Daily Email: Tuesday, January 31, 2017

DEVOTION:  Isaiah 58:3-9 English Standard Version (ESV)

³ 'Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
    Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?'
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,^[a]
    and oppress all your workers.
⁴ Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
    and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
    will not make your voice to be heard on high.
⁵ Is such the fast that I choose,
    a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
    and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
    and a day acceptable to the Lord?

⁶ "Is not this the fast that I choose:
    to loose the bonds of wickedness,
    to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed^[b] go free,
    and to break every yoke?
⁷ Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
    and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
    and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
⁸ Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
    and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you;
    the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
⁹ Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
    you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.'
If you take away the yoke from your midst,
    the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

 

Newsflash!  Fasting is not meant to make you feel better, or to improve yourself, according to the Lord.  That's right.  When you fast it should be for the reasons you just read in verses 6 and 7.  It should be to humble yourself and put others first.  It should be to show your weakness and God's power.  It is not about making yourself better, or so that others see you in a better light.  It isn't about proving that you can do it.  It's simply to show you that God is in control even of your stomach. 

 

Quit trying to impress God.  Quit trying to show him how much your made of.  And please quit trying to show everyone else up by your piety.  No one needs to see how good you are.  They need to see how much of a sinner you know you are.  They need to see that you are a truly humble person in need of Christ's forgiveness so that they know that they have a chance with Jesus too. 

 

Instead, love people with God's love.  Feed the hungry.  Clothe the naked.  Shelter the needy.  Loose the bonds of wickedness, in other words, FORGIVE AND BE FORGIVEN!!!

 

Let us pray: Lord, humble me so that you may be exalted among those who need to know you most of all.  Amen.

 

 

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CALENDAR

Tues- Quilting 9-2

Wed- Choir 7pm

Thurs- Alzheimers Caregiver support group 1pm; Lutheranism 101 6:30pm

Sat-  Worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school and Adult Bible class 9:45; Shop with Scrip Orders Due

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WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND:  
Acolyte-  8:30- Loren Howard 11- Gus Klaustermeier

Ushers-  Scott Heitgerd, Jim Huster, Bob Linke, Tom Linke

Altar- Set up- Jodi Baldwin; Clean up- Pam Linke

Elders-  Sat- Dave Winter; 8:30- Roy Bohning; 11- Randy Sweet
 
Greeters-  8:30- John and Anna Hoenig; 11- Al and Karen Benton

Lay Readers- Sat- Marcia Sevier; 8:30- Roy Bohning; 11- Randy Sweet

Piano-  Barb Dreyer

Organist- Rachel Fisher

Projectionists: Sat- Mauch; 8:30- McKenzie; 11- Klaustermeier
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:  

Who was the first official priest of Israel? Aaron (Some might also say that Eli was the first priest of the temple in Israel.)

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TODAY'S QUIZ: How did Moses react when he saw that the people had made a golden calf and what did he do with the golden calf statue?

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NEWS!!!! 

FILL UP THOSE BABY BOTTLES AND BRING THEM BACK THIS WEEKEND!!

You have one week left to get them full of checks, cash, and spare change!  Return them to church February 4 or 5!

 

If you weren't in church this weekend and would like a baby bottle, come by and pick one up this week, or pick one up this weekend when you come to worship!

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LUTHERANISM 101 CONTINUES EVERY THURSDAY AT 6:30pm!!!

It's painless and it's a good time of fellowship!

 

If I can get just five people to show up, I will bring dessert!  (That would be two more than we had last week.)

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STEPHEN MINISTRY IS LOOKING FOR SOME NEW STEPHEN LEADERS

If you love caring for others and consider yourself a leader, this is the perfect way for you to serve the Lord and your church family!

 

The Stephen Leader training is April 23-29 at the Renaissance Hotel by the airport this year and the cost of the training is covered by the church.  If you choose to stay at the hotel you will have to pay for that yourself.  It's only a 35 minute commute to the training from Warrenton.

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TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP GROUP IS GOING TO FULTON ON SATURDAY, APRIL 8!

The group will be boarding a charter bus at 7:45am that day, first heading to the Auto World Museum, secondly to The Copper Mine Restaurant for lunch, and finally to the Churchill Museum before heading home.  They will arrive home around 5:30 that evening.  The cost will be around $65 including lunch, but the more people that go, the cheaper it will be. 

YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION WILL BE MARCH 25!

OUR YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION HAS BEEN MOVED BACK A MONTH AND IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 25!  Also, THANK YOU LETTERS to those church members who donated last year are in your church mailboxes!!

OFFERING ENVELOPES ARE IN YOUR CHURCH MAILBOXES IF YOU HAVEN'T PICKED THEM UP YET!!

Maybe you didn't know that you had them, but if you are a confirmed member of St. John's you have your own church mailbox and your own offering envelopes!  Check your mailbox today!!

BLUE ENVELOPES IN YOUR OFFERING ENVELOPE BOXES ARE FOR THE BUILDING FUND!!!

Please note that your blue envelopes are for our BUILDING FUND.  Please use them appropriately!  Let's get this building built!!

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OPERATION BACKPACK ITEMS COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY ARE CANNED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES!

Any size can, and any kind of fruit or vegetable is appreciated.    Place them in the receptacle marked "Backpack Blessings" in the narthex.

 

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AGAPE DONATIONS ALWAYS ACCEPTED!!

Any nonperishable food items, diapers, toiletries, etc.!!

 

Perishable food items can be taken directly to Agape at 713 Powell St. in Warrenton.  Call 456-4645 to find out when they're open or for more info.

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YOUR KROGER CARD CAN EARN MONEY FOR LITTLE LAMBS

Go to www.kroger.com/communityawards and register your card today!!

__________________________________________________________________________________________GENERAL PRAYER

For the SPOEDE FAMILY as they mourn the death of Mike's mom Marjorie

 

For ROSE DEPEW, mother of Randy Sweet, who had a massive stroke last night and is still unresponsive.

 

For CAROL BRAZEE AND FAMILY as they mourn the death of her sister.

 

For PETE FRENZIA who is recovering from back surgery at University Hospital in Columbia. .

 

For CAROL BRAZEE who is recovering from a lung infection at home

 

For MARIANNE LINKE, who is dealing with severe back pain and issues with her medication.  She is at Warrenton Manor.

 

For PASTOR MICHAEL PIPER, (pastor at St. Paul's, New Melle) who is recovering from a severe stroke.

 

For Mim Dunn's nephew DAVID HAHN who is dealing with severe throat cancer.

 

For JOYCE PIETZSCHKE as she recovers from a broken hip at Grandview Healthcare Center in Washington.

 

For MIKE PUCKETT who is at home with his mom and recovering well from lung surgery.

 

For BARB PERRICONE who is back home on hospice care.

 

For LOIS BOEGER'S MOM, EVELYN TOEDEBUSCH,  who has been on hospice care for the last few months and slows down a little more every day, but is doing well.

 

 

 

 

 

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