayers today as well. 

For TYLER WEST, a little brother of a preschooler, who is going to have to have a third surgery to remove a tumor on his brain. .   

 

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, GERMANY
 
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- Jacksonville, Florida
 
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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