Daily Email: Thursday, November 30, 2017

DEVOTION:  Mark 11:1-10English Standard Version (ESV)

The Triumphal Entry

11 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus[a] sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.'"And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?" And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"

 

I know what you're thinking.  "Isn't this the Palm Sunday gospel reading?  Why is it here at the beginning of Advent?"  The answer is simple.  Palm Sunday marks the entering of Jesus into Jerusalem on holy week to destroy sin and death forever on the cross, and we are marking the entrance of Jesus into our hearts and lives to turn us and transform us into his people and to destroy the sin in our own lives and keep us from eternal death. 

            The people in Jerusalem that Sunday were excited, because Jesus was coming and they were expecting him to do great things in their city.  He had raised Lazarus from the dead, healed the blind and lame, and fed 5,000 men plus women and children with five loaves and two fish.  What was he going to do in this holiest of cities? 

            Although they didn't recognize it right away, he did far more than heal a few people, raise one person from the dead, and feed them fish and bread.  He destroyed death, and the power of the devil and hell forever!  He finished his perfect course of life here on earth, the life that we couldn't live, and then he took our death upon himself, suffered hell, and rose again from that death so that we wouldn't die!  He swallowed up death forever!

            Rejoice in Christ today!  Sing hosanna to His name!  Make known among the nations what he has done!  See!  Your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, riding on a donkey's colt,  riding to his death, riding to his victory!  Hosanna!  Alleluia! 

Prayer: Lord, thank you for riding into Jerusalem that day!  Thank you for knowing us as we truly are, sinners deserving hell, and dying for us anyway.  Thank you for loving us!  Thank you for adventing to earth to save us!  Amen.

 

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CALENDAR:

Thurs- Confirmation make up 6; Karate 6:15

Sat- Highway clean up 10:30am; Worship- 5pm

Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Adult Bible class and Sunday school 9:45; Decorating church for Christmas noon

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WORSHIP WORKERS: 

Acolyte- 8:30- Jared Cluver; 11- Cameron Faerber

 

Ushers- Rich Boeger, Don Hance, Don Tate, Doug Walters

 

Altar- Set up- Ruth Walters; Clean Up- Sandy Robine

 

Elder- Sat- Roy Bohning; 8:30- Jason Cluver; 11- Al Benton
 
Greeters- 8:30- Rich and Peggy Talbert; 11- ???

Lay Reader- Sat- Sandra Perricone; 8:30- Jennifer Figura; 11- Loren Howard

 

Pianist Sat- Barb Dreyer; Sun 11- Molly Hendershot

 

Organist- Barb Dreyer


Projectionist- Sat- Toni Mauch; 8:30- Erv Yoder; 11- Savannah Masters


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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:  Who was Silas?  Eminent member of the early Christian church. Residing at Jerusalem as teacher, but accompanied Paul on his tours and was his fellow prisoner at Philippi.  Said to be bishop of Corinth.  Acts 15,17,and 18.  2 Cor. 1   1 Thess. 1.  Thanks Don!

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TODAY'S QUIZ: Who was Apollos?

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NEWS:

CHRISTMAS DECORATING AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY!!!  Be there at noon to help!  I will get pizza for everyone who shows up!

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SCRIP ORDERS ARE DUE NEXT MONDAY, DECEMBER 4! 

Get all those Christmas gift cards bought and help out your church at the same time!!  Get order forms on the counter in the narthex, or from the church office!

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SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM SPECIAL PRACTICES ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:

Friday, Dec. 8 5:30-8pm

Sat, Dec. 16,  9-Noon

 

All parents and kids should plan on being there for these practices!  VERY IMPORTANT STUFF!

 

THE PROGRAM WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20 at 6:30 during our regular midweek Advent service!!

If you would like your children to be in the program, they need to be at Sunday school! 

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SIGN UP SHEET TO BUY A POINSETTIA FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND DAY IS ON THE COUNTER IN THE NARTHEX!  COST IS $13.50

It is a wonderful way to honor the memory of someone or just someone you love!

