DEVOTION: Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it." "I cannot do it," Joseph replied to Pharaoh, "but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires." The Story, pg. 33
We often think that our abilities, whatever they may be, are ours because we have earned them or we have worked on them. But this is never the case. Every gift, every ability, everything that we get praised for is a gift from God and we should always treat it as such.
Joseph had an excellent response when Pharaoh asked him to interpret his dream. Joseph knew that it was God's doing throughout his life that got him to where he was. It was God that brought him from being sold as a slave by his brothers to being in charge of a whole nation of people.
What is God doing for you? Has he given you a special ability or talent? Are you especially good at listening? Do you like to work with your hands? Are you a good singer or reader? Are you a leader? How does God want you to use these things to His glory?
The best thing about using these gifts is the satisfaction and joy you get from using them to His glory. Try it today. See how it goes!
Prayer: Lord God help me to always acknowledge that you are the one who is working through my gifts. Amen.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MONDAY'S QUIZ: What did Joseph's brothers do to lie to their father and make him think Joseph was dead? They took Joseph's coat of many colors, slaughter a goat, and put the goat's blood on the coat. They then pretended that it was Joseph's blood and that a wild animal had killed him.
Sandy Robine was first to answer. Thanks Sandy
________________________________________________________________________
TUESDAY'S QUIZ: What did Joseph do right before he revealed himself to his brothers when they came begging for food?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Tues- Quilters 9-2; Bible Study 11:30-12:15; Council meeting 7pm
Wed- Choir 7pm
Fri- Assemble newsletter 9am
Sat- The Story Chapter 3 Study 4pm; worship 5pm
Sun- worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school and Adult Bible class on The Story Ch. 3 9:45; High School Bible Study at Imo's 5pm
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND
Acolytes- 8:30- Austin Heitgerd; 11- Zack Hoelscher
Altar guild- Set up Marilyn Foster and Sue Ruhl; Clean up- Lois Boeger
Greeters- 8:30- Don Nolte; 11- Mike and Naomi Johnson
Elders- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Rich Talbert; 11- Jim Rahn
Lay Readers- Sat- John Hachtel; Sun- Alan Hofeldt
Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Ushers- Scott Heitgerd, Tom Linke, Alex Heitgerd, Bob Linke
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEWS:
THE STORY: CHAPTER 3 "Joseph, From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh"
Learn all about the amazing story of Joseph and how God used him and his trials to bring about salvation for His people.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT 7PM!!!
Agendas are in the mailboxes of all of our officers and chairpersons.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 BEGINNING AT 6PM!!
Tickets are on sale in the narthex before and after worship or you can call the church office during the week to get yours! Come and enjoy a wonderful time, wonderful food, and get lots of good deals and on stuff that you will really use and need!!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
TRIVIA NIGHT THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 STARTING AT 6PM!!!
Form a team of eight and call Marilyn in the office to sign up or just come by yourself and we will add you to a team!! Cost is $5 per adult and $2.50 for kids 18 and younger. Bring your own snack and beverages.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
WORK DAY THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 BEGINNING AT 8AM!
To connect the new lighting fixtures in the preschool room, and to work on a few other odds and ends that need to get done.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
HELP FOR PARENTS TO GUIDE THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH THE STORY
A big part of The Story experience is that the whole family grows together in it as each person in the family reads it, you will all literally be on the same page. yet, it may be hard to get discussion going or to help you get started together. Are you looking for a way to connect with your kids as they and you read The Story together? There's help!
If you click the link below you will find parent pages for all age groups that you can use to connect with your kids at least once a week. Whenever your "together" time is, make it productive. It is a .pdf file of parent pages that goes from lesson one all the way through 31. Check it out and tell me what you think. I think they are excellent!!
https://assets1.mytrainsite.com/501196/the_story_parentpages_weeks1_31.pdf?r=1438
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEW BIBLE STUDY DAY AND TIME ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE
In order to give everyone a chance to participate fully in The Story we have added a Saturday afternoon Bible study at 4pm. This is especially good for those who normally attend worship on Saturday evening, but is for EVERYONE who wants to attend!!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
PRAYER REQUESTS: (If you have a prayer request please reply to this email or call me at 636-359-1061)
DAVE CALLIES, undergoing knee replacement surgery on TODAY.
JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, as he continues to deal with cancer in his lungs.
MARY AUBUCHON who is back home and recovering from pneumonia.
DONNA HEITGERD recovering at Scott and Lani Heitgerd's from a broken hip.
WILMA WEIGLE as she continues to recover from pneumonia and other complications due to brain surgery.
