DAILY DEVOTION AND CHURCH NEWS: Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018

DEVOTION: Romans 6:1-11 English Standard Version (ESV)

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

6 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? ² By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?³ Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

⁵ For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶ We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.⁷ For one who has died has been set free^[b] from sin. ⁸ Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹ We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. ¹⁰ For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. ¹¹ So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

 

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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK:

Tues- Confirmation make up 5:15; Trustees 7

Wed- Choir 7

Thurs- Karate 6:15-7:45

Sun- Adult Bible Class 8am; Traditional Worship 9; Fellowship, Sunday school and adult Bible class 10:15; Chapel 10:45;    

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WORSHIP WORKERS: 

 

Sunday, 9am—

Acolyte- Isabelle Morris

Ushers- Don Turnure, Dave Burmeister, Brent Davis, Larry Schulze

Communion assistant- Steve McDowell

Lay reader- Karen Benton

Projectionist- Terry McKenzie

Altar- Terry McKenzie

Tellers- Team #2

 

Sunday 10:45

Acolyte- Luke Rausch

Communion assistant- Randy Fischer

Projectionist- Kathy Fischer

 

Monday, 6:30-

Acolyte- Cameron Faerber

Communion assistant- ????

Projectionist- Toni Mauch

Altar clean up- Terry McKenzie

 

 

 

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ: . Who were Noah's three sons? Shem, Ham, and Japheth

 

Thanks Don Nolte and Sandy Robine!

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TODAY'S QUIZ: Which one of those three sons laughed at his dad when he found him naked and drunk in his tent and then went and told his brothers about it?

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NEWS:

 

149 PEOPLE ATTENDED WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND MONDAY NIGHT!!! 

That's up more than 20 on average from this past year.  Let's keep that number going up!  Make it a priority to be in worship this Sunday or Monday night!  Surrender to the Lord and do what he wants!

NEW WORSHIP, SUNDAY SCHOOL, AND BIBLE CLASS SCHEDULE

Adult Bible Study- 8am (on Genesis) and 10:15am (On Angels) both in the overflow

 

Sunday school- 10:15-10:45—Get your donut and juice from overflow and then meet in Sunday school area.

 

Worship- 9 and 10:45 on Sunday and 6:30 on Monday  (all in the sanctuary)

 

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FREE CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION COURSE AVAILABLE ONLINE

Are you in a conflict with a brother, sister, parent, spouse, or friend? Do you want to end that conflict and gain back loved ones and friends?  Do you want to mend fences and rebuild bridges?  Do you want to get rid of all the bitterness, anger, and resentment that you have toward others or that someone might have toward you?  Do you want to do what GOD wants you to do in your broken relationships, but you don't know where or how to start? 

 

Ambassadors of Reconciliation has some great tools that will help to teach you and guide you through a process of doing just that at https://www.aorhope.org/ .

 

You can receive access to a free online course called "Conflict Resolution vs. Reconciliation"  at https://www.aorhope.org/aor-gift because I sponsored your scholarship. Simply go to that link to access this on-line course about biblical reconciliation. It is excellent.

 

I took a challenge to sponsor scholarships for several people at St. John's, because I want as many people as possible to take this course and learn to go and be reconciled to one another!  If you think it is helpful you can take the challenge yourself and nominate others!

 

Let me know if you take the course, so I can know how many people my donation has helped! 

 

 

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LITTLE LAMBS IS STILL COLLECTING PLASTIC CAPS FOR THEIR BENCH!!

Any plastic lid will do!  They need 300lbs total! There are boxes in the narthex and in Little Lambs.

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OPERATION BACKPACK CONTINUES!!

There are hundreds of kids in need in Warrenton.  Many of them go to homes without food, especially on weekends.  The food that is collected from us gets put into kids backpacks discreetly on Fridays and sent home with them on Fridays.  This month's collection is canned fruit.

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PRAYERS:

For OLIVIA BROCKFELD, as she fell at church Sunday and sprained her ankle and foot.

 

For TONI MAUCH'S BROTHER RAY, who is suffering with lymphoma for over a year and it keeps coming back despite the doctor's best efforts.

 

Prayer of thanksgiving for TERESA BROCKFELD'S SISTER, MICHELE, as she is doing much better after an infection scare last week.

 

For MOLLY HENDERSHOT, as she is still awaiting word on whether or not she will receive a pacemaker, and when it will be.

 

For JIM GILKEY SR. who is back home after being hospitalized with the flu.

 

For GEORGE HOELSCHER, For the past couple months George has been participating in a trial treatment at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis.  The treatment was unsuccessful and the cancer has returned throughout several parts of his body, so he is going back to the chemotherapy that he was doing before.  It worked ok, but it was extremely hard on his body. 

 

 

For DIANNE FELDKAMP'S SISTER, DONNA MAYES, who has been diagnosed with ALS, and her other sister, DEBBIE BURGER, who has been sick for 7 weeks and the doctor's are unable to determine the cause.  She is in the hospital now. 

For FRANCIS ABBAN, pastor's sister Mary's boyfriend, as his brother, Mike, died in a house fire Sunday night in Nigeria.

  

For PASTOR RON LEHENBAUER who is dealing with a return of his cancer.

   

 

 

PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For COLTON FIGURA AND DANNY DREYER who are both home but remain on active duty in the military.

 

For CONNER FIGURA going through tech training for the Air Force. .

 

For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee.  That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.

 

For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their