________________________________________________________________________

LITTLE LAMBS IS SELLING CANDY BARS AND COULD USE YOUR HELP!

If you'd like to help sell a box or two of candy bars as a fundraiser for Little Lambs preschool.  Let Terry or one of the preschool ladies know.  They'll hook you up right quick!

__________________________________________________________________

OUR FIRST ADVENT DINNER WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 AT 5:30!

All in elder groups 1-3 are responsible for bringing either a side dish or salad and a dessert!  Fried chicken will be the main course for all three meals!  Worship will begin at 6:30!  We'll hear different voices proclaim the coming of Jesus!  Zechariah (The Benedictus), Gabriel (the announcement to Mary), and Mary (the Magnificat) will proclaim the birth long foretold!

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LADIES AID CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE AT DENNY'S ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 AT NOON!

Please sign up on the sign up sheet on the counter in the narthex or call Terry to rsvp!

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VOTER'S MEETING RESULTS FROM LAST SUNDAY

  1. The voters nominated President Lee Hagan for district president and VP Ron Rall for another term.
  2. The voters voted to keep the same mission project, Rev.. Micah and Dorothy Glenn in North County, for 2018.
  3. Larry Schulze, Jim McRae, and Teresa Brockfeld all volunteered to be on the board of trustees!  Thank you to these three volunteers!
  4. We are still in need of two board members for the board of education, and four members for the board of elders. 
  5. The voters approved the budget for 2018.  Thanks to Alan Hofeldt for putting it together.
  6. Since we continuously have trouble filling our boards and committees and since things could be done a whole lot better and more efficiently with a different structure, the voters approved the appointing of a task force to study changes to our governance structure so that we can tap into all the unused potential, so that people who want to do good in the congregation don't have to commit to boards and committees for 9 years, and so that the work of the church can be disbursed among those who actually want to do it!  PRAISE THE LORD!!
  7. The voters approved changing the overflow accordion door to a permanent wall with doors and windows in it to convert the overflow to a cry room.
  8. The voter's also approved a budget of $450,000 for our building project so that we can move forward with hiring an architect.

 

As you can see, a lot is getting done in and around St. John's.  It may be slow going at times, but God is definitely moving!  I'm excited to see what God has in store for 2018!!  It's gonna be a great year watching A LOT of people come to Christ and become members of St. John's!  If you'd like to volunteer for our task force to look into structure changes, please reply to this email.  Please look for lots of wonderful stuff to be happening in the near future, and PRAY, PRAY, PRAY for St. John's that we can grow in making disciples in, out and together!!

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SUNDAY SCHOOL MEMORY VERSE IS: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne."

_________________________________________________________________________

DO YOU HAVE A THRIVENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OR POLICY?

You may be eligible to receive money for Little Lambs or Good Shepherd!!  Go to www.thrivent.com/choicedollars to check it out!

________________________________________________________________________________

OPERATION BACKPACK DONATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SNACKS AND PACKETS OF OATMEAL.

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PRAYERS: 

For our CHURCH, as we begin to make some big changes to both our governance structure and our building, and as we move forward to make disciples of all nations. 

 

For JIM HUSTER, who is hospitalized with internal bleeding in his leg.

 

For JENNIFER RAHN, who is recovering from heart valve replacement surgery at home.  

 

For LINDA CALLIES, who is recovering from infection at home.

 

For GEORGE HOELSCHER, BUCK HAMPTON, DENISE HOOKER (betty Tameler's daughter) as they continue to deal with cancer. 

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 PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For COLTON FIGURA deployed to Turkey, SAM HARGROVE deployed in Kuwait and DAN DREYER deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, that the Lord would keep them safe from harm during their service and bring them home safely.

 

For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee.  That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.

 

For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their lives, jobs, and families to go on duty several times a year.

