DEVOTION: When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, "Seize him!" Bu the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could not pull it back. Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given by the man of God by the word of the Lord. The Story pp. 196-197
Sometimes God does things to make sure that we know who is in charge and even at times to reset the course of human events and/or to make people repent of their sins. Remember the exodus and the crossing of the Red Sea? Remember the anointing of David? Today we have another one of those instances jeroboam was going against the Lord, offering sacrifices at the high places, and God would have none of it, so he sent a prophet to speak out against the altar and against King Jeroboam. Jeroboam didn't like it so he pointed the guards toward the prophet and said "Seize him". As he did, he lost the use of his hand and as it says it "shriveled up". Along with that, the Lord struck that altar and smashed it to pieces. He did this to show the king who was really in charge and to get the king to turn back to him as he should have.
Has there ever been a time where God has stopped you in your tracks from doing something against Him? Have you ever suffered such severe consequences for your sin that you immediately turned away from that sin and turned back to God? We all have, and we almost always realize and recognize the hand of God in whatever happened.
Those times may be hard to go through. It may hurt or a little or even a lot to suffer the consequences of our sins here on this earth, but it is a whole lot better than suffering the eternal consequences we truly deserve. Today I urge you to thank the Lord for your suffering because suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope! And that hope will never disappoint us, because our hope is in Christ Jesus!
Prayer: Lord God, thank you for allowing me to suffer so that I may turn back to you and live forever. Amen.
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:
What famous queen came to see Solomon to gain some of his wisdom? The Queen of Sheba
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TWO GROUP TRAVEL EVENTS COMING UP THIS YEAR!!
October 4--A DAY IN ST. LOUIS-- We will tour places that are hidden gems in St. Louis
December 6-- CATHOLIC RECTORY IN HERMANN AND POSSIBLY A CHRISTMAS SHOW IN OSAGE BEACH
Let Marilyn know if you are interested in either of these trip so she can make definite plans.
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PASTOR NEEDS SPONSORS FOR HIS BIKE ACROSS KANSAS!!
I will be biking across part of Kansas, about 220 miles in all, on June 7-9 to raise money for Leadachild.org. Lead a Child is a LCMS recognized service organization that provides funding for kids to attend schools, many of them Christian schools, in third world countries. It has provided A LOT for ministries and missions to help kids who would otherwise have NO EDUCATION in places like Guatemala, Kenya, Uganda, Mexico, and many other places. Please consider supporting me so that we can continue to support children throughout the world! As of January 1, I am also on the board of directors for this organization.
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PRAYER REQUESTS: (If you have a prayer request please reply to this email or call me at 636-359-1061)
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Sometimes God does things to make sure that we know who is in charge and even at times to reset the course of human events and/or to make people repent of their sins. Remember the exodus and the crossing of the Red Sea? Remember the anointing of David? Today we have another one of those instances jeroboam was going against the Lord, offering sacrifices at the high places, and God would have none of it, so he sent a prophet to speak out against the altar and against King Jeroboam. Jeroboam didn't like it so he pointed the guards toward the prophet and said "Seize him". As he did, he lost the use of his hand and as it says it "shriveled up". Along with that, the Lord struck that altar and smashed it to pieces. He did this to show the king who was really in charge and to get the king to turn back to him as he should have.
Has there ever been a time where God has stopped you in your tracks from doing something against Him? Have you ever suffered such severe consequences for your sin that you immediately turned away from that sin and turned back to God? We all have, and we almost always realize and recognize the hand of God in whatever happened.
Those times may be hard to go through. It may hurt or a little or even a lot to suffer the consequences of our sins here on this earth, but it is a whole lot better than suffering the eternal consequences we truly deserve. Today I urge you to thank the Lord for your suffering because suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope! And that hope will never disappoint us, because our hope is in Christ Jesus!
Prayer: Lord God, thank you for allowing me to suffer so that I may turn back to you and live forever. Amen.
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:
What famous queen came to see Solomon to gain some of his wisdom? The Queen of Sheba
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TODAY'S QUIZ: Who did Rehoboam listen to the wise and learned men or his young friends when he asked for advice about how to deal with the Israelites?
