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Daily Email: Wednesday, December 2, 2015
DEVOTION: Philippians 1:2-11
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Over the years I've often used this greeting from Paul to the Philippians as a kind of template or form to use in letters that I have written to people I love and care for. It's not a letter you're going to write to someone that you don't like or someone with whom you are angry and fighting. It isn't a formal business letter either. You're not going to write all of that caring and flattering language to the person who does your taxes unless of course a loved one does them.
But maybe you should...... That's right, maybe you should greet everyone you know with "Grace and peace from God...." and "I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy."
Can you really hate the person for whom you are praying? Can you wish grace to someone with whom you are fighting?
We are not called to hate anything but sin. We are to love the sinner even if that sinner has sinned against us. We are not called to fight with our brothers and sisters in Christ. We are called to love them and care for them as He has cared for us.
As we are getting ready for Christ to come, especially in this season of Advent, one of the things we should be doing is reconciling all of our relationships. That means greeting those who have sinned against us with grace and peace, forgiving them of their sin against us as heinous as the sin was and as difficult as it may be for you to do so. There is nothing more freeing and relieving that forgiving and being forgiven. It also means asking forgiveness from those against whom we have sinned, regardless of what their reaction might be.
Take it from someone who knows..... Make all of your correspondence positive, loving, and caring. Talk with people only out of love in a spirit of reconciliation, discipleship, and fellowship. Care for people with your words and your actions! Make this an Advent to remember!
Prayer: Lord, make all my greetings positive and my dealings with people full of love, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Amen.
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CALENDAR:
Wed- Midweek Advent Supper 5:30; worship 6:30pm; Choir practice 7:15pm
Thurs- Alzheimer's Support 1pm
Sat- Worship 5
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45
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WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- Wed 6:30pm-- Lydia Miller; 8:30- John ezold ; 11- Jack Bunge
Ushers- Wed 6:30- Scott and Alex Heitgerd &Bob and Tom Linke
Altar- Set Up and Clean up- Terry McKenzie
Communion Assistants- Sat- Randy Sweet; 8:30- John Hachtel; 11- Steve Robine
Greeters- 8:30- Erv Yoder; 11- Mike and Naomi Johnson
Lay readers- Sat- Randy Sweet 8:30- Lois Boeger 11- Kailyn Blechle
Sat. Pianist- Barb Dreyer
Organist- Wed. and Sun. Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat. Pam Bueltmann 8:30- John Pezold , 11- ??????
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DAILY BIBLE QUIZ: (Note: The rest of these for the rest of this year are in memory and in honor of Dianne Hance who faithfully answered this quiz daily!)
Sat- Worship 5
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45
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WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- Wed 6:30pm-- Lydia Miller; 8:30- John ezold ; 11- Jack Bunge
Ushers- Wed 6:30- Scott and Alex Heitgerd &Bob and Tom Linke
Altar- Set Up and Clean up- Terry McKenzie
Communion Assistants- Sat- Randy Sweet; 8:30- John Hachtel; 11- Steve Robine
Greeters- 8:30- Erv Yoder; 11- Mike and Naomi Johnson
Lay readers- Sat- Randy Sweet 8:30- Lois Boeger 11- Kailyn Blechle
Sat. Pianist- Barb Dreyer
Organist- Wed. and Sun. Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat. Pam Bueltmann 8:30- John Pezold , 11- ??????
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DAILY BIBLE QUIZ: (Note: The rest of these for the rest of this year are in memory and in honor of Dianne Hance who faithfully answered this quiz daily!)
(I'll leave this up for another day since I got the email out so late yesterday. Someone better take over Dianne's place in answering these daily questions!)
Who was Malachi and how many chapters does the book of Malachi have?
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NEWS!!!!
TJ'S PIZZA ORDERS FROM THE CONFIRMATION CLASS WILL BE DELIVERED TODAY AT 10am!!
Make sure you pick them up when you come to church tomorrow night!
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WEDNESDAY ADVENT DINNERS START TONIGHT!!!!!
It's always a wonderful time when people get to meet those they haven't before, old friendships get reacquainted and we gather together for food, fellowship, and worship! The main dish is always fried chicken from Ron's Catering
If your last name is on this list you are responsible to bring two of the three of the following (salad, vegetable or dessert) for our Advent Potluck on Wed, Dec 2 by 5:30pm
We also ask that as many as can help to clean up so that we can all worship together at 6:30!!
Thank you all for participating in this wonderful event again this year!
Adams
Aubuchon
Benke
Bentley (Stevens)
Bettlach
Colleen Bottorff
Brazee
Busby
Butler
Callies
Cunningham
Dreyer
Mim Dunn
Farris
Feldkamp
Figura (Charlie)
Frenzia
Frick
Gilkey
Hance
Hargrove
Hoelscher (Gary)
Hoelscher (George)
Hoelscher (Jason)
Howard (John Sr.)