 

 

 

 

Daily Email: Wednesday, November 29, 2017

DEVOTION: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9  English Standard Version (ESV)

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

I know we just celebrated Thanksgiving, but have you thanked God lately for all of those Christians around you who strengthen your faith simply because of the grace God gave to him or her? Have you told those people that you have thanked him for them? 

            Our Lord indeed does put people in our lives to strengthen our faith and to be examples to us of what a person of faith should look like.  That is why he put us in communities called churches and didn't leave us as individuals to flounder on our own.  That is why he put twelve disciples together to be together as a family in Christ.  That is why the first church gathered together daily to study the Scriptures, to have meals together, to care for each other's needs, and to pray for each other.  We are meant by God to be in community, to be in church!

            So I just want to say how thankful I am for you today.  You are my friends, my fellow church members, and my brothers and sisters in Christ.  I don't thank God enough for you, but today, because of His Word in my heart, I thank Him for you and all you have done for me and my family.  I thank you for the good example of faith you have been to me.  I thank you for caring for my needs and the needs of my family.  I thank you for praying for me.  I thank you for being my brothers and sisters in Christ.  THANK YOU, GOD, FOR MY CHURCH FAMILY, AND THE FAITH YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THEM!  AMEN.

 

 

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CALENDAR:

Wed- Ladies Aid cleaning of the sanctuary 9:30; Oak Pointe Worship 10:30, Stephen Ministry 6; Choir 7

Thurs- Confirmation make up 6; Karate 6:15

Sat- Worship- 5pm

Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Adult Bible class and Sunday school 9:45; Decorating church for Christmas noon

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RSHIP WORKERS: 

Acolyte- 8:30- Jared Cluver; 11- Cameron Faerber

 

Ushers- Rich Boeger, Don Hance, Don Tate, Doug Walters

 

Altar- Set up- Ruth Walters; Clean Up- Sandy Robine

 

Elder- Sat- Roy Bohning; 8:30- Jason Cluver; 11- Al Benton
 
Greeters- 8:30- Rich and Peggy Talbert; 11- ???

Lay Reader- Sat- Sandra Perricone; 8:30- Jennifer Figura; 11- Loren Howard

 

Pianist Sat- Barb Dreyer; Sun 11- Molly Hendershot

 

Organist- Barb Dreyer


Projectionist- Sat- Toni Mauch; 8:30- Erv Yoder; 11- Savannah Masters


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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:  

Where was Timothy a pastor? Ephesus

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TODAY'S QUIZ: Who was Silas?

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NEWS:

LADIES CLEANING THE SANCTUARY TODAY AT 9:30!!

Come and join the ladies as they get the sanctuary ready for this Advent and Christmas Season!

CHRISTMAS DECORATING AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY!!!  Be there at noon to help!  I will get pizza for everyone who shows up!

_____________________________________________________________________________

SCRIP ORDERS ARE DUE NEXT MONDAY, DECEMBER 4! 

Get all those Christmas gifts cards bought and help out your church at the same time!!  Get order forms on the counter in the narthex, or from the church office!

________________________________________________________________________

SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM PRESENTATION WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20 at 6:30!!

If you would like your children to be in the program, they need to be at Sunday school! 

_____________________________________________________

SIGN UP SHEET TO BUY A POINSETTIA FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND DAY IS ON THE COUNTER IN THE NARTHEX!  COST IS $13.50

It is a wonderful way to honor the memory of someone or just someone you love!

________________________________________________________________________

LITTLE LAMBS IS SELLING CANDY BARS AND COULD USE YOUR HELP!

If you'd like to help sell a box or two of candy bars as a fundraiser for Little Lambs preschool.  Let Terry or one of the preschool ladies know.  They'll hook you up right quick!

__________________________________________________________________

OUR FIRST ADVENT DINNER WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 AT 5:30!

