Daily Email: Monday, November 23, 2015

 

DEVOTION: Deuteronomy 8:1-10

8 "The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. ² And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. ³ And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. ⁴ Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. ⁵ Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you. ⁶ So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him. ⁷ For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, ⁸ a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, ⁹ a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. ¹⁰ And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

 

There's two questions we always ask at Thanksgiving:

1. For what are you thankful?

2. To whom are you thankful?

 

The answers:

1. Everything

2. God

 

By everything, I mean EVERYTHING, even the hard times that make you stronger and grow your relationship with Jesus; even the discipline he gives us to keep us humble and help us to repent; even the 40 years in the wilderness where everything seems hopeless, but where God is carrying you and growing you; even the untimely death of your loved one that makes you rely solely on the Lord for your joy and peace.

 

By God, I mean GOD and the people that he uses to bless you.  Give thanks to God every day for the wonderful people he puts in your life to grow you in faith and give you peace, but even give thanks for the difficult people that God uses to keep you humble and bring you to the realization that you aren't all that and a bag of chips. 

 

And when God does bring you into the land flowing with milk and honey, and when he does lift you up out of your sin, and when he does bless your life with success, abundance, and happiness BLESS HIM BACK!!  Thank Him for all he has done by being in worship, by tithing, and by living your life in the joy of His salvation.  Live it by loving, forgiving, worshiping, and making disciples continually until he returns at which point you will be thanking him in paradise forever!

 

Let us pray: Lord, help me to be thankful for EVERYTHING and to thank you this week as we celebrate this national day off Thanksgiving!  Amen.

 

 

 

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CALENDAR:

Mon- Confirmation canceled; No Family night

Tues- Quilting 9-2; Bible Study 11:30-12:15

Wed- Choir practice 6pm; Thanksgiving Eve worship 7pm

Thurs- Thanksgiving day!!!  Office closed

Fri- Office closed
Sat- Worship 5
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45
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WORSHIP WORKERS:  
Acolyte-  Wed 7pm-- Zack Hoelscher; 8:30- Gus Klaustermeier   ; 11- Hannah Johnson
Ushers- Wed 7pm- Don Hance, Rich Boeger, Don Tate, Doug Walters
Altar- Wed. Set up- Don Hance???; Wed clean up; Terry Mckenzie; Sun Set Up- Lucille Luebke; Clean up- Betty Schirr and Cheryl Bettlach
Communion Assistants- Wed- Jim Rahn; Sat- Randy Fischer; 8:30- Randy Sweet; 11- Charlie Figura
Greeters- 8:30- Tom and Pam Linke; 11- Joan Sexton
Lay readers- Sat- Sandra Perricone 8:30- Randy Sweet 11-  ??????
Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Organist-  Wed. and Sun. Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat. Perricone 8:30- Julie Schaumberg , 11- Gus Klaustermeier
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NEWS!!!!  PLEASE READ IT ALL!!!!

 

PROJECTIONISTS STILL NEEDED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THESE DATES!!!!

 

Thanksgiving Eve- 7pm

 

Sat. Dec. 5-

Sun, Dec 6-

 

Sat, Dec. 12-

 

Sun, Dec. 20-

 

Christmas Eve 7pm-

 

Jan 2-

Jan 3-

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WE NEED SOME LEADERSHIP TO STEP AND TAKE OVE THE REIGNS OF PRESIDENT, VICEE PRESIDENT AND THE ONE ELDER SPOT THAT IS BEING LEFFT VACANT!!!

If anyone is interested in volunteering or even just nominating a person that he or she knows would be good for the job, please let me know asap!

 

FROM VOTER'S MEETING SUNDAY

1. The voters voted to have only one service on Christmas Eve at 7pm

 

2. The budget was accepted as put together.  There is currently a $12,000 deficit in our budget.   (Thank you Alan Hofeldt for your hard work on putting it all together and trying to make it work!!)  A Finance Committee has been appointed to research compensation and benefits for our church workers to work on increasing those things.