Huster
Jacobsmeyer
Kessel
Ketterer
King
Kosters
Landwehr
Linke (Tom)
Linstruth
Luebke (Don)
Mauch
McAlister
McDowell
McKenzie (Bill)
McNew
McRae
Merx
Moore
Morris
Nolte
Nordwald
Pailer
Perricone
Peterson
Pezold
Rausch
Redecker
Robine
Ruth
Sayers
Schauer
Schulze
Scott (Gary)
Sherman (all of them)
Smith (Tim)
Speakman
Spiniolas
Sutherland
Sweet
Talbert
Tinnin
Toedebusch (Dale)
Toedebusch (Paul)
Vohsen
Vossen
Waller
Walters (Doug)
Walters (Lee)
If your last name is on this list you are responsible to bring two of the three of the following (salad, vegetable or dessert) for our Advent Potluck on Wed, Dec 2 by 5:30pm
We also ask that as many as can help to clean up so that we can all worship together at 6:30!!
Thank you all for participating in this wonderful event again this year!
Adams
Aubuchon
Benke
Bentley (Stevens)
Bettlach
Colleen Bottorff
Brazee
Busby
Butler
Callies
Cunningham
Dreyer
Mim Dunn
Farris
Feldkamp
Figura (Charlie)
Frenzia
Frick
Gilkey
Hance
Hargrove
Hoelscher (Gary)
Hoelscher (George)
Hoelscher (Jason)
Howard (John Sr.)
Huster
Jacobsmeyer
Kessel
Ketterer
King
Kosters
Landwehr
Linke (Tom)
Linstruth
Luebke (Don)
Mauch
McAlister
McDowell
McKenzie (Bill)
McNew
McRae
Merx
Moore
Morris
Nolte
Nordwald
Pailer
Perricone
Peterson
Pezold
Rausch
Redecker
Robine
Ruth
Sayers
Schauer
Schulze
Scott (Gary)
Sherman (all of them)
Smith (Tim)
Speakman
Spiniolas
Sutherland
Sweet
Talbert
Tinnin
Toedebusch (Dale)
Toedebusch (Paul)
Vohsen
Vossen
Waller
Walters (Doug)
Walters (Lee)
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DIANNE HANCE VISITATION AND FUNERAL TOMORROW (Thursday)
Visitation- 9-11
Funeral- 11
Luncheon- Noon-- Help needed-- Info Below:
Ladies Aid will serve a luncheon following Dianne Hance's funeral at St. John's on Thursday, December 3rd. Funeral,11 am, luncheon following. We need donations of salads, vegetables and desserts only. No hot dishes.
If you would like to donate a dish please call Lil Winter @ 636-585-2525; Joan Sexton, 636-456-5437 or Nancy Peterson, 660-619-8474.
We could use some help with clean up after the luncheon since some of our ladies are unavailable to serve. Perhaps 2 of our PALS would be able to volunteer. Please let me know by e-mail, lindacallies@centurylink.net or call me at 636-456-4228
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ORDER YOUR POINSETTIAS TO BE PLACED IN THE CHANCEL (ALTAR AREA) FOR CHRISTMAS IN HONOR OR IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE OR JUST AS A THANK YOU TO THE LORD FOR HIS CHURCH!!
$13.50 each
Sign up on the table in the narthex or call the church office.
Pay in the office or put your payment in the offering plate, but make sure it is CLEARLY MARKED "For POINSETTIA".
You can take them home with you after worship on Christmas Day!
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PROJECTIONISTS STILL NEEDED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THESE DATES!!!!
Sun, Dec 6-
Sun, Dec. 20-
Christmas Eve 7pm-
Jan 2-
Jan 3-
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OFFERING ENVELOPES ARE ON A TABLE IN THE NARTHEX!!!
If you are a confirmed member of St. John's you have offering envelopes! Take them home! Put money in them! And Bring them back as your offering to the Lord!
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NEXT BUILDING MEETING WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 AT 7PM!!
At our meeting last night we went through quite a few concerns and how to proceed to the next step.
Before the next meeting Elmer Wind is going to put together a few different master plans for us to review and discuss. Once we get a master plan decided on by the majority of the people in attendance at the next meeting we will then bring it to a special voter's meeting and have the voters approve it. After the master plan has been approved we will move on to developing a finance committee that will research and plan exactly how much of the master plan we can afford to build at the current time. Once that is accomplished we will go to the voters assembly again to approve the building of what we can afford. After that we will make plans to begin the building process.