All in elder groups 1-3 are responsible for bringing either a side dish or salad and a dessert!  Fried chicken will be the main course for all three meals!  Worship will begin at 6:30!  We'll hear different voices proclaim the coming of Jesus!  Zechariah (The Benedictus), Gabriel (the announcement to Mary), and Mary (the Magnificat) will proclaim the birth long foretold!

_______________________________________________________________

LADIES AID CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE AT DENNY'S ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 AT NOON!

Please sign up on the sign up sheet on the counter in the narthex or call Terry to rsvp!

_________________________________________________________________________________

VOTER'S MEETING RESULTS FROM LAST SUNDAY

  1. The voters nominated President Lee Hagan for district president and VP Ron Rall for another term.
  2. The voters voted to keep the same mission project, Rev.. Micah and Dorothy Glenn in North County, for 2018.
  3. Larry Schulze, Jim McRae, and Teresa Brockfeld all volunteered to be on the board of trustees!  Thank you to these three volunteers!
  4. We are still in need of two board members for the board of education, and four members for the board of elders. 
  5. The voters approved the budget for 2018.  Thanks to Alan Hofeldt for putting it together.
  6. Since we continuously have trouble filling our boards and committees and since things could be done a whole lot better and more efficiently with a different structure, the voters approved the appointing of a task force to study changes to our governance structure so that we can tap into all the unused potential, so that people who want to do good in the congregation don't have to commit to boards and committees for 9 years, and so that the work of the church can be disbursed among those who actually want to do it!  PRAISE THE LORD!!
  7. The voters approved changing the overflow accordion door to a permanent wall with doors and windows in it to convert the overflow to a cry room.
  8. The voter's also approved a budget of $450,000 for our building project so that we can move forward with hiring an architect.

 

As you can see, a lot is getting done in and around St. John's.  It may be slow going at times, but God is definitely moving!  I'm excited to see what God has in store for 2018!!  It's gonna be a great year watching A LOT of people come to Christ and become members of St. John's!  If you'd like to volunteer for our task force to look into structure changes, please reply to this email.  Please look for lots of wonderful stuff to be happening in the near future, and PRAY, PRAY, PRAY for St. John's that we can grow in making disciples in, out and together!!

_______________________________________________________________________________

SUNDAY SCHOOL MEMORY VERSE IS: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne."

_________________________________________________________________________

DO YOU HAVE A THRIVENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OR POLICY?

You may be eligible to receive money for Little Lambs or Good Shepherd!!  Go to www.thrivent.com/choicedollars to check it out!

________________________________________________________________________________

OPERATION BACKPACK DONATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SNACKS AND PACKETS OF OATMEAL.

____________________________________________________________________________________

PRAYERS: 

For our CHURCH, as we begin to make some big changes to both our governance structure and our building, and as we move forward to make disciples of all nations. 

 

For JIM HUSTER, who is hospitalized with internal bleeding in his leg.

 

For JENNIFER RAHN, who is recovering from heart valve replacement surgery at home.  

 

For LINDA CALLIES, who is recovering from infection at home.

 

For GEORGE HOELSCHER, BUCK HAMPTON, DENISE HOOKER (betty Tameler's daughter) as they continue to deal with cancer. 

_________________________________________________________________________

 PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For COLTON FIGURA deployed to Turkey, SAM HARGROVE deployed in Kuwait and DAN DREYER deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, that the Lord would keep them safe from harm during their service and bring them home safely.

 

For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee.  That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.

 

For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their lives, jobs, and families to go on duty several times a year.

 

 

 

 

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Daily Email: Tuesday, November 28, 2017

DEVOTION:  Isaiah 64:1-9English Standard Version (ESV)

64 Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,
    that the mountains might quake at your presence—
[a] as when fire kindles brushwood
    and the fire causes water to boil—
to make your name known to your adversaries,
    and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
When you did awesome things that we did not look for,
    you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
From of old no one has heard
    or perceived by the ear,
no eye has seen a God besides you,
    who acts for those who wait for him.
You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,
    those who remember you in your ways.
Behold, you were angry, and we sinned;
    in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?[b]
We have all become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
We all fade like a leaf,
    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
There is no one who calls upon your name,
    who rouses himself to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
    and have made us melt in[c] the hand of our iniquities.