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CALENDAR:
Mon- (No youth group this week. It will start next Monday at 6pm and it is for 7th-12th graders)
Tues- Quilters 9-2; Bible Study 11:30-12:15
Thurs- Pastor leaves at 2pm to go to Seward, NE for DCE intern meetings
Fri- Set up for Saturday's sales
Sat- Flea Market opens 7-1; Vendor Fair, Bake Sale, and Luncheon 9-3; Bible study 4pm; worship 5pm; Little Lamb's program 6pm
Sun- Worship 8:30; Sunday school and Bible Study 9:45; 8th GRADE CONFIRMATION 11am
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WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS WEEK
Acolytes- 8:30- Patrick Schaumberg 11- Sophie Tinnin
Altar guild- Set up- Terry McKenzie; Clean Up- Sandy Robine
Greeters- 8:30- Brett and Amanda Nordwald 11- Steve and Sandy Robine
Communion Assistants- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Rich Talbert; 11- Jim Rahn
Lay Readers- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Jo Fahrni; 11am- Jacob Nagel
8:30 Ushers- Don Hance, RIch Boeger, Don Weigle, Don Tate
Projectors- Sat- Terry McKenzie, 8:30- Julie Schaumberg, 11- ?????
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NEWS:
Sat- Flea Market opens 7-1; Vendor Fair, Bake Sale, and Luncheon 9-3; Bible study 4pm; worship 5pm; Little Lamb's program 6pm
Sun- Worship 8:30; Sunday school and Bible Study 9:45; 8th GRADE CONFIRMATION 11am
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WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS WEEK
Acolytes- 8:30- Patrick Schaumberg 11- Sophie Tinnin
Altar guild- Set up- Terry McKenzie; Clean Up- Sandy Robine
Greeters- 8:30- Brett and Amanda Nordwald 11- Steve and Sandy Robine
Communion Assistants- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Rich Talbert; 11- Jim Rahn
Lay Readers- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Jo Fahrni; 11am- Jacob Nagel
8:30 Ushers- Don Hance, RIch Boeger, Don Weigle, Don Tate
Projectors- Sat- Terry McKenzie, 8:30- Julie Schaumberg, 11- ?????
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NEWS:
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS THIS THURSDAY BEGINNING WITH BREAKFAST AT 6:30am. PRAYER SERVICE BEGINS AT 7am!
Service will be done by 7:45 at the latest. Come and enjoy some prayer time with fellow Christians!
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VENDOR FAIR AND TAILGATE SALE AND LADIES AID LUNCHEON AND BAKE SALE IS COMING SOON!! SATURDAY, MAY 3, 7am-2pm
Reserve an inside vendor table for $20 or a tailgate space for $10 by filling out a registration form in the church office. Inside tables will not be reserved until forms are filled out and paid for. First come first served!!
Reserve an inside vendor table for $20 or a tailgate space for $10 by filling out a registration form in the church office. Inside tables will not be reserved until forms are filled out and paid for. First come first served!!
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TWELVE 8th GRADERS CONFIRMED THEIR FAITH YESTERDAY!!
I will have video of them reading their essays and being confirmed later on today.
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TRUSTEES HAVE SCHEDULED A WORK DAY FOR SATURDAY, MAY 17!!!
List of projects:
1. finishing trim on front door
2. Fixing partition between overflow and sanctuary
3. Addressing drainage issues
4. Painting
5. Other
They have also established a volunteer list. Id you wish to tackle a project at another time, see the list posted on the bulletin board across from church office.
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T-SHIRTS FOR SALE!!!
Wonderful blaze orange t-shirts are for sale for $10 a piece to help support our board of outreach and evangelism's efforts and to raise money to provide for those in need. Pick up your size today and put your $10 in the box provided!!! They are located in the narthex (entry way) of church upstairs.
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THE STORY: CHAPTER 14 "A Kingdom Torn in Two" IS THIS WEEK!!!
We are back at it and won't have another break for quite some time so get to reading and studying!! Read it and learn about how King Rehoboam, because of his harshness and wickedness against the people, caused a civil war and caused the kingdom to be split in two.
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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER!!
OK...The list is COMPLETE for the National Day of Prayer Breakfast!!!!
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH, ONCE AGAIN!
