Veteran's Support Group Meeting in Warrenton!!

A "support" group for soldiers has begun in Warrenton.  It is led by Pastor Gary Ellul, a former soldier himself, and focuses on healing for soldiers as they try to get back to and lead a somewhat "normal" civilian life.  Below are the details.  If you know someone who could benefit from something like this please forward it to them!

 

 

 

 

Warriors' Journey Home – Veteran's Healing Circle comes to our Community

Warriors' Journey Home is focused on the unseen wounds of war and military service – the moral injury and/or the soul wound. War/Combat places individuals in situations that compromise their personal values, ethics and morals. The moral injury occurs when; "The noble cause for which I signed up for is compromised."

 

Warrior's Journey Home provides a safe place and honors all beliefs. We do not question a person telling their story, but rather we listen without judgment, criticism, advice, diagnosis, platitudes or sympathy. The stories of Warrior's Journey Home members are listened to with compassion – which means to 'suffer/experience with' the person who is speaking.

 

The civilians/family members and friends are The People of Strong Heart who have their own need to speak their truth on how military service has impacted them and their family. What part did the civilians play (People of Strong Heart) and how do we provide reconciliation and forgiveness?

 

We are a soul, embodied soul, conditioned by the culture and time in which we are born, raised and will someday leave. Our life's experiences affect us in body and in spirit – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Dir. Sergio Leone. Perf. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach. PEA (Italy), United Artists (US & UK), 1966. Military service is all these things.

 

Healing from the invisible wounds or war is a process requiring patience, honesty, and companionship.

 

For all of our Veterans, our Warriors, and our People of Strong Heart who are or have been looking for a place to call home Warriors' Journey Home is coming to Warrenton. We will be gathering together on the 2^nd Sunday of the month at 2:00 pm at the Bridgeway Behavioral Health Center located at 1206 East Veterans Memorial Pkwy. For more information contact Dr. Gary J. Ellul at 636-224-1411

 

Daily Email: Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Zechariah 9:9-12 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Coming King of Zion

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
    righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
¹⁰ I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
    and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
    and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
    and from the River^[a] to the ends of the earth.
¹¹ As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
    I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
¹² Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
    today I declare that I will restore to you double.

 

https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.klaustermeier/videos/10155396796943803/

 

 

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CALENDAR:

Mon- Confirmation 5-6:15

Tues- Quilting 9-2; Council Meeting 7pm

Wed- Supper 5:30; Worship 6:30; Choir 7:15

Thurs- Karate 6:15-7:45

Sat- worship 5pm

Sun- worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45

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WORSHIP WORKERS: 

Acolyte- Wed- Nova Luebke; 8:30- Abby Vossen 11- Loren Howard

 

Ushers- Wed- Alan Hofeldt, Tim Linke, Gary Hoelscher, Ben Hoelscher; Sat- Don Tate; 8:30- Rich Talbert, Tom Linke, Don Hance, Kent Jacobsmeyer ; 11- Jason Figura

 

Altar- Wed candles- Don Hance; Sun- set up- Cheri' Hofeldt; Clean Up- Terry McKenzie

 

Communion assistant- Sat- Roy Bohning; 8:30- Rich Talbert, 11- Al Benton

Greeters- 8:30- Lew and Dianne Feldkamp; 11- Mike and Naomi Johnson

 

Projectionists- Sat- ???? (Perricones will be out of town); 8:30- Yoder 11- ????

Lay Readers- Sat- Roy Bohning; 8:30- Jacob Nagel 11- Karen Benton

 

Pianist- Sat- Molly Hendershot

 

Organist- Wed- Barb Dreyer; Sun- Ned Quest???

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ: 

Who was Gideon? The powerful warrior of Manasseh, and judge of Israel for 40 years. (Thanks Don!)

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TODAY'S QUIZ:  Who was Jotham?

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NEWS:

Worship from 3/8/18  Enjoy and Share!

 

https://youtu.be/7Cx5ZvLokqI

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ORDER YOUR EASTER LILLIES!!!

Easter is less than two weeks away!  Order your Easter lilies by signing up on the sheet in the narthex or calling Terry in the office at 456-2888. 

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LENTEN MIDWEEK SUPPER WEDNESDAY at 5:30 AND WORSHIP AT 6:30

 

Supper- Fried Chicken, Cheesy potatoes, salad, dessert

 

PLEASE EMAIL, TEXT, OR FACEBOOK MESSAGE YOUR SEVEN WORD GOSPELS TO ME BEFORE WORSHIP ON WEDNESDAY SO WE CAN HAVE THEM AT WORSHIP TIME!!

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SIGN UP FOR FAITH 5 TRAINING!!

Would you like to know how to better communicate the faith to your children?  Would you like your children and grandchildren to grow up being able to express their faith and having a more solid faith structure for themselves and their children?  Do you want to be closer to your children and your spouse?  Do you want to fulfill your purpose as a parents when it comes to the faith life of your children?  Well, then FAITH5 is for you!!  Training will begin the second Sunday after Easter, April 15 during the Sunday school time.  Please sign up on the sheet in the narthex (entry way of church) and plan on being there for six weeks as we grow together and grow our families in Christ!

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PREGNANCY OPTIONS CENTER BANQUET HELP NEEDED

If you want to help out the Pregnancy Option Center but don't have the funds to do so, there is another way to help.  Their major fundraising banquet is Thursday, April 5 and they are in need of servers and others to help in all different sorts of ways. There will be a training the day before if you can make it and I can get you the info on that after you volunteer.  You'll need to be there about 5 on Thursday, and we'd like you to wear black pants or skirt and white shirt/blouse so that you can be identified as a helper that night. 

 

Thanks in advance for being the great Christian folks you are!

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LITTLE LAMBS ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR!!! 

Call the church office to get registration forms.  Any questions, talk to Lisa Rausch or Karin Klaustermeier.

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RETIREMENT SEMINARS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 3 AND TUESDAY APRIL 24 AT 6PM!!

Denny Hagan from Eldercare Associates will be here on April 3 to talk about Identity protection and Asset preservation.  And then again on April 24 to talk about Social Security.  ICE CREAM WILL BE SERVED!! 

 

Please sign up on the counter in the narthex or call the church office to let us know you will be there. 

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OFFERING ENVELOPES ARE ON THE SHELVES UNDERNEATH THE CHURCH MAILBOXES IN THE NARTHEX IF YOU HAVEN'T PICKED THEM UP YET! 

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OUR LAST DIRECTORY (Last updated in August of 2016) has a lot of outdated phone numbers.  If your number has changed, please call the office 456-2888 and let Terry know!

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DUE TO SOME TROUBLES WITH OUR CHURCH EMAIL ADDRESS WE HAVE HAD TO GET A NEW ONE

Our new email address is sjwarrlutheran@gmail.com.  Please change it in your address books!!

 

Pastor's email, revklaus@hotmail.com will remain the same.

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LITTLE LAMBS IS STILL 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!

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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!

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OPERATION BACKPACK DONATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS CANNED VEGETABLES.

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PRAYERS: 

For TERESA SCOTT, as she will be hospitalized for the next two months undergoing chemotherapy and high does steroid treatments to reboot her immune system as it has been attacking her healthy organs and tissues.

 

For LIL WINTER who now has the flu.

 

For TONI MAUCH as she is recovering from her hip replacement. 

 

For BILL MCKENZIE, (Terry McKenzie's father in law), who is home from the hospital and has been placed on hospice.

 

For DENISE HOOKER (Betty Tameler's daughter),  GEORGE HOESCHER, GINA BOHNING (Roy Bohning's wife), and BUCK HAMPTON,  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.