PAMELA, a friend of Kathy Fischer, who is suffering with a different types of cancer and is recovering from surgery.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "St. John's Group Email" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to stjohnswarrenton+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
We often think that our abilities, whatever they may be, are ours because we have earned them or we have worked on them. But this is never the case. Every gift, every ability, everything that we get praised for is a gift from God and we should always treat it as such.
Joseph had an excellent response when Pharaoh asked him to interpret his dream. Joseph knew that it was God's doing throughout his life that got him to where he was. It was God that brought him from being sold as a slave by his brothers to being in charge of a whole nation of people.
What is God doing for you? Has he given you a special ability or talent? Are you especially good at listening? Do you like to work with your hands? Are you a good singer or reader? Are you a leader? How does God want you to use these things to His glory?
The best thing about using these gifts is the satisfaction and joy you get from using them to His glory. Try it today. See how it goes!
Prayer: Lord God help me to always acknowledge that you are the one who is working through my gifts. Amen.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MONDAY'S QUIZ: What did Joseph's brothers do to lie to their father and make him think Joseph was dead? They took Joseph's coat of many colors, slaughter a goat, and put the goat's blood on the coat. They then pretended that it was Joseph's blood and that a wild animal had killed him.
Sandy Robine was first to answer. Thanks Sandy
________________________________________________________________________
TUESDAY'S QUIZ: What did Joseph do right before he revealed himself to his brothers when they came begging for food?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Tues- Quilters 9-2; Bible Study 11:30-12:15; Council meeting 7pm
Wed- Choir 7pm
Fri- Assemble newsletter 9am
Sat- The Story Chapter 3 Study 4pm; worship 5pm
Sun- worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school and Adult Bible class on The Story Ch. 3 9:45; High School Bible Study at Imo's 5pm
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND
Acolytes- 8:30- Austin Heitgerd; 11- Zack Hoelscher
Altar guild- Set up Marilyn Foster and Sue Ruhl; Clean up- Lois Boeger
Greeters- 8:30- Don Nolte; 11- Mike and Naomi Johnson
Elders- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Rich Talbert; 11- Jim Rahn
Lay Readers- Sat- John Hachtel; Sun- Alan Hofeldt
Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Ushers- Scott Heitgerd, Tom Linke, Alex Heitgerd, Bob Linke
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEWS:
THE STORY: CHAPTER 3 "Joseph, From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh"
Learn all about the amazing story of Joseph and how God used him and his trials to bring about salvation for His people.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT 7PM!!!
Agendas are in the mailboxes of all of our officers and chairpersons.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 BEGINNING AT 6PM!!
Tickets are on sale in the narthex before and after worship or you can call the church office during the week to get yours! Come and enjoy a wonderful time, wonderful food, and get lots of good deals and on stuff that you will really use and need!!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
TRIVIA NIGHT THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 STARTING AT 6PM!!!
Form a team of eight and call Marilyn in the office to sign up or just come by yourself and we will add you to a team!! Cost is $5 per adult and $2.50 for kids 18 and younger. Bring your own snack and beverages.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
WORK DAY THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 BEGINNING AT 8AM!
To connect the new lighting fixtures in the preschool room, and to work on a few other odds and ends that need to get done.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
HELP FOR PARENTS TO GUIDE THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH THE STORY
A big part of The Story experience is that the whole family grows together in it as each person in the family reads it, you will all literally be on the same page. yet, it may be hard to get discussion going or to help you get started together. Are you looking for a way to connect with your kids as they and you read The Story together? There's help!
If you click the link below you will find parent pages for all age groups that you can use to connect with your kids at least once a week. Whenever your "together" time is, make it productive. It is a .pdf file of parent pages that goes from lesson one all the way through 31. Check it out and tell me what you think. I think they are excellent!!
https://assets1.mytrainsite.com/501196/the_story_parentpages_weeks1_31.pdf?r=1438
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEW BIBLE STUDY DAY AND TIME ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE
In order to give everyone a chance to participate fully in The Story we have added a Saturday afternoon Bible study at 4pm. This is especially good for those who normally attend worship on Saturday evening, but is for EVERYONE who wants to attend!!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
PRAYER REQUESTS: (If you have a prayer request please reply to this email or call me at 636-359-1061)
DAVE CALLIES, undergoing knee replacement surgery on TODAY.
JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, as he continues to deal with cancer in his lungs.
MARY AUBUCHON who is back home and recovering from pneumonia.
DONNA HEITGERD recovering at Scott and Lani Heitgerd's from a broken hip.
WILMA WEIGLE as she continues to recover from pneumonia and other complications due to brain surgery.
PAMELA, a friend of Kathy Fischer, who is suffering with a different types of cancer and is recovering from surgery.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "St. John's Group Email" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to stjohnswarrenton+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "St. John's Group Email" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to stjohnswarrenton+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "St. John's Group Email" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to stjohnswarrenton+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.