DEVOTION: "As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous....." The Story, p. 89
How many times a day do you realize that God is right there with you? Is it something on your mind every part of the day? Probably not. You probably don't go around thinking about God sitting right next to you in your car on your way to work. You probably don't think about him sitting at the dinner table with you. I'm sure you don't think about him watching over you while you sleep. BUT YOU SHOULD!
The passage above was God speaking to Joshua before he took command of the Israelites after Moses died. God was reassuring Joshua that it wasn't Joshua going it alone when he would go into battle to defeat the people they needed to defeat and destroy in the land of Canaan. It was God who was going before him. It was God who was actually doing the fighting for him.
The same is true for you. As much as you like to think you are in control of your circumstances, you aren't. Things can change in an instant and then where are your plans? Anything could happen, but with God you are always safe. Even when bad things happen to you, even when the devil seems to get the best of you and you fall into temptation, even when things aren't going alright, you are safe. Even the worst thing that happens to your body can not touch your soul. Even the greatest temptation in the world cannot keep you away from Jesus who has saved you. Even when you have no money, shelter, clothes, or food you are still safe because you still have Jesus.
He is always with you! He will never leave you or forsake you! Nothing can separate Him from you!
Let us pray: Lord God thank you for staying close to me no matter what. Amen.
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THURSDAY'S QUIZ: Who buried Moses? God did. (But no one knows where he is buried.)
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TUESDAY'S QUIZ: Who took over command of the Israelites after Moses?
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CALENDAR:
Tues- Quilters 9-2; Bible Study 11:30-12:15
Wed- Ladies Aid noon; Choir 7pm; NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
Fri- 30 Hour Famine Begins at 8pm
Sat- Bible class 4pm; worship 5pm; 30 Hr Famine ends at 6pm
Sun- worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school (The Story Chapter 6)
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WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND
Acolytes- 8:30- Oliver Landwehr; 11- Isabella Linstruth
Altar guild- Set up- Cheri' Hofeldt; Clean up- Betty Schirr and Cheryl Bettlach
Greeters- 8:30- Bob Linke; 11- Dan and Lisa Rausch
Communion Assistants- Sat- Don Turnure; 8:30- Randy Sweet
Lay Readers- Sat- Marcia Sevier; Sun- Randy Sweet; 11am- Emily Brunson
Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot
8:30 Ushers- Marv Hendershot, Don Luebke, Dave Callies, Don Nolte
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NEWS:
THIS WEEK: THE STORY: CHAPTER 7 "The Battle Begins"
Come to Bible Study on Saturday night at 4pm or Sunday morning at 9:45 to get all your questions answered and to learn more about this very important time in our world history.
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30 HOUR FAMINE IS THIS WEEKEND!!!
From Friday at noon until Saturday at 6pm a group of kids, and maybe an adult or two, will be fasting to raise money for those who have no food. Just $35 will pay for food for one person for a whole month! Consider giving to this cause this weekend! We will have a special door offering for it! Our goal is to raise $1,000 by Easter!
Anyone can join us. It is not just for the youth to participate. If you want to participate in this Famine with us come up to church at 8pm on Friday and hang out with us!! Let me know if you are coming!!
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
GOOD SHEPHERD MORTGAGE IS GETTING PAID OFF!!!
If you weren't at our voter's meeting this past Sunday you missed the vote to pay off our Good Shepherd mortgage! This will save us over $10,000 this year and over $2,000 in interest. It will also free up money to reduce our $17,000 deficit on our budget.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DCE PLACEMENT DIRECTOR TO BE HERE NEXT WEEK!!
You may be wondering what is going on with that DCE Intern we voted on last year. The application has been received and now the director of placement from Concordia, Seward, Nebraska will be here to visit with us next week (specific day is yet to be determined.) We are drawing closer to the day when we will have more ministry help!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
LITTLE LAMBS ENROLLMENT WILL OPEN FOR ST. JOHN'S MEMBERS AND FAMILIES ON MARCH 1ST!
There is a $30 nonrefundable registration fee. Students must be 3 or 4 years old by Aug 1. Enrollment for the community will be gin April 1. For more info call Lisa Rausch or Karin Klaustermeier.
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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
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PRAYER REQUESTS: (If you have a prayer request please reply to this email or call me at 636-359-1061)
The FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE KILLED IN JONESBURG this past Friday.
THOSE WITH CANCER, the many among our family and friends who are struggling with cancer.
MARY AUBUCHON AND FAMILY as they are mourning the loss of her brother Floyd.
Sandy Robine's friend Patrice who is recovering from hip replacement surgery.
JAYME VESSEL, an "almost" member of St. John's who is due to have a baby girl on the 17th, but it may come sooner due to frequent contractions.
COUGAR CLIFFORD, 15 year old who had an accident playing in the snow on Jan 7 and broke his neck. He has undergone extensive surgery and is recovering but is still unable to move his legs.
Terry McKenzie's cousin's sister-in-law who has a bad brain injury.
JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, as he continues to deal with cancer in his lungs.
DONNA HEITGERD recovering at Scott and Lani Heitgerd's from a broken hip.
