DEVOTION: Isaiah 51:4-6
4 "Give attention to me, my people,
and give ear to me, my nation;
for a law will go out from me,
and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
5 My righteousness draws near,
my salvation has gone out,
and my arms will judge the peoples;
the coastlands hope for me,
and for my arm they wait.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;
but my salvation will be forever,
and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
I'm just a little worn out today. It was a long day in the waiting room waiting for Karin to get done with her surgery. What the doctor said would take an hour and a half ended up taking three and a half hours. We got there at 9am and she didn't get into her room until 6:30pm. You can only imagine how worn out she must be.
That's what happens to our bodies. Our bodies just wear out. They aren't meant to last forever. They were..... back before the Fall. They were meant to be eternal bodies, but since sin entered the world, and death through sin, we all wear out and die.
The good news is that even though our bodies wear out our souls don't. Our souls will live forever! What makes us who we are, what is truly in the image of God since our baptisms, will be with Jesus forever. And on that last day, our bodies will be restored, and we will be made new! It won't be like our earthly body. It will be a heavenly, perfect, sinless body!
Rejoice! Know that the Lord will reign forever! His righteousness will never be dismayed. His Son, Jesus, the Lord Our Righteousness, will reign forever and we, who live in Him, will be at His right hand!
At the end of the day, when you're worn out and your dog tired, remember that there will come a day when all of that will go away and you will be completely new!
Until then, rejoice that you are already being made new! Rejoice that salvation has already been won for you! Rejoice in your certain eternal life that you are already living!
Let us pray: Lord, as we long for our complete and total resurrection, help us to rejoice today in the salvation already won!
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Wed- Ladies Aid noon; Choir 7; Newsletter deadline
Sat- Men's Breakfast 8am; Ladies Aid Retreat at Holy Cross, Ofallon 9-3; Worship 5
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45
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WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- 8:30- Sarah Cluver ; 11- Alaina Heitgerd
Ushers- Figura family
Altar- Set up- Linda Callies; Clean up- Lois Boeger
Communion Assistants- Sat- Don Turnure; 8:30- John Hachtel; 11- Steve Robine
Greeters- 8:30- Paul and Cindy Klover; 11- ????
Lay readers- Sat- Marcia Sevier 8:30- Jennifer Figura 11- Steve Robine
Sat. Pianist- Tim Sherman
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat. ?????? 8:30-?????? , 11- Kalene Masters
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NEWS!!!! PLEASE READ IT ALL!!!!
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!!
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.
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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