Update on Jonas Borchert

 
 

 

The picture attached was taken on Friday by a group that takes "last" family photos.  I have not seen the family photos yet but Kristin wanted photos with all of his friends.  These were posted on Facebook.  All of these boys have been spending the night at the hospital for moral support.  What a great group of friends!

Jonas had the lower lobe of his lung removed yesterday.  The surgery was over 5 hours long but went smoothly.  He is in a lot of pain and was moved to the cardiac ICU. He will remain in the hospital for another week.  He will not be allowed to have visitors for 48 hours and once he can have visitors it will be one at a time.  Still there is a gaggle of boys hanging out in the waiting room just waiting for the moment Jonas is ready for visitors.  

Doctors do not typically perform surgeries of this sort on Stage 4 Metastatic cancer patients but Jonas' vital signs are not acting like a typical Stage 4 cancer patient.  The doctors are hoping to give Jonas several more months.  There are several clinical trials that they are looking at that may extend his life even further.  

Hope is what we are clinging to. 

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

 
Daily Devotions from Lutheran Hour Ministries
By Pastor Ken Klaus, Speaker Emeritus of The Lutheran Hour
 
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"A Puzzlement"
August 12, 2014 
"For I the LORD do not change. ...." Malachi 3:6a
In the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I, there is a song called, "A Puzzlement."

One of the verses of that song has the king saying, "In my head are many facts that, as a student, I have studied to procure. In my head are many facts of which I wish I was more certain, I was sure."

This week, my friends, I feel just as confused as was that king. You see, when I was a student, I studied (semi-hard) to deposit some facts in my cranium. In this endeavor, I, like you, was more or less successful. Among the things which I did learn was this: dinosaurs were gray, big and lizardy.

But now, according to prestigious Science magazine, a bunch of fossils found in Siberia have flipped "that perception on its head." Quoting a scientific expert, the equally respected BBC has said these fossils have "completely changed our vision of dinosaurs."

Curious about the discovery? Let me remove the suspense and give you the particulars of these discoveries. Having examined the fossil record, the scientists have jettisoned the gray, scaly, lizardy concept and stated most dinosaurs had feathers.

That's right: feathers.

When I heard that news, I immediately imagined a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which moved like, sounded like, and looked like a big chicken. Understand, the scientists are not saying that. That image is my own invention. All the scientists are saying is the majority of dinosaurs had feathers. Anyone care to join me in singing, "In my head are many facts of which I wish I was more certain, I was sure"?

Thankfully, there are some facts about which we can be most certain.

For example, we can be certain you and I are sinners. Both God's Law and our consciences, makes that fact quite clear. But there's more. We also know that divine punishment awaits those who have done wrong. That fact is pointed out by Christianity and by many other religions of the world.

Things would be pretty desperate if those were the only facts of which we could be sure and certain. Although it is neither sensible nor logical, unchanging Scripture tells us the Triune God felt sorry for sinful humankind. So we might be saved, Jesus became one of us. On earth, He lived for us, resisted temptation for us, kept the Law for us, and died for us.

Then, by His resurrection from the dead, the Savior showed us He had conquered sin, death and devil. By God's grace all who are brought to faith in Him are forgiven and saved.

Those are the facts.

Those facts haven't changed for the last 2,000 years, and they aren't going to change in how many ever years are left before the Savior comes back to judge the living and the dead.

Between now and then, I'm going to be confident that while there are many things that change and many facts about which I am certain, this is sure: Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, I give thanks I can count on You. May others be given faith in the facts of Scripture and be saved. In Jesus' Name I ask it. Amen.
In Christ I remain His servant and yours,


Pastor Ken Klaus
Speaker Emeritus of The Lutheran Hour^®
Lutheran Hour Ministries
 

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:     To whom did Luke write the book of Acts?  Theophilus  (His name literally means friend of God)

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TODAY'S QUIZ: How many days after Easter did Jesus ascend into heaven?

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CALENDAR:

Tues- Quilters 9-2; Wilma Smith funeral 10am; Trustees meeting 7pm

Thurs- First day of school for Warren County RIII; Little Lambs Open House 8-11am
Sat- Golf Outing 7am-1pm; Bible Study 4; Worship 5; baptism of Lilly Nordwald 5pm
Sun- worship 8:30; Voter's meeting 9:45; Sunday school 9:45; worship 11
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WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS WEEK
Acolytes- 8:30- Sophie Tinnin  11- Jacob Winn    
Altar guild- Set up- Ruth Walters; Clean Up-- Pam Linke
Greeters- 8:30- Rich and Peggy Talbert; 11- Tom and Pam Linke
Communion Assistants- Sat- Dave Winter; 8:30- Steve Robine; 11- Jim Rahn
Lay Readers- Sat- Sandra Perricone; 8:30- Steve Robine;  11am- Jim Rahn
8:30 Ushers- Don Hance, Rich Boeger, Don Weigle, Don Tate
Projectors- Sat- Perricone; 8:30- Terry McKenzie; 11- ????
Sat pianist-  Tim Sherman;  Sun- Melissa Pedersen
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NEWS:

YOUTH POOL PARTY TODAY-- Monday, August 11  1-5pm at WALT AND BETTY SCHIRRS HOUSE---  If you ae in 6-12 grade, bring your towel, your flip flops, your sunscreen, you arm floaties, and even a friend if you life to our annual pool party!  Please RSVP no later than August 10 by either calling the church office at 456-2888 or emailing Kelsey Overbeck at koverbeck@live.com

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GOLF OUTING THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16!!!