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How many times a day do you realize that God is right there with you? Is it something on your mind every part of the day? Probably not. You probably don't go around thinking about God sitting right next to you in your car on your way to work. You probably don't think about him sitting at the dinner table with you. I'm sure you don't think about him watching over you while you sleep. BUT YOU SHOULD!
The passage above was God speaking to Joshua before he took command of the Israelites after Moses died. God was reassuring Joshua that it wasn't Joshua going it alone when he would go into battle to defeat the people they needed to defeat and destroy in the land of Canaan. It was God who was going before him. It was God who was actually doing the fighting for him.
The same is true for you. As much as you like to think you are in control of your circumstances, you aren't. Things can change in an instant and then where are your plans? Anything could happen, but with God you are always safe. Even when bad things happen to you, even when the devil seems to get the best of you and you fall into temptation, even when things aren't going alright, you are safe. Even the worst thing that happens to your body can not touch your soul. Even the greatest temptation in the world cannot keep you away from Jesus who has saved you. Even when you have no money, shelter, clothes, or food you are still safe because you still have Jesus.
He is always with you! He will never leave you or forsake you! Nothing can separate Him from you!
Let us pray: Lord God thank you for staying close to me no matter what. Amen.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
THURSDAY'S QUIZ: Who buried Moses? God did. (But no one knows where he is buried.)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
TUESDAY'S QUIZ: Who took over command of the Israelites after Moses?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Tues- Quilters 9-2; Bible Study 11:30-12:15
Wed- Ladies Aid noon; Choir 7pm; NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
Fri- 30 Hour Famine Begins at 8pm
Sat- Bible class 4pm; worship 5pm; 30 Hr Famine ends at 6pm
Sun- worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school (The Story Chapter 6)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND
Acolytes- 8:30- Oliver Landwehr; 11- Isabella Linstruth
Altar guild- Set up- Cheri' Hofeldt; Clean up- Betty Schirr and Cheryl Bettlach
Greeters- 8:30- Bob Linke; 11- Dan and Lisa Rausch
Communion Assistants- Sat- Don Turnure; 8:30- Randy Sweet
Lay Readers- Sat- Marcia Sevier; Sun- Randy Sweet; 11am- Emily Brunson
Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot
8:30 Ushers- Marv Hendershot, Don Luebke, Dave Callies, Don Nolte
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEWS:
THIS WEEK: THE STORY: CHAPTER 7 "The Battle Begins"
Come to Bible Study on Saturday night at 4pm or Sunday morning at 9:45 to get all your questions answered and to learn more about this very important time in our world history.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
30 HOUR FAMINE IS THIS WEEKEND!!!
From Friday at noon until Saturday at 6pm a group of kids, and maybe an adult or two, will be fasting to raise money for those who have no food. Just $35 will pay for food for one person for a whole month! Consider giving to this cause this weekend! We will have a special door offering for it! Our goal is to raise $1,000 by Easter!
Anyone can join us. It is not just for the youth to participate. If you want to participate in this Famine with us come up to church at 8pm on Friday and hang out with us!! Let me know if you are coming!!
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
GOOD SHEPHERD MORTGAGE IS GETTING PAID OFF!!!
If you weren't at our voter's meeting this past Sunday you missed the vote to pay off our Good Shepherd mortgage! This will save us over $10,000 this year and over $2,000 in interest. It will also free up money to reduce our $17,000 deficit on our budget.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DCE PLACEMENT DIRECTOR TO BE HERE NEXT WEEK!!
You may be wondering what is going on with that DCE Intern we voted on last year. The application has been received and now the director of placement from Concordia, Seward, Nebraska will be here to visit with us next week (specific day is yet to be determined.) We are drawing closer to the day when we will have more ministry help!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
LITTLE LAMBS ENROLLMENT WILL OPEN FOR ST. JOHN'S MEMBERS AND FAMILIES ON MARCH 1ST!
There is a $30 nonrefundable registration fee. Students must be 3 or 4 years old by Aug 1. Enrollment for the community will be gin April 1. For more info call Lisa Rausch or Karin Klaustermeier.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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
___________________________________________________________________________________________
PRAYER REQUESTS: (If you have a prayer request please reply to this email or call me at 636-359-1061)
The FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE KILLED IN JONESBURG this past Friday.
THOSE WITH CANCER, the many among our family and friends who are struggling with cancer.
MARY AUBUCHON AND FAMILY as they are mourning the loss of her brother Floyd.
Sandy Robine's friend Patrice who is recovering from hip replacement surgery.
JAYME VESSEL, an "almost" member of St. John's who is due to have a baby girl on the 17th, but it may come sooner due to frequent contractions.
COUGAR CLIFFORD, 15 year old who had an accident playing in the snow on Jan 7 and broke his neck. He has undergone extensive surgery and is recovering but is still unable to move his legs.
Terry McKenzie's cousin's sister-in-law who has a bad brain injury.
JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, as he continues to deal with cancer in his lungs.
DONNA HEITGERD recovering at Scott and Lani Heitgerd's from a broken hip.
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