Any questions, PLEASE CONTACT SANDY ROBINE DIRECT AT 636-456-4147 OR EMAIL SANDY ROBINE AT snsrobine@centurytel.netThank you all so much for helping to make this National Day of Prayer Breakfast such a special day for all of us in the community. Hope to see many of you there that day, May 1 at 6:30 AM. It should be easy, now that we all are in "practice" making it to our Easter morning worship at 6:30!!For maximum freshnessPlease bring your donated to the items ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th, 2014Please put them in the church kitchen on the island or in the refrigeratorPLEASE clearly mark your items "FOR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER BREAKFAST"so the prayer breakfast items don't get mixed up with the Ladies Aid items for their eventI will be setting up on Wednesday (early evening) in the overflow area of the church.The donated items are as follows:ORANGE JUICE 1 GALLON Donated by Don & Wanda TurnureMILK 1 GALLON Donated by Dave & Lil Winter1/2 & 1/2 1 QUART Donated by Steve & Sandy RobineMUFFINS 3 DOZEN TOTAL 1 Dozen donated by Terry & Lynn Russell2 Dozen donated by Walt & Betty SchirrDONUTS 3 DOZEN Donated by Doug & Ruth WaltersFRUIT YOGURT 6 individual containers Donated by Dave & Linda Callies(variety - some Low Fat)BANANAS 8 TOTAL 4 Donated by Mim Dunn4 Donated by Molly HendershotBAGELS (variety) 1 DOZEN Donated by Terry McKenzieCREAM CHEESE 1 CONTAINER Donated by Terry McKenzieI CAN'T BELIEVEIT'S NOT BUTTER 2 CONTAINERS 1 Donated by Terry McKenzie1 Donated by Elaine SchauerENGLISH MUFFINS 1 DOZEN (PLAIN) 1 Dozen plain donated by Denise SchlesselmanFRUIT PRESERVES 3 JARS 1 JAR Strawberry & 1 JAR Grape donated by John & Joanne Hachtel1 JAR "NO SUGAR" Apricot donated by Lil & Dave WinterHARD BOILED EGGS 2 DOZEN 1 Dozen donated by Ken & Marilyn Foster1 Dozen leftover from Easter breakfast - Marilyn will boil both dozen.Thanks again so very much to each and every one of you!
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JUST A FEW SPACES LEFT IN THE THREE YEAR OLD LITTLE LAMBS CLASS FOR NEXT YEAR!!
JUST A FEW SPACES LEFT IN THE THREE YEAR OLD LITTLE LAMBS CLASS FOR NEXT YEAR!!
The four year old class is full and there is a waiting list that people can get on if they wish.
The three year old class still has several spaces available. If you know of someone or you would like to get your own child in to this class please call the church office asap!!!
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TWO GROUP TRAVEL EVENTS COMING UP THIS YEAR!!
October 4--A DAY IN ST. LOUIS-- We will tour places that are hidden gems in St. Louis
December 6-- CATHOLIC RECTORY IN HERMANN AND POSSIBLY A CHRISTMAS SHOW IN OSAGE BEACH
Let Marilyn know if you are interested in either of these trip so she can make definite plans.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
PASTOR NEEDS SPONSORS FOR HIS BIKE ACROSS KANSAS!!
I will be biking across part of Kansas, about 220 miles in all, on June 7-9 to raise money for Leadachild.org. Lead a Child is a LCMS recognized service organization that provides funding for kids to attend schools, many of them Christian schools, in third world countries. It has provided A LOT for ministries and missions to help kids who would otherwise have NO EDUCATION in places like Guatemala, Kenya, Uganda, Mexico, and many other places. Please consider supporting me so that we can continue to support children throughout the world! As of January 1, I am also on the board of directors for this organization.
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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 our 8th GRADERS WHO WERE CONFIRMED yesterday that they continue to grow in the faith they have confirmed!
For FRAN WAGNER, a good friend of Sandy Robine, who has been placed on hospice care.
For TRICIA MEYER, who is dealing with ovarian cancer. She is a friend of many in our congregation.
For DENNIS ORF, 12 year old boy who has a bad head and brain injury from a 4 wheeler accident. He went home on Sunday!
For KELSEY OVERBECK as she finishes up her schooling at Concordia, Seward and moves to Warrenton to become our DCE intern.
THOSE WITH CANCER, especially RICK SPINIOLAS, and the many others among our family and friends who are struggling with cancer.
THOSE WITH CANCER, especially RICK SPINIOLAS, and the many others among our family and friends who are struggling with cancer.
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