But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
    we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    we are all the work of your hand.
Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
    and remember not iniquity forever.
    Behold, please look, we are all your people.

At one time we both want Jesus to come back and don't want him to judge us.  Isaiah pleads with God to return.  He wants him to break open the sky and come down!  He wants everyone to see the mighty God that he is.  Then, in the next instant, he remembers that God may be angry because of his sins and the sins of the people.  

            We are no different than Isaiah.  We definitely say, "Come quickly Lord Jesus!", but we also say, "Please don't be angry with us, Jesus.  We have sinned and we are sorry."  It is definitely a good thing that we are indeed ready for Jesus to return, because He has made us ready.  Through his death on the cross and resurrection from the dead, and through his sending of the Holy Spirit into our hearts and lives, we have been made ready.  We have been washed clean of our sins through our baptisms.  As we hear his Word of law we are called to repentance and as we hear his Word of Gospel we are comforted and relieved.  We are certainly ready, and being made ready each and every day!  

            Advent is fast approaching, Christmas will be here before we even blink.  The day of the Lord will come like a thief as well!  Be ready!  Pray to the Lord Jesus to make you ready by whatever means he deems necessary.  Don't delay!  Get into Jesus and get Jesus into you TODAY!

 

Lord, "O that you would rend the heavens and come down!"  Do not be angry with us in our sinfulness, but save us by yoru mighty power, mercy, and grace.  Amen.

 

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CALENDAR:

Tues- Quilting 9-2

Wed- Ladies Aid cleaning of the sanctuary 9:30; Oak Pointe Worship 10:30, Stephen Ministry 6; Choir 7

Thurs- Confirmation make up 6; Karate 6:15

Sat- Worship- 5pm

Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Adult Bible class and Sunday school 9:45; Decorating church for Christmas noon

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RSHIP WORKERS: 

Acolyte- 8:30- Jared Cluver; 11- Cameron Faerber

 

Ushers- Rich Boeger, Don Hance, Don Tate, Doug Walters

 

Altar- Set up- Ruth Walters; Clean Up- Sandy Robine

 

Elder- Sat- Roy Bohning; 8:30- Jason Cluver; 11- Al Benton
 
Greeters- 8:30- Rich and Peggy Talbert; 11- ???

Lay Reader- Sat- Sandra Perricone; 8:30- Jennifer Figura; 11- Loren Howard

 

Pianist Sat- Barb Dreyer; Sun 11- Molly Hendershot

 

Organist- Barb Dreyer


Projectionist- Sat- Toni Mauch; 8:30- Erv Yoder; 11- Savannah Masters


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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:  

Who was Barnabas? A convert of Cyprus and a companion of Paul  Acts chapters 4, 9, 11,and 15.  (Thanks Don)

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TODAY'S QUIZ: Where was Timothy a pastor?

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NEWS:

LADIES CLEANING THE SANCTUARY THIS WEDNESDAY AT 9:30!!

Come and join the ladies as they get the sanctuary ready for this Advent and Christmas Season!

CHRISTMAS DECORATING AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY!!!  Be there at noon to help!  I will get pizza for everyone who shows up!

_____________________________________________________________________________

SCRIP ORDERS ARE DUE NEXT MONDAY, DECEMBER 4! 

Get all those Christmas gifts cards bought and help out your church at the same time!!  Get order forms on the counter in the narthex, or from the church office!

________________________________________________________________________

SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM PRESENTATION WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20 at 6:30!!

If you would like your children to be in the program, they need to be at Sunday school! 

_____________________________________________________

SIGN UP SHEET TO BUY A POINSETTIA FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND DAY IS ON THE COUNTER IN THE NARTHEX!  COST IS $13.50

It is a wonderful way to honor the memory of someone or just someone you love!