If you haven't signed up yet, please do so with the names of the people on your team to Alan Hofeldt by WEDNESDAY!!

Event Coordinator

636-456-3070

alanhofeldt@yahoo.com

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VOTERS MEETING THIS SUNDAY AT 9:45!!!

VOTERS’ ASSEMBLY AGENDA

Sunday, August 17, 2014

9:45 a.m.

1.  Call to order: Terry Russell

2. Opening devotion:  Pastor Klaustermeier

3. Minutes of the May 18, 2014  Regular Meeting   

4. Staff Reports

A. Pastor’s report:

Official Acts since the May 18, 2014 meeting:                                

*Membership changes:

•    Received by Affirmation of Faith:

•            Dane& Jodi Baldwin                                                                                                  5/25/2014

•    Received by Adult Confirmation:

•            Mary Stemler                                                                                                               6/22/2014     

      Received by Transfer:

                   John & Erica McGowan & Patrick & Riley

                                from Zion Lutheran, Alexander, Arkansas                                                     5/16/2014

•    Baptisms:

•         Infants: None

•        Children:

•               Katelyn& Isabelle Morris                                                                                       8/10/2014                                                         

            Deaths:

                   Ben Frick                         Died 6/8/2014         Funeral                               6/12/2014

                  Margaret Kohrs                              Died 6/12/2014       Funeral                               6/19/201

                    Wilma Smith                               Died 8/6/2014         Funeral                               8/12/2014

–                                                                     Current membership (reflecting above changes)
                                                                                                         Baptized----537

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B.  Music Director:  Barb Dreyer

C.                  C. Church Office Administrator:  Marilyn Foster
                  D.  DCE Intern: Kelsey Overbeck

5. Reports of Officers, Boards, and Committees:

A. Financial Secretary’s report: Richard Boeger (Report attached)

B. Treasurer’s report: Donna Lindsey (Reports attached)

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C. Board of Elders’ report: John Hachtel, Chairman

              D. Board of Trustees’ report: Brett Nordwald, Chairman           

E. Board of Christian Education report: Christine Winn, Chairperson

F. Board of Christian Outreach report:

G. Board of Christian Stewardship report: Alan Hofledt, Chairman

H. Committee Reports:

 

Little Lambs Committee Report: Barb Hargrove, President

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans chapter report: Rich Boeger                  

Good Shepherd report: Don Luebke

Building & Finance Committee report: Kent Jacobsmeyer

 I. Other reports?

Stephen Ministry - Joanne Hachtel

6.                   Unfinished business:

7.             New business:

A.            Nominations for President and Vice President of the Missouri District

B.            Volunteers to help with the Church picnic on Sunday, September 7 at Mim Dunn's house

C.           Any other New Business?          

 

8.                   Next Regular Meeting: Sunday, November 16, 2014  - 9:45 a.m.

9.             Adjourn

10.          Closing Prayer:  Pastor Klaustermeier

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MEN'S RETREAT COMING UP Friday, Sept. 26- Sunday Sept. 28 AT MARK TWAIN LAKE!!

Go to t3mensretreat.org for all the info you will need and to sign up!

It would be wonderful to get a big group of guys from St. John's to go!  I never miss it!

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LABOR DAY FLOAT TRIP-- Float trip will be through Ozark Outdoors.  Meet at the river at 10am for a 4 mile float.  Please contact Teresa Scott to sign up.  She can be reached by email at tscott@usmo.com, cell phone or text at 636-359-5041 or at Schraer heating and air conditioning at 636-456-5041.  When signing up, [please provide your best phone contact number and email address, if you have one.  More info to follow.

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PRAYER REQUESTS:  (If you have a prayer request please reply to this email or call me at 636-359-1061)

For MIM DUNN, as she found yesterday through an MRI, that she her pelvis is fractured in five different place.  She has been dealing with the pain after her fall for over a month.

 

For JONAS BORCHERT as he recovers from surgery to remove a lobe of his lung due to cancer.

 

For the community of FLORRISANT, as they deal with the civil unrest, rioting, and looting that went on there last evening and continues today.

 

For HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, who are being persecuted to the point of death for their faith. 

 

For NANCY SPINIOLAS as she recovers from a car accident and a fall.

 

For RICK SPINIOLAS as he continues to deal with pancreatic caner and the effects of the chemo on his body. 

 

For the FAMILY OF WILMA SMITH as they have their visitation today and her funeral tomorrow.

 

For the ELCAN FAMILY, as they mourn the loss of Chris's 14 year old cousin. 

 

For JOHN AND JOANNE HACHTEL, and their family, as they mourn the loss of John's brother Rudie.

 

For the BOEGER family as they mourn the loss of her uncle.

 

For ED KOHRS who is hospitalized from a minor fall last week, but is doing well.

 

For LYNN MESSER, a friend of Jo Fahrni, who went missing this past week, that she will be found safe and well very soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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