I'm getting excited as I continue to see progress. I see the wheels turning slowly and the rudder is moving this whole big ship!
St. John's is growing rapidly and is in need of upgrades to the current structure as well as more space! That' is what we are working on accomplishing in the very near future! Thanks be to God!
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THE GARMS FAMILY SINGERS WILL BE HERE FOR A CHRISTMAS CONCERT ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 AT 6PM!!!
At our meeting last night we went through quite a few concerns and how to proceed to the next step.
Before the next meeting Elmer Wind is going to put together a few different master plans for us to review and discuss. Once we get a master plan decided on by the majority of the people in attendance at the next meeting we will then bring it to a special voter's meeting and have the voters approve it. After the master plan has been approved we will move on to developing a finance committee that will research and plan exactly how much of the master plan we can afford to build at the current time. Once that is accomplished we will go to the voters assembly again to approve the building of what we can afford. After that we will make plans to begin the building process.
I'm getting excited as I continue to see progress. I see the wheels turning slowly and the rudder is moving this whole big ship!
St. John's is growing rapidly and is in need of upgrades to the current structure as well as more space! That' is what we are working on accomplishing in the very near future! Thanks be to God!
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THE GARMS FAMILY SINGERS WILL BE HERE FOR A CHRISTMAS CONCERT ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 AT 6PM!!!
They are a wonderfully talented family who use their God-given abilities to honor him and bring entertainment to churches all around the USA. Please mark your calendars and make every effort to be there. You won't be disappointed.
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LADIES AID IS SELLING CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR $5 a BOX!!
Once they're gone, that's it. There won't be another order when they run out! Get them today! They're in the basement and you can give money to whoever is in the office.
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PLEASE ORDER SCRIP !!!!!
A NEW AND EASY FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY!!!
The order forms are on the table in the narthex! Just about every store that you can think of is on the list! Use the cards just like you would use a debit/credit card and help St. John's make A LOT of money
Place your order, along with your check, made payable to St. Johns, in the "Bob the Builder" box.
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OPERATION BACKPACK FOR DECEMBER IS CANNED SOUP AND RAMEN NOODLES!!!
Please help feed the less fortunate kids in Warrenton and Warren County, all of whom get two meals at school during the school week, but go hungry on weekends.
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UNMARKED BLUE ENVELOPE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GOING TO THE BUILDING EXPANSION PROGRAM
If you'd like it to go to the DCE fund you need to mark it for that! Please make sure you mark the ENVELOPE clearly for the DCE PROGRAM!
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DO YOU HAVE A KROGER CARD? ENROLL IT IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM!!!
Register it online www.krogercommunityrewards.com and have it swiped each time you shop to earn money for Little Lambs.
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UNMARKED BLUE ENVELOPE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GOING TO THE BUILDING EXPANSION PROGRAM
If you'd like it to go to the DCE fund you need to mark it for that! Please make sure you mark the ENVELOPE clearly for the DCE PROGRAM!
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DO YOU HAVE A KROGER CARD? ENROLL IT IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM!!!
Register it online www.krogercommunityrewards.com and have it swiped each time you shop to earn money for Little Lambs.
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GENERAL PRAYERS:
For DAVE CALLIES as he had a bad accident with his table saw Monday and cut off his thumb and badly cut two other fingers. Surgeons were able to reattach his thumb and repair his fingers, but he is in a lot of pain and will have a long road of recovery. He is at home recovering.
For CAL TAMELER as he is dealing with many complications and struggles with his eye.
For DAVE AND CAROL KOHRS, who have moved to their daughter and son in law's home in St. Charles as they are unable to care for themselves safely at their own home, and as Dave seems to be failing in health rather quickly.
For the FAMILY OF DIANNNE HANCE as they mourn her loss and celebrate her resurrection to eternal life Thursday.
For DAVE WINTER as he awaits an important test to identify troubling results from a prostate exam.
For DON PANHORST who is recovering from his third round of chemo that he received yesterday.
For DONNNA LINDSEY'S DAD, as he has been moved to Lincoln County Nursing and Rehab to recover from kidney troubles.
For KARIN KLAUSTERMEIER as she recovers from her hysterectomy.
For MARIANNE LINKE, who has been moved to Warrenton Manor and is receiving treatment and antibiotics for a very stubborn infection.
For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is in the Czech Republic to continue her mission work.
For WILMA WEIGLE as she continues to deal with the after effects of a severe stroke almost two years ago.
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From Denise Schlesselmann: November newsletter
Hello all,
It is technically December 2 here but most of you will receive this December 1 which almost makes the deadline of the end of November. I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving. Thanks for taking the time to read my newsletter!
Denise
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