 

3. We had an incomplete ballot for board members and officers for 2016.  Below is the current state of it all:

President- Vacant

Vice President- Vacant

Secretary- Linda Callies

Treasurer- Rich Boeger

Financial Secretary- Doug Walters

Elders- (Leaving are Rich Talbert and Don Turnure, Roy Bohning has been added)  (One spot is left vacant)

Trustees- Same as 2015  (All spots are filled)

Board of Ed- Christy Winn off, Naomi Johnson on  (All Spots are filled)

Board of Outreach- same (All spots are filled)

Board of Stewardship- same (All spots are filled)

 

4. No nominations were made for any of the  Synod offices available.

 

 

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NEXT BUILDING MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 AT 7PM!!
At our meeting last night we went through quite a few concerns and how to proceed to the next step. 
 
Before the next meeting Elmer Wind is going to put together a few different master plans for us to review and discuss.  Once we get a master plan decided on by the majority of the people in attendance at the next meeting we will then bring it to a special voter's meeting and have the voters approve it.  After the master plan has been approved we will move on to developing a finance committee that will research and plan exactly how much of the master plan we can afford to build at the current time.  Once that is accomplished we will go to the voters assembly again to approve the building of what we can afford.  After that we will make plans to begin the building process. 
 
I'm getting excited as I continue to see progress.  I see the wheels turning slowly and the rudder is moving this whole big ship!
 
St. John's is growing rapidly and is in need of upgrades to the current structure as well as more space!  That' is what we are working on accomplishing in the very near future!  Thanks be to God!
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LADIES AID IS SELLING CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR $5 a BOX!!  

Once they're gone, that's it.  There won't be another order when they run out!  Get them today!  They're in the basement and you can give money to whoever is in the office.

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PLEASE ORDER SCRIP !!!!! 

A NEW AND EASY FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY!!! 

The order forms are on the table in the narthex!  Just about every store that you can think of is on the list!  Use the cards just like you would use a debit/credit card and help St. John's make  A LOT of money

Place your order, along with your check, made payable to St. Johns, in the "Bob the Builder" box. 

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OPERATION BACKPACK FOR NOVEMBER is INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SNACK AND OATMEAL PACKETS!!!

Many children in our community are very poor.  They are able to get some of their meals at school during the week, but often go hungry on weekends.  Operation backpack is a way that our community has decided to help these kids. 
 
Every month throughout the school year, each church participating will take one food item and collect just that food item.  At the end of the month the food will be delivered to school.  The school officials along with volunteers will distribute the food to kids backpacks to take home.   

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UNMARKED BLUE ENVELOPE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GOING TO THE BUILDING EXPANSION PROGRAM
If you'd like it to go to the DCE fund you need to mark it for that!  Please make sure you mark the ENVELOPE clearly for the DCE PROGRAM!
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DO YOU HAVE A KROGER CARD?  ENROLL IT IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM!!!
Register it online www.krogercommunityrewards.com and have it swiped each time you shop to earn money for Little Lambs. 
 
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GENERAL PRAYERS:

For KARIN KLAUSTERMEIER as she goes in to the hospital for an outpatient procedure to remove the drain in her belly surgically.

 

For CAL TAMELER as he fights a shingles infection in his eye.  

 

For MARIANNE LINKE, who has been moved to Warrenton Manor and is receiving treatment and antibiotics for a very stubborn infection.

 

For DIANNE HANCE who is back in the ICU and is suffering terribly with breathing problems.

 

For DON PANHORST who is undergoing his third round of chemo treatments today. 

 

For DONNNA LINDSEY'S DAD, who is undergoing tests for an unknown illness and for celebration on his birthday. 

 

For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is in the Czech Republic to continue her mission work.

 

For DAVE AND CAROL KOHRS, who are BOTH on hospice care.

 

For WILMA WEIGLE as she continues to deal with the after effects of a severe stroke almost two years ago.  

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