________________________________________________________________________

LITTLE LAMBS IS SELLING CANDY BARS AND COULD USE YOUR HELP!

If you'd like to help sell a box or two of candy bars as a fundraiser for Little Lambs preschool.  Let Terry or one of the preschool ladies know.  They'll hook you up right quick!

__________________________________________________________________

OUR FIRST ADVENT DINNER WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 AT 5:30!

All in elder groups 1-3 are responsible for bringing either a side dish or salad and a dessert!  Fried chicken will be the main course for all three meals!  Worship will begin at 6:30!  We'll hear different voices proclaim the coming of Jesus!  Zechariah (The Benedictus), Gabriel (the announcement to Mary), and Mary (the Magnificat) will proclaim the birth long foretold!

_______________________________________________________________

LADIES AID CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE AT DENNY'S ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 AT NOON!

Please sign up on the sign up sheet on the counter in the narthex or call Terry to rsvp!

_________________________________________________________________________________

VOTER'S MEETING RESULTS FROM LAST SUNDAY

  1. The voters nominated President Lee Hagan for district president and VP Ron Rall for another term.
  2. The voters voted to keep the same mission project, Rev.. Micah and Dorothy Glenn in North County, for 2018.
  3. Larry Schulze, Jim McRae, and Teresa Brockfeld all volunteered to be on the board of trustees!  Thank you to these three volunteers!
  4. We are still in need of two board members for the board of education, and four members for the board of elders. 
  5. The voters approved the budget for 2018.  Thanks to Alan Hofeldt for putting it together.
  6. Since we continuously have trouble filling our boards and committees and since things could be done a whole lot better and more efficiently with a different structure, the voters approved the appointing of a task force to study changes to our governance structure so that we can tap into all the unused potential, so that people who want to do good in the congregation don't have to commit to boards and committees for 9 years, and so that the work of the church can be disbursed among those who actually want to do it!  PRAISE THE LORD!!
  7. The voters approved changing the overflow accordion door to a permanent wall with doors and windows in it to convert the overflow to a cry room.
  8. The voter's also approved a budget of $450,000 for our building project so that we can move forward with hiring an architect.

 

As you can see, a lot is getting done in and around St. John's.  It may be slow going at times, but God is definitely moving!  I'm excited to see what God has in store for 2018!!  It's gonna be a great year watching A LOT of people come to Christ and become members of St. John's!  If you'd like to volunteer for our task force to look into structure changes, please reply to this email.  Please look for lots of wonderful stuff to be happening in the near future, and PRAY, PRAY, PRAY for St. John's that we can grow in making disciples in, out and together!!

_______________________________________________________________________________

SUNDAY SCHOOL MEMORY VERSE IS: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne."

_________________________________________________________________________

DO YOU HAVE A THRIVENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OR POLICY?

You may be eligible to receive money for Little Lambs or Good Shepherd!!  Go to www.thrivent.com/choicedollars to check it out!

________________________________________________________________________________

OPERATION BACKPACK DONATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SNACKS AND PACKETS OF OATMEAL.

____________________________________________________________________________________

PRAYERS: 

For our CHURCH, as we begin to make some big changes to both our governance structure and our building, and as we move forward to make disciples of all nations. 

 

For JIM HUSTER, who is hospitalized with internal bleeding in his leg.

 

For JENNIFER RAHN, who is recovering from heart valve replacement surgery at home.  

 

For LINDA CALLIES, who is recovering from infection at home.

 

For GEORGE HOELSCHER, BUCK HAMPTON, DENISE HOOKER (betty Tameler's daughter) as they continue to deal with cancer. 

_________________________________________________________________________

 PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For COLTON FIGURA deployed to Turkey, SAM HARGROVE deployed in Kuwait and DAN DREYER deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, that the Lord would keep them safe from harm during their service and bring them home safely.

 

For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee.  That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.

 

For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their lives, jobs, and families to go on duty several times a year.